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Fu Hanchuan threw the phone back to Su Xiang and said coldly: "You dare to mess with my photos again, see how I clean you up!"

"Get out of the car!"

Su Xiang seemed to have the rest of his life after the catastrophe, and hurriedly hugged Fu Ying.

Mother Song stewed bird's nest and let her drink it when she saw Su Xiang come back.

Su Xiang put Fu Ying in the children's room, and when she came out to drink bird's nest, she happened to see Fu Hanchuan enter the door after parking the car, she was like a ghost, and hurriedly hugged the bowl back to the room, her tail clamped tightly.

She broke ground on the tiger's head, how dare she pop out and poke his eyes again.

When he was having dinner, Su Xiang didn't come out, only saying that he was not hungry when he was full.

Fu Hanchuan was eating dinner alone, there was no displeasure on his face, and the corners of his lips were imperceptibly hooked.

After taking a shower, Su Xiang sat at the computer desk and began to transfer the photos on his mobile phone to the computer as usual.

Seeing the photo of their father and son again, Su Xiang clicked the mouse and enlarged the photo.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Fu Ying has gone out with his parents.

The corners of Su Xiang's lips curled slightly, and he actually felt a sense of contentment.

In my lifetime, there will be times like this.

When Fu Ying grows up, will he remember today, right?

Su Xiang propped his chin and looked at the photo in a daze, at the door of the bedroom, the door was opened without knowing when.

Fu Hanchuan leaned on the door frame, and from his point of view, he could see Su Xiang's entire back, as well as the computer screen that was not blocked by her.

Is it that pretty?

The corners of his lips hooked, he pulled his phone out of his pocket, swiped it twice across the screen, and pulled up the photos from the gallery.

The woman in the photo is standing alone, her pale face is printed with blue water lines, and the colorful and eye-catching fish have become the pale background board.

The legacy is independent, and Gu Ruo is brilliant.

Fu Hanchuan somehow took such a photo of her when he saw her standing like that in the sea world.

But such a person with a faint expression and a faint attitude in everything he does has a bad taste.

Isn't she afraid of him?

How dare you secretly take a picture of him and spoof his photos?

At that time, when he saw the photo that was messed up by her, he was furious, but when he took a bath, he laughed inexplicably.

At this time, the corners of his lips couldn't help but hook again.

Realizing this, the corners of Fu Hanchuan's lips that had just curled fell.

He felt a little uninteresting, and no one knew whether it was the person in the photo or his act of taking the photo.

His finger moved to the pattern of the garbage bag, and when it came time to delete it under the point, he hesitated again, but finally kept it.

At this time, Fu Hanchuan didn't know that it was his hesitation for a second that he did not delete this photo, so that in the next few years, he gritted his teeth with hatred at the woman in this only photo, and loved helplessly, not only wanting to never see her again in this life, but also looking for her whereabouts all over the world......

Fu Hanchuan put his phone back in his pocket and walked in.

Su Xiang heard footsteps behind him, and when he turned around, he saw the man walking in with lazy steps.

He must have just taken a shower, was in his nightgown, his hair was still wet, one hand was in his pocket, and his phone was stuck in the other.

Su Xiang looked at him and was about to stand up and go to the bathroom to get a towel to wipe his hair, but when she just moved, she saw Fu Hanchuan pull out his hand, and then an invitation was thrown on the desk.

Su Xiang looked down and saw the familiar red cover gilt font, which Jin Yuxin had brought over in the morning.

Fu Hanchuan attended some banquets, what clothes to wear was prepared by her for him, and when he saw this invitation, he knew that Fu Hanchuan was going to go.

She gestured with her hand up.

- I'll get your clothes ready in a moment.

Of course, and habitually, she didn't need to go this time.

With that, she stood up and was about to go to the bathroom to get a towel, but someone grabbed her arm.

Su Xiang turned his head to look at him, what else was going on?

Fu Hanchuan stared at her with a pair of clear eyes, and he couldn't say anything when it came to his mouth.

I had never said this in front of her before.

Su Xiang didn't know what he wanted to do, he didn't speak, and he didn't let her go, did he still have to spoof his things for her to settle accounts with her?

However, he had already murdered her.

Su Xiang looked at him innocently, and then glanced at his hand, Fu Hanchuan frowned slightly, and let go of his hand, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was sending her away.

