"Hello, I want to see Huo Cailiang." The speaker was a young girl who was dressed very beautifully.
"Hello, if you want to see Mr. Huo, you need to make an appointment. Have you registered?" The front desk clerk handled the issue very politely.
"I don't need an appointment, right? I've been Huo Cailiang's friend for many years."
"Didn't you tell Mr. Huo in advance?"
"Is it not okay even though I'm his friend? We just met."
"I'm really sorry, but according to company regulations, we can't see you without an appointment."
Zhao Mei watched from the sidelines as the girl frantically pulled out her phone to make a call. After three or four attempts, none went through. She stamped her feet in frustration, then suddenly remembered what Huo Cailiang had said before. She looked at the girl again: dressed in luxury goods, with a manicure and a perm. Could this be Huo Cailiang's childhood sweetheart from the Bai family?
Zhao Mei, with a look of great surprise on her face, looked at the girl in front of her and started asking the front desk again.
"Hello, Miss. My name is Han Ruxue. I am indeed a friend of Mr. Huo Cailiang. I just don't know why I can't get through to him on the phone. Could you help me ask?"
At her insistence, the receptionist politely accepted her suggestion and called the company's internal phone number.
"Hello, Mr. Huo. Excuse me, there's a Miss Han Ruxue at the front desk. She insists she's your friend. Do you know her? Do you need me to let her in?"
"I don't know him, no need."
"Okay, Mr. Huo."
The receptionist relayed the words to Han Ruxue truthfully, but she obviously couldn't accept it.
"How is that possible! Please ask again for me. Is it the Han in the surname Han, and the Xue in the snow."
"Ms. Han, I believe that if this is someone you know, Mr. Huo will know. I'm sorry, please go back first. You can come back after you contact Mr. Huo."
"Then I'll wait here! You're saying you don't know someone you clearly know. That's really too much!"
"This is for you to do as you please, Miss Han."
Seeing that she couldn't find anyone inside, Han Ruxue could only find a seat to wait on the side. She sat down angrily and took out her cell phone, not knowing what she was doing. Zhao Mei saw this and just wanted to pull Qiu Jiahe away from her.
Zhao Mei, who came to Mingzhao for the first time, just found out that she had to make an appointment to see Huo Cailiang, so she had to go to the other side and call Huo Cailiang.
"Hello? Huo Cailiang?"
"...What's wrong, Miss Zhao?"
"I have something I want to talk to you about, but why didn't you tell Zhao Jing that I need to make an appointment to see you? I came directly here, and just then I saw your childhood sweetheart at the door. He was stopped."
"She was the one who stopped me. Ever since I returned to Xincheng, she kept calling me. I blocked her and changed my phone number. Later, after I returned to the capital, I had no choice but to change my phone card."
"Then how did she find out your company address recently?"
"Maybe Mingzhao has been doing really well lately. Almost everyone in the capital knows about it. After all, it's Miss Zhao's deep pockets that's driving the company's rapid growth. Plus, there's really nothing she can hide, and she doesn't dare to force her way in."
"Indeed, if I break in, I'll probably be reported to the police and put on the news. So, can you tell the front desk to let me in?"
"No, just give your name, it's the whitelist."
"Okay, I'll go in right away."
After Zhao Mei hung up the phone, she walked to the front desk and told the receptionist her name.
"Ms. Zhao Mei?"
"Mr. Huo said I'm on the whitelist, and this is my first time here."
The receptionist rummaged through the folder in front of him, confirmed the photo and name, and then opened the door for Zhao Mei.
"Okay, Miss Zhao Mei, walk straight through the door and turn left to reach Mr. Huo's office."
"Thanks."
Zhao Mei was about to pull Qiu Jiahe, who was playing with his phone, into the house when Han Ruxue rushed over and grabbed her sleeve to stop her.
Seeing her success, Han Ruxue raised her eyebrows and snarled at the receptionist, "What whitelist? Why is she on the whitelist?"
Zhao Mei, whose clothes were being pulled, could only look back helplessly. Han Ruxue then noticed the appearance of the person she was pulling. However, due to Han Ruxue's ten-centimeter high heels, Zhao Mei's particularly prominent face was mostly covered by the baseball cap from her perspective, but her delicate jawline and perfect lip shape were still impressive.
Han Ruxue, seeing half of Zhao Mei's face, became even more furious. "I was thinking about a whitelist, but I'm afraid it's not a lovers' list?! You're such a vixen, and you're really worthy of seducing my boyfriend, sneaking around and hiding your face?"
Zhao Mei frowned at her words and shook her hand away. "First, every company has a whitelist. Please be mindful of your behavior, Miss Han. Second, Huo Cailiang has been single since I met him. However, he did tell me about a suitor who was chasing him with all her might, and who refused to give up even after being rejected countless times."
Han Ruxue's teeth itched at the sound of these sarcastic words: "You...what do you know? Why do you say that?!"
Zhao Mei lifted her cap and stared into Han Ruxue's eyes: "Miss Han, I haven't told you who it is yet, so don't rush to identify yourself."
Han Ruxue, who was being stared at by Zhao Mei, didn't bother to look at her face carefully. She just felt that her eyes were like knives cutting flesh. However, she was already furious and she gritted her teeth, ignored the guilty feeling and continued to speak.
"What's wrong? You're so shameless that you can't even say anything or scold someone else's boyfriend, right? You're just a vixen and a mistress, and you really take yourself seriously?"
This time, before Zhao Mei could even begin to speak, Qiu Jiahe couldn't stand it any longer. She put her hands on her hips and started shouting into the microphone, "Big Sister, who are you? Instead of enjoying your retirement life, you're playing mahjong and getting a perm to look younger. You're even treating someone else's company entrance like a market. Who's so shameless?"
Zhao Mei, who was still angry, was amused by Qiu Jiahe. After listening to her, she even seriously reflected on why she had to bother with such a person. Now that she had identified herself with the person, what else was there to say?
Seeing Han Ruxue's face flushed with anger, Zhao Mei stopped Qiu Jiahe and said, "Jiahe, it's okay. Calm down. It's not worth getting mad at someone like that who only cares about trivial matters."
He turned and smiled at Han Ruxue, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "Miss Han, people should learn to respect themselves and love themselves. Since others have clearly rejected you, there is no point in continuing to pester them. At most, you will be a nuisance."
Just as Zhao Mei finished speaking, Huo Cailiang, who had noticed that Zhao Mei hadn't come in yet, thought of Han Ruxue outside the door. He probably guessed that she was being entangled, so he took the initiative to find her and said, "...Miss Zhao, come in."
Before Zhao Mei could react, Han Ruxue suddenly broke down and sobbed, "Huo Cailiang! Why? I sacrificed so much for you back then. I gave up my family's company to work for you, working diligently and sometimes even working overtime late just to be with you, and this is how you treat me?"
Zhao Mei looked at Han Ruxue, whose eyes were red from crying, and turned around suddenly. Only then did she realize that it was Huo Cailiang who came out. She could only greet Huo Cailiang awkwardly: "Hi?"
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