The Billionaire's Hidden Affection

"The main thing is, you’re coming back in a few days, aren’t you? Once you’re back we’ll announce our marriage, who’s still going to touch your cheese?"

"..."

"Miss, I’ll give you a surprise..."

She suddenly had a sharp gut feeling and got wary: "Stinky-foot man, don’t you dare come pick me up."

"!!!"

"Seriously, stinky-foot man, you absolutely must not come pick me up."

"Why?"

She looked at the red-brick, white-fence house ahead and let out a long sigh. I did not kill Boren, yet Boren died because of me. Huang Xiaojue has ended up like this—if I just walk away, can I still call myself human?

At the very least, I have to wait till Xiaojue’s injuries fully heal and his life is out of danger.

"Stinky-foot man, you really mustn’t come pick me up. Give me some space and time of my own. I want to deal with some personal stuff..."

"Is it because of Huang Xiaojue?"

He was blunt, so she simply owned up: "Stinky-foot man, give me some time. Once I’ve sorted everything out, I’ll come back on my own. Just don’t come to pick me up."

Huang Xiaojue turned down all kinds of generous offers from Old Zhang and left quietly. The circle was shaken, but it was within expectations. Not just Huang Xiaojue, his father left as well. It’s just that Wan Donglin didn’t know he was that badly injured.

At this point, if Huang Xiaojue went to find Yan Xixi, that would really be trouble.

In fact, this had always been the one thing he was afraid of: even he had to admit he owed Huang Xiaojue a favor he could never repay—if not for Huang Xiaojue, Yan Xixi’s life might have been gone long ago. Now that Yan Xixi was taking care of him, that was only natural.

He hesitated, not sure how to bring it up.

"This is the first time I’m handling my own affairs, stinky-foot man, don’t interfere for now."

"How long do you need?"

"Not long, I’ll sort everything out as soon as I can."

"I can give you time, as long as you don’t toss my wife around until she becomes someone else’s wife."

She chuckled: "As long as you don’t fall for Zhang Chuchu, that possibility won’t happen."

He was firm as a nail: "That is absolutely impossible!"

"Nothing in this world is absolute. Don’t rush to swear oaths."

"Miss, you should know, I’m first and foremost a businessman. And what’s a businessman’s nature? Chasing profit! I finally managed to train you up—never mind the effort and energy I spent, just the years of time I burned through are already something I can’t afford to repeat. Now it’s harvest season, and you expect me to hand everything over and then pick some woman I know nothing about and start all over again? How do you calculate that cost–benefit ratio??? Am I insane?"

"Don’t forget, her dad is Old Zhang."

I don’t need to rely on a woman for benefits anymore, and I don’t need a marriage alliance either. Most of the business is already completely safe and sound. No one can grab me by the throat anymore, and Old Zhang is a smart man."

She curled her lip: "Stinky-foot man, you’re really realistic."

"Realistic? If someone tells you that true love in this world comes with no conditions, then he’s definitely being fake. Even if some Platonic romance really exists, it definitely wouldn’t last. It’s very simple: rice, oil, salt, daily expenses, all the little romantic details—life is this long, which one of these doesn’t need to be supported? Which one truly comes without a price?"

"..."

"Miss, let me warn you, you’re mine, don’t go dragging in all kinds of people. The watermelon I planted—there’s no reason for it to get picked clean by someone else overnight. That’s just the kind of person I am, and it’s not like you only found out today."

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