100 Days Of Escaping My Wedding-Chapter 492: Having Enough Ability to Protect Her

Xiaoqiao masked the scorn in her heart, merely adopting a look of guesswork and puzzlement, "Because you’re bored, you seek out women?" novelbuddy.cσ๓

Huo Yandong spoke to her in a way that was utterly unguarded, "Which man with even a little bit of power doesn’t have women fawning over him from both sides? The bright and glamorous stars and singers you see on TV have to obediently lie beneath a man at night.

"Girl, the entertainment industry is not as simple as you think! No man who truly loves a woman would want her to enter this circle, unless he has the capacity to protect her!"

Xiaoqiao silently lowered her eyes. Of course, she knew that many actresses were either actively or passively associated with the underworld.

Though her time in the spotlight was short, she had reached heights that many people might not achieve in a lifetime.

During this period, not only did she have a smooth path without hindrance, but she also never encountered any threats or intimidation from so-called rivals; not even a single piece of gossip news deliberately slandered her, and negative press was rare.

Setting aside Jinmulin’s work recommendations and assistance, if Gu Hangshen hadn’t been secretly protecting her all along, how could her journey have been so smooth?

She was self-aware; Feng Sxia hadn’t taken an interest in her merely for her insight and acting skills, since the world was never short of trainable actresses.

It was because Feng Sxia knew that choosing her meant someone would take care of everything behind the scenes, saving the director a lot of trouble. At the end of the day, it was all about the profit.

She always wished to achieve her dreams on her own merit, but realizing that everything hadn’t been gained entirely through her own efforts, her heart wasn’t as discouraged as she expected. Instead, it overflowed with contentment and warmth.

Why fight to the point of wounding oneself to win the approval of unrelated people? She was no masochist.

A fortress built by an enemy is a prison and shackles, but if constructed by someone who loves you, it becomes a protective home and a harbor to dock in.

Xiaoqiao remembered how her mother had been forced to leave the entertainment world. Considering what Huo Yandong said... could it have been out of love?

This sudden thought unsettled Xiaoqiao...

And what if the person Huo Yandong spoke of loving wasn’t her mother? Xiaoqiao comforted herself with this idea, but she couldn’t even persuade herself, given the way Huo Yandong spoke to her; it was obvious that her mother was undoubtedly the person he referred to.

"So, the woman you loved... was she an actress?" Xiaoqiao ventured to ask.

Huo Yandong nodded, "At that time, I was involved in some shady business behind the scenes, but publicly, I was in a legitimate industry. Inevitably, I attended all sorts of social gatherings with the elite, and I first saw her at one such banquet."

In truth, Xiaoqiao didn’t actually want to hear any of this. Call it avoidance, but she subconsciously shied away from his and her mother’s past.

The more she knew, the more emotionally invested she’d become, and the harder it would be for her heart to bear...

And yet, it was a story about her mother, and she couldn’t help but yearn to understand what exactly had happened back then.

"Could it have been love at first sight?"

Xiaoqiao guessed, asking if perhaps he had taken a fancy to her and then directly snatched her away?

"It wasn’t love at first sight; it’s just that she was indeed very beautiful, the kind men would take more than a few glances at. At that time, she was someone else’s dance partner; I just took a few extra looks at her, and afterward, I didn’t pay much attention."

If that woman was her mother, could the "someone else" Huo Yandong mentioned be Gong Zhiming?