Ch 334: if Line （16）

“Let go of me!” Little Fatty lay on the ground, being dragged forward by his collar, crying out, “Do you know who I am? If you dare bully me, I’ll make your family go bankrupt tomorrow!”

Zhizhi’s small body seemed to contain infinite power. Her tender little hands gripped Little Fatty’s collar without budging, unconcerned by his struggles.

In full view of everyone, Little Fatty was dragged to the edge of the swimming pool. He was still struggling, splashing himself into the pool.

“Fatty!” Huo Yunyang took a nervous step forward. His concern clouded his judgment, forgetting that his son could swim. Although wearing a suit was inconvenient, Little Fatty quickly floated to the surface with his head up.

Little Fatty was exasperated, his eyes bloodshot. “I’m going to kill you!”

Zhizhi curled her lips in disdain. With that weak and flabby appearance, still just a little kid, he could barely keep himself alive, let alone kill anyone?

“Fatty!” Huo Yunyang rushed over and squatted by the pool. “Swim over here, Dad will pull you up.”

“Dad!” Little Fatty was still a child after all, and his eyes immediately turned red. While swimming towards the edge of the pool, he cried and complained, “They’re bullying me! Help me get revenge.”

Gu Qingyin’s gaze was cold. “No need to rush up so quickly, I still have a few questions to ask.” She flicked her finger, and Zhizhi instantly grew larger, then effortlessly hoisted Huo Yunyang up and carried him away from the pool.

“Dad!!” Little Fatty looked terrified.

“I’ll ask, and you answer. No lying allowed.” Gu Qingyin stared down at him expressionlessly. “Otherwise… I’ll make you keep soaking in the water, no playing games, no eating snacks, no going to the bathroom, no sleeping…”

Little Fatty’s expression grew increasingly terrified. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he burst into tears with a wail.

Gu Qingyin paused. He’s crying already? She didn’t say anything particularly scary, did she? She touched her nose and threatened, “If you cry again, I’ll make you keep soaking in the water…”

Little Fatty’s crying stopped abruptly.

Gu Qingyin’s lips twitched. She asked, “Not long ago, right here, why did you push that child into the water?”

Little Fatty said with red eyes, “I don’t like him! My mom said he’s better than me, and I wouldn’t accept it! I just wanted to bump into him to vent my anger!”

“Your mother? Where is she?” Gu Qingyin looked at Zhizhi. “Where did you find him? Did you see anyone else?”

“In the parking lot.” Zhizhi said, “He was standing by the car by himself, as if waiting for someone. I didn’t know it at the time, but now it seems he was waiting for his mother to come and take him away.”

At the same time, in the parking lot, a woman with exquisite makeup looked around blankly, muttering to herself, “Why hasn’t he come yet? Did I hear wrong?” She stood there pondering for a few seconds, then broke into a bright smile and swayed back the way she came.

She must have heard wrong. She could go back to playing mahjong with her sisters.

“Why did you run?” Gu Qingyin turned back to Little Fatty and continued to ask, “Who told you to run?”

Little Fatty hesitated, glancing at his dad being carried. But his dad was upside down, and he couldn’t see his face, so he didn’t know what to say.

“Tell the truth, or else…” Gu Qingyin narrowed her eyes. “You know the consequences.”

Little Fatty shrank his neck in fear. “It was Dad who said it.”

Huo Yunyang, lying on Zhizhi’s shoulder, unable to move or speak for some reason, closed his eyes in despair.

Gu Qingyin’s eyes darkened. She coaxed him, “What did your dad say, exactly?”

Little Fatty was very scared at the time and didn’t remember clearly. He tried hard to recall, saying intermittently, “He said, let me go home, don’t talk to anyone on the way… and he also said, if anyone asks, say I didn’t push him.”

Gu Qingyin looked at Zhizhi. “Go bring his mother over.”

Zhizhi nodded, threw the person off her shoulder, turned around, and left.

Huo Yunyang’s expression was complicated. He sat on the ground in a daze until he heard footsteps approaching and suddenly came back to his senses, looking up.

“Big Brother.” Huo Yunjing looked down at him condescendingly. “There’s still time to confess.”

Huo Yunyang stood up, elegantly straightened his suit, and tugged at the corners of his lips. “Confess what? It’s just a momentary impulse from a childish tantrum.”

Huo Yunjing didn’t argue with him, nodding. “I hope you don’t regret it.”

Before long, Little Fatty’s mother, Xu Hong, was brought over by Zhizhi.

As soon as Xu Hong saw her son soaking in the pool, she immediately became anxious. “Son!” She ran two steps towards the pool, braked urgently, then turned to Huo Yunyang and roared, “Can’t you see my son fell into the pool? Hurry up and get him out!”

Huo Yunyang glanced at Gu Qingyin, tentatively took a step towards the pool, and seeing that no one stopped him, strode over and pulled Little Fatty out.

Xu Hong shouted frantically, “Towels! Quickly, bring towels!”

No one dared to move.

Gu Qingyin looked at Zhizhi, who nodded, took a towel from the glass room next to her, and sent it over.

Xu Hong snatched the towel and wrapped up the shivering Little Fatty. “It’s okay, it’s okay, Mom’s here. How did you fall in?”

Little Fatty glanced at Gu Qingyin, afraid to speak.

Xu Hong finally realized that something was wrong, and she also turned her head to look over.

Gu Qingyin smiled. “All dried off?”

Xu Hong nodded blankly.

The next second, a “splash” was heard, and Xu Hong replaced her son in the pool.

Xu Hong screamed in despair, “Are you sick! Why did you throw me into the water! Don’t think I’m afraid of you just because you’re the Huo Corporation President!”

Gu Qingyin smiled sweetly. “Don’t be angry, I just want to ask you two questions. I’ll let you sober up first.”

Xu Hong looked at the people on the shore, the annoyance in her heart cooling down as quickly as her body temperature. Her lips trembled. “You want to, ask what?”

Gu Qingyin curled her lips into a smile, her voice soft and seductive. “Did you instigate that Little Fatty to harm my son?”

Xu Hong’s eyes went blank, and she blurted out the truth unconsciously, “I… I only said a few words, it doesn’t count as instigation, does it?”

Gu Qingyin’s gaze turned cold. Not directly denying it meant she had that intention. Whether it was intentional or not wasn’t that important.

“What I said wasn’t wrong either.” Xu Hong muttered to herself, “Huo Yunjing has three sons, the Huo Family Branch will have even less of a share in the future…”

Huo Yunyang’s expression changed drastically. “Xu Hong, what nonsense are you talking about!”

Huo Yunli looked at him in shock. “Big Brother?”

Huo Yunjing chuckled, not surprised at all. “So, you had that Little Fatty push my son into the water?”

Xu Hong answered every question. “Isn’t he alright? There are so many people around, who wouldn’t be able to save a child? It’s just soaking in the water, it won’t do anything.”

“Just soaking in the water?”

Gu Qingyin snapped her fingers, and the water instantly came to life, turning into ropes that wrapped around Xu Hong’s body, finally sealing her in a giant water ball, leaving only air holes for her mouth and nose.

Her eyes were cold. “Then you can just soak well.”

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