1617 Forsaken
“Pfft.” Xie could not resist.
No matter how eloquent he was, he could not compare to the chief steward when it came to adding injury to insult.
Lu Xia’s face had turned pale and her mind went blank.
To be precise, from the moment Qiao En uttered those words, she was dumbstruck.
She did not know about the powers within Country M. However, Qiao En was a renowned scientist at the international level. Despite his high status in the academic industry, he spoke in a respectful and humble manner to the man before her.
After hardly exchanging a few words with the man, Qiao En had attempted to distance himself from her. Instead, he acted as though he was in big trouble.
She had thought Qiao En would support her. She assumed the Huo family would back off once she brought up her teacher’s name. Unexpectedly, Qiao En instantly shrank back the moment he found out that the Huo family was involved.
Who on earth was the Huo family? What were they capable of doing?
Lu Xia’s mind went blank. She clutched the carpet in her hands automatically as she supported herself.
After some time, she suddenly raised her head and said quickly in Xie’s direction, “Prof Qiao, are you forsaking your research?”
Xie had yet to hang up the phone. The moment Qiao En heard Lu Xia’s voice, he instantly hesitated.
Even though he could not afford to offend the Huo family, it was not entirely out of the question if he wanted to save her.
Lu Xia gritted her teeth and said, “Prof Qiao, let’s not forget who got me in this mess to begin with!”
Qiao En frowned. He thought about what Lu Xia was trying to say. He paused for a few seconds before his eyes turned dark with a knowing look on his face.
The Huo surname sounded familiar. That was right. The person with a special physical condition Lu Xia mentioned shared the same surname.
He wondered how the girl Lu Xia mentioned was related to the Huo family.
Qiao En rubbed his brow as he pondered swiftly and said, “I don’t know what you’re trying to say. You caused the trouble, so you have to clean up your own mess.”
The moment he finished his sentence, Qiao En hung up the phone decisively.
He refused to be threatened by anyone. Even if Lu Xia told the Huo family something, the family could not do anything to him.
Qiao En hung up the phone and contacted the person in charge of the base.
Meanwhile, Lu Xia did not expect Qiao En to refuse to admit to his involvement in this whole matter. A hopeless look finally emerged in her eyes.
“From the looks of it, your teacher has forsaken you.” Huo Changfeng smiled mildly.
Lu Xia’s face turned even paler.
Huo Changfeng had enough of talking to Lu Xia. He simply waved to Xie. “Take her away.”
Xie nodded. After taking a couple of steps over, he reached his hand out to grab Lu Xia.
Lu Xia shrank back and screamed. “What are you trying to do? This is illegal, okay?”
Xie stared down loftily at Lu Xia as though he was looking at an idiot.
It was apparent that Lu Xia could not compare to Miss Huo at all.
Xie shook his head. He disregarded Lu Xia’s struggling and picked her up effortlessly.
Lu Xia did not know what the Huo family wanted to do to her. She shouted anxiously. “No matter what, I’m the Huo family’s foster daughter. Don’t those ties mean anything to you? After all, I was raised in the family for over ten years.”
Huo Changfeng hastily glanced at Lu Xia when she brought up her ties to the family. He said coldly without the slightest emotion, “Ties? Who do you think you are?”
The moment Lu Xia made eye contact with his murderous gaze, she felt as though someone was gripping her heart. After some time, she gritted her teeth as she smiled coldly and said, “If I am nothing, then what about Huo Yao? What the hell does that make her?”
