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

10 PM.

Tianyu Club.

Inside the most luxurious private room.

Huo Yanbei walked in and saw Gu Huainian drinking with a young model in his arms.

His lewd remarks made the girl shyly hide her face in his neck.

Just as Gu Huai Nian was about to kiss her, he caught a glimpse of Huo Yan Bei walking in and giving the woman a squeeze on the waist.

The woman understood and got up to leave the room.

"Who upset you? Why do you look so pale?"

Gu Huainian glanced at the man's half-sleeved shirt, which was wet from the rain, and poured him a glass of red wine.

Huo Yanbei took off his coat, tossed it aside, took the wine glass, and gulped down a large mouthful.

Gu Huainian chuckled, clinked his glass with the one in the other's hand, and took a sip.

"Let's get down to business."

Huo Yanbei gently swirled the wine glass between his fingers, gazing at the blood-red liquid, as if he could see Qiao Mian's red and moist eyes when she got out of the car.

She looks like she's crying...

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but feel a little irritated, and took another big gulp.

Gu Huainian picked up the wine bottle, filled his glass, and then said, "That Weibo account called 'Suspended Sword' really doesn't belong to Qiao Mian."

Huo Yanbei narrowed his dark eyes: "Just because it's not an account she verified doesn't mean it's not her."

"That Weibo post was aimed at the Shen family and the Li family, but it didn't involve Song Chen. I think you're overthinking it. Why do you have to suspect Qiao Mian? I think she's harmless and doesn't have the guts."

Huo Yanbei sneered, "Harmless? They secretly kept videos and almost overturned the mute girl case."

Gu Huainian smiled knowingly. "Yeah, Qiao Mian looks soft on the outside, but she has a strong inner strength. She even forced you to deliver business to Ronghua Law Firm. If Xuanjian really is her, she might have a backup plan."

At this point, he shook his head again, "However, don't worry, we have video of her taking money. Even if it is her who is 'Hanging Sword,' she can't escape your grasp."

After a moment of silence, Huo Yanbei asked, "Who is the person behind the real-name authentication for Suspended Sword?"

Gu Huainian shrugged. "We can only find out it's a man, but his name and identity information are fake."

Huo Yanbei pursed his thin lips. "Suspend this account for a while."

"That's easy to handle. However, this account only posts positive content. It wouldn't be right to ban it, would it?"

Huo Yanbei frowned: "Song Chen has many stains on his record. If the public opinion continues to spread, it will eventually drag him down with him."

Gu Huainian realized, "That's right, netizens these days are all detectives. Song Chen isn't keeping a low profile, sooner or later something will be dug up."

After finishing the last sip of wine, Huo Yanbei put down his glass. "Tell the Li and Shen families that I will suppress the trending topics, but they should admit what their son did. Daring to drag Song Chen into this mess is going against the Huo family."

Gu Huainian gave a thumbs up: "Brilliant! Now, Song Chen is completely exonerated."

At this point, he couldn't help but mention Qiao Mian again: "Tsk, to be able to put you in this state, that Qiao Mian is really capable. I'm even starting to like her a little."

Huo Yanbei frowned and glanced at him, reminding him, "She has a boyfriend."

We've all been friends since childhood, so it's easy to tell who's up to.

Throughout the night, Gu Huainian couldn't stop talking about Qiao Mian. He could tell that Gu Huainian had developed evil intentions towards Qiao Mian.

Gu Huainian didn't mince words, "Even if she's married and has a husband, I still have plenty of ways to seduce her into my arms."

Huo Yanbei frowned. "She doesn't think much of you."

Gu Huai Nian laughed angrily, "You look down on me? Do you think you'd look down on me?"

The man curled his lip.

In a voice only she could hear, she murmured, "Who would know?"

Gu Huai Nian was still annoyed: "You're not a mind reader, how do you know she doesn't like me?"

Huo Yanbei ignored him.

