noffsinger Chapter 290 The Villain Boss Doesn't Need Redemption 41
Chapter 290 The Villain Boss Doesn't Need Redemption 41
At the same time, Huo Chen's assistant was looking at the news push notification on his phone when his hand trembled and he dropped the phone.
The plane...crashed...
He was originally supposed to go on a business trip with President Huo, and this was the flight he was supposed to take.
However, since President Huo decided not to go at the last minute, he stayed behind as President Huo's assistant.
If that weren't the case, he would have been destroyed along with the plane!
The assistant was still shaken and his face was pale when he went to the president's office to deliver the documents.
After Huo Chen finished signing, he glanced at him and said, "If you're sick, take leave. I don't want to see you make mistakes at work."
The assistant shook his head and said, "I'm fine, Mr. Huo. You saw the news, the plane we were supposed to take crashed."
Huo Chen was taken aback. "The plane crashed?"
He had been busy and hadn't had time to check the news, so he quickly took out his phone to check it.
The assistant was still saying thankfully, "Luckily we didn't get on that flight. Vice President Lin and the others also booked tickets for this afternoon..."
Before he could finish speaking, Huo Chen suddenly stood up, grabbed his suit jacket from the back of the chair, and strode out. "I have something to do. The afternoon meeting will be postponed to tomorrow."
Before the words were even finished, the person had already disappeared. The assistant could only say to the empty office, "Okay..."
When Huo Chen rushed home, Yun Qing was sitting in the corner of the sofa, hugging her knees and lost in thought, with Xiao Chengzi nestled at her feet, quietly keeping her company.
"Qingqing..."
Yun Qing looked up and saw him, blinked, and stretched out her hands to him.
Huo Chen pulled the person into his arms and asked in a low voice, "Did you see the news?"
Yun Qing rested her chin on his shoulder and said in a calm tone, "Aunt Lan called me, and after I pressed her for details, I found out that Xue Ling had been talking nonsense about the plane you were on crashing. I saw the news, and it was indeed the plane you were supposed to be on."
Huo Chen's eyes darkened. Was this another so-called plot twist?
He hugged the person tighter and comforted them, "It's okay, don't be afraid, I just didn't get on the plane."
His words of comfort overwhelmed Yun Qing, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears. "Waaah... I'll never say 'orphan and widow' again."
Before Huo Chen could continue comforting her, she suddenly jumped up from his arms, stood on the sofa, glared down at him, and said fiercely, "You're not allowed to say anything unlucky again, or I'll slap you!"
"it is good."
Huo Chen agreed while extending his hands.
Yun Qing threw herself into his arms and continued to sob, "I was so scared, I almost had to sleep under the bridge."
Huo Chen pinched her waist, "You're just being stubborn!"
Yun Qing tickled his back, "Don't expose me!"
Huo Chen said helplessly, "You're worried about me, afraid something will happen to me, but I won't laugh at you."
"No, I am the young lady, I cannot show weakness."
Huo Chen: ...But we both know perfectly well that you're just deceiving yourself.
I don't know where this strange competitive spirit came from.
But this competitive spirit, sometimes... is quite good.
Huo Chen spent the whole day at home with Yun Qing, finally calming her frightened little heart.
And Mr. Qi finally discovered the existence of Xue Lan and Xue Ling.
Then Xue Lan took Xue Ling and went back with that President Qi.
When Yun Qing found out, she was somewhat surprised, "Aunt Lan just went back like that?"
She and Xue Ling were almost driven to their deaths by the Qi family back then, didn't they feel a little wronged?
Huo Chen lowered his eyes and cut his steak, then hummed in agreement.
Yun Qing stared at him for a while, then suddenly said, "Huo Chen, look at me!"
Huo Chen paused in his actions and looked up at her.
Yun Qing stared into his eyes and asked seriously, "Do you know something I don't know, or have you done something?"
Huo Chen immediately replied, "I haven't done anything illegal or disorderly."
"Oh... so what exactly did you do?"
Huo Chen remained silent for a moment before saying, "Xue Ling is not the original Xue Ling."
Yun Qing was taken aback for a moment, "Huh?"
Huo Chen explained, "Xue Ling's body has been taken over by something, and the current Xue Ling is no longer the Xue Ling she used to be."
Yun Qing's eyes widened in shock, "Possessed by a ghost?"
"You could say that."
Yun Qing frowned. "No wonder!"
Xue Ling used to be timid and would always avoid her when she saw her, but suddenly she became so bold that she dared to talk back to her.
Moreover, his attitude towards Aunt Lan has changed.
The mother and daughter used to have a very good relationship; she was even a little jealous when she was a child.
As a result, Xue Ling suddenly became a rebellious daughter.
If it were someone else, then it wouldn't be surprising.
Huo Chen added, "I didn't do anything; I just told Aunt Lan about it."
"Is Aunt Lan's return to the Qi family related to this matter?"
"Aunt Lan definitely wants to find the real Xue Ling, but her own abilities are limited. The Qi family is different. Not only are they rich, but more importantly, the group also has its own research institute, making it easier for them to conduct special research."
He spoke with an air of complete control.
However, after speaking, his momentum instantly vanished. He glanced at Yun Qing and cautiously defended himself:
"We don't know what kind of evil spirit Xue Ling is right now. If she stays outside, she'll only harm people. I'm doing a good deed."
"As for Aunt Lan, she knows the truth and returns to the Qi family to dedicate herself to finding the real Xue Ling. It's better than her being deceived by the evil spirit, treating her as the real Xue Ling, loving her, exhausting her energy for her, and not having a good end."
"As for the original Xue Ling, at least her mother knew that she was not the one who did bad things, that she was still her mother's good daughter, and that her mother was not dragged to death by that evil spirit."
Yun Qing was not interested in business matters and did not know anything about the Qi Group, but Huo Chen obviously knew a lot about it, and all of this was something he had planned long ago.
Perhaps from the moment he met President Qi and discovered that he mistakenly believed Aunt Lan was dead but still couldn't forget her, he had planned everything that followed.
He didn't seem to be doing anything significant, just fiddling around when necessary, yet things continued to develop as he wanted.
Yun Qing's face remained expressionless. "Finished?"
Huo Chen pursed his lips and remained silent.
Yun Qing stared at him and asked, "How did Xue Ling know your itinerary while she was lying in the hospital? Don't tell me she could plant spies around you. If that were the case, she would know you didn't board the plane."
Huo Chen hesitated for a moment.
Yun Qing called out directly, "Uncle Liu, clean up Huo Chen's room..."
"No! I'll tell you."
Huo Chen sighed inwardly and said helplessly, "Xue Ling said she is a transmigrator."
Yun Qing paused for a moment, her expression changing. "So, Xue Ling is convinced that your plane crashed not because she found out your itinerary, but because she knows the plot. In the plot, you were originally supposed to..." die.
Huo Chen didn't want to bring up the matter of transmigrating into a book, because he didn't want her to overthink things.
He reached out and took Yun Qing's hand, comforting her, "I'm fine now, aren't I? That means the plot can be changed. If the plot can be changed, we can pretend it doesn't exist."
He said this to Yun Qing, but also to himself.
Xue Ling said he was the villain, and the villain's death should be considered an important plot point.
But the fact that he didn't die means that the plot doesn't have that much control over them.
Therefore, he probably wouldn't do anything to hurt Yun Qing out of control.