Huo Jingshenâs brow furrowed, his low voice filled with danger and warning,
âIf I ever see you disrespecting my sister-in-law again, you will stay abroad
forever and never return.â
After issuing the warning, he left with Su Wanwan.
Huo Zhexi clenched his fists tightly, almost grinding his teeth in frustration.
?Zhexi, is that girl really your sister-in-law?â
âYes.â
The young master clucked his tongue twice, âShe only looks like sheâs in her teens. I didnât expect your brother to have such a taste, liking an older woman with a young body.â
âItâS not my brotherâs taste thatâs strong, itâs that damned girlâs crafty methods.â Huo Zhexi remembered the fear he once felt when controlled by Su
Wanwan.
He felt that he should avoid this cunning girl in the future, better not to visit
the main house for some time, lest she ensnare him again.
The elevator continued to ascend and soon arrived at the top floor. The two men stepped out of the elevator and entered a private room.
The scene inside was one of hedonistic indulgence.
Upon seeing the main characters arrive, their friends and flatterers immediately started making a ruckus, calling for the servers to pour drinks.
HUO Zhexi was still upset, and reached for a drink as soon as it was put down.
He didnât notice something in the way and felt a sudden chill, followed by a
woman screaming, âAhâ¦â
A friend immediately rebuked, âAre you blind?â
âYou canât do anything right!â
âDid you get possessed by something?â
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âIâm sorry, Iâm sorry.â The woman hurriedly started mopping up the drink spilled on Huo Zhexiâs suit trousers, choking on her words, âItâs not deliberate, sir, Iâm so sorry. Could you forgive me this time?â
Huo Zhexi looked at the girl.
She was wearing the clubâs standard waitress uniform, a black tight-fitting shirt combined with a plaid skirt, crouching down on the ground, her slender legs shining particularly white under the dim light.
Her face was tear-streaked, lightly made-up, and under the chaotic environment, she appeared as a fresh and gentle lily, evoking a sense of pity.
âYou donât recognize me?â Huo Zhexi asked with doubt.
He considered himself to be quite a significant figure in Nancheng, and although he hadnât been active for over three months, he had frequented this club in the past. Could there actually be a waitress who didnât recognize him. The girl seemed frightened; her voice was weak and shaky as she responded, âIâm sorry, sir, Iâ¦I just started working here.
Huo Zhexi extended his hand.
The girlâs face was lifted up.
âSpeak.â Huo Zhexi raised his eyebrow in amusement, âWhatâs your name?â
âL..Iâm Bai Ruwei.â
âBai Ruwei,â Huo Zhexi murmured quietly, âHmm, what a beautiful name.â The manâs compliment and the clear signs of attraction in his eyes caused the girlâs face to blush, and she slowly revealed a beautiful, slightly shy smile.
Indeed, the person was as lovely as her name.
Delighted, Huo Zhexi grabbed her hand, saying, âCome, sit down and have a drink with me!â
So Bai Ruwei sat down on the sofa, following his lead.
At this moment, the whole group of flatterers were shocked.
If this had happened to Huo Zhexi before, being splashed with a drink by a waitress, he would have slapped her in a fit of rage.
Despite being generous, he was known to have a volatile temperament, never one to coddle or pamper the fairer sex.
But what happened today? He not only did not get angry but also invited the waitress to sit down and have a drink with him.
Looking at the waitressâs appearance, welL.it was just okay.
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In the corridor, a door closed.
A few waitresses immediately gathered to gossip.
âDid you see that? Thatâs what you call having skills!â
-She seemed quite innocent usually, who wouldâve thought she was such a schemer!â
âShe intentionally spilled the drink on Mr. Huoâs trousers! And also pretended not to know him! Utterly shameless!
âDo you seriously think the Huo family will let her in through their doors? A poor girl like her from who-knows-where, sheâs just deluded!â âYou just donât understand. Even if the Huo family doesnât let her through the door, if she has caught Mr. Huoâs eye, she wonât miss out on the benefits.â âExactly, itâs said that Mr. Huo gives each of his ex-girlfriends a break-up fee worth hundreds of thousands!â
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On the eighth floor.
