Chapter 27: Redeeming the Domineering CEO part 1
“You’re driving me away?”
After a moment of silence, Shi Huaibai seemed unable to believe it. His lips trembled slightly, the baby fat on his cheeks shaking with them, and his shoulders shuddered.
He looked so pitiful that the System burst into tears.
Jiang Xinian did not look at Shi Huaibai. He simply turned his head to gaze out the window at the endless stream of traffic being overtaken by their car. His eyes held a chilling coldness, an indifference so profound it was almost inconceivable.
Silence.
The silence was so heavy the air seemed to stagnate.
Only the sound of Shi Huaibaiâs breathing was clearly audible.
Faint.
At times rapid, at times slow.
It was as if he were contemplating many profound things.
The System’s heart melted into a pool of trembling, aching blood. It patted Shi Huaibaiâs shoulder, rubbed its head against his arm, and snuggled up to him: [Host, don’t cry. If you cry, I’ll feel sad too.]
The car finally came to a halt. Uncle Wang, the driver, sat motionless, his palms sweating cold sweat.
Jiang Xinian had always doted on Shi Huaibai to the extreme. He would light a Sky Lantern for Little Mister Shi at auctions and bring him along for every aspect of daily life. Why was he suddenly driving Little Mister Shi away?
Even if he fired himself, he couldn’t possibly drive Little Mister Shi away!
Jiang Xinian stepped out of the car, his brows curving like a nimble fox. The corners of his lips held that habitual, mean, yet charming smile. His thin lips parted slightly, but the words he spat out were gentle to the point of being bewitchingâas if there had never been a rift between them, as if the sharp arguments and cold confrontations were merely Shi Huaibai’s hallucinations.
“Shi Huaibai, go up and get some sleep first,” he said softly, his voice low and tender, like coaxing an anxious child.
“Remember to drink some milk before bed.”
The night breeze brushed past, slightly stirring the tips of Jiang Xinian’s hair, making his face look even more exquisite and cold-hearted, yet his eyes were gentle to the point of cruelty.
“I’ll see you off tomorrow.”
As these words fell, the System’s heart contracted violently. It felt as though its heart, on Shi Huaibai’s behalf, had been ruthlessly seized by an invisible hand.
Jiang Xinian was too vicious. Even when sending Shi Huaibai away, he had to be so extremely gentle, creating a disparity Shi Huaibai could never overcome.
What Jiang Xinian wanted was for this to be etched in Shi Huaibaiâs bones and engraved in his heartâa piercing pain.
What truly cannot be forgotten, what locks onto someone’s ankles like shackles, is not the most expensive thing, nor what the person likes the most, but rather what is lost and then found again.
Just like when he was thirteen. To rebel against his parents, he jumped from the rooftop of the sixth floor right in front of them.
He knew there was a swimming pool below. He knew he wouldn’t die. He also foresaw that after that, his parents would no longer be able to control him.
It was he who would control his parents.
“No need.”
Shi Huaibai suddenly raised his hand and shoved Jiang Xinian away. The force was so great that Jiang Xinian stumbled slightly.
The System finally saw his face, which had been lowered all this time. Those eyes burned with anger, unwillingness, and a kind of determination that bordered on stubbornness.
The System suddenly felt that something was wrong…
It seemed… Shi Huaibai was going Long Aotian again.
Shi Huaibai was filled with righteous indignation: “I’ll move out tonight.”
“When the cart reaches the mountain, there will be a way; when the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally straighten. You will regret this! Do you remember when I risked my life for your safety back then? The humiliation of today will be repaid a hundredfold in the future!”
“Hmph!”
System: [Bro…]
Did those things happen? Why didn’t it know? Shi Huaibai clearly caused trouble every day!
Shi Huaibai was simply impassioned: [Being swept out the door is a Long Aotian fashion item!]
He had finally waited for this moment!
Jiang Xinian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Shi Huaibai really was still a child.
“So, if you leave now, where do you plan to sleep? Where will you rest? How will you eat tomorrow? You haven’t worked a part-time job since you started following me. When will you be able to find work?”
“The door is open,” Jiang Xinian’s smile remained bright. “If you get tired later, come back in. I’ll still send you off tomorrow.”
He turned and left after speaking.
He seemed very confident: Shi Huaibai had nowhere to go.
The next second, Shi Huaibai smiled with a crooked mouth, took out his phone with a look of supreme wisdom: “What kind of thing do you think you are? Do you know who you rejected? You rejected a God!”
System: [Enough, enough…]
Jiang Xinian didn’t look back. He went upstairs and sat on the rattan chair by the window where he could see Shi Huaibai. Looking down from a distance, he turned the pages of his book unhurriedly, taking his time.
Shi Huaibai would come back.
He was the Student Council President. After driving Shi Huaibai away, who would dare approach him?
Just like tonightâthe White Tower dormitory area at Abbeville Academy was already under curfew. Those living off-campus were either asleep or, if awake, would absolutely not dare to take Shi Huaibai in.
