"What did you say?"
Although the profiles are very similar, the voices of Huo Lian and Huo Qi are completely different.
The short four words were as cold as frost and snow, which made Lu Shijin see the reality clearly.
"Sorry, Mr. Huo." Lu Shijin quickly sat up straight, touched his face in embarrassment, looked out of the car window and found that he was downstairs in his apartment, "Thank you for taking me back, I'm leaving."
Huo Lian: "Wait a minute."
The driver got Huo Lian's gaze in the rearview mirror in advance and got out of the car. Only Huo Lian and Lu Shijin were left in the car.
"Do you have anything else to do?" Lu Shijin said wearily, "Is there anything you can talk about next time? I'm really tired today."
Huo Lian's tone was light: "What do you plan to do in the future?"
"I don't know." Lu Shijin covered his face into his palm and said in a muffled voice, "What can I do? Even if Huo Qi lied to me, he is a high-ranking rich young master, and I'm just an ordinary student. It's like playing with a bird, what can I do?"
Huo Lian: "It's true that Huo Qi did something wrong. He's sorry for you. As Huo Qi's uncle, I apologize on his behalf. If you need any compensation, you can ask me."
Lu Shijin looked up at him with mocking eyes, "Is it true that in the hearts of rich people like you, money can make up for everything?" He punched the back of the chair in front of him, and said in a mournful voice, "Money can buy the feelings I have paid for the past three years. Can you buy my three years of life? Can you make these disgusting things disappear from my life?"
Huo Lian sat there firmly, not moving, silently listening to Lu Shijin vent.
The carriage fell silent for a while, only the sound of Lu Shijin's heavy breathing was heard, as if the suppressed pain made him unable to breathe.
After a long time, Lu Shijin broke the silence with a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry Mr. Huo, this matter has nothing to do with you, I shouldn't get angry at you."
"It's okay." Huo Lian waited for him to calm down before looking at him.
The boy's appearance is indeed very similar to Ruan Siheng, but Lu Shijin's facial features are more beautiful, a bit feminine, if there is a slight change in the image, it may not be able to surpass Ruan Siheng.
"Do you hate Huo Qi?" Huo Lian asked suddenly.
Lu Shijin's tone trembled, "I don't know."
Huo Lian was not surprised by his answer, and continued to ask: "Then do you still love him?"
Lu Shijin frowned and shook his head numbly, "I don't know either."
Huo Lian heard the word "I don't know" countless times in Lu Shijin's mouth today, and instead of being annoyed, he was quite satisfied.
He likes people who don't have their own opinions.
"Thinking about it now, it's all my fault for being too stupid and naive." Lu Shijin said slowly, "In the three years we've been together with Huo Qi, he has never said such words as 'like, love' to me. My wishful thinking. He didn’t let other people know about our relationship. He said he wanted to protect me, so I foolishly believed it. He raised me like a bird in a cage. He teased me when he was happy, no I'm so happy, I don't even look at me... How could I be so stupid... "
"There's nothing wrong with love itself," Huo Lian said in a deep voice, "Huo Qi also had a wrong idea for a while, you and Ruan Siheng look too much alike, he might have taken you for him."
"Lu Shijin is Lu Shijin! He won't be anyone else's substitute!" Lu Shijin roared out in a low voice.
"It's great if you think so." Huo Lian patted him on the shoulder, "Too many things happened today, what you need most now is to rest. Go up, go home and have a good sleep. If you If you have any ideas, you can come to me, and I will help you, understand?"
Lu Shijin retracted his shoulders, "Why are you helping me? You are Huo Qi's uncle, so you must be on his side."
Huo Lian hooked his lower lip in a friendly manner, "Although I am his uncle, I can't understand what he did this time. As Huo Qi's elder, I have the responsibility to help him correct his mistakes. Don't worry, I won't be partial .”
Lu Shijin stared at Huo Lian vigilantly for a while, but there was still distrust in his eyes.
"I am leaving, bye."
Lu Shijin didn't mention any compensation, nor said his plan, and just got out of the car.
Huo Lian's car quickly disappeared into the night.
As soon as the car left, all the sadness on Lu Shijin's face disappeared immediately.
If someone around him passed by and saw it at this time, they would definitely wonder if this boy had learned to change faces.
Back at the apartment, Lu Shijin sat down on the sofa and stretched himself.
"I've been acting for a whole day, but my father is exhausted."
711 asked puzzledly: "Host, Huo Lian has offered you an olive branch just now, why didn't you agree to him?"
Lu Shijin didn't answer but instead asked, "Do you know what is the most important thing if you want to hunt the best prey?"
711: "Mark!"
"Wrong," Lu Shijin said, "it's patience. Huo Lian, an old fox, wants him to completely let go of his guard against me. It's not that easy. If I promise too quickly today, and just say that I want to take revenge on Huo Qi, it will definitely cause trouble. His doubts. Don't forget, I'm a silly Baitian, and I have no intention of revenge."
711 suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."
Lu Shijin: "Take your time and don't rush. Only by setting a long line can you catch big fish."
Lu Shijin took out his mobile phone to order a takeaway to solve the problem of dinner, but he didn't expect to receive a call from Huo Qi.
