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Marry a Rich Old Man - Chapter 35

Published at 14th of December 2023 08:03:14 AM


Chapter 35

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Today, which is not a weekend, Mr. and Mrs. An are going to work. After they finish work at five o’clock, they are still on their way home.

The traffic in Beijing is notorious for being congested, especially during the peak hours of commuting, often resulting in a standstill.

So when Huo Yunchuan arrived at the entrance of An’s house, only An Wuyang’s sister, An Wuyu, was at home.

“… ” This is the first time Mr. Huo has stood at the door of the little angel’s house. After hesitating for a moment, he raised his hand and pressed the doorbell.

After a while, a girl’s voice came, “Coming.”

An Wuyu had just finished taking a shower and was drying her hair. When she heard the doorbell, she thought her parents didn’t bring the key, so she hurried to the door in slippers.

However, before opening the door, she took a peek through the peephole to confirm if it was her parents.

It’s just that the handsome guy at the door is really too handsome, wearing high-quality clothes, and his temperament is outstanding. He doesn’t look like someone who would do anything mischievous.

After careful consideration, An Wuyu decided to open the door and asked very politely, “Excuse me, sir, did you ring the wrong door?”

They don’t know anyone who looks like this.

But inwardly, she was completely captivated by his charm: Oh my, he looks even more attractive when the door is opened. His aura, physique, and face are all perfect.

Self-proclaimed as a cold and beautiful academic genius, An Wuyu couldn’t help but feel a shy and girlish shyness in front of Huo Yunchuan.

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“Hello, is An Wuyang at home?” The unfamiliar handsome guy had a voice that was equally captivating, sounding like the overbearing male protagonist in a romantic novel!

“Uh, do you know my brother?” An Wuyu looked bewildered, not expecting the conversation to take this turn.

“Yes, is he at home?” Huo Yunchuan asked seriously. He had seen this girl before; she was An Wuyang’s sister.

“No, he’s not. He went to stay at a classmate’s house and hasn’t come home for several days,” An Wuyu shook her head. Then, growing suspicious, she questioned, “Are you really a friend of my little brother? Why didn’t you just call him directly?”

This seemed strange.

“Well, since he’s not here, I won’t disturb you,” Huo Yunchuan said, frowning.

As he was leaving, his gaze passed through An Wuyu’s shoulder, glancing at the small house of the An family.

Indeed, it was quite small.

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“Hey?” An Wuyu felt his appearance was too strange and wanted to stop him to ask for clarification, but he had already left.

This situation made her unable to resist wondering if her little brother had caused trouble outside, and someone had come looking for him.

An Wuyu closed the door, went inside, and called her brother’s phone. No one answered, and she furrowed her delicate eyebrows, muttering, “What’s going on?”

He actually didn’t pick up the phone.

Huo Yunchuan took the elevator, stood on the roadside after going downstairs, and picked up his phone to call Mrs. Zhang. When the call connected, he asked, “Have you found him?”

In fact, he had a rough idea of the answer. If they found him, they would have called him first.

Mrs. Zhang, panting, replied, “Mr. Huo, didn’t find him. Looked everywhere but couldn’t find him.”

Huo Yunchuan was stunned for a moment, “Okay, I got it.” His voice sounded somewhat disappointed, and then absentmindedly, he gave some instructions, “Call me if you find him.”

“Alright, I’ll go look for him now.” Mrs. Zhang hurriedly hung up.

The usually confident man opened the door, got into the car, leaned his forehead against the steering wheel, looking extremely dejected.

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Now that the person was lost, where could he find him? No clue.

“No…,” Huo Yunchuan knew he had to calm down; being anxious would lead to chaos. After a while, he lifted his head, started the car, and returned to the community to check the surveillance records!

By now, it was almost six o’clock, and the sky was gradually darkening. Lights needed to be turned on indoors to continue gaming.

As An Wuyang and Ji Mingxuan were deeply engrossed in their game, suddenly their hands, reaching for the last piece of jerky, touched each other. They realized there was only one piece of jerky left.

If it were any other day, Ji Mingxuan would surely not allow this, but today he was facing a child, and moreover, a child with a baby. Most importantly, the child was willing to play games with him and looked cute: “Go ahead, eat.”

“Thanks, Little Ming Ge,” An Wuyang said, feeling like he forgot something. He pinched the jerky and asked softly, “What time is it now?”

