Chapter 400: Which Opposite-sex Companion
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After getting into the car, Huo Xunzhou turned on the GPS on his phone and handed it to Lin Shanchu so that she could enter the address.
Lin Shanchu took the phone and silently entered the address of her new home.
Sure enough, if Nan Mu knew about her moving house, it meant that Huo Xunzhou knew about it.
After the car drove steadily on the road, Lin Shanchu broke the silence in the car.
“Nan Mu told you… I moved house?” “He did.
Huo Xunzhou looked straight ahead.
“I know.”
Lin Shanchu wanted to explain to Huo Xunzhou, but he interrupted her.
Lin Shanchu was currently living with Lin Suguang.
There were rumors that he had broken up with Lin Shanchu.
As Lin Shanchu’s relative, it was normal for Lin Suguang to move house with her.
It showed that Lin Suguang was considerate of Lin Shanchu.
Huo Xunzhou dropped Lin Shanchu off at her house and drove to the company.
Lin Shanchu stood still and looked thoughtfully in the direction Huo Xunzhou left for a while before turning to leave.
When Huo Xunzhou arrived at the company, Li MO was already waiting for him in the office.
“Big brother!”
As soon as Li MO saw Huo Xunzhou, he immediately stepped forward to help him.
Huo Xunzhou waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to help him.
He walked to his desk and sat down with his hands on it. Then, he frowned and leaned back in his chair.
Li MO walked over to the drawer and took out a big bag of painkillers. “Big Brother, these are all newly bought. Pick one and try it out. See if it works.”
Huo Xunzhou looked up and took out a box from the bag. He glanced at the instructions, poured out two pills and swallowed them.
Li MO hurriedly turned around to pour some water.
“Big Brother, why don’t you go for another checkup?” he asked worriedly as he handed the glass of water to Huo Xunzhou. “Let’s go to another hospital this time.”
After Huo Xunzhou returned from the clubhouse that day, his body started to hurt for some reason.
Li MO took him for a checkup that very night.
In the end, the results of the checkup showed that he was healthy without any illness.
However, Huo Xunzhou’s condition did not improve.
Sometimes, the pain would get worse.
What worried Li MO even more was that no painkillers would work on him.
Last night, Li MO went out to buy painkillers for Huo Xunzhou.
“No need.”
Huo Xunzhou slowly sat up straight and started working.
Li MO asked, “Are you feeling better?”
Huo Xunzhou replied calmly, “Yes.”
After separating from Lin Shanchu, the pain in his body had improved.
It was useless to take the medicine and the checkup result showed nothing abnormal.
This was very illogical.
Lin Shanchu once said that in the novel world, everything served the plot without the need of reasonability.
He guessed that the unexplainable pain in his body was most likely a side effect of resisting the plot.
It was because the pain started from the day he resisted the plot by blocking the punch for Lin Shanchu at the clubhouse.
After that, the pain intensified when he got closer to Lin Shanchu with intimate behavior.
The so-called system and plot went to great lengths in order to make him stay away from Lin Shanchu.
Li MO stood there and observed Huo Xunzhou for a moment. Seeing that his expression was normal, he was relieved.
When he turned to leave the office, Huo Xunzhou called out to him.
“Big Brother, is there anything else?”
“Don’t tell.. Lin Shanchu about this matter for now.”
He wanted to say “Shanshan”, but the moment he opened his mouth, it became Lin Shanchu.
Li MO was taken aback before he replied, “Oh.”
Huo Xunzhou directly called Lin Shanchu by her full name?
Did he really break up with her?
After Lin Shanchu pushed the door open, she was startled by Lin Suguang who was guarding the door.
Lin Suguang moved a chair and sat at the door with his eyes fixed on the entrance.
Lin Shanchu met his gaze the moment she entered the house.
“Uncle?” Lin Shanchu heaved a sigh of relief and asked, “Why are you guarding the door so early in the morning?”
Lin Suguang said softly, “I was waiting for you.”
Lin Shanchu did not come home for the entire night. Hence, she suddenly felt guilty as if she was caught red-handed by her parent when she returned home after playing wildly outside.
Leaning against the wall, Lin Shanchu carefully moved inside and asked, “Is… is something wrong?”
Lin Suguang replied, “You didn’t come home for the entire night. Where were you?”
“I went to my friend’s house and hung out iwth her. It was late and it wasn’t safe to be on the road, so I stayed at her house for the night.”
When an actress lied, there was no trace at all.
To her surprise, Lin Suguang, who was easily fooled before, did not fall for her trick this time.
“Are you and Miss Jiang the kind of friends who can stay at each other’s house?”
His tone was casual and he did not even bother to expose her.
Lin Shanchu could not hide it anymore, so she took the initiative and turn herself in.
“That’s right, I went to look for Huo Xunzhou.”
“You…’
Lin Suguang had an expression of disappointment as he pointed at her without a word for a long time.
Seeing this, Lin Shanchu squatted down in front of Lin Suguang, held his hand and looked up at him.
“Uncle, my relationship with Huo Xunzhou isn’t as unstable as the rumors say. Think about it, he’s invested all his wealth for me. How could he change his mind so easily?”
“Are you saying that he has a hidden reason for inviting Miss Cheng to dinner?”
Speechless, Lin Shanchu nodded hurriedly.
Lin Suguang snorted coldly. “You are quite considerate of him.”
He did not care about Huo Xunzhou’s hidden reason. Those who made his niece suffer were bad people.
“Uncle, you don’t believe Huo Xunzhou.” Lin Shanchu shook his arm coquettishly as she asked, “Do you not believe me either?”
Lin Suguang’s face fell. He allowed her to act coquettishly for a long time before he reluctantly said, “I believe you.”
“Uncle, you are the best!” Lin Shanchu immediately grinned from ear to ear. Lin Suguang glared at her and asked, “Have you eaten breakfast?”
Lin Shanchu stood up and replied, “Yes.”
Lin Shanchu was still thinking about Huo Xunzhou. After comforting Lin Suguang, she called Nan Mu. “Shanshan?”
“Are you still in Capital City?”
“Of course. I was going to call you to talk about something, but you called me first.”
“What business do you have with me?”
“There’s a cocktail party tonight. I’m not familiar with this place and I don’t have a female companion. Could I trouble you to accompany me?”
“Alright.”
Lin snancnu agreed readily.
She also wanted to try if she could worm some information out of Nan Mu.
At night, Nan Mu drove over to pick Lin Shanchu up.
Lin Shanchu only found out that the cocktail party was organized by the Jiang family when she arrived at the venue.
Most of the influential figures in Capital City were invited.
There were also many familiar faces.
Right after entering the banquet hall, the first person Lin Shanchu saw was Ming Yao.
Ming Yao asked Lin Shanchu, “How have you been recently?”
The news of Lin Shanchu breaking up with Huo Xunzhou had spread like wildfire. Ming Yao naturally knew about it, but she did not say it out loud. Smart people always liked to pull their punches when they talked.
Lin Shanchu chuckled. “I’m fine.”
Ming Yao lowered her voice and whispered into Lin Shanchu’s ear, “I heard that Cheng Fanjing will be coming too.”
“Oh.”
She did not care even if Cheng Fanjing would be here.
Ming Yao looked at her meaningfully and said, “The guests have to bring an opposite-sex companion to such a cocktail party.. Which opposite-sex companion do you think she will come with?”
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