Huo Jingshen led Su Wanwan into a high-end VIP room.
There were only four men inside.
They were Chu Xiuhuang, Nangong Ci, Ming Jing, and todayâs birthday boy, Lu
Chenyu.
Looking around, there were no streamers or balloons, not even a hint of a birthday atmosphere.
Unable to resist, Su Wanwan asked, âIs this a birthday party? How comeâ¦there
are so few people?â
A smirk appeared on Huo Jingshenâs lips, âHe has a more introverted
personality.â
âPfft!â Su Wanwan couldnât help laughing.
Introverted? What even?
Indeed, Lu Chenyu doesnât talk much.
Every time they meet, Nangong Ci talks the most, and everyone else is relatively talkative.
Only Lu Chenyu always has a poker face and hardly talks, occasionally blurting out a couple of words.
If itâs not a proverb, then itâs some popular internet slang or catchphrase.
Probably a typical introverted 5G surfhound.
Purportedly a lawyer, shouldnât lawyers be eloquent?
-Hey, Wanwan, you look reallyâ¦â Nangong Ci tilted his head, trying to think of an adjective.
Birthday boy Lu Chenyu spoke up, âCute.â
Su Wanwan:ââ¦â
Because the room had central air conditioning, she had taken off her down jacket in the corridor earlier.
At the moment, she was wearing a pink hoodie with a pair of jeans. The hoodie was pink and had a hood with cat ears on either side.
At first glance, she looked exceptionally youthful.
Then looking at Huo Jingshen, he was dressed in a mature style â a dark-colored woolen sweater with a white shirt underneath, neatly pressed black trousers. Although he was holding their coats, he appeared as a mature and steady middle-aged man.
Then, Nangong Ci added, âBig brother, you standing next to sister Wanwan makes you look like her dad!â
Su Wanwan again, âPfft!â
As for Huo Jingshen, his brows furrowed and his face darkened, âWhat did you call her?â
âOh, sister-in-law.â Nangong Ci quickly corrected himself.
Bloody hell.
This sister-in-law looked so young, he just couldnât help but call her âsisâ. Desperate to change the topic, he said, âAlright, now that everyoneâs here, letâs start with the cake blowing and wish-making.â
Then, he took from the table next to him a box, âLu, donât say I donât care about you, this cake was custom-ordered by myself.â
As he took off the lid.
Su Wenwen almost laughed till she fell to the ground.
It was a fondant cake, the picture on it was surprisingly of Lu Chenyu and Chu Xiuhuang.
Both wearing the same model of⦠square-cut swimsuits? And they were also holding hands, smiling to the point of showing their white teethâ¦
In short, it was utterly embarrassing to look at!
ââ ouch, second brother, donât hit me⦠it hurts, hurts, hurts! Second brother, let go â Nangong Ci was already held down on the couch by Chu Xiuhuang. Both his arms were turned back at ninety degrees, and his handsome face was beet red from the pain.
Lu Chenyu, on the other hand, seemed to be quite calm. He even picked up the candle and stuck it into the cake.
He lit it himself.
He blew it out himself.
And thenâ¦
He put his palms together and made his birthday wish.
It was simply too weird.
It was Su Wanwanâs first time witnessing such a birthday celebration⦠Nangong Ci finally escaped with the help of Ming Jing from the side. -If you fucking spread out these photos again, I will fucking kill you!â Chu Xiuhuang kicked at him again.
Nangong Ci hurriedly explained with his face red, âI found this photo in a Fire
Emperor fan group.â
âYou fucking sneaked into my fan group?â Chu Xiuhuangâs sharp phoenix eyes squinted, looking particularly dangerous.
Nangong Ci said with a chuckling smile, âI am your loyal die-hard fan, second brother, you cannot treat me like this.â
Su Wanwan casually picked up her phone.
She searched for Chu Xiuhuang and indeed found his Weibo account. She then looked at his fan count.
