The next day, Aunt Jiang, who was supposed to be in the supermarket with Uncle Jiang, suddenly ran back home in a hurry in the middle of the day.
"Zhou Zhou, call Xiao Huo right away and ask him to come over for dinner tonight.
This time your uncle was hospitalized, and there was the incident with the Yu family last time, and your house and supermarket, and your sister Yuehong's work... so many things.
Xiao Huo has helped our family so much, we must thank him today."
Aunt Jiang said in one breath.
Jiang Qingzhou opened his lips. Today was the weekend. According to the schedule, Huo Jinyu should be in the Huo family compound, accompanying his parents and relatives who had been discharged from the hospital.
I thought maybe some other time.
But when the words came to his lips, Jiang Qingzhou looked at Aunt Jiang's face full of joy and expectation, and hurriedly ran back carrying a lot of expensive fruits...
I obediently went back to my room and made a phone call.
"My family would like to treat you to dinner tonight to thank you..."
"—invite me to dinner?"
Before Jiang Qingzhou could finish his sentence, Huo Jinyu lazily uttered two more words on the phone.
"-In no mood."
The refusal was very straightforward.
"..." Jiang Qingzhou pursed his lips, listened to the two obvious yawns on the phone, and asked in a warm and concerned voice, "Didn't you sleep well last night? Or did you stay up all night again..." and went to play games.
The rest of the sentence had not even had time to see the light of day before it was suddenly interrupted by a flammable high-pitched sound from the phone.
"—I didn't sleep well last night, isn't it all your fault!?"
The accusation was made without any reason and it completely confused Jiang Qingzhou.
Over and over in my mind, the words that Huo Jinyu had just said kept repeating: "I didn't sleep well last night and it's all your fault."
After thinking hard for a long time, Jiang Qingzhou still had no clue. Maybe he was too absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't even pay attention to what Huo Jinyu said on the phone.
When I came back to my senses, I only heard the last sentence.
"-... If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been sleepless all night and couldn't sleep at all!"
Jiang Qingzhou uh... I have used all of them. What did he do that angered heaven and man to offend this young master again
Desperate to know the reason.
"... Can you elaborate on how I caused you to lose sleep for the entire night?" Jiang Qingzhou asked cautiously.
I hope Huo Jinyu can explain to him clearly how he harmed him.
"- If you hadn't fooled me like a ghost last night, I wouldn't have thought so much..." causing me to think too much.
In the second half of the night, he was still thinking about it. The more he couldn't figure it out, the more irritable he became. He was making a lot of noise in the room, like a raging Husky destroying the house.
The noise was so loud that it was deafening.
Several of his brothers, sisters-in-law, and brothers-in-law who lived downstairs from him went upstairs one after another and knocked on Huo Jinyu's door.
The result is -
The Husky is in a violent state. It has a very bad temper and can explode at any moment. Anyone who comes up to it will be beaten to a pulp.
There was nothing we could do but hold our noses and go downstairs to our respective rooms. If it still felt noisy, we would just go out and go straight downstairs to the kids' room and just make do with it for the night.
Don't ask why? The answer is that the temper of the little ancestor at home is also spoiled by them without any bottom line and principles. Even if they are scolded, they still have to smile.
I'm still a child, in the rebellious teenage period. Isn't it normal to have a bad temper? I understand, I totally understand.
Look, it’s already noon, and several older brothers and sisters are whispering to each other that their younger brother didn’t come down to eat breakfast this morning. The nanny brought breakfast to his room, but he seemed to have only eaten two bites and then said he had no appetite.
I am still young and growing. How can I not eat
The brothers and sisters were extremely worried. They took turns going upstairs to coax Huo Jinyu down to eat. They managed to coax her down to the restaurant safely, but she received a phone call. The younger brother was like a lit firecracker -
He exploded.
They listened from the side and it seemed that the little brother was fooled by one of his classmates when he made such a big noise last night.
