"Xiao Jiang, I am not an unreasonable person. As long as the brat admits his mistakes and signs a pledge that he will never do it again, he can be released early."
Mr. Huo relaxed his attitude appropriately.
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” As expected of a biological child, he needs to sign and pledge that he will never commit the crime again before he can be released after serving his sentence.
"I..." Jiang Qingzhou paused for a moment, organized his words and whispered to Mr. Huo, "... Today's incident was caused by me. I will explain it to him clearly and try to persuade him."
"Good boy, it's amazing that you are so magnanimous and don't bother with him." Old Master Huo patted Jiang Qingzhou's shoulder excitedly, and he almost danced for Jiang Qingzhou on the spot. He was so pleased!
He hurried over here, not for any other reason, but because he was really afraid that his youngest son would be ruined by his future daughter-in-law.
He waited so long and finally got one. If it were to be gone, he thought he would never be able to rest in peace in his life. He would not be willing to accept it!
This unwillingness motivated him to fly quickly to rescue his future daughter-in-law.
The moment he opened the door, his heart was in his throat, fearing that his future daughter-in-law would hold a grudge against his youngest son who had done nothing to help others.
I didn't expect that—
Old Master Huo turned his head and glanced at the ancestral hall, thinking that it must be because he had been burning incense to the Huo family's ancestors every day during this period that such a good daughter-in-law fell from the sky.
Be magnanimous and let bygones be bygones.
Tomorrow morning, we will give our ancestors an extra meal with a few more big pig heads, and also plenty of good wine and food.
Of course, no matter how happy you are, you still need to give some reminders in advance. It is a good thing that your daughter-in-law has a good temper, but a good temper does not mean that she is easy to bully.
He is still healthy!
"Xiao Jiang, don't indulge his bad temper too much. I haven't even kicked my legs yet, and I haven't even ridden my crane to report to the West, but he's already doing fascism here for me, just to show off how capable he is. - This little brat who hasn't even grown strong wings yet, doesn't know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is, and he's just messing around!"
"Good boy, just say a few words. If this brat is still stubborn and doesn't know what's wrong, you should point it out and ignore him. He needs to be locked up to dry out the moisture in his head."
"I'll ask the kitchen to cook something nice, and you can stay for a quick meal tonight. Ah... it's settled."
Old Master Huo gave earnest instructions, and then mobilized a group of black-clad bodyguards to guard outside the ancestral hall to cut off any possibility that Huo Jinyu would escape.
Jiang Qingzhou stared blankly at the burly men in black stationed outside, and couldn't help but shed tears of sympathy for Huo Jinyu. Looking at their overly familiar standing and walking postures, he knew that Huo Jinyu had been imprisoned many times.
As soon as Mr. Huo gave the order, they dispersed and stood guard outside the ancestral hall with clear division of labor.
Stepping into the Huo Family Ancestral Hall again, Jiang Qingzhou looked around as he walked. He was suddenly locked up just now. When he asked himself, he felt confused and had no idea what was going on.
Then Mr. Huo hurried over, paying close attention to what was happening outside, so he naturally had no time to pay attention to the surrounding environment.
This time, he looked carefully.
A room of medium size, about 100 square meters in area, with several vermilion columns distributed around it and a green bronze tripod placed in the center.
Three white walls and a golden curtain hung down from the roof. There was actually a bed, a table and a few chairs in the corner.
Huo Jinyu was sitting on that table.
Jiang Qingzhou walked over and called out hesitantly, "Student Huo."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Qingzhou clearly felt that the murderous aura emanating from Huo Jinyu had become even stronger, so strong that it seemed to be tangible.
Jiang Qingzhou's eyelids jumped, and he quickly changed his address: "Huo, Jinyu?"
Huo Jinyu turned around, as if she didn't want to pay any attention to Jiang Qingzhou. She raised her legs straight and put them on her body, then lay down with only her back exposed to Jiang Qingzhou.
Jiang Qingzhou looked at Huo Jinyu's childish behavior, feeling both angry and amused. He sat over and asked without any preparation, directly getting to the point without beating around the bush.
