Chapter 47 Confession "Ci Ci, we will be reunited soon...

The financial news was not long, but the short ten seconds of focus on the screen were enough to attract people's attention.

The girl at the next table obviously noticed it as well. She put down her chopsticks and exclaimed to her companion: "Wow... Look, that guy on TV is so handsome! Is he already a president at such a young age?"

The companion looked up and recognized the person on TV: "Don't you know? That's the only son of the Huo family! He just became the new executive president of Huo Corporation not long ago!"

The girl was stunned: "What! The Huo family?! Is it the Huo family I imagined?"

"Yes!" The companion nodded, "Speaking of the Huo family, who else could it be? My sister used to study at Xichen Middle School in Guicheng. She told me about him. He was a very famous person, but then he suddenly went abroad..."

The girl was fascinated by what she heard and asked curiously: "Then what? There must have been a lot of people chasing him at that time. I'm so curious about what type of person he likes! Does he have a girlfriend? "

The companion shrugged: "Isn't that nonsense? The national male god! But I haven't heard of the type he likes. My sister is two years younger than him. Anyway, I didn't hear of any scandals when he was in China, but my sister said that he had a good relationship with a boy at that time. That boy was also very handsome, and he was also another legendary figure in Xichen..."

"Ahhh! Sure enough, good-looking people hang out with good-looking people!"

...

The discussions around were still going on. Sushi, salmon, sweet shrimp, and pork bone ramen were served on the table one by one. The news on TV had changed the subject long ago. Gu Ci handed the chopsticks to Shang Zui as if nothing had happened, and said calmly: "Let's eat first. "

Shang Zui bit his lip tightly and took the chopsticks. The Japanese food on the table suddenly lost its appeal. He

was sweating profusely. Gu Ci has always had a good temper, but the calmer he acted at this time, the more uneasy Shang Zui felt.

Two voices kept fighting in his heart, until he heard Gu Ci asking him why he didn't move his chopsticks. Shang Zui couldn't control himself anymore. He simply closed his eyes, put down his chopsticks, slid to his knees, and said quickly in one breath: "I'm sorry, little Gu Ci, it's my fault. I have been hiding it from you, but Huo Gou forced me to do it!"

Gu Ci, who had just handed Shang Zui a small dish of wasabi sauce: "Huh?"

Shang Zui was so excited that he explained incoherently: "Actually... I have been in contact with Huo Gou for so many years."

Gu Ci's heartbeat paused, and he asked softly: "Then what? Can you tell me everything?"

Shang Zui sorted out his thoughts and was ready to tell the truth from beginning to end, but he still said in advance: "I promise to tell you everything, but don't worry when you hear it.

Gu Ci nodded. "

It sounds dramatic when I talk about it... Actually, Huo Gou had no contact with me for the first year after he went abroad." Shang Zui lost himself in memory. "It was probably two weeks after the college entrance examination. I was on vacation at a manor in Los Angeles, and my brother suddenly mentioned that Huo Wenyuan was also recuperating at a manor nearby..."

He carefully studied Gu Ci's expression, making sure there was nothing unusual, and continued, "You may have known he was leaving, but for us, his disappearance was very sudden. When I heard he was nearby, I suggested to my brother that we find a chance to go see him."

"My brother also contacted the Huo family, but the response was that Huo Wenyuan himself refused."

"Little Gu Ci, don't think I didn't tell you at the time. You were being subjected to online doxed information at the time, and I didn't want to cause you any trouble. I first found out about Huo Wenyuan's condition before telling you. As you know later, I suddenly came down with the flu. My immune system was compromised and I had a high fever for several days. My brother spent a lot of money to hire a specialist to control the disease. I only found out after my condition improved that he was one of Huo Wenyuan's attending physician's assistants. "

I asked him about Huo Gou's condition. At first, he refused to tell me because of patient privacy. Later, when I repeatedly proved that Huo Gou and I had a good relationship, he revealed that Huo Gou was in a bad mental state at the time due to radiation treatment, and he was very thin..."

"Thin..."

Shang Zui covered his face, unable to continue.

Gu Ci suppressed his inner uneasiness and handed Shang Zui the mint licorice tea: "It's okay, talk slowly, drink some tea and relax."

