Although Huo Sihan had grown powerful enough not to need anyone's protection, not needing it didn't mean he didn't want it.
Looking at the petite girl who only came up to his neck yet devoted herself to protecting him, his heart, which had been wounded beyond recognition many years ago, was deeply touched.
His heart softened unbelievably.
Instead, he wrapped both her small hands in his large ones, his gaze gentler and more affectionate than ever: "Qiaoqiao."
He never expected her to understand him so well.
Although he didn't know how she had learned about the kidnapping back then, there was no doubt that, at this moment, his heart received deep comfort.
It was as if he had always struggled and tempered himself alone, only for someone to suddenly appear and walk alongside him, protecting him from behind.
Huo Sihan's nose tingled.
"You... you...?"
Old Master Huo was so furious that he gasped for breath before collapsing onto the sofa.
Huo Xiaoyan looked heartbroken. "Brother, are you really going to let an outsider bully Grandpa like this?
"Grandpa's old. What if he gets so angry that something happens to him? What would we do?"
Huo Sihan was just about to step forward and kick her when Su Qiao grabbed him and smiled at Old Master Huo, who was too furious to speak. "Hehe, you're angry already?"
"Come on, let me show you this, Old Master."
Su Qiao pulled her phone from her pocket and played the video conversation between herself and Huo Xiaoyan that she had recorded at the hospital after her car accident.
The video wasn't long, but the image quality was excellent, and the sound was very clear.
Su Qiao set the video to repeat, pointed at Huo Xiaoyan inside it, and said with a grin:
"Look at