"You locked me up today, shouldn't you give me a reason?"
Huo Jinyu snorted with his back to Jiang Qingzhou. Jiang Qingzhou had no choice but to move a little closer, almost lying on top of Huo Jinyu. He asked again.
"Even if the Public Security Bureau detains a prisoner, they still need to give him a reason, right?"
After waiting for a long time, there was no response.
Jiang Qingzhou sighed helplessly when he saw Huo Jinyu still didn't speak. If he didn't want to find out why Huo Jinyu locked him up, he would have turned around and left, gone back to think of a solution, and come back tomorrow.
He was locked up in a small dark room for no reason, but he, the person involved, was not angry. Instead, the person who started it was angry. What's the logic
The positions are reversed.
In order to calm Huo Jinyu down, he smiled and softened his words, but what happened? She still turned her back and head to him.
He simply doesn't care about the daily necessities!
After a break of a few minutes, Jiang Qingzhou changed direction and the style of the painting suddenly changed.
"Okay! Even if I am a... 'prisoner'..."
Jiang Qingzhou said softly that this time he would retreat in order to advance. After all, he had tried it just now. The direct attack didn't work, and the sweet words that always worked in the past were also ineffective now.
On the contrary, Jiang Qingzhou felt that he was quite powerful, as he could actually make Huo Jinyu so angry that he couldn't be comforted.
Uh...! It seems that I have thought too much. The most urgent thing now is to coax Huo Jinyu out first.
Jiang Qingzhou collected all those random thoughts and continued what he had just said after pausing for half a minute.
"… But shouldn't you interrogate the 'prisoner' before detaining him? You didn't even conduct the most basic interrogation. Not only did you lock me up for no reason, you didn't even bother to give me a reason. Don't I feel wronged?"
"Another thing... is, if you really want to lock me up, why do you want to lock me up... here?"
Can't understand.
Jiang Qingzhou turned his head and looked at the three white walls for a while. His nose was filled with the ubiquitous scent of sandalwood. When Huo Jinyu pulled him in, he glanced up at the top of his head.
Huo's Ancestral Hall
Four large characters painted in gold on a red background are neatly inlaid under the beams and columns of the flying eaves and brackets.
Therefore, he really couldn't understand Huo Jinyu's train of thought. Why did she have to lock him up in the Huo family compound, and even in the ancestral hall where the Huo family worshipped their ancestors, when she could have locked him up anywhere else.
Normal people probably can't do this... right
I don’t know whether Jiang Qingzhou’s retreat to advance worked, or whether the questions he asked made people want to respond.
Anyway, Huo Jinyu finally spoke.
Then, he said something that stunned Jiang Qingzhou.
"I'm locked up here, and you must be locked up here too."
What? Thinking logic
As he had been leaning over in the air for too long and had no support underneath, Jiang Qingzhou lost his balance when he heard Huo Jinyu's words, which made no sense at all but sounded very righteous and powerful. His chin hit Huo Jinyu's shoulder heavily.
Jiang Qingzhou was dumbfounded for a long time before his nervous system connected to his brain. He held his aching chin with his hand, took a few breaths, and quietly moved to the side.
in case.
Huo Jinyu's shoulder was as hard as a piece of convex and angular stone, with hidden lethality. The pain was enough to be engraved in one's heart. If Huo Jinyu said something shocking to knock him again, it would be a double injury, and his chin might even be knocked crooked.
As a person, you must know how to avoid risks in a timely manner.
After the sharp pain in his jaw subsided, Jiang Qingzhou pursed his lips and uttered a few incoherent and intermittent sentences: "But...but this is your...the ancestral temple of the Huo family? Your last name is Huo, and mine is Jiang...You locked me, an outsider, in here. What would your ancestors think?"
It is estimated that this is the first time that the ancestors of the Huo family have encountered such a situation. They are all confused at the moment, and they may even draw a circle on the spot.
Huo Jinyu said without even thinking: "You are mine, not an outsider."
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” My chin doesn’t hurt at all anymore, now it’s my head that hurts!
