Chapter 124: Night Before the Divorce the Villainous Family Can Hear My Thoughts!

 Chapter 124: Abandoning Huo Yuyan

The moment Yu Fengcai heard Huo Yuyan’s voice, her anger surged uncontrollably.

If it weren’t for Huo Yuyan’s disdain for the old matriarch and her decision to leave her alone in the hospital ward, none of this would have happened.

It was just a simple task, asking her to watch over the old woman for a while. How could she simply abandon it?

“Huo Yuyan, where are you? Huh? I told you to stay at the hospital—”

“Mom, Mom! Please help me! I... I was set up by Huo Yushu! I’m in Qingzhou, and I need a lawyer...” Huo Yuyan blurted out anxiously, her voice trembling. Though her words were fragmented and stammering, she managed to explain what had happened in Qingzhou.

“What?!” Yu Fengcai was utterly stunned, unable to believe her ears.

Her daughter... had been ruined by an HIV-positive man?

No, no, no! How could this be?

That was her... her daughter!

Yu Fengcai’s mind went blank, completely overwhelmed, unable to figure out what to do.

“Mom, Mom! Please save me! Save me!” Huo Yuyan’s panicked plea echoed in her ears.

“I understand! I understand!” Yu Fengcai finally snapped out of it, comforting her daughter, “Don’t worry, I’ll go find your father right now. We’ll definitely save you, and we won’t let anything happen to you.”

After hanging up, she immediately called Huo Yunshan, but the line was busy.

She tried calling Huo Xinglang, but his line was busy as well.

Of course, there was no way she could get through to the father and son right now.

Their phones were practically exploding with calls.

News of Huo Yuyan soliciting a male escort in Qingzhou, and worse, one who was HIV-positive, had already spread like wildfire within the Tongcheng social circle.

Huo Yunshan, who had always doted on this "niece" as though she were his own daughter, was now being bombarded with calls.

Every single one was asking about Huo Yuyan.

“Yunshan, what’s wrong with your niece? How could her private life be so disgraceful? After all the love you’ve shown her, this is how she repays you?”

“Yunshan, you should distance yourself from this kind of niece. She’s just a niece, not your daughter. If you keep indulging her, don’t blame anyone if she leads your daughter astray.”

“Mr. Huo, several business partners have called to ask about your relationship with Miss Huo Yuyan. They’re concerned her scandal might negatively affect their collaborations with our company. Some are already reconsidering their contracts!”

Meanwhile, the calls Huo Xinglang received were no different.

Both father and son were furious—so angry they felt like strangling Huo Yuyan themselves.

Hospital Ward

The old matriarch was lying down, resting, when the patient in the neighboring bed approached her with a phone in hand, looking hesitant to speak.

“Spit it out already!” The old matriarch glanced at her. “There’s no need for pretense between us. Just say what’s on your mind. Have you seen something in my son’s fortune again?”

“Not this time.” The woman shook her head. “This isn’t about your son.”

The old matriarch let out a long sigh of relief. “Good, good. That’s a relief.”

“But it seems to concern your granddaughter.” The woman’s expression turned grave as she handed over her phone. “Take a look. Is the young woman in this video your granddaughter? She looks an awful lot like her.”

The old matriarch squinted at the screen, and sure enough, it was Huo Yuyan.

She was so shocked by the content of the video that her jaw nearly dropped.

What? Huo Yuyan had solicited a male escort in Qingzhou? And the man was HIV-positive?

Now the two of them had already been taken to the police station?

“Oh, no! She was taken to the hospital to confirm the HIV diagnosis?”

“That young man admitted himself—it was Huo Yuyan who sought him out and even offered a high price?”

The old matriarch felt her vision go dark, as if she were about to faint. Yet, no matter how much she wished for unconsciousness, it eluded her.

“This is disgraceful! Truly disgraceful!” she wailed, pounding the bed with both hands in frustration and fury. “How could such a shameless creature be born into our family?”

“She’s ruined the Huo family’s reputation completely! Unfilial, immoral, without integrity or decency! Ancestors of the Huo family, please, take her away swiftly!”

“This wretch is a waste of resources just by being alive! If I had known she’d turn out like this, I would have strangled her at birth!”

It took the old matriarch numerous attempts to finally get through to Huo Yunshan.

“Son, listen to me! You must absolutely not help that wretch! Let her die! She’s lost all sense of shame, but our Huo family still has our dignity to maintain!”

“Huo Yunshan, I’m laying it down right now—if you dare help that disgraceful tramp, then don’t consider me your mother anymore!”

“It’s true what they say: like mother, like daughter! Both are shameless scoundrels!”

“Are you listening? Did you hear what I just said?” The old matriarch’s voice rose several notches, heavy with anger.

Huo Yunshan took a deep breath and closed his eyes tightly. “Mom, I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t help her.”

“That’s right! Don’t help her or bail her out! She’s just your niece, not your daughter. You have no obligation to her!”

“Son, listen to me! I would never lead you astray. Everything I do is for your own good!”

The old matriarch’s tone softened as she tried to persuade him, alternating between sternness and earnestness. “Tell Xinglang the same thing. He’s not to interfere either. Just pretend this shameless girl doesn’t exist! For the Huo family, she’s dead to us!”

“If Yu Fengcai wants to acknowledge her as her daughter, let her go ahead! But it’ll be her business alone!”

“Understood,” Huo Yunshan replied. “Mom, I still have matters at the company to attend to. Let’s leave it at this for now.”

“Huo Yunshan, you better not help her—do you hear me!” The old matriarch added again, just to be sure.

Before the call ended, an angry voice burst into the hospital room.

“Mom, who are you telling Yunshan not to help?” Yu Fengcai stormed in, shouting furiously. “Are you stopping him from helping Yuyan? How could you do that?”

“That’s your granddaughter! Your own flesh and blood! Are you trying to let her die? Mom! That’s Yuyan! She’s your most beloved granddaughter!”

“Please, don’t be so heartless! Help her…”

“Shut up!” The old matriarch barked, cutting her off mid-sentence, her glare sharp and unforgiving. “Your wonderful daughter has already disgraced the entire Huo family! And you still have the nerve to beg me for help?”

“Let me tell you this—if you want to bail her out, I won’t stop you! But mark my words, from this moment on, you are no longer a daughter-in-law of the Huo family!”

“You and your daughter can both get out of the Huo family and fend for yourselves!”

“Mom, how can you be so cruel! Yuyan is Yunshan’s…”

“Enough!” The old matriarch interrupted again, her tone like thunder. “Yu Fengcai, think about Xinglang, think about your son! If you want to ruin Xinglang, then go ahead and take care of your daughter!”