His wife's pregnancy bump disappeared, and Mr. Huo was going crazy missing her.

Huo Yanbei remained silent for a few seconds without answering her, but continued on the topic, saying, "My aunt was able to get out because Gu Huainian ran around getting her medical parole. Let's arrange a time to invite him to dinner another day."

Song Man was surprised that Huo Yanbei already knew about her aunt's medical parole, which was arranged by Gu Huainian.

The key point is that after finding out, not only did he have no objections, but he also invited Gu Huai Nian to dinner?

However, she didn't think much of it. "We really owe a lot to Gu Huainian this time. Next time, let's all have a meal together."

"Um."

Qiao Mian listened to their conversation, her brows furrowing slightly.

It turns out that Gu Huainian was the one who secretly orchestrated Jiang Yun's release.

To please Song Man, he was willing to go against his conscience and bail Jiang Yun out.

She thought it was Huo Yanbei who helped her...

With a ding, the elevator doors opened.

Qiao Mian exited the elevator on the first floor.

Yan Bei and Song Man exited the basement parking lot.

……

As soon as Qiao Mian stepped out of the company, she saw a very conspicuous Maserati parked on the side of the road.

I honked at her from a distance.

Without even looking, I knew it was Gu Huainian.

Earlier on the phone, Gu Huainian said he would pick her up from get off work that evening.

Unexpectedly, he actually came to pick her up from get off work.

Thinking that it was he who got Jiang Yun out of the detention center, Qiao Mian wanted to ignore him even more.

Pretending not to see him, I walked straight down the road toward the subway entrance without looking to either side.

Gu Huainian leaned halfway out and waved to her, "A-Mian, your boyfriend is here!"

Qiao Mian closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and still ignored him.

However, she underestimated how shameless Gu Huai Nian was.

He drove alongside her at a steady speed, teasing her with a grin: "Ah Mian, I promised to pick you up from get off work, what's with this attitude?"

"Don't call me Amian."

Qiao Mian turned her head and glared at him. "We're not really a couple, Lawyer Gu. Are you getting addicted to acting?"

"They're a fake couple, but they still have to put on a convincing act."

Gu Huainian honked the horn again, "Get in the car, I'll take you to eat."

"Attorney Gu, we don't need to have any interaction in private."

As soon as he finished speaking, several car horns sounded behind him.

Qiao Mian looked back and was startled.

Gu Huainian's snail-paced driving caused a long traffic jam behind him.

A driver stuck his head out and shouted, "Even if the young couple is arguing, don't obstruct traffic!"

Qiao Mian felt a little embarrassed.

Gu Huainian stopped the car, opened the door, got out, grabbed her wrist, and said, "A-Mian, I was wrong, okay?"

A driver who was watching the scene laughed and shouted, "Girl, your boyfriend has already apologized to you, are you going to kneel down for him?"

At this shout, several more drivers got out to watch the excitement.

Gu Huainian raised an eyebrow and smiled at Qiao Mian, "Do you really want me to kneel down?"

Qiao Mian felt ashamed and had no choice but to get into the car.

At that moment, in a black Rolls-Royce that was merging into the traffic, Huo Yanbei had a cigarette between his fingers, which was resting on the outside of the car window.

He had witnessed the scene of Gu Huainian and Qiao Mian flirting.

A piece of cigarette ash, still glowing with sparks, landed on his finger bone, but he felt no pain whatsoever.

After watching the Maserati speed away, he clutched the still-burning half-smoked cigarette in his palm and crushed it into pieces.

Song Man, standing beside him, was stunned. "Yan Bei, are Qiao Mian and Gu Huainian together?"

Huo Yanbei pursed his thin lips and uttered a single syllable through his nose, "Mmm..."

"When did this happen?"

Song Man was astonished. "Since Gu Huainian is with Qiao Mian, why didn't he put in a good word for my aunt when Qiao Mian sent her to jail?"

Huo Yanbei remained silent.

His facial expression was difficult to discern as joy or anger.

It's impossible to know what he's thinking.

However, Song Man was quite happy to see Qiao Mian and Gu Huainian together.

After all, she no longer had to worry about Qiao Mian and Huo Yanbei having anything going on.

"They're a good match."

Song Man said something.

However, deep down, she doesn't approve of this relationship.

In her opinion, Gu Huainian's relationship with Qiao Mian was just a passing fancy, a fling.

Gu Huainian comes from a prestigious family, and the Gu family would never allow a woman with a child to enter the Gu family.

Moreover, Qiao Mian has no family background whatsoever.

"Yan Bei?"

After not receiving a response for a long time, Song Man turned her head to look.

She saw Huo Yanbei leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed, seemingly oblivious to what she had just said.

Whether she heard him or not, Song Man continued, "Now that Gu Huainian has a girlfriend, how about we ask him to bring Qiao Mian along when we invite him to dinner another day?"

Huo Yanbei slowly opened his eyes, but still did not speak.

……

The Maserati was parked near an urban village.

"Aren't you going to pick up your child from kindergarten?"

Gu Huainian glanced out the car window. "This doesn't look like a kindergarten."

Qiao Mian: "I asked a friend to help me pick up my child and take him home."

After saying that, he grabbed the car door handle, ready to get out of the car, but the door was locked.

Qiao Mian frowned at him: "What are you doing?"

Gu Huainian: "You're even colder towards me tonight than before. What did I do to offend you?"

Qiao Mian didn't beat around the bush, "Did you get Jiang Yun out?"

How did you know?

While surprised, Gu Huainian apologized to Qiao Mian, "I'm sorry..."

"There's nothing to apologize for. You're willing to do anything for Song Man, and I admire your devotion."

"Then what are you angry about?"

"I just feel that the justice that the underprivileged seek is worthless in the face of power."

Gu Huai Nian: "This is reality."

"Yes, so you still won this case."

After saying that, Qiao Mian shook the car door handle. "Open it, I'm going home."

Gu Huai Nian didn't stop her anymore. After opening the car door, Qiao Mian got out of the car.

"I'll pick you up for work tomorrow morning."

Gu Huainian said.

"No."

After saying that, she left without looking back.

For the next two days, Gu Huainian picked her up and dropped her off at the appointed time every day.

Qiao Mian was too lazy to argue with him.

The only saving grace was that Huo Yanbei distanced himself from her.

When the two met at the company, they didn't have much interaction beyond necessary work-related contact.

That day, just as she was about to leave work, she received an internal call.

"Attorney Qiao, come to my office."

"Yes……"

This was the first time in three days that he had taken the initiative to call her to his office.

Once inside, he handed her a document and said, "Familiarize yourself with the information as soon as possible, and come to dinner with me tonight."

"Does it have to be me who goes?"

Qiao Mian's face clearly said, "I don't want to go."

Huo Yanbei frowned and looked at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke explained, "Attorney Qiao, this client is hearing impaired and needs your assistance in communication."

Qiao Mian's first reaction was to look at Huo Yanbei, and without thinking, she blurted out, "Don't you know sign language?"