OSTF - 40

The emphasis was on the last two words: “misunderstanding.”

Chi Suisui placed her hands on his shoulders, subconsciously giving a light squeeze, then chuckled at her own action. “What misunderstanding?”

She asked knowingly.

He Xingwang looked at her deeply.

As a professional athlete, most of his daily training involved his arms, because his profession especially required a steady grip.

Even if it wasn’t, he would exercise regularly.

Chi Suisui said, “Don’t dwell on the misunderstanding.”

She pointed upstairs.

He Xingwang didn’t move at first, but after half a minute, he picked her up, effortlessly, without even frowning.

There was a distance from the dining room to the stairs. Chi Suisui wrapped her arms around his neck. Strictly speaking, this was their first intimate contact since adulthood, besides kissing.

She rested her head on He Xingwang’s shoulder, suddenly remembering something. “Parent-teacher conference tomorrow, should I go?”

“You can go if you want,” He Xingwang said.

As he spoke, they had already reached the second floor.

The carpet in this hallway was chosen by Chi Suisui. It wasn’t very expensive, but it was beautiful and completely replaced the previous minimalist style.

“Forget it, you go,” Chi Suisui had just said it casually while being carried, but now she was enjoying it a bit. It was so nice not having to walk herself.

Having more than one husband wasn’t a bad thing either.

She was thinking nonsense until He Xingwang placed her on the bed. She had to tilt her head to see his chin and the slight Adam’s apple.

He Xingwang looked down at her from above.

“Brother-in-law,” Chi Suisui suddenly called out.

“...”

He Xingwang’s originally relaxed brows suddenly furrowed.

Chi Suisui had suddenly remembered something she had seen online before, about couples playing role-playing 情.趣 (qíng.qù - sexual interest/fun), a sudden mischievousness.

Teasing people was really quite fun.

She used to like teasing Su Mian, watching her eyes widen. Now looking at He Xingwang, she found it even more different.

Chi Suisui sniffed. It seemed like his clothes also had her scent on them, she didn’t know if it was from the room or from her own body.

“Sleep early.”

He Xingwang was silent for a long time, finally only saying this.

Chi Suisui raised her eyebrows, her expression radiant, and asked, “Aren’t you going to listen?”

She sat directly on the bed and tugged at the hem of his shirt, her expression also becoming coquettish. “...Husband?”

The two words were light and soft.

For a moment, He Xingwang thought he had misheard.

It wasn’t until he lowered his eyes and saw Chi Suisui looking up at him, her face the size of a palm, her chin delicate, her nose bridge elegant, that he realized how beautiful she was.

“Don’t call me that in the future,” he suddenly said.

“What’s wrong?” Chi Suisui asked. “We’re already engaged, and we’ll probably get married in a few months. Am I still supposed to call you He Xingwang after we get married?”

Although calling him by his name had become a habit.

“At least not now,” He Xingwang’s lips pressed down, his gaze falling on her porcelain-white face. “After marriage is okay.”

Especially at a time like this.

Chi Suisui raised an eyebrow and sized him up. The man was serious, explaining to her meticulously and earnestly, and she suddenly understood something.

“He Xingwang.”

“What?”

Taking advantage of He Xingwang’s lowered head, Chi Suisui suddenly propped herself up and pecked his lips, a bit hard.

It felt like she had bumped his teeth.

“Good night,” Chi Suisui touched her teeth and gave him a push. “I need my beauty sleep. Remember to close the door.”

“...”

For a moment, He Xingwang actually thought she was doing this because she didn’t want to get out of bed to close the door.

Just like just now, she didn’t want to go upstairs herself, so she first tempted him.

But he was still attracted.

Chi Suisui finally got her wish. He Xingwang closed the door when he was pushed out and even turned off the lights for her, very considerate.

The window at the end of the hallway wasn’t closed tightly, and wind leaked in.

He Xingwang stood in the corridor illuminated only by moonlight. After a long while, he reached out and touched his lips. He could still feel the bump from just now.

And that “husband.”

If it had been the young Chi Suisui, it would probably have been the complete opposite, forcing him to call her first, after all, she had been arrogant in her youth.

He sighed softly.

When Chi Suisui woke up the next day, He Xingwang was already up.

It was his first time attending a high school parent-teacher conference, and he didn’t know what to do, so he simply treated it as an event and wore formal attire.

When Chi Suisui came downstairs, he was sitting at the dining table eating breakfast, his movements refined, inexplicably giving off an air of medieval elegance.

