Jiang Yuehong forced herself to be calm, to be composed, to -
How could she stay calm when faced with such a thing? She couldn't help but think too much these days, and just now she heard that the last time Huo Jinyu stayed overnight, she slept in Zhou Zhou's arms.
Zhou Zhou explained to her that it was just a misunderstanding and Huo Jinyu was just using him as a pillow. She breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that and kept comforting herself, saying that she was overthinking.
As a result, when Zhou Zhou turned around, when he went to Huo Jinyu's house for the first time, the other party's family actually gave him a box of bank cards. Is this something that ordinary people can do
I couldn't help but start to think more. Once I thought too much, the act of giving the bank card changed in her eyes. It really seemed like...
In a daze, Jiang Yuehong remembered one thing again, if she remembered correctly.
Jiang Yuehong patted her head, trying to calm herself down. She asked hesitantly, "Zhou Zhou, didn't Xiao Huo... ask you to go to the movies? Why did you go to the Huo family?"
"This..." Jiang Qingzhou was stuck for words. It didn't happen in the movie, but he was locked up in the Huo family ancestral hall by Huo Jinyu.
Recalling today's experience, Jiang Qingzhou felt that it could be summed up in eight words: ups and downs, unforgettable.
Jiang Yuehong didn't get anything out of the question, and she didn't take it to heart. She didn't really want to ask about watching a movie, she just wanted to use the topic of watching a movie as an insertion point to expand the topic.
Thinking that some of the following words were not convenient to say in front of Huo Jinyu, Jiang Yuehong secretly gave Jiang Qingzhou a wink.
After Jiang Qingzhou received Jiang Yuehong's signal, the two siblings went to the kitchen one after another.
Jiang Yuehong closed the kitchen door, turned around, and her eyes fell on Jiang Qingzhou's face.
My little cousin has been very cute since he was a child, with a delicate face like a glutinous rice dumpling, which makes him very lovable. As he grew up, he grew taller, and his eyebrows and eyes became more well-defined, making him even more stunning than when he was a child.
Although he is a boy, his appearance is more beautiful and delicate than that of girls, with picturesque features. It is no exaggeration to say that he is as beautiful as a flower and as graceful as the moon.
Because of his appearance, Zhou Zhou has been surrounded by both male and female peers since he started elementary school. Not only female classmates like him, but many male classmates as well.
The most profound memory is that a male classmate of Zhou Zhou’s junior high school came to her home and asked her parents to let Zhou Zhou marry him, saying that he would marry Zhou Zhou when he grew up and they could settle it today.
Her parents were so angry that they notified the other parent and asked them to take their son back.
It can be said that since childhood, there were more than just... that one male classmate who had a crush on her little cousin.
Jiang Qingzhou saw that Jiang Yuehong's eyes were looking at her more and more strangely, so he spoke first: "Sister Yuehong, there's no one in the kitchen."
Jiang Yuehong hesitated and said, "There is one thing I don't know whether to say or not. Zhou Zhou, your situation today is really, really like... meeting the parents..."
Jiang Qingzhou was stunned: "Go, meet the parents?"
Jiang Yuehong nodded heavily, and then whispered: "Zhou Zhou, I don't know if you know this, whether it's our hometown or other places, in fact, many places have a common custom."
"If a child brings his/her partner to visit for the first time, the elders will give him/her a red envelope. Of course, the size of the red envelope can vary, depending on the man's family conditions."
After Jiang Qingzhou heard Jiang Yuehong's analysis, his first reaction was to shake his head in denial: "Impossible!"
The three words were said with absolute certainty.
Jiang Yuehong also shook her head. She did not give up her guess just because Jiang Qingzhou said it was impossible. She whispered her thoughts: "I always feel that Xiao Huo treats you well... too much."
Not to mention the big things like the house and the car, since I moved into this house, there have been two aunts at home, one is responsible for cooking and the other is responsible for housework.
After asking, they found out that it was the nanny hired by Huo Jinyu. When Jiang Yuehong heard this explanation, she and her mother looked at each other in confusion.
It has been a month since they moved into the house. Almost every now and then, Huo Jinyu can be seen giving Zhou Zhou all kinds of expensive luxury goods. On weekdays, if there is anything delicious or fun, she will have someone send it over.
They made an appointment to go to the movies together. He didn't go home, wanted to sleep with Zhou Zhou, and even used Zhou Zhou as a pillow when he slept.