Which little classmate is so awesome
"Who else could it be? It's the one in the hospital last time."
As soon as Huo Jinyu's second sister Huo Tingyu said this, the whole family gathered around to gossip and talk at once.
"I also remember the one you're talking about. Wasn't he the one who had hallucinations after drinking the 'magic mushroom soup' last time, and had a dance party in the middle of the night and asked his parents to do the bunny dance?"
Huo Jinyu's eldest sister Huo Lingxiu took over the conversation, and as soon as she said this, the whole family's attention was focused on the main seat.
At the long Chinese dining table, Mr. and Mrs. Huo sat side by side at the top seat, eating and drinking as usual, and they didn't notice the glances from their son and daughter below.
Mr. Huo also personally served his wife a bowl of lotus seed soup and gently urged her to eat more.
"Mom! You and Dad, don't just focus on eating. Instead, say something. Don't scare your little classmate into tears because of my temper."
Huo Jinyu's third brother Huo Mingguang spoke up. He frowned slightly and analyzed from a fair, just and objective perspective.
"My little brother's temper is well known to everyone in my family. He has always been the one bullying others. Who dares to bully him? Anyway, I don't believe that anyone dares to fool him. He couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and it was not enough for him to vent his anger on us, but he also wanted to touch other classmates."
After the analysis, Huo Mingguang sighed: "Alas! We have spoiled him too much since he was a child. The little classmate didn't owe him anything. Listen to what he said just now. The sound of firecrackers can't make him explode."
Huo Jinyu's second brother, Huo Chengqi, rubbed his forehead with one hand and echoed with a headache: "I heard it too. The little classmate wanted to invite him to dinner with good intentions, but he just opened his mouth and 'exaggerated it'."
The last person to speak was Huo Jinyu's eldest brother, Huo Zhengjun. He also began to rub his forehead in an equally skilled manner, with a terrible headache: "If I continue like this, it's only a matter of time before this one gets scared away by him."
Mr. Huo finally couldn't stand it anymore, patted the table in front of him, raised his voice and said, "Can't you expect anything good? You keep nagging me. If you have the guts, go and criticize him in front of Jin Yu."
The huge restaurant fell silent in an instant.
"Xiao Jiang is a good kid. He is not as superficial as you are. He only looks at the appearance of people."
Old Master Huo added that this time, his sons and daughters, including his daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, and grandchildren were all choked and speechless.
-
The perspective cuts to Jiang Qingzhou.
Jiang Qingzhou: “…”
It felt like there were big black question marks hanging all over my head. Could a pair of bunny pajamas have such a... big impact on Huo Jinyu
It's impossible to understand from his perspective, but... I think of Huo Jinyu, the hair fetishist who is in the late stage of cancer.
Jiang Qingzhou felt that he might have gone a little too far this time. He promised Huo Jinyu to buy him a bunny costume, but in the end he only bought two sets of pajamas with bunny elements.
It’s not that Jiang Qingzhou didn’t want to buy it. It’s just that when he searched for bunny costumes online that day, most of the search results that popped up were women’s costumes with pink and cute colors. The remaining few…
—Ahem! It doesn’t seem quite serious.
After a quick glance, he was so scared that he quickly retreated, crossed out the three words "bunny outfit", and changed into pajamas. It took him a long time to choose two standard men's pajamas with rabbit elements.
He had thought that Huo Jinyu might be dissatisfied, but he did not expect Huo Jinyu to be dissatisfied to such an extent that he was so angry that he could not sleep the whole night.
Jiang Qingzhou felt guilty for a second, and apologized to Huo Jinyu very seriously, and racked his brains to think of a remedy: "Well... I have deeply reflected on myself just now, and it is indeed my fault! Please give me another chance to 'make up for my crime'..."
After a pause, Jiang Qingzhou finally remembered Huo Jinyu's hobby of playing games, and said, "I'll play games with you this afternoon, okay?"
