"Let go, Shen Shaoqing." Ling Nuan tried to push Shen Shaoqing away.
The only emotion she had for Shen Shaoqing now was disgust; there was nothing else.
Moreover, they were right under Huo Linsheng's nose!
But Shen Shaoqing held her tightly, and Ling Nuan couldn't break free at all.
"Nuan Nuan, I really can't hold on any longer." Shen Shaoqing not only hugged Ling Nuan but also kept talking: "I really miss you so much. I can hardly live without you."
Ling Nuan didn't want to listen to such nonsense at all and struggled even more violently.
But Shen Shaoqing just held her tight.
Huo Linsheng stepped forward quickly. With a seemingly calm and cold expression, he used great strength with his hand, grabbed the back of Shen Shaoqing's collar, and pulled him away from Ling Nuan's shoulder forcefully. Then, he punched Shen Shaoqing right in the face.
Shen Shaoqing staggered from the blow and thus loosened his hold on Ling Nuan.
"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear her say to let go?" Huo Linsheng's tone was cold, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Shen Shaoqing was as if he were looking at a dead man.
Ling Nuan quickly walked to Huo Linsheng's side.
"Huo Linsheng, I..."
She wanted to explain, but Huo Linsheng took her hand and pulled her behind him.
Huo Linsheng used so much strength that Shen Shaoqing touched the corner of his mouth. Looking at the bright red on his fingertips, he let out a laugh.
"Are you angry?" Shen Shaoqing laughed. "Nuan Nuan and I have a lot of past that you don't have. How come Mr. Huo still doesn't understand this until now?"
Shen Shaoqing's provocative words and the scene of the two hugging each other he had just seen made the rational string in Huo Linsheng's mind snap completely.
"Shen Shaoqing, you're asking for death."
Huo Linsheng let go of Ling Nuan's hand and walked straight towards Shen Shaoqing. He punched him again without holding back at all.
Shen Shaoqing tried to dodge but failed.
He was punched several times in a row and finally fell to the ground directly.
He simply stopped resisting and let Huo Linsheng punch and kick him.
His whole body ached, but the pain made him feel as if he was still alive. Instead of begging for mercy, he even laughed at Huo Linsheng: "It turns out that Mr. Huo can also be enraged in vain. What a novel thing."
Huo Linsheng laughed out of extreme anger.
"If you want to die, I'll grant your wish."
When Shen Shaoqing saw the killing intent in Huo Linsheng's eyes, he didn't doubt at all that this man in front of him really wanted to kill him.
"People like you who are high and mighty all look down on life like this. In your eyes, the lives of ordinary people are just like ants that can be trampled to death at will, right?" Shen Shaoqing laughed happily. As he spoke, his eyes swept past Huo Linsheng and landed on Ling Nuan not far away.
Ling Nuan thought that a person like Shen Shaoqing deserved to be beaten.
So she had no intention of stopping Huo Linsheng at all.
She thought Huo Linsheng knew what he was doing. He wasn't a young and impulsive person who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. As long as he didn't beat Shen Shaoqing to death, nothing would happen.
She didn't expect that the situation would suddenly turn into what it was in front of her.
Shen Shaoqing's casual words seemed to quickly draw a rift between Huo Linsheng and Ling Nuan.
Ling Nuan understood.
So did Huo Linsheng.
The movement of his punching Shen Shaoqing clearly paused for a moment, and he even turned to look at Ling Nuan.
When he did this, Shen Shaoqing laughed even more happily. His whole body ached from laughing, and he couldn't help but cough.
Hearing his laughter, Huo Linsheng got even angrier. In the end, he punched him one more time, then got up, straightened the wrinkles on his shirt, and walked towards Ling Nuan.
"It's cold outside. I'll take you back." Huo Linsheng said as if nothing had happened, as if everything was normal, and naturally reached out to hold her hand.
Ling Nuan dodged.
The calm expression on Huo Linsheng's face froze for a moment.
Ling Nuan walked past Huo Linsheng and stood in front of Shen Shaoqing.
"Do you think you know me very well?" Ling Nuan spoke, with a cold look on her face and a hint of mockery.
Shen Shaoqing stopped laughing, and a look of panic flashed in his eyes when he looked at Ling Nuan.
"Actually, the person who hopes you're dead more is me. But I won't do it, and I won't let Huo Linsheng do it either. It's not because I care about you, but because a despicable person like you is simply not worth us ruining our own futures."
"There are many people with high positions and great wealth, but not everyone is Huo Xiao. Huo Linsheng and Huo Xiao are not the same kind of people. If," Ling Nuan sneered contemptuously, "if Huo Xiao really wants to find a kindred spirit, that person will only be you, Shen Shaoqing."
Shen Shaoqing's face turned deathly pale.
"I hope you can recognize a fact. The past between you and me is a past that I loathe and regret the most. Now and in the future, there will only be a natural hostility between you and me."
Ling Nuan smiled, a gentle smile, but the words she said were extremely piercing: "If I ever have any wish for you in my life, it must be that you will be destitute and penniless all your life and never get what you want."
"Stop talking, Nuan Nuan. I beg you to stop." Shen Shaoqing wanted to grab Ling Nuan's hand and pleaded with her to stop.
Ling Nuan took a step back and avoided Shen Shaoqing's hand.
"Didn't you want to ask me why I'm here? I can tell you."
"Because I feel sorry for your and Huo Xiao's child. He clearly didn't do anything wrong, but because of you two parents, he was born with the dirt he shouldn't have to bear."
Ling Nuan smiled gently: "Look, this is the difference between you and me."
As a father, Shen Shaoqing didn't even have as much kindness towards the child as their enemy.
After saying this, Ling Nuan turned around and walked towards Huo Linsheng.
Shen Shaoqing wanted to grab Ling Nuan, but the beating he had just received made him unable to even crawl.
He wanted to crawl to catch the Ling Nuan who belonged to him, but in the end, he could only watch her walk towards Huo Linsheng.
He watched her smile at Huo Linsheng, watched her gently stand on tiptoe and kiss the corner of Huo Linsheng's mouth, and then hold Huo Linsheng's hand.
"Huo Linsheng, let's go home." Ling Nuan's tone was gentle, and when she looked at Huo Linsheng, there was only this man in her eyes, as if he occupied her whole world.
At that moment, Shen Shaoqing felt that his already precarious world completely collapsed.
For Huo Linsheng, at this moment, he felt for the first time that his heartbeat could have such a strong presence.
It was the first time he felt that his language skills were a bit lacking.
"Okay." His voice was a bit hoarse. After wracking his brains, it seemed that only this one word could perfectly answer Ling Nuan.
It was also the first time that in their relationship, Ling Nuan took complete control.
She led Huo Linsheng away.
Shen Shaoqing was left behind by them. Whether he cried loudly or shouted Ling Nuan's name, it had nothing to do with them.
Ling Nuan was explaining to Huo Linsheng: "The news of Huo Xiao's premature birth was sent to me by Shen Shaoqing using another phone number. I came not because of him. I just thought that the sins should not be extended to the children. The result Huo Xiao has today was caused by me. I just felt that I might have inadvertently hurt the child."
"But I can't stop just because of an innocent child. Maybe I will bring continuous harm to him in the future. So, I..."
Before Ling Nuan could finish her words, Huo Linsheng suddenly pulled her and hugged her in his arms.
Ling Nuan was stunned for a moment.
"Huo Linsheng?"
Huo Linsheng lowered his head and pressed his forehead against Ling Nuan's. He asked her, "Ling Nuan, do you want to give it a try with me?"