"Forget it, you go get a towel and wipe my head first. ”

Su Xiang glanced at him and walked to the bathroom to get a towel in confusion.

is really a strange person, but Fu Hanchuan has always been unpredictable.

Su Xiang didn't bother to guess, and when she came back with a towel, Fu Hanchuan was already sitting at her desk, holding the mouse with his big hand, and clicking on those photos at random.

Looking at his expression, he seems to be quite satisfied.

Su Xiang walked over and wiped the towel over his short, stiff hair.

He's a weird guy.

Obviously, there is a hair dryer, which is fast and convenient, but he doesn't like the sound of the hair dryer buzzing and likes to dry it with a towel.

Fu Hanchuan looked at the computer and suddenly said, "You will go with you tomorrow." ”

Su Xiang's hand stopped, and he didn't say anything, just looked at his messy short hair.

Did she hear something just now?

Fu Hanchuan noticed her pause, turned his head to look at her, saw her standing stupidly still, and said again: "What, didn't you understand?"

Su Xiang did have a feeling that he didn't understand, as if he was hallucinating.

But looking at his awkward and impatient expression, I was sure that I had really heard it.

She remembered when she first married into the Fu family.

At that time, only a few days after the wedding, Fu Hanchuan was invited to a small private banquet, because the word "couple" was written on the invitation, and others also wrote her name, so she prepared herself and his clothes together.

That day, Fu Hanchuan saw her pick up her clothes and prepare to change, so he opened his mouth.

He said, "You don't have to go. ”

"You went, where did I put my face?"

"Let me be laughed at by the audience?"

At that moment, Su Xiang was embarrassed to cry on the spot and lost her temper, she locked herself in the room and cut the dress to pieces.

Of course, no one took her tantrum seriously.

Since then, she has never been "self-inflicted", whenever she sees an invitation, she automatically ignores her name on it.

In fact, she also figured it out later, what kind of mentality can others have when they look at her and Fu Hanchuan?

Thinking on the malicious side, either I want to see Fu Hanchuan's jokes, or I want to see her jokes, and on the kind side, I only want to see the face of the Fu family when I write her name, after all, she is still the officially recognized Mrs. Fu.

So when Fu Hanchuan said that he asked her to go with her, she was completely stunned.

What does he mean?

Fu Hanchuan looked at her with a confused expression, as if he couldn't believe it, and as if he was resisting, his eyes were full of confusion and struggle.

In fact, when he made this decision himself, he was also shocked by himself.

According to his usual thoughts, Su Xiang, there is no need for her to appear in front of those people, and he doesn't want to appear in the same frame with her on any occasion.

Especially, those banquets and stuff like that.

When he saw the invitation, he didn't think about it at all.

But when he was taking a bath, she suddenly appeared in the aquarium, looking at the fish, and then inexplicably changed her mind.

And now, Fu Hanchuan looked at Su Xiang's confused eyes, and suddenly felt a little unnatural.

He opened his eyes uncomfortably, coughed lightly with his fist against his lips, and said in a rough voice: "Look at what! Remember to dress up tomorrow!"

He turned his head and motioned for her to continue wiping her hair: "Go on!"

But Su Xiang didn't act immediately, but slowly put the towel on the table and walked to his oblique side.

- I'm not going.

Fu Hanchuan's face immediately sank and glared at her.

In the past, when she was told not to go out, she lost her temper and cut her clothes, but now she is told to go, and she says that she doesn't want to go.

Did she come specifically to oppose him and be angry with him?

Su Xiang pursed his lips and smiled bitterly.

Just now, when she was sure that what she heard was not an auditory hallucination, but that he really said that he wanted her to go to the banquet, she thought she would be happy, but it turned out that she was just a little surprised.

In the past, she tried hard to make herself like those normal people, no one looked at her differently, she could appear on any occasion, she would not bring embarrassment and embarrassment to others, and would not make people feel faceless.

But this is just her wishful thinking, and even her relatives feel that she is ashamed.

And Fu Hanchuan said it most directly, he didn't want to take her everywhere to embarrass people.

In the past two years in the Fu family, she has figured it out, and her heart has long been worn out.

Others marry wives, appearance, family background, talent, everything will make their men proud of her, what about her?

