“Weren’t you there when your mother died? You know the cause of her death better than anyone,” Li Tingye said.

Li Xiaoran’s handsome face was cold as he glanced at the men opposite him. “I was young at that time. I only remember that Madam and my brothers often came in and out of my house fiercely. Every time they came, my mother would cry for a long time. Then, can you tell me what you said to my mother?”

The men said nothing.

Old Master Li said earnestly, “Xiaoran, the dead can’t be revived. The living have to look forward. It’s not a good thing to live in the past and not be able to walk out of it.”

Li Xiaoran’s eyes darkened. “My mother was with you for a while and didn’t receive your protection until her death. I don’t know if I should say that her taste is bad or that you’re cold and heartless.”

Old Master Li’s face was ashen. Li Xiaoran’s sharp criticism of his elder made him very angry.

However, apart from being angry, he fell into guilt. Li Xiaoran was right to scold him. The woman he had let down the most in his life was Huo Xinping.

Huo Xiaoran gritted his teeth and said, “How dare you beg me?”

His words extinguIshed the hopes of the men from the Li family.

“Huo Xiaoran, we’re not begging you.” Li Tingye was very unyielding. He said sternly, “But Huo Xiaoran, don’t be too smug. Every dog has its day. If you have the guts, don’t come back and beg our Li family.”

Huo Xiaoran sneered. “Do you think your Li family is an ivy? Or do you think a starving camel is still bigger than a horse? Let me tell you, in less than three years, I want the Li family to submit to me.”

“Dream on,” Li Tingye said angrily.

Seeing the brothers fall out, Old Master Li shook his head sadly. “Tingye, let’s go.”

Li Tingye left angrily.

“He’s just lucky. He used the Huo family’s power to bully us. Hmph, I’ll make him suffer sooner or later.” Li Tingye was indignant.

As it turned out, Li Tingye’s was proven wrong by Huo Xiaoran.

Three years later, Huo Xiaoran became the number one noble in the capital.

No one dared to provoke him. He had a beauty beside him.

It was March, and the newly planted peach blossoms in the Heavenly Imperial Garden actually bloomed into a gorgeous pink bud in the cold wind.

When Huo Zhou was a guest at the Heavenly Imperial Garden, he saw the peach blossom and said in surprise, “Xiaoran, your peach blossom has bloomed. It seems that the happy event between you and Lu Mo is coming soon.”

Li Xiaoran held a long cigar between his slender fingers. He loved smoking and drinking now. The smoke lingered, making his handsome face look unfathomable.

Lu Mo had waited for him for three years. It was time for him to give account to her.

“I’ll mention marriage to her later.”

Huo Zhou thought he had heard wrongly. He exclaimed, “Yo, my family’s ten-thousand-year-old iron tree has bloomed.”

Huo Xiaoran looked at him. “What about you?”

Huo Zhou was three years older than Huo Xiaoran and was already in his early thirties.

The two brothers did not take the ordinary path of love. Huo Xiaoran was already trapped by love, while Huo Zhou was still not enlightened.

Huo Zhou shrugged. “I’m afraid of marriage.”

Huo Xiaoran’s personality was getting colder and colder. Every time Huo Zhou chatted with him, he would easily fall into a deadlock.

After saying a few words, Huo Xiaoran became taciturn again and suddenly smoked.

Huo Zhou carefully probed, “Xiaoran, you’ve finally decided to marry Lu Mo. Does this mean that you’ve finally let go of Qiao An?”

Hearing Qiao An’s name, Huo Xiaoran’s handsome face remained calm, as if this was a name that had nothing to do with him.

“I let it go three years ago,” he said calmly.

Huo Zhou said, “That’s good. I see that Lu Mo loves you so much. If you marry her, she should take good care of you.”

Huo Xiaoran frowned and said, “I don’t need her to take care of me.”

Huo Zhou was slightly stunned.

Huo Xiaoran added stiffly, “She’s not in good health.”

Huo Zhou smiled and said, “You’re finally thinking for her.”

Huo Xiaoran smiled bitterly and said, “My heart isn’t made of stone.”

At this moment, at at the airport, a beautiful figure walked out of the plane from Malta.

She was wearing a white lace dress that hugged her body tightly. Her fishtail skirt and long seaweed-like hair were naturally loose and gentle. It made her look like an otherworldly fairy, but it also seeped with an aura of desire that made one’s heart palpitate.

She held two girls’ hands and a little boy followed beside her.

The little boy was wearing a big mask, revealing only a pair of smart and beautiful fox eyes.

“Mommy, is Daddy in the capital?” Joey asked innocently.

Qiao An looked at his eldest daughter with an especially complicated gaze.

At this moment, her second daughter, Angel Qiao, blinked her star-like eyes and asked expectantly, “Mommy, can we see Daddy?”

This time, Qiao An’s eyes were filled with hatred.

“Your daddy is dead. The grass on his grave is taller than yours.”

Qiao An walked out of the airport and looked at the traffic lights opposite the entrance. His mind was filled with the car accident three years ago.

Perhaps it was the aftermath of the trauma. Actually, Qiao An couldn’t remember the exact details of the car accident, but the voice echoed in her ears extremely clearly.

“Qiao An, don’t worry and go on your way. Don’t blame me. Li Xiaoran wants you to die. Your relationship with him will affect his future. Therefore, you have to die.”

Qiao An’s fists clenched unconsciously, her nails almost digging into her flesh.

The car accident had severely injured her neck, face, and brain. If she hadn’t been lucky enough to meet the famous Dr. Jason, she might have died on the spot.

She kept her babies, healed, and had plastic surgery. She lived in hell every day for those months.

Fortunately, she survived.

Qiao An closed her eyes and looked away from the place that pained her.

“Let’s go.”

She hailed a taxi by the side of the road and quietly checked into a hotel downtown with the child.

She chose the downtown area to set up their residence near a school district. The three treasures had reached the age of enrollment, so it was very urgent and necessary to buy school district houses.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she had sealed off the news of her return. She had not even told her good friends, Rocco and her brother.

On the first day Qiao An checked into the hotel, she saw the news of Huo Xiaoran on television. After not seeing him for three years, he had already become the most powerful person in Jingdu. It was obvious to the naked eye that he had shed all his gentleness and become fierce.

Jo Ann stared at the television, her hands trembling slightly.

If he had not achieved such great success, perhaps Qiao An could still comfort herself by saying that the car accident might have been a misunderstanding. After all, in her eyes, Li Xiaoran did not care about fame and fortune at all. How could he hurt her for fame and fortune?

However, it turned out that fame and fortune was all he cared about.