Chapter 341 - 341: You Have Your Rules, He Has His Rules, and I Have Mine

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The surprised look on Lin Shanchu’s face was too obvious.

“I’m not here to break you up.” The smile on Huo Zhuxiu’s face deepened, as if he was satisfied with Lin Shanchu’s reaction.

Most people would feel a sense of accomplishment when they realized that the other party had miscalculated their thoughts during a confrontation.

Even Huo Zhuxiu was no exception.

Lin Shanchu saw a a trace of pride on his face, as if everything was under his control. However, he was more restrained than most people.

“What’s your condition?” Huo Zhuxiu did not come here just to tell her that he agreed to her getting together with Huo Chaosheng.

Hearing Lin Shanchu’s words, Huo Zhuxiu looked more relaxed.

“You need to reduce your work in the entertainment industry. I’ll make some other plans for you so that you can become someone worthy of Chaosheng.”

Lin Shanchu realized that anyone with a bit of power and status liked to control others.

They liked to control other people’s thoughts and arrange their lives. They would not feel that there was anything wrong with them. Moreover, they would feel that others should be grateful to them.

However, some people would sweet-talk and do things more decently, for example Huo Zhuxiu at this moment.

Huo Zhuxiu’s words just now sounded completely normal, as if he was looking out for Lin Shanchu.

In reality, Huo Zhuxiu felt that Lin Shanchu was not worthy of Huo Chaosheng. After all, he looked down on Lin Shanchu, let alone respect her.

As for the plans he mentioned, they were nothing but a method to make Lin Shanchu give up.

Eventually, she would break up with Huo Chaosheng. This door-in-the-face technique would allow Huo Zhuxiu to achieve his goal effortlessly, and at the same time, it would make him appear noble and decent.

He was really amazing.

“President Huo, do you think I’m not worthy of Huo Chaosheng now?” Lin Shanchu’s eyes widened slightly, but she looked extremely innocent.

Huo Zhuxiu said noncommittally, “I’m doing this for your own good.”

“But…” Lin Shanchu reached out to support her chin lightly and her tone was exceptionally innocent. “Huo Chaosheng likes me the way I am now. Why should I change myself?”

Huo Zhuxiu’s expression froze for a moment, and then his tone turned cold. “Miss Lin, are you unwilling to agree to my conditions?”

Lin Shanchu pursed her lip awkwardly and said, “I’m sorry, but I can’t comply with your conditions.”

The originally relaxed atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

Huo Zhuxiu’s expression did not change much, but his gaze towards Lin Shanchu turned colder.

He had investigated Lin Shanchu’s past thoroughly.

This lady was quite smart and had a clean background, but she had a rough upbringing and once had a fiancé who was her childhood sweetheart.

Such a woman was completely unqualified to marry into the Huo family.

Huo Zhuxiu initially thought that Lin Shanchu would be easy to deal with since she was still young, but he did not expect her to be so arrogant and did not take him seriously at all.

Since the soft approach did not work, he had to do it the hard way.

“Miss Lin, you have to know that things will become troublesome if you don’t play by the rules.” Huo Zhuxiu’s tone was filled with impatience as he said, “I don’t like to make things troublesome.”

Lin Shanchu realized that Huo Zhuxiu’s angry look was similar to Huo Xunzhou’s.

She now found Huo Zhuxiu a little more pleasing to the eye even though he had said those annoying words.

“As long as people are alive, they can’t avoid getting into trouble. You have your rules, he has his rules, and I have mine. Whose rules should I follow to avoid trouble?”

Lin Shanchu smiled after she finished speaking. Then, as if she had suddenly thought of something, she had a distressed look as she said, “For example, with the nature of my job, I often have to attend various dinners after work to deal with people I don’t know at all. It’s quite troublesome.”

Lin Shanchu’s words were euphemistic yet direct. It was basically an expansion of the two sentences—”Your rules are none of my business” and “I find you troublesome”.

Huo Zhuxiu immediately understood the meaning behind Lin Shanchu’s words.

His gaze darkened as he said, “Miss Lin, you are young, hot-tempered and has a straightforward personality. How rare.”

“Huo Chaosheng likes someone like me,” Lin Shanchu said with a smile.

Huo Zhuxiu was dumbstruck by her words.

At this moment, someone pushed open the door to the private room from the outside.

Huo Zhuxiu finally found a target to vent his accumulated anger.

“You came in without knocking?” He asked angrily, “Is this the etiquette of Boya Hotel staff?”

An old voice came slowly through the door.

“Why are you so angry?”

Lin Shanchu tilted her head slightly and looked in the direction of the voice.

An old man with a walking stick slowly walked over. He seemed to have noticed Lin Shanchu’s gaze and looked over with a gaze full of curiosity.

However, he quickly averted his gaze.

Huo Zhuxiu, who was furious a moment ago, immediately restrained his expression and respectfully stood up to help the old man.

“Dad, why are you here?”

“I came over to dine with a few old fellows. I heard that you were here, so I came to take a look.”

After Huo Zhuxiu helped the old man sit down, he turned to Lin Shanchu and said, “Which family is this pretty girl from?”

The old man looked kind, had a nice voice and was Huo Xunzhou’s relative, so Lin Shanchu had a good impression of him.

She stood up politely and smiled at the old man. “I’m Lin Shanchu from Xu City.”

“Hello.” The old man looked at her with a smile, revealing a satisfied expression on his face. “The young people nowadays are quite nice. They are all good-looking and polite.”

Huo Zhuxiu looked at Lin Shanchu with a complicated expression, but he did not say anything.

“Young people nowadays like a kind and generous grandfather like you very much.” Lin Shanchu felt that this old man was kind of adorable.

The old man laughed heartily at Lin Shanchu’s words.

After he finished laughing, he said seriously, “Your name sounds a little familiar to me, and you look kind of familiar.”

Huo Zhuxiu respectfully reminded him, “Miss Lin is an artist in the entertainment industry. You might have heard someone mention her name somewhere.”

“Oh, an artist?” The old man nodded in agreement. “It’s tough being an artist. Yun Wu hasn’t called me in a while…”

Yun wu?

Lin Shanchu suddenly looked up at the old man and asked, “You are… Yun Wu’s grandfather?”

Yun Wu’s grandfather was Huo Xunzhou’s grandfather, so Huo Zhuxiu called him “Dad” just now. “You know Yun Wu?”

“I do.”

Lin Shanchu nodded with a smile, looking much more sincere than before.

“I remember now…” The old man tapped the ground with his walking stick and said excitedly, “You danced with Yun Wu on a show, right?”

“That’s me.”

“You are Shanshan, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“You’re just like Yun Wu. You look prettier in real life than on TV.”

“Thank you, Grandpa.”

Lin Shanchu obediently answered whatever he asked..