After getting along with Huo Zhixiao for three years, Ding Yinan’s conclusion to him was: Difficult to serve.
But Ding Yinan didn’t think that Huo Zhixiao was an unpredictable person.
For example, when he looked at the design draft with a gloomy expression, his next action would most likely be to crumple the paper and throw it into the trash can;
Another example was that he went to the bar to drink after getting off work, or even took people home for the night. It will only appear when he is in a good mood or in a bad mood, and the bad mood accounts for the majority.
Another example was that the reason why he was often in a bad mood was because his father Huo Xun always criticized his design drafts.
Ding Yinan recalled that when he was drinking with Huo Zhixiao at the bar last night, he mocked himself and compared himself to a tool man without blood and flesh. Thinking about it now, Huo Zhixiao in his eyes was also just a working machine.
He didn’t care about Huo Zhixiao’s private life, nor did he care about whether his works were good or bad. All he needed to do was to lubricate the machine well to make it work properly.
Just like what Huo Xun told him when he first joined the job, his only job responsibility was to ensure that Huo Zhixiao went to work smoothly.
But now Ding Yinan’s cognition had undergone a new change, and only then did he realize that Huo Zhixiao, who was not working, was such a person who played cards out of common sense.
“What time is your flight?” Ding Yinan looked at Han Shuo and asked.
Han Shuo came back to his senses in a daze, and said in a daze, “Six o’clock in the evening.”
“Then let’s talk at home.”
Perhaps it was the word “go home” that gave Han Shuo some comfort, and he didn’t continue to hold Ding Yinan’s wrist.
The return flight was still a small airliner, and Huo Zhixiao almost had the word “displeasure” written on his face.
After the plane entered the stratosphere, the flight attendants began to distribute meals. As on the previous flight, there were two sets of chicken and fish for lunch on this flight.
Ding Yinan’s position was close to the aisle, he raised two fingers to the flight attendant, and said, “Two servings of chicken, thank you.”
The flight attendant handed over two hot lunch boxes, and Ding Yinan naturally handed one to Huo Zhixiao beside him. He had done this action countless times, but for the first time he was objected by Huo Zhixiao: “How do you know I want chicken?”
Ding Yinan was a little puzzled, he said: “You don’t eat freshwater fish.”
After staying by Huo Zhixiao’s side for half a year, Ding Yinan had completely figured out his taste. He didn’t know when it started. Every time he took a plane, he directly chose the plane meal for Huo Zhixiao.
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“You know me so well?” Huo Zhixiao took the lunch box, his eyes stayed on Ding Yinan’s face, as if he had just discovered this.
Ding Yinan took out the knife and fork, and said as a matter of course: “You are my boss, what do you think?”
Zhao Yang’s team and Huo Zhixiao each had their own cars, so they finally didn’t have to go through the embarrassment of taking a taxi last time after leaving the airport.
Ding Yinan and Huo Zhixiao went to the underground parking lot to pick up the car, and then his identity changed from Assistant Ding to Driver Ding.
It took forty minutes to arrive at Huo Zhixiao’s house from the airport, and ten minutes from Huo Zhixiao’s house to his home. Ding Yinan was used to making plans in advance. He had already planned to go to the supermarket to buy some storage boxes after delivering Huo Zhixiao, and then use the remaining half-day vacation to sort out Han Shuo’s things.
However, the plan always failed to keep up with the changes. Ding Yinan received a call from the clothing store on the way, and he had no choice but to put the original plan aside.
“The custom-made suit arrived at the store last month, do you want to pick it up now?” Ding Yinan asked Huo Zhixiao.
Under normal circumstances, Ding Yinan would go to the store to pick it up and deliver it to Huo Zhixiao’s home. If Huo Zhixiao had no problems after trying it on, he would sign for it directly. If there were any problems, Ding Yinan would send it back to the store for correction.
But this time the clothing store happened to be on their way back to the city, if Huo Zhixiao could pick it up in person, it would save Ding Yinan a lot of trouble.
“Where is it?” Huo Zhixiao asked casually. It was not difficult to see from his expression that he probably wants to go home to catch up on sleep, but Ding Yinan did not give up.
“On the edge of the third ring road.” Ding Yinan said, “By the way, it’s not very far.”
“Okay.” Huo Zhixiao said.
Huo Zhixiao’s figure could only be customized for suits, not only because of his height. His upper body was a standard inverted triangle. It was difficult for normal men to have his shoulder-to-waist ratio, and his two legs are much longer than the average. The standard size will automatically change to nine if worn on his legs.
This clothing store by the third ring road was a century-old store, and more than half of Huo Zhixiao’s suits are made to order here.
The new ready-to-wear had maintained a high standard as always. Huo Zhixiao stood in front of the full-length mirror and looked left and right, obviously very satisfied with this suit.
But just when Ding Yinan took out Huo Zhixiao’s black gold credit card and was about to go to the counter to pay the final payment, Huo Zhixiao suddenly walked in front of Ding Yinan.
Generally speaking, a person who was trying on clothes walks up to another person, mostly to get advice. But Ding Yinan didn’t think that Huo Zhixiao needed his evaluation. In fact, Huo Zhixiao had never done such a thing.
Ding Yinan looked at his boss inexplicably, and perhaps the doubt in his eyes was too obvious, Huo Zhixiao frowned slightly dissatisfied, and asked, “How is it?”
