Huo Linsheng dropped a cryptic remark and then took Ling Nuan away.
Huo Xiao's face turned ashen.
Especially with her friends standing beside her.
Huo Linsheng's words had completely exposed the false pretense of their love.
Under the furtive glances of her friends, Huo Xiao's expression grew even more foul. And this reached its peak when she saw Shen Shaoqing emerge from the direction where Ling Nuan had come from.
"Shen Shaoqing!" Huo Xiao roared in fury.
She could no longer hold back. Disregarding the others around her, she rushed straight towards Shen Shaoqing and raised her hand to slap him.
Shen Shaoqing was stunned for a moment.
"Xiaoxiao, what are you doing?" Due to Huo Xiao's status, Shen Shaoqing was angry but still managed to hold back. He tried his best to keep his tone even.
Huo Xiao was seething with rage.
"Do you think I know nothing? As soon as Ling Nuan hurt her foot, you rushed to her place to show your concern. Today, you couldn't even take your eyes off her. You were like a dog following after her. Shen Shaoqing! Do you even care about me? I'm your fiancée!"
The angrier she got, the louder she scolded.
Shen Shaoqing was taken aback and instinctively retorted, "You sent someone to follow me?"
Otherwise, how could she know that he had gone to show his concern?
Huo Xiao scoffed, "If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear. If you dare to mess around behind my back, are you still afraid of me checking on you?"
Remembering the photos sent by the private detective, Huo Xiao's anger flared up again. Unable to hold back, she raised her hand and slapped Shen Shaoqing again.
This slap was on the other side of his face, perfectly symmetrical to the previous one.
Shen Shaoqing was also angry, but due to Huo Xiao's status and the presence of others, he could only suppress his anger and try to persuade Huo Xiao.
"Xiaoxiao, I'm not blaming you. All these things happened for a reason. It's not what you think. Ling Nuan and I are completely innocent. It's really not what you think." Shen Shaoqing tried his best to explain.
He stepped forward, trying to pull Huo Xiao into his arms to comfort her.
At this moment, Huo Xiao was like a firecracker that had been lit. Seeing Shen Shaoqing approaching, she suddenly started beating him like a madwoman.
"Don't touch me!"
"Xiaoxiao, please listen to my explanation."
"I don't want to hear it!"
One was trying to get closer to explain, enduring the other's punches and kicks. The other was so angry that she was lashing out to vent her frustration. But after hearing Shen Shaoqing's attempt to explain, she became even more emotional and started throwing a tantrum.
In short, the two of them were pulling and tugging at each other, making quite a scene and leaving the people who had come with Huo Xiao completely bewildered.
Although they didn't know what had happened, they didn't want to interfere in the lovers' affairs. Moreover, they thought that Shen Shaoqing would soon be able to calm Huo Xiao down.
Who would have thought that the next moment, an accident occurred.
Huo Xiao was hitting so hard that she accidentally lost her balance while wearing high heels and fell forward.
"Xiaoxiao!" Shen Shaoqing exclaimed in horror.
He tried to grab her but failed.
Huo Xiao fell to the ground, her face instantly turning pale.
"My stomach... It hurts so much." Huo Xiao's face was as white as a sheet, and tears were streaming down her face.
Shen Shaoqing was shocked, "Xiaoxiao, call an ambulance! Hurry!"
...
Huo Linsheng took Ling Nuan to a nearby hotel.
Ling Nuan really needed to take a hot bath as soon as possible.
When she came out wrapped in a bathrobe after taking a shower, Huo Linsheng was sitting on the sofa by the window, looking at the tablet in his hand.
His face was as dark as thunder.
The surveillance video from outside the women's restroom was playing on the tablet.
There was no surveillance inside the restroom, but there was one in front of the sink outside. The scene of Ling Nuan being dragged into the restroom by Zhao Leli was very clear. He could even see the pained expression on Ling Nuan's face as her hair was pulled.
One could only imagine what else Zhao Leli had done after the surveillance ended.
Huo Linsheng seemed to be holding back a fire in his heart, eager to let it out.
Ling Nuan walked closer and called out sweetly, "Mr. Huo."
As she called out, her eyes glanced at the tablet.
Huo Linsheng instinctively turned off the screen of the tablet and then looked at Ling Nuan.
When Ling Nuan saw Huo Linsheng looking at her seriously, she was stunned for a moment and asked seriously, "What happened?"
Huo Linsheng avoided Ling Nuan's gaze and explained, "I already know who that person is."
Hearing this, Ling Nuan replied casually with an "um" and sat down on the single sofa beside Huo Linsheng. She asked casually, "Who?"
"Zhao Leli from Leqi Entertainment." Huo Linsheng replied.
Ling Nuan seemed a bit helpless, "Did you explain it to her, Mr. Huo? Ling Nuan and I really don't have that kind of relationship."
Huo Linsheng let out a meaningful laugh and retorted, "What kind of relationship do you think we have, Secretary Ling?"
Ling Nuan replied without a hint of guilt, "A pure superior-subordinate relationship."
After all, she hadn't had any close contact with Huo Linsheng since she became his secretary.
No intimate encounters, no kisses. Wasn't that pure?
"In a hotel room, with a man and a woman alone, and you're wearing a bathrobe. You call this pure, Secretary Ling?" Huo Linsheng asked.
Ling Nuan showed no sign of guilt. She even stood up and spun around in front of Huo Linsheng, "Although I'm wearing a bathrobe, it's wrapped much tighter than before."
After saying that, Ling Nuan sat down and continued, "As for a man and a woman alone, don't you remember, Mr. Huo? We were also alone in your house working overtime."
"Strictly speaking, we're actually dealing with the trouble caused by work right now. What do you think, Mr. Huo?"
Huo Linsheng laughed.
Ling Nuan could spin any story into something plausible.
"Alright, so how do you want to handle this?" Huo Linsheng got back to the point.
"It's up to you, Mr. Huo." Ling Nuan replied.
Their eyes met, and although neither of them said a word, it seemed as if they had communicated a great deal.
Ling Nuan didn't really care what price Zhao Leli would have to pay. Her goal had always been very clear.
To create a rift between Huo Linsheng and Huo Xiao.
To let Huo Linsheng play the hero and save the beauty, and make him feel pity for her.
Guessing what she was thinking, Huo Linsheng pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Huo Xiao had a fall. Although the baby was saved, she'll have to stay in the hospital for the next few days to protect the fetus."
It was also a small lesson.
Ling Nuan's goal was, of course, more than that, but this was still good news for her.
On the surface, she said, "Miss Huo was really too careless."
Huo Linsheng was almost amused by her.
"Come here." Huo Linsheng said.
Ling Nuan didn't know what Huo Linsheng wanted to do, but she was always eager to get closer to him.
Before she could get close enough, Huo Linsheng seemed impatient with her slow pace and simply pulled her towards him.
Ling Nuan was caught off guard and fell directly into Huo Linsheng's arms.
"I think our relationship needs to be redefined." Huo Linsheng said.
He could see Ling Nuan's intentions.
But he also had some feelings for her.
He allowed her to stir up trouble, but he had never thought of having a closer relationship with her while she was still working at the Huo Corporation and was still entangled with Shen Shaoqing.
But every time he thought of the scene in the surveillance video, Huo Linsheng suddenly felt that it wouldn't be so bad to indulge her a little.
At least, his woman shouldn't be bullied like this.
Huo Linsheng lifted Ling Nuan up and let her sit on his lap. Then he grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her towards him.
The temperature around them seemed to rise rapidly.
Just as their lips were about to meet and everything seemed to be going smoothly, Ling Nuan suddenly turned her face away.
"Achoo!"