What's even more absurd is yet to come.
Qi Yang saw Zhao Leli's expression and wasn't angry at all. Instead, he joked, "Do you have a crush on Mr. Huo?"
Zhao Leli blushed as she glanced at Huo Linsheng and softly said "Yes."
Qi Yang commented, "You have better taste than me."
Zhao Leli shyly smiled at Qi Yang.
Ling Nuan: "..."
She felt that the world had gone crazy.
When they were saying these things, couldn't they stand a bit farther apart instead of being so intimate?
Ling Nuan was speechless, while Huo Linsheng ignored them.
He didn't even bother to respond and just took Ling Nuan's hand and walked forward.
Zhao Leli didn't move. She kept looking at Huo Linsheng's back longingly until she finally withdrew her gaze.
Qi Yang saw her like this and deliberately bit Zhao Leli's lips playfully. After Zhao Leli came to her senses, she gently slapped Qi Yang and scolded, "What are you doing?"
"Just declaring my presence," Qi Yang replied. Then, he glanced at Huo Linsheng and Ling Nuan and said, "So, you went after Huo Xiao because she used you as a pawn against Ling Nuan, right?"
Just mentioning this made Zhao Leli angry.
She shook off Qi Yang's hand and said, "Don't mention such bad things."
Qi Yang laughed and said, "We seem to have quite a connection with Ling Nuan."
Zhao Leli looked at him curiously.
But Qi Yang didn't explain. Instead, he pulled her back into his arms and said, "Anyway, Huo Linsheng is not someone we can afford to offend. We don't have any grudges against Ling Nuan either. We'd better just mind our own business."
As he said this, he deliberately bumped into Zhao Leli's hip, full of implications.
Zhao Leli immediately blushed and laughed shyly.
Then the two left the restaurant intimately.
Ling Nuan noticed them from the corner of her eye and was utterly amazed.
"Come back to your senses," Huo Linsheng couldn't help but remind her.
Ling Nuan did come back to her senses, but her mind was still on Qi Yang and Zhao Leli. "How did they get together?"
Huo Linsheng gave her a sidelong glance and said, "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would lie under someone's bed to eavesdrop on gossip?"
Ling Nuan burst out laughing.
"Huo Linsheng, you're so cute," Ling Nuan couldn't help but sigh.
As soon as she said this, Ling Nuan was stunned for a moment.
Huo Linsheng frowned and said, "Are you sure 'cute' is a compliment when used to describe an adult man?"
"Everything I say about you is a compliment," Ling Nuan replied casually.
Huo Linsheng scoffed and said, "Slick-tongued."
Ling Nuan wanted to laugh again. She felt that at this moment, she and Huo Linsheng seemed to have swapped roles.
Because Ling Nuan was curious, later, Huo Linsheng asked Xu Shichen about it.
When Xu Shichen heard this question, he looked utterly defeated and asked Huo Linsheng, "What kind of image do I have in your mind? How would I know such private things?"
Huo Linsheng just casually said "Oh" and replied, "You're indeed the most gossipy person among us."
Xu Shichen: "..."
Xu Shichen was helpless with Huo Linsheng. While mobilizing his connections to inquire, he asked, "You shouldn't be interested in this. Who are you asking for?"
"Does it matter?" Huo Linsheng countered.
"Doesn't it matter?" Xu Shichen put down his phone, thought for a moment, and said, "Could it be Ling Nuan?"
Huo Linsheng took a sip of his drink and ignored him.
But that was already the answer.
Xu Shichen was shocked and said, "So, Huo Linsheng, are you really serious this time?"
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng looked at Xu Shichen and said, "When have I not been serious?"
Xu Shichen: "?"
"Come on, aren't you just a sugar daddy and a mistress? How can this be considered serious?" Xu Shichen complained.
Huo Linsheng frowned and said, "When did I say Ling Nuan was my mistress?"
Xu Shichen looked even more strange than Huo Linsheng. "Although you did publicly say that Ling Nuan is your girlfriend, let's not talk about the fact that no one really takes this kind of relationship seriously. Just look at you and Ling Nuan. Do you look like you're in a proper relationship? Apart from the sexual aspect, is there anything else that resembles a couple?"
Huo Linsheng frowned even more tightly.
"Isn't sexual harmony important?" Huo Linsheng countered matter-of-factly.
Xu Shichen was immediately rendered speechless.
"Important, extremely important," Xu Shichen said and started to drink directly. He was too lazy to talk to Huo Linsheng.
But he just couldn't hold it in. So, he took out his phone and started typing frantically in the small group with Huo Linsheng and Fu Qili.
"I really can't understand why it's Huo Linsheng who got out of the single first among the three of us."
"Come on, with his personality, does he even know how to be in a relationship, how to chase a girl, and how to make a girl happy?"
"Isn't the most reasonable scenario that the two of us are married with kids who are old enough to buy soy sauce, while he, Huo Linsheng, is still single?"
"I just don't get it. How come it's him who got a girlfriend? And his girlfriend has everything. Why can't I meet someone like that?"
Xu Shichen typed frantically in the group.
After a while, a message from Fu Qili appeared in the group.
It was just a simple sentence.
"He's richer and handsomer than you."
KO.
Xu Shichen lost the interest to talk to Fu Qili. However, he soon got the information he inquired about.
"Qi Yang and Zhao Leli are indeed together. It's not clear how they got together, but it's a recent thing," Xu Shichen said.
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng asked, "Anything else?"
Xu Shichen was speechless but still continued, "There's a rumor that Qi Yang is good in bed."
Huo Linsheng: "..."
He definitely wouldn't tell Ling Nuan this rumor.
Huo Linsheng directly picked up his phone and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Xu Shichen asked, "Where are you going?"
"To make a call," Huo Linsheng replied.
Xu Shichen sighed and said, "To Ling Nuan? Come on, is there a signal jammer next to me that stops you from making the call?"
Huo Linsheng gave him a sidelong glance and said, "When did you change your career to be a third wheel, shining brightly?"
Xu Shichen said, "The world is so cold that it needs selfless people like me to warm and light it up."
Huo Linsheng: "..."
"Fine, your narcissism has reached a new level," Huo Linsheng commented.
Xu Shichen joked, "I'm just narcissistic. You're really in love this time, Huo Linsheng."
Huo Linsheng was too lazy to talk to him. He walked away and called Ling Nuan.
When Ling Nuan heard the news that Qi Yang and Zhao Leli were together from Huo Linsheng, she was still a bit surprised.
Even though she saw it with her own eyes, after getting the confirmation...
However, if Huo Xiao knew this news?
As a kind-hearted citizen of the new era, of course, she had to let Huo Xiao know and add fuel to the fire among the three of them.
The bigger the fire, the better.
Ling Nuan thought for a while, and soon, a plan formed in her mind.
The next day, she went to work as usual.
But she kept daydreaming and being absent-minded from time to time.
Anyone could tell that something was wrong with her.
Zhao Ran came to care about Ling Nuan immediately.
"Nuan Nuan, what's wrong? I've noticed that you've been out of it all day," Zhao Ran asked with concern.
Ling Nuan hesitated for a moment and bit her lips. "I think I've discovered a secret."