Chapter 315: Chapter 315: He Exposed the Intimate Relationship of the Young Couple Chapter 315: Chapter 315: He Exposed the Intimate Relationship of the Young Couple In the blink of an eye, a suit jacket was draped over Qiao Xi’s body, wrapping her upper half tightly, not letting in a hint of air.
Zhou Yu stood at the door, his mouth agape.
Stunned.
“Holy crap!”
“Holy crap, I must be seeing things because I’m drunk!”
He reeked of alcohol and vigorously rubbed his eyes.
“Are you guys fooling around in the study?” Zhou Yu asked in astonishnt, looking at the two and the scattered docunts on the floor. “Huo Er, I really didn’t see this coming! You even have this kind of… fetish?”
He was a workaholic, a man of proud abstinence.
Yet he’d pushed all the tender docunts onto the floor and had Qiao Xi sit on the desk.
Qiao Xi was so mortified she wished she could die.
Huo Xingzhou held her close and shielded her as he said, “Get out!”
Zhou Yu, having drunk a bit, was bolder than usual.
Aunt Qian quickly grabbed his sleeve, “Mr. Zhou, let’s go downstairs first and have so Hangover Soup. Wait for the young master and the Young Madam to get dressed before they co down.”
Zhou Yu was totally confused, “Aunt Qian, is sobering up really the issue here? Look at them…”
Aunt Qian coaxed in a low voice, “It’s quite normal for young couples. Mr. Zhou, you just haven’t seen enough. If you’d seen the swimming pool…”
“What? There’s even an outdoor pool scene?”
Aunt Qian quickly waved her hands, “No, I was just babbling! Let’s hurry downstairs, co on!”
Aunt Qian pulled Zhou Yu forcefully, persuading him until she managed to take him away.
Qiao Xi watched their figures disappear at the door and then finally let out a breath of relief.
This kind of situation was extrely embarrassing.
Study, pool… how could Aunt Qian know everything!
She was utterly humiliated!
All because of Huo Xingzhou!
Qiao Xi glared at him, her eyes filled with anger.
With a hint of a smile in his eyes, Huo Xingzhou redressed her in her nightgown and then draped the suit jacket over her again, “Let’s go, let’s see what he ca to do.”
With her face burning red, Qiao Xi said softly, “You go down first, I’ll go to my room to change into sothing more presentable.”
Her silk nightgown paired with a suit jacket, Zhou Yu might end up making fun of her even more.
“That’s also fine,”
said Huo Xingzhou indifferently.
Qiao Xi got off the desk, pursed her lips and said, “This desk is too hard, it’s quite uncomfortable. Next ti… let’s stick to the bedroom.”
His lips curved slightly and he whispered sothing into her ear.
Qiao Xi blushed furiously, just watching him leave the study.
She pressed her hands against her cheeks trying to cool down, but her ears felt burning hot.
Damn it!
How could he say such a thing!
Saying standing up wouldn’t be bad either.
Qiao Xi felt her ears might nearly smoke from the heat!
…
In the living room downstairs.
Aunt Qian placed a bowl of hot and sour beef soup in front of Zhou Yu.
“Mr. Zhou, please have so.”
There are many kinds of Hangover Soup, generally either sour and spicy or sour and sweet, which can stimulate the appetite and help sober up.
“Thank you, Aunt Qian, it slls delicious. Your cooking is even better than the head chef at the Jinling Grand Hotel!”
Zhou Yu sat on the couch, blowing on the hot and sour beef soup before drinking it in small satisfied sips. He had spent the evening in a social engagent with people from the Imperial Capital’s Bell family and had brought along Jin Kai, a manager from the Tianyuan Group. The two of them had managed to outdrink all of Young Master Zhong’s project team.
“This is all about vying for the upper hand!”
The Zhong Family picked faults at every turn during the collaboration.
They all felt stifled because once they arrived in Haicheng, they deliberately delayed signing the contract and making paynts, with no hint about when the next phase of cooperation would start smoothly.
Zhou Yu felt that his beef soup had cooled and guzzled it down in one breath.
He put the bowl on the coffee table and casually wiped his mouth with a tissue.
