Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 404: Heavy Makeup, A Different Charm

Chapter 404: Chapter 404: Heavy Makeup, A Different Charm

"President Huo, I’ll leave you two alone then. You must have things to discuss."

Yang, the station manager, was a smart man. He had achieved his goal for the day and didn’t want to be the third wheel any longer.

"Mhm."

Huo Xingzhou responded.

After Yang led everyone away, the corridor suddenly became quiet.

Huo Xingzhou gently knocked on the door.

The sound of footsteps came from inside quickly, and as Huo Sijiao opened the door to see him, she got a huge fright. "Brother, how come you’re here without calling first? Sister-in-law was just saying you might be working overtime at the office."

"What have you done to be so scared upon seeing me?"

Huo Xingzhou asked with a cool look in his eyes, sweeping over her.

"What bad thing could I possibly do!" Huo Sijiao giggled, "Bro, I even won back some face for sister-in-law today. That actress Lin Xifei really doesn’t know what’s good for her, fighting with sister-in-law over the makeup room and being so aggressive. It’s a good thing I was there!"

Every time she sought credit, she had this flattering smile on her face.

Huo Xingzhou had seen right through her.

He asked, "How much do you want this time?"

Huo Sijiao tentatively stretched out five fingers with a giggling smile.

"Is that okay?"

"Five thousand?" Huo Xingzhou’s gaze fell on Qiao Xi, who was in front of the dressing table, and he could see her smiling through the mirror.

Huo Sijiao pouted and said, "Five thousand is nowhere near enough! I’ve been a bit short on cash recently, big brother, how about giving me another five hundred thousand? I’ve got my eye on a limited edition bag I want to buy."

For the average person, that sort of pocket money would be astronomical.

But compared to the second-generation rich of Haicheng, Huo Sijiao was under strict financial control to prevent her from squandering it all away.

Huo Xingzhou said coldly, "I gave you two hundred thousand just a few days ago; you’ll get at most another hundred thousand this month. If you want to spend more money, go work at Tianyuan Group, and I’ll give you a salary."

Huo Sijiao certainly didn’t want to see this big devil every day at the company, so she said, "One hundred thousand it is then. Brother, I’ll make it up to you with good earnings after a couple of years."

Huo Xingzhou transferred the money to her on the spot, and Huo Sijiao cheerfully said, "Then I won’t interrupt your time with sister-in-law. I’ll be going now!"

Huo Xingzhou asked, "Wait, how did you spend that two hundred thousand?"

Huo Sijiao made up a reason on the fly, "Uh, I donated it to charity."

She ran off quickly after saying it, afraid that Huo Xingzhou would continue his questioning.

Huo Xingzhou watched her retreat and his eyes flickered. He’d have Mr. Zhou check on Huo Sijiao’s bank transactions someday soon. People from their kind of family were easy targets for scam crews, especially someone naive and easily deceived like Huo Sijiao.

Charity?

Who inspired her to be so generous and give to charity?

Did she go out to donate to charity even though there was the Xingyue Foundation at home?

Thinking this, Huo Xingzhou pushed the door open and walked in.

The makeup artist was disassembling Qiao Xi’s hair and jewelry; the on-screen makeup had its requirements, and Qiao Xi’s face had several thick layers of makeup products.

Her hair was also sprayed with lots of styling water.

Sticky and incredibly uncomfortable.

"President Huo," greeted the makeup artist as he continued working on Qiao Xi’s hair.

Qiao Xi broke into laughter upon seeing him: "You scared Jiaojiao away."

"She’s guilty."

Huo Xingzhou slid the makeup chair next to him and took a seat beside her. Qiao Xi reached out and lightly hooked her fingers around his, saying, "You’re coming to pick me up so late? Won’t that delay your work at the company?"

"Mr. Zhou is there to work overtime tonight."

"Then Mr. Zhou must be cursing you in his heart."

