Chapter 20

"It's fine."

Huo Mingche replied gently before turning his head back, sweeping his cold gaze across the managers who dared to peek at Gu Jiuci earlier on.

Those that were caught by him were incredibly frightened. They immediately lowered their heads to focus on the computers in their hands.

Gu Jiuci observed for a while longer. It was only after noticing that the meeting had resumed and that they seemed to be completely undistracted by her that she lowered her head back down to her iPad and continued scrolling.

At this moment, a WeChat message notification popped out. It was from her second brother.

Second Brother: "Jiuci! Were you okay yesterday? Dad has locked me indoors and won't allow me to visit you!"

After seeing the message, Gu Jiuci suddenly recalled that she was seized and imprisoned by Huo Mingche in her past life. After her second eldest brother learned about that, he insisted on rushing to the Phoenix Lodge to save her. However, their father, Gu Qingyuan, discovered h