Chapter 331: Morality Imp: Jade Feet, Jade Feet, Jade Feet, Jade Feet

Chapter 331: Chapter 179: Morality Imp: Jade Feet, Jade Feet, Jade Feet, Jade Feet

Talk about flawless logic.

“Are you trying to make me leave?” she asked again in a small voice, a conflicted look on her face.

The warmth of the bed was too cozy to leave; she didn’t want to get out at all.

“I…”

Xu Huo swallowed hard.

At that moment, with his Worry Body active, two small figures once again appeared on either side of his head.

The little devil on his shoulder whispered in his ear, “Just go with the flow and take her. Tricking a naive girl is the most fun!”

The little angel on the other shoulder said, “Her perfect feet! Her perfect feet!”

Xu Huo instinctively glanced at Chu Xi’s fair feet, exposed by her W-sitting posture. They were small and delicate, with porcelain skin and faint blue veins, looking like a piece of art that begged to be admired and toyed with.

Xu Huo snapped back to his senses and mentally punched the two figures away.

‘My angel of morality has no morals!’

“You’ve misunderstood.”

Xu Huo said seriously, “This isn’t the first step. This is the last step… or, well, the second-to-last step. What you need to do now is try to understand the concept of marriage.”

After thinking for a moment, Chu Xi felt she understood.

“I get it… But can I stay here tonight?”

Feeling the warmth of the blankets, Chu Xi was reluctant to leave.

“No,” Xu Huo said, shaking his head.

“Really? I can’t?”

Chu Xi stared at him with wide eyes.

Xu Huo hesitated. He glanced at the time. It was almost one in the morning, which meant they only had about six hours until they had to get up.

“Well, I suppose it’s not impossible…”

“But we have to draw a ’38th parallel’.”

Right in the center of the bed, in front of Chu Xi in her nightgown and W-sitting pose, Xu Huo drew an imaginary line down the middle with his hand. He then immediately rolled over, turning his back to her, and went to sleep.

‘Sometimes, I think I’m a true gentleman.’

‘Anyone else would have probably tricked her into having three kids by now.’

‘Not like me.’

‘Drawing a line down the middle for her, of all things.’

‘I just don’t understand why my little angel of morality didn’t inherit a single one of my morals!’

However…

Gazing at the back of the sleeping Xu Huo,

Chu Xi fell into deep thought.

‘The 38th parallel… what’s that?’

‘My teacher doesn’t seem to have taught me about this.’

Chu Xi pondered for a long time but couldn’t find an answer. Eventually, sleepiness washed over her, and unable to resist, she slowly drifted off.

In a daze between sleep and wakefulness, she felt a furnace beside her radiating intense warmth, and she unconsciously snuggled closer to it.

…

…

「January 7th.」

「Morning.」

「7:30 a.m.」

Xu Huo awoke, and the moment he opened his eyes, he felt a soft hand on his back.

His mind was a muddle. After a moment of silence, he stared for a long time at Chu Xi, who was curled up behind him and sleeping quietly. Only then did his brain seem to reboot.

“Good thing my self-control is incredible. If it were anyone else, we’d probably be on our third kid by now.”

Xu Huo muttered to himself and then headed out.

There wasn’t much for the team to do today, so he was relatively free.

However…

At 8:30, a call came in from Wang Chao.

“Brother Huo! Brother Huo! President Niu’s daughter, my niece, is here.”

“Looks like she’s been assigned to Jiangsan City to take charge of the business here. Should we delegate some authority to her?”

‘President Niu…’

‘Zhang Niu from the Capital City? My mobile phone partner, and one of the core members of the business alliance.’

‘But what the hell is this “niece” business…?’

“First, explain this to me. You’re from the same generation, so why are you calling her your niece?” Xu Huo was a little stunned, unable to follow his logic.

“President Niu and I are like brothers!”

Wang Chao said without a second thought, “He’s my brother, so doesn’t that make his daughter my niece?”

“You…”

Xu Huo paused, momentarily speechless, but still replied,

“We can trust anyone from President Niu. Make the necessary arrangements.”

“He helps manage all our enterprises in the Capital City, so you have to treat his daughter well.”

“Have you arranged accommodations for her?”

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of everything! You can count on me, Brother Huo!”

Wang Chao eagerly took full responsibility, acting with great bravado.

In the past few days, he had managed the businesses in Jiangsan City with great efficiency, and the shops that had opened were gradually turning a profit.

Meanwhile, in Linlan City, his management had also yielded the first round of impressive results.

Four stores generated nearly 200,000 in revenue. A preliminary calculation put the profit at about half of that, around 100,000—and that was a conservative estimate.

Keep in mind, this was 100,000 in 2004, which was equivalent to a monthly salary of 400,000 in Xu Huo’s previous life.

Not to mention,

there was still the gold mine that was the Capital City.

That was where the real money was!

So…

This also went to show that Wang Chao was actually quite capable; he was just lacking a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny bit of luck.

Yeah, a Grand Canyon’s worth of luck, to be precise.

“Alright, Brother Huo! I’ll head over to the police station to sort things out.”

Wang Chao cheerfully hung up.

Xu Huo stared at his phone, clicking his tongue in mild disbelief.

‘That kid’s really full of energy.’

…

…

「Meanwhile, inside the Jiangsan City airport.」

“Niece, Jiangsan City is Brother Huo’s hometown, so that makes it my hometown. And since President Niu and I are brothers, my hometown is his hometown.”

“And President Niu is your father, so his hometown is your hometown!”

Wang Chao said all this casually from the driver’s seat as he chauffeured the woman he had just picked up.

“So when you come here, you’re basically coming home.”

Hearing this, Zhang Min, who was in the passenger seat, felt her eye twitch.

It wasn’t that his convoluted logic left her speechless. After all, for businesspeople, building rapport and cozying up to others was a standard part of the game.

It was just…

“We’re from the same generation,”

Zhang Min couldn’t resist pointing out.

“Ah, that’s not important. From now on, I’ll call you Niece, and you can just call me Brother.”

“How old are you?” Zhang Min asked.

“Twenty-four. Born in ’80,” Wang Chao replied.

“I was born in ’79,” Zhang Min stated flatly.

Wang Chao froze. He hesitated for a moment, his brain working at lightning speed before arriving at a conclusion.