Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 413: People Can Leave, But Leave the Chicken Behind

Chapter 413: Chapter 413: People Can Leave, But Leave the Chicken Behind

Qiao Xi, having heard this secret news, commented, "Young Master Zhong really has some tricks up his sleeve, being able to stand his ground in the Imperial Capital all by himself. You should be careful when you cooperate with him in the future."

It’s indeed a bit risky to work with someone who’s too clever for their own good.

"Sure."

There was a hint of laughter in Huo Xingzhou’s voice.

The car sped along, entering Haicheng. After a few hours, they reached the bustling city center.

"Old Chen, drop us off at the company’s entrance," Huo Xingzhou instructed.

"Okay."

Old Chen took a turn and pulled up in front of Tianyuan Building.

"Young Master, Young Madam, you go to the company first. I’ll go home to unload the stuff in the trunk and then come back with another car to pick you up."

"Alright, be careful on the road."

Qiao Xi got out of the car and waved goodbye to Old Chen.

Old Chen quickly drove off in the Lincoln, and Qiao Xi, holding Huo Xingzhou’s hand, walked into the building.

The receptionist greeted them with a smile.

"President Huo."

"Good afternoon, President Huo."

They took the elevator to the CEO’s office, and before long, Zhou Yu came in with the project proposal.

"Why didn’t you stay in the countryside for a couple of days to relive old times? Is that cave where the avalanche happened still there?" He casually walked over to Huo Xingzhou, placed the project proposal on the desk, and pulled up a chair to sit down.

"Sister-in-law, you didn’t take a few days off for yourself either. Running between the hospital and the company must be tiring, isn’t it?"

Qiao Xi smiled and shook her head, "You two talk, I’m going to sit in the tea room for a bit."

After she left.

Huo Xingzhou flipped through the proposal Zhou Yu had handed over, which was a call for submissions for the Future City project.

"Has the announcement gone out yet?"

"Yep, also promoted by the PR department. The well-known architects must have all received the notification by now. The feedback I’ve seen from them privately is quite good. A prize of five million and a credit isn’t a small amount, who would miss such an opportunity."

Once Future City was built, it could very well become another popular business district.

Huo Xingzhou flipped through the pages and said, "Looks good, make sure the word gets out as much as possible. You know Future City needs a stunning design, we can’t settle for just anything. I am entrusting you to take charge of this project, with Jin Kai assisting you."

Zhou Yu’s expression changed slightly as he said, "Understood."

He did have his own agendas.

Huo Xingzhou was asking him to be professional and to properly step up to this position.

"Did something happen when you went to the countryside? I accidentally overheard something but didn’t have time to verify it." Zhou Yu had his own sources of information, which were quite efficient.

Huo Xingzhou looked at him, the corners of his mouth curling slightly, "Zhong Yi was being hunted, it was done by Zhong Lingxiao."

"No wonder! I’ve been watching at the hotel these past few days and hadn’t seen Zhong Yi leave his room; just meals being delivered upstairs. I didn’t think much of it, but given how well Zhong Lingxiao understands Zhong Yi, he probably had a grasp on his movements long ago. Zhong Yi has already left the hotel, surprisingly without taking any of his right-hand men with him."

Zhou Yu really couldn’t figure it out, "Why would Zhong Yi leave the hotel for no reason?"

Huo Xingzhou didn’t reveal the whole truth, merely saying, "Even the most hard-hearted people have things they care about."

This tenderness would eventually become Zhong Yi’s vulnerability.

And he, too, must help Zhong Yi conceal it.

"Zhou Yu, suppress the news from Haicheng, muddle the waters so Zhong Lingxiao can’t get his hands in and probe for any information. Returning without success this time, he must be very eager to know why Zhong Yi left the hotel alone."

Never let Zhong Lingxiao know!

That Zhong Yi had once lived in Moon Village, or know about his past.

Let alone the fact that he has a living vulnerability named Qiao Xi!

"Alright, stirring the waters is what I do best. But by helping Zhong Yi like this, Zhong Lingxiao will definitely find out. Though we at Tianyuan Group chose to side with Zhong Yi over the Zhong brothers this time, so this is no different."

Zhou Yu got up to leave, saying, "I’ll go deal with it."

He hesitated for a moment, wanting to say something else, but swallowed his words.

He wanted to tell Huo Xingzhou that he might be getting a marriage certificate with Shu Xue soon.

But since it wasn’t done yet, he decided he’d tell them after it was official.

...

Elsewhere.

Old Chen drove around Haicheng for half a circle and finally parked the car at the back entrance of a five-star hotel. There, Zhong Yi’s aide Wan Jiang was waiting to receive them.

Accompanying him were burly bodyguards.

As soon as the car stopped,

Wan Jiang immediately opened the back door, only to see it was empty.

"Where is our Young Master Zhong?"

"Don’t rush."

Old Chen leisurely got out of the car and went to the back of the vehicle, "Be careful, there’s a live chicken that might run off."

He opened the trunk, quickly grabbed the fluttering rooster, and gave a nod, "Here is your Young Master Zhong."

In the crowded trunk, a young man of about one meter eighty was curled up.

His hair was covered in feathers, his cheeks smeared with grime and bits of leaves, and he reeked with a sour smell.

Zhong Yi had a dark face, "Hurry up and help me out!"

He had been jostled the whole way, the chicken acting crazy, running amok and stepping all over him in the trunk. Huo Xingzhou was really too much, to put him through such an ordeal.

"Young Master!"

Wan Jiang was stunned, quickly helping him up with great care.

"Quickly go arrange a secret surgery, I’ve spoken to the hospital beforehand, hurry! Get our own car here, this..." Wan Jiang, smelling the odor on his body, also felt uncomfortable.

Old Chen looked at them and said, "Hurry to the surgery to get the stuff out, the wound has started bleeding again. Young Master Zhong has already endured an entire night, and has been in the trunk for so long now."

"How could you let Young Master stay in the trunk? That’s so much suffering."

"Do you want to prepare a stretcher? You all would just as well want him dead; where could he hide if not in the trunk? If it were just an ordinary person’s car, there’d already have been an accident. Even if those guys didn’t act on discovering his whereabouts, who knows what kind of mishap could happen on the way back into the city; a truck accident, for instance, doesn’t require compensation or jail time."

"But..."

Zhong Yi’s lips were dry, "Wan Jiang, go ahead with the operation."

"Yes, the car will be out shortly."

Zhong Yi turned to Old Chen and said, "Thank you, I’ll make good on what I promised Huo Xingzhou."

It was lucky he was shot in the shoulder. Had it been the vital organs, he surely wouldn’t have lasted till today, and would have died at Zhong Lingxiao’s hands the night before.

Old Chen, holding the rooster, said, "Now that the person is delivered, I’ll be leaving."

"Wait."

Young Master Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "Can you leave the chicken with me? I’ve lost a lot of blood and need to replenish. It looks just fine for soup to strengthen oneself."

It had trampled on him all the way!

Never, even in his most downtrodden moments, did Young Master Zhong imagine he’d be humiliated by a chicken.

Old Chen hurriedly hugged the rooster, "That won’t do! The chicken was a gift to the Young Madam from the villagers. If she asks, it’d be hard for me to explain. Young Master, you can eat something else to replenish."

"Cluck, cluck."

The little rooster crowed twice in Old Chen’s arms, as if mocking Zhong Yi.

Zhong Yi sneered, impressed!

He used to be bullied by those who relied on others’ might; now even a chicken dared to bully him.