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Marry a Rich Old Man - Chapter 56

Published at 29th of April 2024 10:56:47 AM


Chapter 56

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When Ancheng was summoned to the general manager’s office, he felt extremely uneasy, wondering if he had recently done something wrong.

He didn’t think in any other direction, indicating that he was indeed an honest and straightforward person.

Upon seeing him, Gao Yan said, “Please have a seat.”

“Thank you, General Manager.” Ancheng swallowed nervously and sat down respectfully.

Gao Yan expressed a faint sense of doubt and asked, “You were in a ministerial position before, and now the head office is considering reinstating your position. Are you aware of this?”

Ancheng’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“No worries, I was just asking casually.” Gao Yan dropped another bombshell, saying, “They’ve also raised your salary, 10% higher than your original.”

Ancheng stammered, “General Manager, is it 10% from last month, or…”

“No problem, I was just asking casually.” Gao Yan dropped another bombshell, saying, “The higher-ups have also increased your salary, 10% higher than before.”

Ancheng stammered, “General Manager, is it 10% from last month, or…”

Gao Yan smiled and said, “Based on the pre-acquisition foundation of the company.”

Upon hearing this, Ancheng was stunned and filled with both confusion and joy.

 

“Alright, that’s all I wanted to tell you,” Gao Yan said nonchalantly. “Congratulations. Go home tonight and share this good news with your family.”

Ancheng finally confirmed that the general manager was not joking with him and that the promotion and salary increase were indeed real. “Thank you, General Manager. I will continue to work hard in the future,” he said, standing up with a more excited expression.

Gao Yan revealed a meaningful smile, “No need to be polite. It’s the president who promoted you.”

Ancheng immediately added tactfully, “Thanks to the president, thanks to the company’s cultivation!”

Gao Yan nodded, “Alright, go out and continue working.” However, he felt a bit complicated inside, wondering if, in the future, his cousin might lose interest in Xiaochan. After all, both of Xiaochan’s parents were still working at the Ho’s. Would that have any impact?

In any case, he hadn’t considered how long his cousin and Xiaochan could last.

Ancheng, with a light-hearted step, went to the restroom and sent a text message to his wife.

— Weiwei, I just found out that the company is promoting me and increasing my salary, a 10% raise from the previous one.

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Ding Wei received the information and immediately asked the same question.

— The previous 10%? Based on last month or what?

— According to the company’s status before the acquisition.

Ding Wei felt extremely happy; that was indeed very good news.

— That’s great! I always knew your abilities wouldn’t be overlooked.  I’ll also work hard. Let’s strive together for our children.

— Hug, dear mom of the kids. Don’t overwork yourself too much. Now that my salary has increased, you should take a break and spend more time taking care of the children.

— Well, luckily, they are all well-behaved. Okay, get back to work now.

With her husband suddenly getting a promotion and a raise, Ding Wei, the urban superwoman who had been anxious all along, finally felt some relief in her tense nerves.

She thought about her children, whom she hadn’t contacted for a long time. After returning home from work, she started making phone calls one by one.

The eldest daughter, An Wuyu, who was overseas, was delighted to hear about her father’s promotion and raise. She happily hung up her mom’s call and called her dad to congratulate him.

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Ding Wei felt a bit helpless but didn’t dwell on it too much.

She then called the second son, An Wuyang. He spoke softly and chatted with her for about twenty minutes.

After talking to his daughter, An Cheng asked, “Wuyu, do you want to say a few words to your younger brother?”

His daughter replied, “No, it’s early morning here, and I need to get ready for class.”

Her younger brother perked up his ears, pursed his lips, and continued writing his homework on the table.

Having finished talking with the second son, Ding Wei said, “Wuyang, do you want to say a few words to your younger brother?”

An Wuyang didn’t hesitate and happily said, “Sure, I’ll talk to my younger brother.”

The younger brother at home finally had the chance to put aside his books for a chat, “Hey, bro?”

An Wuyang had been answering calls for half an hour tonight, gradually feeling that Mr. Huo kept glancing at him, his eyes expressing something unsaid.

He consciously ended the call with his brother, “Younger brother, let’s stop here. Congratulate Dad for me, and, bro, I’ll send you some delicious treats tomorrow.”

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An Wujie happily responded, his serious face melting a bit, “Goodbye.”

He used to think his sister was amazing and envied her life a bit, but now he realized that his brother was the one who treated him the best.

After finishing the call, An Wuyang tried to move from one side of the bed to Mr. Huo’s work area, but he noticed he had gained some weight. Moving didn’t feel as light as before.

He decided to lie down without moving, “Ah, I have so much food that I can’t finish. Send some to my brother and let him help me eat.”

