Huo Mingjun came down from the press conference, and Fang Hui handed him some water with red eyes. Suppressing the subtle tremor in her voice, she said, “Boss, you had a call just now.”
Huo Mingjun glanced over, and the staff who followed him from B City didn’t look good. He himself didn’t feel much. The press conference shifted the blame to natural disasters and human factors, and a few others were brought in to try to clear responsibility. However, the root cause of all the tragedy was the decision made five years ago.
He controlled Hengrui Group and enjoyed the wealth, reputation, and status it brought. It was time for him to bow down and take responsibility for it. As for those hidden bugs, none of them should be allowed to escape unscathed.
He took the phone from Fang Hui, checked the call log, and found that both Huo Zhikuan and Huo Zhirong called, but the person who should have been on stage to apologize didn’t make any moves.
Huo Mingjun sneered inwardly, and under the guard of the bodyguards, he left the venue through the staff corridor. As soon as he got in the car, the phone vibrated, and it was Huo Zhirong once again.
Huo Mingjun found it a bit strange. Unless the company had a major issue that required his personal decision, they wouldn’t easily disturb him. Why would Huo Zhirong call him multiple times at this time?
“Xiao Rong, what’s the matter?”
Huo Zhirong stood outside the studio, looking at the figures shooting under the scorching sun from a distance. With a bit of guilt, he adjusted his glasses. “Big brother, there’s something… I think I should be honest with you.”
Huo Mingjun wasn’t particularly concerned. “Speak.”
Huo Zhirong immediately withdrew the actors and explained in detail about Xie Guan’s efforts to save the situation.
“He drives for three hours every day to rush over for filming, and then rushes back overnight. He runs back and forth, unable to get a decent night’s sleep… Moreover, the TV series is currently airing, and the corresponding publicity and notices also need to be coordinated,” He couldn’t help but sigh. “Not to mention others, even I find it hard to endure watching.”
Huo Mingjun’s face grew increasingly stern.
“He’s making a fuss, and all of you are just following along with his nonsense?!” Besides the person in charge of Yihe Yipin he met on the first day, he had never been so angry. Sitting in the passenger seat, Fang Hui shrank backwards, her heart pounding as she listened to Huo Mingjun’s icy words. “Did all the actors in China die or something? And is your useless director a robot written by a program? He can’t even arrange a relaxed schedule for him?!”
Huo Zhirong was scolded until he dared not make a sound. “Big brother, you know Xie Guan’s temper better than I do. He’s too stubborn. He doesn’t want to slow down the progress of the crew, and he won’t listen to anyone. I think only you can persuade him now. If this continues, his body won’t be able to take it.”
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These words almost made Huo Mingjun express the pain in his heart. He originally thought that Xie Guan was still filming in the wilderness, and might not pay attention to the news outside. He was used to facing everything alone and never thought that someone would silently share the weight for him in a place he couldn’t see.
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Three days later, Huo Mingjun returned to B City from Pingcheng. The plane landed at the capital airport. They walked through the VIP passage, and when they passed through the corridor, they heard a lot of commotion outside, as if many people were shouting someone’s name.
The capital airport is the place with the highest probability of encountering celebrities. Fang Hui curiously stretched her neck to take a look, “It seems like someone is picking up a celebrity.”
Huo Mingjun frowned slightly and turned to instruct a bodyguard next to him, “Go and take a look.”
Whether it was an illusion or not, he seemed to hear someone calling “Xie Guan.”
After a moment, the security guard hurried back and whispered to Huo Mingjun, “It’s Xie Guan. His fans, about sixty people, are here to pick him up.”
Fang Hui widened her eyes: What happened? How did Xie Guan suddenly become so popular?
They were busy in Pingcheng and missed the heat of Youth of Martial Arts. Naturally, they were not aware of how Xie Guan’s popularity skyrocketed. Huo Mingjun nodded expressionlessly and did not linger. He continued to walk outside.
Fang Hui hurriedly followed up with small steps.
That day, she was also in the car and heard Huo Mingjun’s phone call. She already applauded in her heart for the pure and moving friendship between the two. However, Huo Mingjun surprisingly showed no excitement about the fact that Xie Guan appeared at the same airport with him. Fang Hui sneakily glanced at the stern and resolute profile of the big boss, and in her mind, she labeled him as “introverted.”
The car that came to pick them up was already waiting outside. Zhong Heguang opened the car door for Huo Mingjun, and Fang Hui followed. With two security cars in front and behind protecting the Rolls-Royce in the middle, they drove onto the airport auxiliary road.
Zhong Heguang didn’t go to Pingcheng and stayed in B City to handle daily affairs. In the past half month, he was busy protecting Huo Mingjun. Everyone knew that with such a significant incident, Huo Mingjun would definitely make a big move when he returned. Those who were previously close to Huo Zhongchen and participated in the Pingcheng construction project all approached Zhong Heguang to inquire about the situation. Huo Zhongchen hid behind Senior Huo at first, not wanting Huo Mingjun to intervene when the incident just happened. He repeatedly asked him to return to B City. After the press conference when everything was settled, he once asked Huo Mingjun to stay and handle the aftermath locally, while he tried to cover up the mess he left behind many years ago.
Huo Zhongchen’s actions certainly didn’t escape the attention of Huo Mingjun. After Zhong Heguang reported to Huo Mingjun, the response received was that they would return as soon as possible depending on the situation. Unexpectedly just two days later, he returned with a powerful and imposing manner.
