Lu Jinjiu stood close to Qin Beiming, tilting his head and resting his chin on his hand, watching with great interest Ling Mo, who was walking briskly through the banquet hall:
"When it comes to the ability to cause trouble, if the matriarch of the Ling family is second, no one dares to be first. The pretty young lady of the family was actually bullied to the point of making a complete fool of herself."
Huo Yunting said:
"It's clearly this movie queen-like matriarch who's made a complete fool of herself. Mistreating her stepdaughter is no honorable thing. Don't let the gentle appearance of Miss Ling fool you; someone who can win sympathy among shrewd people is definitely not simple."
"That's true."
Lu Jinjiu downed the red wine in his glass in one gulp, then turned his head and solemnly asked Qin Beiming:
"Third Brother, Miss Ling's birthday party is practically attended by all the socialites and heiresses in Linjiang City. Take a close look, is there any one of them who's even remotely pleasing to the eye?"
"Do you think our third brother has been a bachelor for twenty-four years for nothing?" Huo Yunting scoffed.
In his mind, Qin Beiming was a complete woman-isolation, exuding powerful hormones at all times while displaying an aloof and indifferent attitude, making him both lovable and hateful.
Lu Jinjiu pouted and said helplessly, "Third brother, do you know that your aunt thinks you have a problem with your sexual orientation and won't let me play with you anymore? If this continues, you may lose me forever."
Qin Beiming pursed his sexy thin lips and walked steadily toward the elevator. "Let's go see the girl."
"Little girl?"
Huo Yunting became interested and followed behind Qin Beiming.
He wanted to see what kind of girl could make Qin Beiming, this ancient iron tree, finally see the light.
"Third Brother, you wouldn't be hiding a mistress from us, would you?" Lu Jinjiu's eyes lit up, and in the blink of an eye, he had imagined a whole drama, and even thought of a name for the child for Qin Beixiang.
Qin Beiming: "..."
He only thought of finding out because he felt that Ling Mo's overly sharp eyes were very similar to his own many years ago.
As for any golden house or a delicate concubine, he never even considered it.
On the other side, Ling Mo strode out of the banquet hall and hurried toward the elevator, keeping to the beat of the hour.
As expected, the group of armed thugs arrived within thirty seconds.
If she hadn't been carrying any weapons, those thugs would have been no match for her at all; the problem was that they were armed with smuggling equipment.
No matter how skilled she was, she was ultimately no match for a gun.
In her past life, she suffered because she was unarmed, which led to her being kidnapped and taken to an abandoned factory in the suburbs. Although she eventually fought back and killed the criminals after several days of struggle, the whole country knew that she had been kidnapped for several days due to the media frenzy.
Even though she returned unharmed, no one was willing to believe her innocence anymore.
Some even spread rumors that she had repeatedly submitted to vicious kidnappers to save her life, which is how she escaped death.
Thinking of the past, Ling Mo's clear eyes were tinged with a fierce glint.
Before this, she had indeed suspected that all of this was a trap set by Su Yu, and had ordered people to thoroughly investigate Su Yu's background several times.
However, even the top intelligence agents on the dark web failed to find a single negative story about Su Yu.
Furthermore, she had inadvertently glimpsed Su Yu driving discreetly to a temple to pray for her mother, Shi Ying, which completely dispelled her doubts.
Ling Mo glanced at his watch subconsciously; there were only fifteen seconds left before the thugs arrived.
But the display screen next to the elevator is still showing the first floor!
Fifteen seconds is definitely not enough time to go from the first floor to the twenty-fifth floor.
In desperation, Ling Mo had no choice but to press the button for the president's private elevator.
She thought to herself that the mysterious tycoon behind the Emperor Hotel would never be idly riding the elevator, so the chances of her stepping on a landmine were probably even lower than winning the lottery.
Unexpectedly, the moment the elevator doors opened, there were three men with slicked-back hair and physiques comparable to international male models standing inside!
Standing on the far left, Lu Jinjiu, with his long, narrow eyes, was greeting Ling Mo with a slight smile.
"Miss Ling, are you waiting for the elevator?"
Huo Yunting, leaning against the right side, didn't even lift his eyelids. He already had someone in his heart, and apart from Song Xingwan, he had never given any other woman a second glance.
Standing in the center, one hand in his pocket, Qin Beiming, with an aura as powerful and cold as the night, simply lowered his eyes and stared intently at Ling Mo.
His gaze faltered when he touched her ripped, round-neck vest.
Ling Mo frowned slightly. She could sense that the three men in front of her were no ordinary people.
The Buddha statue standing in the very center is the most dangerous.
However, these three are so good-looking that they might be male escorts specially recruited by the Emperor Hotel, which should make them easier to deal with than those armed thugs.
With that thought, Ling Mo's tense nerves relaxed slightly, and she was about to step into the elevator when Lu Jinjiu pressed the close button first. "Goodbye, Miss Ling."
Ling Mo, holding up her skirt with both hands, was pondering whether to force her way into the elevator when she inadvertently met Qin Beiming's sharp, hawk-like eyes again.
Just one glance sent chills down her spine.
That's all.
The man's face clearly screamed "Don't mess with me," so she'd better not provoke him.
Inside the president's private elevator, Qin Beiming frowned slightly and asked with displeasure:
"Who told you to close the door?"
"Oh, this..."
Lu Jinjiu didn't react for a moment, scratching his head in confusion, "Third Brother, don't you hate riding elevators with women the most?"
In his memory, Qin Beiming had never shared an elevator with any woman. He was just doing a good deed to prevent the girl from being ruthlessly thrown out of the elevator by the heartless Qin Beiming.
Huo Yunting chuckled lightly, "You've ruined my third brother's good time."
"Could it be that the young lady Third Brother has taken a liking to is this Miss Ling?"
Lu Jinjiu belatedly realized that Qin Beiming was behaving very strangely today, only after Huo Yunting pointed it out.
Qin Beiming immediately noticed the panic in Ling Mo's eyes, and he figured she must have encountered some tricky problem.
Although he has always disdained helping others.
But considering that the girl was quite attractive to him, it wasn't unreasonable to help her out.
When the elevator stopped on the 25th floor again, Qin Beiming changed his previous aloof demeanor and strode out of the elevator.
Lu Jinjiu was about to follow, but Huo Yunting grabbed him, saying, "Jiu, give your third brother some space."
"Hey~ Third Brother doesn't know how to pick up girls. I just wanted to step in and help him out."
Lu Jinjiu said this, but his actions betrayed him. He quickly pulled back the leg he had just stepped out of the elevator. "Never mind. I'll check on Miss Ling's background for Third Brother first."
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