297: Chapter 297: Huo Qiuran’s Overbearingness 297: Chapter 297: Huo Qiuran’s Overbearingness After bidding farewell to Huo Qiuran, Ning Fan left her villa alone.
In the room, Huo Qiuran ignored the injuries on her body, rose from the bed, and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
She watched Ning Fan’s retreating figure with a heart full of complexity and discomfort.
“Ning Fan…”
Huo Qiuran placed her hand over her heart, her mind filled with thoughts unknown.
Although her relationship with Ning Fan hadn’t returned to what it once was, she took some solace in the fact that he seemed to have tacitly agreed to be just friends.
That alone was enough to make Huo Qiuran very happy, at least feeling that the two stabs she endured last night had not been in vain.
Ning Fan’s figure had vanished, and Huo Qiuran returned to her bed.
Lying there, his image still dominated her thoughts.
How much time passed before someone entered the villa was unknown.
It was a detached young beauty who entered, her expression blank, her gaze ice-cold.
She was dressed in a neat business suit and was only eighteen years old—the assistant by Huo Qiuran’s side.
The beauty, named Huo Lengshuang, was extremely pretty but gave off an intensely cold feeling, as if she was incapable of smiling.
She had been bought by Huo Qiuran from a deadly mixed martial arts competition abroad, her strength no less than Xiao Jianming’s.
In that deathmatch arena, human life was valued on par with that of animals.
The two combatants fighting on the platform were destined for death, one of them at least, and Huo Lengshuang had kept on winning until Huo Qiuran set eyes on her, with countless lives ended by her hands.
As Huo Qiuran’s most trusted aid, with Xiao Jianming seriously injured and last night’s grave event, Huo Lengshuang, after dealing with some matters, rushed over to report to Huo Qiuran.
Huo Lengshuang arrived outside Huo Qiuran’s room and tapped softly on the door.
“Come in,” a cold voice called from inside.
Huo Lengshuang’s icy eyes flickered slightly before she respectfully entered the room.
Inside the room, Huo Qiuran had regained her usual coldness, dominance, assertiveness, and confidence.
She remained the untouchable, revered Queen of Zhonghai.
“Sister Huo.”
Huo Lengshuang greeted her respectfully, her face still maintaining its frigid expression.
Huo Qiuran nodded and asked, “How is Xiao Jianming?”
Mentioning Xiao Jianming touched Huo Qiuran’s heart, yet she felt helpless.
Her heart was reserved for only one man, and that was Ning Fan.
“Mr.
Xiao has been taken to the hospital; he will be fine,” Huo Lengshuang reported.
Huo Qiuran nodded, feeling relieved, then looked at Huo Lengshuang with a detached expression and asked, “What do you make of last night’s incident?”
Huo Lengshuang looked up, a flash of murderous intent in her cold eyes, before she reported the intelligence she had gathered to Huo Qiuran.
“Recently, there are two parties that had conflicts with Sister Huo.
One is Hua Yuanqing, the president of Huayang Finance, the other is Zhou Wenxing, the general manager of Hongshen Securities.”
Both men were significant figures in the business circles of Zhonghai.
A glint of resolve flickered in Huo Qiuran’s eyes.
She didn’t even glance at Huo Lengshuang as she said indifferently, “You know what to do, right?”
“Understood, there will be no traces left behind!” Huo Lengshuang answered coldly, her tone laden with intense murderous intent.
Daring to make a move against Huo Qiuran meant there was only one path to take—death!
Huo Qiuran gestured dismissively, and the obedient Huo Lengshuang slowly withdrew.
Once more, Huo Qiuran was left alone in the villa.
Lying in bed, she recalled the night Ning Fan had spent with her, a sweet smile curving her lips.
…
After leaving Huo Qiuran’s place, Ning Fan returned to his home and didn’t sleep all night, but Ning Fan didn’t feel sleepy at all.
There had been too much happening last night, especially the scene where Huo Qiuran harmed herself to keep him from leaving, which lingered in Ning Fan’s mind for a long time.
As soon as Ning Fan reached the gate of his villa, Xu Xiaoqing greeted him with a grin.
“Ning Fan, I watched the replay, your performance last night absolutely rocked the whole show, and the internet is full of questions about the identity of this mystery man, then discussing your dance with Bai Yunxi!”
The little girl was thrilled, dancing around in front of Ning Fan as if she had been the one on stage.
“Bai Yunxi won the championship, and her agent just called, wanting to invite you to dinner!”
Xu Xiaoqing looked at Ning Fan excitedly, her eyes sparkling differently.
Ning Fan frowned, looking at Xu Xiaoqing with confusion, “Why are you so excited if they’re inviting me, not you?”
Xu Xiaoqing immediately got upset and pouted, “What’s the difference?
What kind of relationship do we have?
If you can go, then, of course, I can go too!”
After saying that, Xu Xiaoqing happily added, “Hey, little Fan Fan, don’t waste such a great opportunity.
When this young lady graduates and wants to enter showbiz, maybe Bai Yunxi can help me.
It’s perfect, we can treat her to a great meal this time!”
So that was it, Ning Fan gave her a glance and then leered with a laugh, “Hehe, so happy, be careful your two little papayas fall off!”
Xu Xiaoqing’s face changed, and she shouted angrily, “I’ll crush you to death with them!”
“That’s the spirit!” Ning Fan chuckled, and at this point, Xu Xiaoqing was so mad that her little chest shook even more furiously.
“What’s so good about that, you rogue!” Realizing where Ning Fan’s gaze was, Xu Xiaoqing’s face turned red, and she lunged forward to cover his eyes.
Ning Fan shook his head and walked over to the sofa without looking back, lying down.
“Not interested, I really need to get some sleep, don’t disturb me, okay!”
He hadn’t slept all night, and although it hadn’t bothered him before, maybe it was due to being provoked by Xu Xiaoqing, Ning Fan now felt an onslaught of tiredness in his head.
Xu Xiaoqing instantly panicked; if Ning Fan didn’t go, who would pave the way for her acting career?
Right away, the little girl ran to Ning Fan’s side, coughed, and said in a tempting tone, “Come on, don’t be such a killjoy, I heard there will be a lot of beauties coming back tonight!”
“Beauties!
What are we waiting for then?
Let’s go, come on!”
Ning Fan sprung up from the sofa suddenly, his expression changing drastically, which infuriated Xu Xiaoqing so much that she rolled her eyes at him.
“You should’ve mentioned the beauties sooner, of course, we must go!”
“Ning Fan!”
“What’s up?”
Xu Xiaoqing, looking at Ning Fan’s innocent face, was even more frustrated now.
She had just tried so hard to convince Ning Fan to go, and now the mere mention of beauties made him eager to go, such a lustful reaction!
“Are you going or not?
If you aren’t going, then give me the address, I’ll go by myself.”
“Of course, I’m going, why wouldn’t I?
I need to keep an eye on you, make sure you don’t bring home some dirty woman!”
At this point, Xu Xiaoqing’s goal seemed to have shifted; she wasn’t going for her acting career anymore, but rather to keep watch over Ning Fan.
Ning Fan chuckled, delighted by the little girl’s reaction.
“Fine, fine, I’m already hungry anyway, let’s hurry up and go.”
“What’s the rush, we’re going tonight!”
Looking at the impatient Ning Fan, Xu Xiaoqing rolled her eyes and huffed, glaring at him.