Taming Tyrants I

Arc 2: Mad Mafia, Elegant CEO (53)

Hong Cha woke up with a terrible headache. It felt like her head was being hammered. She heard voices echoing yet she cant understand the language. Her eyes narrowed when she heard a door opening. The voices vanished and things went normal. Her headache still bothered her. She raised her head to see an unexpected guest peeking from the door. It was Sang Linlin. The two of them were stunned altogether. Hong Cha looked down to herself and she have no clothes on. Only the blanket was wrapped around her. She is about to ask why Sang Linlin was here when the door opened wide.

"Stay here. I'll deal with that guy." Xu Qin Rui led her in as if Hong Cha was not there. Sang Linlin nodded and sat on a chair near the balcony. He casted an indifferent look to Hong Cha before leaving.

"After being f*cked, he brought a new woman. Great." Hong Cha muttered sarcastically and stood up. She tried to look for proper clothes when she heard Xu Qin Rui's angry voice. "So, why are you here? And why is he angry this early?"

Sang Linlin flinched. She nervously turned to Hong Cha though the other girl didn't do anything wrong. "I, I have an unreasonable friend. President Xu saw how I was maltreated and brought me here this morning. However, my friend found out. He came here to take me back." Sang Linlin held her tears. She was almost sullied if not for Xu Qin Rui.

"Him?" Hong Cha headed to the balcony and saw a pretty boy outside, having a fight with Xu Qin Rui. Her friend? Oh, this must be the second male lead. The childhood sweetheart. This is the part of the story where her childhood sweetheart learnt how she got into trouble because of Xu Qin Rui being involved with her. Jealousy took over and nearly forced Sang Linlin. She doesn't want to admit to Xu Qin Rui that the pretty boy was someone close with her so she lied about his identity.

"Lin! Come out!" the second male lead shouted but Xu Qin Rui's men was pushing him out the gate. He saw Hong Cha by the balcony as Sang Linlin peeked behind the curtains. Hong Cha sighed for him while shaking her head.

"Poor second male lead." she propped her chin on her palm while watching the second male lead being thrown out. No wonder some worlds have reincarnating souls. They wanted to break free from their desperate fate. Hong Cha composed herself and went back inside. She gave a hateful look to Sang Linlin before entering the bathroom.

Innocent female leads are sometimes numb to other people's feelings. It brings trouble since the so-called innocence is naivety. Hong Cha came out and Sang Linlin was not there anymore. She headed downstairs to have a breakfast but she came to witness a drama going on.

"Its inappropriate if I stay here." Sang Linlin lowered her eyes shyly. Xu Qin Rui was trapping her from the wall.

"Typical." Hong Cha snorted from the side and headed to the kitchen. She's not in the mood to deal with them. Hong Cha searched picked a fruit from the counter and passed it to Samuel who is across her. He didn't say anything and prepared the apple for her but Hong Cha finds it difficult to eat. She wanted to be lazy, ah. What's wrong with her?

[Host, a brief warning.]

"Hum? What is it?" she yawned a bit and accepted the coffee from Samuel. Hong Cha took a sip as System Wu sounded nervous.

[Lou Fencha is expecting.]

"Puuu!" Hong Cha spat out what she drank. Samuel passed by and his shirt got soaked to brown.

"Tissue." he unhappily placed a roll of tissue in front of her which he got from the other side. Samuel left with a gloomy face. His date was ruined. He is supposedly to meet Miao Yun this morning, ah. What a luck.

"Say it again?!" Hong Cha screamed in her head and looked down to her stomach.

[Ehm... Lou Fencha is expecting and it was one of the obstacles the female lead and male lead overcame. It was a side plot and not the main plot which Host is focusing on.]

"No way..." she gulped nervously.

Xu Qin Rui was busy touring Sang Linlin around the mansion. Hong Cha sneaked into the greenhouse to have a lone time. She took care of the Middlemist Red when she noticed one flower was missing. Hong Cha casted it aside and rested underneath the Japanese maple tree.

The moon shone brightly as the lanterns and lamps lit up. Hong Cha opened her eyes to notice the place was a bit misty but sparkly. She was astounded to see a figure standing across the table. He wore his usual black shirt with his suit on the chair. The young man loosened his tie and cuffs before turning to Hong Cha.

"Hi." he smiled playfully with his grey eyes forming to crescent. Hong Cha cant speak and sat up in surprise.

"Gu Jiaoyue? What are you doing here?" she frowned. However, the young man shook his head. He took the band tying her hair and used it for himself. With his hair tied upwards, he sat next to her and placed his arm on her shoulder.

"Its Gu Zixing, Camellia." he pinched her cheek. Hong Cha was astounded again. Gu Zixing tucked few hair strands on her ear. "Sorry I was hiding. I missed you, you know? But, I cant show up yet."

"... Gu Zixing, are we lovers?" she faintly asked. Gu Zixing chuckled in response.

"Im sorry. I feel so ashamed." he made her lean on him. Hong Cha looked up but he used his hand to cover her eyes. "Sleep. I'll be back. We can be together again."

Hong Cha awakened just as the sun sank. The lanterns around her started to glow one by one. Gu Zixing was not around but her hair was untied. The band originally tying her hair was beneath the camellia flowers.