Chapter 32
Huo Youcheng chuckled, “He’s not tired. Just let him cook whenever you want to eat. After all, he’s used to it, right?”
Facing her husband’s sarcasm, Ye Zhi nodded quickly. “Um, Ranran, I’ll prepare breakfast and lunch for you every morning from now on.”
Just as Huo Ran was about to cheer, Huo Youqiao interjected, “No need. Let Aunty Wang prepare it.” He said to his daughter, “Behaving like this not only makes Ye Zhi tired but also hurts Aunty Wang’s feelings.”
It took a while for Huo Ran to respond to her father’s reprimand. “I understand.”
Huo Youqiao always left early in the morning, taking his daughter to kindergarten on the way. Soon, the house was left with only Ye Zhi and Huo Youcheng.
Not liking Ye Zhi, Huo Youcheng still ate the food he made cleanly. While Ye Zhi was tidying up the kitchen, Huo Youcheng would come over to taunt him. “Not bad, you even know how to cater to kids now? Trying every means to please my niece, and then what? Thinking I’ll have a change of heart towards you? Or are you trying to seduce my brother through this?”
Hearing him mention Huo Youqiao, Ye Zhi didn’t know why he felt a surge of impulse, and he whispered, “I’m not.”
Huo Youcheng sneered, “Even if you are, it’s useless. My brother won’t fancy you.”
The pain in his groin eased slightly on the third day, and the marks Huo Youcheng had left on his body gradually disappeared. Huo Youcheng left again, using the excuse of a business trip for the company, but in a few days, he was photographed entering a hotel with another female star.
“So, he’s not dating Tang Xue’er? Tang Xue’er is just being kept then?” During lunch at the office, Shen Feiyu brought up the topic again.
Hearing about it, Ye Zhi felt no ripples in his heart. The sourness he would have felt before had faded away.
It was as if he was hearing gossip about someone unrelated. The only reaction was that the pain in his backside intensified slightly, making his face stiffen momentarily, and even his chewing slowed down.
Shen Feiyu was a chatterbox. Even if Ye Zhi didn’t respond, he could talk on his own. “It turns out Tang Xue’er posted a somewhat ambiguous post earlier, making people think she was in a relationship. Who would have thought that just one day later, Huo Youcheng would take another female star to a hotel? Although staying in a hotel isn’t definitive proof, what else could a man and a woman do in a hotel for a whole night if not that? They surely can’t be squeezing each other’s pimples, right?”
He even made a joke he found amusing, but seeing Ye Zhi’s expressionless face, he felt helpless. “Bro, why do you have no reaction to these things?”
Ye Zhi replied, “Doing a good job is the most important.”
Speaking of work, Shen Feiyu suddenly wore a wry smile. “I heard from Sister Li that the company might be laying off employees?”
Ye Zhi paused. “I haven’t heard about this.”
“Sister Li is the boss’s right-hand man. Her information must be correct. She said the company hasn’t been doing well for the past two years and wants to cut costs, so there might be layoffs. If it happens, I, as a newly converted intern, will definitely be the first choice.” Shen Feiyu looked distressed. “Although finding a job in the central market isn’t difficult, I’ve just settled down. If I get laid off, I won’t even have a place to live for a while.” He finished the last bite of rice in his lunch box and lamented, “I’m so miserable!”
Ye Zhi said gently, “As long as you do your job well, it won’t be your turn.”
“But I’ve made mistakes twice already, both times in data validation.” Shen Feiyu looked at him pitifully. “Bro, can you help me double-check the data next time I do it well? Then I’ll submit it. I’m afraid if there’s a third time, I’ll definitely be laid off.”
Although this would increase Ye Zhi’s workload, he still nodded. “Okay.”
Shen Feiyu immediately expressed his gratitude, “Brother Xiao Ye, I know you’re the best!”
This time, Huo Youcheng’s scandal didn’t cause much of a stir, and Huo Youqiao probably didn’t even know about it, so he didn’t order him to come back.
However, Ye Wan was always paying attention to news about Huo Youcheng. After learning about this, she called Ye Zhi and scolded him.
When he received his mother’s call, Ye Zhi thought she would ask him to go back, but she didn’t, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Later, he learned that Ye Mu had an accident.
