Ye Huohuo and the others returned to Li Mohan's office. Not much time had passed since they left, but she felt as though several days had dragged by.
On the day she met Li Mohan, so many things had happened, each meticulously planned by her opponents, leaving her overwhelmed and exhausted. Her heart felt heavy.
But the matter wasn't over; in fact, it felt like it was just beginning.
"Mr. Li, ask Mina to bring those two people up!" Ye Huohuo said to Li Mohan.
Li Mohan looked at her, silent for a moment, then raised his hand and placed it on her head. "Now that everyone knows you're my girlfriend, shouldn't you change how you address me?"
Ye Huohuo blinked. "Change how I address you? Li Mohan?"
"That's too distant!"
"Then, Mo... Mohan?" For some reason, just saying his name made Ye Huohuo's face feel warm.
Li Mohan looked at her slightly flushed cheeks, his eyes filled with tenderness. He realized how easily she blushed, just at the mention of his name. Suddenly, this little girl seemed increasingly interesting!
"Let's stick with that for now!" Li Mohan didn't deny it.
A moment later, Mina and two security guards escorted two women in.
These were the same two women who had falsely accused Ye Huohuo in the seventh-floor conference room earlier.
They weren't company employees but had managed to blend in with them. At a critical moment, they had spoken out to attack Ye Huohuo. If Li Mohan's words hadn't timely awakened her from her mental fog, she might have been truly lost in delusion at that moment.
These two individuals must have been deliberately sent. That's why Ye Huohuo had asked Mina to keep a close eye on them. She had forgotten about them until now, and now she wanted to see who was pulling the strings behind them.
Although she felt it was unlikely to extract any useful clues from these two with their mastermind's intellect, even the wisest can make mistakes. She still wanted to try.
The two women were brought into Li Mohan's office, with two security guards behind them. Mina escorted them in, glanced at Ye Huohuo, and then hurried away. Her excuse was that the seventh floor was being renovated and she needed to supervise.
However, Ye Huohuo sensed something was amiss. Mina was usually a reserved and composed person, but now she seemed eager to escape. Moreover, renovations on the seventh floor were naturally the responsibility of the seventh-floor supervisor; there was no need for the CEO's secretary to be involved.
Ye Huohuo might have lacked experience in romance, but she wasn't foolish. She was a woman, and she could guess Mina's current feelings.
Watching Mina retreat, Ye Huohuo felt an urge to chase after her.
She wanted to tell Mina that what she saw wasn't real, that her marriage with Li Mohan was merely nominal, and they weren't even boyfriend and girlfriend. Everything was just for borrowing luck.
Ye Huohuo could see that Li Mohan had someone in his heart. She had secretly calculated it and found that the person in his heart was no longer alive. She had also observed the women around him, and indeed, Mina was the most reliable.
Unlike those rich second-generation heiresses, who had money but lacked real ability and couldn't help Li Mohan in his career, they also had unpleasant personalities.
But Mina possessed none of these flaws. She had been Li Mohan's secretary for ten years. Considering Li Mohan's stringent requirements for work, Mina must be highly capable and trustworthy.
Furthermore, she knew that Li Mohan had once played matchmaker for her, introducing her to someone. This was incredibly rare in his life, indicating that Li Mohan treated Mina differently from others.
Ye Huohuo always felt she was just a passerby in Li Mohan's life, a scenic view on his journey. Given her situation, she was neither worthy nor able to accompany him all the way.
She didn't want to be so selfish as to let him miss out on a good marriage because of helping her for this year.
Seeing Mina previously jealous of her, and now leaving as if fleeing, clearly indicated she considered Ye Huohuo Li Mohan's genuine girlfriend.
She was afraid she would truly cause Li Mohan to miss his destined marriage.
With this thought, she immediately stood up, intending to chase after Mina.
"Ye Huohuo, where are you going?!" Li Mohan called out to her.
