Chapter 41

Huo Jingcheng stopped his footsteps, didn't rush to look back, but turned his head to cast an innocent look at Su Ruoyun first, his eyes as if silently saying: See, it has nothing to do with me, he recognized me.

Seeing this, Su Ruoyun rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.

Immediately after, Huo Jingcheng turned around unhurriedly. The light in the aisle was flickering, just hiding his swollen right cheek in the shadow, and Xu Zong only wanted to greet Huo Jingcheng, so he didn't notice it for a while.

Xu Zong reached out to Huo Jingcheng enthusiastically, and he shook hands unhurriedly.

Xu Zong didn't pay attention to Su Ruoyun beside Huo Jingcheng, just glanced at her very casually. His eyes were light, without any lingering. Seeing the tray in her hand, he just took her as the tea master of the tea house.

"Huozong also came here to drink tea?"

Huo Jingcheng held a smile at the corners of his mouth, his voice lazy, "Came to join in the fun. Isn't it said recently that 'One River Tobacco' tea house, half a cup of clear tea is worth ten thousand wealth,"

"Hahaha, that's the truth."

In fact, to put it bluntly, the meaning of this sentence is to come to 'One River Tobacco' tea house, spend the money of a cup of clear tea, which is enough to top the ten thousand wealth sent to Su Mingyan's place. People in the circle know the way like a mirror.

Huo Jingcheng moved his eyes to Su Ruoyun's face with interest, raised the corners of his eyes and brows slightly, and asked with a malicious smile, "Right, Yun Lao ban?"

Huo Jingcheng threw the words out suddenly, causing Su Ruoyun to turn sideways and glance at him. But in front of outsiders, she had to lift the corners of her mouth and nod with a smile.

Hearing this, Xu Zong was stunned for a moment, then cast his gaze at Su Ruoyun, "This is……"

Huo Jingcheng raised his arm halfway, his palm pointing politely at Su Ruoyun, and introduced, "This is the Boss Lady of 'One River Tobacco' tea house, surnamed Yun."

Xu Zong realized, a warm smile piled up on his face, and said repeatedly, "Yun Lao ban, hello, hello……"

Thinking of Su Mingyan, he made his words three points more polite, lifted his eyelids unobtrusively, and his gaze swept over Su Ruoyun as if casually. Compared to the first glance, only now did he look at her seriously and carefully.

Dressed simply, without makeup, her face was delicate and beautiful, hiding a pair of affectionate eyes, and a faint, alluring charm showed through her cold bone structure.

However, no matter how young and beautiful a female companion was, in the eyes of people like them, she was just a foil, a vase that could decorate a bedroom.

Vases are easy to break, beauties are easy to age, and red flowers and green willows will always pass away, which cannot compare to the power held in one's hands, which is real.

Su Mingyan hadn't had any decent "scandals" for many years, and this was "Iron Tree Bloom"—the first time.

Xu Zong's gaze withdrew from her face, secretly praising: This flower blooming can be considered well-deserved.

After thinking about it carefully in his heart, he looked up at Su Ruoyun's smiling eyebrows again, and Xu Zong felt that something was wrong.

Wasn't it said that the Boss Lady doesn't see guests?

Before he could think too much, his thoughts were drawn away by Huo Jingcheng's face.

"Huozong, your face……?"

Huo Jingcheng's expression was calm, and he had no scruples, laughing generously, "Accidentally bumped into the corner of the table,"

As he spoke, he put his hands in his pockets and cast a glance at Su Ruoyun, "Isn't this, Yun Lao ban taking me to apply medicine."

Xu Zong looked him over, only to see the red tide on Huo Jingcheng's face spreading into pieces, reaching his neck. No matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like it was caused by a collision.

However, since people said so, he sensibly didn't poke it, just smiled slightly, "Then I won't delay Huozong's application of medicine anymore."

After the two said goodbye to Xu Zong, they walked out side-by-side.

Su Ruoyun lowered her eyes and stared at the road under her feet, saying as she walked, "There is a pharmacy when you go out of the alley. When you pass by in the car, you can buy some medicine on the way."

"I'll reimburse the medicine fee, you send me the payment screenshot later."

"Apart from this, nothing else to say?" Huo Jingcheng suddenly stopped his footsteps, causing Su Ruoyun to be caught off guard and stop as well, turning her head slowly to look at him.

The tailored black overcoat made his figure look even taller and straighter. His handsome face was cold and unruly, especially those peach blossom eyes, which were watery and affectionate, bewitching people's hearts.

Objectively speaking, this man had some beauty, but……

Su Ruoyun shook her head secretly, the only flaw was that half of his face was swollen.

"The other thing is, if you move your hands and feet again, I won't talk to you so politely here."

When Huo Jingcheng went out, Lin Cheng was waiting in the car. Looking at the rearview mirror and seeing the scene in the rearview mirror, he was stunned, "Boss, your face……"

Huo Jingcheng said it lightly, his tone calm, as if he were just stating a normal thing, "It's okay, wait a while and pass by the pharmacy in front, get out of the car and buy some medicine."

Lin Cheng pursed his lips, and there was some speculation in his heart. Could it be that the tea house Boss Lady slapped him?

A few minutes later, Lin Cheng parked the car in a parking space on the side of the road, got out of the car, and walked quickly into the pharmacy. When he came back, he was carrying a bag with the pharmacy's logo, which contained medicine and ice packs.

Huo Jingcheng pressed the ice pack to his face, and the bone-chilling cold hit him, bringing sharp pain, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.

After returning to the company and stepping into the office, he saw Chen Zheyan already sitting on the guest chair in front of the large desk, leisurely crossing his legs, his toes swaying from time to time.

Hearing the sound, Chen Zheyan turned his head and saw Huo Jingcheng's unusual face at a glance, unable to stop clicking his tongue, "You…… were you chased by an enemy?"

Huo Jingcheng ignored his friend's "schadenfreude" and told Lin Cheng to get him another ice pack.

After sitting in the large desk chair, Chen Zheyan stared at his "handsome face" with interest and giggled twice, "You wouldn't have been beaten by a woman, right? Where did you provoke a love debt?"

Huo Jingcheng asked him how he saw it.

Chen Zheyan explained excitedly, "This is clearly a slap print on your face. If it were a man, it should be a fist print."

Huo Jingcheng took the ice pack handed by Lin Cheng and didn't comment on his words.

"As the saying goes: don't hit the face when hitting people, hitting the face hurts self-esteem, and it's a man's face. Tell me, what did you do again to make the Boss Lady so angry?"

Chen Zheyan was prepared to be an emotional master for once, but unfortunately, he only heard Huo Jingcheng say, "I invited you here to look at the plan, and you tell me this?"

Chen Zheyan sighed, "Sure enough, you can only be a human being properly in front of a beautiful Boss Lady,"

"Knowing you for so many years since childhood, why didn't I see that you had the potential to be Cao Cao before."

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