Chapter 17 Does Mr. Huo have a girlfriend?
Gu Huai, standing beside him, raised an eyebrow, unable to hide the smile on his lips.
That excuse is truly refreshing and unconventional.
He had never seen a girl pursue someone like this before; the method was simple and brutal, she didn't even bother with acting.
Huo Yanzhi's gaze swept over her reddened eyes, moving downwards inch by inch, finally settling on her slightly parted lips due to nervousness.
The words of refusal, as if wrapped in a layer of velvet, were uttered smoothly from the lips.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Ruan. It's not convenient."
Ruan Yao stomped her foot inwardly.
She's gone to so much trouble, how could he be so heartless?
Her shoulders slumped, her fingers gripping the hem of her clothes tightened unconsciously, and her tone unconsciously carried a hint of spoiled arrogance.
"Then I'll have to walk back. It'll take a long time to walk home from here."
Huo Yanzhi looked at her like this, her lips slightly pouting, a subconscious little gesture when she was unhappy.
In her past life, these lips had been kissed countless times until they were swollen and red, but now they were feeling wronged because of a man's rejection.
Huo Yanzhi's fingers, hanging at his sides, curled almost imperceptibly.
He didn't speak again, but took out his phone. The cold light from the screen illuminated his sharply defined jawline and reflected the deep darkness in his eyes.
He didn't look at her.
"I'll call a car for you."
Ruan Yao's mind went blank for a moment.
She had only come up with the idea on a whim, and only now did she realize that it also involved helping people call a car.
The plan has completely fallen through.
Just as Ruan Yao was feeling annoyed and wanted to disappear into the ground, Gu Huai, who had been watching the commotion from the side, suddenly spoke up.
"No." He grabbed Huo Yanzhi's hand. "Yanzhi, this won't do."
“This young lady lost her phone and was traveling alone. What if she ran into bad guys? She didn’t even have a chance to call the police for help.”
Gu Huai spoke to Ruan Yao, but winked at Huo Yanzhi, "Beautiful lady, you're so lucky. I happen to have a car today. Where do you live? I'll take you home."
Ruan Yao was even more depressed.
She doesn't want Gu Huai.
Gu Huai had already taken out his car keys from his pocket, waved them in his hand, and was ready to drive.
Ruan Yao reluctantly followed Gu Huai to get into the car, when Huo Yanzhi suddenly spoke up behind her.
"I have other things to do with him."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Yao bit her lip, turned around to look at him, her eyes misty with tears.
What's the meaning?
He wouldn't even let her ride in Gu Huai's car.
The Huo Yanzhi of the past would never have been willing to treat her like this.
Ruan Yao was already shy, and doing these things to Huo Yanzhi was the most outrageous thing she had ever done. Being rejected time and time again made her more discouraged than ever before.
She was thinking that she might as well just leave now, when she heard the man's next words.
"Get in my car."
Ruan Yao raised her head, somewhat puzzled.
Huo Yanzhi didn't look at her, but gestured with his chin towards his black Bentley.
Before Ruan Yao could react, she saw Huo Yanzhi take long strides, but instead of heading towards his own car, he went straight for Gu Huai's flashy sports car.
He opened the car door and tossed a sentence at Gu Huai.
"They're gone."
Then I sat down inside.
As Ruan Sheng turned the corner, he slowly lowered the car window.
He watched as Ruan Yao got into the obviously expensive black Bentley with practiced ease, while the rumored cold and aloof Huo family heir turned around and got into another flashy sports car.
The two cars, one after the other, drove away in completely opposite directions.
Ruan Sheng clicked his tongue and said, "Awesome."
His younger sister usually looks delicate and sweet, but I never expected her to be so capable.
It seems that a relationship between her and this man from the Huo family isn't entirely impossible.
Meanwhile, in Huo Yanzhi's car.
Ruan Yao sat in the spacious back seat, but her gaze remained fixed on the rearview mirror, watching with longing as the sports car carrying Huo Yanzhi became a smaller and smaller dot, finally disappearing completely into the traffic.
