Chapter 1028: I Don’t Have the Habit of Going to the Bathroom at Night

“Hey, did you just go get revenge for me?”

At the dining table, Huo Xiao held a bowl and chopsticks and kicked Xu Shaochen across from him with her small foot.

Her white tender jade-like feet were petite and exquisite, her skin smooth as cream, making one involuntarily want to hold them and play with them.

At this moment, she had already changed into a green long dress, like an elf in the forest.

“Get revenge for you? I just went to soak in a hot spring, you’re overthinking.”

Xu Shaochen rolled his eyes, his gaze fleeting over Huo Xiao’s stretched jade-like leg.

Everyone knows, beauty starts with the legs.

“Hmph! Men, always saying one thing and meaning another.” Huo Xiao snorted softly, noticing Xu Shaochen’s gaze, her eyes flashed with cunning. “Little Daddy, do you think my legs are pretty?”

She knew her legs were beautiful because at school, even the teachers would unconsciously glance at them.

Unfortunately, one part of her was too flat, otherwise, she would be perfect.

“Like sticks, nothing pretty about them.”

Huo Xiao hit the mark, men really do live a life of contradictions.

“Tsk tsk, not honest. When your mom gets back, I’m going to tell her you can’t let go of wanting her daughter.”

Huo Xiao shook her head, her small feet swinging under the table, occasionally nudging Xu Shaochen.

Xu Shaochen remained steady as a mountain, calmly eating as if in meditation.

Having driven many luxury cars, of course, he wouldn’t be stirred by a little girl’s inexperience.

Seeing Xu Shaochen unresponsive, Huo Xiao played for a bit, finding it boring, she pouted and withdrew her legs.

The two quietly ate their rice, not speaking in the eerily silent room.

“Little Daddy, what did you do to the woman who hit me?”

Huo Xiao, feeling the silence awkward, broke it by speaking up.

“Just call me Daddy, drop the ‘little.’ To know if I’m small, ask your mom.”

Xu Shaochen expressed dissatisfaction with his nickname.

“My mom just comforted you, afraid you’d feel inferior, and you took it seriously.”

Huo Xiao clearly an old hand at this, accepted Xu Shaochen’s words effortlessly.

“Seeing is believing?”

Xu Shaochen looked at her.

Huo Xiao, blushing, turned her head. “Forget it, I’m needle-phobic.”

“I taught that woman who hit you a lesson.” Xu Shaochen returned to the initial question.

Huo Xiao curiously looked at Xu Shaochen. “How did you teach her a lesson?”

Xu Shaochen remained composed. “I gave her an injection.”

Huo Xiao: “…………”

Are you sure this is revenge for me?

“I avenged you, shouldn’t you thank me?” Xu Shaochen asked.

Huo Xiao thought for a moment, tilted her head, blinked, and said, “Tonight, I’ll leave the door open for you. My mom’s away these days. Whether you seize the opportunity is up to you.”

She enjoyed flirting with danger. If one day she does end up in trouble, she’d have something to cry about.

“I don’t make nighttime bathroom trips.” Xu Shaochen said seriously after a moment of consideration.

Huo Xiao got angry. “Go to hell!”

“Family doesn’t quarrel. If I’m gone, your mom’s left a widow. You two would suffer. For your sake, I must live long.”

Xu Shaochen spoke earnestly, feeling weighed down by his many responsibilities.

Huo Xiao: “…………”

Shameless people are invincible.

………

The Wilderness.

“What did you say?! Xiaochuan was caught?!”

Huo Shen glared at Zhang Qiang, as if his eyes were about to burst.

Zhang Qiang, soaked in sweat, nodded like a pecking chicken. “Yes… big boss, little boss was caught, about to be prosecuted, possibly… life imprisonment.”

“Clang!”

As soon as he spoke, an ashtray flew at his forehead.

“Ah!”

Zhang Qiang screamed, covering his forehead and stepping back, blood oozing from his fingers.

“Xiaochuan got caught? Then why are you back?! Why don’t you go die!!!”

Huo Shen swept everything off the desk, pointing and cursing at Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang terrified, knelt down quickly. “Big boss, hear me out! I needed to keep my life to inform you, and I only got out thanks to the little boss’s care.”

“Get up and tell me everything from the start.”

After venting, Huo Shen calmed somewhat, addressing Zhang Qiang calmly.

“Yes, big boss…”

Zhang Qiang recounted everything, conveniently omitting his betrayal by acting as Xu Shaochen’s informant against Huo Chuan.

“I warned him not to provoke Xu Shaochen! He wouldn’t listen! Just because he studied abroad he thought he was the smartest.”

Huo Shen was both shocked and furious, although he also bore a grudge against Xu Shaochen.

But he was self-aware, never leaving the Wilderness to trouble Xu Shaochen.

But he didn’t expect Huo Chuan to do this, now he was hoisted with his own petard.

“Big boss, you’d better find a way to save little boss or… or he’s finished.”

Zhang Qiang cried out desperately, wiping tears and snot as if Huo Chuan was his own father.

“I’ll head to Jiangzhou. You’re coming with me.”

Huo Shen told Zhang Qiang, mainly because Zhang Qiang knew the situation there.

Zhang Qiang showed the look of reluctance.

“What? You unwilling?” Huo Shen’s face darkened, revealing a fierce glare.

“No… no, the little boss is like a foster parent to me, how could I refuse?” Zhang Qiang quickly shook his head. “But… if I enter Jiangzhou, Xu Shaochen will know and we’ll be at a disadvantage.”

Xu Shaochen had told him to stay in the Wilderness, so naturally, he wouldn’t follow Huo Shen to Jiangzhou.

“Fine, get lost, cowardly scum!”

To Huo Shen, Zhang Qiang was making excuses out of fear, but Huo Shen didn’t care. The fact that he returned to report was loyalty nonetheless.

“Yes, thank you big boss, thank you big boss.”

Zhang Qiang kowtowed to Huo Shen a few more times before scurrying from the office.

Huo Shen stood with a grim expression, then took out his phone to make a call.

“Prepare to fly to Jiangzhou tomorrow morning.”

“Also, find a way to free Xu Shaochen’s two bodyguards, take them along.”

Huo Chuan was his only son.

Even knowing Jiangzhou was a dangerous place, he had no choice.

Those two bodyguards were to earn Xu Shaochen’s favor.

Otherwise, he feared he wouldn’t even meet Xu Shaochen.