She stood on the stairs and admired him for a while.

It wasn’t until He Xingwang seemed to sense something and looked up that Chi Suisui blinked and gracefully sat down opposite him.

She turned on the tablet and played the morning news.

The news anchor’s voice might sound a bit awkward to others, but to them, it actually sounded very pleasant.

Chi Suisui could also read like that.

However, she didn’t have any particular thoughts about being a news anchor. Compared to sitting there and reading the news every day, she preferred to go out and chase the news herself.

News written by her own hand still gave her a sense of accomplishment.

“Churui’s parent-teacher conference probably won’t be anything special,” Chi Suisui suddenly said. “But according to what my mother said, he should have quite a few gifts over there. If you go...”

There might be even more gifts.

Chi Suisui even thought that maybe some girls who originally wanted to give gifts to Churui would see He Xingwang and suddenly change their minds and give them to him.

He was a national idol.

“It’s okay,” He Xingwang said with a faint expression. “I’m just going to attend the parent-teacher conference. Other things have nothing to do with me. He can handle it himself.”

A boy who was almost an adult should learn to handle things.

Chi Suisui nodded.

Not long after breakfast, Qi Churui came directly to the Bai’an Mansion, eagerly following He Xingwang into the car, even forgetting to say goodbye to his sister.

The psychology of a little fan couldn’t be guessed.

Chi Suisui found it amusing and went to the TV station herself.

Today was Friday, and work piled up. She also had to write the weekly summary, making it the busiest day of the week besides Monday.

“Chief Chi, how’s your interview with Zhongyue Technology going?” Su Mian asked curiously. “Did the director only give you a limited time?”

“No rush.”

Chi Suisui said casually.

She first contacted Zhongyue Technology. The person who answered the phone was a female voice. “Hello, this is Zhongyue Technology, may I ask who’s calling?”

“Hello, I’m Chi Suisui, a reporter from Nancheng TV Station,” Chi Suisui’s tone was very formal when it came to business. “Our TV station would like to do a profile interview with President Gu of Zhongyue Technology. I was wondering if President Gu would be available.”

“I’ll need to report this to my superiors and then notify you, is that alright?”

“Okay.”

Chi Suisui left her contact information.

As soon as she hung up, the front desk made a call upstairs. “Assistant Chen, a reporter from Nancheng TV Station just called, saying they want to do an exclusive interview with President Gu.”

“President Gu is very busy right now.”

After replying, Assistant Chen asked, “Which reporter?”

“Nancheng TV Station.”

Hearing these five words, Assistant Chen’s heart skipped a beat.

He was very familiar with Nancheng TV Station because he had heard Doctor Song mention it before. It was the current workplace of her best friend.

And she was said to be very capable. They had already called the company, so the next step would probably be to collect relevant information.

“What’s the name of the reporter who wants to do the interview?”

“She said her name is Chi Suisui,” the front desk remembered another thing. “She’s the reporter who interviewed He Xingwang before.”

So she had a very good impression of this reporter.

Assistant Chen coughed. “First, truthfully say that President Gu is not in Nancheng. Don’t say any other information. Everything is confidential, understand?”

Although the front desk didn’t understand, she still agreed.

After hanging up, Assistant Chen rubbed his head.

His own President Gu and Doctor Song had just started dating. Was this little spark going to be extinguished in the cradle?

Assistant Chen thought back and forth, and finally could only postpone the interview and wait until President Gu returned from the capital. Fortunately, he wasn’t in Nancheng yet.

This was too difficult.

He didn’t want to go back to the hospital for a few weeks.

Dating was also too difficult.

President Gu was also too difficult.

Qi Churui attended an international school.

The house was some distance from the school. Qi Xincheng had originally planned to buy an apartment next to it, but he refused.

Living on campus allowed him to focus more on his studies.

Sitting in the same car as He Xingwang, going to his own parent-teacher conference, Qi Churui woke up at five in the morning, watching the sky go from dim dawn to bright daylight.

He rarely stayed at home, and the He God in his memory was also seen on TV.

Steady and calm when holding a gun, hitting the target with one shot.

No boy could resist such charm. They naturally liked guns, even most games were like that, let alone the real thing.

Besides studying, the place Qi Churui went to most often was the shooting range.

Except for the He God he saw on TV, when he occasionally went home, he could also see a different He God.

The He God in front of his sister made him feel very different.

