Chapter 578

Shu Xia looked at Qiao Muting, not knowing what else he wanted to say.

"In the future, if you encounter this kind of thing again, just say your husband is Qiao Muting," Qiao Muting said.

Shu Xia didn't know why she wanted to laugh, but she held it back; she hadn't expected Qiao Muting to have such a childish side.

Actually, in all the time she had lived, she had only encountered this kind of thing once.

If there were a next time, she feared that if she said her husband was Qiao Muting, no one would believe her.

Meeting Qiao Muting's gaze.

He shifted his eyes away, not looking at her.

"Okay," she agreed.

While Shu Xia went upstairs to take a shower, Qiao Muting received a call from Huo Jingyan.

Huo Jingyan: "I already know about what happened just now."

Qiao Muting: "Huo Laoye is too indulgent toward Huo Tianye; help me tell Huo Laoye that Shu Xia is my wife."

Huo Jingyan: "Want to make Huo Tianye lose a layer of skin?"

Qiao Muting scoffed lightly, "At least two layers of skin; wanting to sleep with my wife, I even want to kill him."

When his voice fell, Qiao Muting realized belatedly that he had developed a possessiveness toward Shu Xia and could not accept other men coveting her.

Perhaps...

It was because the two of them were husband and wife.

"Fine, I haven't liked Huo Tianye for a long time, and this is a perfect opportunity to take advantage of," Huo Jingyan agreed directly.

Qiao Muting gave a faint hum.

Just when Qiao Muting thought Huo Jingyan was going to hang up the phone, Huo Jingyan spoke again: "Has Shu Xia ever told you about Nannan?"

"She knows you cheated?" Qiao Muting asked in return.

Huo Jingyan was smoking, and the ashtray was already covered with a layer of cigarette butts; the gloom between his brows seemed to deepen by three parts in the night, "She wants to divorce me after finding out."

"Divorce? Did you agree?"

"I couldn't possibly agree to a divorce; hasn't Shu Xia revealed some of Nannan's thoughts to you?"

Qiao Muting was silent for a few seconds, "Shu Xia and I are different from you and Jiang Nannan; we haven't reached the point of sharing secrets with each other."

"Fine, I understand," Huo Jingyan hung up the phone.

Qiao Muting glanced at the phone with the extinguished screen and tossed it to the side.

He swept a glance toward the direction of the upstairs.

His cold brows furrowed slightly.

For no reason.

His heart felt as if it were covered by a haze, an indescribable heaviness.

——

The next day.

At noon, Shu Xia hurried to the restaurant according to the time and location sent by Shen Anran.

It was a quiet and high-end Western restaurant.

Both times she had met Shen Anran in private, Shen Anran had arranged it here.

Ten minutes ago, Shen Anran had sent her a message saying she had already arrived.

When Shu Xia arrived, Shen Anran had already ordered the meal.