Chapter 50
Huo Yan's kiss didn't last too long. He didn't want to scare her, especially when she wasn't completely calmed down. Pressuring her further would only make things worse.
After a brief taste, Huo Yan steadied her body, took a step back, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself."
Xu Yinyin snapped back to her senses from her shock, suddenly raising her hand to cover her mouth. Her ears turned red as she realized what was happening, and she stumbled, "You, you are shameless!"
"Well, I'm shameless." Huo Yan accepted it happily, and his eyes looking at her were still gentle.
“You, you—”
Huo Yan took her hand, looked into her eyes, and said seriously, "Yin Yin, I was sincere in my confession just now. Would you like to consider it? Do me the honor of being your boyfriend. You don't have to rush to agree to me, but you must consider it, okay?"
Huo Yan's usually calm and confident expression now had a hint of nervousness and restraint. Xu Yinyin was a little angry at first, but seeing him like this, she couldn't get angry at all.
"Why me?" Xu Yinyin asked the answer she wanted to know most.
Huo Yan looked puzzled, and Xu Yinyin further explained, "What I mean is, I'm neither outstanding nor accomplished. I'm not particularly good-looking, nor do I have a good personality. Most importantly, I'm not ambitious. How could you like me? You're surrounded by people of the opposite sex, and, judging by your vision and taste, you shouldn't be the type to be attracted to me. So, why?"
Huo Yan couldn't help but laugh at Xu Yinyin's confusion. "Are you so unsure of yourself?"
"Not really. If it was an ordinary man confessing his love, I would think it was normal, but your identity and social status far exceed those of ordinary men, so I'm puzzled. No, not puzzled. I guess you're probably curious and think that someone like me is relatively new, or maybe you've never seen someone like me before. So you're obsessed with me out of curiosity, right?"
Huo Yan was amused by her train of thought. "Yin Yin, you know what I like about you is your uniqueness. When others are confessed to, most of them would be a little surprised or happy, but you actually tried to help the person you confessed to analyze the reasons for their feelings. You are so interesting, who wouldn't like you?"
"Is it interesting? I don't think so."
Xu Yinyin asked herself that apart from eating melons and delicious food, she had no ambition, was lazy and useless, and anyone who liked her must be mentally ill.
Huo Yan raised his hand and touched the top of her head, pinching her face. "In my eyes, you are the one and only one."
Xu Yinyin looked at the tenderness and joy emanating from Huo Yan's eyes, and her heart couldn't help but feel warm.
To be fair, Huo Yan is actually quite good. He has a good family background, good looks, and incredible strength. A man like this has everything he wants, but he just happens to like her.
Such an adventure can probably only be found in books.
Moreover, through the incident with Song Qing, she also saw clearly her own thoughts. What had been bothering her was the question she had just asked.
Although it was the same as if he hadn't said it, it didn't seem that important anymore.
Since she was traveling through a book, nothing was surprising. For her, every day after traveling through the book was free, and she earned every day.
The worst case scenario is that you will have nothing again, so the most important thing is to cherish the present.
"Aren't you still hanging on to Song Qing? How can you handle having two girlfriends at the same time?" Xu Yinyin teased.
Huo Yan was stunned at first, but then he quickly understood her subtext.
He smiled in surprise and quickly explained his cooperation with Song Qing. He excitedly confirmed, "So, am I Xu Yinyin's boyfriend now?"
"Would you like to?"
"I couldn't ask for more." Huo Yan hugged the person again and tightened his embrace as he got what he wanted.
【Ahhh, we finally expressed our feelings to each other. This wasn't easy! 】
The system exclaimed excitedly.
"Then our contract will be invalidated?" Xu Yinyin said regretfully in a disappointing manner.
Huo Yan's smile froze. "Silly boy, I'm all yours. My wealth and life will also belong to you. If you like, I can even take your last name after we get married."
Xu Yinyin's pupils were shocked: [No, how come he has become love-brained! ]
【The power of love. 】
Huo Yan raised his chin slightly and said, "Name me after your surname. What a romantic confession."
[I have to say, Huo Yan has a great figure. I think I got lucky. Slurp.]
Someone calmly tightened his embrace, so that his new girlfriend could feel it more clearly:)
The two hugged for a short while before Xu Yinyin pulled him away, "It's getting late, you should leave."
