If that village girl truly possessed such beauty and risked her life to save him, she must have been infatuated with him, and he would have been willing to keep her as a mistress and shower her with affection.

But a disfigured village girl wouldn't tempt him to keep her as a mistress.

That's why I rushed to the capital after Xie Ziyuan's phone call.

Now, wanting to go back and find that person, I can only do so secretly because of those inexplicable feelings, and I dare not disturb anyone.

Jiang Baili is hard to find, after all, she is Xie Ziyuan's cousin; Wang Xiangxiang never thinks before she speaks, so it's easier to get information out of her.

That's why he turned to find Wang Xiangxiang.

Huo Yuntang stroked the coffee cup in his hand, his expression gentle: "Although she may not need my financial support for her studies, I must repay the life-saving grace."

Repay Xie Li? Does a mere village girl deserve it?

Wang Xiangxiang subconsciously didn't want Huo Yuntang to find Xie Li: "How would I know where she went? We haven't been in contact since she got off the plane that day."

"Is that so?" Huo Yuntang stared at her, his eyes flickering slightly.

Wang Xiangxiang forced herself to say, "Yes, that village girl is barbaric and rude, and she's full of lies, saying she can fly airplanes. She's a lunatic. How can I possibly associate with her?"

"I'm trying to avoid her as much as possible, who knows if she'll come after me for money?"

The more Wang Xiangxiang talked, the more convinced she became of her point.

"Brother Yuntang, you now manage many of the Huo family's businesses, making you a true tycoon CEO."

“Those country girls love watching TV dramas about rich CEOs falling in love with Cinderella. They definitely want to climb up the social ladder. Just send some money to their hometown and that will be enough. There’s no need to go see them in person.”

"Otherwise, it will be troublesome if you get entangled with them later."

She thought that every word she said was for Huo Yuntang's benefit, and that she spoke with sincerity.

Little did they know that Huo Yuntang's smile had lost some of its gentleness and gained more perfunctoriness and coldness.

After leaving the coffee shop, Huo Yuntang got into his car, the coldness in his eyes still lingering.

In the car, the assistant hesitated: "Young Master, should we lend a hand to the Wang family's business?"

Huo Yuntang is known for his good temper in the elite circles of Linjiang City. Anyone who gets even a little close to him will make a point of taking care of the other family's business.

Originally, the Wang family was not worth paying attention to, but the other family had come knocking on their door several times, and Huo Yuntang had been getting closer to Wang Xiangxiang recently, so he might soften his heart.

"No need." The man's thin lips uttered two cold words. He paused, then added, "From now on, if anyone from the Wang family comes to our door, kick them out."

The assistant looked up in surprise, but after a moment realized that his gaze had been too direct, and quickly lowered his head again.

"Yes, young master. And Miss Wang, she..."

"Same. Just refuse directly, no need to report to me."

Hearing these cold words, the assistant wondered to himself what the young lady surnamed Wang had said to make the young master so emotionally charged and furious.

He had followed Huo Yuntang for so long, and he had never seen the other party so angry before.

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The "Encyclopedia King Challenge" at No. 1 Middle School is coming soon, followed by the joint entrance examination, which will determine the fate of every student.

Ming Xiaoxiao had no choice but to be extremely careful and prepare for the exam.

I never expected that tutoring Xie Li last time would go wrong, and things almost spiraled out of my control.

Fortunately, Xie Li and Wen Ling had just gotten up, and they actually kept their promise to either read other books or sleep during Wen Ling's class.