Chapter 394: Chapter 394 Such Love is Truly Frightening
The more Huo Tingdong looked at her face, the more disgusted he felt.
At the same time, he felt a chill in his heart!
How could the girl he had doted on as a sister since childhood turn into someone so vicious?
She kept saying how much she loved him.
But what exactly was this kind of love?
To achieve her desires, she claimed it was all for love, yet committed countless acts to hurt him?!
This kind of love was truly terrifying!
He closed his eyes briefly, then reopened them, lifting his leg and kicking her onto the ground without mercy.
Song Shuyan fell to the floor unprepared, staring at him in disbelief while instinctively protecting her abdomen.
Everyone else was equally shocked.
No one could have imagined that Huo Tingdong would treat Song Shuyan so violently.
Huo Tingdong said coldly, “Fine, since you refuse to give up, let me ask you one more question.”
Song Shuyan’s lips trembled. “What… what question…”
Huo Tingdong: “Is Han and Momo’s tragedy related to you?”
Song Shuyan’s pupils contracted sharply, her expression shifting repeatedly. “What do you mean?”
For a moment, she was deeply panicked.
She hadn’t expected Huo Tingdong to ask such a question?
Had he discovered something?
Or…
Had something she did been exposed?
Song Shuyan was momentarily flustered, but she forced herself to remain composed. “Tingdong, I don’t understand what you’re talking about… How could Han and Momo’s deaths have anything to do with me?”
Huo Tingdong: “Answer me! Don’t lie. Song Shuyan, stop deceiving me, no more lies!”
Furious as thunder, he roared through gritted teeth at her.
Song Shuyan trembled in fear from his shout, but she still wouldn’t admit to anything. “I really don’t know what you’re talking about! I truly don’t understand!!”
Huo Tingdong let out a cold laugh. His sharp brow furrowed as his thin lips pressed into a tight line.
He suddenly felt a wave of sadness, even guilt, and an icy chill in his heart!
Sadness, because Song Shuyan had transformed into such a venomous woman who could lie without blinking an eye.
A chill, because despite his repeated warnings to her not to deceive him again, she still obstinately persisted in doing so.
Guilt, because in the past, in order to protect her, he had hurt Lin Qi and said things that wounded her deeply.
He regretted it—the kind of regret that chilled him to his very core!
Song Shuyan panicked, “Tingdong! Tingdong… are you trying to get a false confession out of me? Did Lin Qi say something to you?! Don’t believe her! I…”
The main hall door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
“What’s this? Did I just hear someone mention my name?”
Song Shuyan turned her head in terror, recognizing the voice.
Lin Qi!
Lin Qi walked in after pushing the door open.
Everyone raised their heads to glance at her, only to be struck dumb with astonishment.
Behind Lin Qi were two bodyguards escorting her. Flanking her on either side were caretakers supporting her, and her belly was visibly rounded.
The Old Lady couldn’t believe her own eyes, especially when she saw Lin Qi’s heavily pregnant belly. She was utterly shocked. “Lin Qi… You…”
She turned to Huo Tingdong in suspicion. “Tingdong, didn’t you say… Lin Qi had a miscarriage?”
Song Shuyan was completely petrified.
She remembered being at the hospital that day and seeing Lin Qi looking so frail and helpless. But now, she seemed full of vitality—and her belly was still very much swollen.
This wasn’t right…
She had to have miscarried.
Her belly had been so big before; after losing the baby, it wouldn’t shrink immediately, so what they were seeing now was just a delayed physical reaction!
But hadn’t she miscarried?
Why didn’t she show even a hint of grief on her face!
And most of all… now that Momo and Han were dead, why was she still so calm and composed?
Song Shuyan felt herself unraveling mentally, losing all ability to reason.
She became increasingly aware that the situation was far more serious than she had anticipated!
Lin Qi gazed at Song Shuyan, who was kneeling weakly on the floor before Huo Tingdong. She found her pitiable and pathetic. But as the old adage went: those who are pitiful are often so for a reason!
“Song Shuyan, are you surprised to see me?”
Lin Qi smiled gracefully. “I didn’t miscarry. I’m sorry to disappoint you.”
She walked to Huo Tingdong’s side and gently rested her hand on his.
Huo Tingdong’s expression softened slightly when he saw her. “Where are Han and Momo?”
Lin Qi replied, “Still in the car.”
Huo Tingdong instructed the bodyguards, “Go bring the children in!”
“Yes!”
The bodyguards left, and the Old Lady trembled with emotion as she suddenly stood up. “Han!? Momo!?”
Song Shuyan was dumbfounded, unable to utter a single word.
Huo Tingdong said, “Grandma, don’t worry, Han and Momo are fine.”
Over the past few days, he had watched the Old Lady consumed with grief, unable to sleep at night, and he couldn’t bear it any longer!
He hadn’t wanted to deceive her, but he thought that perhaps through this incident, she might come to understand how important Han and Momo were, and also realize Lin Qi’s worth!
It was a lesson she needed to learn!
The Old Lady froze upon hearing this, collapsing back onto the couch. She laughed and cried hysterically, feeling as though she had narrowly escaped death. “You mean to say, you…you lied to me about Han and Momo… dying?”
Huo Tingdong said, “Yes.”
The Old Lady alternated between tears and laughter, crying out in frustration, “Child, why would you scare me like this!? Don’t you know how dangerous it is to frighten someone?”
Ye Chan added, “Tingdong, what’s going on here? Didn’t you say earlier that Han and Momo were dead?”
Huo Yanlin chimed in, “Yes, Tingdong, what’s the story here?”
Song Shuyan was already completely dumbstruck.
She fixated blankly on Lin Qi’s belly, utterly devastated. Tears poured incessantly from her eyes with audible plops!
She hadn’t miscarried…
The baby in her belly was still alive!
She had lost…
She had lost everything!
Completely and utterly defeated!
There was no path back for her.
Song Shuyan closed her eyes.
Moments later, the bodyguards carried Han and Momo into the room.
The Old Lady let out a loud cry as soon as she saw Han. “Han!”
Overcome with emotion, she trembled from head to toe, eagerly standing up to embrace Han.
But Han refused to let her hold him.
The Old Lady said sorrowfully, “Han, won’t you let your great-grandmother hold you?”
Han pouted and said, “Han doesn’t want to let great-grandmother hold him.”
The Old Lady laughed through her tears. “Why not?”
Han: “Because great-grandmother doesn’t like Mommy, and if great-grandmother doesn’t like Mommy, then Han doesn’t like great-grandmother!”
Han’s childish, innocent, but soft voice melted the Old Lady’s heart. She said affectionately, “Han, it was great-grandmother’s fault before! From now on, great-grandmother will love your Mommy and treat her well. So, Han, please don’t hate great-grandmother, okay?”
Han tilted his little head. “Really? If great-grandmother keeps her promise, then Han will let great-grandmother hold him!”
With that, he spread his tiny arms.
The Old Lady burst into tears, hugging him tightly and holding him as if he were a precious treasure returned from the dead. She cried loudly with relief.
Huo Yanlin was clearly moved too, his eyes reddening slightly.
Song Shuyan stared blankly at this tender moment, as though struck by lightning, mumbling, “What’s going on… what’s happening…”