Chapter 72: “Lin Huaizhi, My Boyfriend.”
Zhou Ning had long wished for Lin Huaizhi to draw a clear line with Chu Xiaoran and stop being bewildered by him. How could he possibly let Chu Xiaoran see him again at a time like this?
“Stop saying ‘Lin Huaizhi’ this and ‘Lin Huaizhi’ that. What kind of scallion, ginger, or garlic* are you to call the boss by his full name?”
“Where is security!”
“Are the security guards eating for free?”
“And where is your manager! Why did she let you run into the office alone!!”
The office door was pushed open, and a woman in high heels stood at the entrance, panting as she apologized. “Assistant Zhou, I’m terribly sorry. He ran too fast; I couldn’t catch up.”
The woman’s name was Xu Jiao.
She was the manager assigned to Chu Xiaoran previously.
Zhou Ning didn’t want to waste any more words on Chu Xiaoran. He said directly, “Make him get the hell out!”
Xu Jiao apologized repeatedly with a smile, then practically dragged and yanked Chu Xiaoran out of the office. As soon as they entered the elevator, she started scolding him. “If you want to die, go die by yourself! Don’t drag me into it! You useless thing!”
Chu Xiaoran was holding back a belly full of fire. Hearing this, he exploded instantly and grabbed Xu Jiao by the collar.
“It’s one thing for Zhou Ning to choke me; he’s Lin Huaizhi’s assistant, after all. But what kind of thing are you? A nameless manager, and you dare shout at me!?”
“Let go of me!!”
Xu Jiao wasn’t someone to be messed with either. She yanked Chu Xiaoran’s hand away and slapped him directly across the face. While straightening her clothes, the woman looked Chu Xiaoran straight in the eye.
“Chu Xiaoran, get your position straight. Do you think you’re still the Chu Xiaoran who could walk sideways in Huameng?”
“Wake up!”
“Everything you have was given by the boss! Instead of properly worshiping the boss, you put on airs with him. You should have thought that sooner or later, there would be a day when you’d be abandoned!”
The elevator opened.
Xu Jiao stepped out without looking back at Chu Xiaoran, but her words clearly reached his ears.
“Delusional thing.”
“Ptui!”
Chu Xiaoran couldn’t even remember how he left the Huameng building. One moment heaven, the next hell—it was vividly manifested in his life.
But how could this be?
He was sitting high up just before; how could he suddenly have nothing?
Lin Huaizhi…
Right, it was Lin Huaizhi!
It was Lin Huaizhi who made him like this! Made him have nothing!
Chu Xiaoran was unwilling to accept this result. He took out his phone and tried to call Lin Huaizhi again. Unsurprisingly, it still couldn’t connect.
Actually, when he saw the statement, he had called Lin Huaizhi, and it hadn’t connected then either.
At that time, Chu Xiaoran hadn’t thought much of it, assuming it was an issue with Lin Huaizhi’s phone. But hearing the connection failure again now, no matter how much he didn’t want to believe it, he had to—
Lin Huaizhi had blocked him.
Lin Huaizhi actually blocked him!
Chu Xiaoran almost wanted to laugh. When Lin Huaizhi was chasing after him before, even when he was that annoying, he had never blocked Lin Huaizhi. But now, Lin Huaizhi had blocked him!
“Lin Huaizhi!”
Between Chu Xiaoran’s brows, besides anger, there was mostly disbelief.
“You really have such a cruel heart!”
Actually, by this point, Chu Xiaoran believed it.
He believed what Zhou Ning said, that the statement was Lin Huaizhi’s instruction, and believed that Lin Huaizhi really wanted to blacklist him.
But he wouldn’t accept it.
He had walked so hard to get to where he was today; he didn’t want to accept it!
He believed Lin Huaizhi wasn’t that kind of ruthless person. Lin Huaizhi had remembered a moldy bread for so long; as long as he lowered his head, Lin Huaizhi wouldn’t hold a grudge.
Yes.
Chu Xiaoran remembered.
When he saw those trending topics online, he remembered who Lin Huaizhi was.
