Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 346: She Met Young Master Zhong Again

Chapter 346: Chapter 346: She Met Young Master Zhong Again

Ma Hongwen, under the weight of varying gazes, was so furious he felt like vomiting blood.

That girl had always been reserved and timid; he dared to ridicule her in public precisely because he had pegged her as weak, someone who would swallow the insult silently.

Who would have thought she’d be so defiant!

Does the Huo Family’s feng shui nurture such boldness?

Xiang Mingzhu asked with a flirtatious air, "Vice President Ma, she couldn’t be telling the truth, could she?"

"Of course, it’s all nonsense. I suppose she’s just concocting lies to save face after being embarrassed. I’m not going to stoop to arguing with a young girl in her twenties. Miss Xiang, please sign here."

Xiang Mingzhu bent slightly, brushing her hair aside as she elegantly signed her name.

Li Songwen, standing next to her, kept his gaze on her for quite a while before reluctantly moving away.

Han Jia, on the other hand, was straightforward and easily offended people. After signing, he looked at Ma Hongwen and said, "I know about the two incidents Qiao Xi mentioned, and you were involved in both. I don’t believe you when you say you have nothing to do with Wanren Hall. Vice President Ma, it’s good that you’re not involved in judging our competition, because I would indeed be worried about you cheating."

He had just confronted Qiao Xi at the door, and now he was ridiculing Ma Hongwen.

His principle was to treat everyone equally—by offending them all!

Ma Hongwen was so angry at Han Jia’s words that he clenched his teeth, but he couldn’t bring himself to argue with someone of a younger generation!

"Han Jia, Vice President Ma is simply discontent with Qiao Xi’s arrogance. Don’t misunderstand him," Li Songwen chimed in, partly for Ma Hongwen but also because of Xiang Mingzhu.

Li Songwen had a vague idea of this round’s drawing arrangements.

In the end, the ones advancing would be him and Xiang Mingzhu; Qiao Xi and Han Jia would be eliminated.

Han Jia "tsk"ed and left.

He didn’t like their twisted ways.

Nor did he appreciate Qiao Xi parading around under the banner of National Doctor.

...

Elsewhere.

Qiao Xi stepped out of the traditional building housing the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.

Old Chen hurriedly opened the car door, "Young Madam, please get into the car first."

"Mhm."

As soon as Qiao Xi got into the car, she unlocked her phone and found many messages from Shu Xue and Huo Sijiao. She ignored them, instead switching to the internal forum for traditional Chinese medicine and saw the post from last night with hundreds of thousands of views.

It was about her bet with Xiang Mingzhu.

However, most of the comments below were cursing her.

Cursing her for being presumptuous, for biting off more than she could chew.

Calling her a country bumpkin, a frog in a well, ignorant of the enormity of the world.

The families inheritors of Traditional Chinese Medicine all had substantial foundations; their circumstances were all fairly well-off, while she, being an apprentice of National Doctor Cheng Han, was just a country girl. They speculated that Cheng Han had taken her on as an apprentice out of desperation.

She was just picking up the leftovers.

These practitioners sure knew how to cut to the quick with their insults—even without using profanity, they could debark someone severely.

Qiao Xi flipped through the pages calmly.

Xiang Mingzhu was quite skilled at twisting facts and playing the victim.

Qiao Xi then closed the forum and opened the voice messages from Huo Sijiao. Huo Sijiao’s indignant voice filled the car.

"Sister-in-law, that bitch Xiang is too much! It was clearly her who provoked and initiated the bet, and Sister Shu Xue showed me the screenshots of the comments from your internal forum. They really can’t see the forest for the trees!"

"Sister-in-law, don’t be upset! I’ll be waiting for you to wow everyone at the preliminaries!"

Qiao Xi’s lips curled into a smile as she opened Shu Xue’s barrage of voice messages, finding similar sentiments.

They both decided to attend the preliminary competition of the Acupuncture Conference to cheer for her. Such a grand event was open to the public, and anyone with a ticket could enter; there were no special requirements for those in the profession.

But among the general public, too few paid attention to traditional Chinese medicine, so many were not informed about the competition in time.

However, Xiang Mingzhu’s commotion had caused a stir, and although most messages were scrubbed from popular social networks, many ordinary people caught wind of the Acupuncture Conference and saw it as a chance to experience this grand event and see just what the proud children of traditional Chinese medicine were capable of.

