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

In the meeting room, besides Han Dongping and Chairman Wen, there were two other colleagues.

It was He Mei and Meng Bai.

There are so few people; it doesn't seem to be a routine meeting.

She guessed that Chairman Wen had already assembled a small team of lawyers to work at the Huo family's office.

He Mei winked at her excitedly.

Qiao Mian walked over and sat down.

Once everyone was present, Chairman Wen announced, "Given our current collaboration with the Huo family, we have selected the three of you to form Huo's outsourced legal team. You will officially begin your work at Huo's next Monday."

"Your every word and action represents Ronghua's reputation; you must not bring shame upon us, understand?"

"yes!"

Apart from Qiao Mian remaining silent, He Mei and Meng Bai excitedly made their promises.

"Attorney Joe."

Seeing that she didn't respond, Chairman Wen narrowed his eyes and glanced at her. "You seem a little unwilling?"

Qiao Mian stood up: "In terms of seniority and education, I am far inferior to my other colleagues in the institute. Chairman Wen, why don't you choose another colleague to replace me?"

Chairman Wen was somewhat surprised.

Going to the Huo family was a coveted job that everyone would fight tooth and nail for.

She doesn't want to go yet?

He Mei quietly pinched Qiao Mian's arm to remind her not to do anything foolish.

Qiao Mian insisted, "I want to stay in the institute."

Director Wen: "The institute has already decided that you will be the team leader, and there is no need to discuss this further."

Qiao Mian sat down, utterly dejected.

He didn't stay, and he even got promoted.

But she couldn't feel happy at all.

After the meeting, I returned to my workstation.

He Mei was overjoyed, as if she had won a million-dollar lottery prize. She hooked her arm around her shoulder and said, "Let's go, lunch is on me."

Qiao Mian looked dejected. "I'm not going."

"Being able to work for the Huo Group is definitely something to celebrate."

Qiao Mian slumped wearily in her chair. "There's nothing to celebrate..."

He Mei noticed that something was wrong with her mood, and then remembered to ask, "By the way, why did you ask to stay at the institute? This is your chance to get away from that lecherous old man surnamed Han."

Qiao Mian rubbed her swollen temples.

Feeling down.

Whether you stay at the institute or go to the Huo family, it's all a pit of fire...

Seeing that she remained silent, He Mei guessed, "Are you having some trouble? If you need money, I have some."

Qiao Mian gratefully shook He Mei's hand. "It's not about the money, I'm just a little tired..."

Seeing that she wouldn't say, He Mei didn't press further. "Then Meng Bai and I are going out to eat. We'll bring you your favorite cake when we get back."

After saying that, He Mei waved her hand and left.

When Qiao Mian heard the word "cake," she remembered that Huo Yanbei had reminded her to repay the money.

She rummaged through her bag for Huo Yanbei's business card, but couldn't find it anywhere.

However, even without a business card, she remembered his phone number.

The phone number on that business card was from six years ago...

Qiao Mian originally intended to add her on WeChat and transfer the money.

But the thought of deleting or blocking him after transferring the money seems too deliberate.

So, I opened Alipay, clicked on the transfer function, entered his mobile phone number, and transferred 39.9 yuan.

Note: Cake money.

……

The Huo Group.

meeting room.

Huo Yanbei sat in the main seat with a serious expression, frowning as he listened to the senior executives discuss the latest venture capital projects.

In the oppressive atmosphere, a clear, mechanical female voice suddenly rang out.

[Alipay payment received: 39.9 yuan.]

The executives thought they had misheard and all looked down to check their phones.

Then, they all turned to look at Huo Yanbei.

People whispered among themselves, speculating about who would transfer 39.9 to a group's CEO...

When Huo Yanbei heard the transfer notification sound, he frowned and looked at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke hurriedly waved her hand and whispered, "Mr. Huo, this is your phone."

Huo Yanbei paused for a moment, then took out his phone from his pocket and opened the Alipay message notification.

I transferred 39.9 yuan to someone named "Yu Sheng Bu Jian".

If he hadn't seen the note, he wouldn't have realized that it was Qiao Mian who transferred the money for the cake to him.

He thought she would add him on WeChat.

Unexpectedly, she would repay the money in this way.

The man loosened his tie, ordered the meeting adjourned, and then, almost unconsciously, copied the other person's phone number. He opened WeChat and found a user named "Salted Fish Who Hates Cake".

With a tap of your finger, you can request to add the other person as a friend.

Then, he frowned.

Does she hate eating cake?

He exited the interface and opened a WeChat contact labeled "Sister".

The profile picture is a black swan cake.

Huo Wu loves sweets.

I especially love cakes.

The cake in the profile picture was a gift he bought for her on her eighteenth birthday at the Huo family home.

Even now, he remembers it clearly: that day, she was wearing a pure white dress, her cheeks flushed with shyness, and her smile was more beautiful and sweet than a cake.

Although she was quite plump, she had a round and healthy appearance.

Like a cat.

so cute.

She is shy and very well-behaved.

Although she was dull and lacked romance, and was extremely shy, she still managed to drive him wild that day...

Her WeChat Moments are still filled with posts from six years ago when she was studying at Peking University.

The chat history between the two still contains the last WeChat message she sent him.

It was the eve of his engagement. After a gathering with friends, she returned to the Huo family home and sent him a WeChat message: "Yanbei, let's break up..."

He was very angry when he saw this message.

He stormed into her room in a fit of anger and harassed her all night.

The process was somewhat rough.

She kept crying...

However, her crying and struggling brought him a fresh and exciting feeling that he had never experienced before.

He tormented her relentlessly.

Afterwards, she bled and cried as she wrote the words "break up" on his palm.

He thought she was just being petulant.

I was thinking that I would buy her an even more expensive and beautiful cake later to appease her.

After all, Huo Wu is so easy to coax.

No... Huo Wu is a girl with no temper.

He never needs to coax me...

When they were together, no matter what he said or what he asked her to do, she would obediently comply.

Sometimes she was so well-behaved that he felt she wasn't a normal human being, but rather like a service robot specially designed for him.

That one night, however, she refused to cooperate and cried terribly beneath him.

Looking back now, she probably really wanted to break up with him...

But why?

Huo Wu loved him so much.

When he agreed to the marriage alliance with the Song family, she didn't show any displeasure.

She has always been very well-behaved and sensible.

He must be absolutely obedient.

She had promised to stay by his side for the rest of her life.

She had also promised to have a child for him.

How could I bear to leave him...

But the truth is, this heartless woman not only didn't hesitate to leave him, she didn't even leave him a handful of ashes...

Thinking of this, a suffocating pain spread through his chest, causing him to cough violently a few times.

He tilted his head back, leaning against the leather chair, his breathing erratic.

Chen Ke promptly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over.

After taking a few sips of tea, the tightness and discomfort in his chest eased somewhat.

"Is Ronghua Law Firm really that slow? When will the legal team arrive?"

He loosened his tie, his tone irritable.