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Chapter 41 The Potential of Becoming a Traitor to Cao Cao
Huo Jingcheng stopped walking and didn't turn around immediately. Instead, he turned his head and gave Su Ruoyun an innocent look, his eyes seeming to say silently: See? It has nothing to do with me, he's the one who recognized me.

Seeing this, Su Ruoyun rolled her eyes at him, clearly annoyed.

Immediately afterwards, Huo Jingcheng turned around unhurriedly. The light in the corridor flickered, just enough to hide his swollen right cheek in shadow. President Xu was so focused on greeting Huo Jingcheng that he didn't notice it for a moment.

Mr. Xu extended his hand to Huo Jingcheng warmly, and Huo Jingcheng calmly raised his hand to meet him.

Mr. Xu didn't pay any attention to Su Ruoyun next to Huo Jingcheng. He only glanced at her casually, his eyes light and unfocused, not lingering at all. Seeing that she was carrying a tray, he assumed she was just a tea master at the teahouse.

"Mr. Huo is here for tea too?"

Huo Jingcheng smiled and nodded, his voice lazy, "Just here to join in the fun. Lately, they've been saying that at the 'Yichuan Yancao' teahouse, half a cup of tea is worth a fortune."

"Haha, that makes sense."

To put it bluntly, this means that the price of a cup of tea at the "Yichuan Yancao" teahouse is equivalent to giving Su Mingyan ten thousand taels of silver. Everyone in the circle knows the inside story perfectly well.

Huo Jingcheng shifted his gaze to Su Ruoyun's face with great interest, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked with a mischievous smile, "Right, Boss Yun?"

Huo Jingcheng suddenly threw out the words, causing Su Ruoyun to turn to the side and glance at him. But in front of outsiders, she could only smile and nod in agreement.

Upon hearing this, President Xu paused for a moment, then turned his gaze to Su Ruoyun, "This is..."

Huo Jingcheng raised his arm slightly, gestured with his palm, and politely pointed to Su Ruoyun, introducing her: "This is the proprietress of 'Yichuan Tobacco' teahouse, her surname is Yun."

Mr. Xu suddenly realized, and a warm smile quickly spread across his face as he repeatedly said, "Ms. Yun, hello, hello..."

Thinking of Su Mingyan, he became more polite, subtly lifting his eyelids and casually glancing at Su Ruoyun. But now, unlike his previous glance, he looked at her more seriously and carefully.

She was simply dressed, without makeup, with a delicate and pretty face, and a pair of expressive eyes that hinted at a subtle charm beneath her cool and aloof appearance.

However, no matter how young and beautiful a female companion is, in the eyes of these people, she is nothing more than an embellishment, a vase to decorate the bedroom.

Vases are fragile, beauties fade, and vibrant colors will eventually pass. Nothing beats the power you hold in your hands; that is what truly matters.

Su Mingyan has not had any decent 'scandals' for many years, so this is the first time that 'a rare occurrence has happened'.

Mr. Xu withdrew his gaze from her face and secretly praised her: This flower is indeed worthy of its name.

After thinking it over carefully in his mind, and looking up at Su Ruoyun's smiling eyes, President Xu felt that something was not quite right.

Didn't they say the proprietress doesn't receive customers?
Before he could think any further, his thoughts were drawn to Huo Jingcheng's face again.

"Mr. Huo, your face...?"

Huo Jingcheng appeared calm and unconcerned, smiling broadly, "I accidentally bumped into the corner of the table."

As he spoke, he put his hands in his pockets and glanced at Su Ruoyun, "Look, Boss Yun is taking me to apply the medicine."

After looking Huo Jingcheng up and down, President Xu noticed that the redness on Huo Jingcheng's face had spread to his neck, which did not look like the result of a collision.

However, since they had already said that, he wisely refrained from pointing it out and simply smiled slightly: "Then I won't delay Mr. Huo from applying the medicine any longer." After saying goodbye to Mr. Xu, the two walked out side by side.

Su Ruoyun lowered her eyes and stared at the road beneath her feet. As she walked, she said, "There's a pharmacy right outside the alley. When you drive by, you can buy some medicine on your way."

"I'll reimburse the medical expenses. Send me a screenshot of the payment later."

"Is that all you have to say?" Huo Jingcheng suddenly stopped in his tracks, catching Su Ruoyun off guard. She also stopped and slowly turned her head to look at him.

The custom-made black coat accentuated his tall and slender figure, his handsome face exuding a cool and untamed air, especially his captivating peach blossom eyes, which were mesmerizing and alluring.

Objectively speaking, this man is somewhat handsome, but...

Su Ruoyun shook her head inwardly; the only flaw was that half of her face was swollen.

"The other thing is, if I were to lay a hand on you again, I wouldn't be so polite talking to you here."

As Huo Jingcheng left, Lin Cheng waited in the car. Looking in the rearview mirror, he froze, "Boss, your face..."

Huo Jingcheng spoke casually, his tone calm and unperturbed, as if he were simply stating a trivial matter: "It's nothing. We'll just stop at the pharmacy ahead and buy some medicine."

Lin Cheng pursed his lips, a guess forming in his mind: could it be that the teahouse owner was the one who did the beating?

A few minutes later, Lin Cheng parked his car in a parking space by the roadside, got out of the car, and quickly walked into the pharmacy. When he came back, he was carrying a bag with the pharmacy's logo on it, which contained medicine and ice packs.

Huo Jingcheng pressed the ice pack to his face, and the bone-chilling cold brought a sharp pain, causing him to frown slightly.

Back at the company, upon entering the office, I saw Chen Zheyan already sitting in the reception chair in front of the executive desk, leisurely crossing his legs, his toes occasionally swinging back and forth in a carefree manner.

Hearing the noise, Chen Zheyan turned around and immediately saw Huo Jingcheng's unusually expressionless face. He couldn't help but gasp, "Are you... being chased by your enemies?"

Huo Jingcheng ignored his friend's gloating and calmly instructed Lin Cheng to get him another ice pack.

After settling into the executive chair, Chen Zheyan stared at his 'handsome face' with amusement, chuckling twice. "Did some woman hit you? Where did you get into any romantic entanglements?"

Huo Jingcheng asked him how he figured it out.

Chen Zheyan began to explain with great interest: "This is clearly a handprint. If it were a man, it would be a fist print."

Huo Jingcheng took the ice pack from Lin Cheng, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with his words.

"As the saying goes, 'Don't hit someone in the face, because it hurts their self-esteem, especially a man's face.' So tell me, what did you do this time to make the boss lady so angry?"

Chen Zheyan had prepared himself to be a relationship guru, but all he heard Huo Jingcheng say was, "I invited you here to look at the proposal, and this is all you're going to say to me?"

Chen Zheyan sighed deeply, "Sure enough, you can only act like a normal person in front of a beautiful boss lady."

"I've known you since we were kids, how come I never realized you had the potential to be a traitor like Cao Cao?"

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