Jiang Qingzhou rubbed his temple with one hand. He thought, why not just forget it? Continuing to argue with Huo Jinyu about the small issue of where to lock up the prison would probably lead to no results if he continued to argue for a long time.
It's rare that the young master is finally willing to speak, so it's more important to ask about serious matters.
"Do I know that I have committed an unforgivable crime and am being locked up by you?"
Jiang Qingzhou asked with a serious look.
It would have been fine if he didn't mention this, but as soon as he mentioned it, Huo Jinyu's temper was instantly ignited.
"Who do you belong to? Don't you know it yourself? How can you smile so charmingly at anyone? Do they deserve it?!"
I was yelled at unexpectedly.
Jiang Qingzhou subconsciously touched his ears which were numbed by the roar, and his eyes began to become dazed.
It took him a while to come to his senses and he came to a conclusion that shocked him.
So today he will be locked up... just because he smiled at... someone else
Isn't this reason a bit too outrageous
"That so-and-so? He doesn't even look at himself in the mirror. He's not as handsome as me, not as tall as me, and doesn't have as much assets as me. He has no looks, no height, and no money. What do you want from him?"
"Can you be as comfortable with him as with me? Can he be as responsive to your requests as I am? Is that so!?"
Jiang Qingzhou had retreated to the end of the bed without leaving a trace, slightly away from the range of Huo Jinyu's sound roar skill.
When Huo Jinyu saw Jiang Qingzhou avoiding him, he sat up straight again and was furious.
He yelled at Jiang Qingzhou: "Come here!"
When Jiang Qingzhou heard this, he not only did not go over, but quickly left the end of the bed, jumped behind a vermilion column, and poked his head out and said, "I should... come to visit you tomorrow. You seem to need to calm down now."
He had tried every trick today. Huo Jinyu was in a rage and could not be communicated with at all. He should go home and think of a strategy first. Tomorrow—
"Just go ahead and give it a try. If you dare to go through this door, I will tie you up with big chains when I get out."
"… "
With just one sentence, Jiang Qingzhou's idea of leaving was completely cut off.
Jiang Qingzhou had no doubt about Huo Jinyu's ability to execute. Even though Huo Jinyu was imprisoned and tied up, and looked very miserable and pitiful, he would not be imprisoned for life.
After the year has passed, he will be released from prison. As long as Huo Jinyu is allowed to go out... he will definitely do what he says.
Jiang Qingzhou pinched his brows and temples where the pain was becoming more and more obvious, took a deep breath, sat back down again, and smiled at Huo Jinyu.
She whispered softly, "I won't leave. I'll stay here with you."
"I'll come over every week to chat with you, okay?"
Jiang Qingzhou's eyebrows were curved, and his smile was as warm and gentle as the spring breeze in March. The warm wind blew slowly towards Huo Jinyu.
“Why not every day?”
The eldest young master started to focus on the key points online again.
"..." Jiang Qingzhou was speechless for a few seconds, "I still have classes, and I'm only free on Sundays."
"What class could be more important than me, huh?"
Jiang Qingzhou had always known that Huo Jinyu's brain circuits were different from those of normal people, but he didn't expect... to be different to this extent.
Jiang Qingzhou decided to bypass this topic and talk about something else.
"Uncle just said that as long as you admit your mistake, he will let you go."
"I'm not wrong."
Jiang Qingzhou looked at Huo Jinyu with a headache.
I did nothing wrong and I will not admit my mistake. If you want me to admit my mistake, let alone the door, I can tear down the windows in minutes. Believe it or not, I will show you my angry attitude.
His head hurt for a while, and then Jiang Qingzhou miraculously discovered that it seemed that his headache disappeared after a while. It was probably because Huo Jinyu's continuous "harsh words" of fighting poison with poison cured it.
Moreover, after a conversation, Jiang Qingzhou also realized that Huo Jinyu today was like a walking barrel of explosives, on the verge of exploding at any time and anywhere.
Having been bombarded several times, Jiang Qingzhou knew that soft words would be of no use to deal with Huo Jinyu in this state.
Since it was useless, Jiang Qingzhou stopped coaxing her with soft words and started to become more sharp in his words.
