The words he said last night seemed to be very effective, Ding Yinan spent a peaceful Sunday.
Yuan Feng did what he said, and sent Ding Yinan a big red envelope with a total of 50,000 RMB. At first Ding Yinan felt sorry, but he roughly calculated the extra money he had given Yuan Feng, and later accepted it with peace of mind.
In the new week, Ding Yinan must let Huo Zhixiao go to work in the office according to Huo Xun’s request. He thought it would be a difficult task, but he didn’t expect Huo Zhixiao to have no resistance. Huo Zhixiao got up when he should get up, and went out when he should go out.
Everything seemed to be back to the original state, and there was not even much communication between the two.
Huo Zhixiao still handed the tie to Ding Yinan, just like before. This was actually the best, because if Huo Zhixiao wore a tie by himself, it meant that what happened during this period still had an impact on him.
Ding Yinan didn’t want this. The best state in his mind was to erase the recent memories of the two of them directly, as if nothing happened.
But–
Something seemed wrong.
Huo Zhixiao’s collar stood meticulously under his Adam’s apple, and Ding Yinan had just licked that protruding Adam’s apple that night. He even remembered how the tip of his tongue revolved around that Adam’s apple, and Huo Zhixiao raised his chin in comfort.
He forced his eyes back, concentrating on the tie in his hand.
Long strips of cloth hang down on Huo Zhixiao’s chest, under the slightly raised shirt were perfectly shaped chest muscles. That night Huo Zhixiao was wearing a white cotton t-shirt, and he could feel the undulating lines and scorching body temperature when he touched it with his hands.
“Secretary Ding?”
Huo Zhixiao’s voice interrupted Ding Yinan’s thoughts. He suddenly came back to his senses, looked up at Huo Zhixiao and said, “What is it?”
Huo Zhixiao knocked on the dial of the watch, and said lightly: “I’m going to be late.”
“Sorry.” Ding Yinan bit the tip of his tongue, forcing himself not to think wildly, and quickly straightened Huo Zhixiao’s tie.
Jiushan Architectural Design Office was located in a 5A office building in the city center.
Unlike other emerging architectural firms, it was established earlier, and its interior decoration style was conservative, which was not much different from law firms and accounting firms in office buildings.
Huo Zhixiao and Ding Yinan came to the company during the nine o’clock working hours. The two girls at the front desk saw them coming out of the elevator, bumped each other with elbows, and exchanged a knowing look.
Huo Zhixiao had never cared for these insignificant people in the office, but Ding Yinan was different, he could see the actions of those two people clearly.
Thinking about it, Huo Zhixiao lost to his colleague Zhao Yang at the Blue Dot Award, and he hadn’t appeared in the office for a while. Those gossiping colleagues must be very curious about how Huo Zhixiao will react next.
But Ding Yinan reckoned that they were about to be disappointed, because Huo Zhixiao’s performance was the same as before, with the same high and cold appearance, as if he regarded others as air.
After the usual Monday morning meeting, Huo Xun called Huo Zhixiao into his office.
As Huo Zhixiao’s figure disappeared behind the opaque door, there were rustling discussions around Ding Yinan.
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But amidst the discussions, some voices were particularly harsh.
“The prince is going to fall out of favor, isn’t he?”
“Who knows, no matter what, he is still his own son.”
“But he was dispatched to the countryside to do public welfare projects. It has never happened before.”
“It may also be that Mr. Huo deliberately made an appearance for everyone, showing that he is a person who distinguishes between public and private.”
“I don’t think Mr. Huo cares about face so much. He must have felt that his son was too shameful, so he arranged for him to be elsewhere. Out of his sight.”
“Could be too.”
“Or Mr. Hou was just teaching him how to be a man. Mr. Hou let him go to the countryside to experience, and come up with a prince’s transformation plan.”
“Hehe, if there is such a show, I will definitely want to watch it.”
The people who gossip are the two young girls at the front desk, and the two chatted happily.
