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

Qiao Mian pushed the labor contract back, saying, "I have no plans to leave Ronghua for the time being."

This statement carries a sense of probing.

She wasn't sure if Huo Yanbei had the idea of ​​having her join Huo's Group because he knew she was leaving Ronghua.

On the other hand, Huo Yanbei had anticipated that Qiao Mian would refuse, but to his surprise, she didn't seem to intend to leave Ronghua.

He knew about her past at Ronghua.

She knew that Director Han Dongping had been harassing her.

Although Qiao Mian appears delicate, she is resilient at heart. Given her personality, she will definitely not renew her contract with Ronghua when it expires.

But she just said she has no plans to resign?

Huo Yanbei stared at her, bewildered. "You get paid so little at Ronghua, and you have to put up with being harassed by your boss? Qiao Mian, are you out of your mind? Why do you want to stay in that awful place?"

He was a little angry, but Qiao Mian breathed a sigh of relief.

Judging from what he just said, he didn't know that she was already going through the resignation process.

Seeing Huo Yanbei's gloomy expression, Qiao Mian tried to salvage the situation by giving an ambiguous answer, "I haven't considered leaving yet, but there are still six months left. Perhaps I'll leave Ronghua once I find a law firm that's more suitable than Ronghua."

Upon hearing this, the man frowned, his expression darkening further: "So, even if you leave Ronghua, you won't consider working for Huo's?"

Qiao Mian said frankly, "President Huo, Huo's Group certainly offers good benefits, but I still want to work in a law firm. I learned sign language and became a sign language lawyer because I hoped to use my abilities to help the disadvantaged."

Although these words sound like she's flaunting her own value, they are actually what she truly feels.

That was also the year she chose to study sign language in law.

She thought Huo Yanbei would be angry and dissatisfied upon hearing these words, or even make a sarcastic remark. However, to her surprise, he stood up, walked to her, raised his hand, and gently ruffled the top of her head. "Qiao Mian, what you said is also my sister A Wu's former ideal. Sometimes, I really can't tell whether you are Qiao Mian or A Wu..."

"..."

Unexpectedly, he still remembered her ideal plans for the future.

Qiao Mian looked at the man in front of her with a complicated expression, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Huo, I am Qiao Mian."

The man seemed dazed for a moment, then stroked her long hair. "I know..."

The two looked at each other in silence.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Until Huo Yanbei held his head, which suddenly began to feel throbbing.

Seeing his brows furrowed tightly, his face turn pale in an instant, and his body sway, with one hand bracing against the desk, Qiao Mian quickly took his arm and helped him to sit down on the sofa. "Mr. Huo, is your headache acting up again?"

Despite the piercing pain, the man pulled the woman close. "You're worried about me?"

If it weren't for a pair of small hands that caught him on the shoulder in time, Qiao Mian would have fallen into his arms.

She straightened up. "If President Huo isn't feeling well, any employee would ask him something."

The man pressed his throbbing temples, his tone mocking, "Are you an employee of the Huo Group?"

Qiao Mian was taken aback by her retort and frowned, saying, "Sorry, I was being nosy."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Huo Yanbei stopped her, "You don't want to join Huo's Group? Are you afraid I'll pester you?"

Qiao Mian stopped in her tracks, turned her head, and looked at him: "That's one reason..."

The man stood up, leaning on the handrail, his face deathly pale.

He walked up to her and stopped. Gao Kuo was clearly unsteady on his feet. Qiao Mian reached out to support him: "President Huo, you look very unwell. I'll go and call Assistant Chen."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around, but before she could take a step, the man grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. "If you don't want to join Huo's, are you going to Gu Huai Nian's Zhongcheng Law Firm instead?"

Qiao Mian: "Mr. Huo, this is my private matter."

"Yes or no?"

He asked again, stubbornly.

Qiao Mian knew that if she didn't give him a clear answer, he would definitely continue to pester her.

Qiao Mian had no choice but to use Gu Huai Nian as a shield again, "Yes..."

"I see."

Huo Yanbei looked bewildered. "You two have such a good relationship."

These words sounded rather harsh coming from Huo Yanbei's mouth.

Qiao Mian was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

After a brief silence, Qiao Mian broke it, "Mr. Huo, if there's nothing else, I'll head out to work."

The man handed the employment contract to her again: "This contract remains valid as long as you wish."

Qiao Mian did not answer: "Thank you for your kind offer, Mr. Huo."

She still refused.

Just as she reached the door, the man's cold voice came from behind her, "Tomorrow is Saturday."

He suddenly changed the subject, and Qiao Mian was taken aback. "Um, tomorrow's Saturday, why?"

Seeing her stunned expression, Huo Yanbei frowned. "Don't you have a date tomorrow?"

He hadn't forgotten that a few days ago, when they were chatting on WeChat, she asked him to meet her this Saturday.

Judging from her reaction, she seems to have forgotten.

But what he didn't know was that the person he had been chatting with all along wasn't Qiao Mian at all.

Qiao Mian thought that Huo Yanbei was asking her if she had a date on Saturday because he wanted to ask her out tomorrow.

Qiao Mian didn't want to meet him privately, and since she had arranged to go shopping with Ruan Wei the next day, she replied, "I have a date tomorrow."

The two were completely on different wavelengths.

Huo Yanbei assumed she hadn't forgotten about their meeting on Saturday, and his expression softened somewhat.

Just as he was about to ask if they absolutely had to meet at the burger joint near her house, there was a knock on the door.

They both looked in the same direction.

Then I saw Song Man standing at the office door with a lunchbox in her hand.

"Mrs. Huo." Out of politeness, Qiao Mian greeted her in a cold tone.

Song Man gave her a cold look, walked up to Huo Yanbei, put down the lunchbox, and saw that his face was pale. She raised her hand to feel his forehead. "Yanbei, you have a fever. Come on, I'll take you to the hospital."

"It's alright."

Huo Yanbei brushed her hand away, "You'll be fine after taking some medicine."

When I looked up again, I only caught a glimpse of a corner of clothing disappearing into the office doorway.

He took out his phone and sent Qiao Mian a WeChat message: "Are you sure you want to meet me at the burger joint near your house tomorrow?"

……

Qiao Mian returned to the legal department and had barely sat down when she received a text message notification that 600,000 yuan had been deposited into her bank account.

Immediately afterwards, Yue Chen from Tongchen Law Firm sent a WeChat message: "Attorney Qiao, the 600,000 yuan has been transferred to your account."

Qiao Mian replied, "Thank you, I received it. I will terminate my contract with Ronghua as soon as possible."

【expect. 】

Putting her phone away, Qiao Mian looked up and saw Zhou Jinnan standing in front of her desk.

Come to think of it, she hadn't seen him at the company for several days.

"Director Zhou, have you taken any leave these past few days?"

Zhou Jinnan smiled gently: "I'm going through the resignation procedures."