Chapter 155 Huo Zhizhou's Indirect Threat

Chapter 155 Huo Zhizhou's Indirect Threat

"Is there a problem?" Huo Zhizhou noticed her doubt.

Jiang Ruan pointed to the room number he had sent her, not making her suspicions too obvious: "Yuan Yi's business trip benefits are that good? A presidential suite for each person?"

Huo Zhizhou did not give a direct answer: "You'll know when you get there."

Hearing his tone, Jiang Ruan's suspicions lessened a bit. If they were in the same room, he probably wouldn't have said that. Besides, he was the president of the Huo Group, and it was highly unlikely that he would travel to his own company on behalf of Yuan Yi.

With these thoughts in mind, she was taken to the airport by a car sent by Huo Zhizhou.

She followed the crowd to get her ticket.

"Is everything arranged?" Huo Zhizhou, who had come to the airport with her car, asked from the back seat, his eyes unfathomable.

“It’s all arranged,” Assistant Jiang replied seriously from the passenger seat. “We’ve bought the seats next to Miss Jiang, so no one will crowd her.”

Huo Zhizhou glanced at him.

Assistant Jiang immediately understood: "You misspoke, it should be 'Madam'."

"Once we arrive, have the management there arrange a dinner for Yuan Yi and the other employees," Huo Zhizhou said calmly. "You can come up with the reason yourself."

Assistant Jiang: "Understood."

Huo Zhizhou hummed in agreement.

The driver restarted the car and drove towards the private plane.

Half an hour later, Jiang Ruan boarded the plane. Until it was almost time for takeoff, no one else boarded around her, so she didn't think much of it and just assumed that the tickets hadn't been sold out.

After getting off the plane, she met up with Xue Qian and the others, and they headed to the hotel together. When they arrived, they found out that the presidential suite was for the three of them to stay in together, and the living room was used for meetings after they finished studying and returned to the hotel.

"President Huo told us to gather downstairs." Xue Qian read the message aloud while looking at her phone.

Jiang Ruan: "?"

Jiang Ruan immediately took out her phone.

They then discovered that someone had created a temporary work group, which included Huo Zhizhou and Assistant Jiang, in addition to the group of people who were on business trips or training.

Half an hour later, the group arrived at the Haicheng branch of the Huo Group.

The Huo Group staff first showed them around the environment, then told them about the work and learning content for the next few days, and finally informed them: "Let's have dinner together tonight."

Everyone in Yuan Yi was stunned for a moment.

It's normal for business partners to eat together, but why are these people who are here to learn also eating?

"The restaurant reservation has been made," said the manager of the game division of the Huo Group. "Once we're done, someone will take you there. Please be on time, Mr. Huo will be there too."

“Okay.” Yuan Yi’s people all nodded.

After the manager finished explaining the situation, he didn't bother with them anymore.

People who originally wanted to understand things started gossiping.

"Is President Huo representing Yuan Yi or the Huo Group this time?"

"Am I the only one who thinks this meal is weird? Who goes on a business trip or training trip and eats with their boss?"

"Jiang Ruan, do you know what happened?"

All eyes were on her.

Jiang Ruan remained calm, showing little emotional fluctuation: "I don't know."

No sooner had she finished speaking than the manager, who had turned back, appeared before her, his expression and tone much more polite than before: "Ms. Jiang, Mr. Huo wants you to go to the president's office on the eighth floor. He says he needs to speak with you."

"Did they say what it was about?" Jiang Ruan didn't want to go.

People have already started discussing her relationship with Huo Zhizhou. If they have more private contact, it's hard to guarantee that they won't suspect something else.

But she had no choice but to go; how could an ordinary worker dare to refuse her boss?

"No." The manager was extremely kind to her.

“You’ll find out when you get there,” Xue Qian said, not giving the others a chance to gossip. “Maybe they want you to keep an eye on us these next few days, since the director and Sister Bai Jian aren’t here.”

"Okay." A hint of gratitude flashed in Jiang Ruan's eyes.

She went up to the eighth floor with the manager, who then escorted her to the president's office and left.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar door, she considered for a moment, then knocked twice. After receiving permission, she pushed the door open and entered, speaking in a very formal tone: "Mr. Huo, you wanted to see me?"

"There are no outsiders here, why be so formal?" Huo Zhizhou said in a gentle tone.

Jiang Ruan didn't respond.

I disagree with his statement.

"Come here." Huo Zhizhou put down what he was doing.

Jiang Ruan walked to his desk, about to ask what business it was, when Huo Zhizhou looked at her with his unfathomable eyes and asked, "Are you getting used to it?"

Jiang Ruan: "It's a habit."

Huo Zhizhou then asked, "Is there anything you want to say to me?"

Jiang Ruan looked at him with confusion, not understanding why he said that.

"After dinner, come back to the hotel and look for me in room 1901." Huo Zhizhou swallowed back what he wanted to say. "I have something to talk to you about."

"It's not suitable." Jiang Ruan indirectly refused.

"If you don't come, I'll come down and knock on the door to call you." Huo Zhizhou said this in the calmest tone, his dark eyes deep. "The choice is yours, you decide."

These words left Jiang Ruan completely at their mercy.

She couldn't get rid of him, nor could she refuse him without being affected.

"These are your work and study assignments for this week." Huo Zhizhou handed her a document. "Each person is assigned to a specific person in the Huo family. Take this document and distribute it to them."

Jiang Ruan didn't say a word, took it and left.

After distributing their respective tasks, she held her own and looked at it from the side, or rather, she was lost in thought while staring at it.

The only thing Huo Zhizhou talked to her about was divorce.

"What's wrong?" Xue Qian asked with concern when she saw that she was not in a good mood. "Did President Huo assign you some difficult work?"

"No." Jiang Ruan wasn't used to letting people know too much about her private affairs. "I was thinking about what to do about tonight's dinner party. There are people from the Huo Group there, so there's a high chance they'll be drinking."

She wasn't good at drinking, but she knew she couldn't avoid this situation tonight unless Huo Zhizhou deliberately went easy on her.

Whenever this happens, she blames herself. On one hand, she doesn't want to get involved with Huo Zhizhou, but on the other hand, she hopes that he can speak up and stop the brainless drinking culture.

"It's alright, I'll drink it for you." Xue Qian put her hand on her shoulder. "I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk."

Jiang Ruan was amused by her.

...

Time quickly passed and evening arrived.

Jiang Ruan and the others arrived at the restaurant before 5 p.m. As time passed, the technical experts from the Huo Group who had taught them arrived, followed by the senior executives from the game department.

Finally, Huo Zhizhou and his assistant Jiang made their grand entrance.

Upon seeing them arrive, everyone in the private room stood up to greet them.

This scene reminded Jiang Ruan of when she first joined Yuan Yi. She was also forced to drink by Huo Zhizhou at a dinner party. She got very drunk and eventually passed out.

tonight……

Will he pressure me?

What were his true intentions when he asked her to come to his room after the dinner?