“—No! I’ve been playing games all night.”
He will get angry with anyone who dares to mention games again.
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” So he guessed it right.
Last night, Huo Jinyu really played games all night.
Jiang Qingzhou thought about it, and his eyes fell on the pop-up window on the computer interface in front of him. He stared at it for a few seconds and said, "A big movie was recently released, and I heard that it has a very good reputation. I'll go to the movie with you, how about that?"
"-See a movie?"
Jiang Qingzhou thought it was a good idea, so he continued to work hard and said quickly, "It's a fairy tale movie. It's said to be adapted from a very popular fairy tale novel. The original novel is very exciting and has a grand worldview... It must be very good and worth watching!"
“—This is barely acceptable.”
Hearing this, Jiang Qingzhou smiled and said briskly: "Boss, please do me a favor. Let's go and have a look together."
"—Okay! I'll give you a favor."
Jiang Qingzhou secretly gave himself a "yeah" in his heart, and his soft and brisk voice returned to normal in a second.
He asked, "So... can you come out tonight? Or do we need to go another day, tomorrow night?"
"—Make dinner and enjoy it. If you dare to fool me again, I won't be so easy to talk to next time."
Jiang Qingzhou quickly responded and assured: "Yes, yes, yes! I'm sure you will be satisfied."
As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Jinyu snorted softly and threw him two words.
“—Hang up!”
Just hang up when you say so.
Jiang Qingzhou listened to the "beep" from the phone, chuckled, and went out to ask Aunt Jiang to prepare some wine and food, as Huo Jinyu would be coming over in the evening.
Aunt Jiang happily asked her eldest daughter to go buy groceries, and then the two of them spent the whole afternoon helping Aunt Wang in the kitchen, and they were very busy.
As a control group, the Huo family compound.
Huo Jinyu's brothers and sisters looked at their younger brother who was eating at the dining table. They glanced at each other, and the expressions on their faces were more interesting than each other.
What's going on
Just now they were like a string of firecrackers that would explode if anyone touched them, but now they are just showing off their food as if nothing had happened.
At the dining table, Mr. Huo looked at his youngest son who was eating with big mouthfuls of food: "I told you not to eat breakfast, you must be very hungry."
The scene changed, and Mr. Huo asked again: "Xiao Jiang asked you to go to the movies?"
Probably because he was in a good mood, Huo Jinyu took the time to hum, "Let's go in the evening."
"Remember to dress nicely and formally tonight—"
Before Mr. Huo could finish his smiling instructions, his foot under the table was stepped on by Mrs. Huo. Mr. Huo's face suddenly changed color, he stopped talking and pretended to cough twice.
"... Um, uh... what I mean is, if you wear too casual clothes to the cinema, you'll look... listless and ugly."
However, Huo Jinyu didn't understand the hidden meaning of Mr. Huo's words at all. He finished his meal in no time, threw down his bowl and chopsticks, and went upstairs to his room to sleep.
He hadn't slept all night and was very sleepy, so he wanted to catch up on some sleep first.
Left at the table, his brothers and sisters once again looked at each other in silence.
"Who is that little classmate from? How could he be able to 'subdue' me?"
"This is the first time I've seen this happen, so I don't know."
The first to speak out were the two sisters. They looked at each other and saw the same confusion in each other's eyes.
I'm confused... When did their little brother become so easy to talk to? One minute he was like a firecracker that was exploding with a bang. Anyone who touched him would be covered in dust and dirt.
I don't know what the classmate who made the phone call said in the next minute, but somehow he started talking about watching a movie.
Then I was… ok
What kind of "fire extinguisher" is this? It's so useful.
If it were any other time, I would have such a bad temper that if he wasn't happy, no one else would be happy either. I guess the whole family would suffer more or less in the next ten days or half a month.
He is a little devil.
Like today... it's really the first time that I've been so easy to talk to.
"Brother, isn't he in love?"