"You are right, you are just unreasonable."
"I don't understand. I just went to the library with my classmates to study. Why is it considered an unforgivable crime in your eyes? There is no law that says smiling at others is against the law."
He smiled at his classmate and locked him up. Jiang Qingzhou thought about the weird reason why he was locked up today, and he would probably never forget it for the rest of his life.
So impressive!
"If I have a girlfriend in the future, you won't be able to tolerate my smiling at her and will lock me up, right?"
Jiang Qingzhou just said the above paragraph, Huo Jinyu didn't react much, but when he said the following paragraph, Huo Jinyu's expression suddenly sank into the abyss.
It was pitch black and bottomless.
Don't ask? Just ask the three words "girlfriend" and it will work wonders.
Like a fuse, it instantly ignited Huo Jinyu. He widened his peach blossom eyes with anger and bloodshot eyes, as if he had been cheated on.
"Where did this wild woman come from? How dare you intercept my food!"
"If you dare to run away with that wild woman, I will catch you and lock you up for life no matter where you are!"
Jiang Qingzhou was suddenly startled.
…You are really sick!
Does Huo Jinyu know what he is talking about
Yes! Everything he has now, including the house, supermarket, and car, was given by Huo Jinyu. He has always kept this favor in mind and always wanted to repay it.
Because I am grateful and appreciative.
Therefore, he always viewed Huo Jinyu with a natural and beautiful filter. In his eyes, Huo Jinyu was very good, very good.
The eldest son of a wealthy family was just a little willful, but his nature was not bad. But now—
Jiang Qingzhou had a vague realization that he was wrong, extremely wrong.
Maybe he didn't notice it before, that was because to Huo Jinyu, he was just a passerby, a stranger. Once he walked in and approached Huo Jinyu, he was regarded as one of his own.
The paranoia and crazy possessiveness hidden in Huo Jinyu's character will all come out.
As proud as Huo Jinyu, a young master from a wealthy family and a child of destiny, he would never allow anyone to escape his control.
Never! Never! Allow!
Not long ago, when he met Huo Jinyu's parents for the first time, he had muttered in his heart that some of Mr. Huo's words about Huo Jinyu were too exaggerated. He didn't expect that now—
Bang!
His face was swollen from being beaten.
The more Jiang Qingzhou thought about it, the more confused his mind became. He felt as if he had walked into a dead end. There was no way out in front of him, and there was a sheer cliff behind him.
Whether advancing or retreating is wrong, you will be forced to stay where you are.
Just when Jiang Qingzhou's mind was in a mess, there was a voice of someone talking outside the door, followed by a creaky sound of the door opening.
A middle-aged man with a refined and handsome face and a calm temperament like an old cadre strode in.
His eyes first flashed across Huo Jinyu, and then fell on Jiang Qingzhou. Jiang Qingzhou quickly stood up and was about to call for help.
The middle-aged man said first: "You must be Xiao Jiang, I am Jin Yu's elder brother."
"Hello, big brother..." Jiang Qingzhou blurted out, and then he was stunned again, and immediately changed his words, "Hello, uncle."
This time it was Huo Zhengjun who was slightly stunned, but he quickly came back to his senses, put on a kind smile, and said to Jiang Qingzhou: "Just call me brother. I am Jin Yu's brother. Calling me uncle is too different in generation."
Jiang Qingzhou thought so too.
As Huo Zhengjun spoke, he placed the oversized food box he had brought in on the table. After opening the lid, he placed the food inside on the table one by one with steady movements. In a short while, half of the table was filled.
"I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I asked the kitchen to make some."
Huo Zhengjun said this to Jiang Qingzhou.
"I know everything that happened today."
Huo Zhengjun turned around and said something else. The latter sentence was obviously directed at Huo Jinyu. He showed disapproval on his face and lectured his younger brother: "Jinyu, you are wrong this time. How can you still lock Xiao Jiang in? It's so rude."
Huo Jinyu opened her mouth and retorted: "I can lock up anyone I want. If you don't like it, just leave--"
Huo Zhengjun frowned: "Jinyu, my brother is talking to you about reason. It's wrong for you to lock people up."
