Free Web NovelChapter 938: Chapter 935: The 80/20 Principle (5)
He strode away without the slightest hesitation.
Zhou Ting was completely dumbfounded.
Until the sound of the heavy door slam echoed.
For a long time, she was stunned, with her mouth agape, but she couldn’t say anything, just staring at the back of Huang Xiaojue, utterly shocked.
Oh my god, what is this man saying?
Since childhood, like a princess, when had anyone dared to speak to her like that? Especially after becoming an adult—beautiful, a prestigious school graduate, with a superior background... Among the men around her, who wasn’t full of sweet words and flattery?
After the death of her illegitimate brother, as Old Zhou’s only legitimate blood daughter, she wielded real power and was the target of countless people’s fawning and ingratiation.
What man under the sky would dare do this?
Even Wan Donglin always acted polite and never tore up his facade.
But Huang Xiaojue actually dared to speak like this.
This was also the first time he was so blunt in front of her—no, no, it was filled with disdain and disrespect.
At that moment, he stood tall above—he was already tall and imposing, and even his aura was entirely different from any man she had met—
On what grounds?
Maybe because it was the first time being treated this way, she instead stood stupefied, dazed, not daring to catch up and argue.
The car passed through the city center during rush hour, the driver weaving through traffic, yet still stuck.
Huang Xiaojue took out his phone, only then glancing at the news. The reports on the emergency landing of that international flight were scant, just a line of words, coldly handled, not causing any headlines. That’s how citizens are, as long as there’s no mass casualty, they’re not interested in such small news.
This wasn’t the first time he had witnessed Zhou Ting’s tactics—but it never occurred to him she could be this ruthless.
Zhou Ting was, in her bones, already the queen, the mistress of a grand mansion, with the stance of Empress Dowager Cixi—lonely at the top, she suspected everyone—this was the true meaning of being alone.
An emperor viewed ministers with suspicion, believing each one had ulterior motives.
Because of the immense power, because of their ingrained "80/20 rule" mentality—those who follow prosper, those who oppose perish, they deemed you commoners, not worth mourning.
He was very tired, not due to overwork, but emotionally exhausted.
He found himself gradually starting to distrust everyone—not at all the forthright and positive outlook he once developed working as a CEO in a multinational company.
Inside, he didn’t dare to recall the reason he loved Yan Xixi all these years.
What he loved was being with her without any guard.
What he loved was being able to be honest with each other, without any barriers, being easy and relaxed together.
However, he knew that in this lifetime, he would never encounter such a person again—given this position, this situation... it was destined that he could never again be open and candid with any woman.
Unexpectedly, the afternoon brought brilliant sunshine.
This is a city dominated by cloudy skies, perpetually humid, with an ambiguous moist smell in the air, so the locals are outwardly soft and fair, but innately love spicy food—just like their personalities.
It was Wan Donglin’s first time thoroughly waking up.
The special nurse helped him sit up, and the door opened.
Seeing clearly who came in, he suddenly laughed.
