CH 310

Ling Lan looked up at the dazzling person on stage, waves of unwillingness rising in her heart.

Do I have to fight against Zhong Yuhuan for him?

Ling Lan grinded her teeth.

Yes, yes I do.

There can only be one female lead in a story after all.

Meanwhile, Huo Chengming coldly glanced at Li Jinyuan, then grasped Zhong Yuhuan’s wrist. “Huanhuan, let’s leave first.”

Zhong Yuhuan was a bit flustered.

But Huo Chengming was correct. They should leave first, or else fans and reporters will block their way!

Also, she hadn’t thought of how she was going to face Li Jinyuan…

Zhong Yuhuan immediately stood up.

Li Yong finally spoke, “Is Miss Zhong leaving like this?”

Zhong Yuhuan pursed her lips. “Apologies, I won’t be accompanying Mr. Li anymore.”

But Li Yong looked at her, asking, “Nor Li Jinyuan?”

Zhong Yuhuan’s expression froze. Li Yong’s tone sounded like he had long known Li Jinyuan’s feelings toward her.

So… did everyone except her support Li Jinyuan liking her?

Huo Chengming suddenly spoke, his voice laced with anger. “Mr. Li, if Li Jinyuan wants to pursue Huanhuan, then he should come himself and not have you do it.” After speaking, Huo Chengming sneered before leading Zhong Yuhuan away. “Huanhuan, we’re leaving.”

Li Yong rearranged his expression and nodded to himself. “Mr. Huo is correct.”

He looked at the backs of Huo Chengming and Zhong Yuhuan, softly sighing. “That’s why he needs to break from his usual style and become more offensive.”

Which was why he didn’t oppose Li Jinyuan after learning about his thoughts and strongly supported him instead.

Assistant Dong heard Li Yong’s words and also nodded. “President Li is correct. Once Mr. Li returns to the group, he must have a certain amount of drive.”

***

When the reporters found out that Zhong Yuhuan and Huo Chengming were leaving, they wanted to chase after them but were also reluctant to do so. They felt that Li Jinyuan might expose some more material, so they were split between staying or leaving.

As they were hesitating, Zhong Yuhuan had already gotten into Huo Chengming’s car.

Huo Chengming stepped on the gas and they quickly went away.

Zhong Yuhuan saw that his expression was off and didn’t even dare to breathe loudly out of fear that it would irritate him.

They went back to the villa.

Huo Chengming extended his hand to her. “Huanhuan, give me your phone.”

“Hm?”

“I’ll deal with any reporters who contacted you because of this.”

Zhong Yuhuan handed her phone to him.

Huo Chengming swiped a few times, then pressed some buttons on the phone screen, his voice low. “… I really want to delete Li Jinyuan’s contact information from your phone and even delete Li Jinyuan himself from your life entirely.”

Zhong Yuhuan opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but Huo Chengming didn’t give her the chance. “But I know that that’s impossible.”

The two stood in front of the villa, neither taking the initiative to enter.

Some of the servants saw that the atmosphere around them was off and didn’t dare to approach them.

Huo Chengming squeezed the phone in his hand, raising his other hand to lightly stroke Zhong Yuhuan’s cheek. He said solemnly, “Huanhuan, this won’t work.”

Zhong Yuhuan looked at him blankly.

“I know what you want. You want Li Jinyuan and I to remain by your side as family. Staying as a family will avoid any chance of harm, but it won’t work. Sooner or later, you’ll have to make a decision. There is no best of two worlds. Even if Li Jinyuan and I temporarily agree, there will be a day when a more drastic method is taken into effect to change the status of our relationship.” Although Huo Chengming wasn’t happy talking about Li Jinyuan, he still continued, “Li Jinyuan’s behavior today is a good example. Love is unable to be concealed. No matter how good someone is at hiding it, there will still be the day when everything will spill out.”

Their surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Not knowing how much time went by, Zhong Yuhuan finally spoke, “Okay, I know.”

Her expression had changed.

Zhong Yuhuan turned and walked towards the gate.

Huo Chengming was stunned. “Huanhuan, where are you going?”

“I need to completely get away from your influence in order to think about things more carefully,” Zhong Yuhuan bit her lip, responding seriously.

Their feelings were already there, and from the bottom of her heart, she didn’t want any of them to be disappointed.

Probably because of her experiences in her past life, she would instinctively want the people who cared about her to live well, not wanting to hurt them in any way. She was extremely sensitive to this.

So she needed to think about it properly.

Huo Chengming felt his heart thump like he had lifted a rock only to drop it on his own foot.

He clearly only wanted to stimulate her a bit so that she would impulsively make a decision based on her feelings!

But she wasn’t impulsive at all!

“Actually, you don’t need to think about it deeply. Love isn’t the result of logic…” Huo Chengming hurriedly tried to backtrack.

But Zhong Yuhuan was very determined.

She shook her head and took back her phone to call Lang Jinzhi.

After about ten minutes, Lang Jinzhi didn’t come, but secretary Cheng came in his place. He invited Zhong Yuhuan to board his car.

Secretary Cheng was Lang Jinzhi’s person. Lang Jinzhi was Zhong Yuhuan’s cousin. Huo Chengming obviously didn’t want secretary Cheng to badmouth him in front of Lang Jinzhi later, so he could only reluctantly send her off.