Ye Huohuo rushed to the Li Group building in a whirlwind.
After yesterday's commotion, almost all the employees of the Li Group building recognized Ye Huohuo.
As she walked, all sorts of gazes fell upon her.
There was admiration, jealousy, gratitude, and disgust.
Ye Huohuo pretended not to see any of them. She had seen all kinds of looks since childhood and had long developed an automatic shielding function.
However, upon seeing the person lounging carelessly on the sofa in Li Mohan's office, she couldn't help but frown.
On the black leather sofa, a man dressed in a light gray haute couture suit sat in an exaggerated sprawled position. His hair was meticulously styled, standing straight up on his head, giving him an arrogant and smug appearance.
His face, comparable to a celebrity's, always wore an expression that invited a punch. His eyebrows were slightly raised, and from a distance, one could smell a distinct cologne.
The moment Ye Huohuo saw this person, her knees turned to jelly, and her feet instinctively wanted to flee.
But as soon as the man saw her, he beckoned her over, "Come here quickly. It's been so long, let your second senior brother have a good look at you, see how much you've grown!"
As Qin Chu spoke, his eyes fixated on Ye Huohuo's chest, and he clicked his tongue twice. "I keep telling you to drink more breast-enhancing soup. Look at you, how will you ever get married? Who likes a flat-chested girl like you?!"
Ye Huohuo's face instantly flushed red. Her eyes involuntarily glanced at Li Mohan behind the boss's desk. Seeing the anger, and a hint of coldness, in Li Mohan's gaze towards Qin Chu.
She quickly tried to smooth things over, "Second senior brother, you really haven't changed. I think the one who can't find a partner is you, you're so promiscuous, what girl would dare marry you!"
"It's okay, when we're old and neither of us has a partner, we can just pair up, that wouldn't be bad either!" Qin Chu, as if not noticing the cold aura radiating from Li Mohan, continued speaking obliviously.
"Mr. Qin, Ye Huohuo is already married, and her husband happens to be me! I think she's just perfect!" Li Mohan's chilling voice cut through the air.
Ye Huohuo felt her face was about to turn into a monkey's backside. How could any girl be discussing the size of her chest with two men first thing in the morning.
Meeting Li Mohan's sister, Li Moyan, earlier was one trial, and encountering these two now, was it the second trial? This kind of trial didn't cost one's life, but it cost one's face!
Qin Chu seemed to notice him only then. Although he was in his office, it felt as if it were his own territory. "Ah, yes, I forgot. Huohuo, you and he have to be a fake couple for a year! You only met..." He deliberately emphasized the word "fake," counting on his fingers, "Two days? I've been with Huohuo for over ten years!"
Qin Chu's demeanor was that of someone who loved to stir up trouble, and his words were a blatant provocation.
Li Mohan's expression darkened further, "Although we've only known each other for two days, she is my rightful wife, and last night..."
"Ah, right, Second Senior Brother, aren't you tired from traveling all night? Let me take you to eat something delicious. I have plenty of money now! Let's order two bowls of soy milk, drink one and pour one out for you..." Ye Huohuo interrupted Li Mohan and pulled Qin Chu towards the exit.
If he continued speaking, what happened last night would be revealed. If this foul-mouthed, even fouler-thinking second senior brother found out, it would be as good as the entire Xuanmen knowing about it! Her reputation as Ye Huohuo would be ruined.
But she didn't notice that after she interrupted Li Mohan, his face turned as dark as a thundercloud, and he snapped the pen in his hand with a "crack."
"Second Senior Brother, why did you come without calling me first, and just barge into Li Mohan's office?!" Ye Huohuo led Qin Chu to the top floor of the Li Group building.
Although she had broken the Five Ghosts Carrying Wealth formation yesterday, she was still uneasy and came to check.
The five little ghosts were still standing upside down on the rooftop. After a night, a layer of green patina had formed on the originally new copper.
Qin Chu dipped a finger in some of the patina. "It seems the other party has already realized that you reversed the Five Ghosts Carrying Wealth formation. The wealth they took has been brought back. However, that person is indeed a master, even thinking of a way to make it look old to cut off the wealth path. What kind of person has the Li family offended?"