Huo Yunchuan turned his head to look at the little angel’s belly. After lying down, the pronounced curve of his belly became more apparent.

“Whatever, let Aunt Zhang send it for you,” Huo Yunchuan said.

An Wuyang thought about it; after all, Mr. Huo was worth billions, so how could he care about such small things?

Of course, he had no intention of taking advantage or relying on his in-laws… um…

In-laws, what on earth?

An Wuyang turned to the side, fluttering his eyelashes, “So… my dad got a promotion and a raise, is it because of you?”

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Huo Yunchuan originally wanted to divert attention with work, but it ended in failure.

He put down his pen in frustration, swiveled his chair, and looked at An Wuyang, “Your dad has been performing well at work. The promotion and raise were the decision of his immediate supervisor.”

Poor Gao Yan remained blissfully unaware, unknowingly taking the blame.

Well, that’s great. His dad got promoted on his own merit, not through any special connections.

“Oh, I see.” The little angel, delighted, liked to playfully discharge electricity when he was happy. His eyes now formed two crescent moons as he smiled.

“So handsome.”

Huo Yunchuan averted his scorching gaze, his voice sounding half serious, half playful as he threatened, “If you keep looking at me with that flirtatious expression, be careful I might eat you.”

An Wuyang looked embarrassed, insisting that he wasn’t…

He had just glanced a few more times with an ordinary gaze.

“Nonsense…” He turned away, pretending to be calm.

He then took out the pregnancy guidebook from the bedside and earnestly flipped through its pages.

Huo Yunchuan took a gentle breath, glanced at the living room, but didn’t make a move.

The curse of four months had taken root and sprouted within him, giving birth to something akin to a demon deep within.

After a moment, Huo Yunchuan stood up and left the bedroom.

With a snap, the pregnancy guidebook returned to the bedside because the little angel had no intention of reading it at all.

He was in his adolescence, an age prone to restlessness.

Being close to Huo Yunchuan every day, some things, even if not explicitly stated, were objective facts.

Moreover, Huo Yunchuan didn’t shy away from it, often holding An Wuyang close.

Being accused and shamelessly defending oneself, this was a normal reaction.

“…” The little angel pursed his lips, then hugged his legs, tightened the blanket in his arms, and gently rubbed and snuggled into it.

He agreed with Mr. Huo’s words. Yes, this was indeed a normal response for a man.

Mr. Huo, in his prime youth and having experienced this before, returned to the room and, upon seeing the situation, immediately went down on his knees…

His knees softened at the joints, and parts that shouldn’t have stood up did.

“Wuyang, what are you doing?”

A low voice came from above, and An Wuyang, with a startled look in his eyes, tensed up. An ambiguous scent quietly permeated the blanket.

He almost fainted and stammered, “No, I’m not doing anything…”

But both his voice and complexion indicated otherwise.

It was somewhat similar to the last time at the movie theater.

Huo Yunchuan stood by the bed for a moment, then turned and went to the wardrobe.

He found a clean pair of underwear, pinched it, and walked to the bed, saying, “Wuyang, get up and change your pants.”

The young boy blushed in the warmth of the covers and replied in a muffled voice, “Okay.”

After another two seconds, he finally crawled out from under the blanket.

It could be said that it was quite embarrassing.

Fortunately, the other party didn’t stare or mock.

An Wuyang changed his pants, feeling a bit embarrassed. All this could be blamed on what Huo Yunchuan did at the movie theater last time.

“I’ve changed,” he said, holding the soiled underwear and contemplating how to deal with it.

Huo Yunchuan turned around and said, “Give it to me.”

An Wuyang watched helplessly as Huo Yunchuan took away the dirty underwear, his face feeling a bit warm. “…” After enjoying himself, he even had someone else wash his underwear; that seemed a bit excessive.

Huo Yunchuan spent five minutes in the bathroom, scrubbing An Wuyang’s shy little underwear.

Throughout the process, it was an impressive display.

The earlier relief was evidently in vain; the sight of the little angel’s dirty underwear left Huo Yunchuan feeling a bit disoriented.

With an unchanged expression, Huo Yunchuan returned to the bedroom. Just by looking at his face, it was almost impossible to discern his heightened state.

An Wuyang was deceived by this face, not realizing it until his gaze landed on Mr. Huo’s unobstructed assets…

“Um…” He reflexively hid his own hand.

Huo Yunchuan turned off the lights and lay down beside An Wuyang, saying, “Wuyang…”

“I’m not lending.” The little angel replied.

“…” The corners of President Huo’s mouth twitched a bit, and he asked, “Not lending what?”

An Wuyang replied, “Not lending my hand.”

The man who did intend to do this choked, and after a second continued to remove his clothes.