“I almost passed out from drinking tonight. And you, cuddling with your wife in the study, ssing around. Even the high and mighty Huo Xingzhou ends up doing shady stuff in the study,” he said.
Zhou Yu really felt stifled.
But what could he do since he wasn’t the boss!
Huo Xingzhou was sitting opposite him, sipping warm water from a glass, which moistened his lips.
“Socializing is part of your job,” he responded.
Zhou Yu, aggrieved, said, “Huo Er, you’ve changed! You used to be even more dedicated than ! You’ve really fallen for the charms of Qiao Xi, as if she’s bewitched you. If I hadn’t co over, who knows what you two would be doing behind my back!”
Huo Xingzhou raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at him, “Do you think such things need to be done in front of you?”
“You… you… Aunt Qian, I want another bowl of Yangchun noodles!”
Aunt Qian chuckled, “Alright, how about I prepare a few more pan-fried buns for you?”
“Mmm!”
Zhou Yu angrily concurred.
He glared fiercely at Huo Xingzhou before him, “I’ve dug up so important news; are you sure you want to chat with in such an attitude? Beg , and I’ll tell you.”
“You don’t have to tell ,” Huo Xingzhou said, unperturbed.
Zhou Yu was suffocating with frustration and begrudgingly said, “Fine, I’ll tell you.”
He took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and placed it before Huo Xingzhou, “This is the public announcent list for the Traditional Chinese dicine Grand Conference’s trial session. They use an internal forum, and this information is not disclosed to the public.”
He pointed at a na on the paper, “Your wife has registered too!”
Huo Xingzhou’s expression darkened.
He had wanted her to co clean in the study, but she never ntioned the registration.
Zhou Yu drew a deep breath and said, “Do you know the cost for a disciple of Cheng Acupuncture to participate in the trial session? I heard from the older generation that Lu Bannong wanted to completely eradicate Cheng Acupuncture, so he established a rule during the grand conference he won.”
“It separated the north and south, and crossing the border ant violating the agreent, equivalently signing up for the next trial session. If she loses, her tendons will be excised, and she will be forced out of the Chinese dicine Community. With Qiao Xi’s temperant, keeping her away from acupuncture is worse than killing her.”
Zhou Yu sighed, “She didn’t sign up willingly; soone manipulated the situation! But even if there had been no manipulation, the Lu Family wouldn’t let her off the hook!”
Because people around them all knew how extraordinarily talented Qiao Xi was, strikingly brilliant!
Would the Lu Family allow such an adversary to grow strong?
They had already used the foolish Xiang Huai to make the first move, suffering heavy losses.
Xiang Huai confessed and faced the law; Qiao Xi also unexpectedly lost her grandmother.
“Huo Er, she can’t escape; she must participate in this grand festival. But look at Haicheng’s preliminary selection with so many masters; what about the Imperial Capital’s main branch?”
Huo Xingzhou took the paper, folded it slowly and thodically, and said, “You underestimate her; she won’t run away. Her grandmother’s death has always been a pain in her heart.”
Even if she didn’t say it, he understood.
She was seeking Young Master Sun for lab mice to practice acupuncture, and trying to buy dical books and bronze figures at auctions.
She excused it as breaking through the bottleneck of Plum Blossom Nine Needles, but she was always preparing to face a battle of life and death.
Huo Xingzhou was just waiting for the day she would be honest with him.
Huo Xingzhou stuffed the paper into his pocket, his hands casually crossed, his face coldly stated, “Don’t let the news leak.”
Zhou Yu mid zipping his lips, “I get it, don’t let your wife know you’ve already figured it out. Alright, I guess this counts as one of your marital quirks, huh?”
Huo Xingzhou gave him a cold glance, “Do you just use your mouth to talk nonsense?”
Zhou Yu covered his mouth and whimpered, “I drink on your behalf, and yet you attack personally. My life is so hard…”
Huo Xingzhou, annoyed by his antics, said, “If there’s nothing important, just go back already.”
Zhou Yu didn’t leave but instead slumped lazily on the sofa, suddenly stating, “Xu Xingluo has gone mad!”
As Qiao Xi was coming down the stairs, she heard this.
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