The two of them exited the elevator and arrived at the door of the room. After Huo Yi Sen used facial recognition to open the door, he turned to leave.
“Representative Huo, thank you,” Lin Yue Shu bowed ninety degrees to Huo Yi Sen’s back. “You saved my life, and I don’t know how to thank you.”
Huo Yi Sen ignored him and walked towards the elevator.
Just as the elevator doors were about to close, he suddenly heard voices from outside.
“Oh my, who is this? Isn’t this our famous Teacher Lin Yue Shu? What a coincidence to run into you here.”
“Who are you? Do I know you?”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t know me. Soon, everyone in the country will know you.”
Huo Yi Sen suddenly reached out and pressed the elevator’s open button.
He glanced over and saw a man wearing a vest and a beret blocking Lin Yue Shu from entering the room.
“What do you mean? What do you want?” Lin Yue Shu lowered his voice.
“Oh, Teacher Lin, you look just as aggrieved as you did in bed. How did I end up with such a good-looking video?”
“If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll call the police.”
“Call the police? Sure, once the police see the video, they’ll be like, ‘Oh my, isn’t that the famous Hain Group Representative Huo Yi Sen?’ Better give him a call to check in. Guess what? If Huo Yi Sen finds out, how do you think you’ll die?”
Huo Yi Sen was silent for a moment, then stepped out of the elevator.
He heard Lin Yue Shu say:
“That person isn’t Huo Yi Sen. Don’t make trouble for nothing. How could Huo Yi Sen possibly sleep with me?”
His voice was trembling, with a hint of tears.
“Then I’m really curious. If it wasn’t Huo Yi Sen, who was the man who almost did you in?”
“It was, it was…” Lin Yue Shu was about to cry.
“What video? Let me see it too.” At the critical moment, Huo Yi Sen’s voice suddenly rang out.
A tall figure appeared in front of Lin Yue Shu, shielding him.
The man in the vest was amused by the scene.
“Oh my, Representative Huo, you really appear when mentioned. I was just talking about you with Teacher Lin.”
Huo Yi Sen’s gaze was dark, like an ice pick breaking through thick ice, revealing an unfathomable blackness.
The man in the vest continued to fan the flames:
“I accidentally got my hands on a very spicy surveillance video. The face of Teacher Lin below is clear as day, but the one above, with his back to the camera, looks a bit like Representative Huo.”
He smiled at Huo Yi Sen:
“Teacher Lin says it’s not you, but I’m curious. Why don’t you take a look, Representative Huo? You’d know best if it’s you.”
“Stop talking. Have you no conscience left for money? Why would Representative Huo sleep with me? If you’re going to extort someone, pick a better target.” Lin Yue Shu’s hands were clenched tightly, trembling.
The man in the vest laughed, “If I’m extorting, why would I pick a target?”
With a “thud,” a sound rang out.
The sudden turn of events left the man in the vest dumbfounded.
In front of everyone, Lin Yue Shu knelt straight in front of the man in the vest, but his head was subtly turned to the side. Well, might as well bow to the heavens and earth.
“I’m begging you, don’t release the video. I’ve been in this industry for so many years and haven’t made a name for myself. If this video goes public, how will I live?”
The man in the vest wasn’t much of an actor, standing there like a greenhorn. This wasn’t how it was supposed to go! This scene was unplayable!
“How much?” Just as the man in the vest was in a daze, Huo Yi Sen coldly spoke.
The man in the vest hadn’t sorted out his thoughts and stupidly asked, “How much for what?”
“How much for you to destroy the video?”
The man in the vest glanced at Lin Yue Shu, who was subtly signaling him, and quickly said:
“Two, two million…”
Huo Yi Sen pulled Lin Yue Shu up from the ground and pushed him into the room, looking down at the man in the vest with a voice like ice:
“Give me your account, by the weekend at the latest.”
The man in the vest was stunned for a moment, then suddenly overjoyed. Wow, this money is too easy to earn. Teacher Lin, you truly are something! From today on, I’m your ten-year-old fan!
Playing the full act, the man in the vest smugly said:
“Don’t worry, Representative Huo. Once the money is in, my eyes will go blind, my brain will disappear, and I won’t remember seeing anything. What spicy video? We’re law-abiding citizens, no illegal activities…”
“Bang!”
A loud noise interrupted the man in the vest’s chatter.
Huo Yi Sen stood at the entrance, calming his breath. When he looked up, Lin Yue Shu was standing there like a stone statue, eyes unfocused, clutching his shirt collar and chewing on it unconsciously.
When Lin Yue Shu was nervous or anxious, he would bite his shirt collar or sleeves, a habit he developed when he was very young at the orphanage. But even if it was an unconscious action, he could easily perform it.
Huo Yi Sen watched him for a long time, then walked over and pulled the collar out of his mouth:
“Go take a shower.”
Lin Yue Shu seemed to be in a daze for a long time, slowly coming back to his senses:
“The video… the video, I said that person wasn’t you, I explained, I…”
Huo Yi Sen wasn’t interested in hearing his incoherent words and pushed him into the bathroom before he could finish.
Lin Yue Shu hid under the shower, washing up.
The sound of water drowned out his joyful singing.
Ha, this was a great act he and the man in the vest pulled off seamlessly.
Especially that impromptu kneeling, it took the whole scene to a new level. If it weren’t for that kneeling, Huo Yi Sen might have already scared the man in the vest silly and walked away without looking back.
Lin Yue Shu held the shower over his knees, kissing them reverently.
After the shower, Lin Yue Shu wrapped himself tightly in a bathrobe and went out with his head down.
Huo Yi Sen seemed to be on the phone with his secretary. Hearing the noise, he hastily hung up the call, not even glancing at Lin Yue Shu, and took a bathrobe into the bathroom.
When he came out, Lin Yue Shu was sitting on the edge of the bed, his knees pressed tightly together, his feet restlessly crossing back and forth.
He was biting his collar again, and after the collar, he bit the sleeves.
Huo Yi Sen still ignored him, drying his hair until it was half-dry, then went straight to bed.
The room was a large bed room, with only one bed.
Lin Yue Shu, with his back turned, clutched the hem of his bathrobe tightly, his voice trembling:
“Aren’t you leaving?”
“If I leave now, won’t it give the reporters at the door evidence?” Huo Yi Sen retorted.
“I’m sorry,” Lin Yue Shu quickly apologized.
Huo Yi Sen said nothing, casually dimmed the lights, and lay down under the covers.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard rustling sounds beside him.
He opened his eyes and glanced around, seeing Lin Yue Shu, like a hamster, first moving the quilt to the floor, then the pillow and clothes.
“Very noisy,” Huo Yi Sen was a bit impatient.
“Sorry… I’ll sleep now,” Lin Yue Shu said, then lay straight on the floor.
It was really hard.
The floor, that is.
In the dim silence, it seemed like almost a century had passed before Huo Yi Sen’s cold voice came again:
“Come up and sleep, the bed is big.”
Lin Yue Shu smiled secretly in the dark, honestly saying:
“It’s okay, I used to sleep on the floor often.”
“Suit yourself,” Huo Yi Sen closed his eyes.
Lin Yue Shu cursed him in his heart, let’s see if you dare to say “suit yourself” later.
Soon after, as if the floor was really uncomfortable, he obediently climbed onto the bed, not daring to cross the line, only sleeping on the edge.
Seeing that Huo Yi Sen was really about to fall asleep, Lin Yue Shu quickly threw out the second half of his plan.
“Representative Huo, how did you know I donated the money?”
In the darkness, there was an impatient sigh, followed by Huo Yi Sen’s slightly hoarse voice:
“The welfare institute called. They said you donated fifty thousand in my name.”
Lin Yue Shu awkwardly laughed, “They even called back?”
“Why donate, and in my name?” Huo Yi Sen seemed to have asked this question before.
Compared to last time when he brushed it off with other topics, Lin Yue Shu’s silence this time was even more intriguing.
One minute, two minutes, five minutes passed, and just when Huo Yi Sen thought he had fallen asleep, a soft, powerless voice sounded in the pitch-dark room:
“This is money I earned by selling myself. I don’t want the children to receive something unclean from me. Donating in your name makes it yours, something clean.”
Huo Yi Sen’s brows furrowed abruptly.
Lin Yue Shu heard the person’s breathing beside him noticeably pause.
After a long while, he heard a rather amusing question:
“If there’s no money, does it not count as selling?”
Lin Yue Shu: You sly businessman, you’re quite good at accounting.
He was about to dig up Huo Yi Sen’s ancestors to curse them, but suddenly felt a chill.
The collar opened like blooming leaves.
The bed beside him suddenly sank, the clothes opened to the sides, and cold air invaded.
Fingers lightly traced.
Lin Yue Shu tightly hugged Huo Yi Sen, gently rubbing against his chin, his blurred vision filled with slightly parted lips.
He couldn’t help but lean in.
“Smack!” A hand firmly covered his mouth.
Lin Yue Shu blinked, “No kissing?”
Huo Yi Sen’s suppressed voice came low:
“Are you and I in a relationship that requires kissing?”
Lin Yue Shu thought for a moment, realizing he was right.
Author’s Note: