The Baby I Lost Is Actually with My Ex-Husband!

Chapter 16: Chapter 16 Mr. Huo’s Apology, I Do Not Accept

Huo Tingdong said, “Han, time to eat.” @@novelbin@@

With a commanding tone, Han remained indifferent, like an ancient well undisturbed by the wind.

Momo suddenly said coldly, “Liar.”

Huo Tingdong frowned, “I’ve already sent someone to pick up your mommy.”

Momo turned his face away, refusing to look at him. He wouldn’t believe a word from this man until he saw his mommy.

Huo Tingdong didn’t bother to coax him.

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This kid wasn’t his son; why should he bother comforting him?

Han continued to sit quietly, meditating like an old monk, ignoring Old Madam Huo’s coaxing, “Han, you haven’t eaten all day. Aren’t you hungry?”

Han glanced at the beef and chicken breast that Old Madam Huo kept putting into his bowl but treated it as if invisible.

“What should we do?” Old Madam Huo was truly worried, “Han, what do you want? If you eat nicely, grandma will buy it for you, alright?”

Han said, “I want Aunt Qiqi.”

Old Madam Huo looked bewilderedly towards Huo Tingdong.

Huo Tingdong frowned, “Don’t be capricious.”

Han said, “I want Aunt Qiqi.”

Huo Tingdong: “…”

Father and son stared silently at each other, as if in a mute standoff.

At that moment—

Engine noise came from outside.

A car stopped at the entrance of Huo Mansion.

Mo Ke got out of the car, entered, and reported to Huo Tingdong, “Mr. Huo, she’s here.” Mo Ke paused, as if hesitant.

Huo Tingdong asked, “What’s wrong?”

Mo Ke whispered in his ear, “Miss Lin is slightly injured.”

Huo Tingdong frowned and walked outside.

Han twitched his ears and followed, but the old lady grabbed him and carried him back to his seat like holding a kitten, “Han, be good, don’t run around.”

Anxious, Momo followed Huo Tingdong outside, only to see the car’s back door open and Lin Qi slumped in the back seat, motionless as if unconscious.

“Mommy!”

Momo, terrified and frantic, climbed into the back seat and cradled Lin Qi’s face.

Her body and face were covered in injuries.

There were slap marks and bruises from punches…

“Mommy!!” Momo yelled angrily like a little tiger, “Who hurt my mommy?”

Inside the house, upon hearing Momo’s voice, Han walked out eagerly. Seeing Lin Qi held tightly in Momo’s arms, gravely unconscious, he clenched his small hands to his chest, approaching with worry.

Huo Tingdong glanced over, his expression changing drastically, “What happened?”

Could it be some form of vigilante justice?

Mo Ke explained, “Miss Lin was taken to the detention center. When the suspects heard she was involved in child trafficking, they collectively attacked her. But luckily, the injuries are minor, mainly superficial, nothing life-threatening.”

Upon hearing Mo Ke’s words, Momo was furious, teeth clenched, “Minor injuries!?”

These extensive injuries, how are they considered ‘minor’?

This bad uncle is blatantly lying.

Realizing his mistake, Mo Ke shut his mouth.

“It’s all your fault!” Momo glared hatefully at Huo Tingdong, “It’s all because you accused my mommy of child trafficking and had her arrested. It’s you who caused her to be so severely injured! If my mommy suffers any complications, if she’s been permanently harmed, will you take responsibility?”

Huo Tingdong said, “I will take responsibility.”

He blurted it out without any hesitation.

Mo Ke was dumbstruck.

Momo coldly said, “What will you take responsibility with?”

Huo Tingdong walked over and said to Momo, “If she has any sequelae, I’ll take responsibility. I’ll take care of her for life.”

Han looked at Lin Qi with heartache, then at Huo Tingdong, and suddenly, self-blame, and guilt surged up, leaving him with mixed feelings.

Had he not left school without authorization, the Huo Family wouldn’t have made such a big fuss, resulting in Aunt Qiqi being suspected of being a human trafficker and getting so severely injured.

Huo Tingdong walked up, intending to carry Lin Qi out of the car, but Momo was very protective, guarding her tightly, staring at him warily while holding Lin Qi in his arms, his eyes red, having no trust in the man before him.

Huo Tingdong said, “Give her to me.”

Momo said, “You only bully Mommy, I don’t want to give Mommy to you!”

Huo Tingdong said, “I will have her stay at the Huo Mansion to recover until she is healed. I will hire the best doctors for her, leaving no scars and no sequelae.”

Hearing this, Momo wavered slightly, he pursed his lips, seeing that Huo Tingdong seemed really sincere in taking full responsibility, his little hands gradually loosened…

…

Lin Qi opened her eyes, her consciousness groggy, and her temples throbbing painfully.

She looked at the empty, luxurious ceiling, unable to discern where she was.

Suddenly…

A small, exquisitely beautiful face appeared above her field of vision.

Han stared at her with his sparkling black eyes, and suddenly reached out to gently touch her forehead.

“Han…” Lin Qi recognized him.

Lin Qi slowly sat up, and Han immediately considerately brought a pillow for her to lean on her back.

The bed was two meters wide.

Momo obediently lay on the edge of the bed, his delicate brows and eyes showing signs of tiredness.

She looked out the window; it was already dawn.

Next to the bed, there was a single armchair where Huo Tingdong leaned, supporting his chin with one hand, the dawn light cast a gentle coating on him.

His black hair shadowed his eyelids, the man’s normally sharp and exquisitely handsome features softened in the shadows with his eyes closed, losing some of the aggressiveness and imposing aura.

Han walked up to him and tugged at his clothes corner, patting his cheek.

Huo Tingdong, a light sleeper, suddenly opened his eyes, his brows playful, his gaze locked onto the bedside, seeing that Lin Qi was awake, his Adam’s apple moved slightly, “You’re awake?”

Lin Qi then recalled.

She had been mistaken for a human trafficker and taken to the police station, detained for twenty-four hours with other suspects.

Those suspects, upon learning she was arrested for “kidnapping children”, became righteously indignant, cornered her against the wall with both slaps and kicks.

Fortunately, she instinctively protected her head, otherwise, she would probably be lying in the ICU.

So…

She was cleared of suspicion, and Huo Tingdong had brought her to the Huo Mansion, had he stayed with her all night?

Lin Qi saw some fatigue between Huo Tingdong’s brows, but on second thought, if this man hadn’t unreasonably sent her to the police station, she wouldn’t have suffered such humiliation.

The atmosphere became subtly awkward.

Huo Tingdong parted his thin lips, not knowing what to say, “You…”

“Mr. Huo wants to apologize,” Lin Qi said, “I must declare in advance, I do not accept your apology.”

Huo Tingdong: “…”

Apologize?

How could she get such an impression?

Seeing the cold look in Huo Tingdong’s eyes, Lin Qi scoffed, “Don’t tell me I’m being overly sensitive? How could a man like Mr. Huo, long used to high positions and maneuvering power amidst harsh realities, apologize for a misunderstanding?”