HSS CH50

Chapter 50: Have You Met His Significant Other?

The car was filled with silence. Lin Miao quickly withdrew his hand and defended himself, “I wasn’t trying to touch Huoyuchuan.”

Little Zheng: “Alright.”

Lin Miao: “……” You don’t look like you believe me at all.

When the car arrived at their home, Lin Miao gently shook Huoyuchuan on his shoulder, “Huoyuchuan, we’re home.”

Huoyuchuan didn’t open his eyes, but nuzzled into Lin Miao’s neck and wrapped his arms around him in a drowsy manner.

Little Zheng, witnessing this scene, seemed to be transported back to their first encounter and mechanically remarked, “Ah, Mr. Huo hasn’t slept this soundly in a long time.”

Lin Miao: “……No need to act anymore, right?”

Little Zheng: “Sorry, I forgot.”

Lin Miao glanced at his expressionless face and curiously asked, “Do you feel a bit awkward when you act?”

Little Zheng: “Very much so.”

Lin Miao: “Then why do you still act?”

Little Zheng: “To keep this job.”

Lin Miao: “……” True, you have not just one job, but dozens.

He suddenly felt a bit sympathetic towards Little Zheng. “It must be tough working for Huoyuchuan.”

Little Zheng: “No, Mr. Huo pays well.”

Lin Miao immediately recalled that Little Zheng’s monthly salary was 300,000, equivalent to what he would earn in two years.

He was the cheapest one!

So, when Huoyuchuan finally woke up, he saw Lin Miao glance at him and let out an unhappy “hmm.”

Huoyuchuan: “……” What’s wrong?

As they entered the house, Lin Miao looked at a potted plant in the entrance hall and said, “Four thousand, a bit more expensive than a college student.”

Then he walked in and stared at the扫地机器人in the corner, “Twenty thousand, much more expensive than a college student.”

He went on to list the prices of everything in the house and realized that even Aunt Chen’s oven was more expensive than a college student.

Huoyuchuan asked, “Is there a college student clearance sale today?” Why is everything more expensive than a college student?

“It’s what you said,” Lin Miao complained, “A college student, three thousand five hundred a month.”

Huoyuchuan sat on the sofa and pulled him onto his lap, saying, “A college student is three thousand five hundred, but my boyfriend isn’t.”

Lin Miao’s ears turned a bit warm, and he grumbled, “So… how much is a boyfriend?”

Huoyuchuan looked at him and said, “It’s Huoyuchuan.”

“Whatever Huoyuchuan earns, it’s all yours.”

Lin Miao rubbed his ears and said quietly, “I can earn money too.”

He couldn’t help but ask, “How did you come up with such a lousy excuse back then? It sounds so fake.”

Huoyuchuan smiled and said, “I thought of it on a whim.”

After knowing that Lin Miao was attending university in City A, he had managed to take over the company here. At that time, the company was facing many internal issues, and Huoyuchuan felt like he had taken on a mess. Problems came one after another, making him extremely tired.

He had been to Lin Miao’s school many times, always parking his car not far from the school gate and sitting inside, staring at the students coming and going, waiting for half a day at a time. If he was lucky, he could catch a glimpse of that longed-for figure, carrying a school bag out of the school or returning from outside.

His gaze would follow him until the figure disappeared from sight. Sometimes, when he saw Lin Miao coming out, he would have the car follow discreetly behind him, as if seeing him just a little more could satisfy his craving for a few days.

He had originally planned to sort out everything at the company before appearing in front of Lin Miao. But that day, when he followed Lin Miao to the hospital and saw him sigh softly in the sunlight, for some reason, his heart suddenly felt like a thirsty tree in the desert. If he couldn’t touch him anymore, he would wither and die.

The absurd excuse he blurted out, thinking he would get a “You’re crazy” from Lin Miao, but he didn’t expect that he would trust an old classmate he hadn’t seen for years so much, believing in Huoyuchuan.

He hadn’t changed at all, still naive and passionate.

The next afternoon, after Lin Miao finished his class, Little Zheng drove him back to the company. As soon as he entered the company building, his father pulled him aside and asked with a curious look, “Is Little Huo in a relationship?”

Lin Miao’s heart skipped a beat, “How… how do you know?”

Lin Jianxing said, “Someone in the company saw him yesterday coming down with a bouquet of pink roses. They thought he was going to give them to his significant other.”

Lin Miao: “……No, they were from his significant other.”

Lin Jianxing was surprised, “His significant other gave him pink roses?”

Lin Miao retorted indignantly, “Why not?”

“It’s not that, it’s just…” Lin Jianxing pondered for a moment, “Quite extraordinary!”

He laughed and said, “This Little Huo is really something. He’s been in a relationship without making a fuss. I’m happy for him too. I was worried that you hanging out with him all the time would delay his chances of finding someone.”

He asked Lin Miao, “Have you met his significant other?”

Lin Miao mumbled a vague “Yeah,” “I have.”

Lin Jianxing: “Is she pretty?”

Lin Miao nodded, “As pretty as me.”

“Wow,” Lin Jianxing thought he was joking and teased, “You really have some nerve.”

Lin Miao, afraid that he would slip up if he continued, quickly changed the subject, saying he had to go upstairs to find Huoyuchuan.

Lin Jianxing didn’t think much of it and reminded him to go back early after talking, as Huoyuchuan might still have to spend time with his significant other.

Lin Miao agreed with a series of “Mm-hmms” and “Ahas.”

He went upstairs to find Huoyuchuan and overheard him on the phone with Little Zheng, asking what good movies were showing recently.

Little Zheng immediately sent him a list of movies.

Huoyuchuan showed the movie list to Lin Miao and asked him what he wanted to see.

“Let’s go see a movie after dinner,” Huoyuchuan said, “I heard that’s what dating is about.”

Lin Miao’s eyes curved into a smile as he carefully reviewed the list and picked one.

As they stepped out of the elevator, Lin Miao couldn’t contain his happiness and his hand brushed against Huoyuchuan’s palm.

Huoyuchuan grasped it firmly, lowered his head slightly, and suddenly said, “My cold seems to be gone.”

Lin Miao was confused for a moment, “What?”

Huoyuchuan: “I can kiss you now.”

Before he could finish, he leaned in and kissed him.

“Mmm…” Lin Miao’s back pressed against the smooth, hard wall of the elevator, and his other hand instinctively wrapped around Huoyuchuan’s neck.

Lin Jianxing was wandering downstairs with his thermos cup filled with goji berry tea when he heard the elevator “ding.”

This elevator was Huoyuchuan’s private one, but Lin Miao often used it when he came over.

He thought it must be Lin Miao coming down and walked over.

Then, he saw the slowly opening elevator doors reveal Lin Miao and Huoyuchuan kissing each other.

Lin Jianxing let out a startled scream, “Ah!”

The two inside the elevator were startled and quickly separated.

Lin Jianxing’s mouth hung open as he stammered, “I-It’s a foreign greeting, right? Kissing on the cheek, on the lips, I’ve seen it on TV, it’s n-nothing, Dad is very open-minded, haha…”