Chapter 22: Once He Calms Down, Lin Huaizhi Will Still Chase After Him
“What scumbag?”
Huo Chen touched his nose again. “Dating without giving a title, or getting together without dating or understanding each otherāif that’s not being a scumbag, what is?”
Lin Huaizhi smiled brightly.
“Isn’t that why I’m waiting for you to state your position? So, what do you think? Date first to give a title, or skip dating and give the title directly?”
“I don’t think anything.”
Lin Huaizhi asked him: “Not choosing either?”
“Not choosing.”
Lin Huaizhi wasn’t frustrated. Instead, he stuck to his side, looking like he intended to get to the bottom of it. “Why not choose?”
The four buckets were three-quarters full. Huo Chen was scooping water into the last bucket. Feeling the breath spraying by his ear, he glanced at Lin Huaizhi. Of course, the latter was thick-skinned and fearless enough to stay very close despite his warning.
Actually, it was just a matter of moving two steps away, but Huo Chen stayed rooted to the spot.
If the offender didn’t retreat, wouldn’t he, the offended, look scared if he moved?
“The pit is too small; dig a bigger one next time.”
Two choices, pick oneāno matter how he chose, he’d end up being Lin Huaizhi’s boyfriend. Huo Chen wasn’t stupid. Trying to make him jump into such an obvious pit was still too amateur.
“Hahahaha.”
Not sure where he was poked, but Lin Huaizhi leaned on Huo Chen’s shoulder, laughing tremulously. “I was thinking ‘Jiang Taigong fishing, the willing take the hook.’ Since the fish says the pit is too small, I’ll dig the biggest one for you next time.”
Huo Chen was about to speak when Chu Xiaoran suddenly reprised his role.
“What are you doing?”
Lin Huaizhi propped himself up, the smile on his face slowly fading. “Dating. Are you blind?”
Chu Xiaoran’s eyes darted between the two. Finally, thinking of something unknown, he frowned and said to Lin Huaizhi: “Even if I don’t like you, you don’t need to degrade yourself and be with this kind of person.”
He paused and added: “If you’re deliberately using this method to provoke me, then it’s even more unnecessary. You’re ruining yourself like this.”
Huo Chen lifted his eyelids.
The man’s features were extremely aggressive, especially when his eyes were cold; it made people shudder just looking at him.
This kind of visually exploding handsomenessāthose who didn’t go for this type were very afraid. When Huo Chen first appeared, some people licked the screen frantically. Later, that look while washing by the creek at dawn scared the cameraman into trembling legs, and people in the livestream even said he looked like a murderer.
Chu Xiaoran obviously didn’t go for this type.
In his eyes, Huo Chen was a dangerous element who disregarded laws and discipline in the dark, someone who might take a knife and kill at any moment.
So meeting Huo Chen’s gaze, a chill climbed up his spine. He subconsciously started ‘forcing’ Lin Huaizhi: “Don’t be obsessed anymore. As long as you turn back, we are still friends. Then you can also focus on managing the company and properly investigate how the director team casts roles.”
Huo Chen also looked at Lin Huaizhi.
Meeting the other’s eyes, the man’s fearless expression seemed to sayāprove to me how much weight your like carries.
Lin Huaizhi also smiled.
No one dislikes being favored. Lin Huaizhi was never half-hearted; he didn’t regret decisions, nor would he turn back. Since he wanted to chase Huo Chen, all his partiality could only be given to Huo Chen.
“Be a person with your own judgment; don’t just follow what others say.”
Chu Xiaoran frowned: “What do you mean?”
Lin Huaizhi laughed, the sound carrying blatant sarcasm: “I mean, don’t think I really like you just because your fans say I like you every day. Initially defaulting to online rumors was because I treated you as a friend and wanted to help you block the demons and monsters of the entertainment industry. But this doesn’t mean I really have any thoughts about you.”
“Since you can’t see clearly, I’ll repeat it to your face one more time. I, Lin Huaizhi, do not like you, Chu Xiaoranānot in the past, not now, and not in the future.”
“Finally, I came to participate in this dating show to chase Huo Chen. So please don’t say these ambiguous words anymore to increase the difficulty of my road to chasing a boyfriend.”
Chu Xiaoran looked astonished. “You shouldn’t be like this. What happened? Is it because I didn’t visit you when you were hospitalized?”
“At that time, paparazzi were squatting outside the hospital. Rumors outside were already saying we were involved ambiguously. If the paparazzi caught us, we wouldn’t be able to wash ourselves clean even if we jumped into the Yellow River. You…”
Can’t you be more sensible?
Or is Lin Huaizhi very angry because the chandelier fell and he left first?
There were so many people in the restaurant that day, and the chandelier falling made such a big noise. They were public figures to begin with; what if they were photographed? And rumors outside said he climbed up relying on Lin Huaizhi. If paparazzi photographed them having a candlelight dinner together, wouldn’t it directly confirm he sold his body to climb up?
He didn’t want people to think he achieved something relying on Lin Huaizhi, so he ran so fast.
Lin Huaizhi entered the hospital, and he wanted to visit too. But there were so many paparazzi outside the hospital. He wasn’t a nobody anymore; even fully armed, those paparazzi could recognize him!
In short, Chu Xiaoran had many grievances in his heart.
On the contrary, listening to his words, Lin Huaizhi only felt his worldview being kneaded. He really couldn’t figure out Chu Xiaoran’s thought process.
Empty fame is more important than friends?
And which part of everything Chu Xiaoran has now wasn’t obtained relying on him, Lin Huaizhi? Besides, because of protecting Chu Xiaoran, they had long been ambiguously involved, yet Chu Xiaoran was still deceiving himself.
No, can’t say deceiving himself.
Saying Chu Xiaoran wants to be a whore but still wants a monument to chastity is more accurate.
Of course, promoting Chu Xiaoran was his own willingness, and ending up like this served him right. But just regarding the moment the chandelier fell, if not for him trying to push Chu Xiaoran forward but being pushed back by Chu Xiaoran pressing on his chest for leverage, who knows who would be the hospitalized one.
He didn’t fuss about Chu Xiaoran’s behavior, but Chu Xiaoran was acting up instead.
“Shut up.”
Chu Xiaoran wanted to quibble but was shoved back by Lin Huaizhi’s look. That aggressive look, identical to Huo Chen’s, could make people shut up in a second.
But Chu Xiaoran wasn’t afraid of Lin Huaizhi.
He had known Lin Huaizhi for three years and seen enough of Lin Huaizhi’s simp appearance. Lin Huaizhi’s current appearance was just impotent rage from unrequited love. He shut up only to let Lin Huaizhi calm down a bit.
Everything Lin Huaizhi was doing now, saying he didn’t like him and wanted to chase Huo Chen, were just angry words in a fit of pique. Once he calmed down, Lin Huaizhi would still chase after him.
After all, even this dating show was organized by Lin Huaizhi to boost his popularity.
Saying he doesn’t like him.
Just a huge lie.
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