Old Chen pressed the accelerator, observing Qiao Xi in the rearview mirror, hesitating before speaking.

"Young Madam, actually, we knew about the online situation last night. The Young Master mentioned that you’ve been weak recently and decided to keep it from you for a few days. He ordered people to clear the online messages, leaving only the post on your internal network. I didn’t expect you to visit the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association today..."

What a miscalculation.

Young Madam Huo found out, after all, and must have suffered quite a bit of grievance.

Qiao Xi’s mindset was very calm, "Old Chen, don’t worry. I won’t misunderstand him lightly, I understand that many things he does are for my best interest, how could I be mad?"

Upon hearing this, Old Chen felt as if a great weight had been lifted from his heart.

"Young Madam, when you and your husband have a good relationship, we all share in the happiness."

Qiao Xi laughed and said, "Let’s head to Tianyuan Group now; I still have several departments to arrange health checkups for."

She couldn’t wait to see him.

Last night, he seemed to be jealous, and she needed to clear all the jealousy out of his system.

"Okay."

Old Chen turned the steering wheel and took a turn.

The car headed in the direction of Tianyuan Group.

But just as the car stopped, Qiao Xi saw a familiar Cullinan with a Beijing A license plate.

It was Young Master Zhong’s car.

He was actually at Tianyuan Group, a ripple of emotion went through Qiao Xi’s heart.

She slowly got out of the car and walked in as Old Chen went to park. He figured that at Tianyuan Group, Young Madam Huo couldn’t possibly encounter any danger.

Qiao Xi walked into the lobby.

The receptionist at the front desk smiled sweetly and greeted, "Good day, Mrs. Huo."

"Hello."

Qiao Xi approached the elevator, with the image of seeing Young Master Zhong yesterday flashing through her mind, reminding herself over and over.

He is not Ayi!

Maybe those who could be described as ’Zhong Lingyuxiu’ look alike around the world.

The elevator door opened.

Eyes met.

Qiao Xi was stunned, the handsome face appeared before her without any warning, and the other party also seemed surprised.

Next to him, Jin Kai introduced, "Young Master Zhong, this is President Huo’s wife. Young Madam, this is Young Master Zhong from the Zhong Family of the Imperial Capital, who is collaborating with our Tianyuan Group."

Qiao Xi’s throat tightened, "Mr. Jin, I know."

Young Master Zhong’s mouth held a smile, his eyes still contained a strangeness Qiao Xi couldn’t fathom, "So this is President Huo’s wife. We met yesterday at Baroque Restaurant. I was saying how the girls from Haicheng are all so beautiful and charming."

The words carried a hint of teasing and banter.

But there was no frivolity in his eyes.

Qiao Xi felt a stark contrast, Ayi would never talk like this.

Aside from the similar appearance, there was nothing about him that was like Ayi.

He is not him.

Ayi had died in Moon Village.

Jin Kai laughed heartily, "Last time, Young Madam Huo offered us free health check-ups in the big conference room. Did Young Master Zhong not see clearly?"

Young Master Zhong nodded, "I didn’t see her face clearly. Does Young Madam have a sister? Last time Mr. Jin said he would introduce me to a girl from Haicheng, I think President Huo’s wife’s sister would certainly not be bad either."

The corners of Qiao Xi’s eyes reddened, and a sudden impulse surged in her heart, "I don’t have a sister, Young Master Zhong might want to ask someone else to introduce you."

He had a date with Xiang Mingzhu, and he was looking for someone else to introduce another girl to him.

How could someone with such a face two-time like this? There were rumors that this Young Master Zhong also had an unclear relationship with Lu Yingxue.

A layer of inexplicable irritation rose in Qiao Xi’s heart, and she became even more resolute in distinguishing that Young Master Zhong and Ayi were two different people!

Young Master Zhong didn’t mind her attitude but turned to Jin Kai with a cultured tone, "Mr. Jin, this will do, we still have to discuss the Future City project."

"Goodbye, Young Madam Huo."

With that, he and his assistant Wan Jiang left.

Jin Kai watched his retreating figure and exclaimed, "This Zhong Yi, really has an eccentric nature, so quick to change emotions. Last time he said Future City was doomed to lose money, but this time he’s saying we can collaborate with the cultural heritage preservation society to build a Future City that combines cultural relics and business. It’s quite an innovative idea!"

Qiao Xi slowly turned her head, disbelief flickering in her eyes, "Mr. Jin, what did you just say his name was?"