When it came to her specialty, Ye Huohuo was like an old scholar, always needing to argue for right and wrong when opinions differed.
Li Mohan let out a cold laugh. "I've seen many situations like this before. Instead of focusing on how to do business well, they spend all their time thinking about crooked ways, always hoping that by burning incense and worshipping Buddha they can achieve success without effort.
Waiting for pie to fall from the sky and hit them in the mouth. I don't want my brother, or our Li family, to have someone like that."
After speaking, he looked up at Li Moyan, who was standing nearby. "Focus your mind on the right things, and think carefully about how to make your movie. Don't think about useless things all day."
Ye Huohuo became angry seeing Li Mohan's attitude. She had clearly intended to help Li Moyan out of good intentions, thinking it was a Li family matter, but she never expected her kindness to be misinterpreted like this.
"You think I'm being unreasonable? Fine, then let's make a bet. If I can resolve Li Moyan's situation, you'll have to..." Ye Huohuo trailed off halfway through her sentence.
Li Mohan raised his eyebrows, looking at her. Never before had a young girl dared to challenge him. "What will I have to do? Just say it!"
Ye Huohuo bit her lip for a long time, finally managing to blurt out, "You'll have to sleep in the same bed as me!"
"Pfft!" Li Moyan, who was drinking water at the time, was still quite thirsty after sweating a lot during their earlier scuffle.
But he never expected to be stunned by Ye Huohuo's words as soon as he unscrewed the bottle and took a sip. "What did you say? Sleep in the same bed as my brother?"
It was well-known that Li Mohan had severe mysophobia and no woman had ever been allowed into his bed. Even as children, the three brothers sometimes slept in the same bed, but Li Mohan always slept alone.
Their mother had even worried at the time whether Li Mohan's personality would affect his future in finding a wife and having grandchildren!
Now... this was too explosive!
Li Mohan also hadn't expected Ye Huohuo to suddenly blurt out something like that. He was stunned for a moment. His already dark expression turned even darker. He opened his mouth to say something, but looking at Ye Huohuo's innocent face, he found himself unable to speak and swallowed the words back.
After a long pause, he said in a muffled voice, "Alright, if you can do it. But if you fail, I'll punish you by confining you to the house for a week, how about that?"
Although Li Mohan couldn't tell fortunes, he had been in the business world for so many years and had seen countless people. He could tell at a glance that Ye Huohuo was the type of girl who couldn't stay idle.
For people with such a personality, the best punishment was to forbid them from doing anything and confine them to their homes, not allowing them to step outside.
As expected, Ye Huohuo pouted when she heard this, then she looked at Li Moyan.
Li Moyan thought she was asking for his help and shrugged, indicating that he was powerless to assist.
In the Li family, Li Mohan was the absolute authority; only Grandpa Li could rein in this eldest grandson.
However, Li Moyan guessed wrong. Ye Huohuo wasn't looking at him for help, but rather observing his fortune. Seeing the dark energy between his brows grow heavier, she couldn't help but frown.
"Li Moyan, you'd better have your subordinates stop all their work right now. I'm afraid it will be too late if something truly serious happens."
Li Moyan felt an inexplicable unease seeing Ye Huohuo's suddenly serious expression.
After a moment's thought, he eventually followed her advice and called his assistant, asking him to notify everyone to take a break and that work would resume upon his notification.
At this moment, their car happened to pass by a wide-open street park.
It was already late at night. There was no one in the park anymore. After midnight, to save energy, the park's streetlights were extinguished. Only the lingering light from the streetlights along the road could illuminate the outer areas.
The deeper parts of the park were pitch black, appearing from a distance like a giant beast with its mouth wide open, waiting for prey to deliver itself.
"Stop the car, I have something to do!" Ye Huohuo's eyes twitched upon seeing the park, and she quickly told the driver to stop.
The driver glanced at Li Mohan in the rearview mirror. Clearly, in this car, he only obeyed the boss's orders.
Li Mohan looked at Ye Huohuo. Seeing her anxious expression, as if she truly had something important to do, he frowned slightly but ultimately compromised.
He didn't know how many times he, who never easily compromised with others, had compromised for this little girl since meeting her.
Was this the price of marrying her?
Did he always inexplicably obey her? Li Mohan felt a surge of annoyance. He disliked this feeling of being out of control.
As soon as the car stopped, Ye Huohuo grabbed her large, worn bag, opened the door, and ran into the park.
Li Moyan was startled. "Brother, are you just going to let her go by herself? It's so dark. Why don't we follow and see what she's up to, pretending to be mysterious?"
Li Mohan glanced at him and, for the first time, felt that Li Moyan had hit the nail on the head.
Although he didn't say anything verbally, his actions betrayed him. He also got out of the car, and he and Li Moyan followed, one after the other, in the direction Ye Huohuo had run.
Ye Huohuo was unaware that Li Mohan and the others were following. She was just focused on the time; she did indeed have an urgent matter.
She had been so preoccupied with observing Li Moyan's fortune that she had forgotten the most important thing. Now, with the hour of Zi approaching, time was running out.
She arrived at the deepest part of the park, surrounded by trees. Although they weren't towering ancient trees, they were densely foliated, blocking most of the starlight and moonlight.
This place felt much more eerie than the surroundings, and a chill ran down one's spine upon entering.
Ye Huohuo had no time to think about this. As soon as she entered the woods, she took out a small bottle from her bag.
She threw her bag onto the grass, found a spot where a little moonlight could filter through, and held the bottle up higher, letting it reflect in the moonlight.
Then, she drew a talisman in the air with her right index finger, her fingertip seeming to carry the moonlight as she drew lines in the air.
Gradually, the lines converged, forming a complex-looking talisman.
Ye Huohuo muttered incantations, and the talisman's light intensified with her chanting.
It also rose higher and higher into the air. The talisman looked almost blinding in the surrounding darkness.
Seeing the talisman complete, Ye Huohuo moved out of the beam of moonlight and into the shadows before unscrewing the cap of the small bottle.
The dozen or so points of light that had been inside slowly flew out.
They seemed timid, initially not daring to fly too far, circling the bottle. Finally, Ye Huohuo waved her hand, and they slowly flew to the spot beneath the glowing talisman.
As if sensing their arrival, the talisman's light flared, enveloping them. Under the illumination, the points of light gained vitality and began to leap about.
The talisman, meanwhile, slowly dimmed, as if it were about to disappear along with the points of light.
But at this moment, Ye Huohuo suddenly noticed that there was still a small point of light left in the bottle.
It was like a timid child, while other classmates had gone out to play after class, it remained hidden in a corner of the classroom, afraid to come out.
This made Ye Huohuo anxious. The talisman's light was about to vanish. If this point of light couldn't quickly reach it, it might never be able to return to its body.