Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 43: Jumping Off the Building with the Whole Family
Huo Zhenyang couldn’t be bothered to say much more to Li Daguo and gestured to George to take care of things. Amid the bowing hotel staff, he carried the girl who had passed out again in a princess hold and walked out of the hotel.
Li Daguo was still in shock, clutching at George from the ground, pleading, "...Mr. Huo won’t blame me, right... Please speak for me, I really didn’t do anything to that girl."
The pain he felt was nothing compared to the consequences of offending Mr. Huo!
George looked at him with pity, stood up, and turned his gaze toward the tall, cold figure of the man.
That evening, the CEO drove as if he had gone mad.
It was the first time, an incredibly rare sight; the previous CEO remained calm and fearless in the face of any major event.
Outside the hotel, the black Maserati didn’t stop in the standard parking spot. The shiny ground streaked with a long skid mark showed how fast the car had come and how abruptly it had stopped.
Gao Ziming arrived shortly after, now standing next to the Maserati, watching in trepidation as the hawk-like tall man carried Jiayi out, which made him break out in cold sweat.
How could he have known that this newly hired marketing assistant was— the CEO’s own person!
He had been stunned when the CEO himself rang his mobile half an hour ago.
Wasn’t that the Group CEO who had never contacted him directly before?
Even in person, Gao Ziming had only seen him once or twice.
Listening to the man’s extremely cold questioning on the other end of the phone, Gao Ziming realized he was in big trouble!
He opened the car door, trembling, "Mr. CEO, everything’s alright... I only asked Jiayi to join a dinner, thinking of giving her an opportunity. I had no idea that Li Daguo would actually..."
Huo Zhenyang’s hawk-like stern eyes swept across with a chilling sneer that sent shivers down one’s spine. He approached the car, bent down and placed the girl in the passenger seat first, and then walked back to the driver’s seat and sat down.
Yet, he did not close the car door.
The night was deep, the air cool and thin. Since it was a parking lot and rather quiet and deserted, even the sound of breathing was audible.
A "clack" sound came, the noise of a lighter being struck.
The man leaned back on the comfortable car seat, casually propping up his long, strong legs. A spark flickered at the tip of the cigarette, and with the cigarette held between his clean fingers, he took a deep drag beneath his slender lips.
The smoke wafted around, blurring the man’s handsome face that was teetering on the edge of a storm.
He seemed not angry, but the intensely cold aura swirling around him was suffocating Gao Ziming.
The atmosphere was even more unbearable than when he was beating Li Daguo just moments ago.
"Mr. CEO..." Gao Ziming simply folded at the knees, kneeling down, "I really didn’t know Jiayi was yours... Li Daguo specified her name, insisting that Jiayi joined the dinner. I was afraid of offending Leting Department Store, and with Samuel not around, I made the call for Jiayi to go. If I had known that old Li Daguo would lay his hands on Jiayi, I would have never allowed her to go..." He slapped his face left and right, beating himself until it swelled like a steamed bun.
Even Li Daguo was aware of Huo Zhenyang’s power and influence, and as a subordinate of the group, how could Gao Ziming not know it.
By day, Huo Zhenyang was a dazzling star of the business circle, dressed to the nines, poised and mature.
In the dark of night, he acted more ruthlessly and decisively than Chairman Huo Tianpei had in his youth, striking with lightning speed. Backed by clandestine deals with politicians from various countries, he could determine everyone’s fate, even possessing the immense power to make life-or-death decisions!
Gao Ziming knew that by offending him, it was far more serious than a mere employee upsetting a boss, where an apology and dismissal would suffice; it was like a commoner offending an emperor!
That woman, Qiao Mina, truly brought about his own downfall!
Yet, Gao Ziming was an old fox, aware that this was not the time to bring up Qiao Mina.
If he admitted that it was due to Qiao Mina’s seduction that he had conspired against Jiayi on her behalf, the president would probably kill him on the spot, wouldn’t he?
He had no choice but to feign ignorance and claim it was for business reasons that he had Jiayi attend to Li Daguo, which might be somewhat better.
As Huo Zhenyang listened to the apologies and pleas from outside the car, his gaze fixed on the road ahead through the windshield. Suddenly, his finger relaxed and the cigarette ash flicked off, and the cigarette itself floated down to the ground outside the car door, rolling to a stop beside Gao Ziming’s knee.
Gao Ziming paused in shock, stared at the still-burning cigarette on the ground, and then looked up at the man with a cold demeanor and owl-like appearance, realizing what he meant.
With a ruthless determination, he grabbed the cigarette from the ground and pressed it against his plump forearm—
"Ahh—" A scream tore through the tranquil evening air of the hotel parking lot.
The moment Huo Zhenyang stepped into the Four Seasons Hotel and the management recognized his identity, the five-star hotel came under his authority.
The security had already been instructed by the hotel’s superiors; they wouldn’t come over. They had long since left, turning a blind eye and deaf ear.
No one dared to stop this punishment.
"... President, is this... enough..." Gao Ziming, clutching his palm that was nearly burnt through, endured the excruciating pain.
The man’s screams and pleas jolted Jiayi awake from her stupefied state. Opening her eyes, she witnessed the scene in front of her.
This time, the effects of the alcohol had greatly diminished, and she became more lucid. Fighting the weakness in her body, she clutched the arm of the man beside her, "Let’s go..." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
It was too noisy; she wanted to return. For the first time, she actually longed for Huo Zhenyang’s small apartment and just wanted to sleep well in her own large bed.
Jiayi’s voice was still weak, the helplessness of someone recovering from drunkenness. Huo Zhenyang gave her a glance, silently for a long while, looking down at the subordinate being half-tortured to death.
His voice remained neutral, emotion unclear, yet his words shattered Gao Ziming.
"Pack your bags, submit your resignation letter, and get lost. From now on, you no longer have a place in this industry."
Gao Ziming’s face turned deathly pale. He had struggled for so long to finally reach his current position—how could he allow his future to be completely destroyed like this!
And to be barred from working for other companies meant cutting off his means of livelihood!
But he could see that Jiayi was the key! Had it not been for Jiayi interrupting just now, the president might not have let him off!
"Miss Luo..." Sniffling, Gao Ziming discarded all dignity and pride; he couldn’t afford to care about them anymore, "I truly didn’t mean to target you, I was just doing my job. Li Daguo specifically asked for you to accompany him to a dinner meeting, how could I refuse? Please forgive me this time! My wife at home has severe hypertension and diabetes and needs medication every day. My nearly eighty-year-old mother is paralyzed in bed, and my daughter and son are both in middle school—the tuition is so expensive. If the president fires me and I am shut out of this industry... where can I, at my age, find a way to support my family? The only thing left would be for my whole family to jump off a building together!"
