freenovelworld Chapter 16 Did my kiss disgust you?
Chapter 16 Did my kiss disgust you?
Jiang Qin looked up and met his gaze, swiped to answer the call, and held the phone to her ear, her tone as gentle as ever when she made a phone call, "Hello? Mom."
Across from him, Huo Sili's eyes darkened slightly as he lifted his foot and walked closer to Jiang Qin.
Jiang Qin ignored him, staring blankly into a void, and calmly continued speaking into it, "Is there something you need?"
Upon hearing this, Huo Sili realized that the person on the other end of the phone was probably not Yuan Lianqing.
Indeed, the person Jiang Qin was talking to at that moment was not her mother-in-law, but her biological mother, Wang Peilan, who had remarried and had a son when Jiang Qin was seven years old, and had a new husband and a new family.
It's often said that if you have a stepmother, you'll have a stepfather. But actually, it's the same for both; if you have a stepfather, you'll have a stepmother.
However, perhaps because she is also a girl, when she grows up and thinks about her biological parents and her original family, she feels that her mother's actions at that time may have been understandable.
But, despite the logic, the knife did hit her, and Wang Peilan did indeed run away irresponsibly.
As the saying goes, a lucky childhood heals a lifetime, while an unlucky childhood requires a lifetime to heal, and she belongs to the latter.
She can't forget the tragic experiences of her childhood to this day.
Jiang Chao, her abusive father, stabbed her before he died in a car accident, causing her to bleed profusely. Her mother is Wang Peilan.
At that time, she watched helplessly as the girl bled, while she rummaged through drawers and cabinets looking for money, apologized to her, took the money and ran away, leaving the girl, who was bleeding and desperately calling for her mother, in that dark little house.
On that day, four-and-a-half-year-old Jiang Qin, who should have been enjoying the beauty of childhood, deeply believed that she would not live to be five years old.
That desperate fear still sends chills down Jiang Qin's spine and makes her eyes turn ashen whenever she recalls it.
Of course, all of this happened a long time ago, and after graduating from university, she transferred her household registration from her abusive biological father, Jiang Chao, and took advantage of the policy for recent graduates to register their household registration in a first-tier city in the south.
Therefore, she now has absolutely no connection with Wang Peilan, or rather, with his new family.
If there is anything to say, it might be that, for some reason, a faint trace of blood ties still exists between them that hasn't been completely erased.
But now, even this last vestige of family affection is likely to be worn away completely.
"Mom, are you kidding me?"
Hearing Wang Peilan's utterly shameless exorbitant demands, Jiang Qin laughed, her eyes filled with a self-deprecating gloom.
As one might expect, the last time Wang Peilan called, it was a subtle way of asking her for money.
However, the last time was a year ago. At that time, she and Huo Sili were in a good relationship. She was healed by him and felt sweet every day. In addition, Huo's salary was high, and she really didn't have any expenses living in Yunhai Huafu. She had nowhere to spend her salary.
She borrowed it, and Wang Peilan said at the time that she would definitely pay her back, at the latest within a year.
But now, it's clear that a year has passed, and there's still no sign of them promising to repay her money.
Lending her money was a favor, not lending it was her right. She hasn't repaid 100,000, and now she's asking to borrow 1 million!
One million? Jiang Qin found it extremely funny. The person who abandoned her and left her to fend for herself could now directly ask her for a million. She had once heard a metaphor that said some people have skin thicker than a city wall.
Jiang Qin has now discovered that Wang Peilan is in this line of work, but it's strange that they have the same father and the same mother.
How come she has neither violent tendencies nor shamelessness?
Wang Peilan was still crying and complaining that her stepfather, Jiang Jianrong, was being chased by debt collectors who threatened to kill him if he didn't get the money within two weeks.
When Wang Peilan mentioned Jiang Jianrong, Jiang Qin had been somewhat patient listening to her, but now she was no longer.
Jiang Jianrong and Jiang Qin would never forget that Jiang Qin was in a very bad state during the period right after her grandmother passed away.
When Mrs. Huo found Wang Peilan, Wang Peilan readily promised to bring her the warmth of home and help her regain hope in life.
Afterwards, she took her to meet her stepfather, Jiang Jianrong, and the family of four had a meal together.
Before she had even started eating, Jiang Jianrong began questioning her directly about her relationship with the Huo family.
He openly and secretly wanted her to use her connections in the upper class for him. At the time, she was already in a bad state, so she naturally didn't give him a friendly look. When Jiang Jianrong saw that she had no intention of helping him, he directly took away all the meat dishes on the table and replaced them with boiled cabbage.
He also spewed a bunch of feudalistic ideas at her, such as that having a daughter is useless, that women are just cheap, and so on, deliberately trying to provoke her.
Having discerned what kind of person the other person was, she naturally didn't linger and left immediately.
"What did you say?"
Having no intention of listening any further, Jiang Qin hung up the phone and sat down on the sofa. Huo Sili walked over and sat down next to her without any politeness.
Jiang Qin frowned and moved to the side, putting her phone back in her bag. "It's nothing."
"Nothing?" Horst's voice trailed off with obvious disbelief.
He paused, then stood up and sat closer to her, meeting her eyes, his tone noticeably gentler.
"Jiang Qin, we're not divorced yet. If you have any problems, you can tell me and I'll handle them."
During this period, apart from engaging in sexual activity, they rarely had such close and calm eye contact.
His words made her realize once again that she and he would soon be getting a divorce.
Since that's the case, there's no need to tell him anymore, especially since she resigned after getting the divorce certificate.
Given the disparity in their social status, she would never have any contact with him again in her lifetime.
"No, thank you," Jiang Qin said. "There's no need."
Her voice was calm, and Huo Sili's eyes darkened. He suddenly let out a sneer.
Jiang Qin closed her eyes to rest. Dinner was going to be a social occasion, and she would rather eat by herself. It would probably involve some acting and mental exercise, so she needed to conserve her energy.
She heard the mocking laugh, but she didn't want to pay it any mind.
This man is a master of false accusations; he thinks everyone else is dirty because he himself is dirty, and ultimately, it's because he has changed his mind.
Since that's the case, no matter what she says, he won't believe her, so she simply stopped trying to guess what he was thinking.
Whatever.
As Jiang Qin was thinking this, her lips were covered by something warm. She suddenly opened her eyes and saw a handsome face magnified in front of her. His long, dark eyelashes brushed against her, causing a slight tingling sensation on her sensitive skin.
She instinctively closed her eyes, then mustered all her strength to push him, but he didn't budge. Frustrated, she turned her head away slightly, "Huh...!"
Before the name could be uttered, her lips were completely sealed.
Suddenly she remembered that earlier in the car, Horst had also been in the same position, kissing her fiercely until her legs went weak.
Jiang Qin felt a sudden surge of heat in her ears and pushed him away even harder. However, after exerting force, she suddenly felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen.
In an instant, she was startled and abruptly withdrew all her strength.
Pain and worry caused her brows to furrow. He relaxed his gaze and saw this, a mocking smile curving his thin lips.
"Does being kissed by me make you feel disgusted?"
Huo Sili leaned down, his dark pupils gazing deeply into Jiang Qin's eyes, as if trying to see right through her.
Jiang Qin wanted to say no, but an untimely knock sounded at the door, and the kind voice of Uncle Wen, the old butler of the Wen family, came in.
"Mr. Huo, Mrs. Huo, dinner is ready. Please come with me to the dining room."