I’m Keeping the Overbearing CEO After He Went Bankrupt [Rebirth] 64

Chapter 64: The Overbearing CEO Lies!

Quiet, this damned quiet.

Chu Qing’s gaze was chilly as he looked at Mr. Pan.

Huo Li swallowed, his expression unchanging as if Mount Tai were collapsing before him, and he pretended nothing had happened as he put on his clothes.

He tried to merge himself with the bed.

“Oh my, sister-in-law… no, younger brother’s wife… ah, that’s not right either… good afternoon, Mr. Chu,” Mr. Pan said, and stood up with a “swish,” standing straight like a gentleman with a grin. “Then I’ll be leaving first.”

“Wait,” Chu Qing said, standing in front of the door, his smile as gentle as a spring breeze. “Mr. Pan, stay and have a meal with us. It’s a good time to catch up with Mr. Huo…”

Mr. Pan: “…”

Huo Li immediately said, “Old Pan and I have nothing to talk about! I find him annoying as soon as I see him. What’s there to catch up on? I wish he would be chased and killed by Z’s side as soon as he steps out the door.”

Mr. Pan: “…”

Mr. Pan also said, “Right. I also find Old Huo very annoying. I wish the bullet had been a little off.”

Chu Qing: “…”

His expression became even fiercer, as if he were going to eat someone.

What are you saying?!

He glanced at Huo Li’s shoulder, his eyes full of heartache.

Mr. Pan: “…”

I’m having a hard time.

Mr. Pan rubbed his nose and slipped away.

Can’t compete with someone who has a partner.

He said nothing and sat down next to him with the lunch box.

Huo Li: “…”

He cautiously pulled on his sleeve. “Baby, are you angry?”

“No.”

He took out the lunch box and handed him the chopsticks after taking them out of the packaging.

“…” he said with a mournful face. “You are angry.”

“…I’m not.”

He paused and pouted. “You were with… and you took off your clothes in front of Mr. Pan today.”

Huo Li: “…”

See, and you say you’re not.

He bared his teeth. “I can explain… Mr. Pan and I were analyzing the source of the bullet, so I showed him the wound.”

“Really, I’m definitely not lying to you. Old Pan and I are definitely innocent, absolutely! I’d have to be blind to fall for him! That’s a bit too heavy of a taste!”

He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

He wasn’t stupid. Of course he knew that there was nothing between him and Mr. Pan, but…

He was just jealous.

Just unhappy.

He turned his head away. “You and Mr. Pan have so many secrets… I don’t know any of them. The things you always talk about, those dangerous actions, I also don’t know anything, including this accident. I don’t even know why you were injured…”

He was stunned.

The little one was muttering as he poured him some water, his head turned away, not looking at him.

“I…” he opened his mouth, paused, and didn’t know what to say.

He was a little angry and put the cup down with a “thud,” but then he turned around and hugged him.

He rested his head on his shoulder and said in a low voice, “Mr. Huo is mine…”

He hugged him back. “Mmm, yours.”

“Mine,” he tightened his embrace and said stubbornly, “Mr. Huo is mine.”

“Qingbao…” he reached out and rubbed the top of his head. “This operation… was ordered by Z. He bribed Old Pan’s confidant and found out my whereabouts.”

He paused, not speaking.

“You also know about Old Pan’s and my plan before. Now that he’s noticed, he naturally hates me.”

He let go of his embrace and listened to him quietly.

“It’s a very old story,” he said with a smile. “Z and I knew each other in the country. We were classmates, and then we went to the US to study together, and started a company together, entering ‘that’ circle.”

He understood what “that” circle referred to and didn’t ask much.

“Mr. Pan was already the boss of the Panda Group, who could cover the sky with one hand, at that time. He also had some power in the US. After he found out about us, because we were both Chinese, he also supported us a lot. In the end, we became Old Pan’s right-hand men with our own strength.”

“Then Z and I peacefully parted ways. I didn’t think much of it at that time. And then, Old Pan was getting older and older, had no partner and no heir, and was preparing to hand over the Panda Group to me.”

His eyes widened.

Panda Group…

Although the name was cute, he had heard about what they did in urban legends.

It was an unshakable mountain.

If he became the heir, then…

“I know what you’re thinking. You don’t have to feel sorry for me,” he said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and pinched his cheek. “As Old Pan’s right-hand man and future heir, I couldn’t sleep well every night. Not to mention really sitting on the throne. I’m afraid I’d have to find someone to test my food for poison even when I’m eating.”

“Oh…” those things were too far away for him, and he didn’t quite understand.

He said, “You can guess what happened next. Z had long had other thoughts and couldn’t wait to get rid of me and Old Pan and take everything for himself. That’s why he came after me after he knew that Old Pan wanted to give the group to me.”

In his previous life, he had really been killed by him.

Or rather, he had been killed by his only bit of nostalgia, thinking that after all, they had been brothers who had walked together for more than ten years, fighting through knives and bullets. It was a pity that he had been in the underworld for so long and still didn’t understand that a little mercy to others was a little cruelty to oneself.

