"It's just a meal. Who would make you suffer?" Huo Shaoheng didn't hide his surprised expression and tone at all.
Hong Ziqi immediately understood. His long, pretty face flushed red as he stammered, "There might be some misunderstanding. I'll go take a look."
Huo Shaoheng also stood up and said calmly, "No need. I'm here to accompany my fiancée. She's not eating anymore, so there's no need for me to stay. Goodbye. "
He nodded casually at Hong Ziqi and politely said to Xue Jingjiang, who didn't know what was going on, "Jingjiang, there's no need for formalities. Let's keep in touch when we're free."
Xue Jingjiang knew the nature of Huo Shaoheng's work, so he never asked him what he was doing, nor did he take the initiative to inquire about his whereabouts.
He would only greet him during the New Year and get together when the time was right. Huo Shaoheng was usually the one contacting him, so he couldn't contact him.
Today, Huo Shaoheng had asked him for a reservation at the Hong Corporation Hotel. He was overjoyed and had rushed over to meet him.
Seeing that Huo Shaoheng was about to leave, he quickly stood up and said, "Did someone accidentally offend Mrs. Huo? Who would be so bold?! Huo Shao, don't worry. I'll help Mrs. Huo get even! "
He paid more attention to Huo Shaoheng than Hong Ziqi, so he naturally knew about Huo Shaoheng and Gu Nianzhi's engagement in Russia. He had also seen the engagement ceremony hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Huo Shaoheng smiled faintly. "No need. It's just a meal. Just don't eat it in the future. "
He had no mercy for the Hong Corporation Hotel. Besides, this kind of business wasn't worth his mercy.
His Nianzhi had never been an unreasonable person. For her to say such words now, she must have suffered a lot at the Hong Corporation Hotel.
Although Huo Shaoheng's expression didn't change, he was actually the same as Gu Nianzhi. He had also put the Hong Corporation Hotel on the "never enter" list.
Huo Shaoheng whistled softly and quickly left with the short-legged little Corgi, Ah Ke.
Hong Ziqi couldn't catch up to Huo Shaoheng even when he ran.
Xue Jingjiang saw this and stopped him. "No need to chase after him. Let's go see what happened."
Hong Ziqi's face was incomparably gloomy. He clenched his fists and angrily rushed to the lobby on the first floor.
The waiter in the red vest was about to go upstairs when he bumped into Hong Ziqi. He hurriedly trotted up to him and said softly, "Young Master Hong, the three guests have left. They had a very unpleasant argument with Miss Guo."
"Gone?! Why didn't you stop them?! " Hong Ziqi glared at the waiter in the red vest. "Didn't I say to treat them well?!"
"I know, but Miss Guo …" The waiter in the red vest let out a bitter laugh. He knew that he was in a disadvantageous position.
But there was nothing he could do about it. Working at the bottom of the hierarchy was like this.
She lowered her head and said no more.
Hong Ziqi snorted. "Take me to see Miss Guo. I want to ask her what's going on. If you dare to lie, I'll punish you! "
He wouldn't just listen to the waiter's side of the story.
The waiter in the red vest silently brought Hong Ziqi back to the window seat at the back.
After Gu Nianzhi and the others left, Guo Huining immediately called the three people from the investment bank over for a meal.
The four of them just happened to fill the table.
When Hong Ziqi and the others arrived, the three women and one man seemed to be talking about something happy. The sound of laughter and song rang out incessantly.
Hong Ziqi's brows furrowed even more.
With his hands in his trouser pockets, he slowly walked over and said, "Excuse me, can I have a word with Huining?"
Guo Huining looked up to see Hong Ziqi standing in front of her with an unfriendly expression. She felt a little uncomfortable but still smiled. "Ziqi, you're here. Come, let me introduce you."
She stood up and pointed to the other three people at the table. "This is Yi Xinyan, the chief analyst of Carlyle Investment Limited's Pacific Rim region."
"This is Dou Aiyan, an intern from Carlyle Investment Limited's Asia legal department." She paused and smiled. "Miss Dou's father used to be the Prime Minister."
As for Prime Minister Dou being imprisoned for colluding with the Japanese, she never mentioned it.
But Xue Jingjiang couldn't not mention it.
He was very surprised to see Dou Aiyan here.
"… Prime Minister Dou? Isn't that the Prime Minister who colluded with the Japanese and tried to disrupt the election? "Xue Jingjiang said casually." I remember that Prime Minister Dou was already in prison. How did that become something to brag about? "
Dou Aiyan was furious. She whipped her head around and saw that it was Xue Jingjiang who had spoken.
Her stomach full of anger suddenly froze and was stuck in her body. It was like a pile of gunpowder on the verge of exploding but was suddenly doused with a bucket of cold water. The black smoke that rose into the sky could only poison herself.
She knew Xue Jingjiang.
When her father was the Prime Minister, the Xues had been friends with their family.
However, she wasn't very familiar with Xue Jingjiang. Her sister, Dou Qingyan, used to hang out with him.
