Chapter 26: CH 26

Huo Yuan Guang thought that he hid himself pretty well, but he did not know that Huo Ming Cheng already knew about everything. From the money he funneled away from the company funds, to buying stocks from the other board members, to buying off Zhang Zhi Qiang and his wife. And now all Huo Ming Cheng needed to do was wait. The longer he waits, the more frantic Huo Yuan Guang would become and the more evidence would be exposed.

Huo Ming Chen has been ordered to stay at the family home and had no way to meet up with Lu Qi. The two of them could only video call in their rooms, which was still better than nothing, even if they can’t physically touch.

Lu Qi’s face was really easy on the camera. Because his features were fairly symmetrical, no matter from which angle you look at him, you can’t find a problem. Truly, a token to the legend of the 360 degree camera face. He walked out of the bathroom with his hair still wet from taking a shower. When he appeared on the screen, Huo Ming Chen could not deny that he was dazed by how handsome Lu Qi was.

He leaned back and happily enjoyed the view of Lu Qi’s face and body, his eyes carrying a possessiveness as if looking at something he owned,

“Your family genetics are not too shabby. Do you take after your mother?”

“Lu Yuan is like my mom, I’m probably like my dad.”

His dad had already passed away before he even came out of the womb. He has never seen him, and there was not even a single photograph of him at home. Mama Lu had never hinted or told them any information about their father, and Lu Qi was too lazy to ask.

Huo Ming Chen jutted out his chin and came closer to the monitor,

“Did you think about me these past few days?”

Lu Qi dried his hair with a towel as he asked back,

“What do you think?”

Huo Ming Chen flicked him accurately on the forehead on the computer monitor, as if that would appease his anger, and in a bad temper said,

“I see that you will not be bored living the rest of your life by yourself! Would you die if you said something nice to make me happy?”

“You’re not an idiot. Can’t you hear whether it’s good words or truthful words?”

Lu Qi leaned forward a little, his fingertip lightly stroking across the monitor, accurately near Huo Ming Chen’s lips. This kind of action made someone weak in the knees, especially hearing his voice lowered and husky,

“I didn’t lie to you. You should be happy instead.”

Those who he lied to never had a good ending. Hadn’t this idiot across from him been lied to enough yet?

Hearing this, Huo Ming Chen stroked across his chin over and over, looking at him from the top to the bottom of the screen. He finally blinked and switched to an entirely different topic,

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“I want to kiss you.”

Lu Qi beckoned him with his fingers,

“Then you come over, and I’ll let you kiss me until you have had enough.”

The person lying on the hospital bed seemed stupefied, his face very gaunt with his entire body covered in bandages. To be honest, he was not having the time of his life. Seeing that it was him, Zhang-Shu felt a brief flash of guilt inside his heart, and his hoarse throat stuttered out,

“Thank you……for Er-Shao’s1 concern…… It’s……I’m fine now……”

The hospital did not allow smoking, and so Huo Ming Chen was playing around with the cigarette sticks, pulling them apart like threads on a scarf. Each piece fell slowly to the ground, and he pleasantly smiled while looking at Zhang-Shu,

“You’re fine, that’s good. These past few days, your son and daughter-in-law have been saying that they want to bring you back home, to care for you. Almost blew the hospital roof off from their noise. It wasn’t recommended for you to be moved at all since you had just come out of the operation room……”

He seemed to recall something as he said that and lowered his head to look at his watch,

“Oh, they did say that they would come pick you up after seven days. Coincidentally, I believe that should be today.”

Hearing this, Zhang-Shu opened and shut his mouth, as if he wanted to say something but could not get it out. A pool of tears started gathering in his eyes, which slowly fell down his face, wetting the bandages near his eyes.

Huo Ming Chen could only pretend he did not see that. Afterall, those who are pitiful must have something about them that is hateful. It was only karma for Zhang-Shu to be lying here crying. If anything had happened to Huo Ming Cheng, the one crying right now would have been Huo Ming Chen and their grandfather.

He asked coldly,

“My brother treats you pretty well, right?”

Zhang-Shu closed his eyes, but it was hard to hide his face that was full of shame and pain,

“Chairman…… treats me very well… has not forsaken me even when I got this old, and instead took care of me……”

Being with Huo Ming Cheng for so long, accepting their grace, and doing such a thing to betray them, it was worthy of death.

Notes:

*1 Er-Shao (二少) = literally second little/young which is a title usually to say for a second eldest son of a wealthy family (the -shao is also a way to address (like -Shu or -Ge) someone higher in position/regard, which can be used like Huo-Shao to call Huo Ming Chen). Also possible to interpret it as second master son. In this particular (and upcoming) scene/s, (Huo) Er-Shao is a also another means to call (in reverence/respect) for the second eldest son of the Huo family (Huo Ming Chen).

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