Huo Yuzhou: "You think so too?"
Gu Xingchen, who had been thoroughly humiliated, began to grumble and curse.
I was worried you'd be upset and wanted to comfort you, but after all that fuss, you're not sad at all.
Stop being so sentimental. What are you doing, spouting those childish nonsense about someone loving you or not? How old are you, bro?
"Confess your feelings and keep pursuing her. If you can't win her over, try to sleep with her. If you can't sleep with her, resort to forced sex. Who do you think you are, with your status and position, and all you do is scheme? Is there anyone you can't win over?"
"Stop pretending, bro, it's disgusting!"
The man on the other end of the phone chuckled.
Gu Xingchen returned to the main topic, "Do you still want to hear about my major discovery?"
"What? Bai Ruanruan hasn't recovered?"
Gu Xingchen laughed too, "It's so much easier talking to smart people."
"That's right, I happened to be free today, while you were busy with your romance, so I came over to supervise our major discovery, tsk--"
"It's really strange, that little idiot Bai Ruanruan's broken hand bone healed perfectly, but after getting beaten up so many times yesterday, and it was all just superficial injuries, it hasn't healed at all!"
Gu Xingchen gloated.
"I was wondering if this thing was some kind of groundbreaking medical discovery. Maybe we could send it to a lab, dissect it, and extract some magic elixir. Who knows, maybe we brothers could live longer and become immortal."
"Turns out his skill doesn't refresh infinitely after all."
"The wound on his face has healed last night,"
Huo Yuzhou reminded,
"He fractured his hand last month, and this is the first time he's demonstrated his extraordinary ability to heal wounds."
"This is the second time I've had this facial injury; it's been more than a week since the last one."
"We don't know how long the cooldown period for his ability will be; it could be 10 days, half a month, or a month, but it won't be too long."
Gu Xingchen was eager to try.
"Actually, locking him in the basement for a month or two would be enough to figure him out."
" The Bai Family is looking for him. He disappeared at your family's party. Don't make a big fuss."
"Letting him go is too easy on that kid!"
Gu Xingchen's voice carried a hint of mockery.
"You have no idea how cowardly this spineless person is. He was just hit a few times with a chair and he started wailing and howling, with snot and tears streaming down his face, crying so hard he could barely breathe, and he wanted to kneel down before me."
Oh, right...
Gu Xingchen's voice changed, and then she suddenly laughed.
"But this guy seems to have lost his mind. He insisted that I loved him to death and tried to coerce me into letting him go, saying that otherwise I would kill him. Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter..."
"What signal did you give him that made this guy so confident?"
Huo Yuzhou remained silent. "I'd like to know too."
Gu Xingchen burst out laughing, then couldn't help but continue to laugh unrestrainedly.
Only after Gu Xingchen finished laughing did Huo Yuzhou speak.
"Test him for two more days, then release him."
Before Gu Xingchen could express her regret, Huo Yuzhou continued speaking.
"Find him in 10 days, and do the same."
"If it still doesn't recover, try again in a month. You'll eventually see the results."
Gu Xingchen: "?"
"Brother, you're the real devil."
Just before the call was about to end, Gu Xingchen suddenly called out again, "Wait."
Didn't you say your sister-in-law rejected you?
"Actually, this is a good opportunity. Anyway, that idiot surnamed Bai is chasing after you. Why don't you just throw out a smokescreen and provoke Qingqing?"
"Maybe he'll realize his own feelings and then know that he actually likes you."
"Need not."
Huo Yuzhou replied calmly.
Gu Xingchen asked in confusion, "Isn't it because you're troubled by love and feel that your relationship is progressing too slowly?"
"Besides, you don't have any feelings for that idiot surnamed Bai. You're just using him as a waste to push the relationship between you and your sister-in-law forward."
"In medicine, this is called something like desensitization therapy, or something like that. Why don't you look into it?"
Huo Yuzhou didn't hesitate at all, "No need."
Gu Xingchen: "Why?"
Huo Yuzhou's gaze shifted to the large bed in the room, the coldness in his eyes softened by tenderness, and his voice was very gentle.
"I can't bear to part with it."
Gu Xingchen on the other end of the phone shuddered, her skin crawling with goosebumps.
"That was scary, I'm hanging up, I'm hanging up, I'm hanging up..."
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Nan Qing slept for a long time.
My afternoon nap was too long, and my head was still a little fuzzy when I woke up.
The curtains were drawn tightly shut, plunging the room into darkness. The unfamiliar environment always made me a little uneasy, but thankfully there was a small lamp on the bedside table.
He had just rubbed his eyes when a strong arm reached out and pulled him over.
"Did you sleep well, Baby?"
"You didn't go to work?"
Nan Qing put down her hand that was rubbing her eyes, looking shocked.
Huo Yuzhou smiled and pinched his cheek.
Am I some kind of workaholic who works year-round? Or some kind of domineering CEO's tool who squeezes in every spare moment?
Nan Qing let out an "Ah," looked up at the handsome face magnified before her, and spoke slowly.
"Seizing every opportunity... Huo Yuzhou, your words are truly vulgar."
Huo Yuzhou: "..."
Nan Qing smiled at him; her little face was so cute it was almost unfair.
"It's okay, it's just the two of us here, no one else will know, only I will laugh at you!"
Huo Yuzhou's deep black eyes curved into a smile as his fingertips brushed against his cheek.
"Since Teacher Nan Qing knows everything, please teach me more in the future."
"After all, when I was in school, this was just an ordinary idiom. Since Teacher Nan Qing has given it a new meaning, why don't you demonstrate it for me tonight? I would be very willing to learn."
Nan Qing's ears turned bright red instantly.
He threw off the covers, quickly got up, put on his shoes, grabbed his phone from the bedside table, and headed out.
"You wish! You're dreaming!"
A soft chuckle came from behind, and Nan Qing's phone started buzzing incessantly.
The call came from an unfamiliar number. With her ears turning red, Nan Qing, who was about to avoid Huo Yuzhou, answered the phone without hesitation.
The next second, Bai Yanxiu's voice came through the phone.
" Nan Qing, when did you block me? Now I have to find a new number to call you."
After a good night's sleep, Nan Qing felt much better, and even the world didn't seem so bad anymore.
He asked, "What do you want with me?"
Bai Yanxiu on the other end of the phone was so angry he jumped up and down.
" Nan Qing, what exactly did you do to Ruanruan? Where did you take him?"
Nan Qing walked to the balcony and looked down at the vast fields of roses. The rich fragrance of roses wafted in the wind, and Nan Qing was in a great mood.
" Bai Yanxiu, if you have something to say, just say it, instead of squeezing a few drops out of your brain at everyone you meet."
Bai Yanxiu: "You're calling me a frequent urinator?"
Nan Qing: "If that's how you think, there's nothing I can do."
Bai Yanxiu angry he was panting heavily.
" Nan Qing, you're becoming more and more rude! Your speech is so tasteless and vulgar! You're nothing like Ruanruan!"
"I'm not going to waste my breath on you. Just tell me, where did you take Ruanruan?"