Fu Xiuyu readily agreed, "Yes, go ahead!"

Jiang Can glanced at Huo Zhixing and secretly grinned mischievously, "Can you help me get my salary card back?"

"What?"

"During my time working at the newspaper, I barely even had a chance to warm my paycheck!"

Fu Xiuyu frowned slightly. "Which newspaper is this? This is outrageous! They're even withholding wages?"

“It wasn’t the newspaper that owed us money.” Jiang Can met Huo Zhixing’s wide-eyed stare, pointed, and laughed, “He took it!”

Fu Xiuyu was extremely surprised.

Although she often found Huo Zhixing disagreeable during this period, she always believed that her son was a man of integrity.

When did this habit of stealing women's salary cards start?!

"Huo Zhixing!" she roared.

Many people at the banquet turned to look at him.

Master Huo couldn't bear the humiliation, so he quickly gestured to his mother to keep her voice down. But Fu Xiuyu didn't care and slapped her again.

"You unfilial son! How dare you steal Cancan's salary card? Cancan works so hard to earn money every month, and it all ends up in your pocket?"

"No, Mom!" Huo Zhixing had never been so speechless.

"We made a promise back then, and Cancan said she would take care of me for the rest of my life..."

"Oh, you've really made something of yourself?" Fu Xiuyu was utterly stunned. "You actually have the nerve to use your wife's money?"

Huo Zhixing frowned, looking at his mother with a hint of disdain.

She certainly couldn't understand that this was a little bit of fun between the two of them.

But under his mother's authority, Huo Zhixing slowly took out his salary card—he always carried it with him, and kept it in his shirt pocket, near his heart.

Jiang Can smiled, her beautiful big eyes curving like crescent moons, revealing both mischief and her attachment to him.

Huo Zhixing laughed and gently pinched her cheek.

"Just one card?" Fu Xiuyu glared at him.

Huo Zhixing was taken aback. "Otherwise what?"

"And all your cards, hand them over to Can Can!"

"..."

"From now on, you can't spend money without Cancan's permission, understand?"

Huo Zhixing suddenly recalled the scene in Jiangzhou when Lu Lishan was huddled on the balcony asking him for cigarettes...

Jiang Can is not the same as before! Before, she didn't know his identity and always felt sorry for him, afraid that he didn't have enough money.

Now, with Fu Xiuyu backing him up, his little white rabbit is about to transform into a powerful woman...

Jiang Can will definitely keep a close eye on him!

Huo Zhixing instinctively reached into his pants pocket, where he found a lighter, which he clutched tightly in his hand as if hiding stolen goods…

...

Lu Lishan took a break from his busy schedule and called Huo Zhixing out for lunch.

After finishing their meal, the two went to a nearby shopping mall.

"You're going to buy something?" Huo Zhixing looked at him strangely. "Have you been hiding some money?"

Lu Lishan glared at him.

Huo Zhixing understood and gently smiled, "Don't worry, I won't tell Lin Yuqing!"

This is the unspoken understanding between men...

Lu Lishan sighed and gave a wry smile.

"Do you think a woman's temper changes when she gets pregnant?"

"What's wrong?"

"She's been giving me the cold shoulder ever since!"

Huo Zhixing gloated, "You were never good-looking to begin with, so you can't blame her!"

Lu Lishan raised his hand to punch him.

The two pushed and shoved each other for a while before Lu Lishan called for a stop, revealing a gloating expression on his face.

"I heard that Yao Manning still won't let you go?"

Huo Zhixing's eyes widened. "Who told you that?"

"It's all over the place!" Lu Lishan looked at him. "Didn't the Yao family also participate in that western suburban land project you're in?"

Huo Zhixing nodded with a serious expression.

The companies that bid for the western suburbs plot were Dongming and Lei'an, both under his name. After winning the bid, the development and operation rights should rightfully belong to him.

The project was also shared by several subsidiaries of the Fok Group.

However, the Yao family was restless.

“This project requires personnel from the Central City University Design Institute, and Yao Mo is a member of the school board.” Huo Zhixing sneered, “In addition, this project is a lucrative one, and everyone wants a piece of the pie. The Yao family naturally cannot miss this opportunity.”

"Is it because Yao Manning doesn't want to miss the opportunity to get close to you? This way, she'll have an excuse to go to Huo's every day to discuss work with you!"

Huo Zhixing glared at him, his sharp gaze telling him to shut up if he couldn't speak properly.

Lu Lishan laughed even more heartily.

After laughing, he patted him on the shoulder solemnly: "To be honest, although I am the boss of an entertainment company, which is nothing in this city full of wealthy families, I will do my best as long as you say the word!"

"Thank you." Huo Zhixing patted his wrist.

"But Lu Lishan, you probably don't know that I also work for someone else, right?"

"Um?"

"Guess who the big boss behind this land and the two listed companies, Dongming and Lei'an, is?"

Lu Lishan was stunned.

However, being quick-witted, he soon arrived at the answer—

Who else could be behind Huo Zhixing's proud statement that he was working for someone else but Jiang Can?

"you……"

Huo Zhixing tacitly agreed with a smile.

Lu Lishan laughed as well, feeling ashamed of his own inferiority.

"So Jiang Can is the boss of all of you?"

“Exactly,” Huo Zhixing replied, a smile involuntarily creeping onto his face as he thought of Jiang Can.

"However, she doesn't know about this yet; she wants to make a name for herself. So I've been keeping this information from the public."

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