Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 47: Chapter 45: Indirect Kiss

“Bitch, don’t think you can refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!”

Seeing Huo Sining impervious to persuasion, and even setting traps for her, Wu Linger was instantly furious with embarrassment.

“Don’t think just because you’re cloaked in the name of love that you’re in the right! You’re just a whore. There’s no need to be so secretive. I’ll double whatever Su Jinyuan is paying to keep you, take the money and scram out of S City, or else I’ll make sure you won’t be able to walk away from this unscathed!”

That made her angry? Huo Sining raised an eyebrow:

“Miss Wu, it seems you’ve got something wrong. On what grounds are you speaking to me like this? You’re neither a relative of the Su Family nor Su Jinyuan’s official girlfriend. What right do you have to speak to me? Whether I stand by Su Jinyuan’s side as a friend, a lover, or a family member, it doesn’t concern you at all, understand? If you want to have a say over me, wait until you become Su Jinyuan’s legitimate fiancée before you talk!”

Unable to outtalk Huo Sining, Wu Linger suddenly stood up, her face turning an ashen shade as she stared at Huo Sining, and venomously said, “You just wait!”

With negative IQ, low combat abilities, and a quick temper, such an opponent is hardly worth considering.

Huo Sining didn’t feel the slightest bit intimidated by this kind of woman. She smiled and nodded, “Miss Wu, please, as you wish.”

Wu Linger was only trying to intimidate Huo Sining with her harsh words. The Wu Family’s company depended on Donghua to survive. With Su Jinyuan backing Huo Sining, she didn’t dare do anything to truly provoke this woman and incur Su Jinyuan’s wrath.

But seeing Huo Sining so calm and composed as if she had no fear, Wu Linger felt even more angry and resentful deep down, could only let out a cold snort and stormed off.

Zhou Mei and Ye Zixin simply couldn’t stand seeing Su Jin so charismatic and successful in the public eye, so they wanted to stir up some trouble for him. That’s why they egged Wu Linger on to go after Huo Sining. If Huo Sining were to be chased away by Wu Linger or caused a scene and lost face at the event, there would be some good drama to watch.

But they could never have imagined that Huo Sining would keep her cool so effectively, and that her tongue was even sharper than theirs, leaving Wu Linger extremely frustrated with just a few words.

Now that Wu Linger, the pawn, had left, of course, they had no reason to linger either.

With the three idiots finally gone, Huo Sining felt a sense of relief and her mood greatly improved. She involuntarily reached with her fork for the cake in front of her, not expecting someone else to come over and sit down across from her.

“Have we met somewhere before?”

The moment he sat down, he spoke in a deep, haunting voice. Huo Sining, focused on her cake, was caught off guard by the voice and choked.

“Cough cough cough—”

The cake crumbs stuck in her throat, causing Huo Sining to cough uncontrollably.

Instinctively looking for water to drink, the man kindly patted Huo Sining’s back and handed her a glass of red wine.

Without a second thought, Huo Sining grabbed it and drank.

After finally swallowing the cake crumbs and catching her breath, she had the chance to look up and take in the man sitting in front of her.

Different from the cold and solitary demeanor of his past, today he was dressed in a pale grey fine-checked shirt, sleeves rolled up casually, the simplicity not detracting from his elegance.

He supported his chin with one hand, leaning back lazily in his chair as he watched her, and was unexpectedly sexy.

For some reason, in that instant, Huo Sining vividly remembered that disheveled and embarrassing night.

She recalled how, with her arms around the man’s shoulders, she could feel his firm and strong arms, his hot masculine scent, and his slightly cool lips.

Huo Sining’s face flushed red, and she thought to herself, Could it really be the alcohol to blame? How could she suddenly recall such an embarrassing event?

“Sir, if you’re trying to hit on someone, you should find a new excuse. That line is too cliché,”

Huo Sining feigned composure, lifted her head, and smiled at the man as if they were strangers meeting for the first time.

The amusement in Gu Xu’s eyes deepened, his gaze was deep like water, and he said with a meaningful tone,

“Is that so? Then perhaps I really did mistake you for someone else, Miss Huo bears a striking resemblance to an old acquaintance of mine.”

As he said this, he picked up the glass Huo Sining had drunk from and brought it to his lips, and it was then that Huo Sining realized something was off about that wine glass, her eyes widening in shock.

That glass… the wine she’d just drunk was actually from a glass that the man had used! She had unwittingly had an indirect kiss with a strange man!

And yet, there he was, continuing to drink from the same spot on the glass where her lips had been, not feeling the least bit embarrassed or apologetic.

Was this man flirting with her? Huo Sining’s face turned beet red in an instant.

How could this person seem nothing like the cold and heartless man she remembered? Could it be that she had mistaken him for someone else, that perhaps this guy had a twin brother who looked exactly like him?

Huo Sining was conflicted inside, but the man, as if he hadn’t seen, continued on his own,

“My name is Gu Xu, from the Imperial Capital. I came to S City a while ago to discuss a cooperation project. I was planning to return home after signing the contract, but got delayed due to an accident that caused an injury.”

When Huo Sining heard Gu Xu mention the injury, she tensed up, her expression froze, and she awkwardly started poking the cake she held:

“Is that so? That’s really unfortunate. I wonder, was Mr. Gu’s injury serious, and have you recovered now?”

“Thanks to Miss Huo’s good fortune, I’ve already recovered,” Gu Xu slightly lifted his gaze, a deeper smile on his face.

It was merely a polite phrase, but Huo Sining couldn’t shake the feeling that Gu Xu’s words had a hidden meaning, as though he knew she had been the one to save him.

Huo Sining felt a chill in her heart and comforted herself in secret; it must not be what she was thinking. It was just her own guilty conscience being overly sensitive, an offhand remark that the listener found significant. After all, the man had clearly passed out from blood loss at that time; how could he possibly know it was her who saved him?

“Miss Huo came with Mr. Su of Donghua, if I may be so bold, may I ask what your relationship with Mr. Su is?”

Gu Xu did not dare to press her too much, seeing Huo Sining looking as if on high alert like a Persian cat with its fur puffed up, he quickly changed the topic.

Indeed, as soon as he spoke, the expression on Huo Sining’s face relaxed, the wariness in her eyes dissipated, and she lifted her head with a mocking smile,

“Didn’t you hear what those three people just said? Am I not Mr. Su’s new favorite little — lover — right?”

Huo Sining enunciated the words “little lover” through gritted teeth. She hadn’t planned on attending the auction in the first place; it was Su Jinyuan who had insisted on dragging her along, and yet here she was, being misunderstood in this way.

She felt deeply wronged and wished she could rush up to the stage and shout: Are you all blind? How could a Diamond Bachelor like Su Jinyuan take a fancy to a plain Jane like me? Isn’t this a high-society auction? Why aren’t you folks focusing on the auction items or networking, and instead fixating on gossiping about others’ private matters?

“Really?” Gu Xu looked at Huo Sining skeptically, his mouth twitched, “I don’t think so.”

Of course it didn’t look like it, anyone with eyes could see that, right?

Hearing Gu Xu’s words, Huo Sining felt she had finally met a normal person; her displeasure smoothed over instantly. She laughed and asked curiously, “Everyone else seems to think so, why don’t you think it looks that way?”

After she asked, Huo Sining regretted it so much she wished she could bite off her own tongue.

Because the man arched an eyebrow, his lips curving slightly, he said lightly,

“Because I don’t think Mr. Su’s taste is that bad.”