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Soon it was time to leave work, and as Jian Yu was leaving, she discovered that Huo Tingzhen had indeed started working overtime.
She waved to Jian Yu, "Bye-bye!"
Jian Yu glanced at Huo Qizhen before saying, "Bye-bye!"
After entering the elevator, Jian Yu looked at Huo Qizhen and asked, "Is Zhen Liutingzhen working overtime here?"
"She won't. I estimate that in another twenty minutes, once she's sure my car is far away, she'll go home."
It seems this has happened before!
Jian Yu chuckled, "Alright! But are you really planning to set her up on a blind date?"
Huo Qizhen: "Both Bao Yanbai and Mei Lin are very difficult to deal with. Unless Tingzhen has a new relationship, these two will not give up easily."
Jian Yu: "So, will they both be attending the charity gala tonight?"
Huo Qizhen: "Bao Yanbai is already waiting there; he definitely wants to see Tingzhen!"
Jian Yu: "Then how do we deal with Merlin?"
Huo Qizhen said, "I've already asked the overseas company to cause him some trouble. He won't be staying here for long before he leaves."
Jian Yu nodded, and just as he reached the car, he got in.
Huo Qizhen helped her close the car door. "I'll just make an appearance at the banquet and then come back. We'll have dinner together when I get back."
"good."
Jian Yu nodded, her eyes sparkling.
Huo Qizhen gently touched the corner of Jian Yu's eye. "Don't look at your phone or tablet in the car. It's bad for your eyes, you know?"
Jian Yu nodded, "Okay."
"Don't just pay lip service; the driver will tell me."
"......"
Jian Yu smiled slightly and gave an OK sign, "I'll definitely do it this time."
Huo Qizhen then withdrew his hand in satisfaction and instructed the driver to close the car window.
Huo Tingzhen did not return home for several days in a row.
It seems they're really taking "working overtime" to the extreme.
Fortunately, Merlin finally left on the fifth day.
Before leaving, he had someone send a gift to Huo Tingzhen.
After receiving it, Huo Tingzhen didn't even look at it before instructing her assistant to take it out and throw it away.
The assistant carried the gift box out, wanting to throw it away but worried that Huo Tingzhen might change his mind later.
Just then, Jian Yu came over, so she asked him for advice.
Jian Yu stretched out his hand, "Give it to me!"
The assistant couldn't be happier.
He quickly handed over the gift box, saying, "Thank you so much!"
Jian Yu carried the gift box into Huo Qizhen's office.
Huo Qizhen's eyes lit up when he saw the gift box. "Is it for me?"
Jian Yu was immediately embarrassed, "This..."
Huo Qizhen immediately realized that he had misunderstood and that the gift box was not for him.
So he deliberately put on a stern face and asked, "What is this?"
Jian Yu then explained the matter.
"The assistant was worried that Tingzhen would regret it later, so she didn't dare to throw it away easily."
"Then let's open it and take a look!"
Jian Yu tore open the tape and found a pair of clay sculptures of a couple inside.
Judging from the expressions on the clay figures, the couple should be Merlin and Huo Tingzhen, who are deeply in love.
Huo Qizhen glanced at it and then looked away. "So they were planning to use a flashback."
Jian Yu asked, "What do we do now? Stay or leave?"
Huo Qizhen shook his head, "Of course not."
I picked up the clay sculpture, ready to smash it, but then I discovered there was something else underneath.
Remove the clipboard and you'll find many old photos of the two of them together and a few trinkets inside.
The most carefully packaged item was a necklace with several letters engraved on it, which looked like the first capital letters of Merlin and Huo Tingzhen's names.
Kenneth Fok still has some recollection of this necklace.
“I remember that for a period of time, Tingzhen wore this necklace every day, and she wore it no matter what look she had that day. I don’t know when she took it off, but now that I think about it, it was probably after she broke up with Merlin.”
Jian Yu: "So what do we do now?"
Kenneth Fok arranged for his assistant to dispose of these things.
The assistant accepted the order and went to carry it out.
Huo Qizhen: "There's a big charity gala tonight, come with me!"
Jian Yu came to have lunch with Huo Qizhen. She originally planned to leave after lunch, but now she had to stay until after get off work to accompany him to the banquet.
The stylist arrived before closing time with several evening gowns and jewelry to style Jian Yu.
Jianyu didn't want anything too complicated, so she chose the simplest fishtail skirt.
