The Baby I Lost Is Actually with My Ex-Husband!-Chapter 124 - I Won’t Acknowledge You

Chapter 124 -124 I Won’t Acknowledge You

Lin Qi said blankly, “I didn’t lie to you about this, one of the children… indeed passed away.” She looked toward Momo and gently touched his hair, saying, “Momo is the younger brother, it was the older brother who didn’t survive.”

Huo Tingdong asked, “Why didn’t he survive?”

Lin Qi pursed her lips, her voice trembling, “The nurse said it was due to nutritional imbalance, the child didn’t develop well.”

Huo Tingdong suddenly fell silent.

He clenched his fist, walked up to Lin Qi, and tightly grasped her shoulders, “Back then, if you had told me the truth, that child wouldn’t have died!”

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Lin Qi raised her head, her gaze mocking, “How could I dare? Have you forgotten how heartless you were back then? You threatened me that if I dared to lie to you, you would make my life a living hell. Even if I had told you I was pregnant, even if you could tolerate the child in my womb and allowed me to give birth, you would still divorce me, and I would still be separated from my child.”

She turned her face away, articulating each word, “I failed to protect that child, but at that time, I really had no other choice.”

Huo Tingdong’s face stiffened, unable to speak for a moment.

Momo, feeling sympathy for Lin Qi, tightly grasped her hand, raised his head, and coolly glared at Huo Tingdong, “Threatening my Mommy like that is not gentlemanly. In fact, I’ve known for a long time that you are my biological father, but my not acknowledging you has nothing to do with my Mommy. It’s simply because I don’t want to acknowledge you.”

Huo Tingdong was stunned.

He watched Momo for a long time and then, suddenly, squatted down in front of him to be at eye level.

They were father and son, blood thicker than water, and connected by bloodline.

Huo Tingdong calmly stared at Momo’s face, his large hand gently resting on his cheek. Momo did not resist his touch, but neither did he respond with much enthusiasm.

He sized up Huo Tingdong.

And Huo Tingdong likewise assessed the defiant Little Baby.

Momo didn’t notice the slight trembling at the tips of the man’s fingers.

Previously, he hadn’t observed him too closely, but now, looking carefully, although Little Baby had a pretty face very similar to Lin Qi’s, with delicate skin and charming good looks, especially those black eyes, sparkling as if they hid beautiful moonlight, his eyebrows and eyes were nonetheless extremely similar to his.

The same sword-like eyebrows, the same high nose bridge, just not yet fully developed and not so prominent.

Lin Qi said, she had twins, and if the other child hadn’t died, he would probably have been as cute as Momo, perhaps even taller.

Huo Tingdong asked softly, “Why don’t you want to acknowledge me?”

Momo replied, “Because, I don’t approve of you!”

He crossed his arms over his chest, “I’ve said it before, I will acknowledge whoever Mommy acknowledges. To me, blood relation isn’t that important. I want to ask you, why should I acknowledge you? Just because I have your blood in my veins, just because you’re my biological father? But growing up, did you ever care for me? Have you ever fulfilled a single day of responsibility toward me?”

Momo stepped back half a step, “I won’t acknowledge you.” He snuggled next to Lin Qi, his stance clear.

Huo Tingdong looked at the indifferent Momo and fell into silence for a while.

He suddenly realized that he indeed had no grounds to complain about Lin Qi.

Because, seven years ago, if he had known Lin Qi was pregnant, he probably wouldn’t have acknowledged the child in her womb.

Back then, he wasn’t mentally prepared to be a father at all.

It wasn’t until three years ago, when Mo Ke brought Han into his presence and told him that the child was his son, his own flesh and blood.

Looking at Han’s tender little face, fatherly love began to take root and sprout in his heart.

He clumsily expressed his paternal love, carefully protecting Han, wanting to give him all the best things in the world.

But he eventually realized that no matter how wonderful those things were, they couldn’t compare to Han, who was the most precious and wonderful treasure in his heart.

Compared to Han, as Momo’s father, he had been absent for seven years.

In those missing seven years, he hadn’t fulfilled a single day’s responsibilities as a father, nor had he given Momo any bit of affection and care.

It was only natural that Momo was unwilling to acknowledge him.

Huo Tingdong turned to Lin Qi and said, “You don’t have to worry about me fighting with you for Momo’s custody.”

Lin Qi was stunned.

In her eyes, Huo Tingdong had always been a domineering and assertive man. She imagined that if he knew Momo’s identity, he would definitely snatch Momo away from her.

She had even prepared to battle him in court.

But unexpectedly…

He actually said that?

Lin Qi raised her eyebrows with some doubt, “Are you serious?”

Huo Tingdong said, “I never go back on my word.”

He paused, then asked, “What happened to the child that died prematurely?”

Lin Qi’s throat felt dry. She didn’t want to recall, but she was forced to remember, “At that time, the nurse cremated the baby… He was too small, the urn was tiny. I… buried him.”

Huo Tingdong asked, “Where is he buried?”

Lin Qi said, “West Suburb Cemetery.”

Huo Tingdong immediately said, “Take me there, I want to see.”

Lin Qi was somewhat moved.

She hadn’t expected that Huo Tingdong, a man as cold-blooded as him, would care for a child who died so young. She thought he wouldn’t care.

“Okay, I’ll take you there.”

Momo said, “Mommy, I want to go too.” He wanted to see his brother.

Han also stood up, clutching Lin Qi’s sleeve tightly, like a little tail.

Huo Tingdong gave Lin Qi a look, “Can you walk now?”

“I, I’m okay…” Before she could finish, Huo Tingdong suddenly walked up to her and swept her off her feet, cradling her in his arms.

Lin Qi’s heart skipped a beat.

Listening to the man’s fervent heartbeat, her own heart rate quickened, “Huo Tingdong, put me down.”

“It will be dark if we wait any longer.” Without another word, Huo Tingdong carried her out of the hospital ward.

Momo and Han followed close behind.

Han looked at Momo, not knowing where they were going.

Momo said, “I’ll take you to see my brother.”

“Brother?” Han’s eyes showed surprise, “Yes, yes!” He also wanted to meet Momo’s brother.

He must be a boy as cute as Momo.

But why had he never seen Momo’s brother before?

Han naively wondered.

An hour later.

The car stopped at West Suburb Cemetery.

It was near dusk.

Lin Qi sat in the car, looking out the window.

Huo Tingdong got out of the car and looked around.

West Suburb Cemetery was desolate.

Since it was a public cemetery, the maintenance fee was very low; a grave only cost 1,000, with an annual fee of 580. As a result, the location was very remote and neglected all year round, especially shabby.

Lin Qi had always wanted to earn money to buy a better grave. After all, she too was heartbroken over the baby who died just after birth. If it weren’t for her financial struggles at that time, she wouldn’t have had to place him in such a desolate cemetery with great sorrow.