Saving the Tyrant

Chapter 1

It is said that the head of the Huo family, Huo Li, has gone bankrupt?

No way, it must be just a rumor.

Yeah, the Huo family is a big enterprise, how could they possibly go bankrupt?

The hotel lobby was bustling with activity, and the focus of this banquet was the youngest daughter of the Huo family. Even though rumors of the bankruptcy of her eldest cousin, Huo Li, the current head of the Huo family's company in the United States, have been circulating recently, the birthday banquet for the young lady of the family was still a grand affair.

Huo Li, as the eldest son of the Huo family, first inherited the small entertainment industry left to him by the family in his homeland, then used it as a springboard to start his own business in the United States, and quickly became a business tycoon. With intricate ties to powerful factions, he wielded great wealth and power.

The family's business in their homeland is managed by Huo Li's younger brother, Huo Liao. Not many people know the true situation of Huo Li, and at this moment, it is all just idle gossip.

Chu Qing held a tall glass, standing to the side listening to the group of people next to him gossiping, furrowing his brows slightly, feeling somewhat unhappy.

"I heard that my younger brother works at Huo Liao's company, and I heard that the family head seems to have returned and there seems to be some economic problems."

"Really?"

"Absolutely, it seems like he is also at the young lady's birthday banquet this time? But it's not something ordinary people like us can see."

Chu Qing paused.

"What?" Chu Qing took a deep breath, walked up to the group of men and women gossiping and said, "We are attending the banquet of the Huo family now, so let's not talk behind the family head's back."

"Tsk." One of the women looked at Chu Qing with disdain, but didn't say anything more.

Chu Qing noticed the woman's condescending look, and seeing the group of people fall silent, he decided not to linger any longer and turned to leave.

"Who is that?" Curious bystanders asked the woman.

"Chu Qing, don't you guys know?"

"Oh! No wonder he looks so familiar, and no wonder he speaks up for the Huo family. Isn't he rumored to have been kept by the younger brother of the family head, Huo Liao?"

"Yes, dirty stuff. He used capital to get a few big movies, then flopped, ruined others' hard work and original work, and was even exposed for being kept, so he was blacklisted all over the internet."

"It's a pity that when he debuted, he was praised as a creative genius with a clean and ethereal voice."

Chu Qing vaguely heard the words of those people, but he didn't care.

After hesitating for a moment, Chu Qing still decided to turn and go upstairs.

Huo Li's younger brother, Huo Liao, was upstairs.

"Oh, it's rare that you're taking the initiative to find me."

The hall was filled with unimportant guests, and upstairs was for a private party. Huo Liao was in a private room at the moment. Hearing that Chu Qing had come to find him, he deliberately dismissed the remaining people.

Huo Liao's expression was mocking, dressed in a flashy red suit, he lounged lazily on the sofa with bottles of alcohol and cigarette butts on the table in front of him.

Chu Qing stood by the door, took a deep breath and asked, "Has Mr. Huo Li returned? Is he really facing some difficulties?"

Huo Liao's expression stiffened.

"Is it for my brother?" Huo Liao sneered, leaning back on the sofa with a smirk, and said, "Why don't you ask him yourself?"

Chu Qing remained in his original position.

"Or, are you afraid? After all, you're just a poor student he kept in his earlier years." Huo Liao shook his head, smirking. "How dare you not go ask him in person?"

Chu Qing furrowed his brows slightly.

Huo Liao became more aggressive, stood up and walked in front of Chu Qing with a smile, "Little Chu Qing, my brother doesn't care about you at all. He might have even forgotten your name. Why not be with me? He can give you money, and so can I."

With that, Huo Liao leaned in as if to get closer to Chu Qing.

Chu Qing extended his hand to stop him and said with lowered eyes, "Please behave yourself. I came here to ask you a few questions. If you're not willing to answer, then forget it."

Chu Qing turned to leave.

Originally, Chu Qing thought Huo Liao would reveal some information to him, but now it seemed better not to bother.

"Stop!"

Huo Liao grabbed Chu Qing's hand, pushed him against the wall, and grabbed his collar, "With all those shady relationships you have with my brother, do you really want to know about his current situation?"

"I don't have any shady relationships with Mr. Huo Li," Chu Qing gritted his teeth. "He supported me in studying back then, and that's it. It's just a misunderstanding from outsiders, and it will be between you and me only."

If it weren't for Huo Liao forcibly providing him with resources, making a big show of changing artists and deliberately coercing him to a dead-end, he would not have been misunderstood by the entire internet and labeled as being kept by Huo Liao.

"So what? You are nothing but a dog in my brother's eyes. Maybe following me will be better." Huo Liao sneered.

Chu Qing said, "Even though I might be considered a dog, if you continue to harass me, I don't mind making things big, and when it reaches Mr. Huo Li, let's see who will have a good life then."

"You!" Huo Liao gritted his teeth.

Realizing that Huo Liao's reaction seemed to indicate some acquiescence to Huo Li's situation abroad, Chu Qing pushed away Huo Liao's hand and turned to open the door, having obtained the answers he wanted.

