Xia Cha glanced at the time on her phone.
It was almost midnight.
The night weather in the capital was colder. Xia Cha put on her coat and got up quietly.
“Cha Cha, where are you going?”
Xiaofan, who was sleeping in the top bunk, looked at Xia Cha with bleary eyes.
Xia Cha did not hide anything from Xiaofan. “Mr. Huo is looking for me.”
“Are you not coming back tonight then?”
Xia Cha glared at Xiaofan. “Of course I am!”
“I thought you wouldn’t be able to hold it in when facing the handsome Mr. Huo.”
Xia Cha said, “Am I that kind of person?”
“Hehe, you’re an abstinent cold beauty.”
Xia Cha was speechless.
If Xiaofan found out that she had a miscarriage before, would he still call her a cold beauty?
After leaving the dormitory and reaching the first floor, Xia Cha saw the auntie who was still on duty. She said softly, “Auntie, my brother came to find me.”
The auntie looked outside.
Seeing Huo Heng wearing a black coat outside, he stared at Xia Cha with eyes like she was being seduced by a hawk. “Are you sure he’s your brother? Don’t think that I don’t know. He’s been to your dormitory to deliver breakfast for several days.”
Xia Cha was drenched in sweat. She was about to say something when the management auntie said, “Go, but you must come back in half an hour.”
“T-thank you.”
Xia Cha wrapped her coat tightly around herself and walked up to Huo Heng.
Huo Heng looked at her slightly flushed face. “Why? Are you embarrassed to see me?”
Xia Cha wanted to tell him to scram.
She only blushed because she felt guilty because of that auntie’s gaze!
“It’s very strange. The auntie is usually very strict but she actually let me out today.”
“I looked for her before you came out.”
Xia Cha widened her eyes slightly. “You used your beauty to seduce her?”
Huo Heng raised his hand and patted Xia Cha’s head. “What are you thinking? I got someone to bring her breakfast tomorrow.”
“You didn’t tell me? I even told her you’re my brother. No wonder she looked at me like that!”
Huo Heng had one hand in his pocket and walked forward with Xia Cha. Hearing Xia Cha’s words, he smiled. “That’s not a bad nickname.”
Xia Cha was speechless. Was he a pervert?
After they walked for a distance, Xia Cha could not help but ask, “You called me down in the middle of the night just to take a walk with me?”
“It’s the weekend tomorrow. I wanted to bring you out to play, but I have something on at the last minute.”
Xia Cha asked on reflex, “What happened?”
She regretted it the moment she asked.
Huo Heng looked at the slightly embarrassed Xia Cha and smiled. “The branch company here is volunteering at an old folks’ home tomorrow. I agreed to participate.”
Ever since his career started, he had been doing a lot of charity work every year.
“That’s a good thing. I have nothing on tomorrow. Can I go with you?”
Huo Heng nodded. “Sure.”
…
President Zhu of the branch company had several higher management executives waiting at the entrance of the company.
When they saw Huo Heng getting out of the car, they went forward enthusiastically.
President Zhu had even brought his daughter, Zhu Yaxuan, here today. Her daughter had been pampered since she was young and a few days ago, she had gotten into trouble and had been grounded. When she found out that he was volunteering today, she insisted on going with him in order to be free.
She had planned to leave quietly when she reached the old folks’ home.
She stood behind President Zhu, waiting lazily for the big boss that her father was talking about.
She thought it would be an old man, but when she saw Huo Heng getting out of the car, her eyes widened in disbelief.
Zhu Yaxuan froze on the spot as she watched President Zhu go forward with several higher management executives to greet him.
Was this really Young Master Huo from the headquarters?
Zhu Yaxuan immediately stepped forward and looked at Huo Heng with glimmering eyes. “Hello, President Huo. I’m President Zhu’s daughter, Zhu Yaxuan.”
Huo Heng glanced at Zhu Yaxuan and nodded slightly, but did not shake her hand.
“Let’s go!”
Even after seeing that Huo Heng was so cold, Zhu Yaxuan was not discouraged. After getting into the car, she asked President Zhu about Huo Heng.
President Zhu saw through Zhu Yaxuan’s thoughts. “You’d better not even dream of it. Do you think you can even think you stand a chance with President Huo?”
“What’s wrong? How can you say that about your daughter?! As long as he doesn’t have a girlfriend, I have a chance!”
President Zhu wanted to chase Zhu Yaxuan out of the car, but he knew his own daughter the best. Even if he chased her out of the car, she would still sneak into the old folks’ home.
Besides, he had some selfish motives too.
If President Huo really liked his daughter, his position would be even higher and more stable in the future.
Several vehicles stopped in front of the entrance of the retirement home.
After Xia Cha agreed with Huo Heng yesterday, Huo Heng wanted to pick her up at school, but Xia Cha had rejected him. She only needed to take a bus from school for half an hour, and it was very convenient without having to get on another bus.
Xia Cha had already arrived for a while.
She saw several cars coming from afar.
The car stopped at the entrance of the old folks’ home.
The chauffeur opened the door and a group of people got off one after another from the cars.
Xia Cha immediately saw Huo Heng. She was about to go forward when she heard a sweet female voice. “President Huo.”
