Xu Shichen was dragged out of his bed by Huo Linsheng in the middle of the night again to drink.
This time, instead of going to a bar, they were at Xu Shichen's place.
Huo Linsheng was guzzling Xu Shichen's precious collection of wines as if they were water.
Xu Shichen was heart - broken, heart - broken about the money.
"Brother, my dear brother, what on earth is going on with you? If you're unhappy, go find the person who made you unhappy. Don't ruin my wines!" Xu Shichen shouted.
Huo Linsheng was totally oblivious. He casually grabbed another bottle of wine.
He opened it with a clean and neat motion.
Xu Shichen just wanted to faint.
It was a bottle of wine he had spent a fortune on and had been collecting for five years!
"Huo Linsheng!" Xu Shichen roared. When Huo Linsheng turned to look at him, his momentum weakened a bit. "What's the use of just drinking? How about having a heart - to - heart talk with me?"
Just a few words could save his wines. This heart - to - heart talk was a must!
Huo Linsheng didn't respond.
Xu Shichen asked again, "Didn't you get the marriage certificate with Ling Nuan? Normally, you should be in high spirits now. What's up? Did something go wrong between you and Ling Nuan?"
He had known Huo Linsheng for so long, and so far, there was only one person who could make Huo Linsheng so irritated.
Xu Shichen guessed the key person right away.
At the mention of Ling Nuan, Huo Linsheng gulped down another glass of wine.
When Ling Nuan brought up the topic of divorce, Huo Linsheng was so angry that he almost lost control of himself.
"You want a divorce?" Huo Linsheng gritted his teeth when he said this. He was extremely angry.
He was so furious. He knew Ling Nuan was using him, treating him like a tool, and he was boiling with rage inside. But he never thought about separating from her. And then look at Ling Nuan. After a quarrel, she casually said the word "divorce".
"So? Once I stop being useful to you, you're going to kick me aside?" Huo Linsheng was so angry that his head was buzzing.
He had truly seen how cold - hearted Ling Nuan could be.
Looking at Huo Linsheng's angry face, Ling Nuan was puzzled. "My goal is Huo Xiao. You want to protect Huo Xiao. We have different paths and can't work together. Isn't it best for us to just end this relationship?"
As she said these words, Ling Nuan's heart ached.
But she was also determined. Nothing was more important than avenging her mother.
Since Huo Linsheng wouldn't help her and might even stop her, then she couldn't continue this relationship.
Huo Linsheng saw through Ling Nuan's thoughts, and that made him even angrier!
"Tell me, what on earth am I to her?" After briefly telling Xu Shichen what had happened, Huo Linsheng asked this question that bothered him a lot.
Hearing this, Xu Shichen also took a sip of wine. This question was really hard to answer.
"As an outsider, I'm sure Ling Nuan has feelings for you." Xu Shichen said euphemistically.
Huo Linsheng immediately guessed what he was going to say next. "But you're not number one in her heart. You're not as important as her mother."
Xu Shichen shrugged and replied, "You understand it quite well."
Huo Linsheng fell silent.
"What exactly are you angry about?" Xu Shichen asked. "Are you angry that she doesn't put you first in her heart? Or are you angry that she used you and doesn't trust you? Or are you angry that she's so obsessed with revenge that she's out of control?"
"All of them." Huo Linsheng replied, rarely being so honest.
But no matter how angry he was, Huo Linsheng never thought about separating from her. So, after Ling Nuan's question, Huo Linsheng held back and finally just blurted out, "Divorce? Don't even think about it."
Ling Nuan seemed to let out a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she looked at him in confusion.
Huo Linsheng didn't say anything more. Instead, he asked Xiao Chen to take Ling Nuan to the Jinyu Mansion. After sending her there, without any hesitation, he came straight to Xu Shichen.
Looking at Huo Linsheng's state, Xu Shichen also started to feel irritated.
"To be honest, I think there's no solution to your problem." Xu Shichen said.
"For Ling Nuan, her mother is the most important. She's so determined to stick to her own ideas that you can't pull her back. But you think what she's doing is wrong."
"I don't think what she's doing is wrong." Huo Linsheng corrected.
"Right, right, right. It's a bit over - the - top, isn't it?" Xu Shichen played along.
Huo Linsheng fell silent.
"When there's a conflict, there are three ways to solve it. Both of you take a step back, you take a step back, or she takes a step back."
"I don't think Ling Nuan will take a step back. It's possible for both of you to take a step back, but it's really difficult. With Ling Nuan like this, it's hard for her to even take half a step back. So..." Xu Shichen looked at Huo Linsheng and patted his shoulder.
Huo Linsheng's face darkened.
It meant Huo Linsheng had to take a step back.
Xu Shichen shook his head sympathetically. It wasn't easy for Huo Linsheng to take this step.
Could he really just stand by and watch Ling Nuan ruin his niece?
Xu Shichen didn't like Huo Xiao either. But disliking someone was one thing, and it wasn't to the extent that she had to be killed.
"Actually, I think Ling Nuan was just saying it out of anger. No matter how much she hates, she won't kill someone. And if not, there's always a way to make her live a life worse than death." Xu Shichen offered an idea.
Huo Linsheng: "?"
"A life worse than death? Do you think the Huo family is extinct?" Huo Linsheng was so angry that he might as well have been driven mad by Xu Shichen instead of Ling Nuan.
Unless the Huo family was gone, the Huo family would always be Huo Xiao's backup.
Even if the old master was disappointed in Huo Xiao and kicked her out of the house, would he really stand by and watch when she was living a miserable life?
Xu Shichen looked at his beloved wine. Finally, he gritted his teeth and put the bottle in front of Huo Linsheng. "You'd better just drink."
Huo Linsheng: "..."
"So what are you going to do now?" Xu Shichen asked. "Huo Xiao must have had some evil intention when she came up with this idea. If you really let Ling Nuan go back to the old mansion, tsk."
Xu Shichen shook his head. He could already imagine how hard it would be for his friend to coax his wife back in the future.
Huo Linsheng was irritated. "I know."
"Let's just drag it out." Huo Linsheng replied. "I didn't say when she had to go back."
Hearing this, Xu Shichen let out a soft scoff, understanding but not saying it out loud.
This matter between them seemed unsolvable, but it was actually easy to solve. To put it simply, Huo Linsheng had already taken step after step back.
The difficult part was whether Ling Nuan really wanted to kill Huo Xiao. This was a tricky issue.
Xu Shichen wasn't too worried about them. Although Huo Linsheng was irritated and had said some harsh words, in fact, Ling Nuan still went to work the next day.
Ling Nuan was angry all night. She thought Huo Linsheng would fire her from the company, so she didn't go to work the next day.
It was Lin Lan who called her.
"Ling Nuan, why aren't you at the company yet? Is something wrong?" Lin Lan asked with concern.
Ling Nuan was stunned for a moment. "Didn't Mr. Huo say anything?"
Lin Lan replied, "Mr. Huo's face darkened when he didn't see you at the morning meeting. Are you not feeling well? Do you need to take a leave? If you're okay..." Lin Lan quietly looked in the direction of Huo Linsheng's office and whispered, "Could you come to the company first?"
Lin Lan groaned in distress. "Mr. Huo is in a really bad mood today. Everyone has been scolded several times this morning."
Ling Nuan was first confused. After she realized what was going on, she couldn't help but laugh.
"I'm fine. I'll come right away!"