The car started smoothly, heading in the opposite direction from the sports car.
Ruan Yao withdrew her gaze, feeling empty inside, mixed with a hint of smug satisfaction.
She was still caught up in the brief and chaotic encounter and hadn't come to her senses.
"Miss Ruan."
From the driver's seat, Qin Feng's voice came through the rearview mirror, steady and polite.
Ruan Yao smiled subconsciously: "Mr. Qin, we meet again."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a hint of surprise in Qin Feng's eyes as he looked over through the rearview mirror.
"Miss Ruan knows my surname is Qin?"
Oops, I let it slip.
Ruan Yao's heart skipped a beat, and her brain raced. "Yes, I think I heard someone call you that at the Qixing Business Summit last time."
A knowing glint flashed in Qin Feng's eyes.
I see.
Seeing that Qin Feng believed her, Ruan Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, reminding herself that she must be more careful in the future and not give herself away again.
She suddenly remembered something and said sincerely, "By the way, Mr. Qin, I haven't had a chance to thank you for chasing that thug away from the bar last time."
Ruan Yao asked tentatively, feigning curiosity, "It's quite a coincidence, how did you all happen to be there at that time?"
Qin Feng hesitated for a moment.
That day, after the meeting, President Huo could have gone straight back to the company, but instead, he suddenly made him take a detour to that area. In the end, he did nothing but go to a convenience store and buy an umbrella.
He was actually filled with doubts as well.
But Qin Feng simply replied in a formulaic way, "Miss Ruan, we just happened to be passing by that day."
A coincidence?
A hint of doubt arose in Ruan Yao's heart.
Why wasn't there such a coincidence in the previous life?
She didn't think too much about it, her gaze falling on the familiar furnishings inside the car.
The car was spacious, and the air was filled with a very faint scent of fir, just like the scent on Huo Yanzhi.
This is his private car.
In her past life, she had sat there countless times.
She knew how strong Huo Yanzhi's sense of territory and boundaries was; he never allowed outsiders to touch his personal belongings, let alone use his private car to take a "stranger" away.
Although he didn't ride with her, letting her get on the bus and having Qin Feng personally escort her was already a huge concession.
This instantly dispelled Ruan Yao's grievances and sadness from being rejected, and she couldn't help but smile slightly.
It seems he wasn't so aloof after all.
Thinking this through, Ruan Yao quickly calmed herself down and became bolder.
She leaned forward slightly, closer to the driver's seat.
"Mr. Qin."
Can I ask you a question?
Qin Feng looked straight ahead and calmly replied, "Please speak."
Ruan Yao twisted her fingers, her voice soft and gentle, carrying a hint of girlish curiosity and shyness.
"Does Mr. Huo... have a girlfriend?"
Meanwhile, a similar conversation was taking place in Gu Huai's flashy sports car.
"Hey, are you having a lucky streak with girls lately? You keep running into pretty girls wherever you go, isn't that fate?"
As Gu Huai drove, his tone was full of teasing, "Look how proactive that girl is, and she's so pretty. Standing next to you, it's like a real-life Beauty and the Beast. I'm tempted to ship them. If you really can't handle it, just go for it."
"Don't talk nonsense."
Huo Yanzhi's dark pupils were cold and indifferent. "A bad reputation."
"Where did I say anything nonsense?" Gu Huai said as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "She's interested in you, it's practically written all over her face, didn't you see it?"
Huo Yanzhi's gaze fell on the rapidly receding scenery outside the window, his eyes deep and somber.
Of course he saw it.
Her little scheme was so straightforward that he couldn't ignore it.
But that's precisely why he has no solution.
She should clearly be afraid of him, hate him, and despise him.
In Huo Yanzhi's mind, the image of the white Maserati parked downstairs at Lexing Island flashed by.
His hands, resting on his knees, tightened silently at his knuckles, and a hint of melancholy and self-mockery surfaced in his eyes.
You're overthinking it.
The sound was as flat as a stagnant pool.
"She has someone she likes, not me."
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