HSS CH22

Chapter 22: Let Me Tell You a Secret

Huo Yuchuan: “……How did you pretend to be asleep?”

“No, I didn’t,” Lin Miao said, “I just got tired from looking at my phone and dozed off.”

Huo Yuchuan silently pulled the blanket over and lay down, closing his eyes and saying, “Don’t look at your phone tomorrow.”

Lin Miao: “……”

Does he have to control even looking at my phone? Lin Miao was too lazy to argue with him and pushed his arm, “You still haven’t answered my question.”

Huo Yuchuan didn’t open his eyes but asked, “What question?”

“You said you didn’t kiss anyone else,” Lin Miao said, “But last time you said you had. So, did you or didn’t you?”

Huo Yuchuan didn’t reply, just turned his face towards him and asked, “Do you really care?”

Lin Miao was taken aback and said a bit uncomfortably, “It’s not that I care, but your words don’t match up. Are you lying to me?”

Huo Yuchuan indifferently said, “Yes, I’ll sell you tomorrow.”

Lin Miao decided not to pursue it, feeling frustrated as he touched the mask on his face and complained, “Then why did you take off my mask?”

Huo Yuchuan: “I was afraid you’d suffocate.”

Lin Miao put the mask back on and grumbled discontentedly, “Who knows if you’ll get mouth-itchy in the middle of the night……”

Huo Yuchuan, with a calm face, said, “It’s possible.”

Lin Miao: “……”

“Extra charge for another kiss!”

“Okay,” Huo Yuchuan asked, “How much for a kiss?”

Lin Miao hesitated for a moment and said, “A thousand!”

After saying it, he felt like it was too cheap and quickly changed it to, “No, two thousand!”

Huo Yuchuan: “A bit expensive.”

Expensive so you wouldn’t dare to kiss! Lin Miao was feeling smug when he heard Huo Yuchuan say, “I did the math, and my money is enough to kiss you until the next life.”

Lin Miao: “……”

So what if you have money? You’re still a miser!

Lin Miao fell asleep with a sense of grievance. When he woke up again, it was already morning. Huo Yuchuan was still asleep, forehead to forehead with him, his breath falling on the edge of his mask.

Lin Miao was drowsy and wanted to move back a bit, but suddenly realized that Huo Yuchuan’s hand was on his butt!

Lin Miao jolted awake and sat up immediately.

Huo Yuchuan was woken up by the movement and half-opened his eyes, asking, “What’s wrong?”

Lin Miao: “Why did you touch my butt while sleeping?!”

Huo Yuchuan paused for a moment, then lazily said, “Did I? I don’t know when I’m asleep.”

Lin Miao looked at him suspiciously—so it was an accident?

Huo Yuchuan got out of bed, threw off the blanket, and asked him, “Do you want to go out today?”

Lin Miao nodded.

Huo Yuchuan told him to sleep a bit longer, saying he would handle work in the morning, then take him out for lunch, go sightseeing in the afternoon, and book a ticket for him to go back to school later. He had class tomorrow.

But Lin Miao couldn’t sleep. After Huo Yuchuan left, he tossed and turned in bed, finally got up, and sent a message to Xu Yue.

“I discovered something terrifying today!”

It wasn’t long before Xu Yue replied, “What?!”

Lin Miao: “Huo Yuchuan touched my butt while sleeping!”

Xu Yue: “……You let him hold you while sleeping, so why are you afraid of him touching your butt?”

Lin Miao: “Holding is one thing, but touching the butt is another!”

Xu Yue: “If you can hold other parts, why not the butt?”

Lin Miao was taken aback, “W-well, I guess not.”

Xu Yue: “You’ve been sleeping together for two years. Haven’t you ever touched the butt before?”

Before? Lin Miao frowned and thought—hadn’t paid attention. Where did Huo Yuchuan hold him every morning when he woke up? It seemed like his waist, but maybe there were other places too?

Xu Yue added, “Or did you only realize it today? Maybe he’s been doing it many times before without you knowing!”

Lin Miao: “……”

Lin Miao suddenly felt even more terrified.

The more he thought about it, the more he found things that seemed normal before now felt a bit strange in retrospect.

For example, Huo Yuchuan liked to sleep with his head buried in Lin Miao’s neck, liked to play with his hair, pinch his face, didn’t like sweets but knew which cakes were the best, was so stingy yet willing to take him to expensive restaurants……

The more Lin Miao thought about it, the more confused he became. Huo Yuchuan seemed like a very contradictory person.

“I told you to be more careful,” Xu Yue said anxiously on his behalf, “Boys need to protect themselves too!”

Lin Miao: “But Huo Yuchuan is actually a good person……”

Xu Yue: “Who’s a good person that randomly touches other people’s butts?!”

Lin Miao couldn’t help but defend Huo Yuchuan, “Maybe it was an accident.”

Xu Yue: “What if he accidentally does something else to you next time?”

“It won’t happen,” Lin Miao said firmly, “He has someone he likes.”

“Has someone he likes and still touches your butt?!” Xu Yue was even angrier, “Pfft, what a jerk!”

Lin Miao was even more confused.

He wanted to find Huo Yuchuan. In the morning, Huo Yuchuan said he would meet someone in the conference room on the third floor. When Lin Miao got to the third floor, he saw the conference room door was still closed, with faint talking sounds inside, probably they hadn’t finished their conversation yet.

He had no choice but to wander around the first floor, waiting for them to come out.

In front of the third-floor glass window, Huo Mingzhe watched Lin Miao circle the hall twice, then sit on a high stool, swinging his legs and playing with his phone, and smiled. He turned to Huo Yuchuan beside him and asked, “Is he the reason you won’t go back?”

Huo Yuchuan, with no emotion, said, “It’s none of your business.”

Huo Mingzhe: “With such a bad temper, you’ll end up without a wife.”

Huo Yuchuan: “It’s none of your concern.”

Huo Mingzhe shook his head lightly and asked, “I heard you hit Chengdong.”

Huo Yuchuan: “He asked for it.”

“He’s always been simple-minded,” Huo Mingzhe said, “You shouldn’t take it personally.”

Huo Yuchuan: “Then let him go back and stop bothering me.”

“Alright,” Huo Mingzhe sighed, “Why is everyone so bitter? A harmonious family is prosperous.”

Huo Yuchuan sneered, “Do you even believe that yourself?”

Huo Mingzhe didn’t comment and turned to leave, “I’m off.”

Lin Miao waited downstairs for a while, and when he heard the elevator “ding,” he turned his head and saw Huo Yuchuan coming out.

He happily jumped off the stool, “Huo Yuchuan!”

But he saw a man following behind Huo Yuchuan.

The man looked a bit like Huo Yuchuan, only more refined and gentle, with a very kind smile.

“Hello,” he extended his hand towards Lin Miao, “I’m Yuchuan’s older brother, Huo Mingzhe.”

“Y-you, hello, my name is Lin Miao.” Lin Miao had just stretched out his hand when Huo Yuchuan grabbed it.

“If you have nothing else, leave quickly.” Huo Yuchuan coldly drove him away, pulling Lin Miao to leave.

“Lin classmate.” Huo Mingzhe suddenly called out to Lin Miao.

Lin Miao turned his head and heard him say, “Let me tell you a secret.”

Lin Miao was puzzled, “What?”

Huo Yuchuan suddenly had a bad feeling, “Huo Mingzhe!”

But it was too late. He only heard Huo Mingzhe say with a faint smile, “He likes you.”