Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 186 - 184: Why Keep the Child of a Rapist?
Huo Zhenxuan walked in the door and glanced at Mu Qingran, who was having a strong reaction. Of course, he knew why she had such a reaction to seeing him.
As his gaze slid downward, he saw her stomach, and with barely noticeable contempt, he snorted with a smirk.
Yao Zhenru, seeing her son return, didn’t bother with Mu Qingran anymore and her tone became incredibly gentle, "Xuan, you’re back, have you had breakfast yet?"
Jiayi knew that although the Second Young Master, Huo Zhenxuan, lived in Huo Garden, he spent every night either partying in bars, cruising on yachts out at sea, or he came back drunk late into the night, or simply didn’t come home at all, returning only the next morning.
It was precisely because Huo Zhenxuan was such a carefree, idle rich second generation that he wasn’t favored by Huo Tianpei, which is why Tianpei was reluctant to let this second son help his elder brother at the headquarters.
If it weren’t for Yao Zhenru constantly whispering praises about her son into the old man’s ear, Tianpei would have likely disliked this second son even more.
However, Zhenxuan didn’t see it as his own fault and felt that it was the old man’s bias, which only led him to act even more recklessly.
If it hadn’t been for the news that his elder brother had returned yesterday, Zhenxuan might not have come back today.
In recent months, his brother’s presence had mostly been absent from G City, often running off to H City, and Zhenxuan was well aware that his brother went to look for that girl.
He initially thought he finally had a chance. His brother’s heart wasn’t in G City’s corporation, and he was also hesitant to marry Mu Qingran.
The old man might get unhappy and let himself step in to replace his elder brother at the headquarters. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
But unexpectedly, yesterday, his elder brother returned with Jiayi.
Since he had brought someone back, his brother probably wouldn’t leave G City again.
Zhenxuan’s hopes that had risen were again dashed. The moment he heard his brother had come back and was not going anywhere, he was so angry that he kicked a table over.
Standing at the doorway now, he glanced at the living room, saw Jiayi, and confirmed that his elder brother really had come back and was also staying at Huo Garden. His complexion became extremely unsightly.
"I won’t eat!" With his mood thoroughly ruined, Zhenxuan went straight upstairs to his room.
Mu Qingran had already been upset by Jiayi this morning, and seeing the Second Young Master return made her lose her appetite. She ate only a few bites, set down her cutlery, and said tiredly, "I’m going to rest upstairs."
As she went up the stairs and just passed by a room in the corridor, the door suddenly swung open. Before she could react, she was pulled inside, and the door immediately slammed shut.
Gasping for breath, Qingran recognized the person in front of her as Huo Zhenxuan. Her face turned pale, "What are you... what are you doing? Why did you pull me in here?"
In the past few months, even when they encountered each other face to face in Huo Garden, they hardly spoke because, after all, they each felt somewhat guilty.
Of course, Qingran didn’t want outsiders to know that the child she was carrying belonged to the Second Young Master.
And although Zhenxuan took pleasure in having been with his brother’s ex-lover, he also didn’t want people to know that he had forced himself on his cousin while drunk. If the old man found out, it would surely worsen his image!
Aside from letting it slip out once while drunk, he didn’t dare mention it again.
After sobering up from that drinking session, he also paid to keep several mouths shut.
Both of them harbored such thoughts, which is why they acted like strangers whenever they met.
Luckily, Huo Zhenxuan didn’t come back to Huo Garden often, so the two of them didn’t have many opportunities to meet.
Therefore, Huo Zhenxuan’s behavior today really scared Mu Qingran to death!
Seeing her pale-faced and trying to leave, Huo Zhenxuan blocked the door, sinisterly smiling:
"Trying to leave? Where would you go? Didn’t we have a great time that night? Why are you in a hurry to leave now? What, once my elder brother comes back, you forget all about your old flame?"
Happy? Mu Qingran covered her ears, glaring at him with hatred, "It was you, it was you who got drunk and forced yourself on me, I was coerced! I’m letting you off easy by not telling on you; stop talking!"
Tell on him? Did she have the courage? Huo Zhenxuan snorted, his gaze falling on her bulging belly: "Heh, and what about your belly? Was that coerced too? Since I forced myself on you, you should have gotten rid of the pregnancy! Why keep the child of a rapist?"
"No, this isn’t yours—it’s Zhenyang’s!" Mu Qingran, terrified his voice might carry outside, was on the verge of breakdown, trying to stop him from continuing.
Huo Zhenxuan, however, continued to laugh softly, seeing through her thoughts, "My elder brother’s? That night, my elder brother was clearly knocked out; how could he have been with you? You slinked out in disappointment, and in the end, wasn’t it I who planted the seed? If not for my doing, how could you now be pregnant and welcomed by my dad to stay in Huo Garden? You could at least be grateful to me, yet you still deny it?"
One vile sentence after another spilled from the handsome yet slightly sinister mouth of the man.
Mu Qingran felt her temples throbbing intensely, knowing she couldn’t deceive him, she could only compromise, gasping for air: "I’m begging you, please stop talking. If this gets out, not only will I not be able to marry your brother, but you will also gain nothing, and our father will hate you even more! If this were to spread, the consequences could be even more severe! Let’s just forget this ever happened, isn’t it better for us all?"
Huo Zhenxuan grabbed the woman’s slender and fragile throat, pressing her tightly against the door, and sneered, "It’s easy for you, isn’t it? Carrying my child and marrying my elder brother to be the grand mistress of the Huo Family; from then on, you’ll enjoy unlimited luxury and wealth, and you might even end up with a share of the Huo Family’s fortune! But what about me? What do I gain? I cannot accept this!"
Mu Qingran’s pupils constricted, sweat pouring down her face, "Then what do you want?"
"Heh, you’ve taken my seed to rise high, you should give me something in return, right? Now that the old man is so fond of the child in your belly, you have to convince him to let me into the headquarters, I want to take my brother’s place! I want to be the CEO of the Huo Family!"
The man was crazy, absolutely crazy!
Mu Qingran was dumbfounded. Even with all her capacity, how could she possibly persuade the old man to let him into the headquarters?
In the eyes of the old man, age and legitimate birth meant a great deal.
Being the second son born of another marriage, he was naturally not as favored as Huo Zhenyang in the old man’s eyes, his achievements unimpressive and not appealing to the old man, and it was even less likely he’d inherit much of the family fortune, let alone replace Huo Zhenyang as the CEO!
Besides, if she were to marry Huo Zhenyang, she would become the wife of the Huo Family’s eldest young master, how could she possibly speak for the second young master?
Yao Zhenru had helped her climb into Huo Zhenxuan’s bed with the intention that she’d continue to serve as a spy by Huo Zhenyang’s side, passing on information for her and her son, but years ago she had already been used by Yao Zhenru—naïvely stealing documents for her, resulting in being discarded by Huo Zhenxuan!
This time, she certainly wouldn’t be manipulated by anyone ever again!
