This was the beginning of Liang Bizhi’s acquaintance with him.
“Seeing Miss Shao in person, I suddenly understood why you were so eager to buy that painting; why you initially looked at me with such passionate eyes; and why you would later interact with me,” Liang Bizhi stared directly at Huo Juren, her crystal-clear eyes seeming to possess the ability to see through others. “My eyes and Miss Shao’s are very similar.”
He remained silent.
“Every time you spoke to me, you would look at my eyes without moving. At first, I thought it was your habit, but now I realize there was another reason.”
“…I did not mean to treat you as a substitute,” he finally broke the silence.
“I know,” Liang Bizhi understood this clearly, “For you, Miss Shao is irreplaceable. You were just ‘looking at’ Miss Shao through me.”
Liang Bizhi was right. When looking at her, he had indeed looked past her, “gazing” at the woman who broke his heart but whom he could not forget.
“Juren,” Liang Bizhi slowly walked closer, softly advising: “If you truly cannot forget her, don’t force or torment yourself. Perhaps if you take the initiative, you and Miss Shao could start over. In a relationship, someone must take the first step.”
Based on her initial observation, her intimate moment with Huo Juren was like forcibly extracting Shao Pinxi’s heart and ruthlessly cutting it several times!
Shao Pinxi cared about him. This, Liang Bizhi could confirm.
Impossible!” Huo Junren said decisively.
Indeed, he admitted that in front of her, he could not reveal his coldest, coolest, and most ruthless side, but this did not mean that they could possibly be together again!
She had deceived his feelings that he never easily gave. How could he start a new relationship with an emotional thief, a woman who was two-timing?
Huo Junren’s attitude was so resolute that Liang Bizhi found it somewhat strange.
“May I ask why you and Miss Shao broke up before?”
“There are hundreds of reasons for breaking up. It’s not important which reason led to the breakup. What’s important is that we have broken up and there is no possibility of reconciliation!” He spoke with a cold face, each word escaping his lips as if carrying a dense chill.
Liang Bizhi still wanted to speak, but Huo Junren was no longer interested in lingering on this painful topic.
“You specially took a flight of over ten hours from the United States to Taiwan. You’re not here to make me unhappy, are you?” His cold eagle-like gaze clearly indicated that the topic about Shao Pinxi should end here – he did not want to hear anymore!
At this, Liang Bizhi could only keep silent.
Coming to Taiwan from the US was to relax her body and mind and visit friends, just as he said, not to make him unhappy.
However, she truly could not understand why the current relationship between Huo Junren and Shao Pinxi was so terrible.
Liang Bizhi was like a powerful freezing agent. Her appearance had brought the relationship between Huo Junren and Shao Pinxi to its historical lowest point!
She was his subordinate, and they would inevitably meet to discuss official business and report, and every time Shao Pinxi saw Huo Junren, every word was about work, and the same was true for Huo Junren.
It was as if between them, besides work, there was nothing else to say.
The intense and genuine emotions were suppressed and stored well by both.
The frigid atmosphere had lasted for two weeks.
Until the day of the century wedding of Shao Pinxi’s good friend – Nie Sifeng.
After handling the urgent documents that needed immediate attention, Shao Pinxi looked at the clock in her office.
The wedding was at three in the afternoon, and it was now 1:05. There was enough time to go to the wedding venue, change into bridesmaid attire, and rehearse the wedding process once more.
To attend her friend’s wedding, Shao Pinxi had taken half a day off.
Originally, she had planned to take a full day off, but Nie Sifeng and Ouyang Rulin were very understanding of her heavy workload as a career woman. So, many bridesmaid-related trivial matters were handled by Ouyang Rulin, allowing Shao Pinxi to focus on her work.
Her friends’ accommodation and understanding moved and grateful Shao Pinxi.
On the other hand, because she had taken half a day off and had less office time, the urgent documents and work that required her as the planning department manager did not decrease. She had to bring some work home, which perfectly suited Shao Pinxi’s current needs.
She did not need too much personal time; she just wanted to work, work, and work! This way, she could temporarily set aside troublesome personal matters.
Shutting down her computer and giving a few instructions to her assistant May, Shao Pinxi quickly left the office.
Taking the elevator to the first floor of the company, she hurriedly walked out of the building and looked around on the street.
What to do with no available taxis? She didn’t have much time to wait. Her beautiful crescent-shaped eyebrows couldn’t help but furrow.
At this moment, a black, shiny SUV silently approached her.
Quickly noticing the large SUV’s presence, Shao Pinxi turned her head.
The car window slowly descended, revealing a heart-stealing male face.
“Get in,” Huo Junren said with a cold face.
Unexpectedly meeting him, Shao Pinxi concealed her inner surprise, presenting an expressionless face, and responded in an equally cold tone:
“I’m on leave this afternoon.”
Implying that now, she was not a Huo Corporation employee and did not need to obey him.
“I know you’re going to Nie Sifeng’s wedding!”
“I don’t think I need to report to you where I’m going next.” After speaking, she pivoted on her heel and walked forward, increasing the distance between herself and the SUV.
Unless absolutely necessary, she did not want to have any connection with Huo Junren!
He always could easily, without much effort, disturb her calm heart.
Her obedient compliance to get in the car was exactly as Huo Junren expected.
He waved his hand, instructing the driver to drive slowly beside her.
“Shao Pinxi, I guess you hope your best friend can successfully and perfectly complete her wedding, right?” His unhurried voice carried an invisible threat.
Shao Pinxi was not a fool; she understood his intimidation very well.
Right! How could she forget that Huo Junren had just reached a huge cooperation agreement with Qin Tianjun, and it was normal for him to represent Huo Corporation to attend and congratulate at the century wedding.
In other words, he and she were going to the same place. If he ordered someone to secretly sabotage at the wedding venue, then Sifeng’s wedding…
For a woman, nothing is more important than the day she marries the man she loves. She hoped Sifeng could have the most perfect, most enviable wedding.
From another perspective, taking his car to the venue meant she wouldn’t have to worry about transportation.
Thinking this, her delicate feet stopped.
The black SUV also stopped at this moment, and the rear door opened with a click.
Getting in the car, she chose the seat furthest from him and deliberately turned her head to avoid accidentally capturing Huo Junren’s image in her peripheral vision.
The car started again, speeding towards the grand wedding venue in the suburbs.
The two people in the back seat, without prior agreement, did not utter a word, and a heavy atmosphere quickly filled the entire car.
Fifteen minutes passed, and the situation remained unchanged.
Shao Pinxi couldn’t help but feel somewhat surprised. When she got into the car, she had fully expected that Huo Juren was threatening her, and must have some scheme, but now, nothing had happened.
Her puzzled gaze involuntarily drifted towards Huo Juren.
