I’m Keeping the Overbearing CEO After He Went Bankrupt [Rebirth] 52

Chapter 52: Qingbao’s Little Thoughts

When Chu Qing opened his eyes, his mind was still filled with fragmented images from his dreams.

He rubbed his eyes and propped himself up, wanting to get up.

Huo Li, who had been guarding the bed, his face propped up on his hand in a light sleep, immediately opened his eyes, supported him, and handed him some water.

Chu Qing took the thermos and drank in small sips with his head bowed.

“What did Qingbao dream about?” Huo Li asked gently. “You didn’t seem to be sleeping soundly.”

“I…”

After he finished the water, he stared blankly at him.

“Did you have a nightmare?” Huo Li said, reaching out to knead his soft ear. “Tell me about it?”

“N-No…” he lowered his head, his voice tiny, his eyes still red.

It’s not very glorious to talk about it, and it’s also very funny and embarrassing.

In any case, he always had some strange dreams. For example, just now, he had dreamt that a dog was chasing him, and there was a car in front.

He kept chasing the car but could never catch up, getting more and more anxious. And before that, there was a supernatural dream where a disheveled female ghost was about to chase him, but no one answered the door when he kept knocking, and he was full of anger after he woke up.

After a pause, he changed the subject. “What did Mr. Huo and Teacher Feng talk about?”

“Nothing,” he said, his gaze slightly lowered.

He pouted. “See, you’re not telling me either…”

He paused, his voice hoarse. “Qingbao, I’m sorry.”

“…?”

He leaned over and hugged him. “It was my dereliction of duty. I said I would protect you, but I didn’t.”

“It’s not Mr. Huo’s fault, really,” he said blankly. “It’s my fault…”

“I was clumsy, I didn’t pay attention to my surroundings, I didn’t look first… I, I…”
“I don’t know…”

He wasn’t trying to dwell on it, he was just panicked and sad.

He rested his head on his shoulder, his own shoulders heaving as he sobbed.

He said nothing and just gently patted his back.

After crying for a while, he sat there and stared at him blankly.

He had slept for too long before, and he couldn’t sleep now.

Huo Li handed him the congee that had been kept warm and watched him eat.

“Tomorrow… I’ll go see Xixi, and then ask the doctor when I can be discharged,” he said while eating. “I still have to go back to the production team.”

“Don’t be in a hurry to go back. Wait until your foot is better,” he said with a slight frown.

He kept shaking his head. “I… I’m teaching singing, not dancing.”

Huo Li said sternly, “Rest for a few more days.”

“I can’t… Luo Yucheng is leaving, and I’m not there. The new assistant is also new and confused. This will affect the progress of the vocal group’s students. It’s not fair to them. They have to compete for votes with the other groups…” he lowered his head and pleaded, “Just, just let me go back…”

He sighed helplessly.

He crossed his arms. “You can go back, but promise me one thing, okay?”

“What?”

“After this show is over, you’ll take a break for a while and go for a walk with me, okay?”

He was stunned, and the expression on his face froze.

When his condition was at its worst, it was also when he was being dissed the most. At that time, he also had no work and relied entirely on his support.

“I… I don’t want to…” he said, his head bowed, not daring to look at him. “I can do it. I’m not useless.”

“I know, I just…”

“I don’t want to!” he interrupted him and took a deep breath. “You can’t… just because I made a mistake… not let me work. I can do it, I clearly can do it…!”

As he spoke, he got angry with himself.

“Qingbao, that’s not what I mean,” he said helplessly, looking at the congee that was only half-eaten, his voice gentle. “Let’s finish eating first, and then we’ll talk, okay?”

“No!” he said, and put the porcelain bowl on the table with a “thud,” his voice loud. “Let’s talk now.”

A moment later, feeling that he had been too fierce, he added timidly, “C-Can we?”

Huo Li: “…”

He was both heartbroken and amused, and said helplessly, “Alright.”

“Well…” he paused, then didn’t know what to say.

He looked at him quietly and did not rush him.

After a long moment, he finally squeezed out a sentence, “Anyway… no.”

He clutched the hem of his clothes. “Mmm… it’s just that I can work well. I can earn money to, to support you…”

He raised an eyebrow slightly.

He continued, “This time it was my fault… I won’t do it next time.”

After listening for a while, he sighed. “Silly Qingbao, my silly sponsor… what are you thinking?”