Huo Yan got what he wanted. Thinking about the long time to come after becoming a regular employee, he nodded obediently: "Then I'll come to see you tomorrow."
"I have to go to work tomorrow."
"Then I'll have lunch with you."
"I always eat in the cafeteria at noon. Are you used to it?"
"If my girlfriend can do it, so can I."
"Okay, come on, let's call."
"Okay, I'm leaving now. Good night, dear."
"good evening."
Huo Yan tilted his cheek to the side and said, "My boyfriend needs a goodnight kiss."
Xu Yinyin was slightly stunned, and after meeting his determined gaze, she stepped forward reluctantly. Huo Yan smiled and bent over, and after receiving his girlfriend's goodnight kiss, he left, looking back every few steps.
As soon as I opened the door, I bumped into four pairs of eyes filled with smiles, and the joy of "hitting the mark" was written on everyone's face.
Huo Yan's face rarely showed embarrassment. He pretended nothing had happened, said goodbye to Xu Yanwen and his wife, and strode away.
Xu Yao used the excuse of going home to get into Huo Yan's car, chattering and asking questions all the way, but Huo Yan responded to him with silence and cold eyes.
Finally sending Xu Yao home, Huo Yan was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard: "Since you're already married, why not arrange the wedding sooner? Grandpa and Grandma Yan are still waiting. It's a natural thing to do, so hurry up!"
"You live by the sea, how dare you be so nosy."
"Women are fickle, and the longer the night, the more dreams there are, brother-in-law."
"Shut up, get out of here!"
Xu Yao waved cheerfully: "Bye, brother-in-law!"
Inside the club, Xu Yao lowered her eyes and stirred her coffee, her expression looking solemn and depressed.
Zhou Xinyi quietly observed her expression and knew that she was feeling aggrieved because Xu Yinyin had climbed up the social ladder like Huo Yan.
First, Xu Yanwen ruthlessly framed her ex-husband and put him to death. Then, the old man held a high-profile family reunion banquet for Xu Yinyin. Now, he introduced her to the super rich Huo Yan. The two have even progressed to the point of traveling abroad together. It is obvious that good things are about to happen.
Compared with Xu Yinyin, her biological daughter, Xu Yao's current situation is so embarrassing. Qian Chuan's prediction was right. In order to please and make up for Xu Yinyin, their biological daughter, and to prevent the outside world from pointing fingers at them, the Xu family spared no effort. This hurt Xu Yao badly, and she couldn't stand it even without Xu Yinyin adding more pressure.
"Did you know that Grandpa actually gave Xu Yinyin 5% of the shares directly? The dividend alone is 500 million every year."
Zhou Xinyi's eyes widened in shock and anger, and she rubbed her anger silently: "It seems that the old man values her very much. After all, she is his biological daughter. Yaoyao, don't be sad. Mom and Dad are also working hard to make money. Sooner or later, we will catch up with the Xu family."
Xu Yao looked up at her, hatred welling up in her eyes. "I always thought that I was so outstanding and hardworking. Even though I'm not their biological child, the Xu family has raised me for over twenty years. Their relationship should be very deep. But I was wrong. An outsider is an outsider. No matter how outstanding I am, I can only get the treatment of an outsider."
"I helped my second uncle bring new projects to market. A single contract created over a billion in value for the company, but what did I get? I was sent packing with a one million commission. Xu Yinyin didn't have to do anything, yet she enjoyed a share of the profits generated by every project of the company. That's the difference. I feel more and more that I'm not worthy of it."
"Right now, Grandpa and Grandma Yan are working hard to arrange a marriage between them. Seeing their relationship grow stronger day by day, if she marries Huo Yan, it will be a truly powerful alliance, and her status in the family will rise even higher. She doesn't usually like me, and I'm afraid she will doubly torture me in the future. I want to move out. Will you take me in?"
"Of course I will. Mom's house has always been prepared for you. A room has been waiting for you to come home. Honey, since you are not happy, let's leave. Although our family may not be as good as the Xu family for the time being, my father and I will work hard. One day, we will surpass them."