But what he hadn’t expected was that someone with such a poor starting point as Lin Huaizhi could counterattack and become ‘Capital.’ Who knew how many noble benefactors he had met or how much dumb luck he had during that time.
If he had known earlier, he should have treated Lin Huaizhi better.
At least he shouldn’t have thrown that expired, moldy bread to Lin Huaizhi. He should have taken something else from the store.
Like instant noodles or a ham sausage.
But it didn’t matter; it wasn’t too late. As long as he handled this matter well, he could definitely solve his current predicament.
It didn’t matter if Lin Huaizhi didn’t answer the phone.
He knew where Lin Huaizhi lived. He could go see Lin Huaizhi!
Lin Huaizhi was at home.
He glanced at the caller ID and answered the phone with a smile. “I just issued the statement, and you call right after. How is it? Are you very happy now?”
Huo Chen said just three words: “Not too bad.”
Lin Huaizhi laughed and exposed him. “‘Not too bad’? Just ‘not too bad’? I can hear the suppressed joy in a certain someone’s voice.”
“Come to Huarui Nanting.”
The sudden invitation stunned Lin Huaizhi. He looked at the bright sun outside.
“Baby, I know you’re happy, but isn’t inviting me to a hotel in broad daylight a bit exaggerated?”
Huo Chen ignored his cheekiness. “I’ve already sent someone to pick you up.”
“Are you that impatient?” Lin Huaizhi was genuinely a bit flattered. He opened his wardrobe and started choosing clothes. “Then what do you want me to wear to see you?”
The phone went silent for a moment.
“Wear whatever you want.”
‘Whatever’ meant he couldn’t just wear whatever. He definitely had to dress up to see the person he liked.
Lin Huaizhi picked and chose, finally selecting an outfit that made him look particularly young: jeans, canvas shoes, a short white cotton jacket, and a dark blue knit beanie, finished off with a scarf.
Winter had arrived in Dragon City, so wearing this wasn’t too much.
Mainly, dressing like this made him look young and energetic. He wanted Huo Chen to properly experience the taste of an ‘old cow eating tender grass’ (an older person dating a younger one).
The person who came to pick up Lin Huaizhi was Zheng Xiuang.
Standing outside the car, he was momentarily stunned when he saw Lin Huaizhi’s outfit. Then he quickly greeted him, introducing himself, “Hello, President Lin. My name is Zheng Xiuang. The BOSS asked me to pick you up.”
Lin Huaizhi hadn’t met Zheng Xiuang before.
But he knew Zheng Xiuang was Huo Chen’s special assistant. In the novel, Huo Chen’s wrongdoings were aided and abetted by this special assistant.
However, judging from his face, one couldn’t see any trace of a villain’s lackey.
Lin Huaizhi nodded and got into the car through the door Zheng Xiuang held open. “Thank you for the trouble.”
Before the car had driven five hundred meters, Lin Huaizhi called out again, “Stop at the flower shop ahead. I’m picking up a bouquet.”
Zheng Xiuang wanted to say something but stopped himself. He just parked the car, then watched Lin Huaizhi walk into the flower shop and walk out holding a bouquet of red roses.
“Do you think your BOSS will like them?”
Zheng Xiuang’s answer was like a standard textbook response: “If it’s flowers you sent, the BOSS will definitely like them.”
Lin Huaizhi laughed. “I hope he likes them too, but he doesn’t look like someone who would like these things.”
Lin Huaizhi looked out the window.
“It doesn’t matter. Whether he likes them or not, I want to give flowers to him.”
Under Zheng Xiuang’s lead, Lin Huaizhi arrived at the final destination. However, before he had time to think about the fact that Huarui Nanting only had suites above the seventh floor, the door was pushed open by Zheng Xiuang.
“Baby…”
The two words Lin Huaizhi blurted out were cut off in his mouth the moment he saw a large round table and the people sitting around it.
Huo Chen sat in the center, like the moon surrounded by stars.
Hearing the youth’s voice, he looked up. His gaze softened instantly upon touching that fiery red bouquet.
“Let me introduce you.”
The man exhaled a smoke ring, his voice carrying a hint of laziness.
“Lin Huaizhi, my boyfriend.”
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