Huo Jingcheng's voice is low and magnetic, with a gentleness that is rare in daily life, which can soothe other people's hearts to a great extent.

Zhu Jin's originally anxious mood was slowly calmed down. "Well... I'll have to ask Assistant Chen to help pay more attention to the child. I'm worried about the child's emotions."

"Yes." Assistant Chen agreed, "Second Madam, don't worry. If there is any news about treatment and physical condition in the future, I will inform you in time."

"Thank you." Zhu Jin said.

Assistant Chen took two steps back and said, "This is my area of ​​responsibility."

"Don't worry about this. Since he promised to watch it, nothing will go wrong." Huo Jingcheng patted her on the back. "By the way, you are still the first in this rematch. With two consecutive first places, your ranking is far higher than other contestants."

Zhu Jin was startled.

If Huo Jingcheng hadn't reminded her, she would have forgotten about the scores for today's semi-finals.

"It seems that the little girl likes the necklace I designed very much." Zhu Jin smiled.

It is a joy to have one's design liked by the client.

Zhu Jin asked, "Are we going out to celebrate tonight?"

To Zhu Jin's surprise, Huo Jingcheng did not agree this time, but directly refused.

"No." Huo Jingcheng said, "Recently, I have some things to deal with here. The semi-finals will be held in a few days. It's better to stay in the hotel and have a good rest to avoid any accidents."

Zhu Jin's eyes were full of surprise.

This sounds reasonable, but it doesn't sound like something Huo Jingcheng would say.

According to Zhu Jin's previous impression of Huo Jingcheng, the other party should be able to generously wave his hand and directly list all the Michelin restaurants for him to choose from.

"what happened?"

Huo Jingcheng looked at Zhu Jin, "Do you really want to go out to eat?"

Zhu Jin shook his head. "No. Well...if you have something to do, just take care of your own business first. You can ask Assistant Chen to pack your meal or order hotel service. It just so happens that I also plan to take another look at the rare copy I bought before."

Seeing the other person's obviously depressed expression, Huo Jingcheng felt as if his heart was being pricked by a needle for the first time, which made him feel distressed.

Although, he was worried that the previous hot search incident would affect Zhu Jin's mood, so he didn't want anyone to go downstairs.

However, he also didn't want the other party to be unhappy about it.

"If there is anything you like to eat, ask Assistant Chen to invite his chef to your house," Huo Jingcheng said, "and have him cook it for you personally here."

"No need. Just call the hotel room service later." Zhu Jin pointed to the next room, "I'm going to read a book first. We can discuss what to eat when it's time for dinner."

After Zhu Jin left, Assistant Chen urgently reported, "This time the news was not directly suppressed. Instead, there were more and more hot search terms on the Internet. I'm afraid someone is pushing this matter behind the scenes."

If we just rely on the curiosity of ordinary people, it would be impossible for five of the top 20 hot searches to be about this matter.

The Hibiscus Award, as an award in the jewelry industry, is not well-known. Unless you are from a related industry or the jewelry industry, no one would pay special attention to it.

Since it is not getting any attention, how could it possibly cause so many hot searches in such a short period of time?

"Let people suppress it. No matter how much money it costs, I don't want this news to appear on the trending searches again."

Huo Jingcheng released all the coldness in his body without any restraint. Assistant Chen, who was standing beside him, quickly took two steps back and nodded in agreement.

The next second, Huo Jingcheng's cell phone rang.

The caller ID on the phone screen made Huo Jingcheng frown.

He raised his hand and waved. After Assistant Chen left, Huo Jingcheng answered the call from the old house.

"Jingcheng." Even through the telephone line, one could hear the displeasure in Mr. Huo's low and dignified voice.

"What's going on?" Mr. Huo asked with a sullen face, "Did you come all the way here just to help her bribe the referee? You should know that our Huo Group never bothers to do such a thing!"

"Don't embarrass our Huo Group!"

This was the first time that repeated questioning and scolding appeared in the conversation between the grandfather and grandson.

The old housekeeper on the other end of the phone helped to bring antihypertensive drugs and water to Mr. Huo, and repeatedly comforted him, "Second Master is not the kind of person who doesn't know the rules. Old Master, you brought him up personally. Even if others don't believe in him, you can still not believe in him."

"I'm not worried that he will get too old and be bewitched by a woman and forget the rules! He'll forget that this is the Huo family!" Old Master Huo slammed the table.

"Calm down, don't let your anger get you in trouble." The old housekeeper said, "Let the Second Master explain. Give him a chance to explain."

Mr. Huo panted heavily, "Okay, I'll give him this chance! Tell me, what's going on? Did she plan it herself, or are you really going to do whatever it takes to take a shortcut?"

“We didn’t do this.”

Huo Jingcheng was not affected by Mr. Huo's anger. He spoke in a calm tone, as if he was stating an ordinary matter.

"Someone is deliberately behind this, most likely a competitor of the Huo Group over the years." Huo Jingcheng analyzed, "The Huo Group occupies most of the jewelry designers in the domestic industry. However, you also know how many people behind this hope that we will fall, so that they can take a piece of the pie."

"And this is their best chance."

"Jinjin is a novice designer who was not known by many internationally renowned designers before. However, she won first place twice in a row in global competitions, with scores far ahead of the second place contestant."

Huo Jingcheng stood at the window with his cell phone in hand and looked out.

The view outside the window of the presidential suite on the top floor is only of towering skyscrapers, while the traffic below is a bustling city scene.

"You can think about it carefully." Huo Jingcheng said, "If Jinjin becomes the first designer in China to bring back the Hibiscus Award, how much help will it bring to the Huo Group, and what adverse effects will it have on other jewelry design companies."

The panting sounds caused by Mr. Huo's anger gradually subsided.

Obviously, after his initial anger, Mr. Huo also figured out the pros and cons of Huo Jingcheng's analysis.

"Those people are not willing to let the Huo Group continue to dominate. So they want to crush us through the war of public opinion." Huo Jingcheng paused, "Grandpa, I think you should know better than me. In this situation, what should we do?"

The word "grandfather" made Mr. Huo on the other end of the phone gasp.

You know, ever since Huo Jingcheng's parents died in the accident and he couldn't find any information, Huo Jingcheng seldom called him like that.

"Do you want to happen again what happened back then?"

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