Huo Yeshuo drove to the largest bar in Haicheng.
He booked a room near the dance floor and ordered himself a glass of lemonade.
When the waiter brought over the glass filled with iced lemonade, Huo Yeshuo changed his mind.
"Give me another whiskey."
The waiter glanced at him, said "okay," then pushed open the door and went out.
The music downstairs was loud and jarring, and the air was filled with a strange smell of tobacco mixed with perfume.
Huo Yeshuo picked up the lemonade and took a sip. The cold liquid stung his temples as it entered his mouth.
He put down his water glass and looked up at the ceiling, somewhat listlessly.
Huo Yeshuo is a quiet person who dislikes alcohol.
He avoids things that are addictive because he prefers to keep his brain in a state where it can operate at high speed at any time, thus enjoying the feeling of strategizing and being in control.
But now, Huo Yeshuo dared not let himself be too clear-headed.
As he drove down the mountain, he forced himself to think about financial statements and bidding proposals. He dug out completed projects and rehearsed and calculated them over and over again, filling his brain with numbers and formulas.
Huo Yeshuo knew he couldn't stop thinking about her, because if his thoughts paused even for a moment, he couldn't help but think about her.
Think about what she said, her expression and demeanor when she spoke, and try to guess what she was really thinking at the time.
The waiter pushed open the door and entered: "Sir, here's your whiskey."
Huo Yeshuo accepted the wine and said thank you.
Suddenly, sporadic conversations could be heard outside the corridor.
The sound came from afar and then from near and then away.
The footsteps stopped outside the door, and the door, which had only been cracked open, was pushed open, and a man's head poked in.
"Mr. Huo, so that's why you left so early. It turns out you had other plans for tonight too."
The visitor's name was Li Yao, the vice president of a new supplier that Kangkong is currently in talks with.
Normally, Huo Yeshuo might have invited him into his room for a chat, but today, he simply wasn't in the mood.
Li Yao called Huo Yeshuo a second time before he finally responded with difficulty.
"Nothing's arranged, just sit down. Mr. Li, you can go about your business, don't worry about me." Huo Yeshuo's smile was stiff, and his words were cold. Anyone with eyes could see that he was trying to get rid of him.
But Li Yao is someone who likes to provoke people.
"Since we're just sitting around, Mr. Huo, if you don't mind, why don't you come over next door and join us?"
"No need."
"Don't be so polite." Li Yao said with a frivolous smile. "The girls next door are all incredibly beautiful. I can't say for sure about others, but at least they have much better figures than the one you brought today."
Huo Yeshuo's fingers tightened suddenly, and he looked up in his direction.
Li Yao was completely unaware of this, and even squinted his eyes, savoring the moment to himself.
"Her face is indeed pretty, but it's too gaunt. Women should be fuller, with curves in the chest and buttocks to look good."
Halfway through his speech, Li Yao suddenly noticed that Huo Yeshuo's expression was not good, and realized that what he had just said might have made him unhappy.
"Mr. Huo, please don't misunderstand. I'm not saying you have bad taste. Aesthetics are subjective; there are plenty of women like her in our circle, some even more beautiful and pure. If you like her, I'll call right away..."
"Hey, Mr. Huo, what are you doing?"
Huo Yeshuo stood up at some point, put his hand on Li Yao's shoulder, and pushed him out the door.
"Get out."
Li Yao was taken aback, and a hint of anger appeared on his face.
He was proud and arrogant, and was usually the object of adulation wherever he went. When had he ever been so disrespected?
"Damn it." Li Yao patted the dust off his back. "I must have forgotten to check the almanac before I went out today. All I ran into were weirdos who took my kindness for granted."
The door was slammed shut.
Li Yao cursed a very vulgar language and shouted loudly, "I thought that woman was already being pretentious by insisting on walking down the mountain by herself, but I didn't expect you to be even more pretentious than her. You two are truly a match made in heaven."
He straightened his collar heavily, then turned and left.
However, the next second, his arm was pulled hard.
Huo Yeshuo's face was gloomy and cold: "What did you just say?"
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The winding and rugged mountain road.
The Lu Family Manor was built at the suggestion of Lu Yangyun's grandfather. In order to select a location, the Lu family invited famous feng shui masters from all over the country, and finally settled on the main peak of the nine peaks of Yunding Mountain, the highest mountain in Haicheng.
This place is sparsely populated, and a long stretch of road starting from the mountainside was built with money paid for by the Lu family themselves.
The signal was terrible deep in the mountains; Huo Yeshuo made more than a dozen calls, but they all failed to connect.
Frustrated, he threw his phone aside. An hour had passed since he started climbing the mountain, and the navigation showed that he had already covered most of the distance.
At a normal pace, the two sides should have met long ago, but Huo Yeshuo still couldn't see Lin Zhenzhen.
Huo Yeshuo wasn't driving fast; given the road conditions, he didn't dare to floor the accelerator. Moreover, he needed to constantly keep an eye on the roadside.
If she sees my car, she definitely won't wave; she might even hide.
Huo Yeshuo slammed his fist on the steering wheel, and the sharp sound of the car horn echoed through the valley.
However, after just one turn, Huo Yeshuo slammed on the brakes.
The two beams of light from the white headlights, like lightsabers slicing through the darkness, illuminated the scene before us with crystal clarity.
The guardrail was smashed open, the tree trunk was bent, and there were tire marks on the ground from emergency braking.
When Huo Yeshuo opened the car door and stepped onto the ground, he found that his legs were weak.
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