Huh? Are villainous bosses this easy to flirt with?

Chapter 165 Returning to Yunlan

In the blink of an eye, several more days have passed.

A few days, neither long nor short, is enough time for a lot to happen.

Take Huo Yi, who went abroad to avoid trouble, for example. On the third day after arriving abroad, he was suddenly surrounded by a group of people of unknown origin, who put a sack over his head and beat him up.

His arm was fractured, two ribs were broken, and even his genitals were not spared, completely losing their function.

Meanwhile, inside the luxurious and heavily guarded Huo residence, Huo Yunting acted decisively, waving his hand and swiftly ceasing the monthly company dividends that his three uncles steadily received.

Upon learning that their share of the profits had been cut off, the three brothers were filled with resentment, but because they were wary of Huo Yunting, they didn't even have the courage to go to his door to demand justice.

They could only rush to Huo Qiming's residence, hoping that this elder brother could step forward and support them.

At that moment, Huo Qiming was standing by the pond in the yard feeding the koi. He caught a glimpse of his three younger brothers rushing over, but didn't even lift his eyelids. "What is it?"

The third brother, Huo Yuxiang, was always impatient. He rushed to Huo Qiming in a hurry, his face full of indignation, and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Big brother, that kid Yun Ting has gone too far! He actually cut off our monthly company dividends! That's money we're entitled to. He can't just stop it like that. He has to give us a reasonable explanation!"

Fourth brother Huo Qixuan nodded hastily, then complained, "Third brother is right. Even if he has any plans, he should have informed us first."

“We are his elders, after all. For him to cut off our share of the profits without saying a word is just too domineering and arrogant. He doesn’t respect us at all!”

The second brother, Huo Bolin, was not so impulsive. He waited quietly for his two younger brothers to vent their anger before speaking slowly.

"Brother, we still need your help to stand up for us in this matter. Yun Ting's way of doing things is too arbitrary and reckless!"

"..."

Huo Qiming slowly sprinkled the fish feed, his gaze calmly sweeping over his three chattering younger brothers.

The three of them grew up in a pampered environment, never experiencing hardship. When their parents were alive, their family was well-off, raising them like flowers in a greenhouse.

After their parents passed away, Huo Qiming, as the eldest brother, had to shoulder the burden of the entire Huo family and protect his younger brothers.

Perhaps it was just a matter of habit, but in the hearts of the three, the eldest brother seemed to have been born with the mission of helping them solve all their troubles.

Whenever they encounter a problem they can't handle, they immediately turn to Huo Qiming and ask him to step in and solve everything.

Over the years, Huo Qiming himself has lost count of how many thorny issues he has helped them resolve and how many messes he has cleaned up.

Simply because he was the eldest brother, his parents had taught him from a young age to take care of his younger brothers.

But this time, looking at the three familiar faces in front of him, Huo Qiming felt as calm as a still lake.

His aged face was filled with indifference. He slightly raised his eyes and said, "The current chairman of the Huo Group is Huo Yunting. You can't solve anything by coming to me."

Huo Qiming took the handkerchief handed to him by the maid, wiped his hands clean, and continued, "If you want an explanation, go find Huo Yunting. I'm too old to deal with these things anymore."

After saying that, he turned and walked into the house.

The three brothers stared at each other, frozen in place by the pond. A gentle breeze rippled the surface of the water, but they were oblivious to it, completely stunned by Huo Qiming's "don't care" attitude.

The group couldn't understand why their older brother, who had always been there for them, would abandon them like trash.

A sharp, urgent cell phone ring suddenly sounded, jolting the three brothers awake as if from a dream, and they instinctively flinched.

Frustrated, Huo Qixuan roughly pulled his phone out of his pocket and said "Hello" irritably.

However, a rapid-fire stream of English poured from the receiver, like bullets from a machine gun, leaving him completely disoriented and unable to understand a single word.

After a brief standoff, the person on the other end seemed to realize what was happening and then spoke in broken Chinese, stiff and awkward.

"Huo Yi", "hospital", "several broken ribs", "life in danger"... These words intermittently entered Huo Qixuan's ears, like a heavy hammer, making his head buzz.

In an instant, he felt the world spinning, his heart clenched, and everything went black before his eyes. He then passed out.

The other two brothers panicked instantly, shouting at the top of their lungs for someone to call a doctor immediately, and the scene was complete chaos.

……

Xie Qing was completely unaware of the dramatic changes that had taken place at the Huo residence in recent days. She went to class every day as usual, and in her spare time, she would tease Huo Yunting. Her days were fulfilling and carefree.

However, Huo Yunting couldn't stay away from work indefinitely, nor could he leave Xie Qing alone at the Huo residence. So, on the fifth day after he returned to China, the two of them went back to Yunlan together.

On the day he left the Huo residence, Butler Qi waited at the door early in the morning to see him off.

Taking advantage of Huo Yunting's inattention, he pulled Xie Qing aside and said, "Come back and visit more often when you have time. The doors of the Huo residence are always open for you."

Xie Qing was taken aback, then a smile appeared on her lips. "Butler Qi, is this your idea, or Grandpa's?"

Qi Min kept a straight face and a stern back, just as serious as when they first met. "Naturally, it's the master's wish."

Xie Qing nodded and said with a smile, "Please thank Grandpa for his kindness on my behalf."

The car slowly drove away from the Huo residence, the atmosphere inside was quiet and warm.

Huo Yunting put his arm around Xie Qing's waist and rested his head on Xie Qing's shoulder. "Qingqing, what did Qi Min just say to you?"

Xie Qing didn't hide anything, "He told me to visit the Huo residence more often when I have time."

Huo Yunting asked, "Then will you go back?"

Xie Qing smiled and wrapped her arms around Huo Yunting's neck. "It depends on you. If you want to go back, I'll go with you; if you don't want to go back, I'll stay with you in Yunlan or Yushui Bay, either way is fine."

These words were like a precise key, clicking open the softest door in Huo Yunting's heart.

He leaned down slightly, close to Xie Qing's neck, his warm breath spreading across her skin, and placed a kiss on her neck. "...I love Qingqing so much."

Xie chuckled and ruffled the other's hair. "I know, I like you too."

……

Back at Yunlan, life was no different than before. With the start of filming drawing ever closer, Xie Qing spent most of her time practicing opera.

The only difference is that he will go to the Huo Group to have lunch with Huo Yunting at noon.

There's no way around it, Huo Yunting is just too clingy.

However, Xie Qing soon faced a new problem – Huo Yunting's birthday was approaching, at the end of June.

He had been busy training recently, and when he realized it, there were only two days left until Huo Yunting's birthday.