Chapter 776 Brothers Meet

Chapter 776 Brothers Meet

Thinking about all this, she quickened her pace as she walked out of the airport.

Fortunately, Lin Ling is alright.

Fortunately, this time they were just trying to scam money.

"What a coincidence." A slow, deliberate male voice suddenly rang out from behind.

Lin Tan froze.

Even without seeing the person, she knew it was Huo Sinian speaking.

Having spent so many days together, she knew his voice and tone all too well.

"Just got off the plane?" Huo Sinian walked up to her, his gaze landing on her face without any attempt to hide it.

Lin Tan ignored him.

Let's go straight ahead.

"Miss Lin, are you so cold to the person who helped you?" Huo Sinian walked beside her, his unhurried tone sending a chill down one's spine. "Or is this attitude only directed at me?"

A simple sentence made Lin Tan stop in her tracks.

Perhaps it was a deep-seated fear of Huo Sinian.

Or perhaps they're afraid he'll resort to some other trick.

She finally met his gaze and responded to his words: "I already thanked you last time. If Mr. Huo feels that the apology is not enough, then don't help someone like me who has no gratitude next time."

"Speaking so bluntly, that's not like you at all." Huo Sinian's eyes behind his glasses fell on her.

Lin Tan pursed her lips.

Thinking back to the past, I remember how I had been so tolerant and submissive towards him, afraid of his methods. Back then, I was indeed very "docile," never talking back or losing my temper.

"You speak as if you know me very well." She composed herself, her expression distant and polite. "If I remember correctly, this is the second time we've met."

Huo Sinian smiled slightly: "This is the second time we've met."

Lin Tan's tense heart relaxed slightly.

It seems I'm not going to cause her any trouble.

"I've only heard some things about Miss Lin during these two months back in Jingzhou," Huo Sinian said, whether intentionally or unintentionally, "and I'm quite curious about Miss Lin."

Lin Tan looked up at him.

Huo Sinian calmly met her gaze.

It took about ten seconds.

Lin Tan's heart, which had finally relaxed, tightened again.

She didn't know what Huo Sinian was up to, nor could she see through his refined exterior to his hidden thoughts, but she knew that being targeted by him wouldn't be a good thing.

He said he had heard about her deeds.

Are you trying to cause her trouble?

Or something else?

"How did you manage to get a scholarship every year for four years of university?" Huo Sinian asked, speaking in a normal tone, as she was extremely tense. "Scholarships at Peking University are not easy to get."

Lin Tan: "?"

Lin Tan felt that the person in front of her was becoming increasingly unfathomable.

I simply can't understand his thinking.

"Hmm?" Huo Sinian's voice rose at the end.

"It's nothing, just focus on your studies." Lin Tan's tone was calm, as if she were genuinely answering his question.

Huo Sinian nodded knowingly.

He didn't leave, and Lin Tan didn't dare to move either.

Although this is an airport, there aren't many people around right now. If he were in a bad mood and wanted to get revenge for what happened back then, he could tie her up, take her back, and chop her into eight pieces, leaving her nowhere to cry for help.

“I’ve learned something,” Huo Sinian said, then changed the subject, “Are you going back to your place or to the company? I happen to be going that way, I can give you a ride.”

"No need," Lin Tan said. "I'm going to my friend's house."

Huo Sinian: "Where is Jiang Ruan?"

Lin Tan: "No."

Huo Sinian: "Qin Mo?"

Lin Tan: "No."

Huo Sinian: "Who is that? I'm very curious who has the honor of being friends with Miss Lin."

Lin Tan: "..."

Lin Tan met his eyes and said as before, "King Yan, does President Huo want to come along?"

Huo Sinian: "Okay."

Lin Tan, seemingly resigned to his fate, remained remarkably calm: "Let's go. Just turn two corners after exiting the airport, jump off the bridge, and we'll be there."

Huo Sinian: "Lead the way."

Lin Tan decisively walked forward.

She didn't believe Huo Sinian would dare to jump.

Huo Sinian followed closely behind.

"Boss." Secretary Ye, who had been standing silently to the side, hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice, "The place Miss Lin Tan mentioned is Jiang."

Huo Sinian pushed up his glasses: "I know."

Secretary Ye: "..."

Huo Sinian followed behind Lin Tan, watching her quick steps forward: "It's rare that she wants to be a couple with me. There aren't many people in this life who are willing to die together for love."

Lin Tan: "?"

Lin Tan continued walking forward.

I increasingly feel that Huo Sinian is a lunatic.

Is it because they feel they can't control her using the old methods and want to change their approach?

Thinking about how terrifying the person behind him was, Lin Tan's palms were sweating.

If she changed her mind now and said she wanted to go somewhere else, Huo Sinian would definitely make her ride in his car. If she didn't, she would face unknown dangers and methods. While thinking about all this, she sent a message to Jiang Ruan.

In the entire city of Haicheng, the only people she knew were Qin Mo and Jiang Ruan.

Since she had already agreed with Madam Yu that she wouldn't have any romantic entanglements with Qin Mo, she should avoid troubling him with such matters.

Jiang Ruan was busy in her study, avoiding Huo Zhizhou, when she received the message.

I saw her reply instantly: 【Coming right away.】

Lin Tan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Huo Sinian noticed this subtle movement through the rise and fall of her shoulders: "Miss Lin, are you planning to lead me there?"

Lin Tan: "If Mr. Huo thinks it's too far, he doesn't have to go."

Huo Sinian: "I can walk with you even further, let alone these short two kilometers."

Lin Tan: "?"

Lin Tan's heart was pounding. She had encountered Huo Sinian like this before. In the past, every time he said such things, it was because he was unhappy with some behavior of hers, and he deliberately used such words to put her down.

And now? Is it also a crackdown?

But didn't he say this was the second time they had met?

For the next twenty minutes, Lin Tan walked with great difficulty, her palms covered in cold sweat.

When she reached the bridge, she even slowed down her pace.

"From which position can you jump to see your friend?" Huo Sinian's voice rang out.

Lin Tan: "It's just ahead."

The words had barely left his mouth.

Jiang Ruan's voice rang out.

"Lin Tan".

Lin Tan subconsciously turned around to look at the source of the sound, and saw Jiang Ruan and Huo Zhizhou getting out of the car and walking towards them. At that moment, her tense mind completely relaxed, and she felt a sense of relief: "Jiang Ruan."

Jiang Ruan strode over, glanced at Huo Sinian, and walked to Lin Tan's side.

Before she could say anything more.

Huo Sinian greeted her first: "Director Jiang."

Jiang Ruan responded politely, "President Huo."

Huo Sinian glanced at Huo Zhizhou, who was calm and composed beside him, and a slight smile appeared in his eyes behind his glasses: "Compared to President Huo, I still find it more pleasing to the ear to my elder brother."

“My mother only gave birth to me.” Jiang Ruan’s current status means she no longer needs to be polite to Huo Sinian. “If Mr. Huo wants to be my older brother, he can go and get in line to be reincarnated and see if he gets a chance in his next life.”

"It seems Zhizhou hasn't been officially promoted yet." Huo Sinian wasn't angry.

"Are you so free because the Huo Group is too stable?" Huo Zhizhou, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up. After two or three months of proper diet and mental adjustment, he was no longer as thin as before.

Huo Sinian looked at him, his eyes conveying: I'm helping you.

Huo Zhizhou: No need.

Huo Sinian pushed up his glasses: "We should have made it real back then, and let you actually meet Lin Tan's friends."

Lin Tan: "?"

Jiang Ruan: "?"

Huo Zhizhou: "?"

The three of them looked completely bewildered.