Chu Ningwu’s beauty was the kind that hit you directly.
In the faint morning light, the first customer entering the shop seemed to carry a glow with her.
Her big watery eyes held that clear headed foolishness unique to college students. In the eyes of the clerk, it looked like pure and unworldly innocence.
Her small face was like fine porcelain, youthful and delicate, full of student like freshness. Her pink lips parted, yet the words she spoke were—
The clerk froze for a moment, then came back to her senses and sneered.
“Little girl, how can a minor come to buy something like this?”
“Huh?”
Chu Ningwu was speechless. She was a full grown adult, how did she look like a minor?
She then pulled out the original owner’s ID card from behind her phone case and handed it over. “I’m an adult.”
“Uh…”
The clerk glanced at the birthdate. This girl looked so young, yet she was already twenty three.
Seeing her innocent and slightly dazed appearance, the clerk could not help but add a few more words.
“Why are you buying it alone? This kind of thing isn’t good for a girl’s body. You should take it as little as possible. Better have your boyfriend use protection instead…”
Before she could finish, two greasy middle aged men walked out from behind another shelf.
One of them puffed out his beer belly and looked Chu Ningwu up and down, a lewd smile forming on his lips.
“Little girl, just became an adult and already lost your virginity? Boyfriend? More like a hookup, right? You look so pure, didn’t expect you to be so wild behind the scenes.”
The other tugged at his belt and chimed in.
“Hey, maybe she’s selling herself. Look at those branded clothes she’s wearing at such a young age. Who knows where the money came from.”
“Haha, you’re right. With a face like a temptress, just spreading her legs is worth a fortune. Of course she’d take the pills herself for the client’s experience, heh heh heh…”
Bang!
A bottle of honeysuckle drink came crashing down, smashing violently at their feet.
The sound of glass shattering pierced the air. The two men immediately jumped around in fright, yelping as water splashed onto them.
Anyone who did not know better would think the floor was covered in spikes.
“I’m twenty three this year. So what if I take birth control pills? Not like your dad who takes the easy way out outside, doesn’t even need them.”
Chu Ningwu tried her best to put on a harsh and cutting expression, but her voice was too soft and clear.
Her round eyes widened as she cursed, and the beauty’s angry expression only made the two men more excited.
“Oh, you dare provoke us? Looks like you’re asking to be taught a lesson. I’ll educate you properly.”
The timid clerk had already slipped away the moment the men started talking.
The two men grinned as they approached, blocking Chu Ningwu in front of the counter from both sides.
They had been eyeing this sweet treat for a while.
They saw her stumbling as she walked out of the club, then entering this small pharmacy to buy emergency contraception. Finally, they found their chance.
Chu Ningwu had never encountered something like this before. She had only been putting on a brave front, and now she was completely flustered.
The only weapon she had was a bag of meat buns. But throwing meat buns at dogs would be a waste with no return.
She had just said she would not walk the original owner’s path again. But at least the original owner made it to the end before dying.
Why was she about to meet disaster on her very first day after transmigrating?
Meanwhile
Huo Zhi Chuan had just been showering when he heard Assistant Lin shouting outside.
“President, that woman ran away!”
The man frowned slightly. Which woman? He turned off the shower and asked coldly through the door, “Who ran away?”
Assistant Lin hesitated. He did not know how to refer to the woman who had climbed into the CEO’s bed.
He thought for a moment.
Seeing how the CEO had held her all the way yesterday, he assumed she was important. But hearing the indifferent tone now, he was no longer in a hurry.
Why panic when the emperor himself was calm?
“Um… the woman who spent the night with you yesterday. She is now…”
“What?!”
Huo Zhi Chuan’s sudden raised voice made Assistant Lin’s heart jump.
Damn. Wrong judgment again.
The CEO’s moods were impossible to read.
Huo Zhi Chuan came out with just a towel around his waist, brushed past Assistant Lin, and strode to the guest bedroom. He lifted the blanket.
Good.
Empty.
The crease between his brows deepened sharply.
He turned back and asked in a cold voice, “Where is she? Where did she go?”
Assistant Lin shivered under the chill radiating from him and replied with trembling teeth.
“She should have gone toward the south side of the city. Should we send people to find her and bring her back?”
Huo Zhi Chuan’s expression darkened further, his eyes turning icy.
“No one followed her? Useless. Do you want me to act out some ridiculous drama about mistaking someone for a first love?”
Assistant Lin broke into a cold sweat.
“Find her. Send her to West Bay Island.”
Huo Zhi Chuan still had countless meetings and work waiting for him today. He could not spare time for personal matters.
The Huo Family did not keep useless people. He knew his subordinates were capable.
With a single order, even if that little wild cat ran to the ends of the earth, finding her would be easy.
He was not particularly worried. But the fact that she left without a word still left him with a subtle sense of displeasure.
When she was brought back, she would need to be taught a lesson.
Assistant Lin accepted the order and left. Huo Zhi Chuan glanced at his watch. It was almost time for work, so he got ready and left the hotel as well.
As soon as he got into the Maybach, his phone rang.
The caller ID showed his mother. Huo Zhi Chuan pressed his lips together in irritation, but still answered.
“Hello?”
“Chuan, about yesterday, it was my fault…”
“Stop.”
He had planned to pretend he did not know he had been drugged by his own mother. But she could not hold it in.
He cut her off immediately to avoid an argument.
“Ah, but I heard that last night…”
“Mom.”
He interrupted her again, his tone cold.
“I am first an independent person, and only then your son. Can you interfere less in my private life? Stop sending people to me.
If you have nothing to do, go play tennis with Aunt Wen or take a Pilates class with Aunt Gu.”
Using her own tactics against her, he began to nag. After only a few sentences, his mother could not stand it anymore and quickly ended the call.
But the moment he stepped into the CEO’s office at Huo Group, Assistant Lin reported from behind.
“P President… we lost her.”
Huo Zhi Chuan reacted instantly this time and immediately understood who he was referring to.
The foot he had just stepped forward with paused and withdrew.
“What?!”
The clearly displeased shout echoed through the entire office, making the place seem to tremble.