Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 447: Huo Xingzhou, Are You in Heat?

Chapter 447: Chapter 447: Huo Xingzhou, Are You in Heat?

Accept or reject?

Qiao Xi’s cheeks were flushed red.

She still couldn’t shake off her shy nature, sometimes even making Huo Xingzhou turn off the lights when they were intimate. She didn’t want him to clearly see her in a state of disarray, lost in passion; she always felt too reserved.

Besides, this was a video call.

It was the first time since their marriage that they were having a video call in such a state.

She could also sense that the man on the other side of the phone had drunk alcohol tonight, his tone relaxed and languid with a hint of carefreeness.

He hadn’t even given any advance notice, simply initiating a video call.

After hesitating for a while, Qiao Xi eventually covered the phone camera and answered the video call.

A teasing voice came from the other end of the call, "Afraid I’ll see something I shouldn’t?"

"No..."

"Qiao Xi, I’ve had quite a bit to drink tonight." His voice was seductive, as if soaked in alcohol, almost intoxicating her.

Qiao Xi’s throat tightened, "Then after you get home, have Aunt Qian make you some Hangover Soup. Your stomach isn’t very strong to begin with; you shouldn’t drink so much. As the CEO of Tianyuan Group, what status do you hold that still requires you to personally drink for business?"

Huo Xingzhou didn’t spell it out, "You’ll find out later."

His deep voice, carrying a few threads of the cold night wind, resonated in Qiao Xi’s ears.

"Qiao Xi, I want to see you."

Qiao Xi pursed her lips tightly, restraining herself as she spoke, "Next week you’ll be in the Imperial Capital."

"Now, immediately, right away... I want to see you."

Qiao Xi’s breathing became unsteady. She closed her eyes and finally moved her fingers away from the phone camera bit by bit. With a sort of resigned determination, she said, "Then look."

Completely unlike her usual cool and confident self.

She was always her most original self in front of Huo Xingzhou.

The man chuckled softly with a hint of teasing, "What do you think I want to see? There’s no need to angle the camera so low."

Qiao Xi’s cheeks burned, and in a fit of embarrassed anger, she hung up the call.

Him!

Dreadful!

...

Fuchun Garden in Haicheng.

The man leaned against an archway, looking at the ended video call, his dark eyes rippling with faint disturbances.

Actually, the camera on the phone was quite clear.

Steamy heat rose, and even beneath the cover of foam, one could still glimpse some ripples.

She had left for just one day, and he was already feeling a bit empty from the alcohol.

Huo Xingzhou looked down, tapping a message to Sun Weimeng on his phone screen. Then, feeling that wasn’t sufficient, as it wasn’t assertive enough, he made an international call.

His lips curled upward, thinking that even if he was discreet in the Imperial Capital, he would still be bullied. Might as well be a bit more high-profile!

"Huo Er!"

Zhou Yu’s voice came from a distance, "Huo Er, where did you run off to?"

"Here."

Huo Xingzhou suppressed the tenderness on his face, reverting to his usual cold restraint, with no sign of the disarray he had been in due to the phone call just moments ago.

Zhou Yu ran over, examining his eyes and the tie wrapped around his hand.

"Tsk, you got spring fever?"

He always spoke his mind, and even to Huo Xingzhou, he was just as teasing.

Zhou Yu pinched the wrinkled tie in his hand and said, "You drank a lot tonight, including quite a bit of tonic liquor. Those things can really strengthen the body. You didn’t say anything serious to Qiao Xi on the phone, did you?"

Men understand men the best.

Even the most upright man can’t change his true nature.

"It’s none of your business."

"How is it none of my business? When you get to the Imperial Capital depends on our work efficiency. If I delay you for three to five days, you’ll miss the trial meeting."

"Then you can go to the Arctic with Chen Xun to develop natural gas, and I think Shu Xue would be happy to see that happen in Africa, too."

"Hey! Big deal being the boss, huh! Seriously, the distinguished guests from the Imperial Capital are waiting. You can’t be away from the table for too long. This counts as the most adventurous cooperation you’ve ever embarked on since you started doing business, and it’s related to how you’ll enter the Imperial Capital!"

When Zhou Yu first learned of his plans, he was also quite shocked.

If they win this bet, the Tianyuan Group will have slashed a piece of the cake in the Imperial Capital’s business map!

The established distribution of resources in the Imperial Capital could undergo the most significant change in decades.

If they lose the bet.

Tianyuan Group would suffer a heavy blow, its market value would shrink dramatically, and it might even attract wolves waiting to divide the spoils. Even surviving in Haicheng would be difficult!

But Zhou Yu believed in him.

Because he had started Tianyuan Group from scratch without relying on any of the Huo Family’s resources!

Because he was Huo Xingzhou!

Huo Xingzhou glanced up, sweeping a light look at him, "Clear your head of the drinks."

Zhou Yu seemed to take pleasure in his misfortune, "Still not awake from Qiao Xi’s tender land? Huo Xingzhou, even you have these days!"

Huo Xingzhou spoke in a cold tone with a hint of scorn, "Soon you’ll be the same. Shu Xue will be abroad for at least six months, and you won’t even be able to find that tender land."

Zhou Yu stubbornly retorted, "I can call her!"

"The signal is often poor over there, and there’s also a time difference."

Zhou Yu refused to lose, "Then I can fly over to see her! Accompany her once a month!"

Huo Xingzhou stood up from the archway, casually slapping the dust off himself as he walked away, "I hope you understand who ultimately controls your vacation. If I don’t approve your leave, you won’t even make it out of Haicheng."

He scoffed, "And you think about going to Africa?"

"Huo Xingzhou!"

Zhou Yu quickly followed, calling out, "Wait for me! I won’t make fun of you casually anymore, you’re the boss and what you say goes! When this is over, approve my annual leave first, you schmuck, you evil capitalist!"

...

The next day.

As the sky gradually lightened.

The humidifier in the garden villa began to work, and Qiao Xi opened her sleepy eyes to see the milky-white ceiling. If not for the slightly different decoration of the room, she almost thought she had woken up from the main bedroom in Haicheng.

She stood up and walked out to the second-floor terrace, leisurely stretching.

From this angle, she could actually see the Li Family’s large mansion, its straight birch woods barely concealing its outline.

Previously, she had thought it was close, but not this close.

This was an affluent area, with decent landscaping and security.

She glanced at her phone and noticed a picture of the clubhouse sent by Huo Xingzhou, along with a text message for her to check in.

"No beauties with me, got home before twelve."

Qiao Xi’s eyes and brows filled with mirth, her crescent lips curving.

She enlarged the photo, noticing some unfamiliar faces, though one particularly unfamiliar face had a presence that was hard to forget.

Qiao Xi didn’t let this new face concern her.

There was noise from outside the room.

The maid Xiaoyun knocked on the door, calling out, "Young Madam, are you up? There’s a visitor downstairs who wants to see you."

"I’m up."

Qiao Xi opened the door and looked at her, "Who is the guest?"

Xiaoyun seemed a bit uneasy.

"You’ll see when you go downstairs, but Young Master Sun is currently entertaining. You can take your time."

Qiao Xi thought for a moment and said, "Then I’ll get ready first."

As for the guest.

From Xiaoyun’s tone, she guessed a bit of it.

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