When people are sad and distressed, they truly can’t maintain their optimism.
Like Jian Liangtong at this mont.
She even began to doubt whether the man she loved with all her heart really cared for her as much as she thought.
Huo Group, General Manager’s Office.
Huo Chengjin sat in the executive chair behind the desk, with a cigarette in one hand and flipping through docunts with the other, in a manner that seed more like he was just playing around.
Bang—
The double deep brown doors of the office were suddenly kicked open from the outside.
A shadow quickly rushed in, and Huo Chengjin’s collar was forcefully grabbed, followed by a fierce punch to his left cheek.
The pain from his left cheek made Huo Chengjin’s eyes turn terrifying.
He suddenly jumped from the executive chair and quickly punched back at the visitor’s abdon.
A fierce fight ensued.
The secretary stood at the door, staring dumbfounded at the two n in the office who seed determined to beat each other to death, completely forgetting to react.
With blood on his face, Huo Chengjin showed so cruelty and excitent, "Brother, why don’t we take this opportunity to settle this with a final showdown? If you win, I’ll never bother your little sweetheart again. But if I win, how about you give her to ?"
"No way!" Huo Shaojun fiercely grasped Huo Chengjin’s neck, pressing him hard onto the floor, staring at him coldly with blood-red eyes, "I warned you not to ss with her, why can’t you rember? Do you think I still have so feelings for you as my brother, so I can’t bring myself to kill you?"
"Cough, cough..." Huo Chengjin’s face turned red as he coughed a few tis from being choked, clearly at a disadvantage, yet he looked defiantly at Huo Shaojun, "Brother, cough, why are you so angry? I’m just talking, I wouldn’t really compete with my own brother for a woman, would I?"
"Better not!" Huo Shaojun kept his grip firm, "This is my last warning to you. I’ll give you anything, the future of the Huo Group is yours, I don’t want any of it. But if you dare lay a finger on her again, just see if I can’t go all out on you!"
"Cough, cough... I concede, I concede." Huo Chengjin raised his hand in surrender, his crooked smile revealing a trace of desperate malice.
Huo Shaojun glanced at Huo Chengjin’s neck, which had bulging veins from his grip, narrowed his eyes slightly, and slowly let go.
However, just at the mont he released his grip.
A fierce gleam quickly flashed in Huo Chengjin’s eyes, and he kicked violently at Huo Shaojun.
Huo Shaojun took it head-on.
His stern face twitched in restraint, raising fierce eyes to glare at Huo Chengjin who was busy straightening the creases in his clothes.
Huo Chengjin tilted his lips, his expression even appearing innocent, "Couldn’t control it."
"..." Huo Shaojun’s lips were cold and taut, "Huo Chengjin, you’d better rember every word I said today!"
Huo Chengjin wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth and frowned, coldly glaring at the still-frozen secretary at the door, his tone chilling, "Close the door and get out!"
The secretary’s body tightened, taking a deep breath, closed the door shakily, and left.
With the office door closed, Huo Chengjin walked to the executive chair and sat down, lifting his long legs casually onto the desk, pulled out a cigarette and lit it, smoking intermittently with a frown.
After a long while, he spoke, "Brother, the Huo Group ans nothing to , if you want it, take it."
Huo Shaojun’s cold gaze floated, watching him.
Huo Chengjin raised his eyes through the swirling smoke, his frosty gaze seed clouded, "I found that I truly like her, I want her!"
Huo Shaojun watched Huo Chengjin’s eyes cool rapidly, sneering, "You just like competing with , anything I like, you either destroy it or seize it, your so-called love ans nothing!"
"This ti is different." Huo Chengjin took a drag from his cigarette, exhaling smoke into the air, his voice hoarse, "I like her. Even if she wasn’t your girlfriend, I still like her and want her."
Saying this, Huo Chengjin ignored Huo Shaojun’s increasingly cold expression, looking at him, "Brother, give her to , I don’t want the Huo Group, I want her. Just give her to , and I promise not to oppose you anymore, really, brother."
"What do you take her for? Even if I say I give her to you, does that make her yours?" Huo Shaojun clenched his fists, staring at Huo Chengjin, "She’s not a commodity!"
Huo Chengjin squinted at Huo Shaojun’s face, holding back rage, his voice a dark whisper, "She is a commodity, and a rare gem, unique in the world. Brother, I must have her by any ans necessary. If you won’t concede, I’ll just have to continue using my thods to win."
"Then I’ll see how you plan to get her!" Huo Shaojun harshly spit out his words, leaving the office with a cold presence.
Huo Chengjin still squinted his eyes toward the direction Huo Shaojun left, his blood-stained lips curled up into a sinister smile, he’s relentless in his pursuit of her!
This day, Jian Liangtong’s mood could only be described as "terrible".
Due to Jin Jumo’s fall yesterday, Jian Liangtong felt guilty, so she didn’t have the face to confide in her.
After wandering aimlessly on the streets for an hour, Jian Liangtong took a taxi ho.
She thought the house would be empty again, like yesterday.
Unexpectedly, upon opening the door, she saw He Xinyun and Jian Ningfeng sitting in the small dining area outside the kitchen, sorting vegetables.
