Throughout the entire auction, Ling Nuan seemed rather listless.
She wasn't very interested in these things.
Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced in a certain direction. When she caught a malicious look, Ling Nuan curved her lips.
She leaned closer to Huo Linsheng and whispered, "I'm going to the restroom."
Huo Linsheng nodded slightly.
Shortly after Ling Nuan left, several figures also got up and left the auction site. Huo Linsheng seemed to sense something and looked back.
There weren't many people in the restroom at this time.
Ling Nuan washed her hands. Seeing no movement, she took out her lipstick and slowly touched up her makeup. When she caught sight of a group of people approaching from the corner of her eye, she pretended to have finished her makeup and was about to go back.
But when she turned around, she was blocked by a group of women.
Dressed in high - end evening gowns and wearing expensive jewelry, these young ladies, who were obviously from wealthy families, surrounded Ling Nuan tightly.
"Something wrong?" Ling Nuan asked.
She didn't know these people, but she could feel the malice from them.
"Do you really think you can be Mrs. Huo? A toad trying to eat the swan meat. You're so presumptuous." The leading woman, Zhao Leli, sneered.
"You must be misunderstanding. I'm just Mr. Huo's secretary. There's no other relationship between Mr. Huo and me." Ling Nuan seemed helpless as she explained.
Actually, she had her hands behind her back.
She was carrying a very small bag that matched her evening gown today, and her phone was in it.
These people were clearly up to no good. She had to call Huo Linsheng for help quickly.
But just as she touched her phone, someone with sharp eyes noticed. "Leli, she's up to something!"
As the person spoke, she stepped forward and directly pulled Ling Nuan's hand out.
Zhao Leli was furious. "Sure enough, she's so scheming."
She stepped forward to grab Ling Nuan's phone. Ling Nuan struggled, but since there were so many of them, she didn't succeed.
After grabbing the phone, Zhao Leli threw it on the ground.
"You're unlucky for daring to compete with me for a man." Zhao Leli sneered. Then she stepped forward and directly grabbed Ling Nuan's hair.
Ling Nuan's hands were controlled on both sides. Unable to resist, she could only follow Zhao Leli's force to make herself feel better.
"I don't know who you are, but I'm really Mr. Huo's secretary. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Huo! If Mr. Huo knows what you've done, he won't let you off." Ling Nuan explained while threatening.
Zhao Leli pushed Ling Nuan into the restroom cubicle.
"If you don't say anything, no one will know." Zhao Leli mocked.
When Ling Nuan tried to get out, someone found a bucket from somewhere, filled it with water, and directly splashed it on Ling Nuan.
It was freezing cold.
"This is a warning. Stay away from Mr. Huo. If I see you seducing Mr. Huo next time, it won't be water splashed on you, but sulfuric acid." Zhao Leli threatened.
After saying that, Zhao Leli turned around and left, and the others followed.
But before leaving, they locked the door.
When Ling Nuan tried to open the door, she found that it had been locked from the outside.
Ling Nuan: "..."
"Are they like primary school students?" Ling Nuan was speechless.
Splashing water and locking someone in the restroom.
After all this trouble, is this all they've got?
Locked in the restroom, Ling Nuan wasn't in a hurry. If she didn't go back for a long time, Huo Linsheng would surely come to find her. This was also the reason why she dared to come even though she knew someone was going to attack her.
However—
She originally thought the other side would do something big, but it turned out to be such a childish thing. It made her wonder if she would leave an impression of making a mountain out of a molehill on Huo Linsheng if she wanted to play the victim in front of him.
Without her phone, Ling Nuan had no idea how much time had passed.
At first, she didn't feel much after being splashed with cold water. But now, after being blown by the cold air from the air - conditioner in the restroom for a while, she began to feel cold.
Ling Nuan found a corner where the wind couldn't reach and rubbed her arms. "The tricks of these so - called primary school students are quite vicious."
They wanted to make her catch a cold!