Shu Xue recently got rid of Qin Yuan and was getting quite close with Zhou Yu.

It was an excellent time to develop their relationship, but he’d been kept at the office to work overtime.

"The more capable one, the more work he should do. The unmarried ones especially need to work hard. When he gets married, I’ll lighten his load appropriately." Huo Xingzhou’s voice was calm and gentle, his eyes touching her heavily-made-up face with a trace of darkness flitting through them.

She had a face that was the epitome of purity and brightness, originally believing that the more natural she looked, the better.

Yet unexpectedly, with heavy makeup, there was a different kind of charm.

"Then let’s hope Mr. Zhou can get married soon. I could even sit at the main table by then."

They were the matchmakers for Zhou Yu and Shu Xue.

"I hope so."

The makeup artist Qingqing spoke softly, "Ms. Qiao, your hair has already been taken down. I am going to remove your makeup next, the eye makeup is a bit hard to come off. Please close your eyes."

"Okay."

Qiao Xi obediently closed her eyes and allowed her to remove the makeup with cleansing oil.

The room fell silent, with the makeup artist not even daring to breathe heavily. She gently poured cleansing water onto the cotton pad and wiped around her eyes in circles.

Huo Xingzhou took out his phone and scrolled through the unread messages sent by Zhou Yu.

The design drawings for the Future City project.

The designs from the Tianyuan Group’s design department were all standard, nothing particularly stunning.

At least they didn’t meet Huo Xingzhou’s expectations.

Huo Xingzhou replied to him, instructing Zhou Yu to open the submissions to the public. Many designers were arrogant about their talents, preferring to open their own studio rather than work for someone else.

But they couldn’t get access to such a big project like Future City, who wouldn’t want their designs to become reality?

An open submission would surely bring more astonishing designs.

At the same time, Huo Xingzhou also thought of the talented designers who had emerged in the architectural design industry in recent years, many of whom were termed prodigies.

There were just some people who were the favored ones by providence, with innate talents that others couldn’t catch up to no matter how hard they tried.

Now, it remained to be seen whether Zhou Yu would seek out that person!

Qiao Xi tugged on his hand and said, "I’m done with the makeup removal, let’s hurry home."

"Mm."

Huo Xingzhou put away his phone and stood up.

Qiao Xi said to the makeup artist, "Thank you for today, you’ve been busy all day."

"Ms. Qiao is being too polite, and you even gave me a pulse diagnosis. Really, I came out ahead! Once the show airs, I will definitely support Ms. Qiao."

"Thank you, goodbye."

Qiao Xi smiled and linked arms with Huo Xingzhou, walking out. Unable to resist, Qingqing took out her phone and captured a photo of the couple’s backs – they were truly a perfect match!

She was going to show off in her circle of friends; surely, there were not many people as lucky as her in Haicheng.

...

Qiao Xi and Huo Xingzhou walked out of the makeup room, and she glanced over at another makeup room.

It was pitch dark inside.

Logically, Lin Xifei’s shooting should be at night, so why did it look like everything in that makeup room was gone?

"What are you looking at?"

Huo Xingzhou asked.

Without hiding anything, Qiao Xi replied, "Earlier Jiaojiao mentioned a conflict with somebody else as soon as she saw you, and it was movie queen Lin Xifei. I was just curious and wanted to take a look at her makeup room, but I didn’t expect it to be so empty."

"She left."

"Huh? Wasn’t she supposed to record tonight?"

Huo Xingzhou’s lips curled with an unhurried smile, "There’s no recording now, and there won’t be any in the future either."

"Why? What did you do?"

"I just don’t want any of her endorsement ads or shows to appear in Haicheng, that’s all."

Qiao Xi was somewhat surprised, "That’s a bold move, it must have cost a lot of money. Actually, I wasn’t at a disadvantage; she was the one who got humiliated."

Huo Xingzhou turned his head to ask, "How do you know I did it for you? I don’t act on impulse."

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