The weather seemed to understand the atmosphere.
After Ling Nuan almost shouted that sentence, the two of them just stared at each other in silence.
The rain was pattering down, drenching their hair and clothes. The chill on their bodies was just like the temperature in their hearts at the moment.
When the gentle breeze blew, Ling Nuan shivered from the cold.
Her emotions began to subside.
She didn't need Huo Linsheng to give an answer. Turning sideways to him, she issued an order to leave: "Please leave here."
Huo Linsheng didn't move.
Looking at Ling Nuan, he asked, "What do you want?"
His tone was serious, as if he would agree to anything she said at this moment.
Ling Nuan thought it was ridiculous.
What did she want?
She wanted Huo Xiao and Shen Shaoqing to die. She wanted them to live a life worse than death even if they were alive.
But her remaining rationality made her swallow these words back.
She turned around, meeting Huo Linsheng's gaze. Her expression was serious and her tone was firm.
"I want to attend her wedding as your girlfriend. I want her to become a laughingstock."
"Okay." Huo Linsheng hardly hesitated.
His quick agreement left Ling Nuan a bit dazed.
"You..." Agreed?
Weren't you here to scold me?
Weren't you here to stand up for Huo Xiao?
In the past few days, Ling Nuan hadn't been in touch with Huo Linsheng, but she had been keeping an eye on Qi Yang's movements.
The injuries Shen Shaoqing suffered were just superficial. The most serious one was that Ling Nuan hit Qi Yang with a wine bottle, which directly made him get seven stitches.
But Qi Yang didn't even remember Ling Nuan.
After he found out that Huo Xiao had shifted the blame onto him, he was extremely angry. The matter about the three of them in the hotel was suppressed, but in the past few days, Qi Yang had been looking for every opportunity to argue with Huo Xiao.
Huo Xiao was so angry that she had to be hospitalized to protect the fetus.
Both of them were forced by their families to stay in the hospital, and they moved their quarrels online.
They quarreled in various groups, making a complete mess. Huo Xiao was so angry that her stomach ached every day, and Qi Yang was so angry that his head buzzed.
It was quite normal for Huo Linsheng to come to settle the score with her.
But it seemed that he didn't have that intention. Ling Nuan was a bit confused.
Huo Linsheng had calmed down. His gaze fell on the cake and he asked, "Is it your mother's birthday today?"
Ling Nuan let out a soft "um".
Mentioning her mother, her thoughts were quickly taken away.
"She liked sweets, but her blood sugar was always on the high side, so she ate less on normal days. She would only eat a bit more on her birthday."
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng turned around and walked to Ling's mother's tombstone. He bent down and squatted.
Ling Nuan took out the cake. The matching tableware was still beside it. Huo Linsheng took out the plastic knife and plate.
Seeing him about to cut the cake, Ling Nuan was confused: "What are you doing?"
Huo Linsheng cut a small piece of cake. The surface had been dripped on by the rain, making the cake look a bit messy.
He took a bite and replied, "Birthday cakes should be shared. Do you want Auntie to eat alone?"
Ling Nuan was stunned.
Huo Linsheng scooped up another mouthful and brought it to Ling Nuan's lips: "Your mother's cake. Don't you want to have a taste?"
Ling Nuan opened her mouth subconsciously.
The faint sweetness of the cake quickly spread in her mouth. The rain had made the cake look a bit unappetizing, but it hadn't affected its taste yet.
That faint and appropriate sweetness seemed to slowly soothe the pain in her heart.
The two of them stood in the rain, taking turns to finish the small piece of cake.
Huo Linsheng cleaned up the trash, then looked at the tombstone and said, "Auntie, happy birthday. The cake is delicious."
It was as if Ling's mother was still alive and they had celebrated her birthday and eaten the birthday cake together.
After saying this, Huo Linsheng turned to Ling Nuan and said, "Let's go."
Ling Nuan didn't move.
"It's raining. Don't play around with your body. Your mother will be worried." Huo Linsheng said.
Ling Nuan opened her mouth.
But before she could say anything, Huo Linsheng had already directly grabbed her hand and dragged her out.
Ling Nuan didn't resist.
Or rather, she didn't want to resist.
The rain wasn't heavy, but after standing in it for a while, their clothes were already wet. There were no suitable hotels near the cemetery, so Huo Linsheng simply suggested, "I'll take you back."
"No need. I have my own car." Ling Nuan refused.
She wanted to get out of the car, but Huo Linsheng was quicker and directly locked the car door.
"In your current state, can you drive?" Huo Linsheng asked.
"I can sit in the car for a while and wait..."
Before Ling Nuan could finish, Huo Linsheng had already stepped on the accelerator, not giving Ling Nuan any chance to refuse.
Ling Nuan: "..."
Ling Nuan silently fastened her seat - belt.
After about forty - five minutes, the car stopped downstairs in Ling Nuan's community.
"Thank you."
She thanked him, got out of the car and left.
She was clean and decisive, without any hesitation.
But before she had walked far, Huo Linsheng rolled down the car window and called her, "Ling Nuan."
Ling Nuan turned around and their eyes met.
"I'll act as if I've never known about the matter between you and Huo Xiao." Huo Linsheng said.
Ling Nuan was a bit stunned.
"I won't help you, nor will I stop you. You and her, fight it out on your own."
This was the result Huo Linsheng had come to after much thought.
Even if they were strangers, Ling Nuan was the victim. Huo Linsheng's sense of right and wrong wouldn't allow him to help Huo Xiao do evil.
Moreover, there were many ties between him and Ling Nuan, but his relationship with Huo Xiao also wouldn't allow him to stay out of it.
He couldn't help either side, nor could he just ignore it. So he might as well just act as if he didn't know.
After Huo Linsheng finished speaking, he smiled at Ling Nuan: "Go back. I'm leaving."
"Wait!" Ling Nuan blurted out.
Huo Linsheng looked at her, waiting for her to continue.
Ling Nuan bit her lips and made an invitation: "Do you want to... go upstairs and take a shower?"
"You've also been in the rain. It will take a long time to get back to Jinyu Mansion from here." She tried her best to put on an indifferent smile: "I'm afraid you'll catch a cold and ask me to compensate you. I can't afford it."
Huo Linsheng thought for a while and nodded: "Okay."
The two of them went upstairs together.
This was the second time Huo Linsheng had come to Ling Nuan's house.
In Ling Nuan's house, besides the bathroom in the master bedroom, there was also a public bathroom.
She found some new toiletries for Huo Linsheng, as well as a simple set of men's home clothes.
"The quality of the clothes is just so - so, but they're new. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble President Huo to make do with them." Ling Nuan felt a bit embarrassed.
The white T - shirt and black shorts were too homey. Not only were they not Huo Linsheng's style of dressing, but it was estimated that this big boss had never worn such cheap clothes in his life.
Huo Linsheng looked at the clothes and frowned: "Shen Shaoqing's?"
Ling Nuan: "?"
"No. I live alone, so I bought some men's clothes and hung them on the balcony just in case." Ling Nuan replied.
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng's eyebrows quickly relaxed.
He took the clothes: "I'm not that picky."
Saying that, he turned around and walked towards the bathroom.
After Ling Nuan watched his back disappear, she was still a bit dazed for a while.
Until the chill seeped into her heart and she couldn't help but sneeze.
She also had to take a hot shower and change her clothes quickly!
Half an hour later, Ling Nuan and Huo Linsheng were sitting in the living room together.