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

These words struck Huo Yanbei's sore spot like an ice ridge.

He gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with rage and regret.

What my father said is true.

Back then, in order to reach the pinnacle of power, he abandoned A-Wu...

His hands slipped limply to the ground, where they braced themselves against the cold floor.

He lowered his head, his scarlet eyes churning like waves.

Huo Qiwen patted his shoulder: "You think I didn't know about your fake marriage with Song Man? Of course, that's not important now. What's important is that Manman used the entire Song family as her dowry to help you get to where you are today. She waited for you for six years. You can't let her down. Get a marriage certificate with her and have a child of your own..."

"You should mind your own business with your women and illegitimate children. My affairs are none of your concern."

Huo Qiwen looked ashamed and left.

Just then, my phone vibrated.

Huo Yanbei swiped open his phone.

I saw a message pop up on WeChat.

A person with the WeChat name "Salted Fish Who Doesn't Like Cake" requested to add him as a friend.

The man was stunned for a moment.

It's Qiao Mian.

I tried to add her as a friend before, but she rejected me.

Why are you adding him again now?

I was going to click "agree," but then I remembered what she had said before about how much she couldn't compare to her useless boyfriend, and a vein popped out on my forehead. So I clicked "disagree."

……

bedroom.

Qiao Mucheng and his younger siblings sat around on the tatami mat.

Qiao Muyue: "Brother, did you not operate it correctly?"

Qiao Mucheng: "I specially changed the profile picture and nickname of the WeChat account I registered to be exactly the same as my mother's. I also learned how to add friends online. It was Uncle Huo who rejected my friend request. It has nothing to do with my actions."

Qiao Muxin: "But why did Uncle Huo refuse?"

"How should I know!"

Qiao Mucheng pursed his lips: "Add it again tomorrow."

Qiao Muyue: "It's best to add it every day; the chances of it being approved are higher."

Qiao Mucheng: "However, Uncle Huo can only be a backup plan. Adding him is just to get to know him better..."

As he spoke, he opened a local dating app. "This is the account I just registered. After I upload my mom's beautiful photos, I can find a husband for her."

Qiao Muyue: "But we don't have a picture of our mother yet."

"Let's shoot it on the spot."

……

At this moment, Qiao Mian was sitting at her computer desk, busy revising contracts, after submitting a batch of resumes.

I just took on a freelance job related to the legal profession.

She has an online store on Taobao.

It was opened after I obtained my lawyer's license.

Provide legal advice.

Draft the contract.

Drafting legal documents.

We provide services such as handling court proceedings and submitting documents for review.

Free for special groups.

Right now, she's busy drafting a property agreement for a customer who has placed an order.

She was wearing a long white sweater dress, and her long hair was loosely held in place with a fishbone clip.

Her slender, fair neck was exposed.

The dim, yellowish light bathed her, making her figure appear exceptionally slender.

Qiao Mucheng crouched by the door, opened the camera, and secretly took a picture.

Back in the bedroom, the three little ones huddled together again and began racking their brains to fill out their mother's marriage proposal and criteria for choosing a partner.

……

In the blink of an eye, another week has passed.

After Song Chen pestered her after get off work that day, and Huo Yanbei overheard her saying those things, he never let her come to his office alone again.

Chen Ke didn't ask her again about adding Huo Yanbei on WeChat.

Qiao Mian, on the other hand, learned her lesson after being tested several times.

They also became wary.

Avoid encountering Huo Yanbei as much as possible.

All documents that needed to be submitted to the president's office were forwarded to Chen Ke on his behalf.

Aside from running into him at necessary meetings, I only exchanged a token greeting.

Moreover, I haven't seen Zhou Jinnan this week. I heard from my colleagues that he's on a business trip.

It was Friday.

It was almost noon.

She received a large bouquet of flowers.

Looking at the card, it was from Gu Huainian again.

However, there was also an exquisite gift box.

Upon opening it, I found a Cartier bracelet.

Even though she didn't know much about jewelry, she knew it wasn't cheap.

He Mei exclaimed enviously, "Caravia's latest Angel's Tear is selling for 150,000 pre-orders on the official website!"

"Xiao Qiao, which man is so rich that he's pursuing you?"

This exclamation drew several colleagues from the inner room to come and see what was going on.

Qiao Mian's hand, gripping the bracelet, felt like it was holding a burning coal; it was terribly hot.

That's way too expensive.

She carefully placed the bracelet into the box.

I thought to myself, I'll call a local courier later and return it.

"Xiao Qiao, who on earth is so extravagant as to pursue you?"

He Mei couldn't help but ask again.

Qiao Mian frowned, and just as she was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.

She turned her head to look.

Huo Yanbei had already looked away.

He walked into the office.

Qiao Mian only saw his tall and imposing back.

Immediately afterwards, the office doors were slammed shut with a bang.

The shock made Qiao Mian's heart skip a beat.

"Someone I don't like..."

She murmured a reply.

He Mei leaned closer to the large bouquet of flowers, took a deep sniff, and wondered, "Could it be some kind of fat, nouveau riche bumpkin?"

"Even more disgusting than that..."

Qiao Mian absentmindedly responded, glanced at the closed office door again, and picked up the bouquet of flowers to throw away when He Mei stopped her, "You may not like the person, but it's such a waste to throw away these 399 roses. Just use them to scent the office."

"Then you can keep it."

"Really? I want it! I want it!"

He Mei picked it up and placed it on her desk.

After Qiao Mian sat down, she opened the app, entered "Zhongcheng Law Firm", and automatically retrieved the detailed address. She placed an order to have a local delivery service return the gift to Gu Huainian. However, she then thought, what if such an expensive item is lost?

After thinking it over, she put the jewelry box in her bag, thinking that she would go to his law firm to return it to him when she had some free time.

She needs to find out more clearly what he means by bothering her repeatedly.

at the same time.

Huo Yanbei sat at his desk, frowning as he smoked.

All I could see in my mind was Qiao Mian's face, which looked even more beautiful than the flowers themselves, illuminated by their beauty.

He snorted coldly.

Just a few days ago, she was swearing that she loved her boyfriend, but now she's accepting flowers and gifts from someone else?

She really is fickle.

"Find out who sent it."

He commanded.

For some reason, he felt very uncomfortable.

Chen Ke made a phone call, and shortly after, she replied, "Mr. Huo, it's Attorney Gu..."

Huo Yanbei frowned deeply.

The hand resting at his side suddenly clenched into a fist.

What is he doing causing trouble!

Seeing that President Huo looked terrible, Chen Ke said, "Young Master Gu has never been loyal to any woman. Perhaps he's just after Attorney Qiao's beauty and is only chasing after her for a while."

Upon hearing the words "just chasing after him for fun," the man's face turned icy cold.

There's a frustrating feeling of having your cake, which you've brought to the table, coveted by others.