Just as she was muttering, there was suddenly the sound of a door being opened outside.
Ling Nuan was overjoyed. Just as she was thinking about how to act weak, she heard a familiar voice that made her nauseous.
"Nuan Nuan, are you in there?" Shen Shaoqing sounded a bit anxious.
Ling Nuan: "..."
No, she wasn't here. Ling Nuan shrank back into the corner and didn't want to show any reaction.
Whether she reacted or not didn't matter to Shen Shaoqing. He opened the door anxiously and rushed in.
When he saw Ling Nuan, Shen Shaoqing let out a sigh of relief. "Nuan Nuan, I'm glad you're okay."
As he said this, he wanted to reach out and hug Ling Nuan, but Ling Nuan deftly dodged and kept a distance from Shen Shaoqing.
"Mr. Shen is getting bolder and bolder these days. Miss Huo is here, and you still dare to flirt around?" Ling Nuan sneered.
Hearing this, Shen Shaoqing looked a bit pained. "Nuan Nuan, why do you always misunderstand me like this?"
She didn't notice it when she was with Shen Shaoqing before. Only after breaking up did Ling Nuan realize how self - centered and completely uncommunicative Shen Shaoqing was.
He was still trying to explain. "I saw the way Huo Xiao looked at you just now, and I knew something was wrong. She's close to Zhao Leli and the others. When they all left together, I knew something was off!"
"Knowing you were in danger, how could I just sit back and do nothing? Nuan Nuan, can you stop hurting my feelings with such words?"
Ling Nuan was extremely annoyed.
She wasn't stupid. She could guess that Huo Xiao was going to attack her.
The relationship between her and Huo Linsheng seemed harmonious on the surface, but in fact, it had always been stuck at a certain point. What she wanted wasn't just a little bit of special treatment from Huo Linsheng. She wanted to get closer to him, whether it was in terms of feelings or other emotions. This was the breakthrough for her to take revenge on Huo Xiao and Shen Shaoqing.
She needed a catalyst.
Why did she let herself be splashed with water and locked in the restroom?
She was waiting for Huo Linsheng to come and be her hero, not for Shen Shaoqing to disgust her!
"Shen Shaoqing, whether I'm safe or not has nothing to do with you!" Ling Nuan was furious.
She was disgusted by the person in front of her and frustrated that her plan had been disrupted.
She didn't want to be alone with Shen Shaoqing. After saying this, she was about to leave.
"Nuan Nuan!" Shen Shaoqing blocked Ling Nuan. He put his hands on her shoulders and reminded her, "Nuan Nuan, I don't care what you're trying to do or how you're getting close to Huo Linsheng, but this has to stop."
"Huo Linsheng is different from Huo Xiao. Staying by Huo Linsheng's side is like seeking the tiger's skin. One wrong move, and you might fall into an abyss. He's not as easy to deceive as Huo Xiao. Nuan Nuan, he's not someone you can provoke."
Shen Shaoqing advised earnestly.
Ling Nuan just wanted to laugh when she heard this.
"Get out."
Ling Nuan tried to push the man away. Naturally, Shen Shaoqing didn't agree, so the two got into a tug - of - war.
While firmly holding onto Ling Nuan, Shen Shaoqing still tried to persuade her. "Nuan Nuan, I'm doing this for your own good. Can you just listen to me this one time?"
"Get out, Shen Shaoqing. Can you stop pestering me? Just looking at you makes me feel sick." Ling Nuan retorted.
Shen Shaoqing looked affectionate and unrepentant. "Nuan Nuan, stop getting involved with Huo Linsheng. You can't fight against him!"
"Tsk."
Suddenly, an abrupt voice sounded.
Both Shen Shaoqing and Ling Nuan were stunned. They instinctively looked towards the door of the restroom.
Huo Linsheng looked at the two of them calmly and stated, "In the women's restroom, my future nephew - in - law and my secretary. Interesting."