Chapter 120: Almost Exposed
"That's right. How come you think Chu Xi is worthy of Huo Juncheng?" Lin Yilan drank the tea in her hand and played with the empty teacup casually.
"Why is Chu Xi not worthy of Huo Juncheng? Although her identity is a little special...it won't be long before she becomes the daughter of our Chu family. She will be praised to the skies by everyone."
"Then just let her be praised to the skies by others. Why did you come to Huo Juncheng and bring disaster to the Huo family? Even though the Huo family's surname is 'Huo', they're not the kind of family you can casually harm."
Lin Yilan didn't give Chu's mother any face at all, and started to confront her step by step. Seeing Lin Yilan like this, Huo Juncheng felt inexplicably better. Although it would be a bit immoral for him not to say anything now, he just wanted to see what surprises Lin Yilan could bring him.
Chu Xi saw the current situation, which was clearly disadvantageous to her. Tears slowly began to well up in her eyes. Within a few seconds, her eyes began to turn red. She looked truly pitiful.
"Huo Juncheng, you...you really have never liked me? But...but that night between us...we..." Chu Xi's words were intermittent and even a little unclear. At the end, she was already sobbing.
Lin Yilan wasn't stupid either. Although Chu Xi didn't finish her sentence, she understood what Chu Xi said. She said there was nothing between Chu Xi and Huo Juncheng... It wasn't that she didn't believe Huo Juncheng. Judging from Chu Xi's various behaviors, she felt that Huo Juncheng was lying to her.
During the time she wasn't around, Chu Xi and Huo Juncheng were together day and night. Not only did Huo Juncheng always bring Chu Xi with him to every social event, but Chu Xi was also an employee of the company, so they worked together during the day.
Thinking of this, Lin Yilan suddenly lost her confidence. Chu Siran saw this and secretly cried out, "Not good!" She knew that Chu Xi was not easy to deal with. With just one sentence, she had put the rhythm of the entire situation in her hands.
But this was also Huo Juncheng's fault. If he hadn't been such a pig, how could these things have happened? Alas, the more Chu Siran looked at Huo Juncheng, the more she disliked him. If possible, she really wanted to introduce another young man to Lin Yilan as a partner, so that she wouldn't have to endure all this humiliation from Huo Juncheng.
When Huo Juncheng heard Chu Xi's words, he didn't seem to think it was wrong and didn't even open his mouth to explain. In the eyes of Chu Siran and Lin Yilan, Huo Juncheng's move seemed more like tacit agreement.
Seeing this, Chu Siran couldn't stand it any longer: "Huo Juncheng, why don't you explain? Chu Xi is crying and complaining about your irresponsibility. Don't you have anything to say?"
"Chu Xi, I'm very grateful for your companionship over the years, but I only treat you as a sister, not that kind of affection. Now you're working at the company. Although you haven't mentioned Peter Zhang to me, I've already contacted him. He'll be here in a couple of days. I will definitely seek justice for you."
Chu Xi's expression changed when Huo Juncheng mentioned Peter Zhang. Chu's mother was completely confused. When she heard Peter Zhang's name, she realized that this was the person who was related to Chu Xi's injury, so she asked:
"I wonder who this Peter Zhang that Mr. Huo mentioned is. Was he the one who hurt Chu Xi?"
Hearing Chu's mother ask this, Huo Juncheng was obviously stunned: "Didn't Chu Xi tell you these?" Huo Juncheng thought that since Chu Xi had returned to the Chu family, she would definitely tell Chu's mother what she had experienced. Even if Chu Xi didn't say it, Chu's mother would ask her because she was worried about her. Unexpectedly, Chu Xi didn't say anything at all.
Lin Yilan suddenly thought of something and asked Chu's mother, "You don't really think that I was the one who injured Chu Xi, do you? You also know that nine out of ten things reported by those reporters are false. Why didn't you ask Chu Xi?"
Otherwise, why would Chu's mother be so hostile to her? It turned out that Chu's mother always thought that Chu Xi was hospitalized because she beat him. Alas, this misunderstanding is quite big.
Mother Chu was a little embarrassed when she heard Lin Yilan's words: "Chu Xi didn't tell me, I thought..." Mother Chu didn't continue, but glanced at Chu Xi and changed the subject, "So who is Peter Zhang, and why were you injured?"
Now Chu Xi really began to panic: "Peter Zhang is... a client... the injuries on my body..." What should Chu Xi say? If she said again that the injuries on her body were caused by Peter Zhang, then Chu's mother would definitely not let it go.
However, all this has nothing to do with Peter Zhang. If she really drags Peter Zhang into this, it will be difficult for her to cover up the lie.
"Why don't we just forget about it? Peter Zhang is a very important client of Huo's after all. I don't want Huo's to be affected by my affairs."
"It doesn't matter. For the Huo company, it's just a small loss of money. Compared to getting justice for you, it's nothing." Huo Juncheng was a little touched when he heard that Chu Xi still cared about the company.
But whether Huo's company is profitable or not has nothing to do with Chu's mother. She will not let this go so easily. "No, this matter cannot be let go like this. I will definitely seek justice for you."
"Mom, Peter Zhang is a client I worked so hard to get. Why don't we wait until his contract with the Huo Corporation expires and then settle the score with him? Is that okay with you?"
Chu Xi was just trying to delay things as much as possible, but in her mother's eyes, Chu Xi was incredibly considerate. She was willing to sacrifice herself for the company's benefit.
What a broad mind she has! She is much more magnanimous than her daughter Chu Siran, who only knows how to cause trouble all day long. Thinking of this, Chu's mother's favorable impression of Chu Xi increased a little more.
The group stopped dwelling on Peter Zhang's matter. After all, Chu Xi, the person involved, had said she wanted to settle the score with him later. Lin Yilan couldn't understand why Chu Xi, who had been so insulted, could still speak so calmly. She even seemed to be unwilling to seek justice for her.
She couldn't figure out why this was happening, so she decided to just give up thinking about it. It wasn't her business anyway, so let others do whatever they wanted. But there was one thing that concerned her: her fiancé was about to be snatched away by someone else.
She couldn't just sit back and watch! Seeing the topic being dragged further and further away, Lin Yilan became a little anxious: "I'm not in the mood to talk to you about Peter Zhang's affairs. I'm just curious why Mrs. Chu insisted on marrying Chu Xi to Huo Juncheng?"
Without waiting for Mother Chu's reply, Lin Yilan continued, "If it's because of a misunderstanding that Huo Juncheng likes Chu Xi, then Huo Juncheng has just explained clearly that he only treats her as a sister. Even if Chu Xi really likes Huo Juncheng, but Huo Juncheng doesn't have such feelings, why would Mother Chu still be so confused?"
Hearing Lin Yilan's words, Chu Siran curled her lips and smiled: "That's right, my dear mother, I know you like Chu Xi, but that doesn't mean everyone likes her. Why do you force her on others?"
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