Dou Aiyan's eyes flashed fiercely at the thought of her sister.
She wouldn't be like her sister, dying without a sound!
Xue Jingjiang glanced at Dou Aiyan's expression changing unpredictably. It was like she had opened a paint shop. Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. It was an interesting sight.
He bowed slightly. "Miss Dou, didn't you drop out of B University's Faculty of Law? Did you go abroad to study? "
Before Dou Aiyan could think of what to say, Guo Huining interrupted. "Prime Minister Dou made a mistake, but we don't allow people to be implicated in our society. Dou Aiyan has nothing to do with Prime Minister Dou's mistake. "
"After Dou Aiyan dropped out of B University's Faculty of Law, she went to Oxford University in England to continue her undergraduate degree. She's now in her senior year and is working as an intern at Carlyle Investments. She's basically already an intern lawyer at Carlyle Investments' legal department. "
Guo Huining took the opportunity to introduce the only man at the table. "This is Mr. Jia from Carlyle Investments. Mr. Jia is the deputy director of the securities underwriting department. He's also the main point of contact for Hong Group's listing. "
Finally, he said, "Carlyle Investments is the world's largest investment securities distributor. Hong Group has gone through several rounds of selection before choosing Carlyle Investments."
Hong Ziqi's expression relaxed slightly. He nodded at Mr. Jia. "Hello, I'll be troubling you with the company."
"Not a problem. Business is business. Hong Group is indeed a high-quality asset. It's worth listing and giving shareholders more benefits." Mr. Jia laughed in a bureaucratic manner.
After some small talk, Hong Ziqi called Guo Huining to a small office on the other side of the lobby. He closed the door and asked, "Huining, what happened today?"
Two waiters in red and blue vests followed them in, as well as Xue Jingjiang, who seemed to be watching the show.
Guo Huining looked a little uncomfortable. She coughed and said, "Why don't we go inside to talk?"
She didn't want to embarrass herself in front of her staff and Xue Jingjiang.
Hong Ziqi disagreed. He raised his head and said, "Let's talk here. It'll make it easier for you to confront each other."
"I won't just believe one side of the story. So I need both of your statements to corroborate each other. "
Guo Huining's mouth twitched.
Confess?
This ignorant playboy had been with her for so many years. Did he know the law too?
However, Hong Ziqi might not give her face, but she had to give Hong Ziqi face.
She couldn't tell him the truth.
After a moment of awkwardness, Guo Huining said, "Actually, it's nothing serious. I treated my three investment bank friends outside to dinner today. One of them said the scenery here was great, so I remembered we had reserved seats here, so I brought them here. "
Hong Ziqi glanced at the waitress in the red vest. "Didn't she tell you that I'd already given this reserved seat to someone else?"
The waitress in the red vest quickly said, "Young Master Hong, I already said it. I told her specifically. "
She didn't dare point directly at Guo Huining. Instead, she looked at the waitress in the blue vest.
In fact, at the beginning, it was indeed the waitress in the blue vest who had asked them to give up their seats.
Hong Ziqi raised his chin at the waitress. "Tell me, what's going on? Don't you know I've already given this seat to someone else? "
The waitress in the blue vest panicked. She didn't know the people in that seat were so angry …
She quickly evaded, "… I told Miss Guo, and Miss Guo said to see if they were done eating …"
Guo Huining understood and continued, "Yes, she told me. I heard that the three of them were almost done eating, so I came over to take a look. I hoped they could adjust their food. I also said that I had my wallet for the meal. In the end … In the end … "
The grievance in her heart overflowed, and her eyes turned red again. "In the end, that Gu Nianzhi spoke as if she had taken medicine. It was clearly a very small matter, but she had to make a big deal out of it. If she didn't want to give up, then so be it. I didn't chase her away, but she was completely unreasonable. She threw the menu and left. "
It sounded reasonable, but Major General Huo's fiancée was too delicate.
Hong Ziqi was a little hesitant. He looked down and thought for a moment before saying, "That Miss Gu isn't old. I remember she was still in university two years ago, right? You're already 30 years old. Can't you be more understanding? Why did you ask her to give up her seat? "
Guo Huining was so angry that she trembled.
There were two things a woman hated the most. One was to say she was fat, and the other was to say she was old.
She gritted her teeth and said stubbornly, "I'm doing this for the sake of the company. Tell me, how many years has the company been preparing for the overseas listing? Don't you know how important it is to find a good foreign securities underwriter? If we don't build a good relationship, how can we afford the company's losses?! "
Hong Ziqi's anger subsided, and he was now leaning towards Guo Huining.
Xue Jingjiang, on the other hand, knew what was going on. He said with a half-smile, "At the end of the day, Director Guo, you just think that Miss Gu and her friends aren't as important as your investment bank friends, right?"
Guo Huining thought to herself, That's true, but if you say it out loud, doesn't that make me look stupid?