Xu Yao shook her head. "I don't want to wait that long. Instead of fighting on my own, I might as well just steal the fruits of victory. This is what the Xu family owes me, so why shouldn't I take it myself?"
Zhou Xinyi's heartbeat suddenly quickened. Could this be the tacit understanding of blood connection? It coincided with their plan.
"Baby, what do you mean?" she asked with pretended anxiety.
Xu Yao pulled out a document from her bag and said in a low voice, "This is the information I've collected about retail investors in recent years. They collectively hold about 10% of Fengyi's shares. If we can buy their shares at a low price, we'll have a say in Fengyi."
"Buy at a low price?" Zhou Xinyi was surprised. "Fengyi has been on a strong momentum recently, and the stock price has been growing steadily. Who would sell at a low price at this time? That's unrealistic, baby."
Xu Yao smiled mysteriously and said calmly, "The reason Fengyi is so popular right now is because of the intelligent robot project that Xu Yanrui is responsible for. If there is any problem with this project, wouldn't it be normal for the stock price to plummet?"
Zhou Xinyi's brows relaxed as she listened to her words, "Tang Wan is suspected of illegal gambling and imprisonment. The police have taken her away. This information is still confidential, but if it gets leaked, Fengyi's stock price will definitely be affected. If there are any problems with the new project, the stock price will definitely plummet."
"They've always had ambitions. If they were found to be secretly buying up retail investor accounts, their evil intentions would be exposed, and the old man would definitely take action to rectify them. Once Fengyi falls into internal strife, those who are eyeing it will seize the opportunity to drive down the stock price and profit from the chaos. Once the old man finishes the rectification and Fengyi is revived, those people will directly become major shareholders, effortlessly occupying the core position of the company. There is no faster opportunity to erode than this."
"What you need to do is use Xu Yanrui as a cover to buy up shares while the chaos continues. Even if it gets exposed, Xu Yanrui will take the blame. By the time he helps divert attention, you will have already acquired all the shares and become Fengyi's largest shareholder. Once you enter the company, I will work with you from inside and outside to devour the Xu family in minutes. By then, it will be the Xu family who will be begging me, and I will no longer have to wait for their mercy."
When Xu Yao said this, the hatred in her eyes deepened.
Zhou Xinyi had long known that her daughter was cruel, but she never expected that she could come up with such a comprehensive plan in such a short time.
It seems that she had already wavered when she first appeared.
Then their plan could be realized ahead of time.
Zhou Xinyi tried hard to suppress her ecstasy and pretended to be embarrassed, saying, "Although Mom has some spare money, the capital involved in this acquisition is too large. I still need to sell some assets before I can start. But don't worry, Mom will be ready soon."
"No, I have money."
Zhou Xinyi was startled again. Her original intention was just to prevent her from realizing that she was too eager, and she definitely didn't mean to complain about being poor. "How can that be? How can Mom use your money?"
Xu Yao pushed the bank card in front of her and explained, "I've had the habit of saving money since I was a child. Over the past twenty years, I've accumulated tens of millions. Although I can't help much, it's at least a token of my appreciation. Please accept it. After all, our rewards will be a hundred or a thousand times greater."
Of course she knew that she had to show some sincerity in order to better appease them and dispel their guard.
Xu Yao took Zhou Xinyi's hand, placed the card in her hand, and squeezed it tightly. "The password is the date of our meeting."
Facing her daughter's rare tenderness and expectant eyes, Zhou Xinyi couldn't bear to refuse anymore and accepted it. "Don't worry, honey. You've come this far in this matter. How can mom and dad not support you? I'll go back and prepare it. We'll contact each other by phone."
"good."
After confirming that Zhou Xinyi had completely left, Xu Yao invited Xu Yanwen, who was hiding in the secret door of the private room, to come out.
"She doesn't doubt it, right?" Xu Yanwen asked nervously.
"No, I've been complaining to her frequently lately, and the information I've given her has been a mixture of truth and lies. I've deliberately made the situation sound urgent, so they won't miss this golden opportunity. The most important thing right now is Second Uncle. Have you discussed it with him?"
"It's agreed. He's very willing to cooperate. He's been making great progress on his new project recently, and it's obvious that he's putting his heart into it. Your grandfather praises him highly, and he's just worried about not having a place to use his skills. Besides, your grandfather knows about this matter, so there's no problem for all parties to work together."