It would have been better if she hadn't made a summary. Once she did, no matter how she looked at it, Jiang Yuehong felt that Huo Jinyu had ulterior motives towards her younger cousin.
I want to ask, which classmate would treat his classmate like this? They don't look like classmates at all, they look more like lovers.
"Xiao Huo, do you like him? That's why he treats you so well."
Jiang Yuehong's words stunned Jiang Qingzhou, and his brain was temporarily disconnected.
Facing Jiang Yuehong's increasingly excited expression, Jiang Qingzhou opened his lips slightly, wanting to explain -
Don't think too much, Huo Jinyu is just treating him like a furry pet. As a pet lover, Jiang Qingzhou thinks that he will definitely give his furry pet the best treatment in the world, just like Huo Jinyu.
It’s just that this explanation cannot be given.
Jiang Qingzhou considered his words carefully and said seriously: "Sister Yuehong, the situation between Huo Jinyu and me may be a little complicated. It is definitely not what you think. Huo Jinyu-"
"He has someone he likes, his childhood sweetheart, although his childhood sweetheart doesn't like him."
Having said this, Jiang Qingzhou paused. He pulled Jiang Yuehong to the cloakroom in his room and pointed to one of the wardrobes.
"Sister Yuehong, look... these luxury goods were given by Huo Jinyu to his childhood sweetheart."
Jiang Yuehong looked at those luxury goods with astonishment. The gift boxes looked very exquisite and valuable. Jiang Qingzhou gestured to Jiang Yuehong that she could open them and have a look. Jiang Yuehong opened them with a little hesitation.
I casually opened the gift box on top and exclaimed, what a beautiful diamond necklace, a pink diamond at that. No girl would not like jewelry, especially jewelry like diamond which has a particularly beautiful meaning.
Jiang Yuehong then opened the other gift boxes and found that most of them were jewelry, with only a few containing perfumes and bags. They were indeed gifts that girls would like.
This is it…
"Xiao Huo gave him... these childhood sweethearts' luxury goods, why are they all in your possession?"
Jiang Yuehong expressed doubt and confusion.
Jiang Qingzhou frowned slightly, spread his hands and sighed, "Didn't I just say that his childhood sweetheart doesn't like him, and then he couldn't give away these luxury goods, so he gave them to me again."
Jiang Yuehong: “.” There is such a good thing that falls from the sky.
"I mentioned it to him last time, asking him to buy less because my cabinet is almost full. Guess how he reacted? He even asked me in surprise why I still kept these things and if I didn't like them, I could just throw them away."
Speaking of the young master who has no concept of money, Jiang Qingzhou doesn't even have a headache at this moment. Let him buy whatever he wants. It's not his money anyway, so why should he feel bad here
Jiang Yuehong seemed touched. She thought of how Huo Jinyu had just offered to donate 100 million yuan in the living room without blinking.
One hundred million! He said it so easily, as if what he donated was not a hundred million, but just a few dollars, a trivial matter not worth mentioning.
Today she experienced firsthand how rich people spend money lavishly. It's so extravagant!
"I will list these luxury goods on second-hand platforms and see if I can convert them into cash. The more I can save, the better. I will return them to Huo Jinyu later."
"This is the first time I've seen... a wealthy young master like Xiao Huo who is not short of money and has a kind heart."
"—Yo~ You're talking about me behind my back!"
A lazy voice interrupted them, causing the two siblings who were whispering to turn around at the same time and look at Huo Jinyu who was standing behind them for some unknown reason.
Jiang Qingzhou was shocked: "... When did you come?"
Huo Jinyu wouldn't hear anything he shouldn't hear, would he? If Huo Jinyu heard Jiang Yuehong spreading rumors behind his back that he likes men, he would be furious.
"When you talk about me behind my back."
Huo Jinyu raised her peach blossom eyes, as if smiling, but Jiang Qingzhou was not flustered at all. He blinked his big eyes that were as round as black pearls and gave a rather "well-behaved and harmless" smile in return, trying to get away with it and pretend that he hadn't said anything just now.
Even if he did, you must have heard it wrong. He really didn't say anything.
Cute, want...
Huo Jinyu put her hands behind her back and looked away from Jiang Qingzhou with difficulty. She glanced at the jewelry and suddenly became a little uncomfortable: "Why put these things on a second-hand platform? Give them to my sister."
Jiang Yuehong: “???”
Jiang Qingzhou had a subtle expression and repeated Huo Jinyu's address: "... to, sister?"