However, his intuition told him that Qiao Mian didn't like Gu Huainian at all.

I also hate it.

As for Qiao Mian... she seems to be very afraid of him.

"I refuse to believe it!"

Gu Huainian suddenly slammed his hand on the table, "Let's make a bet, I'm sure I can get my hands on Qiao Mian, and then..."

Huo Yanbei's brows furrowed, and he stood up, saying, "I don't have time to bet with you."

After saying that, he picked up his coat from the sofa and walked away.

Gu Huainian yelled at his retreating back, "Just wait and see if you'll be calling her 'sister-in-law'!"

Huo Yanbei paused, his large hand in his pocket tightened slightly, and after a couple of seconds, he continued walking.

……

The next morning.

Qiao Mian discovered that Xuan Jian's Weibo account had been suspended for thirty days.

Not only that, the trending topics were also completely removed.

The fact that such a thorough public relations effort could be accomplished overnight must be the work of Huo Yanbei.

He was extremely protective of his brother-in-law.

No, to be precise, he loves his wife very much, which is why he extends that love to her and wants to portray a peaceful and harmonious situation for her...

In a daze, she had already arrived at the law firm.

As soon as I arrived at my workstation, I saw a large bouquet of flowers on my desk.

Colleagues in the office area cast envious glances and began whispering among themselves.

"It must have been Director Han who sent it. Damn, those two are playing their cards right."

"So blatantly brazen, aren't they afraid of Director Han's wife coming to the law firm and slapping her?"

Upon hearing the words "slap," Qiao Mian picked up the bouquet and walked over, forcefully slamming it onto the desks of the two gossiping colleagues. "We're all lawyers from the same firm, are you trying to force me to sue you for defamation and spreading rumors?"

This was the first time she had ever lost her temper in front of her colleagues.

All the colleagues were startled.

After all, she gave everyone the impression of being kind, gentle and kind.

The two female colleagues who were gossiping were completely stunned.

After regaining his senses, he frantically lowered his head and started doing his work.

Just then, a colleague upstairs called out, "Attorney Qiao, Director Han wants you to go to the conference room for a meeting."

Qiao Mian responded.

As I walked away, I saw a pink card lying on the ground.

It must have been mixed in with that big bouquet of flowers.

She picked it up, automatically ignoring the few lines of cheesy love poems, but when she glanced at the three characters "Gu Huai Nian" in the lower right corner, her brows furrowed as if she had shit on her hands.

I went back, picked up the bouquet of flowers that I had thrown on my colleague's desk, and threw it forcefully into the trash can.

He even stomped on it hard.

This rough behavior startled his colleagues.

"Why does Attorney Qiao have such a bad temper?"

"She's hooked up with a big shot!"

Who is it?

"I overheard the receptionist saying that Attorney Qiao was hugging Mr. Huo from the Huo Group."

"Could Attorney Qiao be Mr. Huo's mistress?"

"How could that be? I heard that Mr. Huo already has a wife. It's disgusting that she'd interfere..."

Qiao Mian, who was initially somewhat angry, trembled all over when she heard the words "underground lover".

Back then, at Huo Yanbei's engagement banquet, she was condemned by everyone, cursed and called a despicable slut who seduced her brother, and accused of cutting up her future sister-in-law Song Man's engagement dress out of jealousy.

At that moment, she stood helplessly under the spotlight of guests and reporters, feeling like a clown.

Even though she had given up on Huo Yanbei by then, she still held onto a sliver of hope and looked at him sadly.

She hoped Huo Yanbei would believe her and, out of consideration for their past relationship, help her.

But instead of a word of defense from him, she received a hard slap in return...

At that moment, as she touched her face marked with five finger imprints, she longed to ask him if he still remembered his promise.

He once promised her: "Awu, I will protect you for the rest of my life. I am willing to be a demon who commits crimes punishable by the entire criminal code for you..."

Looking back now, she was foolish to believe a casual remark he made during a passionate moment in bed...