He wanted to pull him into his arms again, but seeing him staring at him, he helplessly retracted his hand. “Qingbao, look how amazing you are. You participated in two shows and gained so many fans. Now everyone’s opinion of you has changed,” he said, taking his hand and coaxing him. “You’re not useless. You can work well. I know that.”

“Mmm… mmm,” his eyes turned red again.

“So, you’ve worked so hard for so long. How about you take a break for a while and go for a walk with me? I’m going abroad to inspect some goods next. Will you accompany me?”

“I…”

He had long known that he would react like this.

This was also why he had encouraged him to work before, but now this was enough.

“Qingbao, in the first variety show, everyone knew how amazing you were. Now in the second one, no one dislikes you,” he said, word by word. “I believe you can do it. Everyone believes it.”

“Oh…” he lowered his head.

“Then what are you still worried about?”

“I… I don’t know.”

He would cry for a while and then not, and now he was sobbing again.

“Before, I… so… Mr. Huo didn’t come back…”
“I promised to do a good job…”

He was speaking incoherently.

He hugged him helplessly. “Silly Qingbao, what are you thinking?”

“I’ve told you before. I’ll be there when you’re scared, I’ll be there when you’re angry, I’ll be there whenever you need me… I’ll be there three hundred and sixty-five days a year. What, do you have to work three hundred and sixty-five days a year? You can’t even take a vacation?”

He looked up at him with a red nose.

“It’s a vacation, not quitting. Do you understand?”

“Mmm… mmm,” his face was a little red.

“The doctor also suggested that you rest before, but you wouldn’t listen.”

“…”

He pinched his cheek. “Then I’ll tell my manager later to let you rest for a while and recuperate.”

“Mmm.”

He lowered his head and looked at his blanket.

Mmm…

It seems I’ve made a fool of myself again.

Did I misunderstand what he said?

And he said…

He glanced at him, his ears turning red.

Seeing that he had agreed, and not knowing what he was thinking again, Huo Li changed the subject. “I went to find Teacher Feng to tell him that I can help. It will take him many days to apply through his mother’s legal channels. I have friends who can help, so he can go and check now.”

“Oh…”

He said listlessly, “Then after checking, can Luo Yucheng leave?”

“Mmm,” his voice deepened a little.

“Oh…”

Actually, it’s not just about leaving.

He’s already come after me. If I don’t fight back completely… he’ll only get worse.

He was naturally angry at him, but more… he was actually angry at himself.

“Qingbao, eat well. I’ll go get you some hot water,” he said, standing up gently. “You have to finish it, you know?”

“Mmm.”

After eating the congee and taking his medicine, he sat for a moment and then fell asleep.

The night grew deeper.

…

The next morning, not long after he woke up, An Yize and a few of Yu Weixi’s group members came to visit them.

He was not seriously injured, just a sprained ankle, so he sat in a wheelchair and went with the group members to find Yu Weixi.

“Qingbao…!!”

He was excited to see him. “You’re here!”

On the side, Feng Yan quickly supported him. “Don’t move!”

He sat down awkwardly. “Ah… mmm.”

“I heard from the bodyguard that you… were in a bad mood,” he said, glancing at him. “Don’t take it to heart… it wasn’t our fault that we fell, but I still have to thank you for saving me.”

“Mmm, okay,” he nodded.

“You guys scared us to death…” his teammates basically all knew him, so they were not reserved now. One of them, a gentle-looking one named Yu Han, said with a sigh, “Xixi, how did your waist injury get so bad? Didn’t I tell you to rest well, to rest well!”

“Alright, alright, it’s not like I’m not okay. Let’s talk about something happy,” he said with a fierce expression. “That bastard Luo Yucheng, he’s in for it today!”

He looked at the few of them, puzzled.

“Qingbao, haven’t you seen Weibo yet?”

In the middle of last night, the official media had posted on Weibo. It was a piece of news saying that Luo Yucheng had bribed one of Yu Weixi’s sasaeng fans, giving him his address to harass him. The reason it had been exposed now was because the sasaeng fan had been arrested before, and his mother had wanted to ask Luo Yucheng for bail money, but he was unwilling, which was why it had escalated.

The official media had also criticized him by name.

After that, while this matter was still in a heated discussion, the XX Mountain Management Bureau had also posted, releasing the full video.

In the video, when he and Chu Qing fell, Luo Yucheng was standing on the side, but the hand he had extended was only on Chu Qing, and he didn’t help.

