HSS CH11

Chapter 11: What Do You Like?

Lin Miao was extremely embarrassed and had no choice but to play dumb. “This… so many people like you, huh?”

Huo Yuchuan coolly replied, “Do they really like me? Or do they like someone else?”

Lin Miao immediately said sincerely, “They like you.”

Huo Yuchuan glanced at him, put his hands in his pockets, and walked forward. “Let’s go back.”

Lin Miao hurriedly followed, got into the car by the roadside, and after hesitating for a while, he confessed to Huo Yuchuan, “Actually, I gave your number to others.”

Huo Yuchuan: “Why?”

“I can’t remember the numbers I make up on the spot,” Lin Miao explained. “I just blurted out yours.”

He nervously promised, “I won’t do it next time. I’ll give my own number.”

“No need,” Huo Yuchuan said indifferently. “Give Little Zheng’s.”

“Ah?” Lin Miao looked at Little Zheng, who was driving in front. “That doesn’t seem right.”

Little Zheng: “Please give mine. I have plenty of phones.”

Plenty of phones? Lin Miao was curious. “How many phones do you have?”

Little Zheng: “One for the driver, one for the bodyguard, one for the assistant…”

Lin Miao immediately pictured Little Zheng walking with phones hanging all over him, clanking as he moved. He turned to Huo Yuchuan in a daze. “With so many numbers, can you even keep them straight?”

Huo Yuchuan calmly replied, “I’ll just save one.”

Little Zheng: “Yes, Mr. Huo saves mine separately.”

Lin Miao took out the number for Little Zheng from his phone. “What about this one?”

Little Zheng: “It’s the same as Mr. Huo’s.”

Lin Miao thought for a moment. “Isn’t that bad to give to others?”

Little Zheng gave another number.

Lin Miao asked, “What’s this for?”

Little Zheng: “For selling insurance.”

Lin Miao: “……” Ah, do you also do that on the side?

The next day, when Lin Miao went to “Muse” again, a bright notice was already posted outside the entrance, saying “Prohibited from asking waiters for contact information.”

Boss He is such a good person, Lin Miao thought, solving the problem so quickly.

From that day on, few people asked Lin Miao for his contact information. Occasionally, there were one or two who “deliberately violated” the rule, but they were quickly dragged away by the security guards who appeared out of nowhere.

Lin Miao stayed here part-time, going to class during the day and coming over when he had time at night, then going back to Shengting to be Huo Yuchuan’s pillow after work.

He saved money bit by bit and gradually got used to Huo Yuchuan’s embrace, from feeling awkward at first to becoming accustomed to it later.

Everyone is good friends, he thought, so sleeping together is nothing, especially since Huo Yuchuan paid for it. When it’s cold, sleeping together is quite warm.

He never delved into the reason why Huo Yuchuan couldn’t sleep, nor did he realize that two years had passed so quickly.

In the blink of an eye, he had gained eight pounds.

He didn’t find any weight loss tips from Xu Yue and thought about asking Little Zheng after work.

Aunt Chen’s food was so delicious, but Little Zheng wasn’t fat at all. He should know how to lose weight…

But then he remembered that Little Zheng said he ran eight kilometers every morning.

Lin Miao suddenly felt his legs go weak.

He wasn’t paying attention and suddenly bumped into another waiter coming the other way, spilling the drinks they were holding.

“Sorry…” Lin Miao quickly apologized and helped clean up the broken glass on the floor.

The lighting was a bit dim, but Lin Miao inexplicably felt that the person in front of him looked familiar.

But this person, like him, was wearing a mask that covered most of their face, and he couldn’t recognize them at first.

“Sorry, it was my fault…”

The person shook their head and left after cleaning up.

When Lin Miao got off work and changed his clothes in the locker room, he was about to come out when he saw the person he had bumped into earlier walk into the lounge.

For some reason, Lin Miao felt like a thief and quickly pulled the curtain shut again.

Through the gap in the curtain, he saw the person take off their mask and put on glasses.

Lin Miao was shocked in an instant—this was Mr. Yu, the math teacher!

No wonder I wanted to hide when I saw him, afraid he would call on me to answer a question!

Before going to bed that night, Lin Miao counted his savings again, feeling satisfied as he snuggled into Huo Yuchuan’s embrace.

Huo Yuchuan helped him pull the blanket higher.

“Huo Yuchuan,” Lin Miao paused and said, “I saw someone when I was working today.”

Huo Yuchuan: “Is Boss He’s place going to close down? You only saw one person?”

Lin Miao: “……”

“No,” Lin Miao explained, “I mean, someone I know.”

But then he thought about it and realized that wasn’t quite right either. Xu Yue and the others were also people he knew, so it wasn’t just one person.

Huo Yuchuan turned his face, his shoulders shaking slightly as if he was holding back a laugh.

He was doing it on purpose! Lin Miao huffed, “He’s from our school.”

Huo Yuchuan turned his face back. “Mm, and then?”

Lin Miao’s anger subsided a bit. “But I think it’s a bit strange.”

Huo Yuchuan: “What’s strange?”

“He doesn’t seem like someone who’s short of money,” Lin Miao said. “Why would he work there?” Their math teacher usually dressed very well, and his clothes didn’t look cheap. He was said to come from a good family, and some even claimed he was related to the principal.

Huo Yuchuan: “Maybe he likes working part-time.”

Lin Miao: “Who likes working part-time?”

Huo Yuchuan: “Don’t you like it?” You were the one who insisted on going, acting all cute and stubborn.

“I don’t like it,” Lin Miao corrected. “I’m doing it for the money.”

Huo Yuchuan looked down at him. “So what do you like?”

Lin Miao replied without hesitation, “I like money!”

Huo Yuchuan: “……”

Huo Yuchuan turned off the light and said, “You came back late today. Deduct a hundred.”

Lin Miao felt like the sky was falling.