Huh? Are villainous bosses this easy to flirt with?

Chapter 160 Childhood Shadow

Qi Min's expression changed slightly, and he slowly nodded, "That's right, he really can't control you."

“I should tell the head of the family about what happened today.”

Mentioning Huo Yunting, Huo Yi visibly panicked. "Why tell him? What does this have to do with him?"

"How come it doesn't matter?"

Qi Min's voice was not loud, but every word was clear: "The person you just shouted about paying the price is the patriarch's wife."

"Young Master Yi, hasn't your father told you yet?"

Huo Yi's vision went black, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and he muttered, "No, no, no... You're lying to me, you're lying to me..."

Qi Min smiled slightly, "Whether I'm lying to you or not, you can go back and ask Fourth Master."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yi's face instantly drained of color, turning ashen white.

He stood there for a moment, his throat felt like it was choked by something, and he couldn't make a sound. Then, as if he had come to his senses, he suddenly turned around and walked out in a flustered manner.

With each step he took, he grew more and more anxious, his pace quickening until finally he began to run wildly, as if a raging flood or ferocious beast was chasing him.

Qi Min watched this scene with a cold eye, greeted the old troupe leader, and left the backstage area.

The old commander stood there dumbfounded, utterly shocked by the news, and it took him a long time to come to his senses.

……

Huo Yi rushed to his father's side in a panic, staggering and looking terrified.

He was panting heavily, not bothering to catch his breath, when he grabbed Huo Qixuan's arm, his nails almost digging into the other's flesh, his voice trembling with undisguised fear and anxiety.

"Dad, Dad, tell me quickly, is Huo Yunting's fiancée named Xie Qing, and is she still living in the Huo family home?"

Huo Qixuan was in pain from being pinched, and his tone was naturally unpleasant, "Why are you asking this?"

He never paid attention to Huo Yunting's affairs, so it's strange that he brought it up today.

Huo Yi's eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "Tell me now! Tell me!!!"

Seeing her son's anxious and almost out-of-control appearance, Song Ling was startled and quickly replied before her husband could speak.

"His name is Xie Qing. He arrived at the Huo family's place ten days ago. It was a coincidence that you weren't home at the time, so you didn't run into him."

Huo Yi's vision went black, his legs went weak, and his body swayed uncontrollably, like a withered tree about to fall in a storm, almost collapsing to the ground.

"It's over... I'm finished..."

The couple finally noticed Huo Yi's unusual behavior. Huo Qixuan asked, "What's wrong? What trouble have you gotten into now?"

Huo Yi seemed to be in a hysterical state, his face was deathly pale, and he kept muttering "It's over".

Seeing her son like this, Song Ling anxiously called out, "Ayi, Ayi... what's wrong? Say something..."

Huo Yi suddenly looked up, his forehead covered in large beads of sweat, and said as if grasping at a straw, "Send me abroad..."

Huo Qixuan: "What!?"

Huo Yi paced back and forth like a trapped beast, "Go abroad, go abroad... This is the only way. As long as I go abroad, he won't be able to find me..."

"What are you talking about? Nobody can find you. Don't even think about going anywhere until you explain yourself clearly!"

Huo Qixuan grabbed his arm and pressed him for an answer.

Huo Yi finally came to his senses and explained the whole story.

Huo Qixuan was furious with disappointment, pointing his finger at his nose, "You, you...you unfilial son...sigh..."

Song Ling grabbed Huo Qixuan's arm, "Alright, don't scold your son now, he knows he was wrong."

She then looked at Huo Yi and gently comforted him, "Yi, don't worry too much. After so long, Huo Yunting's illness has long been cured, and he shouldn't do the same things as before."

Huo Yi's eyes widened in fury as he shouted, "What if he's faking it? What if he's not fully recovered yet?!"

"Then what am I supposed to do? Just stand there and wait to die?"

Huo Yi will never forget that when he was thirteen, he only touched the precious Ghost Ball without permission.

Huo Yunting's youthful face was instantly twisted with rage, like a demon from hell, as he grabbed whatever was at hand and threw it at him.

He desperately tried to dodge and cried out for mercy, but he still couldn't escape the rain of beatings.

Each heavy blow seemed to crush his life; the fear of being beaten to death was etched deep into his soul like a nightmare, becoming a lingering shadow for many years to come.

On the day Huo Yunting received psychological treatment, he was still in the ICU undergoing emergency treatment. After finally being discharged from the hospital, he developed mental problems again.

Countless nights, darkness became a breeding ground for fear, and Huo Yi would always fall into those abyss-like dreams.

In the dream, the young Huo Yunting appeared like a demon crawling out of hell, approaching step by step, then suddenly grabbing his neck and viciously demanding, "Why did you touch my things..."

Every time he woke up from a dream, he was drenched in sweat and his heart was pounding wildly.

Over time, his mental defenses completely collapsed, and he became neurotic. It took him a full year of psychological counseling to gradually recover.

But Huo Yi knew in his heart that the psychological fear Huo Yunting had instilled in him had not disappeared.

At this moment, upon learning that the person she had offended was connected to Huo Yunting, the terrifying memories of the past surged back.

He felt as if he had returned to the year he was thirteen, to that life-or-death situation, a feeling of suffocation gripping him, and the old scars on his body seemed to be awakened, throbbing with a dull pain.

Huo Yunting is now even more powerful than he was at ten years old, not to mention that he is the true ruler of the Huo family, holding the family's vast resources and supreme power.

Given such an absolute disparity in strength, if the other party wanted to attack him, it would be as easy as a giant crushing an ant.

Thinking of this, Huo Yi trembled uncontrollably, looking at Huo Qixuan with near despair, "Dad, Dad... send me abroad, please, he'll kill me when he comes back..."

Song Ling kept comforting him, "Ayi, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Mom and Dad will never let him hurt you..."

Huo Qixuan pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "Go pack your things immediately, I'll send you abroad."

"Okay, okay... I'll go right now."

Huo Yi's face lit up with joy, and he quickly ran towards his own courtyard.

Song Ling looked at her husband with displeasure, "Are you crazy? You really plan to send your son abroad?"

"Then tell me, what should we do?"

Song Ling: "You can ask your older brother. He can definitely keep Huo Yunting in check."

"You can't control him at all. My older brother wanted him to marry a rich girl from a similar social class, but did he marry her? He's a madman who doesn't listen to anyone."

"If you want your son to be well, then listen to me."