Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him

Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Ten Years Ago, He and She
 

Xu Xingluo froze in place when she heard his words.

He said, picking up his wife from work?

It was hard to imagine these words coming from Huo Xingzhou’s mouth, as he had always been aloof and noble. In the past, even her attempts to get close to him required utmost effort, but now he intimately referred to that village girl as his wife!

“Brother Xingzhou!”

Xu Xingluo saw him ruthlessly press the elevator button and hurriedly chased after him, clinging onto him from behind.

Huo Xingzhou coldly snapped, “Let go!”

Xu Xingluo shook her head, holding on even tighter. Tears welled up in her eyes, and the tear mole at the corner of her eye evoked pity.

Huo Xingzhou impatiently pried open her fingers and pushed her aside.

With a cry of alarm, Xu Xingluo’s legs gave out, and she collapsed to the floor. Sitting on the ground, her face turned pale, she clutched her chest and gasped for air, “Brother Xingzhou, I’m… I’m sorry.”

Her old ailment had flared up again!

Huo Xingzhou’s expression tightened as he squatted down and rummaged through her bag for the asthma spray.

Xu Xingluo weakly grasped his wrist, with tears streaming down her cheeks, “I don’t… I don’t have it with me. If you don’t forgive me, I won’t even have… the courage to live on.”

Huo Xingzhou’s handsome face was icy, “Are you trying to coerce me with your death?”

He pulled out his phone and called Chen Xun to buy a bottle of asthma spray from a nearby pharmacy. Soon after, Chen Xun arrived sweating profusely and delivered the spray. Huo Xingzhou immediately administered it to Xu Xingluo, and she began to recover after a while.

She clutched the sleeves of Huo Xingzhou’s clothes tightly, her face deathly pale as she said, “Brother Xingzhou, I just want your forgiveness. Do you still remember what happened that year… ”

“I’ll have Chen Xun take you back.”

Huo Xingzhou interrupted her with a dark tone.

Tears fell like a string of pearls from Xu Xingluo’s eyes, “What will it take for you to forgive me? Your instinctive reaction doesn’t lie. When you saw me having an attack, your first thought was to find an asthma spray.”

“Brother Xingzhou, you know that I got my asthma because I did something for you ten years ago… Can’t you, for the sake of what happened ten years ago, stop deliberately provoking me?”

She lifted her slender swan neck, looking at him eagerly.

“I’m afraid someone will find trouble if you die here! Chen Xun, get her out!” Huo Xingzhou, unmoved, called out again.

Chen Xun immediately stepped forward and said to Xu Xingluo, “Miss Xu, let me take you home first.”

Xu Xingluo wiped away her tears and said with a sob in her voice, “Okay, I’ll wait for you to cool down.”

She left reluctantly, concealing a glimmer of dark intent in the depths of her eyes.

Now that she had returned, she would not give up easily. After all, she still had countless schemes up her sleeve.

Huo Xingzhou stood still, closing his eyes slightly.

Images of the bloody car accident flashed across his mind: the collision of vehicles and the thunderous crash.

He was a bloody mess in that instant and lost consciousness. When he woke up, he had fallen into an abyss where everyone could trample over him.

And then, there was that night ten years ago when he was on the brink of death…

He opened his eyes slowly, his mind in turmoil as he returned to the office, with the large floor-to-ceiling windows presenting a panoramic view of Haicheng.

Lastly, he called Zhou Yu and said, “Show me the previous cooperation case with the Imperial Capital’s Zhong Family.”

Zhou Yu promptly sent him the information, adding, “The Zhong Family is mired in intense infighting — it’s a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters.”

“Hmm.”

Huo Xingzhou responded indifferently.

He knew the Zhong Family’s internal strife was due to the return of an illegitimate son with great capabilities and schemes. In the bustling Imperial Capital, Tianyuan Group sought to expand its business empire and needed to find a shortcut.

After discussing business with Zhou Yu, who then tentatively asked, “What’s your plan now that Xu Xingluo has returned? I heard the Xu Family forcibly sent her abroad, and it wasn’t her intention to abandon you and leave the country…”

At the scene of the accident back then, Huo Xingzhou and Xu Xingluo were in the same car; Huo Xingzhou was critically injured, while Xu Xingluo was unscathed. Declared beyond help by the doctors, the Xu Family sent Xu Xingluo out of the country.

It did look truly ruthless and heartless, utterly cold-blooded.

“Abandon?”

Huo Xingzhou snorted coldly in disdain.

Zhou Yu slapped himself hard on the face and explained, “That was a poor choice of words. But Huo Er, even a dog raised for so many years develops an attachment, let alone a person? Initially, all of us thought you would end up with Xu Xingluo.”

In terms of family background, personal character, and emotional foundation, Xu Xingluo and Huo Xingzhou were a match made in heaven.

Besides, for families like theirs, a marriage alliance was the inevitable outcome, so why not choose someone who was a childhood sweetheart and mutual love?

Apart from Xu Xingluo, who else would Huo Xingzhou choose?

“You’re all blind.”

Huo Xingzhou gave a chilly evaluation.

Zhou Yu said helplessly, “Alright, I hope you’re not just being stubborn. Don’t fail Qiao Xi, she’s a good girl.”

When Qiao Xi was mentioned, Huo Xingzhou’s slender fingers unconsciously twirled the pen.

His irritable and tainted heart seemed to be cleansed and washed by this name, becoming calm and warm.

…

Eight o’clock at night.

Huo Sijiao dropped off Qiao Xi from work at the small villa and spoke earnestly, “Sister-in-law, you have to make brother pick you up and drop you off at work every day, to stake your claim! Otherwise, little fairies outside will have their chance to wrap him around their fingers.”

Qiao Xi obediently nodded her head.

“Jiaojiao, thank you for bringing me back. It’s getting too late, you better hurry home.”

“Okay then.”

“Drive safely, call me once you get home,” Qiao Xi reminded again.

Huo Sijiao sped off in the car, and as soon as she left, the smile on Qiao Xi’s face faded. This morning, Mr. Huo had promised to pick her up from work, but he changed his mind in the evening, saying he was too busy to come.

She glanced at the garage; the car Huo Xingzhou usually drove wasn’t there.

He hadn’t come back yet.

Qiao Xi entered the small villa, where Aunt Qian had also gone out to join the square dance, and everything was quiet.

She returned to the second floor of the small villa with a heavy heart and closed the door to her room.

Touching her cheek with a cold hand, the phrase “post-traumatic stress disorder following a car accident” circulated in her mind, haunting her. She mechanically finished her nightly routine and lay on the soft bed with not a hint of sleepiness.

It turned out that both Xu Xingluo and Huo Xingzhou had been in the car during that accident.

In the early hours, the sound of the car engine shutting off rang out. Followed by the increasingly distinct footsteps at her door, she could hear a deliberately subdued voice outside.

“Is she asleep?” a low, pleasant male voice asked.

“The Young Madam must be tired from work; she went to bed early,” Aunt Qian replied.

“Hmm, you go rest, I’ll check on her.”

As the man finished speaking, Qiao Xi quickly closed her eyes tight and regulated her breathing. She could feel the door being gently opened and a sliver of light peeking through the crack.

A tall and stately shadow slowly cast over her, and warm fingers brushed her cheek.

Gentle, lingering.

As the man drew closer, an alien, faintly sweet scent wafted toward her.

Qiao Xi’s breath hitched, as if she’d plunged into an ice-cold pit.

It was the scent of the perfume Xu Xingluo wore, which she had just smelled during the day.

The memory was vivid.