598 A Fair Lady, A Gentleman’s Desire (1)

Qiao An was appalled.

Tears rolled down Li Zecheng’s eyes. “Whether you believe it or not, Qiao An, I’ve never wanted to treat you maliciously.”

After a long silence, Qiao An said, “Li Zecheng, no matter what kind of feelings you have for me, I only know that every time I look back on the marriage you gave me in my life, it’s as if I’ve fallen into an ice cave. And you are my nightmare. If possible, I’d rather use ten years of my life in exchange for you completely disappearing from my mind. Do you know? Every time I hear your name, I shudder.”

Li Zecheng looked at Qiao An blankly.

So she hated him so much.

So her kindness to him was just her upbringing.

Qiao An said, “In the past, I missed Brother Xiaoran and resisted the rejection of the Li family deep in my heart. Now that Brother Xiaoran has broken off ties with the Li family, I can finally not face you. Li Zecheng, we won’t see each other again in this life. I will definitely make you disappear from my world completely like Lu Mo.”

With that, Qiao An left decisively.

Li Zecheng trembled and slowly clenched his fists. “Qiao An, if I stepped on Huo Xiaoran in the mud, would you still love him so much?”

After Qiao An left, the entire Li family was covered in dark clouds. Old Master Li stopped pretending to be sick and lay on the bed in despair. Although the remaining days were not many, they were spent in endless panic, uneasiness, pain, and regret.

When he was in so much pain, he called for Xiaoran.

As for the Heavenly Imperial Garden, it was a different scene.

In order to defeat Li Zecheng, Huo Xiaoran went out early and returned late every day. Of course, Huo Zhou was his best partner. He accompanied him all the time to talk about allies.

On this day, Huo Xiaoran and Huo Zhou were going to visit a very difficult business partner. The other party was an overseas Chinese. Their experience was very similar to that of the Huo family. The chairman of the company grew up in the country. After the chairman’s child went overseas to get married and have children, he moved his entire family overseas.

Now that the chairman was old, perhaps because he was homesick, he had taken root in the capital. Their newly established electronic group had many business opportunities with the Soaring Cloud Group.

Huo Xiaoran’s goal for visiting was to rope the other party’s business into his new company. Of course, it was very difficult.

When they arrived at the other party’s villa, what Huo Xiaoran was most worried about happened.

Li Zecheng beat him to it.

When Li Zecheng saw Huo Xiaoran, he smiled evilly. “Huo Xiaoran, your new company’s foundation is unstable. You’re really dreaming.”

Huo Zhou’s face darkened.

He could not refute Li Zecheng’s words.

However, Huo Xiaoran retorted, “Li Zecheng, let’s wait and see who Chairman Lu chooses to cooperate with in the end.”

At this moment, the door opened.

The servant walked out and asked, “Who’s CEO Li?”

Li Zecheng walked forward with a smile. “I am.”

“CEO Li, please come in.”

At this moment, Huo Xiaoran handed his business card to the maid. “Xiaoran came because of your reputation and wants to visit Old Master Lu.”

The maid took his card and said, “Just wait, sir. I’ll go in and report now.”

Li Zecheng glanced at Huo Xiaoran’s business card and smiled evilly. “Huo Xiaoran, you think Old Master Lu will meet you with a business card? Are you really dreaming? You have to change your arrogant personality.”

Huo Xiaoran ignored him.

After Li Zecheng entered, Huo Zhou said uneasily, “Xiaoran, Li Zecheng will definitely badmouth us in front of Old Master Lu. Old Master Lu won’t see us then.”

Huo Xiaoran said, “If he sees my business card, he will definitely see me.”

Huo Zhou did not know what was on the business card, so he waited uneasily.

Inside, Li Zecheng saw Old Master Lu as he wished.

“I heard that CEO Li’s life has fluctuated and is very legendary. Seeing CEO Li today, you were young and promising in the past,” Old Master Lu praised.

Li Zecheng smiled and said, “I was insensible when I was young and did many things I regret.”

Old Master Lu smiled and said, “CEO Li, since you know your mistake and can change, you will definitely be careful with your words and actions in the future. You will definitely achieve great things. I think very highly of you.”

At this moment, the maid went forward and handed Huo Xiaoran’s business card to the old man.

The old man roughly looked at the front of the business card. “Huo Xiaoran?”

Li Zecheng quickly introduced, “Oh, he’s my uncle. My father’s adopted son. However, after he grew up and returned to his original family, he changed his name.”

Old Master Lu’s smile froze. “Hmph, your father raised him, but he had return to the main family. Such an ungrateful person is not worthy of seeing me.”

Old Master Lu threw away the business card.

Li Zecheng said, “Uncle is not an ungrateful person. It’s just that this is his own choice. We all respect him.” Li Zecheng put on a magnanimous face and was very liked by Old Master Lu.

The maid went out and said to Huo Xiaoran, “Old Master is not seeing guests today. Please go back, Mr. Huo.”

Huo Zhou was very sad.

Huo Xiaoran thought for a moment and said to the maid kindly, “Old Master Lu doesn’t want to see me because he didn’t look at my business card, right?”

The maid said, “The old man read it.”

Huo Xiaoran frowned. “That shouldn’t be the case, right?”

He said again, “Is this old man senile?”

The maid was furious. “No wonder my master doesn’t want to see you. It’s because you’re rude and ungentlemanly. My master has always been fiery. I can tell from the business card that you’re not worthy of working with him.”

Huo Xiaoran was stunned.

“Are you quite protective of your master?”

The maid said, “My master won’t cooperate with an ingrate like you.”

Huo Xiaoran smiled unrulily. “You’ll swallow your words sooner or later. Go and tell your old man that he doesn’t want to see me today. If he begs me another day, I won’t see him.”

With that, Huo Xiaoran pulled Huo Zhou away.

Huo Zhou was dumbfounded. “Xiaoran, are you crazy? How can you speak to Old Master Lu like this? You’ve offended him completely. It’s almost impossible for you to work with him in the future.”

Huo Xiaoran said firmly, “Don’t worry, he’ll beg me to cooperate with him.”

Huo Zhou was dumbfounded. “Where did you get such confidence?”

“Drive. Let’s go.”

Huo Zhou’s car was parked on Parasol Avenue outside the villa.

Beside the car, a girl leaned against the window, and a man pressed his hands against the car, trapping the girl. His eyes were red as he roared.

The girl was clearly frightened and her entire body trembled like a quail.

“Lu Xiaoyun, if you break up just like that, what will I become?”

“You flirted with other women, and I don’t like you anymore. I want to break up with you.”