Huo Changlin frequently ran to Huo's mansion for a while, and when he really started to set up a factory, he would have no time to come. The site, workshop, equipment, and workers were not easy. Fortunately, he has his back to the Huo family, and no matter what he does, all parties give him some face.
Fingers crossed, Jiang Rui and Huo Changyao got married, almost half a year later.
It was getting colder and colder. One day, Huo Changyao went to see the Wang family.
Wang shi took him and said a few homely things, and suddenly the words changed: "You and Xiaoqi have been married for so long, have you considered the child? Or plan to wait for Xiaoqi to graduate, I think she is still graduating. It takes a year or two."
Huo Changyao was slightly startled, and then frowned: "Mother, you think too much, there are no children, and there will be no children."
"What does it mean not to have children?" Wang's eyes widened. "It's not natural to get married, have children and start a family? Isn't Xiao Qi unwilling to have children?"
"It has nothing to do with her." Huo Changyao said, his brows furrowed tightly, looking at Wang's stern face: "Mother, I told you at the beginning, Xiaoqi and I are brothers and sisters, even if we get married, we can't make it real. My husband and wife. Letting her marry me is already a grievance, how can you bully her again?"
Even if he has unreasonable thoughts about Xiao Qi now, Huo Changyao never thought about what really happened to her. If Xiao Qi may like him in the future, it will naturally make people happy. If Xiao Qi doesn't like him all the time, then he will only take care of her as a brother for the rest of his life.
"What do you mean? Do you blame me for bullying her back then?!" Wang asked.
"I didn't think so." Huo Changyao said.
Wang Shi sneered, how could she not know about her own son, even if she didn't say it, it was obvious that she was blaming her, but he didn't think about who she did it for!
The two were deadlocked for a while, and Wang said, "I don't care what you and her think. Now that they are married, they are serious couples. Which couple doesn't have children? It's not enough without children. If Xiaoqi doesn't want to, then marry again. A auntie, there is always someone willing to give birth!"
Huo Changyao said calmly, "I don't want to be someone like Dad, and I don't want Xiao Qi to be the second you."
"You—" Wang Shi was stunned and looked at him in disbelief.
Huo Changyao looked away. He was reluctant to say such hurtful words, but there were some views of Wang Shi that he couldn't agree with. When he was a child, he watched his mother and several concubines in the family compete with each other for jealousy. Therefore, it is even more incomprehensible, why did my mother have such thoughts after going through all that
"I have other things to do. I'll see you tomorrow." After Huo Changyao said this, he got up and left.
After he left, Mrs Wang sat for a long time.
Today is the weekend, the weather is fine, Jiang Rui is lying on the balcony deck chair, reading a book in the sun.
A blanket suddenly fell on her body, she raised her head, saw Huo Changyao, and said with a smile, "Brother came back very early today."
"It's windy, be careful of catching a cold." Huo Changyao said, pulled out the chair and sat down, put the tray in his hand on the small table, and replaced the cold glass in Jiang Rui's hand with hot milk, "What book do you read?"
"I found it in the study." Jiang Rui showed him the cover, took a sip of milk, and held the cup in her palm to cover her hands.
"There are a few more copies of this set, which were placed on another shelf before. If you like it, eldest brother will find them later."
Jiang Rui nodded: "Thank you, brother."
Huo Changyao touched her hair: "You don't need to say thank you to me."
Jiang Rui pursed her lips and smiled.
During this time, she could feel that Huo Changyao was getting better and better for her.
He doesn't look like Huo Changlin, who always takes her out to play, and he doesn't look like Xu Hansheng, who often buys small gifts for her. He is actually very busy. She doesn't spend much time at home, but whenever she is free, she will be by her side.
When she studied, he would read a book and deal with official documents. From time to time, he would deliver snacks and milk, or to see if she needed help. Other than that, he would not make any sound. Someone else.
His office is in two directions from her school, but he often appears outside the school gate. Every time he asks, he says he is going out of the city to come back by the way, but so many times, Jiang Rui only occasionally sees his wheels and shoes There was mud on it, but at other times it was clean, and it was clear that he had never left the city.
In addition to these, she eats, takes a walk, waters the flowers... No matter what she does, you can find traces of him around, and he seems to be infiltrating her life silently.
As I thought before, it was like boiling a frog in warm water.
A real elder brother would never do this for his younger sister, but if he wanted to talk about husband and wife, Huo Changyao never went overboard, and the most intimate behavior was just touching her hair.
Jiang Rui was a little curious, if she didn't respond, how far could he go, can he really maintain his brotherhood
Unconditional good to another person, no need to reciprocate, is there really such a person
It is undeniable that the first few goals were also good to her because she gave them "love".
