Regret!
編集者: Henyee Translations
After Lu Hongwen hung up the phone on Lu Xia, her face turned ghastly pale as she listened to the dial tone. She stood frozen in her place for a long time.
How could she have the cheek to beg Huo Tingrui like her father asked her to?
Even if she tried her luck, she would probably get driven out before she could even set her foot inside his office.
Her father told her to beg her foster parents if she had to, but they had already moved and she did not know where to find them. She reckoned they probably would not answer if she called them on the phone.
Lu Xia's eyes turned red and she felt absolutely awful. She went back to class dejectedly when the bell rang at the end of the last period of the morning.
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Meanwhile, in Huo Yanxi's office in the afternoon.
"The deputy CEO just passed me the contract for the takeover of North Star News Agency," said the assistant reverently as he placed a contract on Huo Yanxi's table.