Love is as vast as the Milky Way, impossible to cross.

Chapter 269 I love you more than you can imagine.

"You didn't do it voluntarily or willingly, did you?"

Liu Shiyin nodded gently in his arms.

Huo Muchen stroked her hair, his voice deep and gentle:

"I thought you were with other men while we were together, so I was angry and furious. And then you ran away without a word, leaving me unable to find you, which only confirmed my suspicions, and my hatred for you grew deeper and deeper. Until I saw you again, I realized that I still loved you so deeply. Compared to loving you and having you again, nothing else mattered to me."

Huo Muchen looked intently into Liu Shiyin's eyes and said seriously,

"Mu Chen, I can accept being buried in the mud like a rotten vegetable leaf, but I can't accept making you sad and causing you such pain because of me."

Her voice was filled with self-blame and helplessness, as if all her sorrow was contained in those few words.

“Baby, don’t think like that. Your existence is the most precious gift in the world to me. I cherish you and love you, not so that you will feel guilty and in pain. I love you more than you can imagine. This love makes it impossible for me to give up myself, and it also makes it impossible for me to give up you.”

Huo Muchen kissed Liu Shiyin's forehead and whispered,

Upon hearing this, Liu Shiyin's eyes reddened, and she reached out to hug Huo Muchen tightly. After a long while, she spoke:

"It was a woman named Wang Qing. She was the one who approached me and asked me to go to jail in place of her daughter. I had never met her before. I saw her in the hospital after I was released from prison. She was very unfriendly to my mother. She kept calling my mother and me sluts and vixens who stole other women's men, but I didn't know her at all."

Huo Muchen frowned upon hearing this. He knew Wang Qing was Xu Zhiyuan's wife and Xu Xiaofan's mother, but he didn't interrupt and instead listened to Liu Shiyin continue.

"That day she asked me to meet her at a coffee shop, saying she wanted to tell me about her relationship with my mother. I drank the coffee on the table, and then I lost consciousness, and then... and then what happened next..."

At this point, Liu Shiyin was already sobbing uncontrollably. Huo Muchen felt extremely distressed. He sat up, pulled Liu Shiyin into his arms, and wrapped the blanket tightly around her.

"Don't cry, don't cry, it's okay, it's all in the past. I'll investigate and find out what happened, don't be afraid."

Liu Shiyin didn't speak, she just kept sobbing.

Huo Muchen held Liu Shiyin tightly, his mind replaying her words.

Huo Muchen understood Xu Xiaofan's feelings for him. If Wang Qing was targeting Liu Shiyin for her daughter's sake, that could be explained. But why did she hate Liu Shiyin's mother so much? There's usually only one reason a woman might hate another: for the same man.

Thinking of this, Huo Muchen suddenly remembered that Li Qingyou had once been called Liu Shiyin, Xu Weiyi.

"Okay, baby, don't cry,"

Huo Muchen wiped away the tears from Liu Shiyin's eyes and asked, somewhat puzzled,

Why did you tell Li Qingyou that your name is Xu Weiyi?

“I have always used my mother’s surname. Before she passed away, my mother told me that my father’s surname was Xu and my name was Xu Weiyi, but she died before she could finish speaking, so I don’t know what my father’s name was.”

"What's your mother's name?"

"Your name is Liu Qin, what's wrong?"

Liu Shiyin looked at Huo Muchen with confusion.

"Oh, nothing. By the way, why do you want to live under the name Xu Weiyi after you come back? Are you afraid I'll find you?"

Huo Muchen's voice suddenly lowered, carrying a hint of undisguised disappointment.