Jian Liangtong stood at the entrance staring at He Xinyun and Jian Ningfeng, her expression sowhat dazed.
"Standing at the door like a door god, huh." He Xinyun laughed, glancing at Jian Liangtong, and humd deliberately.
Jian Ningfeng also laughed, gazing lovingly at Jian Liangtong’s eyes, "What a silly child."
Jian Liangtong blinked, still sowhat calm at the mont, and sidestepped to close the door. She pulled on the strap of her bag on her shoulder, sullenly walking toward Jian Ningfeng and He Xinyun.
It seems like all loving parents have a unique ability to keenly sense when sothing’s off with their children.
He Xinyun and Jian Ningfeng were no different.
Both stopped sorting the vegetables with their hands, He Xinyun and Jian Ningfeng exchanged a glance, each seeing confusion and a hint of worry in the other’s eyes.
He Xinyun lowered her gaze, looking at Jian Liangtong again, "Why the long face?"
Jian Liangtong put her bag on the dining table, pulled out a chair and sat between He Xinyun and Jian Ningfeng, picking up a vegetable to sort. Her voice was slightly hoarse, "How co you’re both at ho today?"
"Isn’t your dad off today? You’ve been busy running around for work lately, your dad and I thought we’d make you a good al while you’re resting," He Xinyun said as she stared at Jian Liangtong.
Jian Liangtong pursed her lips, "Why so nice to all of a sudden?"
He Xinyun reached out and gave Jian Liangtong a light slap.
Jian Liangtong gasped, rubbing the arm that got hit as she looked up at He Xinyun aggrievedly. She murmured, "What did I say wrong to deserve this?"
"What did you do right? You’re muttering nonsense. Your eyes, nose, and mouth look like mine, but your face shape and mind take after your dad, both silly! I carried you for ten months and went through hardship to give birth to you. If I’m not good to my own daughter, then to whom? And you’re a college student, shouldn’t you think before you speak?" He Xinyun said.
Jian Liangtong pouted, staying silent.
Watching this scene, Jian Ningfeng, however, squinted his eyes and started laughing to himself.
He Xinyun and Jian Liangtong both turned to look at Jian Ningfeng, both with a slight look of dissatisfaction.
Jian Ningfeng coughed a couple of tis, smiling with squinted eyes, "If you two aren’t bickering when you’re together, then that’s what’s really strange to ."
He Xinyun rolled her eyes.
"Dad, be honest, have you been dissatisfied with your wife for a long ti?" Jian Liangtong stared at Jian Ningfeng.
"..." Jian Ningfeng took a deep breath, instinctively glanced at He Xinyun, saw her squinting at him suspiciously, and then he chuckled awkwardly, "Your mom is the best woman in the world. Marrying her is the greatest fortune of my life. Why would I be dissatisfied with her? You kids don’t understand, so don’t say such things."
Hearing Jian Ningfeng say that, He Xinyun seed satisfied. She leisurely picked up the vegetables to sort again.
Seeing this, Jian Ningfeng let out a small sigh, giving Jian Liangtong a loving yet helpless glance.
Jian Liangtong stuck her tongue out at him, "If you’re really that satisfied, shouldn’t you be the most troubled when Mom and I argue? Why do you seem to enjoy watching the show? Do you just want to see how I annoy Mom?"
"You kid!" Jian Ningfeng pretended to scold.
Seeing He Xinyun also paused her sorting and was staring at Jian Ningfeng with suspicion,
Jian Liangtong rolled her eyes, decisively picked up her bag, and returned to her room.
"Honey, haven’t we had a heartfelt talk for a while?"
In the mont Jian Liangtong closed the door, she heard He Xinyun say that,
A faint smile tugged at her lips, she walked to the bed, throwing herself onto the soft mattress.
For Jian Ningfeng and He Xinyun’s relationship, Jian Liangtong wasn’t worried at all. They wouldn’t genuinely argue because of a word she said. At most, what she said earlier could only act as a pleasant seasoning for their relationship.
Jian Liangtong turned over, lying on her back on the bed, looking sadly at the chandelier on the ceiling.
Since she was young, she knew her parents had a great relationship. As she grew older, she observed the light in their eyes when they looked at each other.
Although life was as calm as water, they loved each other deeply. Every corner of the house showed traces of their mutual care.
Influenced by this, Jian Liangtong’s expectations for relationships were no more than having soone she truly loves, living a life of peaceful years, that’s all.
Can they, though?
At this mont, Jian Liangtong wasn’t confident.
Whether due to severe sleep deprivation over the past two months or because she was in a comfortable and safe environnt, feeling relaxed, in either case, Jian Liangtong lay on the bed and gradually fell asleep.
Her nose was intermittently brushed by sothing soft like a feather, sending a subtle itch straight to her heart.
Jian Liangtong furrowed her brows tightly, waving her small hand to try and shoo away the "thing" moving restlessly on her nose.
However, as soon as she stretched out her hand, it was seized with a strong grip.
Jian Liangtong’s heart tightened, and she abruptly opened her eyes.
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