My god!
Over thirty million fans?
When she clicked into the super topic community, the popularity was incredibly high. There were many fangirl posts, including ones about him and Lu Chenyuâs fan fiction.
The fan coupleâs name was⦠Huangchen PK?
Is it a pun on âPK in the imperial cityâ?
Before Su Wanwan could finish reading, her phone was suddenly seized by a beautiful big hand.
She was flustered, âWhat are you doing?â
Huo Jingshen took the phone, his slender finger swiped, and he turned off and uninstalled Weibo, âDonât look at these vulgar and unhealthy things.â Su Wanwan coughed twice and looked at the birthday boy who was calmly enjoying his cake on one side. She couldnât help but ask him, âIsnât this Lu Chenyuâ¦actually a⦠gay, right?â
âYes.â
Su Wanwan:
Yes?
Is this⦠a confirmation?
Holy shit!
Even though he is not as handsome as my husband, Lu Chenyu still has handsome features. He is even a lawyer and a high-IQelite man. But he actually has that kind of preference!
What a pity!
And Chu Xiuhuang always has different girls at his side, could it be⦠he swings both ways?
No wonder Chu Xiuhuang didnât bring a female companion at Lu Chenyuâs birthday party today, so itâs becauseâ¦
It seemed like she discovered a massive secretâ¦
Su Wenwen was excited by her discovery.
Looking at the two of them sitting together and talking, they seemed to match each other more and more.
Chu Xiuhuang was seductively domineering, and Lu Chenyu was silent and absolutely emotionless.
She suddenly understood the fanaticism of those couple ship fansâ¦
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The food and drinks had been served. Huo Jingshen went outside to answer a phone call, and when he came back, he found his little girl holding a bottle of beer, drinking while laughing silly.
-What are you laughing at?â a deep, magnetic male voice suddenly sounded.
Su Wanwan quickly came back to her senses.
As Huo Jingshen looked at her, she was wearing a pink sweatshirt, and even though she had removed the hood, she still looked incredibly young.
Just like a high school student.
But her holding the beer seemed somewhat out of placeâ¦
Thinking of Nangong Ciâs words earlier, he softly said, âBaby.â âWhat?â Su Wenwen hurriedly put down her beer and moved away a bit from the edge of the sofa.
They were still in the private room and although they were sitting in the corner of the sofa and the room was quite bigâ¦
There were only a few people in the room, but those playing cards on the other side just needed to turn around to see their position.
Huo Jingshen gave a low chuckle.
The distance between them was nothing more than a centimetre, or⦠just a few millimetres.
Su Wanwan held her breath, feeling as though sheâd been completely enveloped by his presence.
He probably had a smoke while answering the phone call. There was a faint smell of cigarettes.
The manâs deep voice was as if playing a cello, softly magnetizing, âTo ensure you can concentrate on your exams, how many days has your husband not seen you for, can you still count them?â
Su Wanwan:ââ¦â
Cough,cough.
She had lost count.
Huo Jingshen grabbed her hand and slowly leaned over.
The voices of those playing cards in the distance vaguely came over.
-Six sixes! I have six sixes ha ha ha ha ha⦠who can beat me?â
âNangong, youâre fucking cheating, arenât you?
âWhat are you talking about! Am I that kind of person? âWell, looking at you, you donât really have the brain for it.
âDamn it, Iâm not going to take thatâ¦â
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Suddenly.
âHoly shit! Big brother, what are you two doing?â
A man with no sense of timing spoke up.
It was Nangong Ci.
Huo Jingshen heard the sound and looked at him askance.
He looked at him silently but oppressively.
Nangong Ci blinked his peach blossom eyes for a few seconds, then turned his head away.
For goodness sakes, flaunting their love in front of so many single guys in the roomâ¦
Even if theyâve been found out, theyâre still so cocky?
It was as if he, the discoverer, did something wrong?
Was it his fault for interrupting them?
Su Wanwan had already stood up, âSorry, I have to go to the restroom.â
Huo Jingshen;
Everyone else: