Chapter 132: High Fever Nightmare
In the study.
Huo Xingzhou sat at his desk, with a faint red tinge at the corners of his eyes, leaning lazily on his desk chair.
There was a black object the size of a fingernail on the table. Chen Xun was knowledgeable and knew that it was a pinhole camera.
Chen Xun broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead and his body was stiff, not knowing what was going on.
Huo Xingzhou raised his eyes, without any warmth in them: "Chen Xun, are you going to say it yourself or should I say it?"
"Mr. Huo, I don't know what you mean."
"Everything you did for Xu Xingluo after you returned to Haicheng." Huo Xingzhou looked at him coldly, "You know I hate betrayers the most. I'm giving you one last chance to confess."
Chen Xun was so frightened that his blood almost froze.
"Mr. Huo, I'm sorry." Chen Xun thought that Qiao Xi would just handle it gently and the matter would be over.
I didn't expect Huo Xingzhou to settle the score later.
"Go ahead." He lowered his eyes and said casually.
Chen Xun straightened his body and said with a trembling voice: "The first time was when Miss Xu wanted to join Tianyuan Group, and I let her in. I felt that you still had feelings for her."
"The second time was in the capital. The young lady called you. I deleted the call record and told her that you were very busy during this period and asked her not to call."
"Also...she filmed a video of you in the hotel and sent it to Miss Xu. She...she sent it to the young lady on purpose, but the young lady didn't misunderstand and also contacted me privately."
"Mr. Huo, I'm sorry."
Huo Xingzhou sneered and said, "You really are doing your utmost to help Xu Xingluo and drive a wedge between us as husband and wife."
"I'm sorry, I know I was wrong." Chen Xun lowered his head, full of shame.
The room was silent for a long time. Chen Xun's leg muscles ached. He heard Huo Xingzhou say, "What about this? Are you pretending?"
The man was twisting a miniature camera on his slender fingers, his eyes filled with disgust.
"No!" Chen Xun said eagerly, "I haven't done anything else."
Huo Xingzhou sneered: "Then I'll give you a chance to make up for your mistake. This thing was found in the master bedroom, and the pictures and video data on it have been synchronized to the other party's cloud."
"You must find Feiluan within two days and delete all backups to ensure that they are not leaked."
Chen Xun was complaining in his heart. The top female hacker Fei Luan had a bad temper, but President Huo was even more terrifying.
"Yes, I'll be right there."
Huo Xingzhou kindly reminded: "If you can't do it, go to the Arctic to develop a natural gas project."
"I can definitely do it!" When Chen Xun thought of the desolate and cold Arctic, he felt an unprecedented surge of motivation in his heart.
"Go out."
Huo Xingzhou closed his eyes slightly and pressed his temples with his fingertips.
He hadn't slept for a whole day and night, and his eyes were slightly dark. He smelled slightly of alcohol and was tired.
Huo Xingzhou leaned back in his chair, and in a half-awake state he seemed to see the snow-capped cave from ten years ago.
In the pitch-black snow cave, the delicate girl warmed him with her body.
The only girl who went on the adventure and camping trip with him was Xu Xingluo.
He woke up in the hospital and was told by everyone that it was Xu Xingluo who saved him. From then on, he always treated Xu Xingluo with more tolerance and specialness, and was willing to protect her for the rest of his life.
But tonight, in a trance, the invisible face in the snow-capped mountain cave became the young Qiao Xi.
What was she like as a teenager? Was it what he imagined?
…
One night passed.
A scream early in the morning woke up Huo Xingzhou, who was staying in the study room overnight.
"Young Madam, why are you sleeping in the living room?" Aunt Qian saw that her cheeks were abnormally red and reached out to touch her forehead.
So hot!
"Madam, wake up." Aunt Qian supported Qiao Xi, who was feeling dizzy, and said, "Let's go back to the room."
When they reached the corridor, Huo Xingzhou opened the door of the study and asked with a frown, "What's wrong?"
"The young lady has a fever."
"Let me do it." Huo Xingzhou took Qiao Xi and picked her up gently. His hands felt hot.
He put the woman in his arms on the big bed and called a private doctor.
Qiao Xihun's body was hot, her lips were cracked, and the air she exhaled was hot. She opened her eyes weakly and looked at the man standing beside the bed, and shouted hoarsely, "Mr. Huo."
She worked until four or five in the morning and when she got home she felt so tired that she fell asleep on the sofa.
I lost consciousness as soon as I fell asleep.
"Drink some warm water." Huo Xingzhou poured her a cup of warm water and put it to her mouth.
Qiao Xi obediently went over and drank two sips, then said aggrievedly, "It's bitter."
Aunt Qian took the thermometer and gave her a drip.
"Wow, 39.2 degrees." She said with embarrassment, "I don't know which medicine to take."
Qiao Xi coughed twice and said with difficulty: "Just take the antipyretic medicine. It should be the flu in the hospital, it's okay." She was too busy with work these two days and did not take proper protection.
As the seasons change, this kind of problem is more likely to occur in summer.
She asked Aunt Qian to give her some antipyretic medicine from the medicine box and she swallowed it with water.
"I'll just take a nap." She wasn't that delicate.
Aunt Qian looked at her worriedly and felt sad.
She looked at Huo Xingzhou again and said, "Master, please go to the next room to rest. I will take care of the young lady."
Flu is contagious.
"I'll watch her here. Aunt Qian, go to the kitchen and make some porridge and side dishes. She loves pickled cucumbers and sea cabbage. Let them whet her appetite."
He always had a good memory and kept all her preferences in mind.
After taking the medicine, Qiao Xi felt dazed and had no energy. She fell asleep without knowing when. From time to time, she could hear someone whispering in her ears and the door of the room opened and closed.
She seemed to be in a dream, but also in reality.
Her forehead and palms were burning, and her legs were very cold. She curled up in the quilt, as if she was covered in ice and snow that year. She lay on a warm back, and the boy's thin body carried her.
He also smelled extremely good.
“Ah…”
She closed her eyes tightly and tried to call him but was haunted by a nightmare.
The scene suddenly changed, becoming even more bizarre.
She dreamed that all those close to her had died, and she was left alone in the vast world.
"grandmother……"
Qiao Xi's face was covered with tears and she was sobbing and unable to wake up.
"Qiao Xi..." Huo Xingzhou patted her cheek gently, "Qiao Xi, wake up."
He sat beside the bed, listening to her calling out a name indistinctly and watching her crying sadly in her dream.
I don’t know what she dreamed about to make her so uncomfortable.
"Qiao Xi!"
Huo Xingzhou leaned over, his eyes gentle and soothing, "It's all a dream, just wake up and it will be fine."
Qiao Xi's eyelashes were wet, and she stared at him blankly.
Suddenly she sat up, hugged him tightly, and cried loudly in his arms.
Huo Xingzhou patted her back gently, again and again.
Qiao Xi sobbed non-stop, she covered her chest with her hands and felt the pain very real, "Mr. Huo, I dreamed that grandma passed away. I don't have any relatives anymore..."