Huo Jinyu lay down again, leaving his back to Huo Zhengjun.
With a sigh, Huo Zhengjun shifted his gaze to Jiang Qingzhou again and looked at him carefully, as if to see if Jiang Qingzhou was injured.
After making sure that Jiang Qingzhou was unharmed, he spoke with an apologetic voice: "Did I scare you today?"
Jiang Qingzhou shook his head and told the truth: "No." He was not a three-year-old child, so he would not be frightened by someone.
Huo Zhengjun's apology eased a little, and he glanced at her again, sighing, "Jinyu has been spoiled by us brothers and sisters since she was a child. She has a twisted personality and a stubborn temper... Alas!"
A sigh contains countless sorrows and unspeakable helplessness.
Jiang Qingzhou had just revealed the other side of Huo Jinyu's nature, and he could empathize with her this time. As a family member of Huo Jinyu, he first needed to have a strong heart.
Because only by having a strong heart can one at least guarantee that he will not be angered to death by Huo Jinyu.
Of course, complaints are complaints.
After careful summary, Jiang Qingzhou still had that filter for Huo Jinyu. No matter what, he had already taken over the house. Just for this reason, he had a natural gratitude towards Huo Jinyu.
In front of Brother Huo Jinyu, Jiang Qingzhou naturally knew what to say and what not to say.
"Actually, Huo Jinyu has always taken good care of me, and I am very grateful to him. What happened today was just a misunderstanding, and I have just explained it clearly."
Huo Zhengjun's facial expression softened when he heard this, and the look he gave Jiang Qingzhou was full of the kindness and care that an elder has for a younger generation: "It's good that you've explained it clearly..."
Huo Zhengjun paused as his peripheral vision caught something. He suddenly grabbed Jiang Qingzhou's hand and pulled up his sleeve, revealing a slightly swollen, black, and purple wrist with a few faint fingerprints.
Jiang Qingzhou's skin color is generally white, fair and smooth, with a healthy and natural luster, which is an advantage. On the other hand, the disadvantage is that white can easily form a sharp contrast with other colors.
So at this moment, the conspicuous mark on the wrist against the fair skin was particularly shocking.
"What's wrong with your wrist?"
"... Hmm?" Jiang Qingzhou lowered his head and found that his wrist was already bruised.
Huo Zhengjun grabbed Jiang Qingzhou's other hand that was hanging by his side, lifted his sleeve and took a look, and saw a circle of black and purple marks.
"It was Jinyu who did it, right?"
Huo Zhengjun's voice was already tinged with anger. He looked at Huo Jinyu, who had sat up from the bed at some point, and said angrily, "Huo Jinyu! No matter how angry you are, you can't just take it out on Xiao Jiang. Look at how you pinched me... You really are pissing me off to death!"
"Brother! I'm fine, look..." Jiang Qingzhou said hurriedly, and moved his wrist to show Huo Zhengjun to prove that he was fine. "It just looks a little scary. Rub it with safflower oil and it will be fine in two days. It has nothing to do with Huo Jinyu. It's not him."
"Let's go! I'll ask the family doctor to find you some medicine to apply first."
Huo Zhengjun frowned, but did not expose Jiang Qingzhou's poor excuse. He avoided the injured part of Jiang Qingzhou's wrist, grabbed his arm, and pulled Jiang Qingzhou out of the ancestral hall.
A second later, Huo Jinyu jumped up from the bed. He jumped to the locked door and shouted two words outside the door: "Open the door!"
The bodyguard outside the door stood still and replied through the door: "Little Fourth Master, the master has ordered that the door cannot be opened for you."
Huo Jinyu raised his voice, his tone gradually becoming more aggressive: "I told you to open the door, so open it. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
The bodyguard outside the door repeated, "Master Si, the master has ordered that the door cannot be opened for you."
Huo Jinyu gritted his teeth and spoke word by word: "Give me paper and pen."
"Okay, Little Fourth Master, I'll open the door for you right away."
Outside the door, the bodyguard's expression changed instantly.