"That's good."
"Don't worry, your plan this time is very good. My Yaoyao has been smart since she was young. It's dad who is a burden to you." Xu Yanwen looked ashamed.
"This isn't Dad's fault. If anyone is to blame, blame them for being too greedy. They don't think about working hard, they just want to get something for nothing. To justify their actions, they're using revenge as a pretext. It's truly shameless and despicable."
Since they don't behave like parents, I don't need to bear the obligations of a child. It is not unfilial to kill my relatives for the sake of justice, but rather to atone for their sins.
"Thank you, Yaoyao, thank you for understanding daddy."
Xu Yao shook her head. "I'm the one who should say thank you. Without you and mother's careful teaching, there would be no Xu Yao today. Love is mutual. It was mom and dad's love that gave me the courage to resist. Thank you, dad."
Xu Yao was moved and hugged her father. Xu Yanwen reciprocated her affection, patting her on the back and saying soothingly, "Everything will be fine. We'll wait and see."
"good."
*
The next day at noon, Huo Yan really arrived at Fengyi just in time for lunch.
Xu Yinyin really took him to the cafeteria, and started their first date after confirming their relationship.
Seeing his girlfriend order a large table of dishes for him and arranging the plates in a row, Huo Yan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Yinyin, does this count as our first date?"
"Okay." Xu Yinyin said perfunctorily as she unpacked her chopsticks, scanning the dozen or so dishes in front of her without blinking.
[Every time I eat, I want to try all the new dishes, but my stomach doesn't cooperate. Now that I have a boyfriend, I can eat more without wasting food. It's great!]
[Baby, he's your boyfriend, not a trash can, okay.]
[Nonsense, who can eat vegetables from a trash can?]
Huo Yan: “…”
The system caught a glimpse of his aggrieved expression and couldn't help but sigh silently, "Beauty cannot compare to delicious food, how miserable!"
Xu Yinyin happily passed some food to Huo Yan and said generously, "The company's chef has new dishes every day. They are delicious, just as good as those in restaurants outside. You should try them."
"Well, you can eat too." Huo Yan picked up a piece of rose salt-baked spareribs for her.
This dish was the farthest away from her, and she kept looking at it.
[Wow, this is exactly what I want to eat. How can he be so considerate?]
Huo Yan smiled. It seemed that getting praise from his girlfriend was not difficult at all.
The two of them fed each other and chatted and laughed, forming a beautiful sight, but it disturbed the people eating around them.
"My family, who would have thought that shipping this couple is more delicious than eating melons? I'm dying of shipping this couple."
"Ahhh, they're such a great match. I want to settle down in the cafeteria."
"Me too, Mr. Huo is so considerate. Princess Yinyin glanced at me and the food was immediately in her bowl. Just for her good sense, I'll just marry her right here."
"Also, every time Princess Yinyin spoke, he looked into her eyes very seriously and said so gently, 'Wow, why can't I meet a man like this?'"
"Am I the only one who doesn't like Mr. Huo? He's clearly here to steal our melons. Once Princess Yinyin gets married, where will we go to eat melons and fish? He's all obsessed with sex."
"Yeah, eating everything will only hurt you. Mr. Huo may have gotten a beautiful woman, but have you ever thought about how the office workers who don't have melons to eat will survive in the future?"
"Now that you put it that way, I suddenly feel like the CP is not that popular anymore."
Everyone suddenly came to their senses and looked at Huo Yan again with a hint of hostility in their eyes. The auntie smiles they saw when the two interacted immediately turned into a faint resentment towards the melon thief.
Huo Yan suddenly sensed something was wrong and subconsciously turned around, only to see that everyone around him was concentrating on eating. Puzzled, he turned his head back, and the uneasy feeling came back.
He looked back again, and still saw nothing unusual.
Hiss! This shouldn't be the case. His intuition has always been accurate. Who on earth is so hostile to him?
"What are you doing?" Xu Yinyin took the time to ask her boyfriend who was not concentrating on eating.
"Do you feel that someone is looking at us with hostility?" Huo Yan asked from the bottom of his heart.
Xu Yinyin looked around blankly, "Come on, who would seek revenge during dinner time? I'm afraid you've done too many bad things."
