Things were raging online, and Luo Bai's school social media account was being flooded with attacks again.
For the first time, netizens learned that a man could be this delicate and even act like a green tea. Plenty of girls felt they couldn't compare.
"Luo Bai is pretty good-looking, sure, but that's all he is. There's nothing outstanding about him."
"What's so charming about Luo Bai? Why does Young Master Shen like him so much?"
"I don't get it. Isn't he just on the level of some Z-list celebrity?"
Shen Dong's incident had also become common knowledge in wealthy circles. The Shen Family elders were furious and ordered Shen Dong not to leave the house for an entire month! This incident had utterly disgraced their family!
Huo Cihai and Shen Dong had been rivals and enemies for years. Seeing Shen Dong suffer this setback, kicking someone's gate only to get knocked out by electricity himself, was truly satisfying.
"Hahaha, who does Shen Dong think he is? Even I wouldn't dare mess with Luo Beishi now. As if he's worthy!"
Hu Lou was laughing hard too. "The Shen Family's young master has a new nickname now: Shen the Simp. Honestly, it actually suits him pretty well."
Huo Cifeng also received the news, but merely chuckled. Hmph, Luo Beishi really had a knack for infuriating people. Apparently, he didn't just infuriate him... he attacked indiscriminately.
What would happen if he could get Luo Beishi's support? He shouldn't have pushed Luo Beishi onto the opposing side... at this moment, he felt some regret.
He had sent people to investigate Luo Beishi's overseas mineral deposits. The company did indeed exist, but the locations of the deposits were under international protection, so no one could investigate them, not even foreign royal families...
He hadn't expected someone as insignificant as Luo Beishi to possess such capabilities. He had thought some powerful figure was behind him... but it really was Luo Beishi's own business. This showed that Luo Beishi truly had strong connections, far more useful than the entire Luo Family.
If he had accepted Luo Beishi back then, would things be different now? The person in charge of the Huo Corporation would already have been him...
In truth, Luo Beishi's every smile and frown was radiant and captivating... sometimes, watching him made his heart itch too.
But whenever he thought of how Luo Beishi often bullied Luo Bai, he couldn't help pushing him away. A voice inside him would always tell him that Luo Beishi was a sinister, unscrupulous bitch and he had to stay away from him!
Sometimes, even seeing Luo Beishi made him feel sick and want to throw up.
But ever since seeing Luo Beishi at that shareholders' meeting, he hadn't felt that way anymore... he didn't know why.
That afternoon.
Luo Beishi went to class.
Huo Cixiao could only obediently stay home. As someone in a vegetative state, he didn't have many things to think about every day, but fortunately, his bargain wife was very considerate and remotely played audio dramas for him every day to distract him.
Since each audio drama episode was only a few dozen minutes long, Luo Beishi played them for him so he could skip the opening and ending themes and save usable time.
He was being taken seriously. Luo Beishi didn't treat him as someone in a vegetative state, but simply as a normal person who couldn't move.
Hmph, stop thinking about it. Keep thinking and my bargain wife will get his way! This must be my bargain wife's scheme to seduce me!
A Long and A Hu came in an hour later. "Good afternoon, young master."
"Just between us, people have been coming over in a rage lately to challenge us and curse out the young madam. But they all get half-infuriated to death before they even see him. And this morning, that Shen Dong kicked our villa's iron gate and got knocked out by electricity, haha...!"
Huo Cixiao: "???" He remembered that his gate wasn't electrified, was it?
Then A Hu continued, "The young madam had the foresight to have it installed on his third day here. He said he had a lot of enemies and was afraid the gate would get torn down. He also said someone was bound to hit the jackpot someday, hahahaha..."
Huo Cixiao: "..." As expected of his bargain wife. Even his enemies were no fewer than his own.
Before his accident, hardly anyone had dared to provoke him.
It looked like he needed to work hard to wake up, or every worthless nobody would come piling up at his doorstep!
Class ended at five twenty that afternoon. Luo Beishi gathered his textbooks and put them in his bag, only to be stopped as soon as he walked out.
"Beishi, please, spare the Luo Family. Dad is your dad too. How can you bear to watch the Luo Family go on like this..." Luo Bai's eyes were particularly red, as though he had cried before coming over.
Seeing Luo Bai, who was putting on a frail act, about to touch Luo Beishi's hand, Lan Li, standing beside Luo Beishi, shoved him away with a displeased look.
Luo Bai stumbled back several steps from the push and nearly lost his balance.
"Everyone in our class already knows how good you are at pretending and playing the victim! Drop the act, white lotus. If you want to die, do it somewhere far away. Don't collapse outside our classroom. What bad luck!"
Luo Bai had never been subjected to such harsh words before. For a moment, his chest felt terribly tight, and everyone around them looked over.
He had originally come to find Luo Beishi and force him to return to the Luo Family, to give the money he had to the Luo Corporation to tide it over for the sake of the parents who had raised him. Who knew that before Luo Beishi even spoke, someone would already be defending him?
No, this isn't how it should be... everyone should be loving and protecting me, Luo Bai.
Luo Bai lowered his head and stood frozen in place.
"Let's go, Beishi. Stay away from dead dogs like this when you see them."
Lan Li spoke very loudly, and their class monitor carried considerable authority and prestige, so no one else dared make a sound. The main reason, though, was that they had truly seen through Luo Bai's tricks. As a result, they also felt very guilty toward Luo Beishi.
Sometimes, Luo Beishi could also find some care and comfort in his class monitor.
That was also why, even when his classmates cursed him out, he didn't want to retaliate against them, because he didn't want to put his class monitor in a difficult position.
Luo Beishi followed Lan Li with a smile. "Thanks, class monitor. Are you going to eat or heading home?"
"I'll go eat. Want to join me? I hear you've been doing pretty well for yourself lately." Lan Li put away her sharpness, her gaze softening and her tone turning gentle.
She was a very accepting woman, but she could also become extremely aggressive.
Luo Beishi admired his class monitor quite a bit.
"No, I'll invite you over to my place for a meal when there's time. I don't have time to eat out. I need to go home and take care of my husband. Sorry."
"Aren't you pretty rich? Hiring a few people to take care of him wouldn't be difficult. Do you have to do it yourself? Besides, with your husband's condition, taking care of him must be exhausting, right?"
The two chatted as they walked.
"It's not exhausting. I'm strong, so taking care of him is easy for me. I could hire people, but I can't bear to let anyone else touch my husband."
That was all Luo Beishi could say. He didn't want to tell his class monitor about there being too many assassins, lest she worry.
Lan Li was momentarily speechless. She had previously thought he really liked Huo Cifeng, but she hadn't expected Luo Beishi's ultimate target to be Huo Cixiao. Look at that, he wouldn't even let anyone else touch him. Such possessiveness-if that wasn't love, what was?
Although her Lan Family wasn't a top-tier family, it still ranked among the leading ones. She had also seen Huo Cixiao at a banquet before.
Huo Cixiao was truly strikingly handsome, with exceptional features, perfect bone structure, and sharply defined contours. His eyes were the most unforgettable of all, deep and mysterious.
In short, he was more than a hundred times better-looking than Huo Cifeng.
No wonder Luo Beishi couldn't get enough of him. With a husband like that, who wouldn't be dazed?
"All right, class monitor, go get something to eat. If you need any help, you can message me on WeChat."
"Mm. Drive slowly and stay safe."