Shang Zui loosened his hand, took the cold brew tea from Gu Ci, and slowly calmed down.

"I asked my brother to contact the Huo family again. After all, it's a friendship between our ancestors, and Mr. Huo also acquiesced." So I followed the doctor, wearing a thick protective suit, and walked into his bedroom. Calling it a bedroom is not appropriate, because it looked like a high-end intensive care unit. He lay on the bed with tubes all over his body, his face pale and bloodless, and his exposed hands were covered with needle pricks and bruises. I stood at the door from a distance and began to shiver. In all the years I had known Huo Gou, I had never seen him so depressed. "

Gu Ci dug his nails into his palms, his voice a little unstable: "Then...what then?"

Shang Zui choked and said: "He had just finished two operations, but his condition was not very good. The doctor said that his language system was damaged and he couldn't speak at all. Only then did I realize why he didn't want to see me. How could such a proud man let us see him like this..."

"But just as I was about to leave, the accompanying doctor stopped me and said that Huo Wenyuan asked me to come over. "

Thinking of the scene at that time, Shang Zui couldn't help cursing: "He looked like that, and he still took the trouble to type a warning to me, telling me not to tell you, otherwise he would kill me. "

Shang Zui was completely frightened, because Huo Wenyuan was close to dying at that time, but the look in his eyes that intimidated him was not a joke.

He had a hunch that with how vicious Huo Wenyuan was, if he told Gu Ci, he would really kill him.

Since then, Shang Zui had a heavy stone in his heart. Later, he tried to contact Huo Wenyuan, but he couldn't get in touch because the other party changed his phone number. His brother couldn't get any news, and finally lost contact. It was not

until the second semester of his sophomore year that he received a call from an overseas number.

He thought it was someone from his brother's side, but he didn't expect the voice on the other end of the phone to be so familiar that he shuddered: "It's me, Huo Wenyuan."

At Huo Wenyuan's request, he fulfilled his childhood dream and became a paparazzi, reporting to Huo Wenyuan from time to time on Gu Ci's latest situation, especially the progress of his relationship.

Although Shang Zui was too cowardly to refuse, he still complained: "You are perverted! If you want to know about Gu Ci's recent situation, go ask yourself. What's the point of asking me? "

But he didn't expect that Huo Wenyuan's flat answer would shock him to the core.

Shang Zui: "Are you serious?!"

Huo Wenyuan: "Do I look like I'm lying?"

Shang Zui: "..."

This guy didn't even bother to act.

"Huo Gou's answer at that time... Never mind, little Gu Ci, let's wait for him to tell you in person later. But don't worry, he's really recovered, otherwise he wouldn't have made such a big fuss on TV."

Gu Ci lowered his eyes and responded muffledly.

"Thank you, Shang Zui, thank you for telling me."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have known that Huo Wenyuan had been through so much.

A tear suddenly fell on the table. Shang Zui looked over in shock and found that Gu Ci's eyes were filled with tears.

"Oh my God! Little Gu Ci, why are you crying!" Shang Zui quickly sat over and handed him a tissue, "Don't cry, don't cry, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have kept it from you! I should have told you!"

"Don't blame you," Gu Ci shook his head. "It's my fault. I was too slow. I should have cared about him."

Uncle Feng told him that Huo Wenyuan had recovered from treatment, and he'd taken his lack of contact as a sign of a new life. He hadn't realized that the silence was a facade of calm, masking the pain.

Gu Ci fought back her tears, wiping them with a tissue. She said self-deprecatingly, "It's so embarrassing. I shouldn't have cried."

But the tears flowed like beads from a broken string, unable to stop.

Shang Zui had been friends with Gu Ci for ten years. He'd always remembered Gu Ci as cheerful and good-tempered. Now he was so heartbroken, Shang Zui was like an ant on the hot pot, constantly offering him tissues and comforting him. He began to reflect on why he had chosen to blow himself up at this moment.

Just then, his phone on the desk vibrated again. Shang Zui glanced at the caller ID and, having given up hope, decided to throw in the towel. He answered the call and placed it between him and Gu Ci.

"Huo Wenyuan, how dare you call me!"

