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

He had reservations.

When the car stopped at a high-end hotel, Qiao Mian struggled out of his arms and glanced out the window. "Where is this?"

"There's a dinner party tonight. Come with me, okay?"

After saying that, he placed a tie that had fallen to the side in her hand and gestured for him to tie it.

Upon seeing the tie, Qiao Mian glanced at the marks on her slender wrist, her face flushing red.

Six years have passed, and his habit of acting out when aroused remains unchanged.

Just now……

She rubbed her wrist; it hurt a little.

Noticing her subtle movements, the man teasingly took her small hand and placed it on the cold, hard leather belt: "Next time you misbehave, use this as punishment."

"abnormal……"

Qiao Mian muttered a curse under her breath in shame and anger, but the man forcibly placed his hand on her collar, saying, "Help me tie my tie. If you keep dawdling, the people outside will break the window."

"..."

Qiao Mian turned her head to look out the car window in confusion.

I was startled when I saw a magnified male face reflected in the car window.

It was Gu Huainian.

He was peering through the car window.

The car windows were closed, so the interior could not be seen from the outside.

However, you can see clearly outside from inside.

Gu Huainian grew impatient and began banging on the car window.

Qiao Mian was startled, looked away, and skillfully helped Huo Yanbei tie his tie.

As she was about to get out of the car, the man took her small hand again, lowered his eyes, and said, "You haven't fastened your belt yet."

Qiao Mian glared at him, "Don't you have hands?"

"It's grown arms."

The man leaned close to her flushed ear, a playful smile on his face. "Nothing feels as good as Attorney Qiao's little hands?"

"you……"

If he has changed in these six years, it's that he's become more clingy and flirtatious than before.

Looking at him in his austere black suit, sitting there with an air of dominance and composure, like a king on high, it was hard to imagine that such flirtatious words would come from his mouth.

"Ask your wife for help."

She blurted out a sentence out of the blue, which surprised even herself.

Huo Yanbei was also taken aback.

She felt embarrassed and somewhat annoyed.

Just as she was about to escape the awkward atmosphere and get out of the car, Huo Yanbei grabbed her small hand and said very seriously, "Qiao Mian, I didn't register my marriage with Song Man. You don't need to feel guilty about being with me."

Finally, he added, "I have never considered you a lover."

A barely perceptible ripple flashed across Qiao Mian's face.

"Then what does Mr. Huo take me for?"

She suddenly felt like asking this question.

Huo Yanbei pondered for a few seconds and replied, "I want to be with you, Qiao Mian."

Qiao Mian's clear pupils narrowed slightly, then a cold, unromantic smile curled at the corners of her lips. "President Huo is just using me as a substitute for your sister. Why are you taking it so seriously?"

The man opened his mouth, but hesitated, as if he wanted to say something.

He wasn't sure if Qiao Mian was still just a substitute to him.

But he knew clearly that he desperately wanted to be with her.

all the time.

"Are you and Huo Yanbei really together?"

As soon as Qiao Mian got out of the car, Gu Huainian asked her a question.

Qiao Mian was too tired to deal with him and didn't want to talk to him.

However, Gu Huai Nian was persistent and she couldn't escape. Huo Yan Bei walked over, put his arm around her shoulder to assert his ownership, and said, "We're together now."

"You've gone too far!"

Gu Huai Nian was so angry that his face turned red.

Qiao Mian did not deny it.

If she weren't afraid of being exposed, she would have liked to tell Gu Huai Nian directly that she was the former Huo Wu.

Gu Huai Nian probably won't bother her anymore.

After all, Gu Huai Nian used to despise her so much.

"Go in."

Huo Yanbei stroked her long hair and then took her hand and led her into the hotel in a very natural manner.

While riding the elevator, I asked with concern, "Is someone picking up the children?"

Qiao Mian nodded. "Mm."

Gu Huai Nian stood to the side, his gaze falling on Huo Yan Bei's hand resting on Qiao Mian's waist, and he felt very lonely.

This feeling is just like the frustration I felt back then when I was pursuing Song Man, only to watch helplessly as she and Huo Yanbei got together.

At this moment, he realized that he had developed a strong possessive desire for Qiao Mian.

When he realized the source of this possessiveness, he felt a sharp pain in his heart when he looked at Qiao Mian's gentle and graceful profile again.

It wasn't until the three of them entered the private room and Wen Baiyang came up to greet them that he reluctantly shifted his gaze away from Qiao Mian.

"Yan Bei, who is this...?"

Wen Baiyang had an extremely handsome and rugged appearance. If you didn't know his profession, you would think he was from the military.

When she saw Qiao Mian, a moment of stunned silence flashed in her eyes. Then she looked at Huo Yanbei, who was holding her slender waist without any hesitation, and asked with a meaningful smile.

Huo Yanbei introduced in a calm voice, "Qiao Mian, I... am a woman."

One sentence left everyone present stunned.

Including Qiao Mian.

She hadn't expected him to introduce her so openly in front of his friends.

Wen Bai raised his lips and looked at Qiao Mian with a raised eyebrow. "Attorney Qiao, I've heard so much about you."

Qiao Mian gave an awkward smile.

Xiao Shi, who had been silent all along, pulled over Gu Huainian, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and invited everyone to sit down. "The dishes are all served. Let's talk later."

After everyone was seated, Qiao Mian looked at the scene before her and felt a familiar sense of suffocation.

Six years ago, at countless private dinners like this, she sat docilely and silently beside Huo Yanbei, just as she was now.

Everyone thought she was deaf and mute, and chatted freely in front of her without any restraint.

They talked about family feuds, women, and the underhanded tactics and deals in the business world.

Huo Yanbei was a man of few words, but he would occasionally chime in with a sentence or two.

While she was lost in thought, Huo Yanbei placed a piece of fish meat with the bones removed into the bowl in front of her, then took away the wine glass in front of her and pushed a glass of juice in front of her.

Qiao Mian lowered her head and silently accepted his care.

Just like six years ago.

He had treated her with the same care.

"Attorney Qiao, don't be shy, we're all friends here, feel free to chat."

Wen Baiyang, who was sitting opposite, said something.

Qiao Mian looked up at him and nodded.

Just as he finished speaking, Wen Baiyang looked at Gu Huainian, who was slumped over his shoulders drinking, and asked, "Huainian, didn't you say you were bringing your girlfriend? Why did you come alone?"

Gu Huainian slammed his wine glass down on the table, lifted his eyelids, and looked at Qiao Mian, who was quiet and docile, making one want to bully her. "She cheated on me."

Qiao Mian, who was drinking her soup with her head down, choked on her food when she heard Gu Huainian's words.

His hand trembled, and the porcelain bowl fell from his grasp onto the table.

Soup splashed onto my clothes.

"Did you get burned?"

Huo Yanbei hurriedly checked her hand.

Qiao Mian withdrew her hand. "It's okay, I'm going to the restroom."

After saying that, he got up and went to the restroom.

As I cleaned the stains off my coat, I looked up and saw Wen Baiyang in the mirror.

Just as she was about to speak, Wen Baiyang raised an eyebrow at her and said, "Huo Wu, it's been a long time."