A man in a suit came down from the elevator. Zhao Mei was the first to recognize him and walked to the door.
"Huo Cailiang? Why are you here?"
Huo Cailiang put one hand in his pocket and loosened his tie with the other: "I have something to ask you." After saying that, he glanced at the two people behind her, "Is it inconvenient?"
Zhao Mei frowned: "Is it urgent?"
Huo Cailiang nodded: "It's urgent."
After getting the answer, Zhao Mei could only turn around and reject the proposal of having dinner together: "I'm sorry, Sister Xu Yan and Brother Tong Ming, I have something urgent to do here, so I have to leave first. Let's get together again next time if there is a chance."
Xu Yan was the first to wave her hand: "It's okay, go ahead. There will be plenty of opportunities later. It's still not too late to get together then."
Tong Ming also nodded to her. After confirming, Zhao Mei packed her bag and followed Huo Cailiang into the elevator.
The two took the elevator to Mingzhao and entered Huo Cailiang's office. Zhao Mei put her bag on the table and sat casually on the sofa. "So how did our President Huo think of looking for me? How did he find me without even calling?"
Huo Cailiang sat across from Zhao Mei, his long legs folded together, and rubbed his brows with his hands. "I couldn't get through to you on the phone, so I asked Zhao Jing later."
Zhao Mei suddenly remembered that she had turned on Do Not Disturb when she was filming, and nodded to let Huo Cailiang continue.
"It's mainly about Ye Bai's affairs. The date for Bai Yecheng and his family's engagement party has been set, and the invitations have been sent."
Zhao Mei, who had been slumped in her seat, suddenly perked up. "So soon? Doesn't that mean it's half a month earlier than you expected? Even on an auspicious day, it wouldn't be this soon, right?"
Huo Cailiang was also very worried about the sudden change in schedule: "Indeed, it's a lot earlier than expected. Although I've almost prepared everything, I'm still very nervous about it being moved forward by half a month."
"So do you know why it's suddenly brought forward?"
"That's about right. Some people say that Yebai's capital chain has been unstable recently and he urgently needs help from the Han family. Although it's just gossip, combined with the information I found, it's actually quite credible."
Zhao Mei felt a little relieved and leaned back on the sofa: "As long as there's no problem on your side, then even though this matter is not small, there's no need to come to me, right?"
Huo Cailiang shook his head, took out an envelope from the drawer of the coffee table in front of the sofa and handed it to Zhao Mei: "You will know when you see it yourself. I didn't intend to look for you in the first place."
Zhao Mei took the envelope and touched it in confusion: "Is this an invitation?" She looked at Huo Cailiang, nodded, and opened the envelope.
"...We respectfully prepare a wedding banquet and cordially invite Ms. Zhao Mei, the Chairwoman of Mingzhao Investment Company, to attend..." Zhao Mei frowned. "Why didn't you write the company name? And... did you specifically mention the Chairwoman? Why?"
Huo Cailiang sat on the sofa opposite Zhao Mei, his head bowed and his eyes closed, resting. "Because in their eyes, I'm not important to Mingzhao. What's important is the person behind Mingzhao who has the funds to support him. Mingzhao is developing too fast, and they think that if this person can support one Mingzhao, he can support another one."
"...So this old man is taking advantage of me?" Zhao Mei sneered and tossed the invitation. "Where do they get their confidence from? They know I have the ability to support a second person, yet they still dare to pick a fight with me? Just because of that Ye Bai of theirs?"
"Yebai checked your background initially, but found nothing, so they could only single you out in the invitation." Huo Cailiang looked up at Zhao Mei. "They're trying to curry your favor. And rationally speaking, Mingzhao is a leading investment company in the capital, so it's understandable that they're so confident."
Zhao Mei raised her eyebrows while holding the invitation: "So? You can't go in my place?"
"Unfortunately, no. They also deliberately wanted to see who was behind Ming Zhao." Huo Cailiang shook his head. "That's why I came to you specifically. There was only one invitation."
"They really try every possible means." Zhao Mei said speechlessly.
"After all, capital chain problems are a serious matter, so it's normal to want to find more ways to go about it."
"So it seems that for your plan, I have to go." Zhao Mei threw the invitation back on the table. "Then see you next Wednesday, Mr. Huo."
Huo Cailiang nodded tiredly. Zhao Mei, who was about to leave with her bag, noticed the dark circles under his eyes and his increasingly thin face. She paused and said, "Since revenge is so imminent, why not rest up and be in top condition to deal with it?"
"...I can't close my eyes. If I do, all I feel is anger and regret."
Zhao Mei turned around at the door and looked at Huo Cailiang, her fingers tightening and loosening around the doorknob. "Hatred will never fill the gap in my heart. Revenge has emptied me of everything. You did get what I wanted, but what about the future? You can't live forever for revenge. Life will always find a way out. I believe in you, Huo Cailiang."
Zhao Mei walked out after she finished speaking. Huo Cailiang did not reply, but these words also shocked him. He was also thinking and pondering. Before, he struggled to get up with the motivation of revenge, but now, with success at his fingertips, how could he survive?
Looking at his slightly trembling hands, Huo Cailiang recalled the night he returned to Xincheng. When he turned on his phone in flight mode, he saw more than ten missed calls. An ominous premonition lingered in his heart. He called back and learned that his parents had been in a car accident.
Huo Cailiang will always remember that the road from the airport to the hospital seemed to be floating. When he finally arrived at the hospital, he only saw his parents, who had wished him safety before boarding the plane, lying in the emergency room. He will also always remember the doctor who pushed his father to bow apologetically in front of him in just one night.
Everything happened so fast that he was even in a daze, still questioning whether he was having a nightmare, when he was pushed to apply for a death certificate. Looking at the death certificate, he realized that all this was real.
The next day, when he saw the police who came to take his statement, his mind went blank, but he grasped a key point, "The drunk truck driver took the initiative to call the police and surrender himself immediately, and confessed to his crime." How could someone who was drunk and got into a car accident and risked someone's life still calmly call the police and surrender himself immediately?
At that moment, all the clues in Huo Cailiang's mind were strung together. While he figured out the truth, he was also crushed by unprecedented guilt. His eyes were red, but it seemed as if he had run out of tears, and his heart was full of hatred.
Looking through his memories again, apart from the unforgettable emotions, the rest seemed to be covered by a veil. Huo Cailiang knew clearly that at that time, apart from revenge, no constraints could stop him. If Zhao Mei had not appeared and given him hope of revenge, he might have resorted to the method of destroying himself and the stone together, even if his mother was still alive.
Now, Huo Cailiang, no longer consumed by hatred, thought of his mother and the heavy burden of saving his life. He finally calmed down, leaned back on the backrest, held his forehead, shook his head, and muttered to himself, "How could I be taught a lesson by a little girl..."
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