After the scumbag cheated on me, I turned around and married the heir to a wealthy family.

The rhetorical question made Huo Jingxiu stand there in a daze, not knowing how to respond.

She licked her dry lips, feeling that no matter what she said, she would fall into the other party's trap.

There are too many ambiguities and traps hidden in Mr. Huo's words. If you are not prepared for the moment, you will inevitably fall into them.

And this is definitely the key to determining whether Lu Siyuan can come back.

"Heh, when did you not dare to answer?" Mr. Huo slowly closed the lid of the flag altar and raised his eyebrows teasingly, "You know, you were famous for being fierce before, but now you are so obedient?"

"Are you afraid that I will blame him again?" Old Master Huo glanced at Huo Jingxiu.

Huo Jingxiu pursed his lips and nodded in silence, "Yeah. I hope he can come back."

"When I asked you to marry him, you were not happy about it." Old Master Huo shook his head. "Forget it. It is more important for you two to live a good life. This time I will assume that he was careless, not paying attention, or was deceived by someone. There won't be a next time."

Mr. Huo's tone suddenly softened, and his words no longer carried the same pressure that forced people to bow their heads as before. At the same time, the pressure he exuded from his body was also restrained a lot.

Huo Jingxiu finally put his mind at ease.

"Why are you so worried? Do I think that man-eating monster will eat Lu Siyuan?" Old Master Huo shook his head. "I sent him to He City before partly because I wanted to punish him for what he did, and partly because I also hoped that he could make a name for himself in He City. Only then can he be worthy of you."

"Dad, you know the situation in He City." Huo Jingxiu couldn't help but help, "That place is too restrictive for the development of the luxury jewelry industry. Who can develop it?"

Mr. Huo glanced at her and asked, "Do you dare to tell the truth now?"

"Don't you know what's going on better than anyone else?"

Everyone in the Huo Group knows that the old man is playing dumb.

As a decision maker, Mr. Huo may have had expectations for national policies when he made the decision. However, since those incidents, national policies have changed many times and the pie in the sky that was originally drawn has not been realized at all. In this case, I'm afraid Mr. Huo knows better than anyone that he has been deceived.

However, no one said that it was not that they did not know, but that they did not dare to say it.

At the beginning, Mr. Huo, as the head of the Huo Group, was famous for his ability to have the final say.

In such a situation, who would be willing to be the fool who rushes into battle?

Over time, until now, people are less willing to be the first to take action.

"I know." Mr. Huo was not displeased by Huo Jingxiu's words. He just sighed and said, "I was thinking about whether I could find a way to make up for the mistakes I made when I was young."

"He City has invested too much money over the years." Mr. Huo said slowly, "It will be difficult to recover it in the short term. If the entire He City company is directly recovered, I think you know better than me that this is not a good thing for the Huo Group."

The initial investment cost is too high, and hasty recovery would require a large number of layoffs.

After all, the human resources of the Huo Group have reached saturation now, and neither the head office nor the branches in other places have the ability to accommodate so many people.

Laying off employees and reducing capital are inevitable.

Moreover, this also means that all the money that the Huo Group had invested in expanding its network in He City in the early stage will be wasted. This will become a very ugly item in the Huo Group's annual report, and it will also become the ugliest item in Mr. Huo's investment history.

This is also the reason why almost no one is willing to tell the truth.

Whoever talks about this will offend others.

"Yes." Huo Jingxiu added, "However, we cannot continue to invest and increase the sunk costs just because the initial sunk costs are too high."

This is not what smart people do.

Old Master Huo rubbed his forehead and closed his eyes, seeming to be a little lacking in energy.

He waved his hand, "Okay, I'll think about this again. You can leave first."

"Yes."

When Huo Jingxiu left, he also helped to close the door.

In the entire study, only the dim light of Mr. Huo was still on.

Lu Siyuan wanted to go forward and ask about the situation, but he saw the old butler standing at the door of the study, so he swallowed the words he wanted to ask.

"The old man is a little tired. Let's make him a cup of soothing tea later." Huo Jingxiu said patiently, "You can go in later and let him think about it carefully."

"Yes. Fourth Miss." The old butler nodded.

Huo Jingxiu took Lu Siyuan back to the room and told him about Mr. Huo's plan.

"You'll probably be back this month." Huo Jingxiu took off his professional suit and changed into looser pajamas.

"It's highly likely that you won't be in the same high position as before. I'm not sure whether the old man will demote you to the grassroots level of the Huo Group's branch in Beijing. However, the probability of returning to the head office is not high. You should do a good job at the grassroots level and make achievements before being promoted."

Lu Siyuan hugged the person's slender waist and said, "It's okay. At least you can come back."

He sniffed the other's neck affectionately, and his hands roamed freely on Huo Jingxiu's body without any rules.

There was a hint of confusion in Huo Jingxiu's eyes, and he leaned back against the other person, their scents entwined.

The kiss of lips ignited the spark of passion.

……

"I'll do this part." Zhu Jin pointed to the small mechanism on the ring.

Wu Ma frowned and did not agree with Zhu Jin's choice.

"You just need to tell me, can you complete these two parts independently within the specified time?" Zhu Jin asked.

Wu Ma hesitated for a moment before nodding.

Although the craftsmanship of the necklace is exquisite, it is not as complicated as that of the ring.

Wu Ma felt that she could finish it within the specified time. There was basically no craftsmanship involved in making the earrings. She only had to pick out the ones she wanted from so many gems and then use a machine to polish them into the shape and transparency she wanted.

The craftsmanship around the earrings is also easy to complete.

only……

Wu Ma's eyes revealed obvious worry, "It will be difficult for you to complete this part."

Zhu Jin's part was the most time-sensitive and difficult to complete.

"I know." Zhu Jin said without looking up as he refined the design drawing at hand, "But I have done this type of light and shadow mechanism design before, so I can ensure that I can complete it within the specified time."

"kindness……"

Seeing that she couldn't persuade Zhu Jin, Wu Ma could only nod and agree.

The conversation between the two of them also aroused the curiosity of the people in the live broadcast room.

In the live broadcast room, one could only hear the conversation between the two people, but there was no way to see the contents of the design drawings. This made everyone curious about what kind of design drawings could make the two of them argue endlessly.

This was a rare dispute between Zhu Jin and Wu Ma since they started working together.

"No, are you really not curious about what Zhu Jin has planned this time?"

"To be honest, it sounds like a very complicated process? And, Wu Ma thinks it won't be done in time?"

"As an insider, I would say that Wu Ma's idea is right. In this kind of jewelry design competition where the score can only be determined by looking at the finished product, most designers will not deliberately design jewelry that is too complicated, for fear that they will not have enough time."

"Eh? Then why does Designer Zhu insist on designing it this way?"

"Who knows. Maybe she is very confident in herself? But, I think this is a bit blindly confident. She is just a designer. If she doesn't listen to the advice of the craftsmen, she will probably suffer a loss."

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