"Hey, husband~" Lu Shijin quickly changed his mood and entered the role, pretending to be surprised when he received a call from his sweetheart, "You finally know how to call me! I thought you forgot about me! "
"How could it be?" Huo Qi actually endured Lu Shijin's numbness, and asked warmly, "Is the school on winter vacation? Have you returned to your hometown for the New Year?"
Lu Shijin: "It's released, but unfortunately I didn't get a ticket to go back to my hometown. I can't go back during the New Year, so I have to stay in this city to celebrate the New Year. Husband, have you finished your work? I miss you so much, I will spend the New Year here alone I'm lonely, when will you be with me?"
Huo Qi: "My family has many rules during the Chinese New Year, so I may not be able to get away with it. But today I came back from a business trip, and I just have time. I'll send a car to pick you up, okay?"
Huo Qi called Lu Shijin in person uncharacteristically today, with a rare patient and gentle tone.
If things go wrong, there must be a demon, Lu Shijin has already guessed what Huo Qiming was doing in the past.
On the phone, Lu Shijin happily agreed to Huo Qi's request for a meeting, but when he hung up the phone, he ground his teeth.
"Convenience store, do you have a song order function?"
711: "... yes."
Lu Shijin sneered: "Play me "Love Trading", this is tonight's BGM."
Huo Qi still sent Secretary Hao to pick him up. When Lu Shijin got into the car, he exchanged glances with Secretary Hao who was helping him open the door. He keenly noticed that Secretary Hao looked at him differently than last time.
The last time at the school gate, Secretary Hao saw that he was pretending to be respectful with a bit of disdain and contempt, but looking at him now, he was a little more deliberate and friendly.
Sure enough, not long after the car drove out, Secretary Hao started chatting with Lu Shijin.
Lu Shijin felt strange, the former Secretary Hao looked down on Lu Shijin, a little stand-in, and always cherished his words like gold, why did he talk so much today
Even after arriving downstairs in Huo Qi's apartment, Secretary Hao graciously got out of the car and opened the door for Lu Shijin, and told Lu Shijin that if anything happened, he could call him, as his family lived nearby.
"Something's wrong." Lu Shijin thought while taking the elevator upstairs.
711: "What's wrong?"
Lu Shijin: "Secretary Hao's behavior today is not right, he was too enthusiastic towards me, and what he said at the end, asked me to call him if I have something to do, as if he already knew that I would have something to do."
711: "Maybe Huo Qi meant it?"
Lu Shijin snorted coldly: "Wasn't Huo Qi mean when he came to pick me up? Huo Qi doesn't care about Lu Shijin at all, and naturally he doesn't care about the attitude of his subordinates towards Lu Shijin. Secretary Hao thinks what will happen if I come to Huo Qi today. The only possibility is—he already knew."
711: "What do you mean?"
Lu Shijin: "On the surface, he is Huo Qi's man, but in fact, the real master behind him may be someone else. Of course, it's just a guess, I don't have any evidence yet. But don't worry, it's a fox, there will always be a day when it will show its tail."
When Lu Shijin arrived at Huo Qi's house, he didn't ring the doorbell, and entered the password on the combination lock according to his memory, but was prompted "wrong password".
Heh, when Bai Yueguang came back, he even changed the password. This is to use him as a defense against thieves.
Lu Shijin rang the doorbell, and soon Huo Qi opened the door for him.
Huo Qi was wearing a set of gray home clothes, and the loose home clothes could not conceal the man's strong figure.
As soon as Lu Shijin entered the door, he acted as if nothing had happened, threw himself on Huo Qi enthusiastically, and hung it around Huo Qi's neck like a koala.
"Honey, I miss you so much, do you miss me?"
Huo Qi looked at the top of Lu Shijin's head and frowned, which meant that he didn't like to have physical contact with Lu Shijin.
But he held back and didn't push Lu Shijin away, because tonight, he had something important to discuss with Lu Shijin.
Huo Qi said "I think" nonchalantly, patted Lu Shijin's arm, and said gently: "Okay, come down first, go in and talk, don't stand at the door."
"By the way, husband, why did you change the password on the door?" Lu Shijin let go of his hand, and pursed his mouth unhappily, "If I miss you in the future, can't I come to see you? What are you doing? Prevent me from making surprise inspections? Could it be that someone is hiding at home?"
Huo Qi: "Of course not. It's my habit to change the password regularly. I'll just tell you the new password."
Lu Shijin nodded: "OK, what's the new password?"
Huo Qi paused before saying: "930928."
Lu Shijin rested his chin and thought for a while, then stared at Huo Qi suspiciously, "Whose birthday does this string of numbers sound like? But it's neither yours nor mine, whose is it?"
Huo Qi blinked unnaturally, "It's the birthday of a dog I used to raise. It died when I was a teenager, so it's just to commemorate it."
"Oh, that's it." Lu Shijin, who seemed to have dispelled his doubts, became heartless and happy again, pushing Huo Qi's back forward, "Okay, I believe you, go in quickly."
Behind Huo Qi's invisible back, Lu Shijin twitched the corners of his mouth coldly, a scumbag, he thought he was as easy to fool as the original owner.
It's just that Ruan Siheng's birthday is said to be the birthday of a dead dog. It seems that Huo Qi doesn't love Ruan Siheng as much as he thought.