Shame the people of the Fu family, if she was a member of the Fu family, she would think so.

Moreover, in the morning, Jin Yuxin specially told her to go together, can she have any kindness?

- I don't have the right clothes to wear.

Su Xiang gestured and refused with the most straightforward excuse.

In fact, after Fu Hanchuan did not allow her to attend any banquets, those dresses never appeared in her closet again. All lost.

Fu Hanchuan raised his eyebrows and stared straight at her.

With her face, is there anything he can't see through?

Su Xiang didn't want to be stared at by him, so he didn't overdo it, but Fu Hanchuan reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to turn her head to face him, staring at her face with a smile.

"Su Xiang, didn't you really want to go to those places before?"

Su Xiang looked at him calmly, his eyes as quiet as a lake.

She never wanted to go to the banquet, she just thought that husband and wife should be together, husband and wife together.

However, their marriage itself was a conspiracy and coercion, and she was naïve and ignorant at that time.

Su Xiang pushed his hand away, exhaled lightly, and gestured.

- Didn't you say that if I went out with you, it would disgrace you?

Fu Hanchuan's heart was blocked for a while, but she knew.

But even so, he let her go, and what did she do with a long face.

Fu Hanchuan said in a vicious voice: "If you go, I will solve the matter of clothes." ”

As he spoke, he didn't give her a chance to express himself, so he walked away angrily.

Cut, as if he was begging her to go.

Give him a little face, kick his nose on the face, and set up a score for him.

Early the next morning, Xiao Jia from the secretary's office sent a lot of dresses, and also accepted the boss's "will", telling her to dress up Mrs. Fu well.

Su Xiang had never been to Fu's company, and it was the first time Xiao Jia saw the rumored Mrs. Fu, so he couldn't help but look at her a few more times with curiosity.

It's no wonder why she didn't dare to look at this Mrs. Fu generously, but Mr. Fu was usually too serious, and everyone in the company didn't dare to speak out in front of him.

Xiao Jia has been in the company for a few years, and she can be regarded as an old employee, and she has also heard about the stormy things in Beicheng at the beginning, and she is even more curious about this mysterious Mrs. Fu.

She's so beautiful, at first glance, it's not a country or a city, but when people take a look, they can't help but want to take a second look.

However, she ...... Can't really speak?

However, Xiao Jia can enter the Fu family, and she can enter a confidential place like the president's secretary's office, she is a human spirit, even if she is curious, she will not let people see it.

However, Su Xiang appeared in front of Fu Hanchuan's subordinates for the first time, but he was even more nervous.

Hehe, what kind of boss lady is she, she is afraid to see her husband's employees......

Su Xiang smiled faintly at Xiao Jia, forced himself to be calm, and walked to a row of dresses to pick up.

These dresses range from bold and avant-garde to classical and elegant, with short skirts and long tail skirts, and there are many.

Xiao Jia stood aside and furrowed her eyebrows in annoyance.

The boss suddenly gave her instructions, and she had done her best to contact the designer who cooperated with Fu early in the morning, and then brought the dress she thought was okay.

Because she hadn't met Mrs. Fu, she didn't know what kind of dress would suit her.

Su Xiang had seen a few dresses, and they all felt that they were okay, so he picked out a light blue dress.

The color is light and unobtrusive, and it also sets off her complexion.

Su Xiang was about to go in with his dress to change, Fu Hanchuan walked out of the study, saw the skirt in her hand, took it, looked back and forth, and picked two fingers on the shoulder.

Before she was even on her, I knew what she looked like in this dress.

The design of this dress is simple and elegant, and the shoulder part is a highlight, and if the woman wearing this dress has a beautiful and sexy collarbone, everyone will be attracted to it.

Fu Hanchuan threw away the dress with an expressionless face, and took a white modified cheongsam and handed it to her: "Wear this." ”

Su Xiang looked at the cheongsam, white cloud brocade, translucent organza fabric above the chest, embroidered with dark patterns of edelweiss, and red plum buckles, plain and elegant and not monotonous, very temperamental.

Su Xiang had no objection to what to wear, and went in to change his clothes.

Anyway, in front of the domineering Fu Hanchuan, she could only accept his arrangement in the end.

Xiao Jia, who was standing respectfully on the side, saw it most clearly.