Well, it really is.
Ding Yinan commented pertinently: “It looks good.” He didn’t do it to flatter the boss. It had to be said that Huo Zhixiao’s appearance was not inferior to professional models.
“You go and pick one too.” Huo Zhixiao said suddenly.
Ding Yinan once again showed a look of confusion. The non-customized suits of this time-honored brand started at a minimum of 10,000 yuan, which was not a level that Ding Yinan’s salary could afford.
“I’m going to meet an important client tomorrow.” Huo Zhixiao said, “If there is a suitable one, I will buy it directly.”
Tomorrow was Monday, and there was nothing on Ding Yinan’s schedule other than the weekly meeting. He recalled Huo Zhixiao’s client list in his mind, and asked, “Is it Mr. Wang?”
This was currently Huo Zhixiao’s most important father, Party A, who was about to invest in the construction of a commercial center in a prime location, and Huo Zhixiao was the chief designer of this commercial building.
“No.” Huo Zhixiao didn’t say much, “You choose, and I’ll reimburse you.”
Every year, the firm makes custom work clothes for its employees, but it is the first time that Huo Zhixiao buys clothes for Ding Yinan out of his own pocket.
What is this? Compensation after sleep?
Ding Yinan’s expression couldn’t help being a bit complicated, but Huo Zhixiao seemed to have seen through his thoughts, and asked amusedly, “What are you thinking? It’s just an employee reward.”
“You never rewarded me before.” Ding Yinan told the truth in one sentence.
“That’s because I didn’t know before that I don’t eat freshwater fish before.” Huo Zhixiao said.
Picky eating in adults is often unconscious because there was no longer an adult forcing you to eat something you don’t like. Ding Yinan also had to master Huo Zhixiao’s personal preferences because of work needs, so he summed up such a rule.
Ding Yinan’s ability to accurately say things that Huo Zhixiao himself didn’t realize shows that he was careful enough in his work. But obviously, Huo Zhixiao didn’t realize this until today.
Under the eager and enthusiastic eyes of the shopping guide, Ding Yinan couldn’t discuss with Huo Zhixiao whether it was appropriate for him to accept such a valuable reward. He put on the dark black suit jacket recommended to him by the shopping guide, and then went to the full-length mirror to take a look. It was indeed better than the one he wore.
But before he could express his opinion, Huo Zhixiao, who was sitting on the sofa, took the lead in saying to the shopping guide: “Get him a dark shirt.”
Ding Yinan didn’t want to cause such trouble, he said: “The white one is also okay.”
Huo Zhixiao put his arms around his chest, raised his eyebrows and said, “Are you questioning my aesthetics?”
It appeared, one of Huo Zhixiao’s catchphrases.
On the construction site, sometimes the foreman would question that the things Huo Zhixiao designed were not beautiful in the end, and at this time Huo Zhixiao would forcefully use this mantra. In the end, the facts always prove that Huo Zhixiao does have a say in aesthetics.
Ding Yinan no longer resisted Huo Zhixiao’s “authority”, and walked into the fitting room with the dark shirt handed to him by the shopping guide.
The texture of the high-grade fabric was really good. Ding Yinan took off his white shirt, but just as he was about to put on the dark shirt, the curtain of the fitting room was half-opened suddenly, and Huo Zhixiao stood behind the curtain, handed over a tie and said, “Add this too.”
Ding Yinan froze immediately, he thought to himself, can’t you wait for me to go out before giving it to me? !
Seeing that Ding Yinan didn’t respond, Huo Zhixiao directly hung the tie on the coat hook. After finishing this action, he looked up and down the naked Ding Yinan for a while, then instead of leaving, he bent slightly and squeezed into the narrow fitting room.
“Are you…?” Ding Yinan turned his head and asked, staring at Huo Zhixiao behind him.
“Let me see.”
Huo Zhixiao hugged Ding Yinan’s waist with one hand, and with the thumb and middle finger of the other hand came to Ding Yinan’s chest, he naturally measured the distance between the two points.
The touch of the skin made the “starting point” and “end point” stand up physiologically, but the two fingers of the culprit didn’t stay for long, and gradually descended to Ding Yinan’s waist, opening and closing to measure his body waistline.
After a while, Huo Zhixiao withdrew his hand, looked at the shocked Ding Yinan in the mirror and said, “Perfect.”
It appeared, the second of Huo Zhixiao’s mantra.
Whenever a satisfactory project was completed, Huo Zhixiao always liked to look at his work from a distance, measure the length, width and height of the building with his thumb and middle finger, and then spit out these two words to himself.
Ding Yinan never thought that Huo Zhixiao’s actions would one day be used on his body.
“Huo Zhixiao!” Ding Yinan lowered his voice angrily, “Are you that bored?!”
Huo Zhixiao put his hands into his trouser pockets, admiring Ding Yinan’s expression that he had never seen before in the mirror, and said with a faint smile, “A little bit.”
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the tension is insanee
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I always think I won’t like them, but the bratty ml always wins me over almost instantly.
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Ding Yinan now has the attention from his boss! 😁
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Uh oh. Mc has captured ml’s attention, and is now poking poking at mc 🤭
as an artist can’t deny the reactions of ml hahah