Secretary Jiang throws out the divorce papers, and President Huo loses control with red eyes.

Chapter 263 Sweetie's Eyes Widen

Of course, although time cannot be turned back, Horstley never held back in giving himself those slaps.

And in fact, the punishment he gave himself went far beyond just being slapped—

In the first year after she left, he thought countless times about atoning for his sins with his death.

He investigated for a long time but could not find out the true identity of the car owner. He initially thought it was Huo Chishen who did it, but the clues he found showed that Huo Chishen did not have that ability, so he continued to investigate.

During that period, in addition to sending out various detectives and bodyguards, he also personally met with many people.

However, they were never able to find out who was behind it.

The resentment of not being able to avenge her allowed him to eke out a living in this world.

He had actually thought about it at the time. If he still couldn't find out the cause of her death before he turned thirty-five, he would stop investigating and make a will to hand over the matter, along with the position of head of the family, to the next generation of the Huo family.

Among the several promising descendants who are likely to become the next head of the family, whoever avenges her will become the next head of the family.

As for him...

He was going to be with her.

And later, the will was indeed made.

But for him, during that time, all he wanted was to stay alive.

To be alive means to be whole, with both beard and tail intact.

Even if you're covered in wounds but still have breath, that's still a form of living.

At that time, he lived the latter way—

During that time, only the pain could slightly reduce his guilt.

To make him feel less psychologically distressed.

So that he could calm down more quickly, find out the cause of her death, and avenge her more quickly.

Therefore, he never held back when he hurt himself.

Sitting in the master bedroom of Yunhai Huafu, Huo Sili was lost in thought as he recalled that time.

However, when he recalled this part, he frowned slightly and pulled himself out of it.

He has no memory of anything before he turned twenty, so that period was the most depressing and painful time of his life after he turned twenty.

No one likes to relive pain, especially since he is well aware that his depression is not 100% cured.

Therefore, it is not advisable to immerse yourself in that painful memory again.

It's closer to Yunhai Huafu from the restaurant than it is to the villa under Song Xinye's name.

Huo Sili repurchased all the skincare products and supplements that Jiang Qin used to like in the master bedroom. Except for some that were no longer available, he added all the rest to his shopping cart and paid for them together.

After shopping, I sat on the sofa where I had memories of her for a while, lost in thought.

I opened WeChat, swiped through the chat window, and checked my text messages to see if I had missed any.

There were no new messages. The WeChat chat window was still showing the last time he sent a message about Xie You'an walking with another woman. As for text messages, there were none either; there were no red dots or missed messages.

Huo Sili glanced at the time displayed in the corner of the screen again.

I checked the navigation and calculated again; we should be almost there.

Why haven't they sent a message yet?

The navigation is all green, so at this point, the road they're going to take should be free of traffic jams.

Huo Sili frowned slightly, opened Jiang Qin's WeChat page on his phone, and hovered his finger over the video call button several times, but ultimately did not press it.

No, nothing will happen. It's probably just that the roads are slippery due to the snow, so we're driving slowly.

And yes, and Sweetie is asleep too.

It's perfectly normal to drive slowly so as not to disturb Tian Tian.

Hosley thought to himself, trying to calm his emotions.

Finally, a rabbit illustration avatar, which he had only recently added but had become very familiar with due to being seen many times, popped up in the status bar at the top of his phone.

She sent a message to let me know she was safe:

We've arrived home safely.

Huo Sili's eyes lit up. At the same time, his phone screen was lit up with his chat interface with Jiang Qin.

Then the message from Jiang Qin popped up.

He was about to type a reply, but when he typed "okay," he felt it was a bit too dry.

Huo Sili paused, recalling how he had overheard the newly hired young employees at the company discussing which emojis were the cutest and how they wanted to save them.

Suddenly, another thing came to mind.

Yes, she is four years younger than him.

So, will she find it boring to chat with him?

But regardless of whether he could or not, at this moment, Huo Sili felt that he should take the initiative in the conversation.

Although he never uses emojis when chatting with others.

When we were deeply in love, I wasn't very good at those things, but thankfully she never complained.

No, that's not right. Hosley's brows furrowed slightly.

She didn't openly express her dislike, but in reality, did she also think he was a boring person?

At that time, she liked him, so she didn't care about those things.

Horstley didn't know, but at that moment he felt that from now on he should try to please his wife more.

He began to seriously search for cute emojis that were suitable for the moment.