The boss is so stingy, Mrs. Fu has such a good figure, she doesn't show it to others at all.

Su Xiang changed into a cheongsam and came out, and saw Fu Hanchuan's strange eyes.

She looked down at herself.

The cheongsam looks straight and striped, but it is the most provocative and the most figure-showing. Therefore, many people wear cheongsams to be specially customized, which side is looser, which side is more compact, and it is not sloppy at all.

An exclamation mark appeared in Xiao Jia's eyes, should the boss's eyes be so poisonous, how did he know that this cheongsam was so suitable for Mrs. Fu's figure?

"Mrs. Fu, you are so beautiful in this cheongsam. Xiao Jia admired, of course, there are some sycophants.

Su Xiang pinched the waist part, in fact, the waist is still a little loose, it would be better if he received a few more stitches.

Her figure, but the proportions are very perfect, but she is not a tall beauty with long legs, this cheongsam is worn on her, and with high heels, her legs are more slender.

I have to say that Fu Hanchuan is very good at looking at women.

Su Xiang remembered that every time he appeared by Fu Hanchuan's side and accompanied him to the banquet before, which woman was not with a hot body and an outstanding face.

Hehe, practice it.

Xiao Jia took out the sewing kit he was carrying, and pinched the extra fabric on Su Xiang's waist: "Mrs. Fu, I'll sew you two stitches here." ”

As a confidential secretary, she has to make all kinds of responses at all times, which is a small point, of course she can solve it, otherwise the boss will not call her.

But just now she secretly touched Mrs. Fu's waist, which is really a standard eighteen-inch water snake waist.

After painting the makeup, Fu Ying's small mouth grew into an "O" shape, and his little finger pointed at her, pulling Fu Hanchuan's trouser leg: "Baba, fairy." ”

Fu Hanchuan was also amazed when Su Xiang came out.

The simple coiled hair is fixed with only a red bean hairpin, a strand of hair hanging down on both sides of the cheeks is slightly bent, distant mountain eyebrows, horizontal waves of eyes, and a curled nose and red lips, charming and pure.

He knew that Su Xiang's appearance was not bad, but he didn't expect to dress up...... It's pretty good.

……

Fu Hanchuan was wearing a straight handmade suit, he was very elegant, and with the cute little doll, when the family appeared in the banquet venue of the Jin family, it attracted everyone's attention.

But today, the most eye-catching is the rumored Mrs. Fu.

This is her first appearance in public.

Everyone saw her standing beside Fu Hanchuan and walked in.

Suddenly, the crowd that had been talking fell silent.

Jin Yuxin was wearing a red dress, looking enthusiastic and generous, red is the color that attracts people's attention, in her own field, she originally had absolute dominance, but with the appearance of that person, she became overshadowed.

Jin Yuxin clenched her fists and gritted her teeth secretly.

But at the same time, I was shocked.

She has never taken Su Xiang in her eyes.

Fu Hanchuan, didn't he hate Su Xiang the most, and he hated her appearing in public the most?

Why did she still appear so brightly?

The Jin family arranged this banquet today, ostensibly to celebrate Mrs. Jin's birthday, but in fact, they wanted to make Su Xiang make a fool of herself and make her retreat.

Of course, the Jin family knew what the Fu family avoided the most, and they didn't dare to offend the Fu family, the guests invited today were specially selected, and Jin Yuxin's invitation to Su Xiang was also discussed with Mrs. Zhuoya.

Mrs. Zhuoya has repeatedly hinted to Su Xiang to divorce her son earlier, but this woman is shameless and can't get rid of her thick-skinned people.

Only then did she agree with Jin Yuxin, and let Su Xiang see with her own eyes the gap between her and others.

Mrs. Zoya looked at her son, and with the woman, walked towards her.

"Mom. Fu Hanchuan said hello, and Fu Ying shouted obediently when he saw his grandmother.

The etiquette of the little guy is very good, although he is young, he is not stage frightened, and he is not crazy to run around, and he stands next to Fu Hanchuan in a proper manner.

I don't know if he understands something, at this time, he stretched out his little hand to hold Su Xiang's hand.

Mrs. Zhuoya's gaze swept over Fu Ying's face, and when it landed on Su Xiang's face, it became fierce.

