CHAPTER 241: CHAPTER 241: STILL NEED TO ASK FOR HIS HELP

"Miss Lin, you’re no longer an employee of our company, so you can’t use this elevator!" The security guard at the entrance suddenly walked over, his face cold, and said to her.

Lin Banxia understood the reality that people drift apart once conditions change. She also knew that she had been too prominent when she was at the Huo Group. Now, everyone was watching her downfall, so how could they possibly speak kindly to her?

Lin Banxia had no choice but to step aside, take out her phone, and dial a number.

The call connected, and a man’s deep voice, tinged with slight surprise, came through: "Finally willing to call me?"

"I need to meet your grandfather. I’m on the first floor of the company. Find someone to bring me up!" Lin Banxia hadn’t planned on seeking help from Huo Yanting, but the matter was serious, and she had to report this incident to Old Sir Huo—it was too severe.

"You’re downstairs?" Huo Yanting’s lazy tone shifted, as though he was about to come downstairs immediately.

"Don’t come down yourself. Just send someone to take me upstairs. You promised me we wouldn’t meet in public." Lin Banxia was genuinely worried he’d come down himself, which would be even harder to explain.

The man’s handsome face tensed slightly with displeasure, but he couldn’t do anything about it, as he had personally made the promise.

"Fine. Wait there. I’ll send someone down. By the way, you still haven’t told me why you’re looking for my grandfather." Huo Yanting pressed the intercom and instructed Assistant Qi Han to go downstairs to escort her. Then he remembered to ask about her purpose for being here.

Lin Banxia suppressed the breakdown brewing inside her and forced herself to speak calmly: "Huo Anya brought people to the pear garden and destroyed many of my belongings. I need to talk to your grandfather about this. Back then, he promised me he wouldn’t touch even an inch of the pear garden."

"Huo Anya?" Huo Yanting’s eyes narrowed slightly, his tone turning icy: "Didn’t I already tell you—divorcing me won’t do you any favors. The reason Huo Anya dared to cause trouble at the pear garden is that she knows you have no support now. Banxia, let’s remarry."

"But... I already agreed to your grandfather..." Lin Banxia listened to his deep voice—the tender and affectionate tone almost made her surrender then and there.

"Perfect. The fact that Huo Anya caused trouble at the pear garden is the best leverage we could have. Banxia, you understand what I’m saying, don’t you?" Huo Yanting’s tone grew low and urgent.

"Are you saying you want me to use this matter to negotiate with your grandfather? I’m afraid he’ll be angry and just have my pear garden demolished altogether." Lin Banxia really didn’t have the courage to do something like that.

"With me here, no one can touch your pear garden. But the condition is—you must remarry me!" Huo Yanting didn’t want to resort to pressuring her like this, but he knew this woman was not easy to pin down. Without taking some drastic measures, she’d only run off further.

"The situation is already a mess. Let me think about it a little more. I’ll talk to your grandfather and decide then!" Lin Banxia’s mind was truly overwhelmed.

Just then, the elevator doors opened, and Qi Han walked out.

Seeing her, he immediately displayed a polite smile: "Miss Lin, come with me upstairs!"

"Thank you!" Lin Banxia said gratefully.

The onlookers who were waiting to see Lin Banxia embarrassed were all visibly stunned when they saw Qi Han personally come down to greet her.

"What’s going on? Did you see that? Why is Assistant Qi still being so polite to her?"

"Assistant Qi is very well-mannered. Once, when I rode the elevator with him, he was very gentlemanly and let the ladies go first."