What to Do If I Become the Villain's Daughter

Chapter 24

"It seems you haven't completely cleared out the traitors in your household," Huo Xiaozheng laughed, his anger reaching its peak. "You were blind to the truth back then, and even now, you still can't see the reality, can you?"

Huo Xiaozheng's grip was too strong. Jiang Suyuan wanted to resist, but due to lack of oxygen, he couldn't muster any strength in his body.

His face turning purple, he asked, "What do you mean?"

"If Shi Lili wanted to gain status through her child, why didn't she come to me?" Huo Xiaozheng said, enunciating each word.

Jiang Suyuan's eyes widened in shock.

Seeing that Jiang Suyuan was about to be strangled to death by Huo Xiaozheng, Qin Zhiyi, summoning strength from an unknown source, rushed forward and pried Huo Xiaozheng's hands away.

Jiang Suyuan could finally breathe. He leaned against the wall, gasping for air. Once he caught his breath, he shouted at Huo Xiaozheng, "What on earth do you mean?!"

Huo Xiaozheng replied mockingly, "Back then, Shi Lili thought she was sleeping with you, Jiang Suyuan. When she got pregnant, she believed the child was yours."

Jiang Suyuan recalled that five years ago, someone had indeed confronted him, calling him a scumbag. But at that time, he and Qin Zhiyi were in an on-and-off relationship because of Huo Xiaozheng. So, Jiang Suyuan hadn't paid much attention to it. But now, thinking back...

"When Ning was three years old, Shi Lili somehow got hold of your hair sample and sent it for a paternity test along with Ning's," Huo Xiaozheng's tone grew increasingly cold. "After discovering that Ning wasn't your child, Shi Lili became obsessed. In fact, it wasn't just Li Zhiyuan who abused Ning."

Jiang Suyuan's eyes showed a hint of brokenness.

He had never considered himself a good person, but he had always acted without guilt.

Huo Xiaozheng's words plunged him into deep self-reproach.

"Your Jiang family schemed to harm me and you. In the end, the only one who got hurt was my daughter," Huo Xiaozheng said, each word filled with cruelty. "If money could compensate for this, I wouldn't hesitate to give the Huo Corporation to Ning. What are your Jiang and Qin families compared to that?"

Jiang Suyuan and Qin Zhiyi's eyes were filled with emptiness.

Huo Xiaozheng turned to leave.

The door was slightly ajar. As Huo Xiaozheng pushed it open, he saw Huo Ning, who was supposed to be in the banquet hall eating chocolate cake.

Huo Xiaozheng panicked a little, "Ning..."

Huo Ning stood at the doorway like a wooden stake, staring at him with a blank expression. She asked dully, "Dad, is what you said true?"

Huo Xiaozheng suddenly felt a surge of regret. If only he hadn't been so insistent on arguing with Jiang Suyuan, or if he had been more thoughtful and locked the door...

That would have been so much better.

She continued, her voice choked with sobs, large tears falling one by one, "Mom said she was too busy to pick me up from kindergarten, so I waited obediently. Even when it got dark, I wasn't afraid as long as mom came."

"It didn't matter if she forgot my birthday, because my birthday wish was just for mom to be happy."

"Living with Uncle Li was fine too, as long as mom would hug me."

Her emotions were intense, her words coming out rapidly, as if she wanted to pour out all the grievances she had suffered over the years.

"That's not it," Huo Xiaozheng, seeing her trapped in this mindset, weakly comforted her. "Your mom, she's just not suited to be a mother."

Shi Lili had only ever wanted to climb the social ladder or become a pampered little woman.

The process didn't matter to her, and her daughter could be used as a pawn.

These words seemed to hit a pause button. Huo Ning's crying suddenly stopped.

She tilted her head like a marionette, revealing an eerie smile.

"Right? I also think she's not suitable to be my mom."

"That snowy day was too cold. I wanted to become a ghost and take her with me."

Huo Ning's words were childishly innocent, her smile sweet.

"That way, she would love me forever."

Huo Xiaozheng was horrified.

The Huo Ning hiding in her mind was also startled.

So, on that night, had the original owner already lost her will to live?

Before anyone could react, Huo Ning continued, "Can I see her once?"

At this moment, Huo Xiaozheng felt more defeated than ever before.

Originally, he had planned to let Huo Ning choose how to face this when she was mentally and physically healthier.

The scene at the police station, the conversation at the company, and her self-assertion in court had led him to mistakenly treat Huo Ning as an adult.

But she was, after all, only five years old.

"Of course you can," Huo Xiaozheng didn't want Huo Ning to feel abandoned by the whole world, so he immediately responded as soon as she finished asking, "We'll go see her right now."