"You'd better not mess around today, just stand in a proper manner, and don't speak. ”

Su Xiang pursed his lips and lowered his eyes slightly.

After Mrs. Zhuoya warned her, she looked at Fu Hanchuan.

In fact, Su Xiang appeared here today, and she was also a little surprised.

Although Jin Yuxin came up with this idea, if his son did not agree, it would be impossible for Su Xiang to come.

In other words, he began to accept Su Xiang?

Mrs. Zhuo Ya looked over with an inquiring gaze, Fu Hanchuan had no expression, just on the other side, a middle-aged man came over with a wine glass to say hello, Fu Hanchuan nodded at Mrs. Zhuo Ya and said, "I'll talk to Han Dong first." ”

Then he turned his head sideways to Su Xiang and said, "You and Fu Ying don't run around here." ”

As he spoke, he took the wine handed by the middle-aged man and left.

In Mrs. Zhuoya's opinion, it was a huge shame to stand under the same sky with Su Xiang on such an occasion, and she glanced at her and left.

After a while, Fu Hanchuan left, and Mrs. Zhuo Ya was gone, only Fu Ying accompanied Su Xiang.

Su Xiang looked down at his son who was biting his fingers, and smiled lightly.

Just now, when the middle-aged man walked over, he glanced at her intentionally or unintentionally. Even if everyone here knew that she was Mrs. Fu, it was her first time coming, and Fu Hanchuan did not introduce her to that person.

And standing here at this time, she can also feel the gaze from all directions.

She could almost imagine what those people were saying.

"Fu Hanchuan, is this an admission of this mute lady and took her out to meet someone?"

Fu Ying glanced at Su Xiang ignorantly, pointed to a cluster of camellias not far away, and said, "Ma Ma, go see the flowers." ”

Su Xiang took his son's hand and slowly walked under the camellia.

The fiery red camellia flowers bloom very gorgeously, and one by one they seem to be a ball of flames.

But camellia has a characteristic, it is easy to wither, and at this moment a lot of camellia falls on the lawn.

Fu Ying picked a camellia on tiptoe: "Ma Ma, give." ”

Su Xiang smiled, took the camellia and pinched it, and gently patted the little guy's face: "Thank you, son." ”

Fu Ying's eyebrows and eyes smiled, he suddenly thought of something, and he wanted to bring the flowers over again. "Ma Ma ......" He shook his little hands up and down, asking Su Xiang to squat down.

Su Xiang squatted down according to his request, and the little guy put the camellia in her bun, and the little mouth opened even more, and said glutinously: "Beautiful ......"

Jin Yuxin has been quietly paying attention to Su Xiang, and when she saw that she could enjoy herself alone, she rolled her eyes in her heart.

Ask yourself, if she was in such a situation, she wouldn't be able to do it.

This woman's face is thick, and I can't find an adjective!

Jin Yuxin took a glass of wine and walked to Mrs. Zhuoya's side, and another lady who was chatting with Mrs. Zhuoya received Jin Yuxin's gaze, nodded at her and walked away first.

Jin Yuxin smiled slightly and said to Mrs. Zhuoya: "Thank you, Madame, for coming to my mother's birthday party today." ”

Mrs. Zhuoya touched her glass and said with a faint smile: "It's nothing, I still want your family to come to my birthday party in the future." ”

The meaning of these words is already very clear. Jin Yuxin took a reassuring pill and said with a smile: "Madam, Mrs. Fu is alone over there, is this okay?"

Mrs. Zoya glanced under the tea tree, and it was a shame that she could still stay.

Out of the corner of her eye, she swept several women towards Su Xiang, she frowned, put the wine glass in her hand aside and walked over.

Su Xiang was having a good time with Fu Ying, but he saw several women in extraordinary clothes coming over.

Three women in one play, the three women, standing at three angles, surrounded her.

One of the girls in a beige dress smiled sweetly, and asked in a delicate voice, "You are Mrs. Fu?"

Su Xiang smiled slightly, looked at her indifferently, and gave her a chin in reply, also signaling her that she was going to leave with the child.

One by one, the women smiled and said hello.

"Mrs. Fu, the first time I saw you, you are so beautiful. ”

"Mrs. Fu, your skin is good, where do you take care of it?"

"Yes, Mrs. Fu, your hairstyle is really beautiful, which hairstylist made it, can you introduce it to me?"

