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

Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Perish Together with Her

The next day.

Lin Qi, as usual, went to the company to clock in for work.

Right upon arriving at the company, she keenly sensed that something was off with the atmosphere.

“Have you heard? Mrs. Fang was beaten up last night.”

“Who? Who dared to beat up Mrs. Fang?”

“Mr. Fang! He beat Mrs. Fang so hard that her face and body were covered in bruises. She came to the office today wearing sunglasses, but they couldn’t hide anything.”

“Isn’t that domestic violence?”

“It’s said that Mrs. Fang’s son…”

Before the speaker could finish, the office suddenly fell silent.

Lin Qi lifted her head and saw Mrs. Fang enter the office and walk straight towards her.

She was still dressed appropriately, however, she was wearing thick, oversized sunglasses indoors. And even so, it was not difficult to see the purplish bruises on her cheekbones, her broken mouth, and her peculiar way of walking.

“Lin Qi, come to my office,” said Mrs. Fang as she nodded towards her before turning and heading back to her office.

“Swish swish swish—”

Everyone looked at Lin Qi with strange gazes.

Lin Qi, not understanding why, walked to the office door and knocked.

“Come in.”

As soon as she entered, she saw Mrs. Fang take off her sunglasses, revealing her left eye swollen like a fish bladder, and her right eyelid also torn; the implant at the bridge of her nose, which had been inserted not too long ago, had also been knocked askew.

Lin Qi was truly startled by her ghastly appearance.

“As you can see… because of Young Master Huo’s incident, I was beaten like this,” Mrs. Fang’s lips quivered.

Last night, when she returned home, she was beaten and suffered domestic violence by Fang Zhixing for protecting Fang Heng, resulting in injuries all over her body.

Lin Qi slightly furrowed her brows.

“Now, my husband wants to divorce me! It’s all because Mr. Huo is pursuing the Fang Family for responsibility over his son’s drowning incident! Now, the Fang Family can’t wait to sever ties with me…”

Lin Qi said, “Why are you telling me all this, Mrs. Fang?”

It was Huo Tingdong who was targeting the Fang Family, not her.

Mrs. Fang walked up to her, grasped her shoulders, and dropped her previous haughty demeanor and arrogance, taking on a pleading tone, “What is your relationship with Mr. Huo? I see that you and he are unusually close, are you his kept lover?”

Lin Qi said, “I’m not!”

Why would she think that?

Mrs. Fang said, “Then what exactly is your relationship with him? I can tell, your status is not that simple! You must carry a lot of weight when you speak to him! Lin Qi, can you please plead for me, ask Mr. Huo to spare the Fang Family, to spare me! To spare my son! We never wanted to provoke the Huo Family, this was all my son’s fault, a grave error, I didn’t raise him well! But the punishment doesn’t fit the crime…”

“Punishment doesn’t fit the crime?” Lin Qi coldly replied, “Huo Tingdong adored his son the most, he cherishes Han like his life. You went after his life, how can you say the punishment doesn’t fit the crime?”

Mrs. Fang said, “I know I was wrong, I truly know I was wrong!” With a “thump,” she suddenly knelt down in front of Lin Qi, “Please beg Mr. Huo to spare me! Otherwise… the Fang Family will be ruined, and so will I…”

Lin Qi felt her scalp go numb, her whole body tensed up, with a feeling of after-fright.

Mrs. Fang used to be such a distinguished and glorious person, who seemingly never took anyone seriously.

Just what exactly had Huo Tingdong done, to drive her to this extent? Lin Qi could hardly imagine that the woman kneeling before her, so low and abject, was the same Mrs. Fang who used to be so high-profile and domineering.

What means did he use…

Lin Qi suddenly felt that Huo Tingdong was far more terrifying than she had ever imagined.

He certainly had the power to command the sun and the moon, to cover the sky with a single gesture.

Lin Qi said, “He’s not from my social class. What kind of influential words could I possibly say? All I can say is, Mrs. Fang, take care of yourself. He’s way out of my league — a high-and-mighty elite who I can’t afford to provoke.”

Mrs. Fang’s mouth hung open, tears streaming from her eyes. “Lin Qi, your son was admitted to Windsor not because he’s that outstanding, but simply because of a word from Huo Tingdong. There must be more to your relationship with him! Aren’t you willing to help me? I can give you money, however much you want! Even if you just whisper in his ear while you’re by his pillow…” She had thoroughly convinced herself that Lin Qi was Huo Tingdong’s kept lover.

Lin Qi finally ran out of patience, “I’ll say it again, I have nothing to do with him! I can’t help you with this.”

Mrs. Fang shakily got up from the ground.

She suddenly pulled out something from behind her, and with a “click,” it snapped around Lin Qi’s wrist.

Lin Qi looked down, and to her shock, saw it was a pair of handcuffs.

Where did these handcuffs come from?

Lin Qi looked at Mrs. Fang skeptically, only to see that she had attached the other end of the handcuffs firmly to her own hand.

Their hands were tightly cuffed together.

Lin Qi asked warily, “What are you doing?”

Mrs. Fang suddenly burst into hysterics, “I don’t believe there is nothing between you two! You just don’t want to help me! Fine, then let’s die together!”

She locked the door and dragged Lin Qi towards the window.

“What are you doing?” Lin Qi struggled, but Mrs. Fang was especially forceful, pushing her against the window and shoving half of her body outward.

“Ah…”

Lin Qi tilted out the window, her upper body dangling in mid-air.

High up in the air, the wind was bitter and fierce.

Her hair fluttered in the chaos.

Mrs. Fang yelled frantically to the people below, “I want to see Huo Tingdong! Get him to come see me! Otherwise, I’ll die along with his woman!”

The security guard was so scared that he immediately called the police.

As the police cars arrived, so did the fire trucks and ambulances.

Employees gathered below, shouting up to Mrs. Fang, “Mrs. Fang, calm down!” Everyone thought that Mrs. Fang had been domestically abused or suffered some kind of shock and, in that moment, was contemplating suicide by jumping off the building.

However, on closer inspection, they realized Mrs. Fang had another person handcuffed to her, dragging Lin Qi to the windowsill.

The narrow windowsill could only accommodate the width of one foot, with no railing, and the wind was strong enough to blow people away.

Lin Qi held onto the windowsill with one hand, not daring to struggle.

She and Mrs. Fang were bound by a single pair of handcuffs; their fates were linked — if Mrs. Fang fell from the windowsill, Lin Qi would be pulled down as well.

Lin Qi said, “Mrs. Fang, calm down! Dragging me to die with you serves no purpose!”

Mrs. Fang said, “You call Huo Tingdong! Tell him to come see you! Now!”

Lin Qi didn’t understand why Mrs. Fang was in such a dire rush.

“Hurry up!” Mrs. Fang screamed impatiently.

Lin Qi picked up the phone and dialed Huo Tingdong’s number.

The call was quickly connected.

“Hello,” came Huo Tingdong’s usual indifferent voice from the other end.

Lin Qi said, “Huo Tingdong… can you come to Yuanzhou Building now?”

Huo Tingdong asked, “What’s the matter?”

Lin Qi said, “I…” She didn’t know how to explain the current situation, her voice trembling with acrophobia, “I… I don’t want to die…”