The news of Huo Changlin's upcoming return was finally told to Jiang Rui by Huo Changyao. When he said it, he observed her expression intentionally or not.
Jiang Rui said happily: "Really? When will the second brother arrive home?"
"It's still on the cruise, it will take about half a month."
Jiang Rui nodded, "Second Yiniang must be very happy."
"Are you happy?" Huo Changyao asked her.
Jiang Rui said of course: "I'm happy too. I haven't seen my second brother for several years. I don't know if he has changed."
"Should not." Huo Changyao responded, thinking of what Xu Hansheng said a while ago. Lao Liu said that he was at least Xiao Qi's second favorite brother. He asked who the first one was, but Lao Liu said he didn't know. I didn't feel anything at the time, but now I don't know why, I suddenly care a little about who Xiao Qi likes the most.
The Huo family has four biological children and three adopted children. His eldest, Huo Changlin's second, and the third and fourth are his own siblings. They died when they were young. I didn't get to know them very much. I went to the provincial capital when I was an adult. I haven't heard much about them in these years. After that, I was the sixth and seventh.
Those who have the opportunity to get close to Xiao Qi are also him, the second child and the sixth child. But in the past, he and Xiao Qi were not close, but recently they have been better, so her favorite brother is... the second child.
Huo Changyao narrowed his eyes slightly.
The second child is indeed likable, handsome and funny. Since childhood, among these children, his father loved him the most. Because of this, his mother has always been very guarded against the second concubine and her son. This situation was not relieved until the second child went abroad to study abroad a few years ago.
Huo Changyao searched for the scene where Xiao Qi and the second child got along in his memory. It seemed that every time, he could make Xiao Qi laugh out loud.
In the past, Huo Changyao was not touched by the comparison. Even if he met them, he just nodded slightly to them and left. Now, when he thinks about it, he unconsciously frowns and feels a little dissatisfied with himself at that time.
If he could have stopped and said something to Xiao Qi, the two of them might be different now.
"Big brother, big brother..."
"What?" Huo Changyao returned to his senses.
"Why are you so engrossed in your thoughts that you didn't hear it several times." Jiang Rui raised the book in her hand, "I need to write a small thesis today. Can I find some books in your study?"
Huo Changyao nodded. Just as he was about to say let her take it at will, he changed his mind in a blink of an eye, "Let's go, I'll accompany you."
When most people hear about being in the army, they immediately think of being rude and uneducated, but this description doesn't apply to Huo Changyao.
He owns a large study, and the entire two walls of the study are occupied by bookshelves. The books on the top cover a wide range of books. Only when Jiang Rui sees the books he reads on the sofa on weekdays, they involve history, literature, military affairs, and even foreign books. .
I heard that he was also ready to go abroad at the beginning, but unfortunately the boss was killed, and the army under the Huo family was leaderless. As the eldest son, he had to shoulder the heavy responsibility.
With his help, Jiang Rui quickly found the information she needed, and Huo Changyao asked her to write directly in the study.
She was lying at the desk, and he sat beside him with a book.
The study was quiet and quiet, except for the occasional sound of flipping pages and the rustling of the nib of the pen rubbing against the paper.
Huo Changyao realized that she was enjoying this time so much, she raised her head by chance and saw Xiao Qi's face was smooth and delicate under the table lamp, her long eyelashes drew a fan-like shadow under her eyes, she seemed to have encountered a problem, her thin brows He frowned slightly and pressed the tip of the pen against his lips, pressing the already slightly pouting red lips even more.
He stared absently for a while, then stood up and walked beside her, "What's the matter?"
Jiang Rui said in distress: "Brother, look here, why are the two books different?"
Huo Changyao took a look at it, and said, "This book is a controversial topic. Over the years, several groups have been arguing for each other, each with their own words. You don't have to write exactly what's in the book, it's someone else's. Ideas, you can write what you think."
"So that's how it is." Jiang Rui suddenly realized that, after reading the two authors' respective opinions in the two books, she flipped through a few related books, frowned for a while, and suddenly opened her eyebrows and wrote quickly.
A few strands of hair from the side of the bun fell to her cheeks, and they swayed slightly with her movements, probably a little itchy. She hurriedly brushed them with her hands and continued to focus on the paper in her hands, but those naughty strands of hair soon disappeared. fell again.
She pouted in annoyance and flicked her hand again.
Huo Changyao looked interesting, and seeing how impatient she was, he reached out and tucked her hair behind her ears. In the meantime, his fingers accidentally touched her cheeks, and the cool and delicate touch made people stunned, and it seemed that they remained on his fingertips after a long time.
"Okay." Jiang Rui shouted happily, put down the pen, picked up the paper and read it from beginning to end, nodding with satisfaction, looking rather complacent.
Huo Changyao said, "Show me."
Unexpectedly, she heard this, but suddenly hid the paper behind her, with a look of vigilance: "There's nothing to see, I just wrote it blindly."
Huo Changyao felt amused. Seeing that she was facing a great enemy, he didn't insist, "It's not early, so go back to bed early after writing."
"Mmmm." Jiang Rui nodded again and again, picked up her paper, and put a few books on the table back on the shelf, "I'm back in the room, good night, big brother!"
"Good night." Huo Changyao said.
After a while, Jiang Rui often came to his study to complete homework. Whenever Huo Changyao was free, he would sit aside and read a book. Gradually, getting along peacefully in the study became a habit for the two of them.
Half a month later, Huo Changlin really came home.
Er Yiniang had moved out a few years ago. He went to see his mother first, and then went to Huo Mansion.
Both Huo Changyao and Xu Hansheng went home early and waited in the living room with Jiang Rui.
A few people were talking, and just after the servant in the courtyard called the second young master, someone strode in, without saying hello, and just hugged Jiang Rui like a child.
"Second brother's little seven, you want to kill me."
Huo Changyao sat next to him, his brows twitching fiercely.
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