Yan Qing was KO’ed by Huo Yunshen’s single sentence.
Her phone was still buzzing periodically. She patted her cheeks. She sure was naive to compete with President Huo on using tricks.
Outside, someone knocked on the door. “Yan Yan are you done? Let’s head over together to the photoshoot. Then we can go to the dance studio together afterwards.”
Yan Qing snapped out of her own thoughts. She remembered that tomorrow afternoon was the filming of first round of judges’ rankings. She only had half a day left to prepare. The song she was singing wasn’t a problem, but dance was a field that she never experienced before. She had chosen a choreography that seemed simple but needed to practice before filming.
Luckily one of the four girls she met earlier near the bathroom was a dancer and was willing to help her practice. She didn’t have time to waste.
“Hold on, I’m coming out!”
But President Huo clearly wasn’t going to let her go. Since she didn’t respond to his messages, he called.
Yan Qing worried that with his temper, President Huo might just show up in the middle of all these cameras. Reluctantly, she answered his call. “I’m busy, please speak quickly.”
The man on the other side of the phone was silent for a second.
Yan Qing didn’t know how to respond to his silence. Then, she thought, if it were Yun Qing on the phone, she probably would have sweetly said hello. He probably wasn’t used to her indifferent attitude.
Huo Yunshen started speaking. It was still the same question. “What are you doing right now?”
Yan Qing was worried that others might hear her. She lowered her voice. “I’m going to the photoshoot. Then I’m going to the dance studio with a friend. I really don’t have time to respond to your messages. Even if you prepared fifty phones, you’ll still have to wait until I’m done with work. I’m hanging up now.”
Just as she was about to press down on the red button, he asked: “You’re going to dance? What dance?”
Yan Qing spoke freely. “It was a last minute selection that I found online. It’s Renai Circulation.”
Her new dance teacher, Ou Yang, was rushing her again. Yan Qing quickly hung up and walked out.
The girls from Ou Yang’s group all crowded around her, teasingly the spoke. “Aiyo~~ Who were you speaking with? You were taking so long, we heard everything~~”
Yan Qing bit her lower lip. “It was…a family member. They keep asking what I’m doing. So frustrating.”
Ou Yang patted her head. “Don’t you know what that question actually means?”
“Actually means?”
“It means ‘I’m missing you’.”
Huo Yunshen’s words fluttered back into Yan Qing’s ears. “What are you doing?”
So what he actually wanted to say was… “I miss you.”
Huo Yunshen returned back to his office at Huo Corporation’s headquarters. Behind him followed a group of directors waiting to deliver documents that needed President Huo’s approval, barely daring to breathe to heavily for fear of inciting Huo Yunshen’s rage. They all turned to Secretary Min, hoping for his help.
On the surface, Min Jing smiled calmly. But on the inside he scoffed.
Help? He didn’t even know how to deal with Huo Yunshen.
In the past, Shen ge would have wanted to everything in his power to hide Yun Qing away from the world. His goal would have been that no one else in the world dared lay eyes on her. But now, his dear wife didn’t even recognize him. Even worse, she went to a program to dance and sing.
Just the thought of that kind of stage gave him shivers. Yun Qing would wear a short skirt with her hair up, and smile at the male judges and all the viewers…
Min Jing felt sweat forming on his forehead. He heard the voice of death again. “Min Jing, if you dare keep thinking about her, I’ll throw you out this window.”
Huo Yunshen’s expression was ice cold. His stomach was still giving him shots of pain. His temples were also throbbing. For the past three years, stomach pain and migraines had been a reoccurring part of his life. His medicines had plateaued in effectiveness.
The more pain he was in, the more he thought of her.
He wanted to hold her every minute. He didn’t want to let her go.
Huo Yunshen was too lazy to speak further. He ripped out a piece of paper, wrote a few orders down, and handed it to Min Jing.
The line of directors stood silently. They placed down the documents that needed to be approved. No matter how powerful these men looked outside, they all willingly lowered their heads in front of President Huo.
Everyone had witnessed President’s abilities firsthand. They had watched him go from the family outcast who hadn’t even finished schooling, to a victorious black sheep and obsessive conqueror. His shrewdness, abilities, and ruthlessness were all enough for them to look up to him.
When the directors finally dispersed, Huo Yunshen lifted his head and asked Min Jing. “All done?”
Min Jing pushed his glasses up. “Yes, everything’s done. There are no objections from Chengfeng’s side. Unanimous agreement from their board. They’re very happy with these results, they’re practically ready to set off fireworks. They’ve reached their funding target. The new program stages will be designed overnight. It should be ready for tomorrow’s filming.”
Min Jing understood now what Shen ge meant by ‘postpone the acquisition. We’ll use another method.’ The program’s sole sponsor.
From today, Rise Up! Girls will officially change its name to Huo Corporation presents Rise Up! Girls.
So Rise Up! Girls’ contestant Yan Qing was also Huo Corporation’s Yan Qing.
Shen ge’s reasoning was always beyond the expectations of mere mortals.
Min Jing continued. “But Xingshang’s President Su and Wanjing’s President Lin both waant to speak with you before they agree to appearing on the program. They’re on hold via video conference.”
“Connect the call.”
Huo Yunshen put the call on speaker phone. The screen split into three. President Su was twenty six years old, with a babyface. As soon as he was connected, he screeched. “Shen ge, what are you up to? You, you want me and Xiao Lin, the three of us! You want us to forsake our comfortable offices, our 500 square feet king-sized beds, and go to a girls’ group competition to be judges?”
Huo Yunshen didn’t even blink. “Judge? Do you know how to judge?”
President Lin let out a gentle laugh. “Mr. Su, who are you calling Xiao Lin? Don’t embarrass yourself in front of Shen ge. Shen ge, I know what you mean. You don’t want us to be judges, you want us to be financial backbones. Using the role as sponsors, you want us to provide brand spokesperson opportunities and possible roles in movies. I’m sure that’s incentivizing enough for Chengfeng Videos and that set of girls. But, what is this all for?”
Huo Yunshen replied simply: “For my wife.”
And then hung up.
Inadequate Translations 
He’s possessive but I like it
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