She smiled and said, "You can't say that. Jingjiang, you don't know this. The securities underwriter is too important for an overseas listing. They can influence almost half of the decisions made by foreign securities regulators. We have to be careful … "
She made it sound like Xue Jingjiang didn't know what an overseas listing was.
Xue Jingjiang snorted and shook his head. "Director Guo, I didn't say that the foreign securities underwriters aren't important. But how important can the people you hired today be in Carlyle Investment? The vice president is one thing. The other lead analyst is from the Pacific Rim region. And that Dou Aiyan is only an intern. You probably don't know that she has a personal grudge against Gu Nianzhi, right? "
"Was she the one who told you to change seats today because of the beautiful scenery here?"
Guo Huining hesitated.
It was true that Dou Aiyan had suggested it today. The other two hadn't objected, so she had agreed in the heat of the moment.
It wasn't that she didn't regret it, but she hadn't thought about how serious it would be. She only felt that she had embarrassed herself in front of Hong Ziqi.
"… I'll take it as a yes if you don't deny it." Xue Jingjiang shrugged. "From this, I know that you were in the wrong today."
Guo Huining panicked. "What do you mean we were in the wrong? I told you, I just saw that they were almost done eating … "
Xue Jingjiang saw that Guo Huining was still trying to explain herself and didn't want to argue with her anymore. He interrupted her without hesitation. "Director Guo, don't play word games with me. I'm not the one you offended. There's no point in explaining to me."
"I'm just reminding you that Dou Aiyan's personal grudge against Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shao is very serious. If you listen to her when she instigates you, you're falling into her trap. We'll see if you don't believe me. "
He then turned to Hong Ziqi. "Master Hong, I'm just reminding you that Huo Shao treats his little fiancée like she's his apple. He won't allow her to suffer even the slightest bit. Also, don't you know that Gu Nianzhi is quite capable herself? She's now the chief legal advisor of the Senate. Speaker Long has high hopes for her as his successor … "
Hong Ziqi's head jerked up. His eyes widened. "What?! Gu Nianzhi's already that high?! "
Guo Huining was also shocked. She exclaimed, "That's impossible! Gu Nianzhi only graduated not long ago. How did she become the chief legal advisor of the Senate?! Didn't Speaker Long give her a backdoor position for the sake of the Huo family?! "
"The chief legal advisor of the Senate. Do you think that position with such high exposure can be given out through personal favors?"
Xue Jingjiang glanced at the couple with disdain.
It was true that those who were not of the same family would not enter the same door.
They were both equally ignorant and arrogant.
He finally understood why the Hongs hadn't agreed to let them get married.
What kind of couple wouldn't get married after being engaged for so many years?
It was obvious that they were still dissatisfied with Guo Huining.
If it weren't for the fact that Hong Ziqi had no major problems other than being a little stupid and had a good relationship with Xue Jingjiang over the years, Xue Jingjiang wouldn't have bothered to remind them.
He patted Hong Ziqi's shoulder and said cautiously, "Don't say I didn't remind you. Hurry up and prepare a generous gift for Gu Nianzhi. Ask her to forgive Director Guo's momentary foolishness. Otherwise, just you wait … "
They still wanted to go public overseas?
Just wait for the domestic liquidation …
Guo Huining's expression grew increasingly ugly. She couldn't help saying, "The Huo family is powerful, but they don't have to go against commercial companies like us, do they? Besides, they have power and influence, but if they really wanted to use their power to attack us, wouldn't we report them? Would those supervisory departments just sit back and watch these bigwigs oppress ordinary people like us? "
"If they dare to do that, I'll go online and let everyone be the judge!"
She was hinting that she would use public opinion to go against the Huo family.
Xue Jingjiang thought to himself, The Huo family wouldn't go against the Hong family for such a small matter. They weren't in that position yet.
However, it was hard to say whether or not Huo Shaoheng would support his little fiancée.
Besides, Gu Nianzhi herself was very powerful, so Xue Jingjiang couldn't be sure that she wouldn't stand up for herself and play against the Hongs.
At this point, he still didn't know that Gu Nianzhi had a doting demon behind her back. He only considered Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng's capabilities.
Also, Guo Huining was clearly in the wrong, but she kept putting on the "I'm weak, so I'm right" attitude and bullying the strong. She was drunk.
Deliberately hitting a rock with an egg, did she really think the rock was made of tofu?
Xue Jingjiang didn't explain further and said to Hong Ziqi, "Master Hong, that's all I have to say. You're on your own now."
…
At the same time, Huo Shaoheng chased after Gu Nianzhi in the parking lot of the Hong Group Hotel and saw her leaning against the car door with her hands behind her back. She had her head down and was kicking the pebbles in the parking lot with one foot.
Chen Lie and Ma Qiqi stood beside her and seemed to be comforting her.
Looking at her, it was obvious that she had been wronged.
Huo Shaoheng calmly walked over and handed her the car keys. "… Let's go home."
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This was today's big chapter update: Chapter 1946, "Bullying the Strong".
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