Back in the bedroom, Su Yan saw that Huo Tianpei’s face looked terrible and guessed the outcome of his conversation with Huo Zhenyang.

She walked over, sat down, and gently massaged Huo Tianpei’s back, seemingly indifferent as she asked, "Tianpei, did Zhenyang disagree with your proposal?"

Huo Tianpei’s face looked even worse, he grunted in confirmation.

Su Yan ventured, "Why not talk to Jiayi about it? She’s very reasonable. If she knew being with Zhenyang right now might affect the Huo Family, she might agree to move out."

Huo Tianpei frowned deeply, "You want me to tell her to move out of Disheng and not remarry Zhenyang? I can’t bring myself to say that. After all, she was once our daughter-in-law and even bore me a grandson."

It seemed that Huo Tianpei still had some fondness for Jiayi and couldn’t bring himself to be harsh.

Su Yan’s eyelashes fluttered, "Actually, there’s another way."

"What?"

"Recently, several partners’ CEOs have asked me if Zhenyang plans to remarry. They are all prominent families, offering their own daughters as candidates. Even the Mayor of C City inquired on behalf of his daughter. Despite Zhenyang being divorced, many elite heiresses still want to become the young mistress of the Huo Family. Why not seize this opportunity to arrange a matchmaking for Zhenyang? Seeing this, Jiayi might retreat knowing the difficulty and you won’t have to speak personally."

Huo Tianpei’s expression shifted, he stayed silent for a while, didn’t say anything, only wearily waved his hand, "You go ahead and handle it."

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After getting into the car, until the car started moving, Jiayi’s mood still hadn’t calmed down.

The slight burning sensation in her palms brought her back to her senses.

Though she vented her anger, it also brought up the agony from a few months ago, her heart churning like waves.

She was very regretful.

Back when Su Yan first harbored harmful thoughts towards her and Zaizai, she should have mercilessly struck Su Yan down!

Yet, she let Su Yan off the hook because of the disfigurement incident!

If she had been adamant about not letting Su Yan go at that time, perhaps later incidents wouldn’t have occurred.

She wouldn’t have been framed by Su Yan, wouldn’t have miscarried...

She bent over, leaning on her knees, sobbing softly.

Huo Zhenyang embraced her within his arms, signaled the driver to slow down, didn’t try to stop her, just letting her vent to her heart’s content.

Her tears soaked his shirt sleeves, yet he didn’t move away but instead, lifted his sleeve to serve as her face cloth.

His broad palm caressed her back, gradually calming her sobs.

He lifted her face, her nose tear-stained, eyelashes beaded with tears, eyelids slightly lifted, she looked like a crying calico. He took out a wet tissue usually kept in the car, then pinched her sharp chin:

"You hit her, you scolded her, and she was so scared her face turned white, probably won’t sleep well for days."

He didn’t like seeing her cry, not one bit.

She choked up a bit.

Yes, she had cried enough.

Going forward, she wouldn’t let Su Yan get away with it.

She must not let her evade justice.

Seeing her silent for a long while, tears still clinging to her eyelashes, about to fall, he frowned, "Haven’t cried enough?"

Looking at his shirt collar and cuffs ruined by her tears, glancing at the tissue box, she muttered, "You wipe it off, and I’ll stop crying."

He laughed reproachfully, twisting his handsome eyebrows, "Even Zaizai doesn’t ask anyone to wipe his tears anymore. You are acting even more like a child than Zaizai."

Yet he still pulled out a tissue and wiped the stains off her face little by little, finally pinching her small nose gently.

The car had just experienced crying, a touch of dampness remained.

To cover up the awkwardness, she casually asked, "What did the old man say to you just now?"

He pondered for two seconds and replied reservedly, "Nothing much, he asked about our divorce. Both of us explained that it was just a temporary measure to keep the media away from you, and that we would remarry after some time."

Jiayi was moved internally, indeed just as she had thought, and then probed further, "Did the old man say anything else?"

Feeling her nervousness, he slid his hand through her hair and gently rubbed, "Nothing else."

"Really?"

"What else could be said?"

Jiayi bit her lower lip, "Was the old man unhappy about me getting involved in the murder case?"

His eyes narrowed slightly, this young woman was more sensitive than he expected, his voice calm and soothing, "Not at all."

She said nothing more, silent all the way, yet it felt like a small hand was clutching her heart.

The car sped along the road.

As it approached the intersection near Haodu Building, it stopped.

Huo Zhenyang instructed, "George, take Jiayi home." He then said to Jiayi, "I am heading back to the office for a meeting with some subordinates to arrange for things in the next few days."

She nodded her head, aware that he would return to Huo Family soon and many arrangements needed to be made in advance.

He stroked her nose and then got out of the car, walked around to the driver’s side window, instructed George a couple more things, and then left.

George started the engine, ready to drive, but then heard Jiayi softly calling from the backseat, "George."

"Any instructions?" George paused his actions and glanced at Jiayi in the mirror.

Somehow, she still felt unsettled, "Did the old man say anything to him alone just now?"

George hesitated.

Seeing George’s hesitation, Jiayi became even more convinced that Huo Zhenyang hadn’t told her everything, instinctively raising her hands and leaning on the front seat backrest, "Tell me."

George didn’t want to upset the Boss but also didn’t want to hide it from Jiayi, and not being good at lying, he gave a bitter smile, "Miss Jiayi, do you want me to be scolded by the Boss..."

"Speak," she emphasized, even sounding a bit urgent.

George had no choice but to say, "Er, the old man wants you to move out of Disheng, advising the Boss not to remarry you temporarily."

Jiayi’s brows twitched, not surprised. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

This was what she had been guessing all along.

Previously, before she found her dad and mom, even if she was a girl of unknown origin, she at least was innocent and had somewhat won Huo Tianpei’s favor, somewhat meeting Huo Tianpei’s standards for a daughter-in-law of the Huo Family.

But now, she was someone who had been detained, not just for any ordinary crime, but for a murder case, her suspect status had spread across the whole city just two to three months ago when tensions were high... Huo Tianpei must be considering the reputation of the Huo Family at least somewhat.

Seeing her silent, George hurriedly said, "Don’t worry, the Boss did not agree with the old man’s request."

Jiayi snapped back, "What was the old man’s response?"

George internally cursed himself, feeling like the more he talked, the worse it got, under her firm gaze, he had no choice but to say:

"The old man warned the Boss, Huo Group isn’t just the Boss’s alone, he told the Boss to consider the... the reputation of the Huo Family, and also said..."

"Said what?"