Ji Mingxuan glanced at the clock, “It’s just six.”

“Ah, it’s six…” An Wuyang dropped the controller, stood up playfully, “I need to go home; Mr. Huo doesn’t know I’m here!”

Ji Mingxuan was momentarily stunned, and his heart cooled halfway. He said, “Don’t panic, don’t panic. Go home and find him.”

An Wuyang, growing more anxious, opened the door to go back across the street but found that the lights were off inside, and Mrs. Zhang was not there. This was strange, “Huo Yunchuan?”

An Wuyang called, “Mrs. Zhang?”

No one answered, as if they weren’t at home.

Ji Mingxuan followed, holding his phone, “What happened? Where’s Yunchuan?”

An Wuyang shook his head, “They’re not here.” Even Mrs. Zhang was not there. He looked pale, thinking that Yunchuan was probably out looking for someone.

What An Wuyang could think of, Ji Mingxuan could think of as well. “Let me call him.”

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Huo Yunchuan was driving home when he received Ji Mingxuan’s call. He answered, “Mingxuan?”

Just by the voice, Mingxuan couldn’t tell much, at least not whether things were good or bad.

“Yunchuan,” Ji Mingxuan said, “why aren’t you at home? I’m here with your little friend, getting ready to come over for dinner, but you’re not here, and your aunt is also not here.”

He blurted it all out.

“Is Wuyang at your place?” Huo Yunchuan immediately asked.

“Yeah,” Ji Mingxuan scratched his head, feeling like he worried for nothing. His friend’s temperament was so stable; he couldn’t have gotten angry over this. “Sorry, I was playing games with him, lost track of time. I won’t do this again next time.”

Listening briefly, Huo Yunchuan simply said, “Okay,” and hung up the phone.

Ji Mingxuan looked at his phone, muttering anxiously, “This guy… is becoming more and more unpredictable…”

Just from those few words, he really couldn’t tell if the guy was angry or not.

Since Little Ming Ge was responsible for calling Mr. Huo, An Wuyang took the responsibility of calling Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang rushed up almost immediately, nearly grabbing An Wuyang to shake him, “Wuyang, where did you go? Mr. Huo and I have been looking for you since four thirty!”

In other words, they’d been searching for almost two hours.

Ji Mingxuan and An Wuyang glanced at each other, swallowing nervously. In each other’s eyes, they saw loads of fear.

Of course, besides fear, there were even more serious emotions.

“Sorry, Mrs. Zhang…” An Wuyang’s guilt skyrocketed, making him feel dizzy and his voice tense. “I was playing games at Little Ming Ge’s house and lost track of time…”

Then he got so absorbed that he didn’t even notice it was getting dark. Thinking about it carefully, it was really inappropriate. They’d given others trouble.

“I’m sorry, really sorry.” He apologized with intense discomfort.

Mrs. Zhang and Ji Mingxuan were both flustered. They didn’t think this matter was severe at all and hurriedly comforted, “No, it’s okay, really okay. Mr. Huo/Huo Yunchuan won’t blame you. He cares about you too much!”

“No, it’s my fault.” An Wuyang shook his head vigorously. Apologizing with great difficulty, he said, “Playing games even has radiation. I played for… two hours.”

At this point, he couldn’t hold back the tears anymore.

Mrs. Zhang and Ji Mingxuan: “…”

Both the elder and the younger were at a loss. They watched this teenager with a baby in his arms sobbing uncontrollably.

Ji Mingxuan grabbed some tissues and carefully handed them to An Wuyang. This idiot without a brain scolded himself, “Come on, wipe your tears. Don’t cry. It’s really not your fault; it’s mine. I’m just an unreliable person…”

“Thank you, Little Ming Ge…” An Wuyang said in a hoarse voice and then, feeling a bit dizzy from standing too long, found a chair and sat down with the help of Mrs. Zhang.

“Oh dear, you must be hungry. Auntie will quickly make you something to eat,” Mrs. Zhang said, then turned around and was momentarily stunned, “Mr. Huo is back?”

A tall figure appeared; it was indeed Huo Yunchuan.

“What’s going on?” He entered, kicked off his shoes, and his deep gaze fixed directly on An Wuyang.

“It’s nothing, nothing. Turns out Wuyang was playing at Mr. Ji’s house.” Mrs. Zhang casually smiled. To be honest, Huo Yunchuan’s temperament alone scared her even when he was silent.

