“I’m fine…” she whispered.
Was this an illusion? The man who had toyed with and deceived her over a year ago was actually standing in front of her…
Suddenly, the force supporting her body disappeared, followed by the male colleague’s painful cry.
“Ah… what are you doing?”
“Who said you could touch her?” Huo Juren’s face was cold, his large hand tightly gripping the hand of the male colleague that had just been supporting Shao Pingxi.
Without his permission, no one was allowed to touch her! She was his prey, and no one was allowed to touch her!
As Huo Juren spoke, he increased the force in his hand several times, bringing tears to the male colleague’s eyes.
“It hurts!” The force Huo Juren applied seemed intent on breaking the colleague’s hand.
“Stop!” Shao Pingxi immediately spoke to stop him.
“Shao Pingxi, are you ordering me?” Huo Juren gave her a sideways glance.
Instantly, a trembling sensation rose from her feet, rapidly spreading to every part of her body.
Though not her intention, her tone softened:
“Please… let him go, okay? If you don’t, his hand might break.”
Huo Juren glanced at her, and his large hand loosened, causing the male colleague to collapse on the ground.
“Do you want to go to the hospi-” Shao Pingxi was about to ask her male colleague if they needed to go to the hospital, but before she could finish her sentence, her petite body was lifted into the air by a pair of strong and powerful hands.
“What are you doing?” Shao Pingxi panicked. The only person who could stir her usually calm emotions was Huo Juren.
Huo Juren didn’t answer her, but dominantly and forcefully carried her into the black van.
“Huo-” Forced to fall into the vehicle, Shao Pingxi was full of unwillingness. She hated being forced the most!
Her sharp tone was about to burst out, but when she saw a pair of ice-cold eyes, she instinctively stopped.
Huo Juren also sat inside the vehicle, closing the door. The excellent soundproofing completely shut out the noisy crowd, leaving the interior silent, with only the barely audible sound of air conditioning and their breathing.
She looked at him, and he looked at her.
Memories flashed before their eyes, scene after scene –
Shao Pingxi had just left her university campus and entered society when she met the business tycoon Huo Juren, who was a few years older than her, at a certain party.
A fateful encounter sparked a blazing love between the ice queen and the cold-hearted king.
However, this love had not yet bloomed before encountering a storm, and ultimately withered.
The waves of memories suddenly swept over their hearts. The more they recalled, the more painful the wounds became, as if bright red blood was slowly seeping from the cracks of their hearts.
The wounds that seemed to have scarred over time opened again, seemingly never to heal…
“…I want to get out of the car,” Shao Pingxi, who had been thrown into the car, finally found her voice after a long time.
Shao Pingxi suppressed the turmoil in her heart caused by Huo Juren’s appearance, pursed her lips, and put on a calm demeanor to face him.
In her life, this man should no longer appear. The painful experience from over a year ago told her that if she didn’t want to be hurt again, she must stay far away from Huo Juren!
Because from the moment they met, he never intended to take her seriously!
His mocking tone from his throat was still clearly remembered by her to this day!
In Huo Juren’s eyes, she was just a casual object to be played with and discarded.
She was just this pitiful.
Although a wave of unavoidable sadness surged in her heart, Shao Pingxi did not let this emotion show externally.
Huo Juren was a master at concealing emotional fluctuations, and she was no less skilled in this aspect.
“Before coming here, do you know who I met?” Huo Juren spoke, ignoring her words.
“I’m not interested! I want to get out,” If the car door wasn’t locked, she would have rushed out long ago.
“One of your best friends – Nie Simeng.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the cold facade Shao Pingxi had put on immediately cracked.
Her slight change did not escape his notice, and he couldn’t help but raise a cold smile.
“She gave me this,” he pointed to the swelling on his face.
Shao Pingxi had not failed to notice the injury on his face and could easily guess he had been punched, but she didn’t expect it was Nie Simeng’s doing.
“Did you set her up?” She knew very well how good Huo Juren’s skills were.
“That’s right,” he spoke frankly. “Designing someone full of passion but with no brain is as easy as breathing for me.”
“What do you want?” Shao Pingxi cut to the chase, not bothering to argue about his disparaging remarks about Nie Simeng.
She knew Huo Juren too well. After more than a year, his initiative to find her must have a purpose.
And before each step he took, he had already calculated the situation afterward. Those targeted by him had absolutely no way to escape.
“What do I want?” Huo Juren laughed. “If someone hit you for no reason, what would you do?”
“You’re going to sue Simeng?” Shao Pingxi thought of the worst-case scenario.
“I’m considering it,” he said ambiguously. “How severe is the punishment for injury?”
“Stop beating around the bush and speak directly,” conversing with him required enormous energy, and with each sentence, she felt like she was losing more strength.
She thought that after more than a year, she could face this man who had played with her from beginning to end calmly. But she was wrong. In front of Huo Juren, she was still a defenseless infant.
Shao Pingxi tightly clenched her hands, as if trying to gain some power to resist.
“Whether your friend will face legal consequences depends entirely on you.”
“Since when did I become so important in your eyes? I wasn’t aware,” Shao Pingxi spoke with sarcasm.
The psychological torment of the past year was the best evidence.
“You can continue to mock me, but tomorrow your friend will receive a lawyer’s letter,” his tone was flat, without any fluctuation, cold and without a trace of warmth.
“What are the conditions for not suing Simeng?” His threat made her drop her remaining mockery.
He smiled, leaning forward and closing the distance between them.
“You – Shao Pingxi, must obey three of my commands.”
“Three commands?” Her eyes widened slightly.
“That’s right. But right now, I haven’t thought of what to make you do. I’ll tell you when I think of it,” Huo Juren’s confident tone and attitude made it seem like she would definitely agree.
“You think I’ll agree?”
“Won’t you?” He let out a cold laugh. “Don’t forget, I know you. You and Nie Simeng share a fatal flaw – valuing friends too much. Moreover, the reason Nie Simeng hit me was completely because of you.
Shao Pinxi knew that he was saying this to make her feel guilty.
Her good friend’s involvement with the absolutely untouchable Huo Juren was her primary cause.
She bit her lip and decided to go all out, “…Okay. I promise you.”
The cruel reality left her with no choice; to ensure Nie Sifeng’s safety, she had only one path to take.
If fate were to arrange for her to continue entangling with Huo Juren, she would resolutely face the challenge and would not retreat a single step!
Simple Fan’s “Recruited CEO’s Wife”
Chapter Two
“Bye-bye, Pinxi, see you tomorrow.”
“Bye, see you tomorrow.” With a slight curve of her lips, Shao Pinxi displayed her characteristic polite shallow smile, bidding farewell to her colleague at the company entrance.
After saying goodbye to her colleague, Shao Pinxi was about to walk towards the bus stop.
But when she caught sight of a dazzlingly bright silver-blue sports car parked outside the company building, her steps came to a halt.
