At six o’clock in the evening.
In a local restaurant in Phoenix City.
There were three people sitting on a round table in a box.
The atmosphere was awkward.
George Mo didn’t think about that Michael Huo would catch up Linda Yun here.
However, since that, George Mo felt Michael Huo cared more about Nian than he imagined!
Linda Yun were fond of having food in this restaurant.
Before, Xiao Kui would take her to eat here every time when she came back from Austral City.
And sometimes, Patricia Bai would take Linda Yun here after she had salary happily.
Here, for Linda Yun, it’s not just good taste.
But more memories.
Linda Yun ordered several home cooking with two signature dishes to the waiter.
“Well, please wait a moment!”The waitress has never seen such a good-looking man, but this time, she saw two.
So the waitress looked back frequently and left reluctantly.
Michael Huo looked at George Mo profoundly.
George Mo didn’t mind about it but smiled lightly,”I don’t expect your come. I had planned to invite you to a better place for dinner, but Nian likes here. She saves money for her brother!”
For the first time, he emphasized the word brother.
At the end of what he said.
It was not just Michael Huo who was shocked.
But also included Linda Yun.
Linda Yun looked at George Mo in amazement and frowned without knowing what to say.
George Mo smiled bitterly but he didn’t want to be felt by anyone else.
From the moment he mistook Linda Yun, he seemed to have lost the ability to compete with Michael Huo.
Now, he only wanted to protect Nian and make her happy.
Hearing the words, Michael Huo hooked lips and smiled with less hostility in his eyes.
“If Nian likes, wherever is fine.”
“You can get used to? You’re a president…”Linda Yun was not pleasant so she said in a weird tone.
Michael Huo smied,”don’t you know I’m used to or not, do you?”
An unclear sentence made the atmosphere even more embarrassing.
Linda Yun stared at Michael Huo angrily. What did he say?
George Mo coughed softly,”I go to see whether the dishes are ready or not!”
With that, he stood up and went out.
“Michael Huo!”As soon as George Mo left, Linda Yun could not help shouted.
“Ah!”He smiled and looked over,”what’s the matter?”
Linda Yun looked at his laughing and didn’t know what to say for a while.
“He… is going to be your brother?”He raised his eyebrows.
Linda Yun did not wanna pay attention to him, so she drank tea herself.
“Actually, the brother is really good!”
“God…”Sorry, this was the first time Linda Yun had been so impolite.
She looked at him in astonishment, with tea slipped down of lips.
Michael Huo, just called George Mo…
Brother?
Whether he knew the shame or not, he was so much older than George Mo!
Michael Huo watched Linda Yun soulfully. He rolled Adam’s apple and eyes shined deeply.
Then, he stretched out thumb to gently wipe the of tea on her lips…
Linda Yun was shocked by his ambiguous action and forgot to respond for a moment.
And just then, George Mo opened the door.
“Oh, dishes come?”Michael Huo smiled, sat well and looked at the waiter behind him.
George Mo felt ached faintly seeing the interaction between Michael Huo and Linda Yun.
Linda Yun busily tightened herself, bowed in a silent embarrassment.
“Well, dishes. Dishes come.”George Mo walked in with smile.
The following waiter brought up the dishes naturally.
On the table, Linda Yun was complicated.
And George Mo lost his appetite.
However, Michael Huo felt good and took the lead in putting some food for Linda Yun,”it looks good. Have a try.”
Then, he looked at George Mo,”have food.”
Also, he took a bite of the dish himself and ate it gracefully.
Linda Yun could not help looking at him.
Here was a small restaurant and the one who came to eat were almost migrant workers.
It was hard for her to imagine a man of noble status sitting in this narrow box, gracefully eating ordinary household dishes.
George Mo looked at Linda Yun and found that she was looking at Michael Huo.
Looking down, he smiled faintly, and then picked up the tea beside him and drank it.
The dinner lasted about an hour.
But as a matter of fact, each of them had own thoughts and did not eat much.
After dinner, Michael Huo actively invited George Mo to have a drink with him.
George Mo agreed with him.
But at the same, they didn’t allow Linda Yun to participate.
Linda Yun was unpleasant, for she always felt that they had something to say.
They sent her directly to the hotel.
“This is the room card. You’re tired today. Take a rest early. I go out to have a drink with him. Take it easy. He’ll not be drunk.”George Mo came over and handed the room card to her as soon as he got it from the front desk.
During the dinner, he had already booked two suites in the largest hotel of Phoenix City.
Though he was very uncomfortable about this reservation.
But he did so.
He always wanted to think more about her.
They had cars so they could drive back at any time, but it took at least two hours.
In Phoenix City, it rained in the afternoon, and until now, it has not stopped.
He was not sure on the highway.
“Take a rest until I come back.”Michael Huo rubbed her hair, and immediately got into George Mo’s car.
Linda Yun watched the car disappearing out of sight.
Helplessly, she could only turned around to the room.
—
Lip Chateau.
George Mo took Michael Huo to a private winery.
