Chapter 401 - A Burning Ambition (2/2)
Huo Jingtang’s interest was immediately piqued. He curved his lips into a smile, then tipped his head back and downed his wine, too. Soon after his full gla.s.s of wine reached his stomach, he felt something stirring within him and his body temperature began to rise.
His eyes grew dark. He said bluntly, “So you’ve conspired with your father and drugged me. It seems that this is not just a simple business meeting!”
Xu Xinrou smiled with seductive confidence and smoothed her long hair. “You’re really smart, Vice President Huo. You’ve seen right through us. To tell you the truth, I was the one who asked my father to make an appointment with you.”
“You wanted an appointment with me?”
“Yes, I’ve always admired you, Vice President Huo.” Xu Xinrou leaned back on the sofa in an especially suggestive pose. “A handsome and st.u.r.dy and charming man like you—who doesn’t love a man like that?”
Huo Jingtang’s ego swelled upon hearing that. He held Xu Xinrou’s chin and asked, “Don’t you have Chu Yuhe?”
Xu Xinrou looked at him with wide, innocent eyes. “I’ve broken up with him. It’s just that I haven’t announced the news.”
“What are you after?”
Huo Jingtang was not so foolish as to fall for Xu Xinrou’s tricks.
Xu Xinrou put on a pitiful look, her red lips parted slightly. “I heard that you wanted to become the Huo family heir. I only wanted to help you seize what is rightfully yours.”
Huo Jingtang snorted, “You’re willing to help me? I don’t believe you’re doing it out of good will.”
“I have my conditions, of course.”
Xu Xinrou decided not to cover up too much of her intentions in front of Huo Jingtang. She knew what kind of person Huo Jingtang was and when it came to dealing with a dangerous man like him, it was best to come clean with everything.
“What?” Huo Jingtang asked with interest, releasing her.
“By helping you, I’m also helping myself. If I manage to help you become the Huo family heir, then you have to do two things for me: first, after taking charge of Yunhai, you have to sign me under your company.”
Huo Jingtang repeatedly looked Xu Xinrou up and down. He could see the burning ambition in her seductive eyes.