Chapter 63: A Chance Encounter with Wen Kening

Huo Beihan smiled helplessly and patted her exaggerated wig. "Let's change locations, I'll treat you to dinner."

Su Mian smiled and nodded. Ever since yesterday, she had been worrying endlessly over Huo Beihan's affairs. Today, she definitely needed a hearty meal to make up for the vitality she had lost over the past few days.

As the two of them reached the restaurant entrance, Su Mian became unsteady on her feet due to low blood sugar and almost bumped into someone, but fortunately, Huo Beihan caught her in time.

When Su Mian turned back to apologize, she saw it was Lin Qingqing. Upholding the principle that more trouble is worse than less trouble, she only nodded slightly in apology, terrified that her voice would give away her identity.

As Lin Qingqing brushed past Su Mian, she also felt a sense of familiarity, but she only cast a quick, furtive glance.

During the meal, Huo Beihan received a call from Elder Huo.

He should have known that he was going on a blind date today; why would he call him at this exact moment?

The moment the call connected, Elder Huo's thunderous voice blasted through the receiver: "Huo Beihan, you've got some nerve! You took a girlfriend outside without even telling the family. What else is there that I don't know about?"

Huo Beihan felt a throbbing between his brows. Without even needing to think, he knew that the woman from the blind date had gone back and filed a complaint.

Glancing at Su Mian, who was buried in her meal across the table, Huo Beihan lied smoothly without a blush or a skipped heartbeat, "Grandpa, I haven't been with that woman for long, and besides, we've already broken up. There was no need to inform the family. Is there anything else?"

When Su Mian heard the word "Grandpa," the food in front of her suddenly lost its appeal.

The old man calling now was definitely going to chew Huo Beihan out.

She broke out in a cold sweat, thankful that the old man didn't know it was her.

Elder Huo was left speechless by his retort, but this wasn't the time to dwell on that ex-girlfriend.

He steadied his emotions and continued, "I don't care what is going on between you and that woman, but you must make a completely clean break with her. Such an incident as today's must never happen a second time. Do you understand?"

Huo Beihan let out a long sigh. "Alright, Grandpa, don't worry. I will definitely handle this matter properly and not give you cause for concern."

Hearing Huo Beihan's response, Elder Huo hung up the phone with satisfaction.

Su Mian picked up a piece of sparerib and put it in Huo Beihan's bowl. "Big Brother, was Grandpa furious?"

He shook his shelf. "Not to that extent. Never mind me, eat your own food."

At twelve noon, right at the peak of lunchtime, Wen Kejing and her colleagues also arrived at this restaurant near the entertainment company, and coincidentally saw Huo Beihan dining with a heavily made-up woman.

A colleague tugged at Wen Kejing's sleeve. "Kejing, help me shield this. This is definitely a blockbuster piece of news."

She frowned and snatched her colleague's phone away. "What blockbuster news? You dare leak his scandals—aren't you afraid the boss will fire you!"

The colleague thought about it, and it seemed that was indeed the case.

"Then are we still going to eat here?"

"Let's go somewhere else instead. It saves a lot of trouble. I don't have much appetite anyway, I'm heading back to the company first."

After her colleagues left, Wen Kejing sneaked back in.

The reason she didn't let her colleagues take pictures earlier wasn't out of fear of the boss firing her, but out of fear that Su Mian would be heartbroken if this affair got exposed.

However, to make Su Mian see Huo Beihan's true colors, she felt she still had to capture the evidence.

Wen Kejing sat behind them, snapped photos of their intimate actions, and sent them to Su Mian's phone.

The "ugly woman" opposite's screen suddenly lit up. Su Mian tapped on her phone and saw the photos, her eyes widening in shock. She turned around and happened to spot Wen Kejing.

Wen Kejing noticed her too—it really was Su Mian.

She walked over with a look of astonishment, and just as she was about to speak, Su Mian clamped a hand over her mouth. "Kejing, keep your voice down."

Wen Kejing was speechless. "Who gives a damn about him? I'm asking you, why are you dressed up like a ghost to come out with him? What game are you playing?"

Su Mian offered a somewhat sheepish explanation, "Emergency rescue for the Jianghu, helping my Big Brother deal with a blind date."

Hearing the words "blind date," Wen Kejing's anger was reignited. This guy was utterly unreliable; she shouldn't have listened to Shen Tingzhou that night and let him find Su Mian so easily.

"Huo, what's-your-name! I used to think you were a decent guy, quite suitable to get along with our Mianmian. But now it seems that besides using her as cannon fodder to ward off unwanted advances, you can't do a single thing for her. No matter how helpless your circumstances, you shouldn't use a woman! From now on, you'd better keep your distance from our Mianmian."

Wen Kejing's mouth fired like a machine gun, prompting Su Mian to cover her mouth again. "Kejing, go eat your lunch first, otherwise how will you have the energy to chase news this afternoon?"

She glared indignantly at Huo Beihan, but ultimately followed Su Mian's advice and temporarily left.

Su Mian walked Wen Kejing to the door and instructed her with lingering concern, "Kejing, I know you have my best interests at heart, but please don't clash with my Big Brother on my account anymore."

"He naturally has a rather bad temper; tolerating you once or twice must already be his limit."

Wen Kejing sighed. "I'm not afraid of him, but you must take good care of yourself. Alright, hurry back inside, I'm leaving."

Su Mian watched Wen Kejing depart, then returned to the restaurant just in time to see Huo Beihan on the phone.

On the line, his assistant's voice sounded quite frantic; it was unclear what major disaster had occurred.

Ten minutes later, Huo Beihan hung up, and Su Mian asked with curiosity, "Big Brother, did something happen at your company?"

"An endorsement commercial is being filmed today, and the little star threw a bit of a tantrum because her gown got damaged. It's nothing major, eat your food first, I'll deal with it when I get back." Fatigue was evident in Huo Beihan's voice.

The assistant called back again, explicitly stating that the spokesperson Jiang Haiyao was putting on airs and refusing to cooperate with the shooting. Because of the minor accident with her gown, she had turned the entire company upside down.

Huo Beihan felt a headache coming on. "Didn't the photographer and stylist communicate with her? Does such a trivial matter require me to step in personally?"

Before the assistant could reply, a high-pitched scream came through the receiver: "I said I only wear custom-made gowns! Since this one is already ruined, make me another one! We won't start shooting until it's finished!"

The staff at the scene were continuously pacifying her, but not only did she refuse to listen, she demanded that Huo Beihan speak to her personally, otherwise today's shoot would end right there.

Su Mian rubbed her ears and offered a suggestion, "Big Brother, I think you should probably go take a look."