Looking down from above, Shi Huaibai was just a small ball, like a cub waiting to be fed.
The more painful and lonely he was, the happier Jiang Xinian became.
The easier it would be for the sliver of light leaking through his fingers to become Shi Huaibai’s god.
Jiang Xinian sat high above, a mocking smile at the corner of his mouth, and sent a message to Chen Xin:
Jiang: [I kicked Shi Huaibai out.]
Chen Xin was as responsive as ever: [What happened between you two?]
Jiang: [Thatâs not your concern.]
Chen Xin: [Then what is my concern?]
Jiang: [Bully him. Nothing causing major harm, though.]
The other side was silent for a long time before finally replying: [Okay.]
Chen Xin was obedient as always.
After sending the message, Jiang Xinian felt everything was foolproof. He continued to peek downstairs, thinking the little guy should be coming into the house by now.
Jiang Xinian narrowed his nearsighted eyes, barely making out a blurry figure that had appeared downstairs in the dark night.
He blinked hard, and his vision finally focused. It was Qian Liang and Shi Huaibai!
Damn it, he forgot Shi Huaibai could still ask for help from people outside the school.
Wait! Since when were Shi Huaibai and Qian Liang so close!
Qian Liang rode his small electric scooter, arriving like the wind.
He parked the scooter with a dashing flourish, took off his helmet with one hand, gave Shi Huaibai a cool glance, and delivered his signature line: “You come to find me for such a trivial matter?”
At that moment, eyes of both Shi Huaibai and Qian Liang flashed with joyous light.
Shi Huaibai was ecstatic inside: “Great! Finally got the classic plot of being swept out of the house!”
Qian Liang was also secretly delighted: “Awesome! Finally encountered the trope of being the richest man’s lifesaver!”
The two thought in unison: “The mission progress is saved!!!”
One Long Aotian is enough to sway the world; two Long Aotians are simply earth-shattering!
Jiang Xinian clenched his palm tightly and sent a message to Qian Liang.
Qian Liang, who was riding the electric scooter, couldn’t spare a hand, so Shi Huaibai took the initiative to pick up the phone: “Jiang Xinian is asking why you’re taking me away. How should I reply?”
Qian Liang thought for a moment, then couldn’t be bothered to think anymore. He said, “You reply for me. Remember to highlight three points: my moral purity, my benevolent heart as a healer, and my profound medical expertise.”
Soon, Jiang Xinian received this reply: [Leaving someone to die violates my medical ethics! You simply don’t understand what kind of potential lies dormant within Shi Huaibai’s body. If he loses a single hair, it will be an immeasurable loss to all mankind!]
Jiang Xinian: “…”
Shi Huaibai: “Wah-oh!”
This was truly a super high-level answer. It reflected Qian Liang’s kindness and eye for talent, and it also reflected his own power!
Most importantly, it reflected his own power!
Shi Huaibai looked at it again with satisfaction. Finally done admiring it, he stuffed Qian Liang’s phone back into the guy’s back pocket.
The next second, Qian Liang’s butt started vibrating!
Pah, the back pocket started vibrating.
“Take it out.” Qian Liang gripped the handlebars of the small electric scooter tightly. The sudden acceleration and bumps made Shi Huaibai’s butt hurt too. “Aren’t you a Divine Doctor? Why don’t you have a car?”
Shi Huaibai finally began to belatedly miss Jiang Xinian. After all, at the very least, Jiang Xinian’s Rolls-Royce and Maserati were very comfortable.
Qian Liang’s expression was unfathomable. He freed a finger and wagged it: “I’m following the pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger Long Aotian route.”
Shi Huaibai finally pinched Qian Liang’s phone out with two fingers, narrowed his eyes at the screen, and seriously identified the contact name: “Wang, Yuan, Fu…”
Shi Huaibai looked blank: “Who is he?”
It wasn’t Qian Liang who answered him, but the mechanical voice of the System suddenly exploding.
The Systemâs upper and lower lips flapped together, crackling like clappers: [This is F4, Wang Yuanfu! The legendary influential figure of Abbeville Academy! Although he graduated two years ago, no one has been able to replace his position in F4 to this day. He is now the CEO of a multinational corporation, a man with connections to the heavens. One of the scholarships at Abbeville Noble Academy is supported by the interest from Wang Yuanfu’s sponsorship. You can only possibly see him at the annual Outstanding Graduate Representative Conference.]
Logically speaking, the F4 were elusive dragons. In the world line prompted by the Main System, the Host would have to wait at least two years until graduating from Abbeville and entering the other party’s company as an intern to see him.
Now, under Qian Liang’s influence, it had been advanced to the present.
The System suddenly shut its mouth vigilantly, muttering to itself: Could the Main System have a bug? But on second thought, the biggest bug in this world was clearly its own Host with his bizarre brain circuits!
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