Huo Xiao rushed over.
"Ling Nuan, you slut! You failed to seduce Shao Qing, and now you dare to seduce my uncle? Who do you think you are to even attempt to seduce Uncle!"
As she cursed, she reached out her hand towards Ling Nuan.
Ling Nuan wasn't afraid of her now.
She knew that Huo Linsheng had a proper sense of right and wrong. Moreover, she was now in a position where she could whisper in his ear.
She directly grabbed Huo Xiao's wrist and said coldly, "Huo Xiao, stop barking everywhere like a madwoman. And," Ling Nuan pulled closer and warned in a low voice, "don't pour dirty water on me and Mr. Huo."
If Huo Xiao was really afraid of Huo Linsheng and stopped attacking her, how could she cause a ruckus justifiably?
"Slut! You slut!" Huo Xiao cursed loudly, completely disregarding her image.
Huo Zhen had already entered the elevator, but when he saw Huo Xiao suddenly going crazy, he turned back.
Due to her attitude, Huo Zhen's gaze naturally fell on Ling Nuan.
"May I ask who this young lady is?" Huo Zhen asked, with a hint of probing, and then smiled apologetically, "My daughter has been spoiled by us and has a rather willful personality. Recently, she's pregnant, so her emotions are unstable. If she has offended you in any way, I hope you can be magnanimous and not take it to heart."
Ling Nuan let go of Huo Xiao.
As soon as Huo Xiao was free, she tried to pounce on Ling Nuan.
Ling Nuan dodged faster than anyone else. Huo Xiao almost stumbled, but fortunately, Huo Zhen was there to hold her.
"Ling Nuan, I will definitely kill you." Huo Xiao stared at Ling Nuan fiercely, repeating the same threats over and over again.
Huo Zhen grabbed Huo Xiao and stopped her from causing trouble. He already had a guess in his mind.
This Ling Nuan in front of him was probably the one who had a feud with his daughter and was also the victim mentioned by Huo Linsheng.
Ling Nuan ignored Huo Xiao and smiled at Huo Zhen, "Mr. Huo, my surname is Ling. I'm the new secretary beside Mr. Huo."
Huo Zhen immediately recognized who she was.
"So you're Secretary Ling." Huo Zhen wore a gentle smile, "I'd like to apologize to Secretary Ling on behalf of my daughter. She has a bad temper, but she's not a bad person. Secretary Ling, you see, it's a case of 'no discord, no concord'. How about just letting bygones be bygones?"
"Dad, why are you apologizing to a slut! It's all her fault!" Huo Xiao complained.
"Xiaoxiao." Huo Zhen warned in a deep voice, "Stop making a scene and remember your own identity!"
Huo Xiao had a whole bunch of dirty words in her mind, but under Huo Zhen's cold warning, she managed to hold them back. She was the eldest miss of the Huo family and couldn't let others laugh at her.
Ling Nuan sneered inwardly.
Look, this was the normal behavior of the Huo family. Just like Huo Zhen, without even knowing what had happened, he already took an attitude of minimizing the matter.
The pain of others was not even as important as a bit of Huo Xiao's face.
Even Huo Linsheng...
He could give Huo Xiao a small punishment on her behalf, but could he really ruin Huo Xiao for her?
She never thought she had that much charm.
Ling Nuan smiled gently at Huo Zhen, "Mr. Huo, you're being too polite. It's just some small things. As long as Miss Huo doesn't cause me trouble, I certainly won't go against her."
Huo Zhen wasn't at all surprised that Ling Nuan was so easy - going.
A normal person wouldn't fight against them.
"Then I'll have to trouble Secretary Ling to tell Linsheng that we'll just let these things pass. I'll send someone to deliver an apology gift later."
After saying that, Huo Zhen grabbed Huo Xiao and left without caring about her wishes.
Ling Nuan raised an eyebrow.
Tell Huo Linsheng?
Ling Nuan didn't care and went back to her workstation to work.
Although she was ostracized by her colleagues, with Huo Linsheng around, her work was on the right track.
She voluntarily gave up the cooperation project with Qingnuan Technology and chose the Qi family.
The Huo family was involved in a wide range of businesses, including but not limited to social platform software, various apps, technical services, etc. In recent years, it had also been developing in the game and entertainment industries and had achieved remarkable results.
This cooperation with the Qi family was because the Qi family wanted to introduce a newly developed internal communication app of the Huo family, and the Huo family also needed a company to cooperate with to promote the popularity of the new product.
It was a win - win situation.
Ling Nuan made an appointment with the other party to experience the app in the technology department today.
When the time was about right, Ling Nuan went to pick them up. As soon as they left, the originally quiet office immediately became lively.
"Doesn't Ling Nuan know that the young master of the Qi family is a good friend of Miss Huo? If the young master of the Qi family knows that Miss Huo doesn't like Ling Nuan, he will definitely make things difficult for her."
"She probably doesn't know. Well, it's none of our business anyway. Let her fend for herself."
"Maybe she'll be lucky and the Qi family won't know?"
As soon as this person finished speaking, the others looked at each other.
"What's with your strange expressions? It's not impossible."
Because there would always be someone who would flatter Huo Xiao and squeal.
...
Huo Zhen sent Huo Xiao back to the hospital.
Shen Shaoqing was waiting in the hospital. Seeing them both come back with gloomy expressions, he felt a bit confused.
"Xiaoxiao, stop provoking Huo Linsheng. If you really piss him off, we'll all be in trouble." Huo Zhen warned coldly when he saw Huo Xiao's appearance.
Huo Xiao was still a bit reluctant, "Uncle is really something. He can have any woman he wants, but he makes me suffer for this kind of person."
Huo Zhen was extremely angry, "Is this just about a woman? Even when beating a dog, you have to look at its owner. That girl is working for him and hasn't done anything wrong, yet you've been giving her a hard time again and again. You're slapping him in the face!"
Huo Zhen didn't know about the emotional entanglement involving Shen Shaoqing. He just thought his daughter was throwing a tantrum and bullying the little secretary, and it was only natural for Huo Linsheng to be angry.
Huo Xiao seemed to have grasped at a straw, "So, Uncle is just angry because that person is his secretary, not because there's something going on between them, right?"
Then she murmured to herself, "If there was something between her and Uncle, she wouldn't have said I was slandering her at that time. She would have been more aggressive."
Huo Zhen scoffed, "Don't you know what kind of person Huo Linsheng is? Women are just a waste of his time."
Huo Xiao recalled everything she had seen.
Wasn't it just that Huo Linsheng gave his suit to Ling Nuan, helped her up, and avenged her?
He gave the suit because Ling Nuan was all wet, and he avenged her because even if Ling Nuan was just a dog, she was Huo Linsheng's dog.
After figuring this out, Huo Xiao felt relieved.
"Dad, don't worry. I won't make Uncle angry again." Huo Xiao promised obediently.
But there was no way she would ever let Ling Nuan go.
Seeing that she had figured it out, Huo Zhen let out a sigh of relief, "You should be well - behaved recently. Stay in the hospital to take care of your pregnancy and prepare for your wedding well. This is the most important thing for you and Shaoqing."
Hearing this, Huo Xiao suddenly laughed. She looked at Shen Shaoqing, "Shaoqing, are our wedding invitations ready?"
Shen Shaoqing felt a sense of unease.
But he still replied with a smile, "There are a few options. We can finalize it after you confirm."
"That's great." Huo Xiao was happy, "I must personally deliver our wedding invitations to my good friends."