Gu Ci looked up, tears streaming down his face, gazing at Shang Zui, who was grimacing in anger.

Shang Zui continued his outburst: "You're such a jerk! You're having a great time being Mr. Huo abroad, aren't you? You even forgot to contact us, and now you have the nerve to ask me about little Gu Ci! Who are we to tell you? Others respect you, but we're not that kind of people! No more contacting each other, it's unlucky to be friends with you—"

Gu Ci pulled him, and Shang Zui finally paused, panting. But the other party remained silent. After he stopped, he asked indifferently, "Are you done cursing?"

Shang Zui's anger flared up again: "Hey, you..."

Huo Wenyuan interrupted him bluntly: "Is Gu Ci here?"

Shang Zui was speechless, and said awkwardly: "It's none of your business, you still have the nerve..."

"Give him the phone."

"..." Shang Zui cursed and handed the phone to Gu Ci.

Gu Ci held the phone, his wrist shaking.

He couldn't speak, waiting for Huo Wenyuan's words.

After seven years, he finally heard Huo Wenyuan's voice.

"Ci Ci, I'm sorry. I'll explain when I get back."

Gu Ci was about to respond, but she sniffled first, revealing she was crying.

"Are you crying?" Huo Wenyuan keenly noticed Gu Ci's annoyance.

Gu Ci quickly covered her mouth and denied, "No, I... I'm fine."

Huo Wenyuan stopped talking, leaving only two words: "Wait for me." Shang Zui

lost all interest in eating after this incident. He quickly finished his meal and walked out of the Japanese restaurant with Gu Ci on his arm, feeling guilty but also relieved.

He'd been hiding for so long, and now he didn't have to.

Huo Gou, you have to do your best to coax him back.

On the way back, Shang Zui railed against Huo Wenyuan, cursing him from head to toe. His righteous indignation was so intense that it felt like he wasn't scolding Huo Wenyuan, but rather his enemy, a slap he'd slapped in the face if he remembered him in the middle of the night.

Gu Ci couldn't help but plead, "Stop talking like that, Shang Zui. I really don't blame you."

He was being honest, not even Huo Wenyuan.

"I was crying just now, not because I think you're hiding something from me or anything... I'm at fault too."

She'd promised to always be by his side, but she'd been absent when he needed her most.

"How was you at fault?" Shang Zui felt like he'd just heard some fairy tale. After a moment, he shook his head and sighed, "You two really are..."

He took Gu Ci in his arms and walked back, angrily saying, "Well, since Huo Wenyuan said he wants an explanation, let him come back and apologize to you in person. Let's see what kind of flowers he can come up with!"

"Excuse me, Mr. Huo, were you talking about... roses?"

The night sky was bright outside the floor-to-ceiling windows on the top floor. The man in the office had a cold expression. He tugged at the collar of his shirt and raised his eyes with a cold look. "You can resign if you're hearing impaired."

The assistant adjusted his glasses and said, "Sorry, Mr. Huo, I'll see to it right away."

"Also..." He chose his words carefully, "We've all agreed. Nina will attend tonight's event and the subsequent meeting in your place. The helicopter has arrived, so we can leave immediately."

Huo Wenyuan nodded, "Okay."

The assistant bowed slightly and quickly walked out, closing the door behind him.

Huo Wenyuan calmly withdrew his gaze, stood up, and looked at the photo frame on the desk. In the photo, the young man next to him smiled brightly.

It had been seven years since the last time they met.

In these seven years, he had met Gu Ci more than once, but he had always been secretly hiding, hiding in the shadows, and dared not meet openly.

In fact, he would soon fulfill the agreement with Huo Xiao. After the press conference next Monday, he will completely become the person in charge of all aspects of the Huo family. At that time, no one would have any reason to stop him. According to the original plan, he intended to announce the news of his return to China at the press conference and immediately go to Gu Ci to confess.

But now, he can't wait.

He is now more courageous and ruthless than he was seven years ago. Even if he violates the agreement, he doesn't believe Huo Xiao can intimidate him anymore.

He stretched out his fingers, and his fingertips stroked the fair and pretty smiling face with affection, and gently kissed his lips.

"Ci Ci, we will be able to meet again soon."