Chapter 49: Chu Xiaoran Stalks Lin Huaizhi
Hearing the other party’s inquiry, Zhou Ning didn’t hide anything and said directly, “Chu Xiaoran’s fans came to cause trouble and even brought a knife. The Boss got cut near his eye, and there was a lot of blood! After treating the wound, we came to the police station to give a statement.”
“What? You want the location?”
“I don’t have you on WeChat. It’s the police station closest to Huameng, on Zhaohui Road. You can just navigate there directly. But…”
Before he could finish, the other side had already hung up. Zhou Ning looked at the screen. But matters are already settled, and I’m about to take the Boss home. Why don’t you just wait at his door? Is it that hard to let someone finish a sentence?
Lin Huaizhi walked out, saw him holding his phone, and asked casually, “Who were you on the phone with?”
Zhou Ning was very honest. “Huo Chen. He asked where you were.”
Lin Huaizhi paused and looked at Zhou Ning. “You told him?”
Seeing Lin Huaizhi’s reaction, Zhou Ning suddenly hesitated. “…I told him. Did you not want Huo Chen to know about this?”
Lin Huaizhi touched the gauze on his right eye. “It’s not about wanting him to know or not. It’s just that I look a bit ugly right now.”
Zhou Ning instantly understood his implication.
“He shouldn’t be obsessed with looks, right?”
“The issue is, he looks that terrifying himself. You didn’t despise him, so how would he dare despise you?”
Lin Huaizhi smiled. “If I didn’t have this face and looked like Chu Xiaoran while trying to force myself on him, what do you think his reaction would be?”
Zhou Ning thought of Chu Xiaoran’s aesthetically lacking face, then thought of Huo Chen’s eyes, and shuddered violently.
“Boss, don’t tell ghost stories…”
Zhou Ning still wanted to make amends. “But I think he’s not that superficial. When you had a cold before, he asked me to lead the way to see you. He bought cold medicine and porridge. Although his face was still stinky, that kind of care didn’t look like an act.”
Lin Huaizhi had been living in a daze these past few days and had forgotten to investigate how Huo Chen got into his house and opened the door.
So it turned out Zhou Ning was helping behind the scenes.
“You and Huo Chen…” Lin Huaizhi wore a smile, but no matter how one looked at it, it seemed a bit sinister. “When did your relationship get so good that you even added each other on WeChat?”
Zhou Ning: “…”
Zhou Ning wished he could sigh to the heavens. “Boss! My relationship with him isn’t good! We didn’t add each other on WeChat either! Can you please stop firing indiscriminately! I absolutely will not lay a finger on the man you’ve set your sights on! I will only be the wingman between you two!”
Lin Huaizhi patted his shoulder, this time smiling with some sincerity.
“Don’t be afraid, I haven’t fired.”
Haven’t fired my ass!
While wanting to complain, Zhou Ning also felt a bit of heartache. He couldn’t blame his boss for being paranoid. Look at that wretched Chu Xiaoran; the boss gave him so much trust, and in the end, he turned around and stabbed him in the back.
“Let’s go.”
“Eh, aren’t we waiting for Huo Chen?”
Lin Huaizhi opened the door and got into the car directly. Before he could speak, a hand suddenly pressed against the car door. Chu Xiaoran appeared in front of them, his face stern as he said, “Lin Huaizhi, let’s talk.”
Zhou Ning, who was pushed aside, instantly bristled.
“Are you fucking sick?! You’re like a walking disaster. Can you stay away from the Boss!”
Chu Xiaoran glanced at Zhou Ning, the contempt in his eyes glaringly obvious. “Zhou Ning, you are nothing but Lin Huaizhi’s dog. You have no right to shout at me here.”
Lin Huaizhi slapped the car door.
The loud noise caused Chu Xiaoran to turn his head back, only to find that Lin Huaizhi had leaned in close at some point.
The young man half-stood, his hands bracing the sides of the car door frame. He looked down at Chu Xiaoran, an aura of superiority washing over him.
“Chu Xiaoran, you don’t have the qualification to speak to Zhou Ning like that yet.”
“Furthermore, he is my dog. What do you think you are to me?”
Lin Huaizhi’s gaze was piercingly cold. Despite the distance being close enough to breed ambiguity, there wasn’t a shred of warmth. “You are worse than a dog.”
Chu Xiaoran’s eyes trembled.
He wanted to say something more, but Lin Huaizhi pushed him away and slammed the car door shut directly.
The window rolled down half an inch, the young man’s voice cold.
“Zhou Ning, go.”
“You got it! Right away!”
In the past, because Lin Huaizhi was supporting him, Zhou Ning had to put on a smiling face no matter how much he disliked or looked down on Chu Xiaoran. Now that Lin Huaizhi wasn’t supporting him, there was no need to give Chu Xiaoran a good attitude.
He bumped Chu Xiaoran aside, got in the car, started the engine, shifted gears, and stepped on the gas in one smooth motion, even deliberately letting Chu Xiaoran eat some exhaust fumes.
Chu Xiaoran stood in place, his face terrifyingly dark.
At this point, how could Chu Xiaoran not know? All of this was definitely Lin Huaizhi’s instruction. The purpose was to beat him down and let him know that without Lin Huaizhi, he, Chu Xiaoran, was nothing.
And then there was revenge.
Revenge for the words he said and the things he did in Jinzhai Village.
Using these things to make him bow his head.
Chu Xiaoran gritted his teeth, but in the end, he drove and followed Lin Huaizhi.
Lin Huaizhi was silent the entire way, and the air pressure inside the car was terrifyingly low. Zhou Ning cursed Chu Xiaoran ten thousand times in his heart. When getting out of the car, he specifically sent a text message to Huo Chen informing him of the location.
“Boss…”
Zhou Ning thought for a moment but didn’t know how to comfort Lin Huaizhi. Instead, the latter patted him on the shoulder. “You’ve been handling company matters during this time. You’ve worked hard. I’ll give you a raise this month.”
Zhou Ning wanted to say something else, but Lin Huaizhi had already closed the door.
Zhou Ning had no choice but to retreat.
But that dog Chu Xiaoran, don’t think he’ll have it easy. He wants to be in Zhou Jingzhi’s play? Forget about Zhou Jingzhi; he won’t be picking up anyone’s play next!
Zhou Ning returned to the company in a huff.
What he didn’t know was that just as he left, Chu Xiaoran arrived.
When the doorbell rang, Lin Huaizhi thought Zhou Ning had returned. Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, Chu Xiaoran’s face was behind it.
Lin Huaizhi frowned tightly.
“What are you doing here?”
“If I remember correctly, I’ve never brought you here. Did you stalk me?”
Chu Xiaoran held back his temper. “Don’t talk about stalking. Ever since returning from Jinzhai Village, your little maneuvers haven’t stopped. Dare you say that the replacement of the male lead in Dreams Knowing Dawn wasn’t your doing?”
Lin Huaizhi leaned against the door and sneered.
“So what if it was my doing?”
“Chu Xiaoran, you know perfectly well in your heart how much effort you put in to get that role initially. Since you said you didn’t want the outside world to think you relied on me to achieve what you have today, then go rely on yourself to win roles.”
“Don’t play ‘I want to have my cake and eat it too’ in front of me.”
Chu Xiaoran gnashed his teeth. “Lin Huaizhi, aren’t you using these methods just to force me to bow my head, to force me to admit my mistake?”
He took a deep breath.
“Fine, I am willing to bow my head and admit my mistake. I am also willing to develop a relationship with you beyond that of a superior and subordinate. So can you stop acting up and let Zhou Jingzhi give the role back to me!”
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