What’s Mr. Huo Eating Today

In the Huo Group building, Huo Zheng calmly sat on his office chair, listening to Li Yu’s chatter at his desk.

It was a normal day with meetings, private meetings, and then a one-on-one work meeting with Li Yu.

Huo Zheng also had his eyes lowered as usual as if looking at the scrolling data on the electronic screen in his hand seriously, and seemed to be quite focused on his work.

However, everything just looks very “normal”.

“… In the beginning, I said that the body detection can be added as an add-on instead of a regular item. You tried to convince me, and as a result, I brought someone to make this thing with great difficulty. Now you want me to remove it from the framework? Boss, are you playing with me? Moreover, is it time to wrestle with this kind of minor detail? Do you know that the people above are going crazy…”

A mobile phone beep sounded. Huo Zheng’s eyes flashed, and he quickly made a gesture, interrupting Li Yu’s words.

Li Yu looked at Huo Zheng coldly and opened his phone with enthusiasm as if he was suddenly activated.

In the next second, the latter snapped his phone on the desktop with a frosty face and made a muffled sound.

“Continue,” Huo Zheng casually swept a glance at Li Yu and said coldly.

“……”

Li Yu took a deep breath, then glanced at Huo Zheng fixedly.

“Continue what? You didn’t actually listen to what I just said, did you?”

Huo Zheng raised his eyes and glanced calmly at Li Yu.

“I don’t need to listen to nonsense,” He said.

Li Yu couldn’t help grinding his teeth.

“Hey, this friend, do you feel like your annoyance level has increased by several percentage points recently compared to before?”

As one of Huo Zheng’s only few friends, Li Yu finally couldn’t hold down his displeasure over the past few days and said directly in front of the other party, “President Huo, that shitty temper of yours before was already annoying enough, you really can’t let yourself develop like this anymore. Do you know that in the past few days, you’ve been like a porcupine spirit, stabbing whoever you see? At the board meeting just now, that Chief Wang’s face turned purple by what you said. I’m worried that he might have a heart attack and fall directly in front of you… Really, I now suspect that you put so much energy on CALO, that is, you have already calculated that you’re going to be alone, and plan to live with the smart home system for the rest of your life…”

Li Yu talked to Huo Zheng with his hands and feet,1expressing one’s feelings in body language which sounded exaggerated, but in fact, he didn’t exaggerate much.

After all, Huo Zheng’s temper these days is as bad as it can be seen with the naked eye.

In the past, relying on the handsome face that looked like a top star, Huo Zheng’s activities in the company could still attract the admiration of many people.

But these days, Huo Zheng is just walking on the road, and the air around him seemed to emit a dark and frosty air. The most love-struck fool in the secretary department couldn’t help but shiver when they met Huo Zheng, completely extinguishing the love-struck fool’s heart.

As for the internal members of the entire project, this time has been in dire straits: Huo Zheng was not the kind of person who would have the slightest relaxation about his work. But these days, he has completely transformed into a complete workaholic and a frightening demon king.

Seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, Huo Zheng was completely rooted in the project department and devoted himself to work selflessly. Even if he didn’t do anything superfluous, just by virtue of the kind of terrifying pressure he exuded, was enough to make everyone tremble mentally and tense up.

After walking on thin ice and struggling to survive until today, everyone who came in and out of Huo Zheng’s office had dark circles under their eyes.

Even with nerves as big as Li Yu, he couldn’t help but take a few pills to treat neuropathic stomachache these days.

As soon as Li Yu’s spiteful words fell on this side, he was horrified to find that Huo Zheng’s already icy face was instantly enveloped in a layer of frost again.

“Lonely family… lonesome one?2first-person pronouns used by monarchs, similar to the royal We. Heh,” Huo Zheng repeated faintly.

Li Yu was sluggish for a moment, and a layer of goosebumps rose on his body.

Wait, did he just hear… a breath of resentment and gloomy annoyance in Huo Zheng’s voice?

“You… really haven’t done anything in the past few days, have you?” Li Yu is really frightened this time. He asked tremblingly, while carefully observing Huo Zheng.

Then, he noticed that Huo Zheng’s gaze seemed to pause for a moment on his mobile phone.

“No,” Huo Zheng said.

[You obviously do!!!]

Li Yu yelled tragically from the bottom of his heart blankly.

……

Huo Zheng silently watched his suspicious friend leave his office, then quickly moved his eyes to the data report— It’s just that the mobile phone at hand, seems to have some strange magic, silently emitting an unyielding powerful attraction.

After struggling in his heart for a long time, Huo Zheng cursed in a low voice and turned on his phone again.

The previous work-related message was poked at the screen fiercely and thrown into the recycle bin by him.

Then, he hatefully clicked on the message interface with He Yunzhou.

The screen lit up and what greeted him was still the same soft, homely kind of He Yunzhou, without the slightest hint of teasing.