As his confidant, Zhong Heguang knew more about Huo Mingjun’s plan to rectify the internal situation of the group than anyone else. In theory, there was no need to be in such a hurry. However, with Huo Mingjun suddenly returning ahead of schedule, Zhong Heguang thought the situation might have changed and immediately went on high alert. He began to silently calculate a series of recent events in his mind.
Not understanding the situation, Fang Hui felt the atmosphere in the car suddenly became serious and tense. She didn’t dare to ask, so she looked out the window in confusion. After a few minutes, she suddenly exclaimed, “Boss!”
Huo Mingjun, who was resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes. “What’s going on?”
“Is that Xie Guan’s car?” Fang Hui observed the movement outside the window, her heart hanging in her throat, “I think he’s being chased.”
They were already on the airport expressway. Less than a hundred meters away from them, a black bodyguard car was traveling in the right lane, closely followed by a white van. The van was constantly trying to get closer to the black car, with the windows rolled down completely. Someone extended their arm, holding up a phone, and the flash lights were continuously beaming.
The distance between the two cars was very close. For safety, the black car kept trying to accelerate and avoid the car behind it, but the white van chased it in an S-shape, almost bumping against the guardrail several times.
The window of the Rolls-Royce lowered by a few inches. In the roar of the engine and the wind, the soul-stirring shouts of a few girls echoed.
“Xie Guan! Xie Guan!”
Huo Mingjun looked as if he was about to kill someone.
“Let the car behind intercept that van,” every word he uttered seemed to burst out from ice, “and call the police.”
Zhong Heguang immediately issued orders to the following security car. Huo Mingjun directly called Huang Cheng, “It’s me. Where’s Xie Guan? … Stop by the roadside.”
After a while, the Rolls-Royce and the black bodyguard car entered the emergency parking lane, slowing down and coming to a stop.
The door of the Rolls-Royce opened, and Huo Mingjun walked a few steps to the front of the bodyguard car, carrying a murderous aura as he forcefully opened the car door. His figure blocked the sun for a moment, and in the pale morning sunlight, he was coated with a faint golden halo, precisely falling into Xie Guan’s astonished pupils.
“…Why are you here?”
Huo Mingjun’s chilling aura miraculously calmed down the moment he saw Xie Guan. It converged into an inexplicable gentleness between his eyebrows. Leaning on the car door, he extended a hand toward Xie Guan, his voice soft, “Get out, I’ll take you away.”
In the distance, Zhong Heguang silently reached out and covered Fang Hui’s eyes, turning her head in another direction.
“Why won’t you let me see the gossip!” Fang Hui struggled in his grip.
“Good children shouldn’t learn these things,” Zhong Heguang sighed with concern. “Don’t take these idol drama scenes too seriously. Not every person who stops a car is a domineering CEO.”
The spinster Fang Hui fell silent.
Xie Guan had a cold and low-grade fever these past two days. Yesterday, he spent the entire day shooting Rising Tide of the Blue Sea before rushing to another set for night scenes in the evening. After staying up all night, he took the morning flight to City B for work. He dozed off half-consciously on the plane, woke up with aching bones, and still had to muster energy to face the fans who came to pick him up. Fortunately, he wore sunglasses and a mask, hiding any signs of illness. Xie Guan forced himself through the crowd of fans, and as soon as he got into the car, he felt completely drained.
He felt so unwell that he couldn’t even articulate a complete sentence. Huang Cheng instructed the driver to drive as smoothly as possible, but not long after, they were being chased. Xie Guan was thrown against the car door several times, and his vision went black in waves. He bit his tongue hard, tasted a mouthful of blood, and that brought him some clarity.
After all the commotion, when Huo Mingjun appeared at the door, Xie Guan felt like he saw a savior.
Despite the scorching July heat, his palms were as cold as ice. Xie Guan passed his hand to Huo Mingjun, hoping to use his strength to stand up. He tried but ended up sitting back heavily. Dizziness overwhelmed him, making it difficult to see the person in front of him. He weakly said, “Sorry, can you help me up…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Huo Mingjun leaned in, checked the temperature on his forehead, and then bent down to lift him up.
The black car was just a few steps away from the Rolls-Royce, and Xie Guan didn’t even have time to struggle before he was securely placed in the spacious back seat.
Huo Mingjun casually pulled over the blanket placed in the back seat, tightly wrapping it around Xie Guan. Leaning over, he adjusted the collar that piled up around Xie Guan’s neck, and gently suggested, “You have a fever. Can we go to the hospital?”
Xie Guan covered half of his face with the mask and weakly shook his head.
“Alright, we won’t go,” Huo Mingjun didn’t say another word about the matter, raising his hand to gently cover Xie Guan’s eyes. His tone was tender, like the hushed whispers between lovers, “Don’t think about anything. Just sleep, I’ll take care of everything.”
He was like a sedative sent from heaven. In the palm of his hand, Xie Guan felt an unprecedented weakness and exhaustion, as if he returned from a turbulent jungle to a warm and safe home. The drowsiness and warmth gradually submerged his faltering consciousness.
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Oops! Accidentally hit post comment. 😅 I was saying that Huo Mingjun is so sweet and caring. And the way they care about each other is everything.
Thank you for the update.
They’re so sweet and cute together.
Thank you for the update!
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Aii, who wouldn’t want to be saved in such a dramatic way by a domineering CEO like huo mingjun 😍
This scene was the perfect balance of funny and sweet <3