And in this life, he had set up a net for him one step ahead, just waiting for him to fall into it because of his own greed.

He smiled. “He’s crazy and wants to kill me, even though we’re brothers. But I won’t give in to him either. I’ll make him die.”

“I…” he paused, not knowing what to say, and could only hug him.

He was hugged by him, soft and warm, and said with a grin, “Silly baby.”

He asked, “Then… why did Mr. Huo give up Panda and come back?”

He paused and looked down at him. “If I say it was for you, will you believe me?”

“…?”

“I like you. I want to live with you,” he said, taking his hand. “But if I have Panda, I can’t have you and a warm and peaceful life.”

He would not be willing, and it was impossible to bring this bloody storm to him. The two could not be had at the same time.

He stared at him blankly.

Wait.

Wait…!

His eyes widened, and he suddenly remembered something.

“So you’re faking your bankruptcy?”

Huo Li: “…”

Ah.

Oops.

He steeled himself. “Yes…”

“…”

There was another silence. He stared at him blankly, his face expressionless.

He paused. “From the beginning? When you came back?”

“…Yes.”

“You said you had nowhere to go, no money to use, no job… were you lying?”

“…Mmm.”

He had been secretly observing his expression, but he had always been expressionless.

He asked, “Why?”

He was extremely panicked and said honestly, “Because… I like you. I wanted to win your sympathy and be with you.”

He’s not angry, is he…?

He looked at him cautiously. Please don’t be angry.

“Oh.”

He handed him the lunch box and turned to leave.

Huo Li: “Qingbao… Qingbao, I was wrong…!”

He chased after him with a mournful face.

“Qingbao, don’t run!!”

The water that had entered his brain before was now the urine he was peeing.

The lies he had told before were now the net he had bound himself with.

At this moment, the great CEO Huo chased after him and then almost ran into the door panel.

He had been locked in the room by his little sponsor.

“Mr. Huo, I, I’ll go downstairs to buy you some snacks,” he said from outside the door. “Mr. Huo, don’t follow me. Rest well in the room…”

He felt that he needed to calm down.

…

What is all this…?!

He needed a truth and an explanation, because Mr. Huo was his.

But he hadn’t expected…

Hiss, this truth is too…

He stood in front of the vending machine, bought a cup of coffee, and sat there drinking it. Just as he was in a daze, his phone rang.

It was Monk.

“Chu, what’s going on? You didn’t come today? Are you sick?”

…

Oops, I forgot to ask for a leave…!

He quickly said, “I’m sorry…! I, I’m taking a leave today!!”

It had happened so suddenly. He was injured, and they had had a fight last night. He had really forgotten about work.

It was rare for him to be so unprofessional and lazy.

He kept saying, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry… I…”

He thought for a moment and made up an excuse. “Mr. Huo, he… is sick. I’m temporarily staying at the… manor to take care of him today.”

“It’s okay. I was just asking about the situation. And you guys should also be careful outside. I heard there was a shooting last night. Be safe.”

Chu Qing: “…”
Chu Qing: “Okay, thank you, Teacher Monk.”

“No thanks… it’s just, we really need you. Can you come over tonight? Losessi’s song is finished, and we need you to come and play it. Mainly, the director is rushing us.”

He was stunned for a moment. “Okay…”

It’s not long. I’ll buy him dinner first.

Huo Li…

After he put down his phone, he hugged his head and curled up on the bench in the hallway.

What do I do… what do I do.

Mr. Huo was lying to me… he doesn’t need me at all! Everything from him is charity, but everything from me is not a necessity.

He had completely forgotten that he had been deceived, and he was not angry as he had imagined. He was just very scared.

What do I do… he doesn’t need me at all…

He will not want me.

After all, he is so amazing, and he is the heir of Panda. Even if he goes back now, it will still work.

He clenched his fists tightly, a hint of a morbid emotion flashing in his eyes.

If… he really went bankrupt, that would be great…

No, wait.

I can’t think like this.

He sniffled, his thoughts in a mess.

That bastard Huo Li, he actually lied to me like this.

Big bastard.
Big liar.

He actually lied to me, even though he said he liked me.

He was a little anxious and stomped his feet, at a loss.

What if he lies to me again in the future, and he doesn’t like me anymore but he’s still lying to me, and I don’t know.

He kept picking at his own fingers.

“Hiss… Qingbao… I’m in so much pain… it hurts so much.”

He was stunned and saw him, who had somehow gotten out, standing not far away, leaning against the corner of the wall, looking pitiful. “My shoulder hurts so much.”

He shrank back a little scared, his eyes red, not wanting to talk to him.

“Hiss… it’s bleeding.”

Chu Qing: “…”

His hands were clenched into fists, trembling a little.

…

He ran back with red eyes, sobbing as he ran, “Mr. Huo, you, you big bastard…!”