Lin Ma knocked on the door early in the morning. It turned out that Mrs Wang had a dream last night about the Bodhisattva in the temple. She wholeheartedly thought that Huo Changyao could survive this time thanks to the blessing of the Bodhisattva, so she immediately decided to go to incense, and specially asked Jiang Rui if she wanted to go with her.
Jiang Rui made an appointment with people to watch the show in the afternoon. Anyway, she is awake now and has nothing to do. It is better to go outside and nod in agreement.
After sending Ma Lin away, she went back to the room to get the hairpin on the bedside. Huo Changyao closed his eyes, wondering if he was asleep or not. Jiang Rui didn't wake him up and went out lightly.
In the morning, I went to the mountains outside the city to offer incense, and I ate a vegetarian meal in the temple before returning to the city. The car passed Changchun Garden, and Jiang Rui and Mrs Wang talked about an appointment with someone.
Wang Shi only asked her to be careful and go home early.
She watched a play with people, and went to the department store for a walk. When she came out, she was full of rewards. Originally, those people invited her to dance in the ballroom, but she declined and called a rickshaw back to Huo Mansion.
As soon as she arrived at the door, a car stopped beside her, and Huo Changyao got out of the car.
He was wearing a straight military uniform, with a military cap on his head, a belt around his waist, and shiny leather shoes under his feet. He looked cold and sharp, but his face was still less bloody.
"Brother, you also went out today, why don't you rest for a few days?" Jiang Rui said.
"It's all right." Huo Changyao glanced at the large and small bags she was carrying, and stretched out his hand to pick them up.
Jiang Rui lifted the bag embarrassedly, "It's just a few pieces of clothes, the ones that are not heavy, I'll do it myself." After speaking, without waiting for Huo Changyao to insist, he went upstairs.
Huo Changyao went to the back building to meet Wang.
At night, Jiang Rui went to his room after washing up.
Huo Changyao silently motioned her to close the door, then walked to the wall opposite the bed, pulled away a pair of calligraphy hanging there, and saw a narrow passage on the wall, behind which was another room.
Jiang Rui's eyes widened in surprise, "This is?"
"Lao Liu brought people to dig today. I'm sorry you live here for a while."
Jiang Rui walked through the passage. The room was also very spacious, with beds, sofas, bookshelves, and several layers of black curtains on the windows, probably because they were afraid that the lights would be seen at night.
She looked around and nodded with satisfaction, "I think it's pretty good here. By the way, brother, can I bring the phonograph in my room?"
"I'll go in a while." Huo Changyao said.
That night, the two finally slept peacefully.
Jiang Rui washed up in her own room at first, and then went to sleep in the room next to Huo Changyao. Later, she thought it was troublesome to walk back and forth. There was a bathroom in that room, so she even moved the toiletries.
The cleaning servant in the building had already been instructed by Huo Changyao, and even if he found something different, he didn't say anything. Wang's people stared at them for a while, and seeing that the two of them had been sleeping in the same room, they gradually stopped staring.
However, Jiang Rui didn't move her nest for the time being, for fear that she would temporarily make someone come to take a look.
For a while now, Huo Changyao has been leaving early and returning late, sometimes staying up all night and not showing up for several days. Xu Hansheng also came and went in a hurry, his always gentle face was rarely serious, and he told her several times that she must be followed when she went out.
Jiang Rui guessed that they were about to fight back. After all, Huo Changyao didn't seem like someone who would suffer.
School hasn't started yet, and she goes out just to have fun. Since it's not very safe outside now, she simply doesn't go out.
After about ten days, the secret threat was finally uprooted. From Huo Changyao's injury to the present, Xu Hansheng had a rare moment of relief, and decided to go back to Huo's mansion for dinner with him.
Unlike Pan Susu, he moved out of the Huo family after he joined the army, and only went back occasionally.
Passing outside a store, he suddenly stopped, got out of the car and entered the store. After a while, he came out. To Huo Changyao, he raised the two small pink boxes in his hand and said with a smile, "I haven't seen Xiao Qi for a long time, buy her two Lipstick."
"She likes this?" Huo Changyao glanced at the gadget in his hand.
Xu Hansheng put the lipstick in his jacket pocket, "Girls don't all like these." He joked again: "Big brother never gave Xiaoqi a present, right? Be careful that she doesn't like to see you. Remember when she was a child, when she saw you, she would hide away. , I bought her candy many times before I succeeded in getting her to run after me."
Huo Changyao thought back and said, "She and the second child are also very good."
Xu Hansheng glanced at his expression and determined that he was just talking about it casually, and then said, "Yes, the second brother is handsome and can talk again. The little girl likes him like that the most."
Huo Changyao nodded, then said to the driver, "Go back."