An Wuyang didn’t say anything. As Huo Yunchuan walked towards him, he directly leaned against his thighs, head resting there, clutching him.

In that instant, he felt Huo Yunchuan tense up all over, then somehow relax again. In any case, there was no explosion.

The most heartbreaking thing was not blame from others but the self-blame he felt.

Being held, Huo Yunchuan was surprised by this unexpected initiative, even though it was because An Wuyang had done something wrong.

“It’s okay,” Huo Yunchuan said, his tone calm. “Next time, let me know before doing anything.”

An Wuyang had already stabilized his emotions, forgiven so easily. However, the physiological saline flooding overwhelmed him again, wetting Huo Yunchuan’s clothes.

He distanced himself, sniffled, and said, “I’m sorry.”

He wasn’t someone who cried easily, but recently, it had happened more than once.

His father once said, “As you grow older and know more, the times you feel uncomfortable and want to cry will increase.”

Now it seemed to be true.

Huo Yunchuan used his thumb to wipe away the tears from the corners of the little angel’s eyes. “Go on, wash your face in the bathroom with Auntie Zhang.”

Without waiting for his reaction, he instructed Mrs. Zhang, “Take him in.”

Once the living room was left with just the two buddies, Huo Yunchuan glanced at the carefree Ji Mingyan standing on the side, clenched his fist as a warm-up exercise.

“Mingyan, Mingyan…” Ji Mingyan gave a wry smile, looking around with no place to hide.

“You played games with him, and it turned into two hours. Those things aren’t important,” Huo Yunchuan grabbed him for a beating. “But you can’t let him cry! That’s more harmful than radiation!”

Knowing he was in the wrong, Ji Mingyan could only bear the punches, not daring to fight back. “I really didn’t think of it at that time. He cried out of the blue, and, ah, ah…”

“Say no more!” Huo Yunchuan was angry. “Wait until you become a father.”

By that day, Ji Mingyan, this screw-up, should be able to understand the feelings of being a father and a husband.

“Ah…” Ji Mingyan endured a beating, covering his bruised mouth, lying miserably on a single-person sofa. He felt both stuffy and genuinely guilty.

Next time, he thought, he wouldn’t bring a child to play games.

In the bathroom, An Wuyang’s mood stabilized considerably. He shyly said to Mrs. Zhang, “Auntie, go and cook. Oh, by the way, Mingyan said we’ll have dinner here. Remember to cook more rice.”

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Zhang felt heartbroken. “Oh, then you take your time washing up. Auntie will be outside.”

An Wuyang nodded, watching Mrs. Zhang close the door for him. He covered one eye with his hand in self-reproach. “Embarrassing…”

How embarrassing!

Out of fear of being blamed, he unexpectedly clung to Mr. Huo’s thighs!

It was understandable for the sake of self-preservation, after all, Mr. Huo was so scary. Even Little Ming was a bit afraid of him.

Wait a minute, An Wuyang suddenly realized that Mr. Huo asked Mrs. Zhang to bring him in to wash his face. This wasn’t logical.

Under normal circumstances, it should be Mr. Huo personally…

“Oh no, Little Ming will definitely get scolded.” An Wuyang worried but didn’t have the courage to open the door and check. What if Mr. Huo scolded him too?

Although it wasn’t realistic…

Coming back to the topic, An Wuyang couldn’t solely blame Little Ming for the gaming incident; he also had his share of responsibility.

After contemplating for a moment, An Wuyang mustered the courage to open the door. However, the door opened by itself.

Huo Yunchuan sidled in, finding the little angel standing by the sink with a wary expression.

He scrutinized him from top to bottom, and the more he looked, the more displeased he became.

The other’s face was pale, probably from crying, and the lips lacked the usual rosy luster.

What looked worst were those almond-shaped eyes. With sensitive and delicate skin, double eyelids, it was a disaster once he started crying.

“Where’s Little Ming?” An Wuyang asked, his watery eyes conveying ‘I am weak and can’t take a beating!’

“He’s lying down after a beating,” Huo Yunchuan replied, staring fixedly at him.

As expected, he got a beating. The little angel looked as if he guessed it right, then appeared even more vulnerable, hurriedly saying, “I feel dizzy.”

Author’s note:

An Wuyang: “Weak… helpless… I’m about to lose consciousness…”

Huo Yunchuan: “…”

[Give a pat to Old Huo, offer him a Red Pagoda cigarette]





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