Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 513: Forced Melons are Not Sweet

Chapter 513: Chapter 513: Forced Melons are Not Sweet

Huo Sijiao exclaimed, "Go ahead and call the police then! The hotel lobby has surveillance, the police will see that you started it first. We’ll see who ends up in trouble then!"

Li Songwen stopped in his tracks and pointed to his right hand, "He hurt me! It’s malicious competition, intentionally trying to eliminate his own rivals before the race."

Huo Sijiao angrily retorted, "It was clearly you who ran into the column, how can you still twist your words like this! Go ahead and call the police, I, Huo Sijiao, will wait here to see what the police have to say to you! You’ll even have to write an apology letter to Shen Xuanzhi then!"

The one who started it first is at fault.

"You..."

Li Songwen glared at her resentfully, "What did you say your name was just now?"

"My name and family name won’t change, I am Haicheng Huo Family’s Huo Sijiao."

Huo Sijiao looked at him coldly, "What? Haven’t you heard of me? Don’t say that you have any justification today. Even if you were in the right, it wouldn’t do you any good. Blame yourself for speaking out of turn. What’s wrong with eating instant noodles in the hotel? I, Miss Huo, with wealth in the tens of millions, also love eating instant noodles."

Li Songwen’s face turned pale and flushed in turn.

The Haicheng Huo Family, how could he afford to offend them?

His family was just a small traditional Chinese medicine lineage; their assets were nothing compared to the Huo Family. It was said that Huo Xingzhou was very protective of this sister.

He ground his teeth harshly, and with a fierce glance through clenched teeth, he said to Shen Xuanzhi, "Just you wait!"

Huo Sijiao sneered, "My sister-in-law says that ’just you wait’ means that you can’t regain dignity right now but still want to save some face, but actually, it’s what people with no real ability say."

Li Songwen stormed off towards the hotel elevator furiously.

He needed to return to his room to properly handle the tendon strain in his right hand and see if it could be remedied.

...

After he left.

Huo Sijiao glanced at the indifferent Shen Xuanzhi, bent down irritably, and picked up the buckets of instant noodles one by one from the floor.

Her heart felt sour.

"Here, take these." Huo Sijiao handed him three instant noodles, "One got stepped on and is probably not edible."

Shen Xuanzhi’s expression remained indifferent, lower eyelids concealing the turmoil in his eyes, he said softly, "Thank you."

After speaking.

He moved past Huo Sijiao towards the elevator, apparently heading back to his room.

"Shen Xuanzhi, do you have to be mad at me?" Huo Sijiao followed him dragging her suitcase, "Where did you get the 200,000 you transferred to me? It wasn’t from another high-interest loan, was it?"

She was just somewhat concerned about him.

Shen Xuanzhi was right, nothing happened the first time they met; he just treated her wound. Afterwards, she didn’t speak those ambiguous words in front of him anymore.

She knew he didn’t like it.

Even if he didn’t like her, they could at least be considered friends.

Both from Haicheng, it was perfectly normal for them to look out for each other in the Imperial Capital.

He avoided her like avoiding a flood or wild beast.

This stirred up anger in Huo Sijiao and she felt a bit resentful too.

Shen Xuanzhi said dispassionately, "It’s not a high-interest loan."

"Then where did your money come from? You said before that you would pay me back after receiving the prize money from the competition. Are you upset about what I said at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic? Please, I wasn’t trying to collect a debt, just hoping you’d be a bit more cordial to me."

Shen Xuanzhi turned his head to look at her, "Miss Huo, owing money and paying it back is right and proper. I owe you 200,000, so of course, I should pay you back. As for where my money came from, it’s none of your business."

"Have you never considered me a friend?"

Shen Xuanzhi paused but did not speak further, instead, he used his room card to enter the elevator waiting area.

His attitude was clear.

When Huo Sijiao tried to follow, two security guards stopped her, "Miss, you are not a guest at the hotel. You need to register at the front desk before entering."

"I... I’m with him."

Huo Sijiao pointed at Shen Xuanzhi.

However, Shen Xuanzhi didn’t give her face and directly exposed her lie, "We are not together; I am a contestant arranged by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association."

"Miss, please leave."

The security politely stated.

Yunqi Hotel’s security measures are strict, severely protecting guest privacy.

"I..."

Huo Sijiao, chest heaving with anger, glared at Shen Xuanzhi who was waiting for the elevator. "Shen Xuanzhi, I just wanted to have a serious talk with you, not to shamelessly mooch off you. I, Huo Sijiao, have my pride too. I know that a melon forced off its vine isn’t sweet."

But she hadn’t even tried to twist it off, hadn’t tasted it yet.

"Shen Xuanzhi, just tell me where that 200,000 came from, and I’ll leave! Don’t resort to usury and worry Auntie, she’s still recovering in Haicheng!"

The elevator arrived soon, and Shen Xuanzhi walked in without turning his head back.

"Shen Xuanzhi, you blockhead!"

Huo Sijiao yelled in irritation.

As the elevator doors slowly closed, the last sliver almost sealing, Shen Xuanzhi inside the elevator looked up one last time and caught her furiously embarrassed expression.

He took a deep breath, clutching the instant noodle buckets tighter in his embrace.

He could maintain a proud and aloof front in front of others, but the most disgraceful moments had been witnessed by her.

Shen Xuanzhi unconsciously reached for the string of small leaf rosewood beads on his wrist, but touched nothing.

Oh.

He had sold that string of beads.

For 180,000.

And including the 20,000 he had, he transferred it all to Huo Sijiao.

200,000 in full.

The wild small leaf rosewood of excellent quality and craftsmanship, it was the last memento his father had left him. Everything else had been seized by creditors, but this string of beads had remained hidden and unnoticed because those people didn’t understand its value.

Even during the toughest times with usury, he hadn’t sold it.

But now, as a debt owed to Huo Sijiao, he sold it.

He wanted to buy some dignity in front of Huo Sijiao with 200,000.

It was somewhat laughable.

Yet it was his most sincere thought.

He couldn’t wait a moment longer.

If he won some prize money at the acupuncture conference, he would buy it back.

...

Outside the elevator.

Huo Sijiao stomped her feet in anger and immediately opened her phone to send back the 200,000.

And in the transfer note, she added: Shen Xuanzhi, keep this 200,000 and eat well. I’m not in such a rush to spend money.

This is infuriating!

Impenetrable by reasoning.

This money better not have been obtained through scams or theft.

Annoyed, she grabbed her suitcase. It was so late, yet she had to look for another hotel to stay in.

"Miss Huo."

The hotel receptionist called out to her, respectfully handing her a room card, "This is the top-floor presidential suite, our boss said it can be opened to the public. Please rest assured, Miss Huo."

Huo Sijiao looked at her somewhat warily, "Who is your boss?"

The receptionist smiled, "Our boss said he’s a collaborator of your brother."

"Oh."

Huo Sijiao felt a bit more relieved, took the room card, and said, "I won’t stay for free, I’ll pay."

"Of course, please come to the reception to register your information. I will have the staff take your luggage up first, the bathtub in the hotel is already being filled with hot water, the presidential suite’s exclusive menu has also been sent up, our chef is on call 24 hours. We hope you have a pleasant stay!"

Huo Sijiao felt slightly better.

Hmph!

Shen Xuanzhi, I can still stay at Yunqi Hotel just the same!

Huo Sijiao followed back to the hotel lobby, about to register her information, when she spotted a familiar figure by the lobby side door.

She leaned her head and looked closely.

She wasn’t seeing things!

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