They sat on the sofa, with all limited editions of Hennessy X. O, Remy Martin Louis XIII, Cordon Bleu Martell and Château Lafite-Rothschild.
Michael Huo looked at the wine and touched his lips lightly,”you want to… let me drunk?”
George Mo let the waiter out, picked up a bottle of X. O, and poured Michael Huo and himself a cup.
Then, he held up his glass, looking at Michael Huo,”you should have heavy drink, right?”
Instead of answering, Michael Huo hooked lips slightly and immediately, drank up.
George Mo also drank up in one breath.
While, the wine filled glasses again.
George Mo grabbed the glass, shook it gently, and then inadvertently ask,”can you protect her?”
“She’s my wife, why not?”Michael Huo drank wine up one more time.
Mo Niangguang smiled and looked sideways at him,”can you still tolerate Mary Yun being around?”
Michael Huo continued pouring himself a cup with a faint smile.
“Why did Nian marry you? Why did she fall out with Mary Yun? Have you ever checked it? What have you done for her?”
Hearing the words, Michael Huo just raised glass to George Mo to let him drink.
George Mo stopped speaking and drank it up.
Michael Huo laughed and poured a cup to him with his deep eyes full of mystery.
Then he looked up at George Mo,”what do you want me to say?”
George Mo felt a little angry just drinking another cup up.
Then he said angrily,”Michael Huo, what will you do to those hurt Nian!”
Since Michael Huo didn’t answer positively, he asked directly.
Michael Huo lifted thin lips with gentle and orderly voice,”remove it!”
Simple words, but inexplicably had a kind of pressure, which made George Mo sunned.
“Are you going to do it?”
Michael Huo curled lips, raised glass and looked at him,”I have never planned to stand by. Relax. When I’m back tomorrow, all things would be right!”
From the sentence, George Mo recognized that Michael Huo was going to protect Linda Yun.
Somehow, he lowered head and held glass, seemingly powerless.
“You can tell their sisters, can you?”Suddenly, Mo Niangguang asked lightly.
Michael Huo laughed,”yeah. I’m not a fool.”
“You love her, don’t you?”Finally, George Mo looked at Michael Huo formally again.
Michael Huo still did not say much.
He was not a man of many words.
But that smile was the answer.
George Mo became very complicated and uncomfortable.
He had to admit that Michael Huo was better and more knowledgeable of Linda Yun than himself.
So he took a deep breath,”Nian is my sister. You must protect her well. Otherwise, I won’t let you go!”
Michael Huo smiled, raised glass and looked at him.
George Mo also smiled lightly, and raised glass to cheer.
After tonight, something important in Austral City would change completely…
—
When Michael Huo returned to room, it was already eleven o’clock in the night.
George Mo and he drank for four hours.
Both of them were brought back by the driver. And George Mo, who was totally drunk, was carried into the room by the waiter.
Michael Huo felt better than George Mo, but he’s a little dizzy.
He closed the door with a bang, which make Linda Yun wake up at once.
She used to sleep shallowly that a little movement would wake her up.
“Sorry, sorry. I’m sorry to bother you…”Michael Huo pulled the button at the collar and then fell on the wardrobe.
An intoxicated man in mild lights with beautiful clavicle, had a fatal temptation at this time from the point of Linda Yun.
But she didn’t think so much.
She lifted the quilt to step down.
“Why do you drink so much?”
“It’s OK. I’m… happy…”Michael Huo smiled slightly and then stared at her more gently than ever before.
Linda Yun came to help him,”to lie down for a while. I call the hotel to prepare sober-up tea.”
Then, she held his shoulders to move hard towards the bedside.
Such short distance drove Linda Yun feel walking for a century with heavy and drunk Michael Huo.
Well, finally they got to the bedside.
She was just about to put him down.
By surprise, that his hand gently pulled.
Then, both of them fell on the soft bed…
“You… are you all right?”
Michael Huo stood up slightly to prop himself on both sides of her,”did I hurt you?”
This action, she went down while he went up.
Soon, the room was filled with the smell of wine, some of which were intoxicating.
As soon as Linda Yun lifted her eyes, she ran into the hot and expressive eyes of Michael Huo.
“You, you get up…”She unconsciously tried to push him.
She disliked the ambiguity very much.
“I love you!”
Linda Yun looked at him in astonishment, with one hand holding in the air…
“What… what?”
“Linda Yun, I, love, you!”
—-
Linda Yun was so amazed by his words that she forgot to push but looked at Michael Huo intently.
Fascinated by her reaction, Michael Huo licked lips and bowed to kiss her gently.
Then, he propped again to look at Linda Yun,”you may feel it’s… not real. But I hope you know that I’m serious.”
After words, he smiled,”I know you don’t like the smell of wine. I go to bathe.”
He climbed out of bed reluctantly and staggered to the bathroom.
Linda Yun lay on the bed without moving for a long time.
[Linda Yun, I love you.]
She could not help frowning.
For something in her heart was… palpitating.
—
When Michael Huo came out after a cold bath, Linda Yun was sitting on the sofa with her knees in her arms and looking out of the window.
