HSS CH58

Chapter 58: How Did I Owe Money Again?

On this day, Lin Miao couldn’t get out of bed and stayed nestled in it. Huo Yuchuan fed him some porridge, and he fell into a deep sleep again, probably still feeling dizzy in his dreams and muttering, “Huo Yuchuan, stop moving…”

Huo Yuchuan, with an unchanging expression, covered him with the blanket.

When Lin Miao woke up again, it was already dark outside. Huo Yuchuan, dressed in a bathrobe, was sitting by the bed, working on his laptop. Lin Miao looked at him, slowly blinked, and gradually became more alert, realizing they were still in the hotel.

He moved a bit and felt a soreness in his thigh, so much so that he couldn’t lift it. Huo Yuchuan noticed he was awake, got up, and poured him a glass of warm water, helping him take a few sips.

Lin Miao’s voice improved a bit, and he grumbled, “I have to go back. I have classes tomorrow…”

Huo Yuchuan reached up and brushed away the hair that had fallen on his forehead, saying, “Our class monitor is still so studious.”

Lin Miao suddenly felt a bit dazed, as if he had been transported back to junior high school. He paused for a moment and quietly retorted, “I’m not young anymore.”

Huo Yuchuan gave a soft smile and said, “Then can you take a day off? Go back tomorrow.”

Lin Miao thought for a moment and said, “Alright.”

But then he frowned, “How do I ask for leave?” He couldn’t very well tell the teacher he couldn’t get out of bed, could he?

“I’ll do it for you,” Huo Yuchuan said. He then called the principal. Principal Wang didn’t ask any questions and readily agreed, even saying he would contact Lin Miao’s tutor and telling Huo Yuchuan not to worry.

Lin Miao let out a sigh of relief, thinking the principal was quite a nice person. He looked up and saw Huo Yuchuan’s bathrobe collar loosely open, revealing a firm chest that slightly rose and fell with his breathing, and his abdomen subtly hidden beneath the fabric…

Lin Miao was stunned for a moment, recalling how he had touched Huo Yuchuan’s abs last night in the chaos, which were warm and…

He paused, reached out of the blanket with one hand, and touched Huo Yuchuan’s abdomen, muttering, “Let me touch…”

Huo Yuchuan grabbed his hand and silently looked at him for a moment, “Didn’t you get enough last night?”

Lin Miao’s face turned red, and he mumbled, “I forgot.”

Huo Yuchuan slightly lowered his head and asked in a low voice, “Do you want to remember?”

Lin Miao shrank back, suspecting that “remembering” wouldn’t just involve touching abs, and said with less confidence, “Can I touch or not?”

Huo Yuchuan replied, “I’m afraid if you touch, something will happen.”

Lin Miao was also a bit scared; he was still sore from last night, and if Huo Yuchuan went crazy again, it would be bad. “Then forget it…”

Before he could finish, Huo Yuchuan said, “Or I could hold back and owe you a favor.”

Lin Miao: “……”

Why does it seem like I’m always in debt whenever we’re together? I just finished the six hundred kisses, and now I owe another favor?

Lin Miao felt it wasn’t good and hesitantly said, “No.”

Huo Yuchuan reached out and pulled open his bathrobe.

Lin Miao: “……”

The abs right in front of his eyes dazzled Lin Miao.

Huo Yuchuan: “Touch or not?”

Lin Miao gritted his teeth in frustration—how could he be like this? So annoying!

Huo Yuchuan grabbed his hand and placed it on his abdomen.

Lin Miao’s mind buzzed with thoughts, I’ll just touch for a second, just one second…

Half an hour later, Lin Miao, who had accumulated a lot of debts, cursed his hand in his mind—why was it so uncontrollable, touching for so long?!

What a lecherous hand!

On Monday, Huomingzhe called and said that Grandpa Huo was so angry that he refused to eat, claiming Huo Yuchuan was trying to drive him to his death and said he would go on a hunger strike.

Huo Yuchuan responded indifferently, “He can’t even go a day without smoking, let alone go on a hunger strike.”

“He just wants you to back down,” Huomingzhe said, “Why don’t you come back and apologize?”

Huo Yuchuan: “Then I’ll hold a press conference.”

Huomingzhe was confused, “Hold a press conference for what?”

Huo Yuchuan: “To propose to you.”

Huomingzhe hung up the phone with a “click.”

It was said that Huo Shaoyuan ate two big bowls of rice that day, claiming he needed to be full to have the strength to hit Huo Yuchuan. He also sternly warned him that if he dared to hold any proposal press conference and bring shame to the Huo family, he would smash him with his wheelchair.

Lin Miao was completely unaware of the drama in the Huo family. When he woke up, it was almost noon, and he heard Huo Yuchuan calling Little Zheng to book a flight for the afternoon.

Lin Miao thought he would go back first and asked, “When are you going back?”

Huo Yuchuan picked him up from the bed and carried him to wash up, “I’m going back with you this afternoon.”

Lin Miao, drowsily lying on his shoulder, said, “What about the things here… what do we do?”

Huo Yuchuan seemed unconcerned, “Huomingzhe will take care of it.”

“Your eldest brother?” Lin Miao asked curiously, “Is he very nice to you?” He seemed like a good person the last time they met.

“It’s just a trade of interests,” Huo Yuchuan said, “Most of the Huo family’s businesses are actually in Huomingzhe’s hands now.”

“I’ve helped him a lot over the years, and the only condition I asked for was that company in City A.”

Lin Miao was quiet for a moment, then said, “Is that why you went to City A because I was studying there?”

Huo Yuchuan didn’t deny it but said, “That company is also quite profitable.”

Lin Miao nuzzled against his neck, “I’ll earn money too, a lot of money.”

“Mm,” Huo Yuchuan said, “Wait until you support me.”

Lin Miao thought about his exorbitantly expensive villa, the constantly changing cars, the bespoke suits…

He couldn’t afford it; maybe he really would end up earning just three thousand five hundred a month.

He quietly put away his ambitious dreams, “……Well, you know, it’s important to be self-reliant, right?”

Huo Yuchuan smiled and wiped his face.

Before they left in the afternoon, Huo Yuchuan went out for a while.

Lin Miao waited for him in the hotel and suddenly heard a knock on the door.

He peeked through the crack and saw Huochengdong standing outside.

Huochengdong was also surprised to see Lin Miao but didn’t say anything, just asked, “Where’s Huo Yuchuan?”

Lin Miao opened the door wider, “He went out.”

Huochengdong irritably scratched his hair and handed him an envelope, “Big brother said to give this to him.”

His voice was as hoarse as a duck’s, and Lin Miao immediately remembered that he had cursed Huo Yuchuan three hundred times, probably making his throat sore.

Serves him right, Lin Miao thought to himself, for cursing Huo Yuchuan, he got what he deserved.

He couldn’t help but say, “Don’t you dare curse Huo Yuchuan again.”

“I wouldn’t dare curse him,” Huochengdong said indignantly, “He’s already causing a ruckus at home. How could I possibly provoke him?!”

Lin Miao didn’t believe him, “If you didn’t curse him, why is your voice like that?”

“Who knows what he’s thinking!” Huochengdong grumbled, “That day, he insisted I say three hundred sentences. If I didn’t finish, he would hang me up and beat me! It’s not easy to say that many words at once! I almost had to meow like a cat or bark like a dog!”

Lin Miao: “……”