For her, all actions were for one purpose. She approached him, nourished his soul, and returned to heaven with fragments, just to repay the kindness of blood that was shed tens of thousands of years ago.
If there is no such former situation, what kind of god is not a god, and it has nothing to do with her.
"What are you in a daze?" Huo Changyao pulled the blanket over her body.
Jiang Rui came back to his senses: "Huh? What did eldest brother just say?"
Huo Changyao said, "I'm going to convert the south-facing house on the third floor into a glass room. You can read in it to avoid the wind blowing. Didn't I say before that the flowers are all dead in the cold weather? With the conservatory, let people bring in the flowers you like. ."
Jiang Rui was a little surprised. Before, when he was watering the flowers, he casually said that the flowers were all thanks, but he remembered it unexpectedly.
"It's too much of a fight," she shook her head. "The flowers will bloom next year after they're gone. There's no need to build a conservatory for this purpose."
"It's not just because of this." Huo Changyao said. He found that she seemed to be a little afraid of the cold. He accidentally touched her hand several times, and her fingers were cold, and she liked to bask in the sun. In winter, the wind was strong, and even if the sun was full, she might catch a cold. It is better to build a glass house and let She can bask in peace.
Jiang Rui added: "Such a big movement will definitely disturb my mother's rest."
"When the time comes, I will tell the workers to avoid mother's rest time." He paused, and then said, "Xiao Qi, if mother asks you to talk to you, she can avoid it if she can. If you can't avoid it, just listen to it. Don't take it to heart."
"What's the matter? Did the mother say something to the elder brother?"
Huo Changyao shook his head, "It's okay, don't worry about it."
Jiang Rui didn't ask any more questions, but it didn't take long before she heard the servants whispering in private, and knew the reason for Huo Changyao's dispute with Wang's.
She thought that after Huo Changyao couldn't make sense, the Wang family would come to her, but she was probably really angry with Huo Changyao this time, and she didn't do anything else, and she didn't seem to plan to ask.
The conservatory construction on the third floor soon began. Huo Changlin visited twice on the way, and when he learned of Huo Changyao's actions, he was simply tongue-tied.
Even Xu Hansheng began to feel that Big Brother seemed to love Xiao Qi too much.
Huo Changlin heard him muttering to himself, and rubbed his head with relief, "It's not easy, sixth brother, you finally see it."
"See what?" Xu Hansheng took two steps back, avoiding his hand.
"I can see that eldest brother is unusual to Xiao Qi! Otherwise, what were you talking about?" Huo Changlin was speechless.
Only then did Xu Hansheng realize what he meant, and said in surprise, "Big brother to Xiao Qi? But Xiao Qi—"
"What happened to Xiao Qi?" Huo Changlin was curious.
Xu Hansheng shook his head vigilantly, sorting out the relationship in his mind: Xiaoqi liked the second brother since he was a child, but because of his mother's hardships, he had to marry the eldest brother. Later, the second brother came back, and Xiaoqi no longer liked the second brother, but at this time , Big brother seems to like Xiaoqi, and Xiaoqixi doesn't like Big Brother. It seems that he can't tell. Big brother knows that Xiaoqi likes second brother. It is not clear, but one thing is certain, second brother can see that big brother likes little brother. Qi, but did not see that Xiao Qi once liked himself...
Xu Hansheng pinched the bridge of his nose. He never knew that the relationship between just three people could be so complicated without any interests involved.
The glass house was completed before the Chinese New Year. It happened that Jiang Rui's school was on winter vacation. She could hear the movement upstairs the first day. After breakfast the next day, Huo Changyao told her that she could go upstairs and have a look.
Jiang Rui had never gone up to see it before because of the heavy dust. At this time, she still had some expectations in her heart. When she reached the third floor, she was really surprised.
Originally, Huo Changyao said that the south-facing room would be changed to a glass room. She thought it was just a certain room, but she didn't expect to use the corridor as the boundary, and the entire row of rooms was changed.
The roofs are all replaced with glass, except for the load-bearing walls, all other walls are opened, the sun pours down from the top, but the wind, frost, rain and dew are isolated from the transparent barrier.
Although it was winter, there were many potted plants and flowers in the conservatory, which were brightly colored, obviously from other places.
Jiang Rui saw at a glance a reclining chair surrounded by flowers in the middle of the room. The reclining chair was covered with fluffy blankets and pillows. A few books and her favorite pastries were placed beside the reclining chair within reach.
She walked over, lay down with her pillow in her arms, stretched her waist, smelled the breath of sunlight and soil from the tip of her nose, and her whole body was so warm, she narrowed her eyes, almost wanting to transform into the original form and take root here.
She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Huo Changyao: "Big brother is so kind to me, what do you want in return?"