Chapter 247: Chapter 247: Who is directing you?

Huo Yanzhao took a deep breath and then chuckled hoarsely, “As usual, you have a way.”

“She’s staying in a small suburban town in Rong City.” He Jingyao hooked his lips up slightly. “A woman, all on her own–if no one had helped her, she couldn’t have hidden that deep.”

Huo Yanzhao’s lips curiously curled up coldly, “Exactly.”

“So, what exactly is your relationship with this woman?” He Jingyao asked indifferently.

Huo Yanzhao remained silent.

…

Half an hour later.

When Huo Yanzhao pushed the door open, he immediately saw the slender figure in the corner.

His pupils slightly contracted as he walked in and forcefully closed the door.

The woman shuddered, finally lifting her head, her large eyes filled with panic.

“Huo… Director Huo…” she trembled as she stood up, her back pressed against the wall, her body slightly shivering.

“Sun Qiuran?” Huo Yanzhao spoke blandly, his tone utterly flat.

Sun Qiuran choked up and nodded, “Director Huo, I had already moved far away from Yanzhou City just as you instructed; why did you…”

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“Ha…” Huo Yanzhao sneered coldly, “Did you go looking for Xuefei?”

Sun Qiuran gently trembled, her face as pale as paper.

“I… I didn’t mean to…” she stammered, “I was just too scared. I didn’t want to disturb your lives…”

“Enough,” Huo Yanzhao coldly cut her off. “Who is exactly behind this?”

Sun Qiuran trembled again, shaking her head in panic, “No, nobody’s behind this!”

“Really.” Huo Yanzhao sneered, throwing a stack of photos in front of her. “Your parents are ill, and your brother has leukemia. Yet a million suddenly appeared in your brother’s medical account a month ago. The timing is quite coincidental, just after that night.”

Sun Qiuran looked at the photos of her parents and brother, her body shaking as if sifting chaff. She pleaded, “Director Huo, please don’t hurt my family! That money… That money was given to me by the hotel. That night, they handed me the room card, saying that if I took good care of the guests in the room, they would give me a million, so I went… I haven’t lied to you, it’s really just like that!”

Huo Yanzhao stared at her unblinkingly, his voice slow and deliberate, “Then, tell me honestly, are you really pregnant?”

Sun Qiuran finally couldn’t hold back her tears, “Director Huo, please let me keep the child. I won’t let anyone know who the father is; I just want to keep it…”

“The child is mine?” Huo Yanzhao continued, his gaze sharp and dark.

She shuddered again, a hint of humiliation visible in her eyes, and she nodded vigorously, “Yes, the child can only be yours. Ever since that day, I have never…”

As she spoke, tears streamed down. Her already frail body appeared even thinner.

Huo Yanzhao’s gaze still didn’t show the slightest emotion.

He turned and left the room, ordering the doctors waiting outside, “Take her for a check-up.”

…

Huo Yanzhao returned to his office.

Upon hearing footsteps, He Jingyao immediately looked up, “How did it go?”

Huo Yanzhao let out a wry smile, rubbing his temples, “She doesn’t seem to be lying. But if no one else secretly helped her, how could she have possibly located Xuefei accurately, and managed to leave Yanzhou City without anyone noticing?”

“What if she is lying?” He Jingyao raised an eyebrow.