"Cifeng, it's all right. Once I'm abroad, I'll still write to you often..." Luo Bai wiped his tears with a handkerchief. After crying, the corners of his eyes were a pitiful red.
Huo Cifeng couldn't bear to let the poor thing leave for a distant country and live such a precarious life.
"Give me your father's contact information. I'll discuss this with him and handle it. You're just a kid, so stay out of it." Huo Cifeng continued stroking him gently.
"That wouldn't be right, Cifeng. I don't want to burden you..."
"Be good. Leave this to me."
Huo Cixiao's home
Luo Beishi spent the afternoon either taking care of Huo Cixiao or lying beside him, occasionally reading him the news.
Huo Cixiao had been talked at all afternoon. His world had never been so noisy...
Also, how could an ordinary college student be so happy taking care of someone in a vegetative state?
What was there to be happy about? Hmph.
"Hubby, you've been lying here for almost a year. Lately, Huo Cifeng has been buying up Huo Family shares like crazy, trying to seize actual control from you. But don't worry, I'll help you hold on to it!"
Luo Beishi sounded a little excited, but then he quieted down again. "I haven't met any of your company's other shareholders, but when I go to see them, I'll make sure to talk things through properly..."
Huo Cixiao found this rather interesting. This bargain wife actually wanted to help him? Instead of helping Huo Cifeng? Had A Hu's report been false?
If Luo Beishi really liked Huo Cifeng, would he have this attitude?
Damn you, A Hu. Once I wake up, I'm making you run while dragging ten tires at once!
Wait, was that the point?
The point was, did his bargain wife have any money? And he wanted to help him? Could the Huo Family's shares be dealt with for a few bucks? Please wake up, Luo Beishi!
As expected of his bargain wife, all he did was daydream.
Let him take them. Once he managed to wake up, couldn't he just take them back?
If he couldn't take them back, he would destroy them all!
Luo Beishi had no idea that a certain great devil had already begun planning how to destroy the Huo Group.
"I'm so bored. Hubby, shall we listen to an audio drama?" Luo Beishi picked up his phone. Remembering that he still had plenty of money in his account, he swiped his finger and bought a lifetime membership to an audio drama app.
Huo Cixiao: "..." You're asking me? Can I answer you? Are you an idiot? Talking to someone in a vegetative state every day.
"Host, Host, don't you get tired of talking to Huo Cixiao all the time?" the system asked in its babyish voice.
Luo Beishi didn't find it tiring, but having a living person beside him who never spoke really frightened a weak, helpless college student like him. Still, he would never tell the system that it was because he was a coward!
As he played the audio drama, Luo Beishi said, "This helps people recover from a vegetative state! Also, doesn't your system have a potion that could wake him up right away?"
"No! The system isn't omnipotent, Host."
Luo Beishi said, "You clearly are omnipotent! You sell medicine and skills, give me money, and can even activate a protective shield for me. If that isn't a cheat, what is?"
The system: "..."
"Also! Why did you develop this kind of system? Usually, it's the protagonist face-slapping the villain. How come it's the other way around with us?" Luo Beishi still didn't understand.
The system said, "Host, Tongtong doesn't know either. Tongtong is only a system."
Oh well. He would just do whatever the system told him to do, as long as he earned money. In half a month, once he had saved over two hundred million, he could buy a luxury home downtown.
That would guard against the system going back on its word, or this all being a fleeting dream, with the money gone when he woke up tomorrow.
Buying a home first was more practical. He would enjoy himself first, and if Huo Cixiao woke up and kicked him out later, he would have somewhere to go instead of ending up on the streets.
A pleasant weekend always passed quickly. Today, Luo Beishi had asked his college advisor for a day off so he could find people to buy shares from.
"Tongtong, who do you think I should go to first? Can you give me a hint? Besides, they're all big shots. You need an appointment to meet them." After getting into the car, Luo Beishi slumped over the steering wheel and asked rather helplessly.
"Host, I've sent you the list of people Huo Cifeng hasn't met yet. The system doesn't know which of them will sell, either. Their information is on your phone. Take a look yourself."
Luo Beishi took out his phone and looked. There were five people, each holding over two percent of the shares. He read their information and analyzed it.
In the end, he picked the youngest, twenty-eight-year-old Li Qin. This man also had his own company and held three percent of the shares...
"He's the one. Tongtong, hurry up and send me his location." Luo Beishi immediately started the car and drove out of the garage.
Lying in bed, Huo Cixiao thought back over many matters concerning the group. He had been bedridden for a year. Anyone would choose the energetic and rather ambitious Huo Cifeng.
His bargain wife had actually called his college advisor to ask for leave today. Was he really going to help him?
It wasn't just talk?
If his bargain wife had that kind of ability, how could he have been forced to marry him?
The very thought was absurd. Seriously, Grandpa, why insist on a marriage to bring good fortune? Couldn't he live on his own? Why insist on finding him a wife?
Luo Beishi arrived outside Red Name Enterprise early, ready to stake out Li Qin.
He sat on a sofa in the first-floor lobby the whole time. Half an hour later, an athletic figure, 185 centimeters tall just as the information described, finally appeared.
Luo Beishi immediately walked over and called out to Li Qin, who had quite a few bodyguards following him.
"Mr. Li, a moment!" Luo Beishi called out from four or five meters away. He was still wearing a hat and a mask.
Li Qin stopped at the sound and held back the bodyguards behind him who wanted to go over and throw Luo Beishi out.
"Mr. Li, my surname is Luo. I have a favor to ask of you. Could I take up a little of your time?"
Luo Beishi deliberately masked his normally rather youthful, student-like voice.
Li Qin frowned slightly at his words. Surnamed Luo? If he wasn't mistaken, the Luo Family? Someone who could track him down here-could this be Huo Cixiao's newlywed spouse? After all, some white hair was still showing beneath the brim of his hat.
"Come along." Li Qin signaled with his eyes for the bodyguards to bring him.
Seeing this, Luo Beishi immediately followed the tall, muscular bodyguards. With only his eyes showing, his gaze looked exceptionally resolute, though he was really just trying to bolster his own courage.
"Tongtong, how did my voice sound just now? Mature enough?" Luo Beishi found speaking as though he had phlegm stuck in his throat truly exhausting.
"Not bad. But, Host, have you figured out how to negotiate with this person?"
"No. How do you expect a male college student like me to plan for this? I'll play it by ear," Luo Beishi said, rather resigned to winging it.
"What's wrong with being a male college student? Male college students have limitless potential!" the system cheered him on in its babyish voice, leaving Luo Beishi a little touched.
"Here we are, Mr. Luo. Please wait for Mr. Li in this conference room." The bodyguard settled him in Conference Room 5, then left.