"Sister just praised me for being kind-hearted. I heard it all." Huo Jinyu said happily. After rolling her eyes, she moved them back to Jiang Qingzhou. She felt that she couldn't see enough. "It's just right that you don't have to list them on any second-hand platform. Don't even think about turning these things into cash. I don't need this little money."
“No no no no… I can’t… I can’t…”
Jiang Yuehong was sure that she had heard correctly that Huo Jinyu really wanted to give her these jewellery. She was so scared that she quickly shook her head and waved her hands, saying that she didn't want anything.
These jewels are obviously not cheap. How could she accept them if she has no relatives or friends
"If you don't want it, just throw it away. I'll ask Auntie to come and throw it away."
It would save him from having to keep piling up here to bother him and remind him all the time that he can still get the most basic emotional issues wrong in his entire life.
Huo Jinyu turned around and went out to call his aunt to come in and throw something away.
Jiang Yuehong was speechless, watching Huo Jinyu walk out, and turned around anxiously: "He he he...he's not really going to throw it away, is he?"
"If he really wants to throw it away, no one can stop him." Jiang Qingzhou pinched his brows. Perhaps these jewelries are luxury goods and very valuable to ordinary people like them.
But for Huo Jinyu, he could have as many of these things as he wanted, and it didn't matter whether he gave them away or threw them away.
If you are happy, you can give it away; if you are unhappy, you can ask someone to throw it away; if you are angry, you can smash it to vent your anger.
"But...but...this is all money!" Jiang Yuehong couldn't understand how someone could just throw away jewelry worth tens of thousands of dollars.
When throwing stones!
Jiang Qingzhou pursed his lips and sighed again: "These things are his after all, he has the right to deal with them."
Thinking of something, he added, "How do you think I got this house?"
Anything given away by the young master cannot be returned.
Jiang Yuehong: “…” I didn’t understand it before, but now I understand it.
Just before Huo Jinyu asked her aunt to throw it away, she said she wanted it, and without wasting a moment, she moved all the jewelry to her room, fearing that if she was a second late, Huo Jinyu would really ask her aunt to take it downstairs and throw it away as garbage.
If you squander natural resources, you will be struck by lightning!
Inadvertently, Jiang Qingzhou caught a glimpse of Huo Jinyu standing aside with a smug smile on his face. He clearly understood that he must have said that on purpose.
"Did you do this on purpose?"
Huo Jinyu clapped her hands and said, "I'm not stupid. After all, I spent a lot of money to buy luxury goods. Just like you said, I can sell them on a second-hand platform and get cash. I can also donate them and do good deeds."
Jiang Qingzhou listened to Huo Jinyu's completely different statements in front of others and behind their backs. Although he understood it, he just couldn't figure it out.
Since Huo Jinyu was planning to sell it again, why did he bother giving it to Jiang Yuehong
Adhering to the humble virtue of asking questions without shame, Jiang Qingzhou looked at Huo Jinyu with a curious look: "Why? I want to give it to Sister Yuehong."
Huo Jinyu reached out and patted Jiang Qingzhou on the head, and said calmly, "Sister is not an outsider."
Jiang Qingzhou rolled his eyes at Huo Jinyu and pulled the hand off his head: "That's my sister, not your sister."
Huo Jinyu just curled his lips and smiled without saying anything.
Even if it is not the case now, it will definitely be in the future, so of course we have to build good relationships in advance.
"By the way, how is your sister adapting to her new job?"
When talking about Jiang Yuehong's new job, Jiang Qingzhou didn't care about how Huo Jinyu addressed her.
"Haven't you seen how full of energy and spirit she is every day? Speaking of which, I have you to thank for that."
If it weren't for the job introduced by Huo Jinyu, Jiang Yuehong would definitely not have been able to get over her heartbreak so quickly.
"She likes her current job very much. Recently, she often tells me how smart, sensible, well-behaved and clever the children in the kindergarten are."
Jiang Qingzhou smiled at Huo Jinyu, and that smile was as sweet as honey.
He had no idea how "destructive" Huo Jinyu's smile was at this moment.
In a moment—
Huo Jinyu only felt that the light in front of his eyes became exceptionally bright and dazzling, and his heart was beating wildly.
Before yesterday, if he saw Jiang Qingzhou smiling at him like this, his heart would beat faster than usual. However, he would not think too much at that time. He just felt that Jiang Qingzhou's smile was very beautiful and contagious, and he would also feel the same and feel happy both physically and mentally.