“Then I don’t want your hands, you lend me your legs,” fearing that the little friend won’t answer, Huo Yunchuan’s voice became fierce: “If you don’t lend me your legs, you can lend me your buttocks. ……”

An Wuyang, who has been in bed before, murmured, “You just want to do it with me…”

All this talk about lending legs and lending buttocks is just a way of coaxing a child.

Huo Yunchuan, even if exposed, didn’t get angry, “As long as you know.”

After three seconds passed without An Wuyang refusing, Huo Yunchuan took it as the little one tacitly accepting his actions.

At this moment, An Wuyang was still contemplating whether the cost of lending a hand was higher or the cost of lending a leg was higher.

Unfortunately, Mr. Huo was too impatient and had already requisitioned his leg.

An Wuyang carefully assessed the situation and realized that the cost of lending a hand was higher because hands get tired, not legs.

Another distressing issue was that, being delicate and tender, he wasn’t used to repeated activities.

Huo Yunchuan also noticed this problem of the little angel being unaccustomed to such activities, and the more he thought about it, the more it gave him a headache.

If we talk about the most vulnerable part that is not used to repeated activities, the external skin is far from being the top concern…

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The same-city express delivery arrived within a day, and inside the package sent to his younger brother were various snacks that An Wuyang had managed to squeeze in.

Because there were indeed many snacks at home, more than one person could finish.

The daily delight for the Huo family was buying things for An Wuyang.

In any case, in the months by Huo Yunchuan’s side, An Wuyang felt an unprecedented level of care.

He had a premonition that he would no longer be the easily satisfied self, and he would expand.

For example, An Wuyang no longer eats the corned ham sausages that cost 2.5 yuan per piece; he wouldn’t even take them if they were given to him.

Back in high school, he, well, had to carefully consider even buying one.

Not to mention the corned ham sausages, now when he goes out to eat something and feels that the taste isn’t right, he just turns up his nose and refuses to eat it.

He won’t even eat when it’s brought to his mouth.

An Wuyang knows that it’s difficult to go from luxury to frugality. He has become accustomed to enjoying things now, and life after leaving Huo Yunchuan will be quite miserable.

However, knowing doesn’t make a difference; Mr. Huo doesn’t even let him touch chopsticks.

After the baby turned four months old, everyone around seemed very happy.

Probably because the fetus was now stable, which to some extent reduced the risks in the future.

November arrived, and the weather in the capital gradually cooled down.

An Wuyang looked at the yellow leaves swirling outside the window, feeling a bit melancholic, as a trace of autumn melancholy arose in his heart.

Sitting next to Huo Yunchuan, who frequently borrowed his leg, An Wuyang proposed, “Yunchuan, now that the weather is cooler, shall we go for a walk in the park?”

He thought to himself that hiding indoors without seeing the sunlight for too long wasn’t a good idea.

“Yeah.” Huo Yunchuan had already planned for this. The weather had indeed become cooler in the past few days.

He closed the book in his hand, got up to tidy things up, preparing to take the little angel for a stroll.

An Wuyang felt ecstatic; the fleeting autumn melancholy vanished, and he only had the eager desire to go out and have some fun.

After all, he had been confined indoors for three months, and the most dangerous period had already passed. It was time to go out and get some exercise.

This is what the doctor said, and it’s also mentioned in books.

Occasional aerobic exercise is beneficial and harmless for pregnant women.

An Wuyang was dressed neatly, wearing a loose hooded sweatshirt. He had a baseball cap on his head, followed by sunglasses that covered his face, leaving only a chin visible.

He strolled along the road, looking around, with both arms linked with Huo Yunchuan’s hand.

This area is considered one of the wealthier neighborhoods in Beijing, with celebrities and notable figures residing here.

Wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap is a common attire for outings, and people are accustomed to it after seeing it frequently.

An Wuyang, seeing pedestrians similarly wrapped up, was slightly surprised. He quietly whispered to Huo Yunchuan, “I think I just saw a celebrity.”

Huo Yunchuan, also dressed in a practical manner, with cool sunglasses on his face, exuding a bit of a mysterious aura, responded, “Hmm?” He followed the gaze of the little angel, glancing at the young heartthrob: “Are you interested in celebrities?”

It’s simple; Ji Mingjue’s original business is running an entertainment company. Although he only has one or two A-list celebrities under his management, it still qualifies as a rising force in the entertainment industry, and its ascent is only a matter of time.

If the little angel wanted a close look at the celebrity, An Wuyang suggested that Ji Mingjue host a gathering and invite some stars to give him a close encounter.

“No, thanks,” An Wuyang shook his head. “I’m not a fan of chasing celebrities.” He simply found it interesting to see people who are usually active on television suddenly appear in front of him.





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