Luo Beishi picked up the gift transfer agreement and read it, and the lawyer handed him a black pen.
Luo Beishi signed his name on it with swift, flowing strokes.
He did not ask why Old Master Huo had given him a gift. Considering what had happened yesterday, perhaps it was a sign of Old Master Huo's approval.
Old Master Huo might previously have thought he liked Huo Cifeng. Now, with the online rumors growing more intense, everyone thought the person he loved most was Huo Cixiao, and even the old master believed it.
The old master believed Luo Beishi wholeheartedly loved and cared for his eldest grandson, so he was being generous now.
He had not given him a wedding gift, but now he had given him 3.5 billion in assets in one go. This felt amazing. His husband really was his money tree!
Luo Beishi was thrilled inside, but his expression remained composed.
Meanwhile, the lawyer across from him, who was helping with the notarization and taxes, hardly dared breathe too loudly.
He was almost forty, yet he could sense an imposing air of authority from Luo Beishi, who was even sitting in the seat the eldest young master had once occupied.
They really were husbands.
And when Luo Beishi signed, he did not even blink. As expected of a man with hundreds of billions in assets, he accepted the gift decisively and with complete composure.
Presumably, this gift was not even worth mentioning in his eyes, which was why he showed little reaction.
Indeed, compared to forty billion, a few billion seemed rather insignificant.
After the lawyer left, Luo Beishi happily carried his food and drinks upstairs.
Huo Cixiao felt that his bargain wife's steps were light and buoyant today. There must have been something worth celebrating. What was it?
Luo Beishi set everything down. With no one else around, he happily lifted Huo Cixiao's hand and planted a forceful kiss on the back of it. His husband really was a money tree. See? He had shaken another 3.5 billion out of him!
Much faster money than working hard at massages! How could he not be happy? After eating, he would call Grandpa back to thank him.
Huo Cixiao: "..." No wonder my bargain wife is so happy! He kissed me as soon as he came back!
And on the back of my hand! Has he no shame? How can a guy's lips be as soft as jelly?!
Huo Cixiao clearly had no sensation, yet at that moment, he felt as though his body might heat up.
Wait, I seem to have some feeling in my ear. My head is resting on the pillow now, and my ear is touching the pillowcase.
"Huh? Honey, why is your ear red?" Luo Beishi's eyes widened in surprise. Huo Cixiao could not have regained sensation, could he? Impossible, impossible!
"Tongtong, come out! Is Huo Cixiao about to wake up? Has he regained sensation? His ear is red!"
"Host, Tongtong is here. The scan says no. Could the air conditioner be set too high?"
So Luo Beishi checked the air conditioner's control panel beside the bed. It was indeed set a little high.
He had set it to twenty-eight degrees when he went out. After all, it was autumn now, and if Huo Cixiao got hot, he could sweat a little.
So he had just been too hot. What a scare. He had thought Huo Cixiao had woken up.
After eating, Luo Beishi called the old master, who said it was only a small gift. If he did well in the future, he would receive an even bigger one.
Damn, Grandpa really has me figured out.
Oh well. Being good to Huo Cixiao is my duty as his temporary partner anyway. Not only can I get money out of the old master, but I can get money out of Huo Cixiao later too... When I look at it that way, I'm actually winning at life!
Luo Beishi had originally planned to save up five hundred million and buy a large apartment in the center of the Capital to live in after the divorce. Now he did not need to buy one. He already had his own private estate to retire to! Though maintaining the estate might cost quite a lot.
Only now did Huo Cixiao realize that receiving gifts made his bargain wife this happy. He had thought his bargain wife did not like them... Well, his bargain wife's family were all freaks. Perhaps this was even the first gift he had ever received...
Huo Cixiao felt his mood inexplicably sour. It definitely was not because of his bargain wife.
Luo Beishi put down his phone and had someone deliver a treadmill to the room so he could exercise after his meal to aid digestion.
The room was huge. He could stay at home by Huo Cixiao's side without ever going out.
Once again, Luo Beishi changed Huo Cixiao's understanding of him. Huo Cixiao had never imagined Luo Beishi would be so reluctant to leave him that he even had to exercise in the room.
Does he really hate leaving me that much?
He could hear Luo Beishi running on the treadmill, accompanied by the hum of its motor.
Outside the door, A-Niu had already wept over his young master's love several times. The young madam truly stood by the young master through thick and thin.
Even when exercising, he had to stay with the young master. What had their ill-tempered, ruthless young master done to deserve this?
Two days later.
The legendary boy next door finally returned to the country.
Bundled up from head to toe, Luo Bai set off for the airport to pick him up. He had not expected that lately, even going outside would get him mocked and sneered at. It infuriated him, and he wanted to rush up and tear their mouths apart!
In a rare occurrence, the flight was delayed by half an hour, so he waited an extra half hour, carrying a bouquet of flowers.
While abroad, Song Yachao had already learned about the developments back home, as well as everything Luo Beishi had done. He had never imagined Luo Beishi could go so far in twisting right and wrong.
Poor Luo Bai had been suffering back home, so he had recently finished all his research projects, preparing to focus on backing Luo Bai up so he would no longer have to suffer like this.
He refused to believe Luo Beishi could get away with being so arrogant. Hundreds of billions in assets? What a joke. Fraud was everywhere abroad these days.
The forty billion was probably Huo Cixiao's doing too.
And a vegetative state? I don't believe anything could happen to someone like Huo Cixiao, whom even heaven refuses to take.
The moment Luo Bai saw Song Yachao, he burst into aggrieved tears.
Song Yachao was over 180 centimeters tall and handsome, a refined yet arrogant man. He had little patience for anyone else, but Luo Bai was the one he had doted on since childhood.
Luo Bai was well-behaved and considerate. Even when ill, he did not want to depend on his family and cause them trouble.
How could someone so gentle and kind possibly be as vile as people online claimed?
"Don't cry, Baibai. Let your big brother give you a hug." Song Yachao's heart ached as he listened to the person in his arms sobbing, his body trembling.
Just how badly had Luo Bai been bullied while he was out of the country? The Qin Family was utterly useless, letting those people online cyberbully Luo Bai...
The very thought enraged him. He wanted to demand just how useless the Qin Family was that they could not even look after their own son and let others bully him.
Hmph. The Qin Family really did abandon their adopted son once they had their biological son back. Truly laughable.
"Brother Song, you're finally back. I missed you so, so much... I've been so tired lately. I can barely hold on anymore. They all say I'm a bad person. Do you think so too, Brother Song?"
Song Yachao stroked the back of Luo Bai's neck and coaxed him softly, "There, stop crying. It hurts me to see you cry."