“What are you asking? Attack!” The leader, now with blood streaming from his nose, had completely lost his tough guy image.
Huo Junren curved a cruel smile reminiscent of the god of death at this suicidal move by the thugs.
A considerable number of small-time thugs rushed forward at once.
But even with their numerical advantage, they couldn’t gain the slightest upper hand. Huo Junren remained effortlessly in control, with a confident expression throughout.
Shao Pinxi, who had been carefully observing the situation, knew Huo Junren was skilled in fighting, but was worried that with so many opponents, he might be caught off guard.
Even though he was a heartless man, she still couldn’t bear to see him get hurt!
“Huo Junren, stop fighting!” Shao Pinxi shouted.
This call attracted the attention of some thugs.
“There’s a woman!” They had been so focused on the dominating Huo Junren that they hadn’t noticed Shao Pinxi’s presence.
“Grab her! Let’s see how tough he can be then,” one of the thugs cleverly suggested.
Huo Junren was dealing with the thugs’ mediocre attacks while keeping an eye on Shao Pinxi’s safety. Realizing she was in danger, he immediately ran to her side.
Without a word, he grabbed her hand. “Don’t leave me.”
Only he was qualified to hurt her! Everyone else could get out of the way!
Their eyes met, and they immediately understood each other. Shao Pinxi nodded.
Despite having only one hand and dragging someone along, Huo Junren’s momentum only seemed to increase. The thugs still couldn’t get close.
“Damn!” The leader was trying to stop his nosebleed and stomping his foot, never expecting that a whole group of subordinates couldn’t even touch a hair on Huo Junren.
“Hey! You! Come here!” he called to a nearby subordinate.
“Boss…” the subordinate immediately approached.
“Use this to teach that bastard a lesson!” The leader pulled out a sharp butterfly knife from his pocket.
“Got it!”
The subordinate immediately obeyed, joining the retreating thugs. After moving back and forth on the battlefield, he finally found an opportunity to strike a potentially fatal blow at Huo Junren—
Although Shao Pinxi had been playing the role of being protected by Huo Junren, she hadn’t been idle. Her eyes continuously scanned the battlefield, watching for any vicious moves against Huo Junren.
So when the butterfly knife, dripping with malice, was about to slash at Huo Junren, Shao Pinxi immediately noticed.
“Huo Junren, watch out!”
As she shouted, Shao Pinxi took a quick step in front of him, raising her arm to block the blade.
“What are you doing?” Huo Junren’s face suddenly changed.
In fact, he had long noticed the butterfly knife and was about to kick it away, but before he could, she had already stepped forward to block the blow.
“I’m fine…” she checked her injury, fortunately only lightly wounded.
If this small injury could help him avoid bloodshed, she felt it was worth it.
“Fine, my foot!”
The bright red blood was stimulating Huo Junren’s rage. Whether the wound was light or serious, in his eyes, it was a crime deserving of death by a thousand cuts!
Only he was allowed to make her suffer or feel pain. His target was not to be touched by anyone!
“Ah!” “Yah!” “Help me…”
Miserable screams rose and fell, continuous and unending.
“If this continues, they’ll all die!” Shao Pinxi advised. They were already near death, and if he didn’t stop, it might result in a fatal incident. “Please, stop fighting, okay?”
Shao Pinxi’s persuasion finally made Huo Junren stop his murderous assault.
“Let’s go!” she immediately seized the opportunity to say.
After Shao Pinxi got in the car, Huo Junren took out a small first aid kit.
The kit, placed there by his sister Huo Yawu out of concern for her brother, now proved useful.
“Give me your hand,” Huo Junren said in a low voice.
This time, Shao Pinxi didn’t argue, obediently extending her bleeding arm.
Seeing the blood-red wound up close, Huo Junren’s thin lips pressed even tighter, and a hint of barely perceptible tenderness seemed to flash across his icy handsome face.
Disinfecting the wound with antiseptic solution, a pure white gauze gently wrapped around the injury. Throughout the entire bandaging process, although Huo Juren’s handsome face remained tense, his movements were incredibly gentle.
Shao Pingxi watched him the entire time, her eyes revealing a hint of confusion and bewilderment.
She felt that she did not understand Huo Juren.
Sometimes, he seemed like a death god who had emerged from the depths of hell, only capable of inflicting pain on her; yet at other times, he was like a guardian who cherished and protected her…
She began to not know which version was the real him.
After finishing the bandaging, Huo Juren tossed the first aid kit aside.
“Fasten your seatbelt, I’m going to drive,” he sat up straight, looking ahead.
Originally, Huo Juren had a series of revenge plans, but her unexpected injury had dampened his mood.
Tonight, let’s end it here! After all, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.
Simple Fan’s “Recruited Corporate Wife”
Chapter Three – Three Days Later.
“Mr. Huo, Miss Shao is here. Would you like to see her?” the secretary asked respectfully through the intercom.
“Let her in.”
“Yes, Mr. Huo.” The secretary cut the intercom and smiled at the visiting Shao Pingxi. “Miss Shao, Mr. Huo requests your presence.”
“Thank you.” She uttered a faint word of thanks and walked towards the CEO’s office.
After politely knocking, Shao Pingxi silently opened the door.
With steady steps, she walked unhurriedly towards Huo Juren.
Huo Juren was reviewing documents, seemingly completely unaware of Shao Pingxi’s entrance.
“Mr. Huo, I’m here,” she spoke, reminding him.
His signing hand suddenly paused, and his sharp gaze shot directly at her.
“You’re punctual,” Huo Juren raised a smile that was neither a smile nor not.
“Punctuality is the first rule of the workplace, as it should be.” Meeting his unfathomable gaze, Shao Pingxi answered formulaically while wondering what Huo Juren was up to.
Her thoughts involuntarily drifted back to that night—
The night her arm was injured, when he took her home, he said: “I want you to come to Huo’s.”
“Is this a second order?” she immediately countered.
“Correct.”
“I’m a manager, I can’t just leave on a whim,” she pointed out the fact.
“With me intervening, your old company won’t dare to give you trouble. I’ll give you three days to properly hand over all your work.”
More than a year ago, when they were still intimate lovers, Huo Juren had also asked her to work at Huo International…
Idle chatter aside. Huo Junren returned to the main topic, noting he had a pile of official business to handle and no spare American time to waste. “At your old company, you were a manager, and Huo’s company will certainly not mistreat you. Here, you will still be a manager. As for the specifics of your work, someone will inform you.”
Shao Pingxi listened quietly, her intuition telling her that Huo Junren’s invitation to work at Huo’s company was not going to be that simple.
After a morning, the new “manager” Shao Pingxi was merely reviewing some dispensable documents, annual reports, and plans.
Her work was very simple, and at the same time, incredibly boring.
Was Huo Junren trying to wear down her will with a gloomy atmosphere and mind-numbingly dull work?
No way!
She absolutely would not sit in this beautiful office, passively waiting for the Huo CEO to have a change of heart and recognize her business talents.
The opportunity to showcase her strengths was something she had to actively pursue!
“Excuse me, I would like to see Mr. Huo,” Shao Pingxi said to the secretary as she quickly approached the CEO’s office.