A groundbreaking sentence caused a huge uproar in the blink of an eye.
At that moment, all the eyes of the Huo family were cast on Huo Mingguang who had just spoken.
Facing dozens of gazes, Huo Mingguang remained calm and gave his explanation.
"I am just guessing. I came to this conclusion based on careful verification and bold speculation."
It can be said that this was a wake-up call, especially for the Huo family and Huo Jinyu's married brothers and sisters. As experienced people, they compared their younger brother's completely different attitude before and after.
Wow! It really is.
"Brother, your analysis makes a lot of sense. This situation really does look like a relationship."
"When I told him about going to the movies together, my face immediately brightened up, and I no longer complained about having no appetite."
"Going to the movies together is something young lovers would do...right?"
"—Hey! Let me interrupt. As far as I know, that 'Xiao Jiang'... should be a boy, right? Even if you want to be happy, shouldn't you first clarify the basic situation?"
Huo Chengqi's two interjections were like a bolt from the blue, completely destroying the Huo family's high spirits.
Yes! I asked my younger brother to go to the movies with me. It was a boy.
"Alas! It was all for nothing." Huo Tingyu sighed regretfully.
"What's wrong with boys?!"
Suddenly, another loud voice sounded. Old Master Huo slammed the table and glared at Huo Chengqi, who was unable to speak and was causing trouble for him. He said angrily, "Second brother, if you can't speak, don't speak. I won't treat you as a mute."
He has been burning incense to the Huo family's ancestors every day these days, praying that his youngest son will become wise sooner.
"If someone likes it, just smile secretly."
He also prayed to the old ancestor Huo to protect him and not let his favorite daughter-in-law run away.
"Still...still picky."
Having one is already a blessing from ancestors.
"You come back to stay for two days a week, and you still want to piss off your father."
The second brother is such an idiot!
"… "
Huo Chengqi: “…” He just interrupted and his biological father’s firepower was only directed at him.
"Dad, there are younger generations here, please give me some face." He is a grandfather who is almost 50 years old, my father! Please give him some face!
If I had known this, I wouldn’t have interrupted you just now.
With Huo Chengqi being the first to speak out, the rest of the Huo family became smart and kept their mouths shut.
One loss of face is enough, there is no need for more.
Come to think of it, it was also their fault for being careless. The words that the old man just said to me were obviously full of profound meaning.
But think about it, for their difficult little devil, it's good enough that someone likes him. If he's still picky...
I'm afraid I'm really going to be single for the rest of my life.
-
At six o'clock in the evening, Huo Jinyu arrived as promised.
Jiang Qingzhou opened the door. The moment he opened the door, he subconsciously narrowed his eyes slightly.
You really can't blame Jiang Qingzhou for having this subconscious reaction. It's just that Huo Jinyu was wearing something too... flashy today.
A well-tailored, high-end dark blue suit with several long and short jade and agate beads hand-inlaid on both shoulders, hanging down to the chest. The collar, cuffs and hem of the suit were all decorated with double-sided stripes with gold thread.
The linen brown vest underneath has gold-plated collar buttons, which sparkle with the transparent and dazzling luster of top-grade gemstones. The overall color combination is gorgeous and luxurious.
Dignity is fully displayed.
After he adjusted to the scene, Jiang Qingzhou quietly widened his eyes again, looking at Huo Jinyu, who was dressed in a costume that looked like she could walk on the red carpet in the next second, and said in amazement: "What you are wearing today... isn't it a little too formal?"
If you knew they were just coming over for dinner, you would have thought they were coming over to walk the international fashion red carpet show.
Too conspicuous.
The whole person looks like a walking conspicuous bag, the kind of conspicuous bag that exudes a strong smell of money.
Jiang Qingzhou felt that if Huo Jinyu walked through the dark alleys wearing nothing, there was a high probability that he would be stopped and robbed, and then stripped naked.