Ding Yinan walked from behind them to the front, then casually turned around and stopped the one who talked a lot: “Little Yu.”
“Secretary Ding.” Xiaoyu immediately stood still, with a somewhat flattered expression.
“There’s a lot of rubbish in the paper shredder in Master Huo’s office, go and clean it up.”
Little Yu was stunned: “Isn’t there a cleaning lady?”
Ding Yinan immediately said, “Auntie is busy.”
Little Yu’s face became a little embarrassed. Anyone can understand that Ding Yinan heard what she just said. She shrugged her shoulders and went to Huo Zhixiao’s office. At this moment, Ding Yinan looked at another person and said, “Little Ru.”
“Yes.” Little Ru shivered in fright.
“I’ll send you a file later, print it for me.” Ding Yinan paused, then added lightly, “Remember to print it as required.”
There were a lot of specialties in printing design drawings. If a detail was not set, the printed drawings would have to be all invalid. It was difficult to operate a large-scale printing and copier, and it would be even more difficult if some printing requirements were added.
“Okay.” Little Ru buried her head and went to her work station in despair.
About ten minutes later, Huo Zhixiao returned to the office. As soon as the door closed, cracks appeared on his impeccable expression, revealing a trace of fatigue.
Ding Yinan put the coffee on the desk, but Huo Zhixiao didn’t move, just lay back on the office chair and closed his eyes.
“Did Mr. Huo talk about you?” Ding Yinan asked.
“Yeah.” Huo Zhixiao didn’t say much, “I didn’t sleep well last night, so I want to take a nap for a bit.”
Ding Yinan suddenly thought of the time when Huo Zhixiao came out of Huo Xun’s office, when he slammed the door and left the office. When Ding Yinan sent Huo Zhixiao to the parking lot of the community, he realized that there was a red palm mark on Huo Zhixiao’s face.
Ding Yinan knew Huo Xun’s temper. He once scolded and made an employee who mistook the client’s name cry. It was not easy for Ding Yinan to ask more, and it was not good for Ding Yinan to show that he knows that Huo Zhixiao was slapped. After all, Huo Zhixiao slammed the door and left, probably because he didn’t want to be discovered by his colleagues in the firm.
Fortunately, this kind of thing only happened once, and other times it was only verbal criticism.
Later, Ding Yinan gradually got used to Huo Zhixiao being criticized, but today he saw that Huo Zhixiao was called to Huo Xun’s office again, he was inexplicably worried.
Perhaps after getting in touch with him during this period of time, he found that Huo Zhixiao was not as cold as he appeared on the surface, after all, he was still a child at heart.
He just pretended to be invulnerable, and he would still be depressed when he should be depressed.
Ding Yinan took out the blanket he usually covered during his lunch break from his cabinet, and lightly put it on Huo Zhixiao’s body. But just when he withdrew his hand, Huo Zhixiao suddenly opened his eyes, and the probing gaze directly shone into his eyes.
Ding Yinan suddenly remembered that he had never done such a thing before, and was a little embarrassed for a while, and said dryly: “I’m afraid you will be cold.”
Huo Zhixiao looked down at the blanket on his body, and said “thank you” lightly.
Huo Zhixiao slept for most of the morning, and Ding Yinan didn’t know what he did last night and why he was so sleepless.
Maybe he made an appointment with a bed partner again, and spent a night in ecstasy.
But according to Huo Zhixiao’s temperament, who valued sleep above anything, even if he really fooled around with someone last night, it would definitely be done as soon as possible, and it would not affect his sleep.
Or he couldn’t sleep, and had insomnia. So he decided to catch up on sleep during the day.
But the question was, how could this uncle suffer from insomnia?
Forget it.
Ding Yinan shook his head, dispelling all kinds of speculation in his mind. He didn’t need to be nosy, anyway, what Huo Zhixiao’s nightlife was has nothing to do with him.
In the afternoon, they need to go to the suburbs to check and accept a park project. This project was one of the most important projects of Jiushan Office this year. At the beginning, Huo Xun assigned this project to Huo Zhixiao, which also attracted dissatisfaction from some designers.
