She broke free from him and turned to unlock the door, intending to leave the room.
But Huangfu Shaohua didn't know how to express his feelings at the moment, nor how to win her back.
He still wanted to grab her and say, "You can have any compensation you want, a house, a car, or anything else, as long as I can do it..."
"What do you take me for?" Daisy looked at him with surprise. "You think you can condescend to pity me."
"I didn't mean that. I just don't know how to make it up to you, to make you happy and forget the unpleasantness," Huangfu Shaohua tried to explain.
Daisy stared at him with deep eyes, a wry smile on her lips. "I want you to give up everything here, leave Lancheng, and elope with me. You can do that, but are you willing?"
Huangfu Shaohua avoided her gaze, no longer meeting her eyes. "Why must you leave? If you don't leave, we can still be together again."
"Be together again? Remarry?" Daisy asked.
Huangfu Shaohua sidestepped her question and said, "I'll buy you a house. You won't have to work so hard. We'll be like before, and I'll support you for the rest of your life."
Daisy was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed. "In fact, you've already made a choice between me and your status. Don't talk about winning me back anymore..."
"Our feelings and my family background don't conflict. Why must I choose? We can be together and still enjoy the benefits of my family background."
"You mean being together means being together secretly from now on, making me a woman who can't see the light of day!" Daisy pushed him away directly, then turned to open the door, feeling utterly heartbroken by him.
Huangfu Shaohua couldn't understand why she couldn't accept this win-win solution. Didn't she love him very much? Wouldn't she make even a small sacrifice or compromise for him?
He frowned unhappily, embraced her, and tried to force a kiss. "What if I have to have you back?"
Daisy felt he was being unreasonable. In her struggle, she opened the door and was about to punch him to get away.
She found two people standing at the doorway, staring at them intently.
And they looked like a couple embracing and flirting.
As she broke free from Huangfu Shaohua, he also let go of her and looked at Wu Xiufang, asking, "Mom, why are you here?"
"Manager Wang, he and I have nothing. I'm just following your orders to protect him," Daisy said, ignoring Wu Xiufang and explaining to the head of the security company.
Wu Xiufang said angrily, "I paid a lot of money to hire you to protect my son, but the bodyguard you sent did something like this. How can I trust your company!"
"Mrs. Huangfu, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding," Manager Wang of the security company said obsequiously. "We did receive a call from your son, and that's why I sent her to protect him..."
"You still dare to argue? The facts were right in front of you. You saw how she was seducing my son. This kind of bodyguard must be fired. Give me an explanation!" Wu Xiufang glanced at Daisy with disgust.
Huangfu Shaohua came back to his senses and said to Wu Xiufang, "Mom, this has nothing to do with Daisy. I asked her to stay in the room for close protection."
Wu Xiufang said with concern, "Why are you still protecting her? She's trying every means to pester you! If it weren't for her, you wouldn't have had so many accidents?"
"They were all minor accidents. I'm fine." Huangfu Shaohua understood. His mother must have known that Daisy was one of the four bodyguards protecting him and deliberately brought the security company manager to the hotel room, intending to get Daisy fired.
Wu Xiufang said angrily, "You say you're fine. You hurt your hand last time, and your head this time. It's getting worse each time. As your bodyguard, she didn't protect you well and, ignoring your head injury, wanted to... wanted to..."
She couldn't finish and turned to Manager Wang, saying, "If your company doesn't handle this matter seriously, you won't get any more business from me."
"Yes, yes, we will handle it seriously," Manager Wang said, looking at Daisy. "Look at what you've done. Go back to the company."
Daisy knew that any explanation would be useless. Wu Xiufang's arrival with Manager Wang seemed like catching them red-handed. The company had its rules, and Wu Xiufang's direct pressure was immense.
She knew she would lose her job and didn't want to face Manager Wang's displeasure any longer. She said defiantly, "No need for the company to fire me. I quit."
With that, she walked past Wu Xiufang and Manager Wang and took the elevator away with a flourish.
Huangfu Shaohua wanted to chase after her, but Wu Xiufang stopped him, saying, "If you go to that woman again, you'll only bring her great harm. Being together is just hurting each other."
Hearing this, Huangfu Shaohua froze.
He had asked her to come tonight, intending to reconcile with her and make amends.
He wanted to tell her that they could still be together in another way, but he hadn't expected to cause her to lose her job.
He clenched his fists tightly, knowing that chasing after her would be futile.
Seeing that he was no longer impulsive, Wu Xiufang thought of Daisy's audacity and snorted coldly. She said to Manager Wang, "Tomorrow, send me a replacement. No more female bodyguards."
"Yes, understood."
...
On the way back from the hotel, Huangfu Shaohua and Wu Xiufang were in the same car.
Although he had guessed most of it, he still asked, "How did you know I was at this hotel? Did you have someone following me?"
"Don't forget who hired the bodyguards for you," Wu Xiufang said. "The security company sent me the profiles of the bodyguards assigned to you long ago. When I saw that woman's name, I knew nothing good would come of it."
"Since you didn't like her, why didn't you have her replaced directly when you saw her profile?" Huangfu Shaohua questioned. "You let her protect me for a day, making me think you knew nothing, and I was a fool asking you for the security company's number."
Wu Xiufang said lightly, "Even if I set her up, if her behavior was proper, she wouldn't have been caught by us. She deserves it."
"Mom, you're too terrifying," Huangfu Shaohua said with a cold face, unwilling to speak to her further.
He felt like a pawn firmly held in his mother's hand. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't escape her grasp.
Even if Daisy agreed to be with him secretly, his mother would find out.
If he wanted to win Daisy back, he had to become stronger, truly in charge at home and in the group, to protect Daisy.
Seeing his sullen face and silence, Wu Xiufang seized the opportunity to lecture him. "You're annoyed that your thoughts can't escape my eyes, but have you ever thought that the world is full of deception? You were too well protected before and didn't have to face these things yourself. Now you are the future heir of the Huangfu family. If you can't even see through my little tricks, how can you stand on your own?"