Yao Manning's face stiffened, her eyes filled with jealousy and hatred as she stared intently at Jiang Can.
Huo Zhixing led Jiang Can away, and as she watched their retreating figures, Madam Yao's cold words suddenly echoed in her ears—
“You don’t have the blood of the Yao family flowing in your veins, you are not worthy of Huo Zhixing at all.”
"I shouldn't have taken you from the orphanage back then, and I shouldn't have let you take the surname Yao!"
Yao Manning was trembling all over, her anger almost bursting out of her chest. She took several deep breaths to force herself to calm down.
"Heh, got roasted again?" A familiar voice came from behind.
Yao Manning turned around and saw Huo Zhiyan holding a glass of whiskey, standing there casually, giving her a slight smile.
It wasn't Jiang Yao by his side anymore; this time it was a young, tender model wearing a low-cut dress, practically showing off her two white breasts.
"What's it to you!" Yao Manning was annoyed whenever she saw him.
"With that woman by your side, Third Brother, you can forget about marrying into the Huo family in this lifetime!" Huo Zhiyan gloated.
Yao Manning rolled her eyes and was about to leave when Huo Zhiyan said in a drawn-out voice, "There's an important person at this auction tonight that you absolutely must meet!"
Yao Manning paused in her steps.
Huo Zhiyan smiled, patted the young model's body a few times, and then made her leave obediently.
"Miss Yao," the man said with a slight smile, "I've heard that the Yao family is outwardly strong but inwardly weak. They look glamorous, but in reality, they're the most vulnerable of the four major families!"
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
"I say, you've gone to great lengths to arrange a marriage, isn't it all to consolidate the Yao family's position?"
“There’s no need to go through marriage to consolidate the Yao family’s position.” Huo Zhiyan swirled his wine glass, paused for a moment, and then said with a gentle smile, “I can introduce you to someone.”
Yao Manning frowned. "Who?"
"Yin Ruohong".
Yao Manning was taken aback.
The name sounds familiar; it seems to belong to a force to be reckoned with in Southeast Asia.
I'd heard that Huo Zhanhe was quite close to this person...
Yao Manning looked at him suspiciously, "Who is Yin Ruohong?"
Huo Zhiyan raised her chin. She looked in the direction of his gaze and saw a middle-aged man in a suit chatting and laughing with someone not far away.
Although he is middle-aged, the man is very well-maintained. He has a tall and strong physique, a radiant complexion, and striking eyebrows and bright eyes that exude a strong masculine charm.
A man like that would probably turn heads on the street.
“That’s Yin Ruohong.” Huo Zhiyan smiled. “He’s the head of the Yin family in Nanyang and also the president of the Nanyang Medical Association.”
"Moreover, the Yin family has close ties with the military in Southeast Asia and is one of the few large families with a military background."
"Heh, Yao Manning." Huo Zhiyan looked at her, "If you can latch onto this powerful figure and serve Chairman Yin well, getting rid of Jiang Can will be as easy as crushing an ant!"
Yao Manning glared at him with disgust. "I don't even need Yin Ruohong. I can crush Jiang Can like an ant!"
"Really? Then go ahead and pinch me right now! Ha, before you even get close to Jiang Can, Huo Zhixing will gouge your eyes out!"
"you……"
Huo Zhiyan laughed heartily, finished the last sip of his drink, and turned to find the young model.
Yao Manning stomped her feet twice.
However, upon calming down and thinking about it carefully, Huo Zhiyan was right.
If I could cultivate a good relationship with Yin Ruohong, I might be able to leverage the Yin family's influence to accomplish what I want...
Yao Manning composed herself, ordered a glass of red wine from the waiter, and carried it toward Yin Ruohong.
Yao Zheng and his wife had taken her to various banquets since she was a child, and she was already very comfortable in such occasions.
Yin Ruohong chatted with her for a while, always with a smile on his face. Yao Manning was also good at finding topics to talk about, so there was never a dull moment.
But she noticed that Yin Ruohong's gaze was always fixed on a certain spot...
Yao Manning remained calm and looked in that direction as well, only to find that he was staring at Jiang Can!
She was taken aback, but didn't show it. She simply asked him casually, "President Yin, the auction is about to begin. Which item are you planning to bid on?"
Yin Ruohong frowned slightly.
His thoughts had already drifted to Jiang Can. He watched her from afar, seeing her being held in a man's arms like a precious treasure, seeing her beaming smile, even her dimples radiating happiness...
He suddenly felt a lump in his throat, and a feeling of wanting to cry got stuck in his throat.
She really looks like Yoon Moon-hee.
But the heroic spirit between her brows, unlike that of ordinary girls, is very much like him.
Yin Ruohong smiled, but felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
He had promised Yoon Moon-hee that he would never disturb their lives.
That formula bought out all their feelings for each other. The moment Yin Wenxi left Nanyang, they became strangers.
Yin Ruohong's fingers tightened around the wine glass, her knuckles turning white.
"President Yin, what's wrong?"
"Hmm?" He snapped out of his reverie and met Yao Manning's questioning gaze.
"Oh, it's nothing."
"Heh, Chairman Yin saw a beautiful woman?" Yao Manning said in a half-joking tone, "You mustn't touch that beautiful woman!"
Yin Ruohong frowned. "What did you say?"
"Weren't you just looking at Jiang Can?"
Yin Ruohong was slightly taken aback.
It's Jiang Can, that's the name... Back then, in order to survive in the Jiang family, Yin Wenxi lied and claimed that the child was Jiang Mingyuan's.
That's why the daughter took the surname Jiang.
Yin Ruohong clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her flesh.
“Miss Yao,” he looked at her, “you just said, what happened to Jiang Can?”
"Her!" Yao Manning sneered. "She's quite capable. A mere illegitimate daughter from a humble family, she managed to seduce the third young master of the Huo family in Yangcheng!"
"Is that the Third Young Master, Huo Zhixing?"
"Yes, that's right!"
Yin Ruohong's expression changed.
Yao Manning continued, "President Yin, this woman is amazing. Third Master Huo once offended the Huo family patriarch in public for her sake!"
"Heh, Chairman Yin, I've heard that there's a kind of witchcraft in Southeast Asia that can control people's minds... I guess this Jiang Can might also know some witchcraft or sorcery!"
"Really?" Yin Ruohong's tone suddenly turned icy. "Miss Yao really knows a lot! How come I didn't know about this kind of witchcraft in Southeast Asia?"
Yao Manning was taken aback and realized that she had just said the wrong thing.
"President Yoon, that's not what I meant..."
"If there were such powerful witchcraft, my Yin's Pharmaceutical Factory could go bankrupt!"
"No, no, Chairman Yin, please listen to me..."
"Miss Yao!" Yin Ruohong raised his voice, his tone deep and powerful, "Before you leave, let me have my assistant give you a gift! A few bottles of new medicine, not expensive, but good for the brain and eyes, I think it would be very suitable for Miss Yao!"
After saying that, he flung his hand away and strode off.
Where did this crazy woman come from, daring to slander his daughter to his face!
"Chairman," his subordinate whispered beside him, "the person next to Miss Jiang is indeed Huo Zhixing... After the plane crash, he was recuperating in Jiangzhou, and that's when he met Miss Jiang."
Yin Ruohong stopped abruptly as if she had been electrocuted.
Plane crash...
These words struck his heart like a hammer blow, casting a thick shadow over his deep eyes.
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