Chapter Five: Mrs. Huo, I'm here to pick you up!

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Xu Yaru’s forehead broke out in a cold sweat.
She absolutely could not admit that she had been faking illness!
Otherwise, all her years of pretense would have been for nothing!
“Of course not!” Xu Yaru quickly denied, “Mom, how could I lie to you? I’ve really been in poor health since I was little!”
“Then what about this medical report...”
“I don’t know either. Maybe it’s an extremely rare illness, which is why they couldn’t detect it.” Tears streamed down Xu Yaru’s face uncontrollably. “Mom, I am your biological daughter! Don’t you believe me?”
Seeing Xu Yaru crying again, Mrs. Xu’s heart softened instantly. She stepped forward and embraced her daughter comfortingly.
“Of course I believe you! Don’t worry, Yaru, Mom will definitely find a cure for your illness!”
Yaru was her own flesh and blood! After all the hardships she had endured over the years, how could she doubt her?
Seeing how easily Mrs. Xu believed her, Xu Yaru immediately turned her suspicion toward Xu Xu.
With tear-filled eyes, she looked at Xu Xu and tearfully questioned, “Sister, why do you have all my medical reports from these years? Did you investigate me? Sister, why did you investigate me? Is it to drive me out? Sister, I was wrong, please don’t kick me out...”
Hearing Xu Yaru’s tearful accusations, Mrs. Xu also looked at Xu Xu with suspicion.
Indeed, why would Xu Xu, seemingly so normal, investigate Xu Yaru?
“Xu Xu, is what your sister says true?” Mrs. Xu stared at Xu Xu, her gaze filled with doubt and accusation. “Do you really want to drive Yaru out of the Xu family? How could you do such a thing!”
Mrs. Xu’s questioning gradually shifted from doubt to accusation.
It was as if she had already passed judgment on Xu Xu.
Looking at the mother who had once been gentle but now showed no trust, Xu Xu merely smiled.
But there was no joy in that smile.
Twenty years of mother-daughter affection... ultimately could not surpass a mere blood tie.
“Mom, you don’t need to worry about me driving Xu Yaru out.”
Xu Xu looked at Mrs. Xu calmly, not even able to summon a trace of anger.
“I’m already married. From today on, I’m moving out of the Xu family. From now on, I have nothing to do with the Xu family!”

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Huo Yunzhe looked at Xu Xu, bewildered, and asked, “Xu Xu, where are you going? To me? That might not be very convenient...”
“You’re overthinking.” Xu Xu looked at Huo Yunzhe and bluntly interrupted, “I’m moving to my husband’s place. What does that have to do with you?”
Huo Yunzhe’s eyes widened. “I’m your fiancé! I didn’t even attend the wedding today. Who did you marry? What do you mean, your husband...”
“Heh, Huo Yunzhe, are you too full of yourself?” Xu Xu crossed her arms and sneered coldly. “I, Xu Xu, am beautiful and talented. There are plenty of men in Z City who want to marry me! If you don’t want to marry me, there are others who do!”
Having said that, she was too lazy to waste words with them any longer. She went straight upstairs to her bedroom, took her household registration book and ID card, and went downstairs.
“Xu Xu, can you stop making a scene?” Huo Yunzhe frowned.
Yes, he thought Xu Xu was just saying things out of anger.
He knew Xu Xu well; besides him, there were hardly any other males around her.
There was no way she would just marry someone else!
She must be lying to make him jealous!
“Believe it if you want.” Xu Xu rolled her eyes at Huo Yunzhe, this ridiculous man, and left the Xu family house.
Huo Yunzhe still believed Xu Xu was throwing a tantrum.
Just as he was considering whether to chase after her, his phone rang.
He took out his phone and saw it was his mother calling, so he answered casually.
“Hello, Mom, what’s wrong?”
“Yunzhe, I absolutely forbid you from having any contact with that little bitch Xu Xu!”
As soon as the call connected, Mrs. Huo shouted angrily.
Huo Yunzhe was stunned. “Mom, don’t be angry, Xu Xu and I...”
“That bitch ran off with another man right at the wedding today! Isn’t she deliberately humiliating the Huo family?”
“What!?”
Huo Yunzhe’s eyes widened in shock at her words.
Xu Xu had really married another man!

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Meanwhile, Xu Xu, having left the Xu family, no longer cared about the squabbles of the Xu and Huo families.
But bad news travels fast; no sooner had she stepped out of the villa gate than she heard whispers behind her.
“Isn’t that Xu Xu from the Xu family? I heard her fiancé abandoned her.”
“Yeah! The groom didn’t even show up! In the end, she just randomly picked a man at the wedding and said she wanted to marry him!”
“Oh my, that’s crazy!”
“She even said she’s cutting ties with the Xu family and won’t have any contact from now on!”
“Looks like she really lost her mind after being hurt! How could she say such things!”
Xu Xu: “...”
Could these nosy bystanders please keep their voices down?
She could clearly hear every word!
Though she had already decided to sever ties cleanly, hearing such things still left her feeling a little upset.
She had done nothing wrong, so why was everyone blaming her?
Xu Xu felt wronged, and her eyes involuntarily grew moist.
Just then, a car suddenly stopped in front of her.
The sound of tires screeching against the ground startled Xu Xu, and she looked up sharply.
The car window slowly rolled down, revealing a sharply defined face.
Huo Hanshen looked at her and gave a faint smile.
“Mrs. Huo, I’m here to pick you up!”