It’s raining heavily outside.
The black glass windows were full of rain s.
And she was surrounded by a sense of loneliness.
Michael Huo wiped hair to come over.
“What’s the matter?”
Linda Yun sat on the sofa with her chin resting on knees and murmured,”what is affection?”
Michael Huo was confused, and didn’t understand what she meant.
Linda Yun looked up at him and her black eyes were darker than usual. Suddenly, she laughed,”is it being turned to dust or being doomed eternally?”
Michael Huo didn’t answer, just staring at her.
What is affection?
Being turned to dust?
Being doomed eternally?
Half a while, he sat down.
And still didn’t say anything.
For he knew that, Linda Yun closed her heart tightly and she never needed armchair strategy.
What she wanted was everything real.
“It’s not early. Go to bed!”
Linda Yun saw that he did not answer, so she didn’t ask anymore.
She got up to the bedside, naturally lifted the quilt to lie down on the edge of bed.
Through her action, Michael Huo recognized that she still didn’t want to be too close to him.
Therefore, he leaned to the edge,”I won’t touch you. Come to the middle. Do not fall down!”
Linda Yun didn’t answer.
—
Both of them didn’t sleep well last night.
But George Mo had a good sleep for his drunk.
The next morning, Michael Huo took her downstairs for breakfast, then drove to Austral City directly.
As for George Mo, he hadn’t woken up yet.
So they didn’t wake him up, just letting him sleep.
It took more than two hours to back to Austral City.
However, along the way, Michael Huo and Linda Yun didn’t talk to each other.
Holding the jaw, Linda Yun leaned against the window to look at the view passing by hurriedly outside.
Occasionally, Michael Huo looked at her, but he could only saw the back of her head, or, a side face.
It’s early in the morning, so there was no one else on the highway.
Michael Huo drove very fast.
Originally it’s an more than two-hour drive, while he took only an hour and 40 minutes.
And the destination was the hospital.
“Go up!”he parked the car, and loosened his seat belt.
Linda Yun looked the underground parking garage, and thought for a while, then she got off the car.
Michael Huo took out the phone and sent a message. Then he held her hands to take the elevator.
Soon they reached the private ward floor.
This floor was full of VIP wards, where nurses stood guard at the door, and the visitors needed to verify their identities when they got inside to see patients.
However, as Michael Huo andLinda Yun were also public figures.
Moreover, they have been reported many times. So the nurse immediately made way when saw them.
Inside, Mary Yun was lying in bed, hanging water.
Sitting on the side, Gu Liangchen fed her porridge mouthful.
James Yun, sitting on the sofa talked with David Huo.
And Qu Zhirong, sitting on the other side of Mary Yun, holding Mary Yun’s hand, was watching her gently to let her eat slowly.
“Mom, I can’t eat any more…”Mary Yun really had no appetite, so she shook head to refuse to have porridge Gu Liangchen handed over.
“Mary, you haven’t eaten all day yesterday. Have some more.”Gu Liangchen frowned.
“Well, Mary, it’s not good for your health. Is the porridge not good enough? What do you wanna eat? I let the kitchen cook for you.”Qu Zhirong gently said.
Mary Yun looked at Qu Zhirong with a sad expression,”thank you mom… but I just can’t eat…”
Then, she lowered head in an absent-minded manner.
Seeing this, Qu Zhirong asked her assistant,”call Ting Chen right now. Ltet him come over!”
“Yes, Madam!”
The assistant was just about to make a phone call.
Suddenly, the door opened.
The crowd looked over and all stunned for a moment.
Qu Zhirong first saw his son, and when she was ready to smile, she saw Linda Yun behind him. So she got angry suddenly.
“Why you bring her here? Don’t you think she has done enough?”Qu Zhirong stood up and questioned in a voice as cold as in a January day.
David Huo was somehow unhappy about his wife Qu Zhirong’s reaction.
But he did not stop for the thing Linda Yun stabbed Mary Yun was not a small matter.
However, Michael Huo ignored his mother’s roar and went straight to the bedside.
At the moment, Mary Yun was bowing head to cry, showing how sad she was.
“Did I tell you, not to bother her?”Suddenly, Michael Huo inquired.
But his words shocked everyone.
What did that mean?
Bother who?
Bother Linda Yun?
Mary Yun was scared for Michael Huo’s angry eyes and her lips and hands were trembling heavily.
“Tingchen, are you crazy? Don’t bother her, who? It’s Linda Yun bothered Mary. She stabbed Mary and it’s her who wanna kill Mary!”Qu Zhirong shouted furiously.
Michael Huo still did not look at his mom, but staring at Mary Yun.
“Isn’t framing people a little old-fashioned? Huh?”
Mary Yun was frightened by his look. But she thought that, there were so many people in the room.
If she admitted it, Qu Zhirong would hate her.
So she looked away,”I, I don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s she, who stabbed me. I… when I fell down, I’m used to holding the handle…”
When she woke up, Gu Lingchen told her secretly that Michael Huo let people take the knife to test the fingerprint.
So she must clarify herself first.