Chapter 105: Lin Huaizhi Actually Committed Patricide?
The Lunar New Year is a magical holiday.
Some people look forward to it all year long, only hoping for a family reunion. Some go home only to face various pressures to marry. Some follow their girlfriends home and, as a “son-in-law from out of town,” claim they can’t understand the dialect or hold a conversation, and can only chat with the family’s chickens, ducks, and dogs.
Then there are rebellious youths who play games like crazy on this day, and the New Year visits afterward are the same.
Therefore, the minor disturbance caused by Zhang Qiang and the Huo family didn’t gain much traction until after the eighth day of the first lunar month, when all the “beasts of burden” returned to work and the internet became thoroughly active again.
[SHOCK! The Chairman of Huai Meng Entertainment actually committed patricide in his youth!!]
[Recent leaks claim that Lin Huaizhi, Chairman of Huai Meng Entertainment, was born in an unknown small mountain village. He has a twisted temper and violent tendencies, and even stabbed his biological father with a knife, attempting to kill him.]
[Did Lin Huaizhi’s rise to fame start with patricide?]
Countless marketing accounts were posting news about Lin Huaizhi’s patricide. With someone pushing from behind, this matter fermented until the whole internet knew about it within a single morning.
[Crap! Lin Huaizhi is actually that kind of person?]
[Even a tiger doesn’t eat its cubs, and a son shouldn’t kill his father. Lin Huaizhi even stabbed his own dad; isn’t he just a complete beast?]
[You truly can’t judge a book by its cover. Lin Huaizhi looks so beautiful and smiles so gently, but in private, he’s such a vicious creature!]
[Am I the only one who thinks it’s strange? They say Lin Huaizhi came from a small village, and last time on the romance show, he revealed he only finished middle school. With this kind of education and background, how did he transform into the Chairman of Huai Meng Entertainment in just about ten years? And how did Huai Meng Entertainment become the top entertainment company in the country?]
The internet was almost entirely filled with condemnations and curses toward Lin Huaizhi. Not only did they deny Lin Huaizhi’s character, but they even dismissed his hard-earned career entirely.
But not everyone was criticizing.
With the good reputation Lin Huaizhi had built up over recent years and the things that had happened before, a portion of people spoke up for him or remained neutral.
[Just because of a few things posted by marketing accounts, you’re certain Lin Huaizhi is that kind of person? There are plenty of such “smear tactics” in the entertainment industry. I truly don’t believe it.]
[The news of Lin Huaizhi and Huo Chen’s relationship only broke out a while ago, and now Lin Huaizhi’s scandals are starting to leak. Does the Huo family really think we’re that easy to fool?]
[The matter between Lin Huaizhi and Chu Xiaoran had a reversal before. Now there’s more gossip about Lin Huaizhi—I think I need to wait and see so I don’t end up as a tool for capital.]
Lin Huaizhi did not come forward to speak.
During those two days, Huo Chen was on a business trip abroad. It was nearly evening where he was when he learned of this news, and he immediately made an urgent international call to Lin Huaizhi.
“You…”
After the call connected, Huo Chen originally wanted to ask about the specific situation, but as soon as the words left his mouth, he feared making Lin Huaizhi sad, so he changed his approach.
“Have you eaten?”
Lin Huaizhi’s voice had the raspiness of having just woken up. He gave a light laugh. “Baby, it’s only four o’clock here. Are you asking if I’m having a late-night snack or breakfast?”
In his concern, Huo Chen had lost track of the time. He raised his hand to check his watch and apologized while rubbing his temples.
“Sorry.”
“I forgot about the time difference.”
Even if Huo Chen didn’t say it, Lin Huaizhi knew why he was calling at this hour.
The youth rolled over in bed. “Not only did you forget the time difference, you also forgot to call me ‘baby.'”
Huo Chen hadn’t forgotten; he remembered. It was just that he always felt embarrassed before speaking and would silently swallow it. Now that Lin Huaizhi had brought it up, he couldn’t keep avoiding it. He subconsciously pursed his lips before speaking again—
“Baby, have you eaten?”
Lin Huaizhi truly couldn’t hold it back. Even with his face buried in the pillow, his muffled laughter still drifted through the line.
Huo Chen’s face went stiff. “What are you laughing at?”
Lin Huaizhi freed his face from the pillow. “Laughing at how cute you are. Huo Chen, baby, you really are the cutest boyfriend in the world.”
Despite being words of praise, they didn’t earn Huo Chen’s forgiveness. He only asked, “The ‘cutest in the world,’ so you’ve had other cute ones?”
Lin Huaizhi lost it completely.
His clear, happy laughter echoed through the villa, and his heart felt completely full. “No, I only have one cute boyfriend. In my heart, he is the cutest boyfriend in the whole world.”
He didn’t think there was anything wrong with Huo Chen.
He liked the way Huo Chen got jealous; it proved that Huo Chen cared about him.
Huo Chen fell into silence. He didn’t want to continue the topic of being the “cutest boyfriend,” but he didn’t know how to move on to the next topic, so all that remained was silence.
Lin Huaizhi didn’t let the atmosphere grow cold.
“When are you coming home? This house of yours is too big. When I come home from work these days, it feels so empty.”
Huo Chen lowered his eyes.
“Very soon. What gift do you want? I’ll bring it back for you.”
Lin Huaizhi laughed again. “Baby, since it’s a gift, shouldn’t it be kept secret to give me a surprise? If you ask what I want, where’s the surprise?”
Huo Chen was very direct. “I’m afraid I won’t buy well. Instead of buying something you don’t like, it’s better to ask directly what you want.”
This was indeed Huo Chen’s style.
However, their relationship wasn’t quite like that. Things Lin Huaizhi wanted, he could buy himself; he wasn’t lacking money.
What he lacked was love.
And what he wanted was only love.
“It’s okay. As long as it’s a gift you bought for me, I’ll like it no matter what it is. Even if it’s just a little thing picked up from the roadside, I’ll like it.”
This requirement was truly low.
Even if Huo Chen were any poorer, he probably wouldn’t go to the roadside to pick things up, or pick up a penny and hand it to a police officer.
He simply agreed to Lin Huaizhi.
“Alright, then I’ll bring a gift for you when I return.”
The night was still thick, and the surroundings were quiet. With the villa’s excellent soundproofing, Lin Huaizhi heard nothing but Huo Chen’s voice.
He smiled and agreed.
But his smile slowly faded.
“I know what you wanted to say to me when you called, but I only want to ask one thing. Huo Chen, do you believe me?”
Huo Chen’s answer was immediate. Almost as soon as the words left Lin Huaizhi’s mouth, he replied.
“I believe you!”
Lin Huaizhi knew Huo Chen would say he believed him, but Huo Chen’s categorical answer still moved him.
He had never been someone’s firm choice before.
That “silly woman” had indeed protected him, but most of the time it was because he hid food for her. Because she feared the food would be gone, she would occasionally overcome her fear to protect him under that scumbag’s rage.
He wasn’t resentful.
He only hated cruel fate.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Huaizhi’s voice finally sounded again: “Huo Chen, do you want to hear it?”
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