However, the events that took place in the Huo family at that time and what Huo Cheng did also led to a complete break between Huo Cheng and the family.
First, Huo Cheng sent his fifth younger sister abroad to study as she wished. It was supposed to be a good thing, as the school she went to was world - renowned.
Huo's father and mother had no objections to this. But later, Huo Cheng left the Huo family on the pretext of going out for development, which surprised his parents.
They never expected that their son would leave without hesitation, showing no consideration for the family's face. Moreover, it was not a temporary departure but a real move out to live independently.
After that, some other things happened, which completely disappointed Huo Cheng with the Huo family. That incident was also the reason for the rift between him and the family.
Huo Cheng was originally just out for training, just like his elder brothers and sisters, taking over a struggling industry of the Huo family. Of course, for the so - called "training", when he took it over, this industry was on the verge of collapse.
It was all thanks to Huo Cheng's efforts to turn the situation around. Through drastic reforms, lay - offs, and expansion, he single - handedly developed this industry.
At that time, Huo Cheng was so focused on work every day that he rarely went out for drinks with Jiang Lihao. He was extremely abstinent.
As the company gradually grew stronger, it recruited a group of interns. Among them, there was a girl who looked very much like the young Gu Sisi that Huo Cheng had met in the past.
The moment Huo Cheng saw this girl, he felt something special, but he was never quite sure. He always felt that she might not be the one in his memory.
At that time, Huo Cheng didn't know that the person he had been looking for was Gu Sisi. He just thought the girl looked familiar.
Huo Cheng often worked overtime. Coincidentally, the girl always left the company after him.
As an intern, she was assigned a lot of tedious and thankless tasks because she was new to the company. So she always stayed in the company and was the last one to leave.
Many times, Huo Cheng thought he had left late enough, but when he walked out of the company, he saw the girl still busy at her desk. But he just took a glance and left. It was just the inexplicable sense of familiarity that attracted him.
As time went by, Huo Cheng began to notice the girl intentionally or unintentionally. By chance, they would leave the company together. The girl was good - looking and somewhat resembled Gu Sisi.
For some reason, the chances of them meeting each other began to increase, and Huo Cheng always bumped into her.
One day, someone told Huo Cheng that the person he had been looking for was right beside him, the intern who always worked overtime in his company.
Young as he was at that time, upon hearing this news, Huo Cheng was overjoyed. He thought that after looking for so long, he had finally found the person, and recalled the sense of familiarity he had felt when seeing the girl.
At that time, Huo Cheng firmly believed that he had found the right person. He slowly tried to get closer. Not knowing any tricks, he just wanted to gradually approach the girl, from the initial chance encounters to the ones he deliberately arranged later.
They spent a period of innocent time together. At that time, Huo Cheng was infatuated with the "chance encounters" with the girl every day and liked to see her shy look when passing by him.
But their good days didn't last long. Huo Cheng was still as busy with work as ever and hardly noticed how the girl was doing in the company on a daily basis.
There was a major project at that time. Huo Cheng was dealing with it every day and was extremely busy. He was completely immersed in his work.
It was not until the project was successfully completed that Huo Cheng realized that he hadn't seen the girl in the company for a long time.
The first day, the second day, the third day...
A week passed, and the girl still didn't come back. Huo Cheng called the department manager. After some random conversation, he finally asked about the girl. The department manager said that the girl didn't show up for work for more than a week, and they didn't know why.
Thinking that Huo Cheng might be angry, the department manager quickly said that they would definitely fire the girl to reassure Huo Cheng.
But Huo Cheng couldn't be at ease. A trace of doubt flashed through his mind. Why did the girl disappear right after he found out that she was the one he was looking for?
So, Huo Cheng immediately made a call and sent someone to find and investigate her.
A few days later, there was news. The girl was indeed from the village where Huo Cheng had once stayed. They weren't sure if she was the child he had met back then, but now, she was missing.
She wasn't resigning, nor was she sick. Instead, she... disappeared.
It was said that the girl was an orphan with no family since childhood, and no one knew where she had gone, neither her colleagues in the company nor her friends.
The people Huo Cheng sent were searching everywhere, and later they found her... in the Huo family.
Coincidentally, Huo's father and mother also sent someone to call Huo Cheng. When he arrived at the Huo family, he saw the girl. Unlike her simple and pretty appearance in the company, she looked much more disheveled and pitiful at that time.
For the first time, Huo Cheng had a direct conflict with his father and mother for the girl. He rescued the girl and took her to his place.
Of course, the process was not pleasant. His father and mother were furious and scolded him.
After the girl came to Huo Cheng's place, since he didn't know much about love, he just let her stay at his home. After a few days, he found a new place for her, which was very close to the company.
Back at the company, he transferred the girl to be his secretary. Huo Cheng thought the girl would remember him, but after asking a few times, he found that she didn't.
Huo Cheng was a bit disappointed, but then he thought that the girl was still young at that time. It was normal for her not to remember. He never doubted the girl's identity at all.
Later, Huo Cheng noticed that the performance of his company inexplicably declined. There were several mistakes that shouldn't have happened, not only in several major projects but also during the bidding process.
The competitor was the company of the eldest sister in the Huo family. At first, Huo Cheng didn't understand and was just confused. Later, he sent someone to secretly investigate and found that there was a mole in the company.
After tracing back, it turned out that the mole was the secretary beside Huo Cheng, the girl he had put his heart into and thought was the one he had been looking for.
It was later learned that the eldest sister of the Huo family had planted the girl beside Huo Cheng. She never expected that Huo's father and mother would find out, and even less expected that Huo Cheng would go against his parents for such a girl.
This was a pleasant surprise for the eldest sister of the Huo family. So, while the girl was working as a secretary beside Huo Cheng, the eldest sister stole a lot of secrets from his company and got to know many of his plans.
The fact that Huo Cheng had been looking for a girl was no secret in the Huo family. With a little inquiry, one could know what kind of girl he was looking for, which gave the eldest sister of the Huo family an opportunity.