Just then, another picture popped up in the chat box.

When Huo Sili saw the little rabbit pop up at the top again, he paused in his search for emojis, but couldn't resist replying first.

So cute!

It's a sweet photo.

But it doesn't look like it was taken by Jiang Qin; it looks more like a selfie.

Huo Sili wasn't sure if Tian Tian had taken the picture with Jiang Qin's phone and sent it to him, but he was definitely charmed by how cute it was.

So almost instinctively, he replied instantly.

However, after he replied, there was no response for several seconds.

Huo Sili stared at the top of the chat interface and saw "The other party is typing..." several times.

However, the message still didn't arrive.

This puzzled him, and suddenly, a voice message came through.

It was a sweet, crisp, and adorable child's voice: "Daddy, what are you doing?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Huo Sili's eyes, but he quickly realized that Jiang Qin must be busy.

It turns out that Huo Sili knew Jiang Qin quite well.

Jiang Qin was indeed busy. Aunt Zhou was worried that they wouldn't eat well at a restaurant, so she made some pastries and cut some fruit.

Unfortunately, Aunt Zhou went out this afternoon to buy some ingredients for making noodles and pastries, since the weather seemed alright.

As a result, while in the shopping mall, I accidentally encountered two unruly children chasing and playing in the aisle.

The two little boys, Aunt Zhou said, were very strong. One of them charged at her, causing her to fall to the side.

She tried to dodge, but to no avail. In an instant, she bumped into the corner of a nearby shelf, dislocating her ankle.

With the other party's parents not around, Aunt Zhou had no choice but to suffer in silence. Fortunately, Song Xinye's bodyguard accompanied her, which allowed her to get to the hospital smoothly.

The final checkup showed no problems with the bones, and the doctor twisted the dislocated ankle back into place. However, because the journey from the supermarket to the hospital was quite long, my ankle continued to hurt, and the surrounding area was completely swollen.

It's still swollen to this day. Plus, the ground where I fell was uneven because it had been treated with anti-slip material, which caused large scrapes on my skin. It's red and purple, which looks even more frightening.

The doctor advised that it's best to rest and avoid moving around during this time, otherwise it could aggravate the wound, making it more prone to infection and harder to heal.

Jiang Qin wasn't hungry at first, but Tian Tian woke up when she got off the bus and heard Aunt Zhou say there were pastries, so she said she wanted to eat some.

When Jiang Qin and the others returned, Aunt Zhou was still baking. She called after going upstairs to say the pastries were ready.

It was getting late, and everyone was resting. The others had all gone back to their rooms. Aunt Zhou's condition made it difficult for her to move around, so taking the elevator down was just a matter of minutes for Jiang Qin.

Since her daughter wanted to eat it, Jiang Qin naturally went downstairs to get it herself.

Sweetie took this opportunity to send a message to Huo Sili.

At this moment, Jiang Qin was completely unaware that her precious daughter had actually memorized her phone password.

Since Tian Tian had no defenses against Huo Sili, she blurted out all of this to him as soon as he made a voice call.

After listening to his daughter's account of the situation, Huo Sili was silent for a moment, and then he was genuinely charmed by Tian Tian's cuteness.

But what I felt most was helplessness.

However, he dared not continue speaking, because he estimated that his wife should be almost at the room.

So in the last few seconds, Huo Sili said, "Sweetie, although Daddy really enjoys chatting with you, next time, you can't secretly touch Mommy's phone. You have to get Mommy's permission before you can use Mommy's phone, okay?"

He initially suspected that his daughter had secretly used his wife's phone, but he wasn't sure. However, after a phone call just now, he was certain.

When it came to his child's education, he couldn't help but add that he didn't want to spoil Tian Tian.

After all, in that case, he would most likely be sentenced to imprisonment without a wife.

A moment of confusion flashed across Tian Tian's face.

She didn't quite understand why her dad said that, because her mom was very generous to her, and she was a good girl.

Mommy won't send messages to anyone else listed in the green icon on her phone.

This is the first time she has sent a message. As for why she sent a voice message and took a selfie, that's another story.

That's all from watching Mommy chat with Auntie before.

Forget it, I can't reason with Dad.

Although Sweetie was a little confused, Daddy's words didn't seem to make much of a difference.

"Okay, Sweetie knows, it won't happen again next time."

Just then, footsteps could be heard outside.

Sweetie's eyes widened.