On the surface, they were complimenting Su Xiang, but in fact, their real intention was just to force Su Xiang to use sign language.

The women who came to this occasion had all seen the scene, even if they wanted to humiliate Su Xiang, they had to look at the face of the Fu family and dare not go too far.

It's too much, it's a slap in the face of the Fu family.

Su Xiang still felt that they might be a little sincere, but after a few people took turns, a fool could feel that they had bad intentions.

From beginning to end, she smiled indifferently, and the sign language did not respond to them at all.

She only smiled, and slowly led Fu Ying to a table in front of her, and those people didn't dare to stop her, so they could only follow her.

Su Xiang's temperament is already outstanding and elegant, and the picture of her carefully caring for her son is very warm and charitable, so that she is like a group of young ladies who can't get on the stage to support her.

Jin Yuxin followed behind Mrs. Zhuoya, looking at such a picture, she was so angry that she almost vomited blood.

These people are usually sharp-toothed, left and right, how can they do this, they can't even get a dumb person!

"What are you all doing?" Mrs. Zhuoya's aura was much stronger than that of these teens and twenties, and as soon as she opened her mouth, those daughters immediately replied with a smile, "We are chatting with Mrs. Fu." ”

Mrs. Zhuoya glanced at Su Xiang, and her gaze fell on her hand.

At this time, she was feeding Fu Ying food.

"Oh, what did you say?"

"We're asking Mrs. Fu, how does she maintain her skin so well?"

Mrs. Zhuoya snorted coldly, looked at Su Xiang with disdain, and when she looked at Jin Yuxin again, her eyes were more satisfied.

She said: "You are all young, when you are like flowers, your skin is so tender that you can pinch out water, aren't they all the same? ”

"Look at Yuxin, she is about the same age as you, she can speak in front of the consul and do projects. You should learn more from her. ”

A girl who was a little provocative immediately said: "I heard my uncle say that Fu is preparing to open the European market, and the Spanish tourism project is deeply satisfied with Mr. Fu, is this proposal made by Yu Xin?"

Jin Yuxin lowered her head embarrassedly at the right time, and said with a smile: "You are also exalting me too much, how can you be as powerful as you say." ”

Mrs. Zhuoya expressed satisfaction with Jin Yuxin's modesty, and she said, "Don't be too modest. Thanks to your help this time. It's rare that you're so busy that you still have time to do that. ”

These people, you say a word, I say a word, it seems that Su Xiang, who is standing on the side, understands that these words of theirs are actually for her.

Don't you just say she's useless?

Mrs. Zhuoya's eyes looked at the woman who was still leisurely, how to look at it.

If she knows each other, leave quickly!

Fu Hanchuan came over with a wine glass, and at the end of Mrs. Zhuoya's words, he heard something, and when he saw a bunch of women gathered here, he understood a little.

He stood next to Su Xiang and said lightly: "Mom, didn't they tell you about the project? That project has been changed, not the one that Miss Jin suggested." ”

He looked at Su Xiang: "I saw something interesting on Su Xiang's Weibo, and I have asked people to follow it." ”

Several women were stunned, and they all looked at Su Xiang one by one.

Especially Jin Yuxin, she was so angry that she had to carry it.

She angered Fu Hanchuan that day, and after he warned her again, in order to save her image, she didn't dare to touch that project again, and she didn't even dare to inquire, but she didn't expect that her project proposal had been completely replaced!

Jin Yuxin's face was red and blue, like a color palette.

Fu Hanchuan smiled slightly, but there was no temperature in his eyes, and those women realized that something was wrong and quickly found an excuse to leave.

Jin Yuxin was still there, not recovering from the shock.

Fu Hanchuan looked at her and said, "Miss Jin, thank you for the proposal you gave me and the help you gave me in this project. ”

He paused, only for two seconds of pause, Jin Yuxin only felt flustered, his eyes shook slightly, and he didn't dare to look at him.

I heard Fu Hanchuan speak again: "However, Miss Jin, I have already thanked you." ”

He glanced coldly at the bracelet.

Xie has also thanked and warned her, and I hope she will stop making a fuss about this matter.

Jin Yuxin clearly felt that Fu Hanchuan was really angry at this time, and when his words fell, he was so shocked that his breath was choked......