But the two people inside the room didn’t notice.
Huo Boyan immediately saw Lin Yao pinned beneath a man.
Lin Yao was struggling, her dress stained with blood.
Huo Boyan rushed over, kicked the man to the ground, his face terrifyingly dark and eyes bloodshot. Before the man could get up, Huo Boyan grabbed him by the collar and punched him repeatedly.
Feeling the weight lifted off her, Lin Yao quickly scrambled up. Seeing that it was Huo Boyan, her anxious heart finally settled.
Su Yuqing had deliberately led many guests from the banquet over when Huo Boyan asked someone to open the door, hoping more people would witness Lin Yao sleeping with another man.
Everyone was watching the commotion.
Lin Yao was the first to react. Seeing so many people staring, she ran over and grabbed Huo Boyan’s arm.
“Boyan, stop hitting him!”
“If you keep going, you’ll kill him!”
Lin Yao’s words snapped Zhu Yuhang and Shen Kaicheng out of their daze. They also stepped forward to restrain Huo Boyan and stop him from continuing.
No one could bear seeing their woman being bullied by another man.
Huo Boyan was held back, while the man lay unconscious, his face unrecognizable from the beating.
The shocking slap mark on Lin Yao’s face made Huo Boyan instinctively reach out to touch it, his eyes filled with an unfamiliar ache.
Lin Yao trembled, then, noticing the many eyes still on her, quickly buried her face in his chest.
Huo Boyan took off his jacket and draped it over Lin Yao.
Turning to the crowd, he declared, “If anyone dares to spread a single word about what happened today, they will be making an enemy of the Huo family!”
Everyone understood his meaning.
Who among them would dare oppose the Huo family? Who wouldn’t want to forge ties with them?
No one dared to keep watching. They all pretended not to have seen anything, chatting with those beside them as they walked away.
Su Yuqing watched, teeth clenched, as Lin Yao was held in Huo Boyan’s embrace, wishing she could tear her away from Boyan’s arms.
She glanced at the unconscious man on the floor—what a useless fool! He couldn’t even handle a woman!
Su Yuqing’s father hurried over upon hearing the news, cold sweat dripping down his back. Despite being longtime friends with the Huo family, he couldn’t escape responsibility for such an incident.
“Uncle, I need an explanation.”
Huo Boyan’s face was stern, his gaze dark and intimidating.
Mr. Su immediately nodded. “Of course, of course. I’ll have someone check the surveillance footage right away to see what happened!”
Huo Boyan had the unconscious man taken away and brought Lin Yao home.
Shortly after returning, Mr. Su called.
He said the surveillance cameras weren’t on, so there was no footage of how the man had entered. Moreover, they didn’t recognize the man at all.
His words subtly implied that the man wasn’t sent by them and that Huo Boyan shouldn’t blame the Su family.
Huo Boyan hung up without saying a word.
After all, the man was now in his hands—he wasn’t afraid of being unable to uncover the truth.
“Slap!”
Mr. Su looked at the hung-up phone, then at Su Yuqing beside him, and couldn’t help but slap her.
Su Yuqing covered her face, staring at her father in disbelief.
“Dad, you actually hit me?”
This was the first time Su Yuqing had ever been struck.
Mr. Su: “How could you do such a thing! She’s Huo Boyan’s wife!”
“What right does she have to become Boyan’s wife! I am the most qualified to be Boyan’s wife.”
Su Yuqing screamed as if she had gone mad.
Su’s father stared at Su Yuqing in disbelief.
How could his usually obedient and lovely daughter have become like this?
The surveillance cameras had actually not been turned off; Su’s father had been running them for Huo Boyan.
The footage clearly showed Su Yuqing opening the small gate to the garden, and shortly after, the man entered.
It also captured Su Yuqing closing the garden gate.
Under these circumstances, Su’s father realized that the man from earlier had been summoned by Su Yuqing!
“You…”
Su’s father raised his hand, unable to resist the urge to slap her again.
“Go ahead and hit me!”
Su Yuqing thrust her face forward, daring her father to strike.
“Even if you beat me to death, I will still marry Huo Boyan!”
Su Yuqing declared stubbornly.
“Don’t even think about it. He is already married, and it will never happen in this lifetime!”
“From today onward, without my permission, you are not to take a single step outside the house!”
Fearing she might cause more trouble, Su’s father ordered her to be confined.
Su Yuqing shouted, “If you have the guts, keep me locked up forever! Otherwise, I will never let her off!”
It’s all because of that bitch Lin Yao!
It’s all because of her that Father hit me!
Lin Yao!
I will never let you off!
Aunt Li brought some ice to apply to Lin Yao’s face, her heart aching as she asked, “What happened, Madam? Weren’t you attending Miss Su’s birthday party?”
Just as Lin Yao was about to speak, Huo Boyan walked over, took the ice from Aunt Li’s hands, and began applying it to her face himself.
Realizing it wasn’t the right time to ask questions, Aunt Li quietly withdrew.
“Where else did he touch you?”
Huo Boyan’s deep voice broke the silence.
Lin Yao shook her head, indicating nowhere else.
After a moment of thought, she finally spoke up, “I’m sorry, it’s all my fault!”
“Why are you apologizing?”
Huo Boyan’s expression remained neutral as he questioned her.
Lin Yao couldn’t bring herself to look at him, lowering her head as she said, “It’s because I completely disgraced you.”
In wealthy and powerful families, reputation was everything, yet today she had utterly tarnished Huo Boyan’s.
“You don’t need to apologize. The fault for this matter does not lie with you!”
Huo Boyan’s tone carried a hint of anger.
Not with me?
Lin Yao looked up at him, her eyes filled with confusion.
“You shouldn’t blame yourself for this. You are the victim.”
Huo Boyan explained calmly.
Lin Yao remained silent for a long while.
Thinking she was still dwelling on the incident, Huo Boyan reassured her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely get to the bottom of this!”
Lin Yao looked at the earnest Huo Boyan and couldn’t help but ask, “Didn’t you ever suspect me?”
Huo Boyan frowned slightly, “Don’t take me for a fool. I saw how fiercely you resisted earlier.”
A warmth spread through Lin Yao’s heart.
He was the only person in all these years who had unconditionally believed in her, no matter what happened.
Huo Boyan waited until Lin Yao had fallen asleep before driving out.
In a dilapidated warehouse.
The man was tied to a chair, but unlike before, he was now fully conscious.
He couldn’t help but beg for mercy.
“I was wrong, please let me go!”
“I beg you, let me go!”
“I’ll never do this again, please!”
But Zhu Yuhang and Shen Kaicheng paid no attention to his pleas, instructing the bodyguards to continue.
By the time Huo Boyan arrived, the man was barely clinging to life.
A perceptive bodyguard splashed another bucket of water over him, jolting him back to consciousness.
“Did you get anything out of him?”
Huo Boyan asked.
“Nothing at all.”
“His mouth is very tight.”
Hearing this, Huo Boyan sneered coldly.
No matter how tight the mouth, he could get it to open!