Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him-Chapter 134 - : As a Mother, So Is Her Resolve

Chapter 134 -134: As a Mother, So Is Her Resolve

“You tell me.”

Qiao Xi stabbed the Golden Needle down, her brisk and efficient manner sending shivers down Tian Tian’s spine.

Her voice trembling, she said, “If Xingluo threatens you with her death, would you divorce Huo Xingzhou?”

Tian Tian, caught in the middle, was like an indecisive reed swaying to and fro. She was good friends with Xu Xingluo for many years and also relied on Qiao Xi’s medical skills.

“Did Xu Xingluo ask you to come here with these questions?” Qiao Xi asked calmly.

Tian Tian bowed her head in shame and said, “I’m asking for myself. Xingluo has severe depression; she can’t live without Huo Xingzhou. That’s her obsession, and I’m afraid of losing her…”

Qiao Xi sometimes truly envied Xu Xingluo.

She had friends who would risk their lives for her.

She had family members who cherished her like treasure.

And she had memories with Huo Xingzhou from their youth.

Qiao Xi said coldly, “On what grounds do you think her death could threaten me? Because I’m a doctor, you all think you can force my hand with your lives?”

“Tian Tian, even if ten Xu Xingluos died in front of me, I wouldn’t divorce Huo Xingzhou because of her,” Qiao Xi declared.

Tian Tian said sorrowfully, “I understand. Actually, that’s what Xingluo said too. She also mentioned that there are some things at the Huo Family home that she hopes I could retrieve for her as a final memento.”

When Xu Xingluo spoke of it, she had instructed Tian Tian not to mention it if Huo Xingzhou was at home.

But when she arrived at the Huo Family home, Huo Xingzhou wasn’t there, only Qiao Xi. Perhaps Qiao Xi was easier to talk to than Huo Xingzhou.

Qiao Xi took a deep breath and said, “What are they? I’ll go get them.”

“In the art studio on the top floor, there’s a box with some items inside, on the lowest shelf of the standing cabinet,” said Tian Tian, her gaze darting around, “maybe I should get it instead? It’s not good for you to see those kinds of things.”

Qiao Xi glanced at her indifferently and stepped out of the treatment room, heading to the art studio on the top floor.

She gently pushed open the door of the art studio, having already formed a guess in her mind.

Qiao Xi opened the standing cabinet and saw a box. Hesitantly, she lifted the lid, revealing a stack of sketches within.

Life drawings.

The woman in the sketches was striking provocative poses, naked, her sexuality laid bare.

Sketches viewed from every angle, the details vividly rendered.

Side views, front views, back views.

The subject was Xu Xingluo.

Qiao Xi recalled stumbling upon that blurry sketch in the studio long ago, wondering if it was of a plaster model or a real person.

It turned out, it was all Xu Xingluo.

Why were there life drawings of Xu Xingluo in Huo Xingzhou’s art studio?

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Qiao Xi felt a chill in her heart, as if her living heart was being tightly bound by a tenacious thread, tearing apart.

She bit her tongue, tasting the metallic sweetness, barely maintaining her composure.

Qiao Xi carefully arranged all the sketches and brought them downstairs to Tian Tian.

“Qiao Xi, I’m sorry. Xingluo is hospitalized, so I could only come to get them,” Tian Tian said with guilt, “You saw them, right? That’s all in their past.”

“Tian Tian.”

Qiao Xi looked at her, her eyes cold as ice, “Have you ever considered why she specifically asked you to retrieve them? And why were you the one to come forward last time at Longtan Township? Who’s the beneficiary, and who’s the victim?”

Xu Xingluo was like a maggot in one’s flesh, disgusting and relentless.

She just wouldn’t let her have peace of mind.

Tian Tian was taken aback. Simple-minded and impulsive, she truly hadn’t thought that much.

“Don’t always let yourself be used by others; go back,” said Qiao Xi wearily.

She really felt sickened by Xu Xingluo’s manipulation, even though she kept telling herself that it was all in the past. Perhaps this was just another of Xu Xingluo’s schemes.

But she couldn’t help the retching, the nausea was overwhelming!

Tian Tian looked at her worriedly, then left with a few drawings in her arms, her mind clouded with thoughts of Qiao Xi’s words.

Could it be that her good friend had always been using her? Her mother had also told her to stay away from Xu Xingluo.

After Tian Tian left.

Qiao Xi sat alone in the studio for a long time.

She couldn’t stop wondering what Xu Xingluo and Huo Xingzhou had done in this very studio. Aunt Qian said his painting skills were superb, and Xu Xingluo used to come here to play often as a child.

Was there ever a moment when they gave in to their budding emotions, stealing forbidden fruit?

Qiao Xi thought, she wasn’t as magnanimous as she had believed.

Her phone’s ringtone interrupted her thoughts. She answered the call and, frantic, said, “Okay, I’ll be right there.”

Qiao Xi hurried downstairs.

…

Haicheng City Hospital Orthopedic Inpatient Department.

An elderly woman with greying hair and a frail body leaned back on the bed. Her right leg was abraded, the knee raw and bloody.

Grandma Qiao looked gratefully at the elegant and dignified woman before her, “Madam, you are truly kind, I can’t thank you enough.”

“Don’t mention it.”

While speaking, Qiao Xi ran in out of breath, “Grandma, are you alright? What suddenly brought you to Haicheng?”

“Nannan said she missed me, so I came to see you,” Grandma Qiao said with tears in her eyes, offering reassurance, “The doctor said it’s just a minor abrasion. I’ll be better after a couple of days of rest. It’s all thanks to this kind madam that I was brought to the hospital.”

Qiao Xi turned her head to look at the woman in the corner of the room.

Liu Huimin, with an innocent smile, said, “Dr. Qiao, if you don’t mind, could we go out and talk for a bit?”

“Okay,” replied Qiao Xi.

Grandma Qiao, puzzled, said, “You know each other? What a coincidence, you even look a little alike.”

Qiao Xi explained, “She’s a patient’s relative from the hospital, we’ve met a few times. Grandma, you should lie down and not move around.”

She looked at Liu Huimin and said, “Let’s talk outside.”

Liu Huimin lifted her skirt elegantly and followed her out the door.

In the corridor of the high-end ward, it was very quiet, with hardly anyone coming and going.

The sweat on Qiao Xi’s forehead emerged as fine beads, and her soft hair stuck to her cheeks, making her look very docile.

Liu Huimin stared at her for a good while before putting on the airs of a lady and said, “It seems your grandma is your weak spot. But next time, you may not be so lucky.”

Qiao Xi suddenly looked up, her gaze icy, “What do you mean?”

Liu Huimin stared into her almond-shaped eyes, heart hardened, and said, “Xingluo is my daughter, and a mother is naturally protective. You may not understand, a mother is willing to sacrifice everything for her daughter.”

“Being the daughter of Zhao Yuzhen, you’ve probably never tasted the feeling of being doted on, have you?”

Liu Huimin added with a smirk, “Dr. Qiao, I don’t really want to make things difficult for you. Just divorce Huo Xingzhou, and I’ll meet your demands.”

The same old divorce.

Qiao Xi stared at her fiercely, “So my grandmother’s injury, you did that? What does a human life mean to you?”

At this point, how could she not know that her grandmother’s injury was orchestrated by the woman before her.

And she still hypocritically played the good person in front of her grandmother.

Liu Huimin smiled radiantly, “Dr. Qiao, you can’t just say anything. I’m the good Samaritan who brought your grandma to the hospital, don’t make unfounded speculations.”

Qiao Xi enunciated each word, “Mrs. Xu, Liu Zongyun is still in my hands.”