Huo Lizheng's ego was crushed by Xu Wenqi's insinuations, making him want to commit homicide in the store.
He took a deep breath to force his rising fury down in an attempt to say, "First off, we have never been together, so you-"
Cutting him off, she said bored, "Stop, I get it. You rest assured, I won't tell anyone. Yes, yes, we were totally never ever at all together."
Finishing her piece, she was about to strut out the door before she was stopped by the manager.
Interrupting the tense atmosphere, the manager took a step forward and bowed to her.
"Miss, I apologize for not recognizing your identity earlier. President Shen, in fact, owns this commercial center and this store. As President Shen's...personal acquaintance, we failed to serve you properly. We hope you do not take offense and let us clear the store for you to enjoy the rest of your shopping experience," said the manager respectfully.
Huo Lizheng was even more livid hearing the manager's words.
His blood boiled as he exploded, "What do you mean 'clear the store' for her? We as customers requested for you to clear the store for us first. Is this how your store treats people?!"
The store's manager swallowed nervously and tried to reply as professionally as possible, "We apologize but we have to give priority to President Shen's acquaintance. Please understand where we are coming from."
Growing up a pampered rich master, where had Huo Lizheng ever been asked to leave by a store and a luxury one at that. He felt extremely embarrassed as he believed that he was not given any face, especially in front of Bai Ruqiu.
Losing his temper, he yelled, "Why should I understand your bullsh*t?"
In contrast to Huo Lizheng's anger, Xu Wenqi was cackling gleefully in her heart while maintaining a calm appearance.
'Serves this arrogant asshole right,' she thought evilly.
"Ahem, I would love for the store to be cleared for me but that would mean you would lose customers. How about this, since I'm an extremely generous person, I'll let Mr. Huo stay on the condition that he kneels to me," she said in a kind, friendly manner.
Huo Lizheng was going to faint from anger.
'This vulgar woman! Is this really the Xu Wenqi I know?' he thought furiously.
He didn't even want to respond to her words in fear that he might actually strangle her to death. Turning his heels, he left the store at a hurried pace with Bai Ruqiu throwing an apologetic glance at Xu Wenqi before she too quickly followed his departing figure.
However, before they could exit, Xu Wenqi gestured to the two security guards at the entrance to block them.
Calling out to the two, she said arrogantly, "Stop. Who said you could leave before I do?"
Huo Lizheng turned back and glared at her with hostility as his chest heaved seethingly. If looks could kill, Xu Wenqi would be dead in a heartbeat.
Ignoring his murderous look, Xu Wenqi passed by the two and left the store first in a dignified manner. After walking calmly a good distance away from the store to maintain an elegant appearance, Xu Wenqi bolted deep into the mall in fear that Huo Lizheng might chase her with a giant knife.
'Woo, that was scary,' she thought as she gasped for air while clutching her fast-beating heart. 'But I don't regret a single word of what I said, heh. He one-thousand percent deserved that.'
Meanwhile, after Xu Wenqi's pretentious departure, Huo Lizheng walked furiously out of the mall and into the parking lot. Bai Ruqiu could barely keep up with his fast pace and was quite afraid of Huo Lizheng.
Arriving at his Mercedes, Huo Lizheng opened the driver's door fiercely and sat inside. Bai Ruqiu bit her lip and opened the front passenger by herself to sit.
Bracing herself, she asked softly, "Are we returning to the company or…? My shirt is still stained..."
Huo Lizheng was in no mood to chat with her and turned on the engine to speed off into the distance without giving a damn about Bai Ruqiu.
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While Driver Zhong said he would return back to the house, he did not immediately go back after seeing Xu Wenqi enter the glass door of the mall. Instead, he reported again to Secretary Chen about Xu Wenqi's whereabouts, which were then passed to Shen Yue. Receiving the order from Secretary Chen, Driver Zhong quickly followed Xu Wenqi's figure in the mall to observe her secretly. Witnessing the entire confrontation with Huo Lizheng, Driver Zhong was shocked to his core. He repeated word for word what Xu Wenqi said to Huo Lizheng. Secretary Chen's hand shook as he read the message out loud to Shen Yue.
"Erm, Ms. Xu said…" he trailed off unsure whether to continue.
Shen Yue didn't stop his writing movements as he ordered, "Continue."
"Ahem, she said you...have 'amazing stamina' and...have 'good skills' and…"
With his face flushed, Secretary Chen wanted to die reading the last part. He looked nervously at Shen Yue who seemed to have no reaction before finishing his sentence with a whisper.
"And...she said your...thing...is...very...uhm..."
Secretary Chen coughed.
"...big."
Shen Yue who was thought to have no reaction by Secretary Chen was, in fact, gripping his ballpoint pen so tightly that his knuckles turned white. A large ink splotch slowly appeared on the thin line of where he was supposed to sign the document.