Chapter 1038: Premium Sugar Heart Apples

While having breakfast.

Xu Shaochen felt Huo Xiao was acting strange.

She glanced at him occasionally with a gaze sometimes complex and sometimes purely annoyed.

“Is it necessary? I just took a few looks. Besides, your figure isn’t anything special.”

Xu Shaochen couldn’t stand this woman’s gaze anymore.

“If it’s not worth looking at, why did you look?”

Huo Xiao clenched her teeth and said, You not only looked but stripped me bare with your eyes.

After looking you dared to say there was nothing special.

Scumbag!

“You’re wrong. I realized it wasn’t special only after looking!”

Xu Shaochen felt the need to reason with her. His obedient daughter’s attitude had a big problem.

“Get lost! I’ll tell Mom about you taking advantage of me while I was drunk.”

Huo Xiao grinded her teeth, stabbing her chopsticks into an egg like it was Xu Shaochen.

“Huo Xiao, feel guilty saying that? You were dead drunk last night. If not for me, you’d have woken up under the bed.”

“That’s still better than your lecherous hands.” Huo Xiao retorted.

Xu Shaochen shouted, “I didn’t touch you.”

“Who knows?” Huo Xiao retorted.

Xu Shaochen sighed, “Next time I undress you, should I invite a witness?”

“Thinking of a next time, keep dreaming.”

Huo Xiao flared up, slamming the table and wincing in pain.

“What? You want to hit yourself until I feel sorry?”

Xu Shaochen laughed, reaching for the hand she slammed.

“Pervert, stay away! Who knows what you did while I was drunk.”

Huo Xiao quickly withdrew her hand, murmuring in dissatisfaction.

This girl was getting audacious. Xu Shaochen decided to do the opposite, smirking, “You’re right. I dream of a next time. You do have parts worth seeing.”

“You… shameless!”

Sure enough, Huo Xiao couldn’t handle this tone, blushing and grabbing her things as she left.

Before meeting Xu Shaochen, she never imagined someone could be so shameless.

“She thinks she can fight me? Only her mom can try.”

Xu Shaochen smugly remarked, thinking to himself he’d teach her a lesson when her mom returned.

Yeah, with a big stick.

After breakfast, Xu Shaochen left the dishes for Huo Ying to wash when she returned today.

Pleading for decency, but Xu Shaochen clearly didn’t care, leaving the dirty clothes too.

After freshening up, Xu Shaochen headed out.

Downstairs, Long Yi was already waiting in the car.

“Boss, are we heading to the office?”

After getting in the car, Long Yi asked.

“No, to the hospital. I’m visiting Chairman Huo.”

Xu Shaochen casually replied.

Long Yi smirked; this visit seemed unusual.

Passing a fruit stall, Xu Shaochen had Long Yi stop.

“Wouldn’t it be impolite to visit without bringing some fruits?”

He personally went to weigh some fruits.

“Boss, weren’t these apples left unsold? They’re going bad.”

Xu Shaochen pointed to a pile of apples. One in particular was quite rotten, revealing the pile’s true state.

“Handsome, let me explain…”

The stall owner looked panicked. If this leaked, his business would suffer greatly.

Before he could finish, Xu Shaochen interrupted.

“I’ll take them.”

“Huh?”

The owner was stunned.

Xu Shaochen pointed to the unsold apples, “I said I’ll take them, weigh and pack it up.”

“Oh, oh, sure. I’ll weigh them right away.”

The owner felt dazed. Even after Xu Shaochen paid and left with the apples, he hadn’t fully processed it.

Knowing they’re rotten, why buy them? Half an hour later they arrived at the hospital.

“Boss.”

The bodyguard watching over Huo Shen bowed in greeting.

“Ah, Chairman Huo, having breakfast? You look spirited! How’s the recovery?”

As Xu Shaochen entered, Huo Shen was having breakfast. He kindly inquired.

Seeing Xu Shaochen, Huo Shen felt his breakfast suddenly lost its appeal.

“Chairman Xu, do you plan to keep me under house arrest forever?”

Huo Shen coldly questioned, waving off his bodyguards with the unfinished breakfast.

Although just one night, it felt like prison.

No one could contact him, and he couldn’t reach anyone.

“Chairman Huo, what are you saying? Don’t be so angry. Here, have an apple.”

Xu Shaochen started peeling an apple. As he peeled, the flesh started changing color.

Smiling, he offered it to Huo Shen, “Chairman Huo, please.”

Huo Shen was speechless.

He realized, this man intended to poison him.

“Chairman Xu, I appreciate it, but let’s discuss business first.”

Huo Shen said flatly; no one decent would eat that.

Xu Shaochen paused, then grinned, “Chairman Huo, thought you were broad-minded. Never heard of Jiangzhou’s local specialty, Sugar Heart apples?”

He teased, eyes mocking, as though belittling Huo Shen’s knowledge.

Huo Shen’s face changed as he seriously claimed, “Impossible, Chairman Xu, you’re underestimating me. Sugar Heart apples are my wife’s favorite.”

However he was puzzled. He hadn’t left Wilderness in years. When did Jiangzhou develop Sugar Heart apples?

Naturally, he couldn’t let Xu Shaochen know he hadn’t heard of such apples. It’d seem ignorant.

“As I thought, although it’s a recent creation by a Jiangzhou botanist, its fame spread. Chairman Huo couldn’t have missed it, try some, the genuine local Jiangzhou Sugar Heart apples.”

Xu Shaochen nodded knowingly, offering the apple again.

Watching Xu Shaochen’s serious nonsense, Long Yi lowered his head, stifling laughter, his face reddened.

Huo Shen’s confusion dissipated, understanding it was a new breed from Jiangzhou.

He figured he should travel more to not stay out of touch.

“Thank you for your kindness, Chairman Xu.”

Huo Shen thought, smiling as he accepted the apple. His expression froze after taking a bite.