But if you asked him to explain, he couldn’t. Qi Churui turned his head to look at He Xingwang, who had his eyes closed to rest, and then thought about his sister’s personality.

One flamboyant, one silent.

He didn’t quite understand how these two could get married.

Maybe that’s what love was like, Qi Churui sighed sincerely, so he didn’t want to date, studying was still better.

“We’re here.”

This parent-teacher conference for senior high school was also after the mid-term exams. Because most of the students came from wealthy families, many parents didn’t have time and didn’t come.

“This is my seat.”

He Xingwang glanced over and saw the neatly arranged test papers, clean and tidy. He said, “You are a bit different from your sister.”

Qi Churui asked, “What’s my sister like?”

“Your sister didn’t like to tidy up before,” He Xingwang said concisely.

Before the age of eighteen, Chi Suisui basically never took the initiative to tidy up her things. She needed to be nagged.

Ordinary people nagging her wouldn’t work, except for her mother.

He Xingwang had also tidied up for her more than once and had gotten used to it later.

Since studying journalism, she had undergone a complete transformation, falling in love with tidying up and categorizing things.

Except for the cloakroom.

After He Xingwang sat down, a pile of love letters fell out of the desk drawer and landed on his lap.

Qi Churui quickly reached out and took them away.

“Churui, why did God He come to your parent-teacher conference?” His deskmate asked excitedly. “You’re not his son, are you?”

“......?”

Qi Churui said expressionlessly, “How’s your math? How old am I, how old is God He? Can’t you do the math properly?”

Deskmate: “......”

Another logical碾压 (niǎnyā - crushing) from the academic genius.

The teacher hadn’t arrived yet. The other parents in the class all knew each other, mostly from the Nancheng circle. Seeing He Xingwang, they all went up to greet him and chat.

Those who knew him were even better, and those who didn’t took this opportunity. They might not have another chance to sit in the same classroom as the heir of the He family.

He Xingwang sat in Qi Churui’s seat, his fingers flipping through an English original book, only occasionally nodding and responding a few times.

His calm and composed demeanor made some people couldn’t help but marvel.

This parent-teacher conference wasn’t actually anything special, just a summary of the past two months’ grades, plus some student matters.

The homeroom teacher was very young.

Two hours later, Qi Churui finally frowned, but he had just been pulled away by his deskmate, so he didn’t think too much about it.

“This parent-teacher conference is too long,” his deskmate couldn’t help but complain. “It used to be an hour and a half at most. What nonsense is the homeroom teacher talking about?”

When the two of them went to the restroom, the meeting in the classroom ended.

He Xingwang got up to leave, said a few words to Qi Churui, and was about to leave when a voice came from behind him, “Are you the parent of student Qi Churui?”

He paused and turned around.

Wu Xuechen’s face brightened, and she stepped forward, smiling slightly. “I wonder if God He has some time. I have some things I’d like to discuss with you about student Qi Churui.”

After speaking, she added, “If you don’t have time, could we add each other on WeChat?”

He Xingwang glanced at her phone.

Teachers at international schools were generally those who had studied abroad, because they taught the children of wealthy families. Wu Xuechen was quite young among them, with an excellent resume, and a director at the school happened to be her relative, which was how she became a homeroom teacher.

“No need.”

He Xingwang straightened his cuffs.

“Is it inconvenient?” Wu Xuechen’s expression faltered. “Besides work matters, I won’t bother you.”

Her expression was slightly pleading.

“If the teacher has any questions, you can ask now,” He Xingwang glanced at her, his eyes very faint. “I’m quite busy.”

The parents outside the classroom had almost all left.

Wu Xuechen looked at the seats here. The classroom happened to be at the end of the hallway, which gave her convenience. “God He, to be honest, I’m your fan. I just wanted to add you on WeChat. And I happen to be student Qi Churui’s homeroom teacher. Since you’re the parent, it will be convenient in the future—”

“Inconvenient.”

He Xingwang said slowly and deliberately.

“......”

Wu Xuechen was stunned for a moment.

He Xingwang looked up and saw Qi Churui walking over from that side, his voice slightly cool. “If Teacher Wu has any more questions, please excuse me.”

He lifted his foot to leave.

Wu Xuechen gritted her teeth.

She could see a ring on his hand with a slight bow. That place was for an engagement, as the previous news had also reported.

But he was the sole heir of the He family.

No matter who it was, they couldn’t shake his position.

And if she could climb up to the He family, this homeroom teacher position was completely insignificant. Marriage in wealthy families wasn’t even a big deal, let alone an engagement.

Wu Xuechen considered her face beautiful.

At previous parent-teacher conferences, more than one CEO had wanted her to be their mistress, but she had refused them all. Looking back now, refusing was useful.

“Since God He is busy,” Wu Xuechen composed her expression and smiled. “I wonder if you have time for a meal sometime?”

He Xingwang saw her gaze linger on his hand.

He subconsciously reached out to touch it, the engagement ring he had gotten not long ago. A hint of impatience appeared in his eyes. “No time.”

Wu Xuechen didn’t expect to be rejected again. “Just once—”

“If I had that time,” He Xingwang touched the cool ring. “My fiancée would need my company more.”

After speaking, he left directly, then paused slightly.

Wu Xuechen thought he had temporarily changed his mind and stepped forward.

Then she heard He Xingwang’s cold voice, “Teacher Wu has so much time to talk, perhaps you should reconsider the qualifications required to be a teacher.”

Watching He Xingwang and Qi Churui’s figures disappear before her eyes, Wu Xuechen bit her lip, unwilling to give up.

There was a voice behind her, “Teacher Wu, what’s making you so angry?”

Wu Xuechen turned her head and saw the other person’s gloating expression.

“What do you think would happen if I posted this video?” the other person shook their phone. “Is this about discussing a problem, or trying to seduce someone?”

“Go ahead and post it,” Wu Xuechen stared coldly at her hand. After a long while, she left directly. “I don’t think I said anything seductive.”

She never left any handles for others to grab.

Today’s conversation with He Xingwang at most implied that meaning, but if you really delved into it, she hadn’t said anything at all.

As long as she was still Qi Churui’s homeroom teacher, there would still be opportunities.

After leaving the school, the car drove smoothly on the road.

Qi Churui only saw He Xingwang talking to the homeroom teacher, but they were far away, and he didn’t hear what they were saying, nor did he plan to ask.

That was until he heard the voice beside him.

“What’s your homeroom teacher usually like?”

He Xingwang turned his head to look at him.

After growing up, Qi Churui still looked very much like Chi Suisui, but Chi Suisui looked softer, and occasionally when her makeup was cold and glamorous, she would look even more like him.

Qi Churui confirmed that He Xingwang was asking him, came back to his senses, and answered seriously, “Quite idealistic, likes to lecture.”

“Mm, anything else?”

He Xingwang tapped his fingers on his knee, half-closing his eyes.

“I don’t pay much attention to other things,” Qi Churui thought for a moment and only said one sentence: “But I prefer the previous homeroom teacher.”

He Xingwang nodded slightly.

Qi Churui didn’t know why he was asking this. He wanted to ask the reason but was afraid of not getting an answer. He kept a straight face, struggling with “ask or not ask” the whole way.

By the time he finished struggling, they had already arrived home.

“......”

He should have just asked.

After the parent-teacher conference, Qi Churui sent a message to Chi Suisui. After thinking about it, he also asked the question He Xingwang had asked him.

Qi Churui: 【Why did brother-in-law ask that?】

Chi Suisui replied: 【Calling him that so smoothly now?】

There was no response from the other side.

Chi Suisui was just teasing him before replying again: 【Maybe he could tell your homeroom teacher wasn’t professional. I’ll ask about it.】

For now, his studies were the most important thing.

Qi Churui replied with an “okay.”

Chi Suisui put down her phone and received another call from Zhongyue Technology. “Hello, our President Gu is currently not in Nancheng, so it’s probably inconvenient to accept an interview.”

“Roughly when will President Gu return?”

“I’m not too sure, sorry.”

Asking a front desk wouldn’t yield much information. Chi Suisui didn’t make things difficult for her and hung up after saying thank you.

At this time, Zhang Yueran also sent a file: 【Suisui, this is the information I collected.】

Chi Suisui looked up and met her smile.

She raised an eyebrow, opened the file, and saw that the information inside was all easily searchable online, and even some translation errors weren’t corrected.

With Zhang Yueran’s abilities, it was naturally perfunctory.

It was lunchtime. When Zhang Yueran passed by, Chi Suisui directly called her, “Zhang Yueran, your file is substandard.”

Zhang Yueran’s face stiffened. “I’ve already done it.”

“Is that so?” Chi Suisui’s expression was cold as she looked up at her. “Do you believe that yourself when you say it?”

“Why wouldn’t I believe it?” Zhang Yueran’s lips curled up. “The director asked me to assist you, and I did what you asked.”