Xia Cha saw a young woman in seven-inch high heels with heavy makeup walking toward Huo Heng.
Huo Heng did not seem to hear her and walked straight to Xia Cha.
They were here to do charity today. Xia Cha was wearing a simple knitted shirt paired with jeans and her long hair was tied into a ponytail. She did not have any makeup on and looked clean and beautiful.
“How long have you been here?” Huo Heng looked at Xia Cha with a smile on his handsome face.
“A little while.”
Zhu Yaxuan, who was standing not far away, looked at this scene in disbelief. Her father had said that President Huo did not have a girlfriend. Besides, he did not even look at her, but was smiling at that simple girl.
When Zhu Yaxuan walked in and saw that simple girl with a classic and beautiful face, slender arms and legs, and fair and clean skin, she felt a little indignant.
Why were all men so shallow to like someone who looked like a promiscuous woman?
President Zhu and the rest also saw Xia Cha. They walked over and asked in confusion, “President Huo, this is…”
“The woman I’m trying to pursue.”
President Zhu and the people behind him all froze.
Did President Huo still need to work hard to pursue a woman?
With his capability, it should be easy for him to settle a woman!
But looking at him, he did not seem to be joking.
President Zhu was experienced and soon reacted. This fair and beautiful girl in front of him might be their lady boss in the future. He did not dare to offend her and quickly introduced himself.
As soon as President Zhu introduced himself, the other executives followed suit, afraid that they would offend their future lady boss.
Xia Cha was a little embarrassed.
These higher management executives were usually high up in the air, but now, they were like primary school students facing their discipline master.
“Let’s go in.” Huo Heng held Xia Cha’s hand.
Xia Cha did not expect him to hold her hand so naturally. She wanted to struggle, but he suddenly tilted his head and whispered into her ear, “The person behind are look at me. Help me out here.”
Xia Cha was speechless.
Zhu Yaxuan was walking at the back. When she saw Huo Heng and Xia Cha’s hands clasped together, she frowned so much that she could kill a fly between her eyebrows.
President Zhu and the rest of the group were from the public relations publicity department, and were filming Huo Heng and President Zhu.
President Zhu had only come here to put on an act. He had not expected to see that Huo Heng did not despise the old people, and even folded the blanket for them personally, talked with them and even helped them to cut their fingernails and hair.
Xia Cha did what she could with Huo Heng.
Zhu Yaxuan had long hidden away, afraid that the old people would smell. Seeing that Xia Cha was helping the old people cut her fingernails, she pouted. “You’re just putting on an act!”
She did not believe that she would still help these old people if Huo Heng was not the head of the Huo family.
What Zhu Yaxuan did not know was that Xia Cha had often done charity when she was still Xia Tang.
She did not do this for fame and profit, but because she really wanted to use her ability to help the person in need.
At noon, they went to the dining hall to make dumplings.
Huo Heng was not very good at it, so Xia Cha said, “I’ll teach you.”
Huo Heng was a very smart student, and he learned it very quickly.
But he would get distracted easily.
He would look sideways at the girl beside him from time to time.
Xia Cha was serious in everything she did. Her thick and long eyelashes were lowered and her eyes were focused. The dumplings she made were like works of art.
Huo Heng suddenly had a bad thought. His slender fingers were stained with some flour as he flicked them at her fair face.
“Hey!”
Xia Cha wanted to wipe it away, but her hands were covered in flour. She glared at Huo Heng. Seeing him laughing, she could not help but wipe his face.
President Zhu and the others at the other table were all trembling when they saw this scene.
They heard that President Huo was usually very serious and a leader who was difficult to approach. Now, seeing Xia Cha applying flour to his face, they thought he would be angry.
In the end, the smile on his face deepened.
…
After the dumpling making, the old folks’ home held a small performance in the afternoon.
A talented old man went on stage to perform, and the director invited Huo Heng and the others to participate as well.
Zhu Yaxuan’s eyes lit up.
She knew how to dance. Perhaps Huo Heng would be able to see a new side of her on stage.
Sure enough, the leading old man invited Huo Heng and the others to perform on stage.
The higher management executives were all of a certain age and would not go on stage. At this moment, Zhu Yaxuan volunteered.
Zhu Yaxuan asked the DJ to play a song while she danced.
President Zhu’s expression darkened when he saw Zhu Yaxuan’s bold action.
Seeing Huo Heng, the elders all did not look too good. President Zhu’s face was sullen as he went on stage to pull Zhu Yaxuan down.
“Dad, what are you doing? I’m not done dancing!”
“Scram!”
An old man was still discussing softly, “Is this young lady here to volunteer or… The public decency these days is really declining!”
Xia Cha, who was sitting in the back row of the old lady, heard the old man’s words. She did not want everything that Huo Heng had done today to be negated by Zhu Yaxuan’s dance. She pursed her lips and stood up from her seat.
Under the gaze of everyone, Xia Cha walked to the stage.
Unlike Zhu Yaxuan, who was wearing a extremely short skirt just now, Xia Cha was dressed conservatively and appropriately. She had a sweet and faint smile on her lips. “Aunties and uncles, I can sing any song you want to hear.”
“Do you know the song ‘Filial Piety’?”
Xia Cha looked at the old man and said softly, “Yes, I do. I’ll sing for you.”
