The Billionaire's Mischievous Sweetheart

Qi Longbing said with a smile as he looked at Hua Xiaomo’s demeanor. Suddenly, he felt that she was so gentle at this moment; oh, how he wished she could always be this gentle. But in reality, she knew that deep down, his heart was as tough as stone. This was starkly different from his outward appearance.

"President Qi, when will you go back then?" Hua Xiaomo suddenly asked. He couldn’t possibly stay in City B forever. He had to return to City A; his enterprise, Qi Imperial Court, was there.

Qi Longbing, upon hearing her question, couldn’t help but counter with one of his own. "Do you feel a bit reluctant to see me leave? Xiao Mo, I suddenly feel like I should stay in City B instead of City A."

"This place is truly my home. I can’t find that feeling of home when I return to City A," Qi Longbing said with a laugh, but inside, he felt a pang of helplessness. It seemed like a true feeling; in City B, he had Hua Xiaomo and Candy. They were both his women, and he loved them both. But what about City A? Apart from his enterprise, he had nothing left there. He couldn’t find any emotional belonging there.

If possible, he really wanted to move the headquarters of Qi Imperial Court to City B. That way, he could work peacefully here and live with his woman and their daughter. What a wonderful thing that would be.

Hua Xiaomo listened, and a slight tremor went through her heart. But one fact reminded her that he was a married man. He had a wife waiting for him to return to City A; he couldn’t possibly stay forever.

After a long time, she looked at Qi Longbing and told him seriously, "President Qi, what we’re doing can’t last long. You know, you’re already married, and I... I am a mother with a child. No matter what happens in the future, I feel that I can’t go on like this." Hua Xiaomo said slowly, hoping he would understand her underlying message, and that he would wake up sooner and return to his family.

Qi Longbing thought about her words, and then suddenly smiled. "Actually, it’s quite simple. Once I’m back, I’ll divorce Pan Yutong, and then no one will be able to stop us from being together."

Hua Xiaomo was taken aback. She had not expected Qi Longbing to say this. She felt like an intruder, breaking up his family, and it weighed heavily on her heart.

"President Qi, are you really going to divorce Pan Yutong? Just for me and Candy?" Hua Xiaomo asked.

No sooner had she spoken these words than she felt foolish—of course, that was the reason. But no matter what, she felt guilty toward that woman; how could she do such a thing? Initially, she had chosen to leave to let them be, but now, she had suddenly interfered, disrupting his family. It was cruel to everyone involved.

"What do you think, Xiao Mo?" Qi Longbing asked with a smile, his demeanor now calm and relaxed. The seriousness from before had dissipated, though Hua Xiaomo’s attitude remained firm. Still, her surface was not as tough, and her heart was yet to change slowly. He believed that one day he would change her, that one day he would hold her and their daughter tightly in his arms. Then their family of three would live happily together, and no one would be able to separate them.

Hua Xiaomo said nothing, but there was a flicker in her eyes. Candy was his daughter, true, but she hadn’t told him that she had been pregnant with another one of his children, only that she had decided to terminate it. She wondered whether the child would have been a boy or a girl if it had been born.

"What are you thinking about? My Xiao Mo, you really don’t need to worry about anything. I feel that I can arrange a good life for you and our daughter. You won’t have to work so hard, and I will take care of you both. Trust me, okay?" Qi Longbing said tenderly.

Hua Xiaomo shifted her body to the side, but the gesture felt more like a rejection. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

And yet, she couldn’t help but blurt out those three words—"I love you!"

Qi Longbing listened, his heart intoxicated. I love you just the same, he firmly repeated in his heart.

Then, deep into the night, Hua Xiaomo still got up from the bed and began to quietly put on her clothes.

Qi Longbing watched her rise; at that moment, he was simply too tired to want to move.

"What’s wrong, are you still going back?" Qi Longbing asked, watching her slender silhouette. Loving her ten thousand times over wouldn’t be enough. He truly couldn’t bear to be away from her for even a moment. Now, he suddenly regretted his past decisions. He really shouldn’t have been so impulsive as to marry Pan Yutong. If he had discovered the existence of Candy earlier, or come to City B a bit sooner to see for himself, maybe things wouldn’t be like this now.

Hua Xiaomo gave him a sidelong glance and spoke slowly. "I’m not at ease with the child alone at home; I need to go back and check."

"That’s true. It’s so late, let me drive you back!" Qi Longbing said, slowly rising to his feet. He truly didn’t feel like moving this time, but for Hua Xiaomo, he endured his fatigue and got up to put on his shirt. After putting on his trousers, he then walked over to her.

"Xiao Mo, I will treat you and the child well, trust me," Qi Longbing said with deep affection, and then he smiled, his handsome face beaming brightly.

At that moment, he felt an incomparable sense of warmth. She truly brought him the feeling of home, a feeling that Hua Xiaomo and Candy had given him. He felt so blessed! With the two of them by his side, he could do so much, do many things for both of them. Yes, he should really think about it, to secure more happiness for the two of them, mother and daughter. And he couldn’t wrong Candy either. He couldn’t let Candy carry the stigma of being a child born out of wedlock.

Why? Why is this happening? Is she pitying him? Pitying him... who is destined to lose what’s his... Why? Why is she even saying such things? Hadn’t she already decided to stop at nothing? This was the worst-case scenario she had prepared for in her heart. But why, when it came down to it, did she want to give up again? Hua Xiaomo, what in the world are you thinking?

Hua Xiaomo’s own heart also began to grow chaotic; she felt extremely perplexed and pained. How could she manage to not feel this way? She truly detested the person she had become now, having lost her sense of self, becoming someone no longer like her true self.

Suddenly, that voice deep inside her rang out again. "Xiao Mo, Qi Longbing is as ferocious as a wolf and tiger. If he finds out you’ve been with me, he won’t let either of us off. So, you must get hold of something against him! Only then can we be together forever!"