Guo Huining took a deep breath to calm her racing heart and said with a smile, "… Remember that the green silk skirt is full of love for other women. Mr. Huo is also a sentimental person. "
She managed to resolve the awkwardness so quickly and even compliment Huo Guanchen without leaving a trace.
Huo Guanchen was surprised by her quick wit.
He turned to look at Guo Huining's face for a moment and suddenly said in a low voice, "… Ah Ning? Can I call you Ah Ning from now on? "
Guo Huining nodded quickly and said politely, "Of course, it would be my honor."
Of course it was her honor to be mentioned in the same breath as an absolute beauty like Song Jinning.
Huo Guanchen nodded slightly and said, "I have an urgent mission to do so I'm quite busy. I won't be able to visit you and my father for now. Don't worry, help me take care of my father and I won't mistreat you. "
His words were close to entrusting and confiding.
Guo Huining's face flushed red and she couldn't speak.
She really didn't expect there would be a day when things would turn around.
She had almost given up.
She still couldn't get over the scene she saw at Yuan Ai Restaurant.
It was clear that sometimes what people saw with their eyes might not be the same as the real world.
Not long after Huo Guanchen left, Guo Huining received a call from Dou Aiyan.
Her voice came from the phone, shrill and piercing but Guo Huining was in a good mood and didn't mind at all.
She sat leisurely next to the fireplace in the small reception room downstairs of the West Mountain Villa. She reclined on the chaise lounge with a Xie Tushi blanket on her lap. She flipped through a magazine from a famous international brand and said with a smile, "Aiyan, when are you coming back to China?"
Dou Aiyan's eyes widened, "Huining, what's going on between you and General Huo?"
"Well … I don't know …" Guo Huining giggled, "But General Huo calls me Ah Ning now."
"What?! You even changed the way you call him?! "Dou Aiyan screamed," Did you really take General Huo down?! "
Guo Huining flipped a page nonchalantly and smiled, "All you know is to take him down … Mr. Huo is a friend, not an enemy, why would you take him down?"
"Tsk tsk … It's really different now." As Dou Aiyan spoke, she chatted with Guo Huining for a while and even video-called Guo Huining. She finally saw the latest pair of diamond earrings from a famous jewelry brand.
Although it was just an earring, it was still two carats. It shone brightly on her ears, making her earlobes look like round and shining full moons. It raised Guo Huining's seven points of talent to nine points.
Coupled with her calm and elegant temperament, she had indeed been reborn.
Dou Aiyan was so envious and jealous that she almost lost control of her expression and tone. She quickly turned off the video call and hung up.
After the call with Guo Huining, Dou Aiyan walked around her relative's room in the United States for a while before calling her boss.
"… Guo Huining is really serious this time. Have you told Big Boss?"
On the other side, her online commenter said in confusion, "… Really? Will they get engaged? "
Dou Aiyan: "…"
She hadn't thought about it at all.
To her, having sex meant that they were in a relationship. Getting engaged or getting married wasn't as real as having sex.
But the worst thing Guo Huining could do right now was not having sex with Huo Guanchen.
She rubbed her chin thoughtfully and said, "… Why don't we create an opportunity for them? As long as the rice is cooked … "
On the other side, her online commenter snickered. "What's done is done? Miss Dou Aiyan, are you living in the 17th or 18th century? It's no longer the era where sex can determine a lifetime commitment. "
"Then how do we know if it's real or not?" Dou Aiyan was embarrassed into anger, "Even if they're engaged, they can still break off the engagement. Even if they're married, they can still get a divorce. There's no such thing as forever in this day and age! "
The other party laughed for a while and nodded in agreement with Dou Aiyan's point, "Yes, but Guo Huining has to have something to prove otherwise who knows if it's real or not."
"She's been living at General Huo's house for so long, how can she not have something to prove?" Dou Aiyan said unhappily, "Just tell me, what do you want her to do?"
They had spent so much effort to get close to Guo Huining because they wanted the Hong Corporation to get listed so they could make a fortune.
But now, was it because of Huo Guanchen?
Dou Aiyan was a little nervous.
Guo Huining had no power or influence and could be easily manipulated by them.
But Huo Guanchen had the backing of the powerful military. How could they rely on Guo Huining to build a relationship with someone like that?
The other party paused at her question, after a while, she smiled and said, "We're all businessmen, of course we want to build a relationship with General Huo for money …"
Dou Aiyan was speechless, "… The Carlyle Corporation's headquarters is overseas, are you sure you want to use Guo Huining to build a relationship with General Huo?"
"… Hahahaha, just wait and see!"
Her online commenter was quite sly, she actually beat around the bush at the last moment and didn't continue.
…
Two days later, the weather became even colder.
Guo Huining asked the kitchen to boil mutton soup with green and red carrots to nourish the body. This mutton was a year old lamb. It was tender and fragrant, and had very little odor. Stewing it with carrots was a good thing to nourish the blood and Qi in winter.
Carrots were also known as little ginseng, and complemented the mutton well. One whiff was enough to make one's mouth water.
She had been busy all day and had dinner with Grandfather Huo at noon. Grandfather Huo returned to his room to video chat with Zhang Baochen's family, leaving Guo Huining to play with her phone by the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room.
She had been hesitating about whether or not to contact Huo Guanchen regularly.
Although she knew Huo Guanchen was very busy, no matter how busy he was, he should still have time to send a reply, right?
He didn't need to type a lot, he could just send an emoji …
The more Guo Huining thought about it, the more tempted she became. She couldn't help but send Huo Guanchen a few text messages, but he didn't reply.
She waited all afternoon, but there was still no reply.
She became very depressed, but still forced herself to take care of Grandfather Huo for dinner. After handing him over to the rehabilitation nurse and doctor, she returned to her room on the second floor.
Lazily leaning against the edge of the bed, she rubbed her phone and couldn't help but send Huo Guanchen another text.
At this moment, the other party replied instantly: "I'm still in a meeting. Rest early."
Guo Huining suddenly sat up straight and looked at the reply on her phone in surprise.
She looked at the three words "Mr. Huo" again and again, and her mood improved tremendously.
The heater wasn't turned on in the room, but she didn't feel cold. There was still a fire burning in her heart, burning from the inside out.
Just as she was about to dance with joy, her phone suddenly rang. Someone had sent her a photo.
Guo Huining opened the photo curiously to look at the larger picture.
It was obviously a photo taken secretly. She was in a very romantic restaurant. Under the twinkling candlelight, Song Jinning was smiling like a blooming peony. She was stunningly beautiful.
The man sitting opposite her was wearing a three-piece suit, and his back was facing the direction of the camera.
Although Guo Huining couldn't see who the man was, her heart froze when she saw his back.
She would recognize this back even if it turned into ashes!
She was so angry that her whole body was trembling.
He said he was in a meeting, but it turned out that he was meeting a beauty in private!
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