The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 371 - A Fatal Strike 3_1

"By the way, don’t call me anymore. To be blunt, Miss Yan, you’re not the type of woman a regular family can handle, nor one they can aspire to be associated with. Please, leave my son alone."

Before Yan Xixi could respond, the call had already been disconnected.

Xu Xiaoya, who had heard the entire conversation clearly from the side, quietly asked, "Xixi, are we still going to the hospital? If you want to go, I can go with you."

She was silent for a moment before shaking her head.

"If you don’t go, Huang Xiaojue might be upset."

She gave a bitter smile. What could she do? Even if she went, Huang’s mother would throw her out. It was so damaging to her self-esteem, constantly offering a warm face only to meet a cold shoulder.

"Xixi, I don’t think your future mother-in-law is an easy one. If you really marry Huang Xiaojue, I don’t know how you’ll manage."

She silently put down her phone. Deep down, she understood: this marriage might really be impossible.

But she couldn’t figure out what to do. A vague sense of fear crept over her: everything might come to nothing again.

Just then, a text message arrived. It was from Huang Xiaojue: "Xixi, I know this is tough on you. I’ll be home as soon as possible."

Xu Xiaoya saw the message too. "Xixi, Xiaojue really wants you to visit. Let’s go. Even though his mother is harsh, he’s truly good to you. Let’s just bear with it. Come on, I’ll go with you."

Yan Xixi clenched her teeth. "Alright, let’s go." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

By the time they arrived at the hospital, it was nearly eight o’clock. The friends and relatives who had come to visit had already left; only Huang’s mother and father remained in the room. Seeing the two of them, Huang’s father greeted them politely, "Xixi, what brings you two here?"

Yan Xixi handed over the health supplements she had bought. "Auntie, are you feeling any better?"

Huang’s mother responded flatly, "Dear, you and Xiaoya step out for a moment. I have something to say to Xixi."

Huang’s father looked a bit uncomfortable. "Dear, whatever it is, can’t it wait? You’re not well today."

"You two go out first."

Xu Xiaoya cast a worried glance at Xixi before reluctantly leaving the room.

Only the two of them remained.

Yan Xixi forced a smile and picked up an apple. "Auntie, let me peel an apple for you..."

"No need."

She apologized sincerely, "I’m truly sorry about this time. It’s just that I’d already promised Director Huang, and I couldn’t back out at the last minute. Auntie, I’m very sorry. It absolutely won’t happen again."

"It doesn’t matter. I don’t care whether you come or not."

Yan Xixi didn’t know what to say.

Huang’s mother said coldly, "Yan Xixi, since you’re here, I won’t beat around the bush. To be perfectly honest, even after all this time, I still can’t get over it. I truly cannot bear the thought of my exceptional son marrying a woman who was once kept."

This was a fatal blow.

Huang’s mother was no longer willing to show any mercy.

"At Aunt Xiaojue’s birthday banquet, I announced to all our relatives and friends that you two had broken up."

It was like a bucket of icy water being poured over Yan Xixi’s head.

Huang’s mother continued, her voice and expression severe, "It’s not that I’m being unreasonable! Yan Xixi, if you were in my position, I believe you’d make the same choice. What am I supposed to tell our relatives and friends? Why should my son have to take someone else’s leftovers? To put it bluntly, you have a past. Who knows if you’ll be a faithful wife after marriage? If Xiaojue actually marries you, I’m afraid he’ll never be able to hold his head high. He’ll live his entire life in the shadow of your past! I even worry whether any children he has with you would truly be his own flesh and blood..."

Blood rushed to Yan Xixi’s head.

Her hand, still holding the apple, began to tremble.

She wanted to say something, but though her lips parted slightly, no words came out. Then, she turned and walked out.