Chapter Seventy-Five: Slapping Zhou Mengying
After sending a string of text messages, Huo Junjun added several exaggerated emojis, waiting for her best friend Su Muci's reply.
However, after waiting and waiting, there was only silence on the other end of the phone, with no response whatsoever.
Huo Junjun muttered to herself, subconsciously looking down to check her phone, her gaze sweeping over the recipient field—
[The most handsome but cold-faced uncle in the universe]
These words struck her like a thunderbolt, leaving her utterly stunned!
She was so excited that she accidentally sent the message to the wrong person! It went straight to the male protagonist of the gossip!
Huo Junjun felt a sudden darkness before her eyes and almost fainted on the spot.
She frantically opened the chat box, wanting to retract the message, only to find that the time limit had already expired.
"Aaaaah—!" she wailed in despair, rubbing her cheeks hard, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.
...
Inside the Maybach, Su Muci watched as Huo Zhan sat back down beside her and asked softly, "Weren't you... a little too harsh on Junjun?"
Although she couldn't hear what they were saying through the car window, she clearly saw Huo Zhan's cold, condescending demeanor and Huo Junjun's pitiful appearance, shrinking her neck like a quail as she admitted her mistake.
The way the brother and sister got along didn't seem quite like the warm and harmonious sibling relationship she had imagined.
Huo Zhan explained, "I was just doing my job. The 200,000 yuan she paid was within the normal range for vehicle damage."
Two hundred thousand?
Su Muci was stunned. She didn't expect Huo Zhan to make Junjun pay so much money. She wondered if they had a fight.
Seeing Su Muci frown, Huo Zhan asked, "Don't you want her to pay?"
Su Muci hesitated and said, "The car is yours, so it's up to you whether or not to compensate me. I just think Junjun might be very upset..."
After hearing what she said, Huo Zhan also began to reflect on whether he had been too strict.
The phone in my pocket suddenly vibrated a few times.
He took it out and saw that it was a message from Huo Junjun.
[...I really don't know which woman is so capable that she managed to uproot my uncle's lifelong bachelor!]
Huo Zhan: "..."
The vein on his forehead throbbed slightly. He took a deep breath and turned off his phone screen.
Suddenly I felt that 200,000 might be too little.
The next moment, the phone rang again.
The flashing caller ID on the screen made him frown almost imperceptibly—[Mother]
He pressed the answer button, and Huo's mother's efficient voice immediately came from the other end of the phone: "A-Zhan, where are you now?"
"Still in Jiangcheng."
Huo Zhan answered, his gaze unconsciously glancing at Su Muci, who was looking at him curiously beside him.
“Perfect timing, I’m in Jiangcheng too.”
Mother Huo immediately gave the order, "Make arrangements, I want to meet my daughter-in-law now."
Huo Zhan's mother has always been domineering, and he knew that if he rashly asked Su Muci to meet her at this moment, it might put pressure on Cici or even frighten her.
Without making a sound, he placed his palm over Su Muci's hand, gave it a gentle squeeze, and said perfunctorily to the other end of the phone, "I'm a little busy right now, I'll contact you later."
Before Huo Zhan could even speak after hanging up the phone, Su Muci considerately said:
"Are you busy with something? No problem, just drop me off at the entrance of Su's Radio Station. I have a program to prepare this afternoon."
Her understanding demeanor softened Huo Zhan's heart.
Huo Zhan did indeed need to deal with his mother: "Okay, also, I'd like to schedule our wedding for next Tuesday."
"Is it too late to make it this fast?"
"Not fast."
He kissed her lips and lowered his voice: "Next Tuesday, your period will be over. That day will be our real wedding night..."
Su Muci blushed as she understood his implication.
He really didn't want to wait even a day longer.
...
The car came to a smooth stop in front of the Su family radio station.
The blush on Su Muci's cheeks had not completely faded when she hugged Huo Zhan again before reluctantly getting out of the car.
"I'll pick you up when you're done. Don't overwork yourself." Huo Zhan gently tidied her slightly disheveled hair, his eyes tender.
"good."
Su Muci nodded, watched his car leave, and then turned and walked into the radio station building.
However, as soon as she entered the hall, an uninvited guest blocked her way—it was Zhou Mengying.
Zhou Mengying walked towards her with an expensive handbag in hand, her face filled with undisguised sarcasm and hostility, clearly having waited for her there on purpose.
"Sister, that's impressive! Fu Hengzhi isn't enough for you, so you've managed to get close to Zero from the Huo Group?"
Zhou Mengying looked her up and down, her tone sharp, "I heard that Zero not only beat Fu Hengzhi into the hospital because of you, but also gave you the Zhou family business that I didn't want?"
Su Muci remembered that Zero was Huo Zhan's English name, and not wanting to get entangled with her, she said indifferently, "This seems to have nothing to do with Miss Zhou."
"Irrelevant?"
Zhou Mengying seemed to have heard a joke. She stepped forward, lowered her voice, and issued a malicious warning:
"Don't get too cocky! That Zero is nothing but a dog kept by the Huo Group! He's acting like he can control everything just because he has a chicken feather in his hand?"
She looked at Su Muci's furrowed brows and smiled smugly, then continued, "He can only help you now because the Huo family still needs him for the time being."
But listen to me, I, Zhou Mengying, will soon be the future mistress of the Huo Group!
When that day comes, the first thing I'll do is get rid of that disobedient dog, Zeroon!
Everything you have now, I will make you obediently and completely return to me!
After making those harsh words, Zhou Mengying snorted coldly and turned to leave.
"stop."
A cool, clear voice sounded from behind.
Zhou Mengying turned around in surprise, but before she could see clearly, she heard a crisp "snap!"
A sharp slap landed hard on her face!
The force was so great that she staggered, her ears rang, and half of her cheek instantly swelled up.
Zhou Mengying covered her burning face in disbelief, then looked up sharply to meet Su Muci's icy gaze.
"You... Su Muci! How dare you hit me?!"
Su Muci didn't expect to have to take action. She didn't know when it started, but she was no longer afraid of these villains who bullied her.
It might be because she was bullied terribly, or it might be because she had Huo Zhan.
Her tone was calm and even: "If you speak rudely to my man again, I'll hit you."
Zhou Mengying was intimidated by her current aura, but refused to yield: "Your man? Ha, fine, you just wait, I..."
"What can you do?" Su Muci said calmly. "Your Zhou family has nothing. If you're so capable, then keep asking your sycophant Fu Hengzhi to help you."
"..."
Zhou Mengying's face turned deathly pale. She hadn't expected that Su Muci would dare to look down on even Fu Hengzhi...
"Su Muci, next month I will become the mistress of the Huo Group. At that time, I will be waiting to see you and Zeron groveling for mercy!"
After saying that, she left in a huff.
Watching Zhou Mengying's retreating figure, a sense of worry rose in Su Muci's heart.
She remembered that the Huo Group belonged to Huo's younger brother. Could it be that Zhou Mengying had really gotten involved with Huo's younger brother? Would that be detrimental to Huo Zhan?
After much hesitation, Su Muci decided to contact Huo Junjun to inquire about her uncle's situation.
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