What is it?
I, I, I Wei Chun only meant to call a halt, but he hadn’t made up an excuse yet. After stammering for a long time, he blindly blurted out the next sentence, My stomach hurts.
Huo Yuanzhou cast a skeptical gaze that swept across his waist and abdomen. Did you hurt your stomach when you fell just now?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, no.
Wei Chun nodded frantically and then shook his head frantically. He suddenly realized that if he admitted he had hurt his stomach, this guy might drag him off to the hospital to get his abdomen checked out.
If that happened, wouldn’t his pregnancy be exposed?
Just a minor injury, minor injury. Wei Chun grabbed Huo Yuanzhou’s hand, smiling with a sincerity that was forced and awkward. President Huo, I can just go home and put some ointment on it myself. There’s really no need to go to the hospital.
Huo Yuanzhou gave him a calm look. You fell in my office. I’m responsible for the medical expenses, so don’t worry about the money.
What the heck?
Wei Chun almost failed to keep his expression under control, relying entirely on sheer willpower to suppress the corners of his mouth from twitching.
It’s not like I’m that short on money.
Huo Yuanzhou: Then you’re going to see a doctor.
The topic circled right back to where it started.
I’m not going. I really am not.
You are going.
Acting like an unyielding tyrant, Huo Yuanzhou lifted Wei Chun with one arm and shoved him into the car.
There, now you have to go.
Damn it, Wei Chun felt like swearing again. Is having brute strength all that great? Do you even know how to write the word ‘democracy’?
It is quite great. Huo Yuanzhou instructed the driver on the destination. The Scenic Vista apartments aren’t suitable for you; those are all flat-floor units. I’ll have my assistant take you to the villa side instead, it has a gym. His gaze swept over Wei Chun’s body once more. I was wondering for days where the bruises on my arm came from. Turns out it was your bones poking me. Wei Chun, work out more when you have time.
Get lost, get lost, get lost Wei Chun’s curse words squeezed out from between his teeth. If you found them poking, you shouldn’t have slept with me!
You’re right, but unfortunately time can’t flow backward. Huo Yuanzhou seemed somewhat regretful. If I had known, I should have taken a suppressant beforehand.
Damn it.
Wei Chun’s fists clenched again. If he didn’t have a realistic self-awareness of the gap in their physical strength, he really would have wanted to beat Huo Yuanzhou up.
He had seen people take advantage and still act self-righteous, but this was the first time he had seen someone do it as shamelessly as Huo Yuanzhou.
Usually, it was always him leaving others speechless; today must have been his turn for karmic retribution.
Wei Chun rolled his eyes wildly in exasperation, taking a long moment to regulate his breathing and smooth down his chest. But the moment he looked up, he noticed the scenery outside the car window was growing increasingly unfamiliar, and he suddenly realized this was the road to the hospital.
Stop the car!
He slammed a fist against the car door. I said stop the car! I’m not going to the hospital!
Wei Chun’s sudden visit had completely disrupted Huo Yuanzhou’s work rhythm, and he still had some loose ends to tie up from his original schedule. Now, on the way to drag someone to the hospital, he was trying to race against time to review a few more documents. But he had only just reached the middle of the second document when Wei Chun’s violent resistance erupted.
Huo Yuanzhou closed his eyes powerlessly, let out a long sigh, and shut the file with one hand. What kind of madness are you acting out now?
With a secret hidden in his belly, Wei Chun naturally didn’t dare go to the hospital. In case Huo Yuanzhou had too much money to burn and made the doctor give him a full-body physical exam, the little bean sprout in his stomach would be able to say hello to its biological father nine months ahead of schedule.
I’m not going to the hospital, I really have things to do. President Huo, Big Brother Huo, Uncle Huo. Unable to come up with any other excuse, Wei Chun could only plead with utmost sincerity, Can’t you show a little consideration for us young folks whose nightlife is relatively busy?
I can’t show consideration for that. Caught completely off guard by being promoted a generation, Huo Yuanzhou curved his lips in a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. Us uncles of advanced age have less nightlife. We aren’t busy.
Standing outside the villa door, the corners of Wei Chun’s mouth twitched uncontrollably. This is a hospital?
I never said we were going to a hospital. I said I was having you see a doctor. Huo Yuanzhou raised an eyebrow, stepping aside to reveal a private medical team lined up in an orderly row by the doorway. Look. Doctors.
Wei Chun choked up and was speechless for a long time. So all that tossing and turning in the car, all his begging and pleading, had been a complete waste of breath, the guy had never intended to send him to a hospital in the first place.
He should have said so earlier.
Wei Chun refused to believe Huo Yuanzhou could be idle enough to keep a full set of physical examination equipment at home.
He actually could.
Are you kidding me, bro?
Wei Chun stood at the entrance, dumbfounded. What on earth are you keeping a CT scanner at home for? Just to admire the exquisite structural beauty of the human skeleton when you’re bored?
After the Wei family made its fortune, they could well be considered wealthy, and Wei Chun hadn’t experienced what the word poor meant since his early teens. But walking into the Huo family estate made Wei Chun realize the vast difference between nouveau riche and old money, as well as just how mentally ill rich people could be.
Literally speaking, healthy people don’t keep a medical diagnostics suite at home.
Ignoring his exclamation, Huo Yuanzhou instructed the doctor to treat Wei Chun’s wounds before walking away with his assistant.
The doctor watched for a moment before speaking in a low voice to Wei Chun. Do you want it exaggerated or downplayed?
Though he didn’t quite understand what that meant, caught up in the atmosphere, Wei Chun also lowered his voice. Why do we have to talk like this?
Doctor: Because if Huo Yuanzhou hears this kind of talk, it’s easy for him to send me to learn how to swim in the ocean.
Oh. Wei Chun nodded. Is the Huo family villa a shoddy, jerry-built project?
The doctor looked at him with disbelief. How could that be? You really underestimate Huo Yuanzhou’s financial power. If you took all the balances out of his bank accounts, you could use the cash as bricks to rebuild this entire estate.
Then you don’t need to worry about him hearing you, because he already went out. Wei Chun paused, then added, And he very considerately closed the door behind him on his way out.
A normal villa’s interior walls had soundproofing layers. Unless Huo Yuanzhou was perverted enough to bug his own house with listening devices, there was zero risk of what they were saying inside being heard by him.
Yet upon hearing this news, the doctor still didn’t look happy; instead, he sighed with what looked almost like disappointment. Sigh, then it’s not thrilling anymore.
Wei Chun felt like he should applaud this man’s dedication to seeking thrills. Your medical skills must be top-notch.
The doctor asked in pleasant surprise, Did you manage to tell that just by looking at me? You really have a good eye.
Oh, no. Wei Chun sighed and said, I just figured that if someone who courts death like this hasn’t gone to learn how to swim in the ocean yet, their medical skills must truly be irreplaceable.
The doctor gave an affected, coy flick of his invisible handkerchief, forcing out an artificially coy posture. Hates you, I was almost hoping you saw my inner beauty through my tough exterior shell～
Not really. The doctor had a rather valiant and heroic appearance, but right now he was putting on such maidenly airs that Wei Chun was intensely sickened by it, feeling almost ready to experience premature morning sickness. Now I think not only are your medical skills good, but you must also be a connection hire. Otherwise, I probably would have learned about you on the evening news.
The doctor curiously asked him, Because my medical skills are so great that I’m accepting interviews as a field expert? You actually watch such serious professional interviews?
No. Wei Chun patted his own chest, trying his best to swallow down the urge to vomit. It would be the social news channel: A certain man accidentally drowned while swimming in the ocean, body unrecognizable.