Ye Huohuo turned back stiffly. "No, I just need to use the restroom!" she said, inching towards the door.
"No, you asked for the people you wanted, and now you want to run off!" Li Mohan's tone was incredibly domineering.
"No, I just need to use the restroom, I'll be right back!" Ye Huohuo still tried to leave.
Li Mohan pointed to a small door on the side. "Go in there, there's a restroom in my office!"
Ye Huohuo looked at the door, her expression hesitant. "Well, I have an upset stomach, it's more convenient to go outside!"
With that, she tried to run again, but Li Mohan grabbed her by the collar and pulled her towards the small door. "I don't mind!"
He raised his eyebrows and whispered almost in her ear, "Don't think I don't know what you're planning to do! My business is none of your concern!"
Ye Huohuo's eyes widened. "You..."
But seeing the people around, she bit her lip and didn't finish her sentence.
Inwardly, she grumbled, did this guy have mind-reading abilities? How did he know she was planning to go find Mina?
She stared intently into Li Mohan's eyes, and Li Mohan opened the bathroom door and went in with her, closing it behind him.
Xiao Lingzi outside looked utterly bewildered. "What's going on? Does your CEO have a habit of going into the restroom with women?!"
He directed this question to the two security guards outside, but they were even more surprised. Everyone in the company knew the CEO was a germaphobe. Not only would he not enter a restroom with a woman, but he wouldn't even allow others into his restroom.
This...
Suddenly, he remembered that back in the monitoring room, Li Mohan had asked them to retrieve the surveillance footage from outside the seventh-floor women's restroom.
The two exchanged glances, their apprehension clearly visible on their faces. Would their jobs be short-lived? Knowing their boss's biggest secret, wouldn't they be fired soon?!
Equally tense was Ye Huohuo inside the restroom. The restroom wasn't cramped; to her surprise, it was quite spacious, even equipped with a shower, much like a five-star hotel bathroom.
"Well, Mr. Li, we're not so close that we need to use the restroom together, are we!"
As she spoke, she backed away, her back soon pressed against the cold tiles.
Her large, dark eyes darted around, showing a rare flicker of panic.
Li Mohan, however, leaned against the wall with his hands, his arms trapping her between himself and the wall.
"I want to warn you not to do anything unnecessary. Who I like and who I want to be with, even my family can't control, and you certainly have no right!" As he spoke, he pinched her chin with his fingers, lifting her face to look at him. "Do you understand?"
His eyes were chilling.
He had seen through Ye Huohuo's intention to leave at a glance. This little girl actually wanted to meddle in his affairs, touching his bottom line. He had to make her realize that some boundaries were not to be crossed.
Mina wasn't bad, but he didn't like her. His heart belonged to only one person, and it would always be only one. He had intended to use Ye Huohuo to make Mina give up this time, and he was happy to see it happen. Unexpectedly, this little girl in front of him wanted to intervene to save the situation?
He was very angry. Angry that she was interfering in his affairs, and also... seeing her trying to push him toward someone else, he was furious. He had always been the one to arrange things for others; he never expected this little girl to try and arrange things for him!
Ye Huohuo was pushed into a corner by Li Mohan's sudden anger. She couldn't understand why she was so afraid of him. In terms of combat, she didn't think she would lose to a pampered CEO who lived a life of luxury.
Although his physique was indeed well-maintained, she had undergone specialized training.
In terms of status, while he was high and mighty, he was a man of wealth in the mortal world. For a cultivator like herself, money – sometimes – was indeed quite important.
However, it wasn't enough to make her fear him.
So why was she afraid of him? She didn't know herself.
But the moment she saw him, she felt like a mouse meeting a cat, instantly panicking, unable to even run.
"U-understood. I just thought Mina was quite suitable for you, and I didn't want her to have any further misunderstandings because of me. If she were to marry someone else during this year, it would likely be your loss, so I wanted to... mmm..."
Before she could finish her sentence, her lips were sealed...