As soon as the video was released, both his and Yu Weixi’s fans exploded.

XXX: Is Luo Yucheng crazy??? What did Xixi and Qingqing do to him?? What kind of hatred is this! Do you have to push people down like this?!

XXX: Is Luo Yucheng sick? The sasaeng fan framed Xixi, deliberately threw the blanket to provoke him, and now he’s pushing him down? And Teacher Chu, such a kind person, was also pushed down by him?

XXX: Where are your eyes?? Luo Luo was just scared, so he didn’t have the strength to pull them. He didn’t push them. Why do you have to curse him for this?

XXX: +1 Do kind people deserve to be bullied! Luo Luo was also scared! And just because of this, he’s being slandered by Yu Weixi’s side?? As expected of a top-tier celebrity who has stood firm for many years! He can pin anything on Luo Luo and make it sound so real

XXX: …Are Luo Yucheng’s fans stupid or bad? Even if not pulling them is not wrong, then is the sasaeng fan incident, the framing with the blanket, fake? Yo ho, you even dare to question the official media. I’ve really seen it all

XXX: Luo Yucheng, get out of the entertainment industry! His heart is not right, so disgusting!! How can there be such a bad person? A sasaeng fan! What if something happened to Xixi?

XXX: #LuoYuchengGetOutOfTheEntertainmentIndustry Sisters, bring the topic!

He was stunned as he watched.

He hadn’t expected that one day, the one being cursed online would not be him but Luo Yucheng, and he was the one being defended.

He said with pleasure, “Now the whole internet is condemning him. He deserves it!”

He naturally knew that Luo Yucheng had pushed him down, but he had not specifically told these team members.

“Mmm,” he nodded.

Now that the video had been uploaded, he was not afraid of the 98K 8x scope netizens finding something.

When the fact that Luo Yucheng had pushed them down was discovered, he would be in for it.

The few of them talked for a moment and then dispersed. An Yize pushed his wheelchair back, asking curiously on the way, “Where is your bodyguard?”

“He went to buy food,” he paused and frowned. “But I don’t believe it…”

I don’t know what he’s up to again…

“You don’t know? I thought you guys were already together?” he “yo”-ed and clicked his tongue in amazement. “You guys are not together yet? Heaven have mercy. Mr. Bodyguard is so pitiful, isn’t he?”

Chu Qing: “…?”

He said helplessly, “Anyone can see that Mr. Bodyguard likes you, right? And you have no sense of propriety with him.”

Chu Qing: “…”

No, wait, what are you saying…

He nodded. “Right, from your expression, it is. How can you be like a scumbag?”

Chu Qing: “………”

He was red-faced and grabbed the armrest, turning his head. “I, I’m not!”

“You are. You’re like… to your boyfriend… no, wait, to your husband, but you’re not with him. You might even dump him one day. Isn’t this just stringing him along?” he said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. “Although I also do this, I hang out in romantic places, and the other person is the same as me. But… Mr. Bodyguard is not. He’s seriously trying to marry… hmm… be married to… sigh, anyway, he’s determined to be with you.”

Chu Qing: “…”

He said cautiously, “Do I… really look like I’m stringing someone along?”

He said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, “Yes. It’s like you don’t want to be with him, but you can’t bear to lose his kindness, so you’re holding on.”

Chu Qing: “…”

After he returned to his room and An Yize left, he thought and thought, and felt that he was not a scumbag.

Clearly, that old rogue who tricked and deceived me is… no, wait, he’s not either.

Mr. Huo is so good.

He was huddled in his bed, his hand drawing circles on the pillow.

He thought, I clearly rejected him very decisively before, but he insisted on staying.

No matter what I said, he wouldn’t leave.

Ah…

So he won’t leave in the future either?

Probably?

He also said that in the future, three hundred and sixty-five days, he would be there whenever I needed him.

I can’t drive him away. But if this goes on, he doesn’t mind, but it seems… really… a little wrong?

He covered his head with the blanket.

What do I do.

Do I like him…?

I do.

But if we’re together…

Together…

“Qingbao?”

“…!!”

Huo Li looked at the person who had jumped out of the bed, a little confused.

“What’s wrong? Your face is so red.”

“No, I, I… you… it’s that…” he was half-kneeling on the bed and took his hand. “Mr. Huo… if your mother and I fell into the water, who would you save?”

Huo Li: “………”
Huo Li: “???”