Huo Liao's expression turned somewhat sinister, and he reached out to grab Chu Qing.

Chu Qing stepped back and dodged, accidentally stepping on Huo Liao's foot, taking the opportunity to escape.

"Damn it, you bastard!" Huo Liao leaned against the wall, clutching his foot and cursing.

Huo Liao's fist struck a door in frustration, causing a commotion that caught the attention of nearby bodyguards.

"Hey! Come here," Huo Liao motioned to the bodyguard with a sneer, and said in a low voice, "Help me with something."

"Hehe, that Chu Qing is so arrogant, well, let him..."

After descending the stairs, Chu Qing was pulled to drink a few glasses of wine, and then his head started to spin, so he decided to leave by taking a taxi.

As someone who was now blacklisted on the internet and had fallen to the bottom of the industry, he naturally did not have any assistants, drivers, and the like, and could not drive when he was drunk.

Chu Qing frowned slightly.

The feeling on his body was getting stranger and stranger, not just like being drunk.

Chu Qing shook his head and saw Huo Li's bodyguard heading towards him not far away. Thinking back to the inexplicable toasts before and the strange sensations in his body, Chu Qing's heart turned cold and he quickly turned to run away.

That Huo Li!

The effects of the d**g began to take hold, and Chu Qing felt his limbs grow weak, along with some indescribable feelings of discomfort.

Chu Qing had to cling to his consciousness and run as fast as he could towards the nearest door.

The footsteps behind him quickened.

Chu Qing stumbled out, only to find it was the back door of a hotel, with a paved road for dropping off and picking up guests, surrounded by lawns.

Nowhere to hide.

The sound of footsteps behind him grew louder, and Chu Qing felt a creeping fear and agitation, aimlessly running forward, reaching into his pocket for his phone to call for help.

He really didn't want to get caught up in rumors of being taken care of by Huo Li.

Bang!

But he ran straight into someone's arms.

Before Chu Qing could react, the person's arms were already around him.

Chu Qing's vision darkened, probably from the man's suit. The man was tall with a faint scent of cologne, a reserved and composed fragrance.

Chu Qing instinctively tried to break free.

"Don't move." The man's voice came from above, low and hoarse.

Chu Qing was stunned.

This voice?

Although it had been years since he had seen Huo Li, Chu Qing had not forgotten that voice.

Before Chu Qing could even confirm the man's appearance, he began to lose consciousness, his body growing limp as he collapsed into the man's arms.

Chu Qing vaguely heard the man ordering his bodyguard to clean up the mess, then felt himself being carried onto a car.

XXXX

The morning sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling window, and Chu Qing groggily opened his eyes.

His waist was sore, his whole body aching, and a certain indescribable part of his body was even more painful. Chu Qing moved and couldn't help but let out a hiss.

"Awake?"

Chu Qing startled, stiffly turned his head, and saw a tall man sitting on the edge of the bed smoking.

The man only had his back facing him at the moment. Although the broad backline was beautifully contoured and looked like it had been exercised, the nail marks and scratches were a bit too eye-catching.

Chu Qing mechanically lowered his head and saw his barely dressed body.

There was a pile of fabric next to the bed, his clothes, along with a wrinkled suit.

???

Chu Qing was wide-eyed.

Anyone with common sense would know what was happening at this moment.

The man put out his cigarette, tossed it into the nearby trash can, then turned to look at Chu Qing: "I applied some medicine to you last night, do you feel any better?"

Huo Li handed a bag of medicine to Chu Qing.

Chu Qing was thunderstruck by the turn of events. He froze in place, staring at the man in disbelief.

This man, this man

Wasn't he Huo Li?!

???

The man, who was almost ten years older than him, remained calm at the moment, his face still wearing that cold and stern demeanor.

The man's features were rugged, exuding an air of indifference that was enough to feel oppressive and aggressive from afar, like a layer of ice coating him.

Chu Qing had always known that this man possessed a demeanor that could make one feel intimidated and threatened just by standing nearby, sharp and deadly.

Those eyes, cold as ice.

But now, this man, shirtless, was applying medicine to him.

Huh???

"Mister Huo."

"Yes, I'm back."

Huo Li picked up the white shirt on the ground and put it on.

Chu Qing, still dazed and confused, asked: "Why?"

"Because I'm bankrupt."

What?

"Bankrupt?"

Huo Li got up and stood by the window, putting on a show of preparing to buy someone's hotel, and said, "Since you slept with me, you're responsible, so you have to take care of me."

Chu Qing: ???

I-I

Chu Qing was shocked by Huo Li's statement of sleeping with responsibility. In a flurry, he tried to get up and put on his clothes, but the pain in his lower body made him sit back down.

Chu Qing looked at his body.

He looked like a mess, and the man across from him was truly beastly.

Clearly, it was Chu Qing who had been put through a rough night and needed to be taken care of.

Seeing this, Huo Li approached, intending to help Chu Qing.

"Don't come over!" Chu Qing grabbed the blanket, looking like he was about to cry.

What kind of magical world is this?

Then, something even more magical happened.