Chapter 19: The President’s Public Display of Affection!

Upon hearing those words, Xu Xu’s face immediately flushed, and images from the drunken night before involuntarily surfaced in her mind... Ah! What was she thinking? How crazy! Her face reddened even more, her neck turning a rosy pink.

“I-I didn’t mean that!” Xu Xu hastily changed the subject. “I was just looking at your hand!”

“Looking at my hand?” Huo Hanshen raised an eyebrow slightly. “Really?”

“Yes!” Xu Xu nodded repeatedly. “Marriage calls for a sense of ceremony, so I wanted to give you a wedding gift.”

At those words, Huo Hanshen nodded, then promptly pulled the car over to the roadside.

Xu Xu was momentarily stunned. What was he doing?

Before she could react, Huo Hanshen looked at her and extended his hand.

Xu Xu nervously stared at him.

Unbidden, some rather inappropriate images flashed through her mind.

W-was this rushing things too much?

It was nine o’clock at night.

Lin Feng was playing billiards with friends at a club. Having just lost a game, he was determined to win the next one.

...But unfortunately, he lost again by a narrow margin.

Feeling a bit down, he was about to suggest another round when his phone buzzed with a message notification.

He checked his phone and saw it was from Huo Hanshen.

“Master Huo? Could it be something important?”

Lin Feng muttered to himself as he quickly opened the message.

Then...

“...Did he send this by mistake? Why is there a photo of him wearing a watch?” Lin Feng was utterly baffled, and replied with a question mark.

The reply came swiftly—

[Huo Hanshen]: My wife bought me this watch. Pretty, isn’t it?

Lin Feng: “...”

So, he was showing off his love?

[Lin Feng]: The great president, yet still this childish? Tsk tsk, what a sight!

Lin Feng was speechless. Abandoning the billiards, he walked over to the nearby sofa and sat down.

No sooner had he sat than his phone buzzed again.

He opened the message—

[Huo Hanshen]: You don’t have a wife; I understand why you don’t get romance.

He even sent a smiling emoji afterward.

Lin Feng: “...”

Damn!

Having a wife doesn’t make you so special! Why look down on me, a single man... scratch that! A single aristocrat!

He made up his mind—he would cut ties with Huo Hanshen... for three whole minutes!

Not one second less!

...

Back home, Xu Xu wasted not a single second. She feigned having work to do and dashed into her study like escaping.

Closing the door behind her, she leaned against it, her heart pounding wildly.

“Phew... Good thing I got away fast, or else...”

Thinking about what had just happened in the car, Xu Xu’s cheeks burned even hotter.

“…Here, this is for you.” Sitting in the passenger seat earlier, Xu Xu had taken out the watch she had prepared long ago and handed it to Huo Hanshen.

Her face was still flushed, and she regretted how her mind had wandered.

Huo Hanshen took the watch box. The watch inside was exquisite. He pulled it out but didn’t put it on immediately; instead, he handed it back to Xu Xu.

Xu Xu was taken aback.

“Then please, madam, help me put it on,” Huo Hanshen said, his gaze deep and steady as he looked at her. “Is that alright?”

Xu Xu naturally had no reason to refuse. She nodded and took the watch, then leaned closer to Huo Hanshen, lowering her head slightly with earnest concentration as she fastened the watch around his wrist.

“All done...”

As she spoke, she lifted her head—but the sudden closeness startled her.

They were far too close!

So close she could hear the man’s breath and heartbeat...

Wait, that heartbeat was her own!

“You...” Xu Xu couldn’t help but speak, but as she did, her breath brushed across Huo Hanshen’s face, instantly thickening the atmosphere between them.

Huo Hanshen’s gaze slowly slid from Xu Xu’s eyes down to her lips.

His Adam’s apple bobbed slightly; his head lowered bit by bit, their lips inching closer.

Xu Xu found herself drawn in involuntarily. The distance shrank until she could count each of his eyelashes.

Not yet touching, their breaths already intertwined.

Just as they were about to meet, a sudden honk shattered the moment!

“...Otherwise, we might have accidentally fired off a shot,” Xu Xu in the study snapped out of her memories and couldn’t help but pat her burning cheeks.

Meanwhile, at the door, Huo Hanshen chuckled softly, finding his wife utterly adorable.

In such a good mood, he became more generous.

Thinking of Lin Feng, who had just been sweetly bombarded by his affection, he sent him a red envelope as he headed upstairs.

[Huo Hanshen]: A reward.

Lin Feng, who hadn’t been replied to for two minutes, stared at his phone baffled.

[Lin Feng]: ...?

Holding the phone, Lin Feng was utterly confused, completely unable to guess what Huo Hanshen was thinking.

Though clueless, he accepted the red envelope—one never declines a gift from Master Huo!

No sooner had he accepted than another message arrived.

[Huo Hanshen]: Do girls usually like certain kinds of gifts? I want to return the favor to my wife.

Lin Feng, bombarded with affection again: “...”

Alright, he got it. That red envelope was compensation for his emotional distress.

While Huo Hanshen and Lin Feng chatted, Xu Xu in the study finally composed herself and logged into her short video account on her computer.

Just after logging in, she saw the backend notification showing 99+ requests for updates.

“I’ve been so busy lately...” Xu Xu sighed softly, then launched her live broadcast software.

She only used voice, never showing her face—a sort of hobby, a voice actress.

Over time, she had accumulated quite a following.

As soon as she started streaming, fans poured into her chatroom to greet her, and Xu Xu responded to them all.

“...Why haven’t you streamed lately?”

Seeing many fans ask this, Xu Xu smiled. “Because I had to make time for my wedding.”

[Fan 1]: Ah? Big sis is married? Congratulations!

[Fan 2]: Happy newlyweds!

[Fan 3]: Wow! Wishing you a hundred years of harmony, big sis!

Many fans sent their blessings, but some longtime followers boldly turned on their mics.

[Fan 4]: Hehe, big sis, how’s married life? How’s your husband... satisfying?

[Fan 5]: Big sis, tell us secretly, we won’t spill the beans!

[Fan 6]: Sisters, c’mon, honestly, I want to know too, hehe!

Watching the chat veer off in an unexpected direction, Xu Xu couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.

But... it’s just online after all; she never showed her face, and no one knew anyone else.

So she decided to joke back: “Well, I’m not really sure either; the wedding night was so rushed, I don’t even know if my husband’s up to the task...”

No sooner had she spoken than a knock came at the door.