"No, I just feel like a lot of eyes are looking back and forth at my back. It's creepy." Huo Yan started playing the victim mode.
Xu Yinyin frowned and said, "If you were concentrating on eating, you wouldn't notice anything. You're so disrespectful of our first date, don't you want to have a future?"
"Of course not. Next time I'll take you out to eat, just the two of us, okay?"
"Yeah, let's talk about it later." Xu Yinyin just kept eating, and her perfunctory look was too obvious.
Huo Yan had no choice but to put aside his suspicions and concentrate on eating.
But he silently resolved that next time he would rather kidnap the person than eat here, as that feeling was too disgusting.
[Baby, this is your first date with your boyfriend, and you're sending him off in the cafeteria? He's a billionaire CEO.]
The system couldn't stand the host's slowness and hinted anxiously.
[Of course not. I'll buy him some spicy noodles later and take him to the rooftop garden to relax.]
[Huo Yan likes spicy noodles? ]
I don't know. Anyway, I like to eat it. If he wants to eat it, I will only give him one at most. I'm mainly worried that his stomach can't handle it.
【······】
The system made her autistic. She looked at Huo Yan quietly, but saw that he had a happy expression. He didn't think there was anything wrong with his girlfriend at all. She looked like she was desperately ill and blind.
Is this the kind of love that only elementary school students can have?
I'm so anxious!
Huo Yan is not picky about food. As long as he can spend more time with his girlfriend, he would be happy even if he goes hungry.
He seemed to understand the joy of being full of love.
After dinner, Xu Yinyin took Huo Yan to the rooftop garden. When some colleagues saw the two of them, they all greeted them tactfully and then left.
Xu Yinyin went to the bench where she usually sat, swinging her legs leisurely and eating spicy strips. Huo Yan opened a can of milk and was ready to feed her at any time.
From beginning to end, he never showed any urge to eat spicy strips, which made Xu Yinyin very happy.
[Men who don't have any intentions towards my spicy snacks are all excellent boyfriends. Huo Yan has passed the test.]
Huo Yan couldn't help but raise his lips and glanced sideways at the satisfied little man, his heart warmed to the core.
After dinner, go to the rooftop to relax, look up at the blue sky, bask in the sunshine, and watch the person you like happy and excited, and you will also be happy and joyful.
Such a lifelike scene was the first time for Huo Yan in his life. Besides the novelty, it also gave him a long-lasting yearning and expectation for an ordinary life.
"Yin Yin, let's get married."
Huo Yan couldn't help but blurt out.
"ha?!"
Xu Yinyin bit the spicy strips and looked back at him, her eyes full of shock and surprise, but her little mouth was not idle. The movement of her little face made Huo Yan laugh.
He smiled and raised his hand to wipe the chili oil from the corner of her lips, explaining: "I suddenly want to marry you, and want to eat, chat, and bask in the sun together every day like today."
Xu Yinyin blurted out, "Will you stop working after we get married? If you waste your time with me every day, who will make money to support the family? Let me make it clear, I have no ability to make money. I'm just a loser. Marrying me is quite risky. You have to think it through."
Faced with Xu Yinyin's sincere exhortation, Huo Yan laughed out loud. "Yinyin, I've already achieved financial freedom. Doing nothing won't make my wealth shrink. Of course, if you don't want me to waste my time, I will continue to work, but I will never be the workaholic I used to be. I will spend two-thirds of my time with you, as long as you don't find me annoying."
"I don't know if you'll find me annoying. This is my first time in a relationship, so I can't answer that for you."
The way Xu Yinyin answered the questions seriously made Huo Yan chuckle helplessly, feeling that his girlfriend was so adorable.
"I'm sorry, I was so abrupt and embarrassed my girlfriend on the first day of our date."
"It's good that you know. Apology accepted."
After Xu Yinyin finished speaking, she turned her head to look at the floating clouds above her head, her microscopic eyes enjoying the comfort and leisure of the moment.
Huo Yan looked at her comfortable expression at the moment, smiled and pinched her face, then looked up at the sky like her, unable to bear to disturb her leisure at the moment.
We're already boyfriends, so how far is it from being a legal husband? There's no need to rush.
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