Lu Chengwen hung up the phone.
He spun back and forth in his chair.
Huo Wenting sat across from him, swiveling back and forth in her own chair as she watched him with a smile.
"What is it?" Lu Chengwen asked.
"Mm..." Huo Wenting looked playful and relaxed. "I've realized that the way you jianghu people talk is pretty interesting."
Lu Chengwen looked puzzled. "What's interesting about it?"
"I don't know." Huo Wenting laughed. "It's just amusing. You're like people from ancient times—or more like characters in martial arts dramas. There are all these inexplicable grudges, or strange and bizarre romances, things like that."
After saying that, Huo Wenting giggled.
Lu Chengwen looked at her. "You've really got a big heart! Your grandmother wants to sideline you, and here you are with enough free time to sit face-to-face with me and stare."
Huo Wenting raised her brows, apparently in an excellent mood. "You worked yourself to the bone for so long. You even used so many of Huo Group's connections and resources, all just to recover twenty billion for them and wash it completely clean. And yet, in less than half an hour, they turned it into a complete mess."
Huo Wenting shook her head. "I've gained an entirely new understanding of how rigorous and efficient you people are when you work."
Lu Chengwen shook his head. "Someone planned this long ago. I have a suspect in mind."
Lu Chengwen lightly tapped the table. "If he did it, then everything makes perfect sense. But what exactly is he trying to do?"
Huo Wenting looked at Lu Chengwen, chin raised, wearing a proud smile.
"Is protecting me an honor for you?"
"Hm?"
Lu Chengwen looked up. "What do you mean?"
"Nothing."
Night fell.
Lu Chengwen lay in bed. In his