Chapter 32: Free Labor Delivered to the Doorstep

Digging, digging, digging away on the big trash planet, digging a big hole to bury a tiny tree...

Perhaps because she really was someone who had never planted a tree before, Ruan Mian looked at the massive pit in front of her, one large enough to bury herself in, and was left completely speechless.

"No, Huo Junze, take a look at this—is this reasonable?"

The little sapling in her hand looked even more pitifully small compared to this giant pit.

Huo Junze only just noticed this as well.

He pursed his lips, but couldn't hold it back, and the corners of his mouth curled up with a hint of shyness.

"Sorry, I thought the space needed for a tree had to be very large."

He hadn't been paying attention, and with a slight lapse in control of his Mental Power, he had dug a huge one out.

"Then I'll shovel the dirt back in."

After saying this, he filled the dirt back in, and when it was about right, Ruan Mian hurriedly told him to stop, lest he overfill it again.

"That's enough. I'll hold the sapling, and you just fill the rest with dirt."

The esteemed President Huo was very excited, carefully shoveling the dirt back with a spade, terrified of bumping the little sapling even a bit.

Finally finished filling it, Ruan Mian packed the soil down firmly and brought over a bucket of water to hand to the person beside her.

"Once you finish watering it, it's done."

"Is it good now? Should I pour it all?"

She realized that this person's seemingly overbearing president persona had completely collapsed, and he was inexplicably quite cute.

"Mm, pour it all, just make sure it's thoroughly watered."

A large bucket of water was poured down, and after finishing everything, Huo Junze raised his face, "Is it good now?"

He seemed to carry an air of seeking praise.

"Pfft—"

Truly unable to help it, the moment Ruan Mian saw his face, she immediately burst into laughter.

It was a foul, it was truly a bit of a foul.

"Hm?"

Meeting his puzzled and somewhat bewildered gaze, Ruan Mian took two steps forward and leaned closer to him.

"Your face..."

Seeing his completely clueless expression, she raised her hand, moved close to his cheek, and gently wiped it with her fingertips.

The sensation, soft to an excessive degree, touched his cheek, and a very strange and unfamiliar feeling sprouted in the depths of his heart.

He unconsciously gripped his hand at his side tightly.

His spine seemed to go stiff.

"Alright, you got some mud on you, it's wiped clean now."

When he met those pale, amber-like eyes of hers, his heart seemed to tremble for an instant.

The moment her teasing voice reached him, Huo Junze immediately turned his head to the side as if to dodge.

His gaze fell in a panic upon the tiny sapling in front of them.

Strange, why did he dodge?

"Mm, thank you."

Just at this moment, Ruan Mian's attention was on her Light Brain; she had actually received a signal for a planet landing.

"Huh, why would someone come? Could it be Ji Jialin?"

But didn't she already go back?

"It should be my secretary arriving."

Secretary?

Huo Junze leaned over, lowering his head with the intention of looking at her Light Brain, but his gaze fell unconsciously onto her wrist.

Her thin, delicate wrist was so small he felt he could snap it with the slightest bit of force.

How could it be so thin?

"Have you not eaten?"

Ruan Mian had just tapped to approve the landing request when she heard the question from the person beside her.

She shook her head and looked up, "Yeah, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it; I've been busy all day and forgot to eat lunch."

*Whoosh—* A roar sounded in the sky, and a massive spaceship slowly moved toward their direction, descending gradually.

"You agreed to let him come?"

"Ah." Ruan Mian was left speechless by his words, "Isn't that your secretary you were talking about?"

"Can't I let him in?"

Huo Junze was at the point of sighing; he was also glad that he had been the one to find her first, otherwise, he didn't know how badly she would have been deceived.

He helplessly pulled her wrist over.

His palm finally touched that patch of skin; it was many, many times softer than he had imagined.

Was she really this frail?

His thick, dark brows furrowed, and his other hand tapped a few times on his Light Brain, bringing up the spaceship's model and its registrant on the page.

It clearly stated: Huo Group spaceship, registrant Huo Junze, certificate holder Mo Beika.

Ruan Mian raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, "Your secretary's name is quite fashionable~"

But he couldn't hear a word of it right now; his entire focus was on the sensation under his hand.

His tone carried an unperceived worry.

"You need to eat more, you're too thin."

His thumb inadvertently rubbed against the skin of her wrist, stirring a faint itch.

Even Ruan Mian, with her slow-witted and thick-nerved nature, felt that the distance between them was a bit too intimate.

"You..."

"Ahem..."

A cough sounded, startling her into pulling her hand back abruptly.

Mo Mishu pushed up the frames of the glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, suppressed the shock in his heart, and spoke in a tone as close to his usual one as possible, "Am I coming at a bad time?"

Inside, his heart was already a tempest of crashing waves.

Good heavens, what on earth did he just see!!!

The boss, actually holding onto a young girl's hand and refusing to let go?!

And there was no mention of any star having any problems either?!

It was just that he hadn't expected to receive a glare from President Huo after asking such a question.

That familiar aura, that familiar expression; it was still that familiar boss.

Thank goodness, it was still their boss, he hadn't been possessed.

"This is my secretary, Mo Beika."

Ruan Mian had also guessed the identity of the person before her; she automatically skipped over his earlier teasing remark and nodded politely to acknowledge him.

The other party returned the greeting.

"Hello, Boss Ruan. The boss has already had me process the contract you two signed."

Basically, this was all work for them secretaries to do, so the shock of knowing in advance that the boss had signed such an "unequal" contract with such a young girl had already passed.

"No need to be so formal, you can just call me Ruan Mian."

She was currently just running a small, shabby shop; being called "Boss" made her feel a little bit embarrassed...

However, Mo Mishu soon lost his focus; his gaze landed firmly on one spot, motionless, his mouth slightly agape in utter astonishment.

"Is this, is this real?"

His finger was clearly pointing at the small sapling the two of them had just planted not far away.

Huo Junze raised an eyebrow, his pride undisguised on his face.

"Does it look good? I planted it."

"Planted with my own hands, the tree!"

What?

A tree planted by the boss himself?

Sob, sob, sob... Mo Mishu's heart instantly turned into a sobbing mess; why?!

Heaven is unfair!!!

He wanted to plant one too!!!

"Then... may I touch it?"

"You can touch a..." That word "ass" nearly reached his lips, but because Ruan Mian was present, Huo Junze swallowed it back down; however, Mo Mishu was even more shocked—since when had the boss ever used profanity!

Seeing him look like he was about to cry, Ruan Mian shook her head helplessly.

This was free labor offered up on a silver platter; it would be a waste not to take it!

"Um, Mo Mishu, would you like to come into my courtyard and take a look?"