Chapter 31: The Title Was Censored, So Imagine It Yourself!
As Lin Huaizhi spoke, he was about to commit another “crime,” but unfortunately, Huo Chen was quick-witted and agile, stopping that restless hand.
“Still have the energy to be cheeky? Looks like you’ve recovered.”
Huo Chen released Lin Huaizhi, got out of bed, and began to get dressed.
The man’s figure was excellent—muscular but not exaggerated. His height of over 1.9 meters made him appear imposing and full of power. Lin Huaizhi’s gaze swept over the abdominal muscles at the man’s waist and the bulging mass below, and he let out a frivolous wolf whistle.
“Wow.”
“Baby, your body is really nice.”
“Whoever gets to be your better half in the future will be insanely happy. Wait, who will be your better half? Of course, it’s going to be me.”
Huo Chen appeared unaffected by those words, but in reality, the tips of his ears, half-hidden by his hair, had long since turned thoroughly red.
“Wait!”
Huo Chen glanced at him. “What do you want to do now?”
Lin Huaizhi slapped the quilt and frantically began searching for the camera. “I felt so terrible yesterday! I came back and fell asleep immediately. I forgot if I turned off the camera or not!”
Huo Chen: “…”
Huo Chen probably used up a lifetime’s worth of silence on Lin Huaizhi.
Lin Huaizhi muttered as he searched, “It’s been so long, surely it’s not still livestreaming? Wouldn’t our ambiguous relationship be known to everyone then?”
Huo Chen: “Where is this ambiguity coming from?”
Lin Huaizhi paused his busy movements and looked back at Huo Chen. “We stripped down and slept in each other’s arms; you don’t call that ambiguous? Be honest, do you not want to take responsibility for me?”
Huo Chen finished putting on his jacket and prepared to take the basin outside to fetch water. “If I recall correctly, this behavior of yours is called a shakedown.”
The good news was that Lin Huaizhi finally found the camera.
It was on the collar of his jacket.
The bad news was that Lin Huaizhi indeed hadn’t turned it off. The camera had faithfully recorded everything after he returned to the mud house, including the sweet moments of Huo Chen feeding him medicine and food. Because the jacket had been tossed aside casually, the camera was covered, but that didn’t stop it from recording his faint sobbing sounds.
The livestream room had gone crazy at that time.
The screen was filled with questions asking if the two were “doing it,” asking if Lin Huaizhi was being done to tears by Huo Chen. In short, it was so rampant it was unsightly. Naturally, it successfully earned a ban package.
The even worse news was that not long after the livestream room was unbanned, Lin Huaizhi woke up. When Huo Chen got up to find clothes, he moved the jacket, exposing the camera. Although the lens was facing the ceiling, that didn’t stop it from recording all of Lin Huaizhi’s ambiguous, flirtatious words.
Of course, the livestream room, which had just been unsealed, was sent back to the dark room again because of Lin Huaizhi’s latest operation.
By the time Lin Huaizhi found it, the camera, which had dutifully streamed for a day and a night, finally ran out of battery and shut down automatically. Lin Huaizhi thought he had turned off the stream long ago, completely unaware of the massive storm he and Huo Chen had stirred up.
The mission continued.
Sister-in-law Wu specially cooked some porridge for Lin Huaizhi. It only had some cabbage, green onions, ginger, and garlic, but the taste was exceptionally good. Lin Huaizhi downed two large bowls.
Of course, Lin Huaizhi didn’t eat for free.
Despite Sister-in-law Wu’s repeated refusals, Lin Huaizhi used his smooth talk to give her fifty yuan and promised to come back for dinner after the task was over.
“Brother Lin!”
Just as they arrived at the second floor of the mission point, Xu Qiao, who had arrived early, leaned in. Her eyes were shining, her face wore an ‘auntie smile,’ and she looked incredibly excited and agitated.
Lin Huaizhi didn’t know what was greeting him yet, so he just responded, “What’s wrong?”
Xu Qiao stomped her feet slightly, unable to hide the excitement in her voice. “Did you and Brother Huo do it last night?! Did you really do it?!”
Lin Huaizhi didn’t understand for a moment.
“Do what? What did we do?”
Xu Qiao fought the urge to grab his arm. “Love! Make love! Everyone is saying they heard you crying in your livestream last night! Did Huo Chen really make you cry?”
Huo Chen: “?”
Lin Huaizhi: “?”
Thinking of the scene he saw this morning, given Huo Chen’s assets, there might indeed be a day when he’s made to cry, but—
“What is this about everyone hearing me cry in the livestream?”
Xu Qiao’s mouth couldn’t hold onto anything; she spilled everything to Lin Huaizhi like pouring beans. After hearing the whole story, Lin Huaizhi felt awkward yet a bit bewildered. He looked at Huo Chen.
“Did I cry last night?”
The young man’s fever had subsided, but his cheeks were still flushed. When he looked over, his eyes were watery and moist, looking as if the tears hadn’t fully dried yet. He looked extremely pitiful.
Huo Chen, who never disdained to lie and never lied, silenced for a moment before giving an answer contrary to the facts for the first time.
“You didn’t cry.”
“They heard wrong.”
Lin Huaizhi had burned into unconsciousness last night. Waking up this morning, he retained only fragmented impressions of what happened, unable to distinguish between dream and reality. So, he believed whatever Huo Chen said.
“You guys heard wrong.”
Xu Qiao didn’t give up. She was just like those CP fans in the livestream room, willing to dig three feet into the ground to find the truth.
“But everyone said it sounded like crying!”
Lin Huaizhi: “Can ‘everyone’ hear as clearly as Huo Chen? Besides, that mud house is drafty; maybe what everyone heard was the wind.”
Lin Huaizhi forcibly ended the topic.
Seeing she wouldn’t get any useful information, Xu Qiao didn’t press further and instead asked about his health.
But ending the topic didn’t stop those two faint sobs of Lin Huaizhi from going viral, quickly stirring up a trending topic online.
Not long after, all the guests arrived. When Chu Xiaoran saw Lin Huaizhi, he walked straight toward him.
“What happened to you yesterday?”
Lin Huaizhi was in a decent mood right now. He didn’t really want to acknowledge Chu Xiaoran, this guy who was loving and affectionate with Fang Mo in his brain and had caused his tragic death.
However, Chu Xiaoran had remarkably poor judgment.
Or perhaps he had received so much special treatment from Lin Huaizhi that he felt it was only his place to judge Lin Huaizhi, and there was no reason for Lin Huaizhi to ignore him. So, he pushed Lin Huaizhi’s shoulder.
“I’m talking to you! Don’t play dumb!”
Lin Huaizhi was just recovering from a cold, and his body was still a bit weak. Chu Xiaoran’s push caused him to stumble a few steps. If not for Huo Chen standing behind him not far from the staircase, he might have fallen right down the stairs.
Xu Qiao bristled immediately upon seeing this. “Chu Xiaoran, are you sick?! Brother Lin’s cold isn’t fully cured yet! His body is still weak! Not only did you push him, but you pushed him from that direction—do you want him to die?!”
Chu Xiaoran realized he was in the wrong.
But with so many people present, plus Xu Qiao’s interrogating attitude, he couldn’t bring himself to apologize no matter what. Moreover, they were livestreaming. If he apologized, wouldn’t that confirm he pushed Lin Huaizhi on purpose?
“I just wanted to ask him what happened yesterday, to care about him. I didn’t push him.”
Huo Chen lifted his eyes.
The emotion in his eyes was heavy, like the deep sea.
“So you mean, Lin Huaizhi deliberately fell to frame you?”
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