Ye Huohuo sighed and recounted her experiences of the past two days. She only picked out the key points and explained them simply, but Qin Chu's brows were already furrowed.
His previous frivolous, rich-kid demeanor vanished instantly. When Qin Chu was serious and focused, his eyes were bright and incredibly handsome.
He looked at the ominous painting Ye Huohuo took out, and even in the bright sunlight, it exuded a chilling coldness.
"This painting is indeed problematic. You used it twice before without any issues, only encountering trouble when you met that Lihua. It seems the person who set up this arrangement did something to Lihua that corresponds with this painting."
Ye Huohuo nodded, "I thought so too. And yesterday, there was also a master of shadow control. If our eldest senior brother hadn't appeared in time, I'm afraid I would have been completely annihilated by now."
"You still have the nerve to say that? Aren't you always cautious about your life? Why did you suddenly become so impulsive yesterday?" Qin Chu lowered his gaze to look at Ye Huohuo. Although he liked to tease this junior sister, he was the most doting towards Ye Huohuo among all their fellow disciples.
Qin Chu was originally a rich second-generation heir. His ability to study Daoist arts at Shouyang Mountain Wuji Temple was purely out of hobby. What he didn't expect was that he was also a genius in learning Daoist arts, feeling that he hadn't put in much effort yet had achieved quite a lot.
Especially after the eldest senior brother was harmed and his soul could only be housed in a myna bird, he was forced to become the pillar of their generation of disciples. And the one he worried about the most was this junior sister, whose fate... was hard to describe.
Ye Huohuo scratched her head. "Second Senior Brother, yesterday I was just... impulsive! Don't dwell on this anymore!"
Qin Chu gave her a sideways glance. "You think I can't see it? You've developed feelings for that person surnamed Li, haven't you? Have you forgotten what Master said? For you, he is both your salvation and your downfall! Becoming his wife was a necessary act to borrow luck, but once you are deeply entangled in love, it will become your love tribulation. Who knows what fortune or misfortune will befall you then!"
Ye Huohuo's lips pressed tightly together, and she nodded, "I remember, I have a sense of proportion."
Qin Chu's gaze towards Ye Huohuo deepened. "It's a pity that it's him who can lend you luck, if only..."
He trailed off, looked up at the white clouds in the sky, and let out a soft sigh.
"Hmm? What were you saying, Second Senior Brother?"
Ye Huohuo blinked her big eyes at Qin Chu beside her, like a primary school student bursting with curiosity.
Qin Chu raised his hand to cover her eyes, saying irritably, "Nothing, let's think about how to deal with this painting! And how to find out the mastermind behind this. If he is indeed related to Six Fingers Nirvana, then things will get troublesome. No one in the entire Xuanmen knows how strong that guy really is. If things go wrong, even Master might not be his match when he returns."
"Second Senior Brother, if it is really related to that person, I won't implicate the sect." Thinking of the sect that was destroyed a few years ago, Ye Huohuo suddenly became a little nervous.
Although that sect was somewhat inferior to Wuji Temple, they had more people, over thirty individuals, while Wuji Temple, apart from their Master, only had five disciples. The eldest senior brother had turned into a bird.
Ye Huohuo was the youngest. Besides Qin Chu, there was a third senior sister and a fourth senior brother. The third senior sister was a complete wanderer, no one knew where she was roaming, even more unreliable than this second senior brother. As for the fourth senior brother, he had a homebody disposition. Only he stayed at the temple all day, guarding the temple gate and cleaning.
As for Ye Huohuo, she was reluctantly sent into the mortal world for training, mainly to accumulate merit and counteract her unlucky fate of having a barrier-deflecting golden fish.
Qin Chu patted her shoulder and suddenly smiled. "Don't worry, if that day truly comes, we'll abandon you!"
"Ah?" Ye Huohuo didn't expect Qin Chu to be so unceremonious. Before she could close her mouth, Qin Chu shoved something into it, which was both astringent and bitter.
She opened her mouth to spit it out, but Qin Chu grabbed her mouth, lifted her chin, and forced her to swallow the thing.
"What are you two doing?" Li Mohan's voice, capable of freezing someone to death, sounded right behind them!