[A small boat rowing and rowing:

I made some dessert today, the kind of chocolate I told you about before. I used the bottle of Noble Rot wine3It intensifies the sweetness level and adds flavor and complexity. AKA (‘Trockenbeerenauslese’) lit. dried berry selection, a German language wine term for a medium to full body dessert wine. you sent last time. Although it was the first time I tried it, it was delicious.]

However, the date of this message shows that it was several days ago.

After that, He Yunzhou never gave him a new message.

Huo Zheng’s eyes paused on He Yunzhou’s message for a moment. After seeing the blinding date, sulking anger rose up, causing him to angrily turn off his phone.

Yes ah, that was a small snack Huo Zheng had brought to He Yunzhou in passing before.

The dried grapes soaked in premium Bordeaux noble rot wine are wrapped in fragrant chocolate, then left to rest for a while, allowing the dried grapes soaked in the wine to undergo subsequent fermentation inside the closed chocolate layer. This kind of chocolate taste of strong wine, and He Yunzhou is full of praise for the strong sweet and sour taste with a slight bitterness that is released in the mouth together.

[“I always feel… like I can make it at home.”] 

He Yunzhou was so interested in this chocolate snack that he even thought of making it himself.

At that time, Huo Zheng didn’t care too much. He just made an appointment with that guy, and when he was done, he must save a portion for himself…

Now that I think about it, the chocolate or whatever, it also probably came from some kind of hint from He Yunzhou, right?

Huo Zheng couldn’t help but pondered He Yunzhou’s words and deeds repeatedly in his heart. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the person was full of affection between the lines.

Since that night He Yunzhou teased him like that, in order to distance himself from the other party, Huo Zheng has never returned He Yunzhou’s messages.

However, He Yunzhou had put on an appearance of deep affection and righteousness before, but Huo Zheng was only a little colder to him, and he also never paid attention to Huo Zheng again.

It’s been so many days.

Huo Zheng waited for so many days after that message, but He Yunzhou was true, and he hadn’t sent him any extra messages.

On the contrary, Huo Zheng tossed and turned on the first night, figuring out how to say no to He Yunzhou without hurting him the whole night.

On the second night, he still tossed and turned, worried that his coldness would make He Yunzhou think too much.

The third night…

The fourth…

In the end, it was Huo Zheng himself who couldn’t sleep well all night long and could only pounce on his work desperately, exhausting all his energy before he could barely sleep peacefully after being exhausted.

It’s just that as long as he dreamed, he would return to that night again and again.

He shouldn’t have closed his eyes.

Huo Zheng regretted it.

After closing his eyes, He Yunzhou’s scent would become extraordinarily clear and moving.

Huo Zheng could even smell the warm aroma of food on that person.

Then, the fingertips of that person slowly and tantalizingly slid into his hair, and the moment they touched his skin, it was as if a small fire was ignited… 

After waking up abruptly from his dreams numerous times, then having to take a shower, Huo Zheng’s spirit also became worse and worse.

He never thought that he, who is always extremely cold on □□4Written like this in the raws, would one day encounter this kind of thing over and over again like a teenager with exploding hormones.

It’s not that Huo Zheng hasn’t thought about finding someone to divert his attention, but…

Just thinking of those people’s pretense faces, that intense nausea will arise involuntarily.

Oh, in fact, not to mention the matter of relieving physiological desires, Huo Zheng, who has been accustomed to going to He Yunzhou’s house for dinner every night, now when he encounters a meal, he can’t help but think of He Yunzhou, and then he can’t help but feel that the table full of luxury food from distant locations, tasted indescribably greasy and disgusting.

“Damn it…”

What disgusts Huo Zheng even more was actually himself.

It was clear that he had always been able to control his mind and body perfectly before, but he was the only one who stumbled on He Yunzhou’s unskillful and clumsy seduction method.

Huo Zheng admitted that he was indeed careless and put a bit of true feelings on He Yunzhou. 

“… But it’s impossible for me to have any further development with you. Give up ba, don’t hold such illusory delusions anymore.” Huo Zheng stared at the blank message bar and said coldly.

He felt that he might not have to worry about He Yunzhou’s mood as he did now.

After all, that person still looked affectionate before, but now he hasn’t sent him any messages for so many days.

However, the moment when Huo Zheng thought so, his mobile phone vibrated and let out a beep.

Immediately afterwards, a new message popped up in the message bar in his sight.

[A small boat rowing and rowing:

Have you been very busy lately? If you’re not busy, would you like to come to my house to have a meal? My friend just sent me some great local specialties oh.]

The author has something to say:

He Yunzhou: Ah ah ah, finally finished catching up with the draft… oh, my god… I’m alive…

1expressing one’s feelings in body language2first-person pronouns used by monarchs, similar to the royal We.3It intensifies the sweetness level and adds flavor and complexity. AKA (‘Trockenbeerenauslese’) lit. dried berry selection, a German language wine term for a medium to full body dessert wine.4Written like this in the raws