Only when the sixth son talked about it, he realized that he did not seem to have given Qimei any gifts. His elder brother was not qualified, and he had wronged her recently. Although it could not be solved for a while, he should at least buy something as an apology.
He entered the store where Xu Hansheng bought lipstick just now, and was stumped by the rows of lipstick, perfume, vanishing cream, and pearl powder.
The clerk stood behind the counter and looked at the handsome young officer in front of him. He didn't dare to urge him. He just thought silently in his heart, which lucky lady can get his favor
Huo Changyao paused for a few seconds, then stretched out a finger.
"Sir, do you want all of these?" The clerk was surprised. Seeing him nod, he immediately said attentively, "Our store can help you pack it into a gift box for free. I wonder what color box you want?"
Huo Changyao paused again, and then asked, "What color do young girls like?"
"It's usually pink, but some girls like yellow, green, and blue," the clerk said.
Remembering that she seemed to have worn goose yellow clothes several times, Huo Changyao said, "Yellow."
"Okay sir, please wait a moment." The clerk quickly packed and tied a bow on the box. When he was about to hand it over, he suddenly asked, "Would you like to tie a rose to the box? Roses represent romantic love, and ladies will be delighted to receive them."
She asked one more question purely for the sake of being attentive, but she did not expect that after the question was asked, the young officer's originally serious face became more serious. After refusing, he asked the price, left the money and left.
When he was far away, the clerk patted his chest, but when he saw the coin in his hand, he laughed again. Although this guest looked cold and didn't speak well, he was very generous, and the tip left was worth her wages for several days.
Huo Changyao returned to the car, Xu Hansheng looked at the big box in his hand, and said speechlessly, "Brother, you're not being kind, let's give gifts together. You are so grand, don't you make me look shabby?"
In fact, Huo Changyao didn't want to compare Xu Hansheng, he just couldn't choose which one to give, so he just gave them all.
He said, "Seventh sister will not dislike you."
"That's right," Xu Hansheng smiled, "I am her favorite—or at least her second favorite sixth brother."
"Who is number one?" Huo Changyao asked casually.
Xu Hansheng smiled: "Then I don't know, we don't understand the little girl's mind."
Huo Changyao didn't care either.
When he arrived at Huo Mansion, Xu Hansheng gave the lipstick out first. Jiang Rui thanked him in surprise. After unscrewing it, he glanced at the color and was even more happy, "I bought it right this time, thank you Sixth Brother!"
Xu Hansheng smiled helplessly, remembering that he also gave her lipstick last time, but after she received it, she said that it was only used by mature ladies. He looked at it for a long time and saw no difference.
"It's just a trivial idea. Big brother has a bigger one waiting for you."
Jiang Rui immediately turned her head and looked at Huo Changyao with bright eyes, "What good day is today? I don't remember my birthday."
Huo Changyao handed over the gift box and said, "There is still a birthday."
"Thank you big brother!" Jiang Rui happily held the big box and began to unpack it in the living room.
The other two sat next to her, watching her look forward to it for a while and cheer for a while, but they felt more satisfied than receiving gifts from others.
After she finished unwrapping the presents, the three of them went to eat. Wang has been a vegetarian for a long time, and since he moved to the back, he has not eaten with them.
Although there were no elders at the dinner table, there was Huo Changyao in charge. In the past, no one spoke. Even if Xu Hansheng talked to his seventh sister, she didn't dare to respond.
Now the situation has changed. The three of them can be regarded as a group. With common secrets, there are common topics. Xu Hansheng and Jiang Rui said a few words from time to time, Huo Changyao not only did not stop it, but sometimes participated in it.
After sitting for a while after eating, Xu Hansheng was about to leave.
Jiang Rui said, "It's so late, sixth brother, won't you stay?"
"No, I can sleep comfortably in my own nest."
Jiang Rui suddenly said mysteriously: "Sixth brother, did you hide a sixth sister-in-law for me outside?"
"What nonsense, go to bed, kid, I'm leaving." Xu Hansheng flicked on her forehead.
"Pain..." Jiang Rui covered her forehead and said to his back, "There must be, you are so embarrassed!"
Xu Hansheng didn't turn his head, just waved his hands with his back to him.
Huo Changyao happened to answer a phone call, and when he came back to see Jiang Rui muttering, he asked, "What?"
"It's nothing, big brother, I'm going upstairs." She said as she ran upstairs and disappeared around the corner in a blink of an eye.
Huo Changyao didn't feel anything if there wasn't the chat scene of the three people before, but with the previous enthusiasm, seeing her running away after saying a word to him, she felt a difference.
He couldn't help but think again that his elder brother was indeed incompetent. Even the sixth child knew that he always cared about the seventh sister. After so many years, it was the first time he gave her a gift. No wonder she was not close to him.