“Then I’ll tell you personally.”

Chi Suisui turned her chair to face her, crossed her fingers, and raised her chin slightly. “The third line on the second page of the file has a translation error. Did you forget your English after a few months of graduation?”

“......”

Zhang Yueran hadn’t actually noticed.

Even though she was standing, looking down at the seated Chi Suisui, she still had a strange feeling.

“You also said that the director asked you to assist me,” Chi Suisui stood up and said casually, “Then do your duty as an assistant.”

Trying to play tricks with her without considering the timing.

After Chi Suisui finished speaking, she walked past her and left the office area with Su Mian, leaving Zhang Yueran gritting her teeth in place.

After a long while, she snorted coldly.

This task was something she had heard from an old classmate. The boss of Zhongyue Technology didn’t accept interviews at all, so she had deliberately recommended it to the director.

Now seeing Chi Suisui still complacent, if the interview task couldn’t be completed by then, it would be her problem.

Only then did Zhang Yueran look up and leave the office area.

Before getting off work in the evening, Chi Suisui finally received the new file sent by Zhang Yueran.

This time, the errors on it were gone, probably because she had been lectured at noon, and some more information content had been added.

It was close to quitting time, and she didn’t want to look for Zhang Yueran.

As soon as she got off work, Chi Suisui simply took the information back to the Bai’an Mansion. As soon as she opened the door, she smelled a rich fragrance.

He Xingwang was home.

Chi Suisui placed the information on the entryway table and went straight to the kitchen, where she saw He Xingwang cooking, wearing an apron.

This apron was one she had bought before. Of course, it was a women’s style, and it looked a bit small on the tall man, appearing quite strange.

Chi Suisui wanted to laugh a little.

Hearing footsteps, He Xingwang turned around, his voice clear and cool. “You’re back?”

“Yeah,” Chi Suisui leaned against the kitchen island, remembering something. “Churui said you asked his homeroom teacher something. Was there a problem?”

“He needs a new homeroom teacher.”

He Xingwang said unhurriedly, without any intention of hiding anything. “I’ve already mentioned it to the school.”

“Such quick action, looks like the homeroom teacher did something,” Chi Suisui narrowed her eyes, immediately seeing through it. “Let me guess—”

Before she could finish speaking, her phone on the dining table rang.

He Xingwang cast a glance over, then quickly looked away, saying softly, “Suisui, I’m busy right now.”

“Who told me to be your fiancée?”

Chi Suisui casually tossed out a sentence and went to pick up her phone. It was a WeChat video call, and she knew the name on the screen.

Li Huaiming, who had won a silver medal before.

She handed it to He Xingwang, her finger tapping “accept.” The voice quickly came through, “God He!”

He Xingwang glanced over. There were several people on the other side of the video.

“You’re cooking?”

Li Huaiming and Su Zhi were in the same place. “The coach asked us to ask if the parent-teacher conference is over. He’s hinting for you to come back quickly.”

He betrayed the coach without hesitation.

“Going back in the afternoon,” He Xingwang dried his hands and took the phone from Chi Suisui. “No need to rush.”

“We’re not in a rush, the coach is,” Li Huaiming complained. “Isn’t the World Cup coming up? He’s started again.”

Chi Suisui found it quite amusing listening from behind.

She reached out and took the small tomato from He Xingwang’s hand, took a bite, and the sourness hit her immediately, her face instantly wrinkling into a ball.

Seeing her like this, the corners of He Xingwang’s lips slightly curved.

Chi Suisui wasn’t picky about food, but there was one thing she didn’t like, and that was sour things. Unfortunately, she had just encountered one today.

On the camera side, several people widened their eyes.

Coach!

God He suddenly smiled at them!

“Probably bought the wrong ones by accident,” He Xingwang reached out, his voice cool, looking down at her. “Spit it out.”

“......”

Li Huaiming and the others understood again. So he wasn’t smiling at them.

However, they immediately thought of something.

God He had publicly said before that he had a fiancée, and this was in his own home. Could the person on the other side be the fiancée herself?

Chi Suisui didn’t spit it into his hand but into the sink.

Not forgetting to complain, “You bought it.”

The little bit of sour taste was still in her mouth. She took the water glass from He Xingwang’s hand, rinsed her mouth, and only then felt a little better.

The few people on the other side couldn’t help but prick up their ears.

This voice sounded so familiar!

Was this the live reveal of the fiancée’s identity?