"My two elder sisters at home insisted that I wear this before going out." Huo Jinyu looked down and felt that she was wearing too fancy today. "Don't you think it doesn't look good?"
"No," Jiang Qingzhou shook his head and praised sincerely, "It's really beautiful!"
Huo Jinyu pursed his lips and smiled. With his gorgeous attire today, he looked like a glowing body, radiant with light.
As soon as Huo Jinyu entered the house, a man in a black suit followed in carrying bags of gifts.
"Xiao Huo... Xiao Huo is here—"
Aunt Jiang's words got stuck in her throat. She was stunned for several seconds before she came back to her senses. Her eyes were stiff. "-Xiao, Huo?"
Oh my goodness! Xiao Huo's outfit today was so fancy that it almost dazzled her eyes.
After being amazed, Aunt Jiang quickly invited Huo Jinyu into the house and asked her to sit in the seat of honor. She immediately noticed the piles of gifts on the coffee table in the living room and gave a scolding sound.
"Xiao Huo, you're here, so why are you carrying so many things? That's too polite."
Huo Jinyu spread his hands. He dared to speak the truth. "Originally, I didn't plan to bring him, but my brothers insisted. They said we were having dinner together and I couldn't lose manners."
What Huo Jinyu meant was that he didn't want to take these things either, but his brothers at home didn't know what was going on today and insisted that he take these things with him.
When he set off, the trunk of his car was full.
Hai Shengjun, who had not carried all the gifts at once and was about to go downstairs to carry a second batch, stumbled and slipped, and almost bumped into the door when he heard Huo Jinyu's honest explanation.
Even he, a layman, could see what the three masters meant, but the Fourth Master himself couldn't see it at all.
With this EQ, it’s no wonder that Young Master Si has remained single till now.
Really! Single by strength.
Hai Shengjun held the door, shook his head, sighed, and went downstairs.
Aunt Jiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Next time you come, don't bring it. Coming here is just like being at home. There's no need to be so polite."
Huo Jinyu said, "Okay."
The main guests had arrived, so the thank-you banquet naturally began.
Hai Shengjun, who was carrying the last batch of gifts into the house, was also warmly invited to the dinner table by Aunt Jiang.
During the meal, Uncle Jiang and Huo Jinyu drank two glasses of wine and expressed their gratitude.
Aunt Jiang also poured a glass of wine for Hai Shengjun and prepared to toast him.
Hai Shengjun quickly declined, saying, "I can't drink. I have to drive Master Si and Master Jiang to the cinema later, so I can't drink."
It is common sense not to drink and drive.
Aunt Jiang was stunned for a moment, and looked at her nephew who was sitting next to Huo Jinyu, and asked hesitantly: "... Go to the cinema?"
Jiang Qingzhou sighed, nodded and explained: "There just happened to be a new movie released, it has a very good reputation, and I haven't seen it yet, so I plan to go see it tonight."
Jiang Qingzhou was talking but his hands did not stop moving. Aunt Jiang's eyes fell on her nephew's careful action of peeling shrimps for Huo Jinyu. The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
Zhou Zhou, are you being too caring and considerate towards Xiao Huo
Because he was concentrating on peeling shrimps, Jiang Qingzhou naturally missed the look Aunt Jiang gave him.
Aunt Jiang observed for a while, then tried to speak in a normal voice, and casually said, "Zhou Zhou, you and Xiao Huo are going? Just the two of you?"
Jiang Qingzhou was a little confused by the question. He felt vaguely that Aunt Jiang seemed to have something else in her words: "... Is it... can't you go?"
Huo Jinyu said: "Xiao Jiang and I have agreed to go to the movies tonight."
This time, Aunt Jiang didn't know what to say, so she said hesitantly, "... Let's go to the movies. Young people can go to the movies together... and they can have common topics to talk about."
She must have been overthinking it.
Zhou Zhou shouldn't...
And Xiao Huo, he doesn't look like...