Jian Yu thought that only she and Huo Qizhen were going to the banquet today, but she didn't expect to run into Huo Tingzhen, who was dressed up in a formal outfit, in the banquet parking lot.
Huo Tingzhen was quite surprised to see Jian Yu. "Jian Yu? What brings you here?"
"Go to your company to have lunch with your brother at noon. Your brother asked me to come along."
"If I had known you were coming too, I wouldn't have gone out to get my hair and makeup done separately."
Jian Yu hooked her arm around Huo Tingzhen's, "Has Bao Yanbai been looking for you again recently?"
Huo Tingzhen nodded.
Are you still determined to break up?
"yes."
Did he agree?
"No."
As they were talking, they saw Bao Yanbai get out of the car.
Bao Yanbai spotted them immediately, but hesitated for a moment before walking over to them.
Jian Yu looked at him with curiosity, "What's wrong with him?"
"His father gave him orders to part ways with me amicably, otherwise, if he upsets me, he'll terminate the contract with them."
"So he obediently listened to me?"
"How could that be? I had someone notify his parents that if it happens again, the contract will be terminated immediately, and no one can change that. I heard that his whole family took turns trying to stop him from getting close to me again."
Just as Jian Yu was about to ask about the situation at Xuri Group, he saw the chairman and his wife of Xuri Group warmly approaching Bao Yanbai.
Jian Yu's spirits lifted, and he stared at Bao Yanbai's reaction.
Huo Tingzhen wasn't interested in watching, so she pulled Jian Yu along and prepared to go inside.
When the two were a meter away from him, Bao Yanbai nodded slightly to them, took long strides, and walked away first.
The chairman and his wife of Xuri Group were left looking embarrassed.
Jianyu, “…”
Huo Qizhen took Jian Yu's hand and glanced at Huo Tingzhen. "Let's go!"
Huo Tingzhen glanced at their clasped hands and silently released her own.
Bao Yanbai watched from behind, a flash of pain in his eyes.
Jian Yu asked, "Will their two families still arrange a marriage?"
Huo Qizhen said, "I heard that both sets of parents are very satisfied and have already ignored Bao Yanbai's opinions, and have begun further discussions."
After being humiliated like this, and still being offered a marriage alliance, Jian Yu didn't know what to say.
Upon arriving at the banquet, Jian Yu discovered something even more shocking.
Kuang Xin, the new girlfriend of the chairman of Cao's Enterprises, also attended the charity gala.
Jian Yu and Huo Tingzhen looked at each other, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.
Isn't Kwong Sum Lao He's new girlfriend?
What's going on here?
When Kuang Xin saw them, she took the initiative to come over and greet them.
"We meet again."
As the saying goes, one shouldn't hit a smiling face, especially in this kind of situation.
Jian Yu and Huo Tingzhen nodded in acknowledgment, "Long time no see."
Kuang Xin turned to Chairman Cao and pointed to the sofa a few meters away, "You chat with President Huo, Miss Huo and I will go sit over there for a while."
Chairman Cao naturally agreed.
Huo Qizhen looked down at Jian Yu and said, "Wearing high heels is tiring, you should go and rest for a while!"
Jian Yu and Huo Tingzhen thought Kuang Xin had something to say to them, and they were mentally prepared to listen.
To everyone's surprise, after they sat down, Kuang Xin lifted the hem of her skirt, revealing her ankles, which were swollen as thick as radishes.
Jianyu, “…”
Huo Tingzhen, “…”
Wearing such high heels with her skin so swollen takes real willpower.
Kuang Xin gently rubbed her ankle while exhaling, "Hiss..."
Jian Yu hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Do you have anything to say to us?"
Kuang Xin smiled. "You guys figured it out, didn't you?"
Given the current situation, who can't see it now?
This place is full of influential figures in the world of fame and fortune. Kuang Xin came here naturally to make connections and do business, but her physical condition couldn't keep up. She might not have worked so hard before, and would have prioritized her health. Now that she no longer has the Kuang family as her backer, she has to fight and grab with all her might if she wants to climb up. She was worried that sitting alone to rest would have a negative impact on her as a big shot, so she brought the two of them along to accompany her.
After all, Huo Tingzhen held a very high position among this group of people.
Most people won't say anything.
Jian Yu said, "You can just sit down and rest. Most people would understand if your foot was injured like this."
Kwong Sum: "You don't understand."
Jian Yu really didn't understand; all she knew was that her foot was injured like this and she needed to rest.
Instead of being as reckless as Kwong Sum is now.
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