Huo Zhixiao was very interested in this project, and even flew several times to Suzhou and Japan to investigate the construction style of traditional courtyards on the spot.
Ding Yinan remembered that Huo Zhixiao designed an ingenious octagonal pavilion by the lake in the park, which had both practical and beautiful functions.
But after walking into the park, looking from a distance, the octagonal pavilion seemed to be different from what Ding Yinan had seen in the drawings.
Huo Zhixiao beside him didn’t stop either, he measured the octagonal pavilion with his thumb and middle finger, and said his catchphrase “perfect”. When they got closer, Ding Yinan finally understood why.
But the octagonal pavilion was gone, replaced by a pavilion next to a bicycle rental venue. The person in charge of the park had been chatting about the future income generation and so on, but Huo Zhixiao just echoed a few words from time to time, without expressing any opinions.
The meeting ended soon, and the group parted on the spot.
Huo Zhixiao and Ding Yinan came to the trash can at the entrance of the park. Huo Zhixiao took out a pack of cigarettes and asked Ding Yinan, “Do you smoke?”
Ding Yinan shook his head, now it was working time, he didn’t have the habit of smoking while working.
Huo Zhixiao lit a cigarette, looked at the scenery of the park from a distance, his expression was slightly lost in thought.
Ding Yinan vaguely guessed the reason for the disappearance of the octagonal pavilion, and he asked, “Did President Huo change it?”
“En.” Huo Zhixiao breathed out a puff of smoke lightly, he kept looking in the direction of the lake, as if he was imagining what the octagonal pavilion would look like again.
Ding Yinan pursed his lips, and couldn’t help asking: “Are you okay?”
Huo Zhixiao withdrew his gaze, looked at Ding Yinan and asked, “Are you comforting me?”
Familiar question.
Last time at the award ceremony of the Blue Dot Award, Huo Zhixiao did not win the award, Ding Yinan asked the same question, and Huo Zhixiao’s answer was the same as today.
Asking rhetorically meant denying, Ding Yinan thought that Huo Zhixiao probably didn’t need his comfort, so he said “I’ll go and drive the car over”, and then turned to leave.
But at this moment, Huo Zhixiao suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm.
“Where are you going?” Huo Zhixiao lowered his eyes, looked at Ding Yinan and said, “I need your comfort.”
Ding Yinan didn’t know where Huo Zhixiao learned this trick, he looks aggrieved like a large innocent dog. When you ignore him, he will lie on the side sadly, staring at you with small eyes. This sight leaves your heart completely filled with guilt.
Ding Yinan’s heart skipped a beat, he stretched out his hand out of nowhere, rubbed Huo Zhixiao’s head and said, “It’ll fine.”
But as soon as the words fell, he felt that something was wrong, and his raised arms froze in the air.
Huo Zhixiao’s expression was also a little dazed, probably he didn’t expect Ding Yinan to behave like this. But the surprise in his eyes quickly turned into a smile, and he said, “Secretary Ding, what I’m talking about is verbal comfort.”
Ding Yinan’s ears felt hot, so he quickly retracted his hands.
“If it’s physical comfort,” Huo Zhixiao paused, “I hope you change it.”
All right, Ding Yinan thought, what kind of shit was an innocent big dog.
His sentences were inseparable from sexual hints, and indeed this was the Huo Zhixiao he knew.
That’s a naughty dog for sure
Thank you for translating !
He should start his own firm, his dad is holding him back/ruining his work (changing his work behind a lead designer’s back like that is outrageous)
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At first I thought the dad is just the way he is to teach his son the ways in life. But isn’t he just a scummy controlling mf 😩 huo zhixiao should definitely leave the dad’s company and start on his own 😕
His dad is too controlling and doesn’t show any respect to his son. No wonder the employees gossip 😒
Thanks for the chapter 💞
Hopefully ml will go out of his dad’s presence in the future. That father is not a father 😞 just a boss.