116 Forced Marriage
Looking at Liang Zhen's confident expression, Huo Yanxi felt a surge of jealousy.
He said sourly, "Maybe she just happens to be blind."
Just as he was saying this, a cleaning truck roared past, drowning out Huo Yanxi's voice.
After the cleaning truck drove past, Liang Zhen, who hadn't heard him clearly, asked, "What did President Huo just say?"
Huo Yanxi, of course, would not lose his composure in front of his 'love rival,' and once again resumed his gentlemanly demeanor.
"I heard that Teacher Xie has amnesia?"
Liang Zhen looked blankly at me and said, "No, but at the time, in order to deal with the police officers at the police station and register her household, I had to make it up."
Huo Yanxi felt a lump in his throat.
He had always thought Xie Yaoyao had amnesia and that's why she didn't remember him, but it turned out she was just making it up.
"So she still remembers what happened in the past?"
The man's voice carried a hint of gritted teeth, and Liang Zhen couldn't help but shiver.
He said, "Yes, she remembers everything. Where did Mr. Huo hear that she had amnesia?"
Huo Yanxi took a deep breath and exhaled the turbid air churning in his heart.
“That’s what they say,” he said. “Mr. Liang, please don’t tell Professor Xie about our conversation just now.”
Since Manman refuses to acknowledge him now, he will find a way to force her to do so.
Although Liang Zhen found it a bit strange, he dared not disobey the future client.
He quickly replied, "Okay, Mr. Huo, don't worry, I'm the kind of person who can keep a secret."
Huo Yanxi nodded slightly and threw the unlit cigarette into the trash can.
The two returned to the ice room one after the other.
Xie Yaoyao's gaze shifted back and forth between the two of them, finally settling on Liang Zhen.
Liang Zhen just smiled at her and said nothing.
After leaving the ice room, Xie Yaoyao deliberately lagged behind a few steps and pulled Liang Zhen aside.
She asked Liang Zhen anxiously, "What did you two talk about for so long outside?"
Liang Zhen felt that Huo Yanxi's concern for Xie Yaoyao was a bit too much, exceeding the level of concern a boss would show to an employee.
He also felt a sense of crisis.
He looked Xie Yaoyao up and down, and although she had lost weight, she was no longer considered attractive.
Will Huo Yanxi fall for Xie Yaoyao?
A woman who's so fat she's practically a ball and has a child, right?
Or is it that he's surrounded by too many women of all shapes and sizes, and his taste is so peculiar that he only likes Xie Yaoyao?
Liang Zhen was completely baffled, but he didn't want Xie Yaoyao to actually climb up Huo Yanxi's high branch.
He said, "We talked a little about the domestic economic situation, but nothing else."
Xie Yaoyao felt relieved and told him, "If... I mean if, Mr. Huo asks you about my past, just say we fell in love at first sight."
Liang Zhen: "..."
He thought to himself that it was probably too late now, as he had already said everything he should and shouldn't have said to Huo Yanxi.
"Yaoyao, you and President Huo..."
Before Xie Yaoyao could say anything, Huo Yanxi and the two children in front of her stopped and turned to look at her.
"Teacher Xie, the car is here," Huo Yanxi said.
Xie Yaoyao looked to the side of the road and sure enough, she saw the black Bentley parked there quietly.
She reminded Liang Zhen again, "Remember, don't mention me in front of President Huo."
After saying that, she walked quickly to the black sedan, opened the door, and sat in the passenger seat.
Liang Zhen stood by the roadside, watching the black Bentley carrying four people slowly drive away. He then looked away and put his hands in his pockets.
With his keen intuition as a lawyer, he sensed a secret between Huo Yanxi and Xie Yaoyao.
However, he doesn't know what this secret is yet.
However, he did gain something from his trip today; he met Huo Yanxi.
Perhaps in the future he can stand on Huo Yanxi's shoulders and gain a place in Hong Kong's legal profession.
It was already late afternoon when I got back to No. 22 Victoria Peak.
As soon as the car drove in, we saw another Rolls-Royce, Mrs. Huo's car.
Uncle Jian peered out from the doorway.
Upon seeing the black Bentley approaching, he rushed down the steps.
After the car came to a stop, he stepped forward and opened the back door. "Fifth Master, Madam has arrived, and she has brought Miss Lou with her."
Huo Yanxi's expression darkened almost instantly.
"She really won't give up."
The man got out of the car, his aura heavy and brooding, making him look extremely irritating.
He didn't even wait for anyone else to get off the car; with a few long strides, he disappeared through the gate.
Mrs. Huo was criticizing the afternoon tea prepared by Aunt Wang for not being sophisticated enough, and also complaining that the fresh flowers in the living room were too gaudy.
Miss Lou sat silently to the side, listening to her future mother-in-law nitpick.
A moment later, the sound of an engine came from outside the door, and Miss Lou couldn't help but look out.
The footsteps drew closer, and a tall, slender figure appeared at the gate.
The person walked in against the light, and their ethereal face became clearer and clearer before my eyes.
Her heart suddenly started pounding uncontrollably.
Thump thump!
Miss Lou stood up instinctively, forcing a smile awkwardly as she looked at the newcomer.
Huo Yanxi didn't even glance at her, his eyes fixed on Madam Huo.
What are you doing here?
A rather impolite question.
Madam Huo looked up at him. Even though he was the child she had carried for ten months, she found it hard to feel any joy upon seeing him; she felt only disgust.
"After your engagement with Chi Wanwan was dissolved, your father and I discussed it. The second young lady of the Lou family is about your age, so you two can give it a try first."
After saying that, she pulled Miss Lou Er towards Huo Yanxi and said, "You young people should get to know each other."
Huo Yanxi didn't even glance at Miss Lou. He said, "You haven't given up on controlling my life yet?"
He had refused the marriage agreement with the Chi family before, but the two families were still very close.
Now that Chi Wanwan has been embroiled in a scandal involving keeping a male celebrity as a mistress, Mrs. Huo has immediately shifted her focus.
Mrs. Huo frowned. "I want you to get married sooner rather than later, lest you become too abstinent and celibate, and even a sow would find you attractive."
This statement is extremely insulting.
The "sow" she was referring to was Xie Yaoyao. Huo Yanxi brought Xie Yaoyao to the charity gala that night.
This matter has been widely circulated in high society circles, and Mrs. Huo only recently learned about it.
The rumors circulating are very unpleasant.
It is said that Huo Yanxi cornered a 200-pound fat woman at the entrance of the women's restroom, and the two acted intimately.
She thought to herself, "Isn't that 200-pound fat woman the tutor that Huo Yanxi hired for Huo Zidu?"
If he can even be attracted to such an ordinary woman, how come Miss Lou, a graduate of a prestigious university and skilled in piano and painting, can't catch his eye?
Huo Yanxi's face darkened completely. "Whether I get married or not is none of your business."
He rarely swore, but he couldn't help it at this moment. Although Madam Huo didn't name names, he could tell who she was referring to.
A burning rage was raging within him; had he not retained his reason, he would have driven them out.
Madam Huo's forehead veins throbbed. "You unfilial son, do you think you'd be in this situation if I hadn't come to fetch you?"
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