He only found out after today.
It turns out that this feeling is a heart-pounding one.
Jiang Qingzhou's voice continued.
“… The new colleague was also very friendly and caring towards her. I know that all this is due to you, and I really, really want to thank you. - In fact, apart from saying thank you, I don’t know what else to say or do to repay you.”
Huo Jinyu had everything he needed, and no matter how hard he racked his brains he couldn't figure out how to repay these debts of favor.
Huo Jinyu caught two very familiar words with her ears and read them out: "Repay?"
"Ah... What happened?"
Jiang Qingzhou paused for a moment, then said "oh" again. He suddenly realized something and made an "OK" gesture to Huo Jinyu, saying, "I know, I know. Boss Huo, you never do things for rewards. I just said it casually. Don't worry, Boss, I have never thought of repaying you."
"ah… "
Now, it was Huo Jinyu's turn, and he was dumbfounded.
He is not so generous, nor is he so virtuous as to not ask for anything in return. He needs something in return, and he desperately wants it.
Thinking back to the last time Jiang Qingzhou said he would repay him with his body, what did he say...
Oh, it seemed that I said at that time that Jiang Qingzhou was not allowed to mention things like promising himself to me again.
… #@%#%@#%@…
A string of garbled words floated through my mind.
Can I put it back on and beat myself to death for being so stupid
Regret, the regret that was so deep that it made him crazy, he felt as if he had swallowed ten pounds of coptis chinensis, bitter and astringent.
For the first time, Huo Jinyu felt so bitter that she wanted to cry and so astringent that she wanted to shed tears.
"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Qingzhou looked at Huo Jinyu, who suddenly looked regretful and dejected, and couldn't help but ask with concern, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"My heart hurts so much." Huo Jinyu held his heart with both hands and made an expression of unbearable grief. In fact, he didn't need to pretend. As long as he thought of how stupid he was that day, the heartache was so great that he didn't need to pretend at all.
Such a good God-given opportunity was sent to his mobile phone, but he didn't cherish it. How can he not regret it
When Jiang Qingzhou heard Huo Jinyu's cry of heartache, his expression changed. He reached out and grabbed Huo Jinyu's arm and was about to walk out: "I'll take you to the hospital."
"It's not that kind of heartache." Huo Jinyu explained in a resentful tone.
Jiang Qingzhou shuddered suddenly and stopped. He let go of Huo Jinyu and saw that Huo Jinyu looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Asked: "Do you have anything to say to me?"
Huo Jinyu nodded quickly, probably knowing that his tone just now was too creepy, so he coughed twice and returned to his normal voice.
He said meaningfully: "I am also... a layman, not the kind of person who does not seek rewards."
Huo Jinyu blinked desperately to signal Jiang Qingzhou, hoping that Jiang Qingzhou could understand the meaning of his words. As long as Jiang Qingzhou said he would pledge his love to him once more, he would definitely agree.
One hundred, ten million agree.
You can go to get the certificate tomorrow.
Jiang Qingzhou understood: "You want me to repay you."
Huo Jinyu's face flushed slightly when her thoughts were revealed. She pretended to cough again and looked around, but she didn't look at Jiang Qingzhou.
Jiang Qingzhou said "oh" in his heart, and did not let Huo Jinyu wait for long. He continued with what he had just said: "Whatever you want me to do in return, just tell me directly. I will definitely not refuse what I can do."
"Just, just, just..."
After talking for a long time, Huo Jinyu didn't say the second word. He knew in his heart that Jiang Qingzhou definitely didn't have that kind of intention towards him at the moment. If he really asked for something in return, it would be like asking for repayment.
He would never do such a tasteless thing.
"You pretended I didn't say anything."
After Huo Jinyu finished saying this, he collapsed on his back in a "big" shape, feeling extremely depressed.
Jiang Qingzhou stood at the head of the bed and watched for a while, feeling it was a bit strange. He had never seen Huo Jinyu like this before. His face was full of despair, as if he had missed something that would make him regret for the rest of his life.
After confirming again and again that Huo Jinyu was not feeling unwell anywhere, Jiang Qingzhou ignored him and let Huo Jinyu suffer on his own.
Anyway, the young master always has something in mind, and it’s not the first time. Who knows what strange things his unusual brain is thinking about.
I took my pajamas and went to take a shower.
Huo Jinyu was depressed for a while, until his wandering soul finally returned to his body.
At the desk, Jiang Qingzhou was immersed in the ocean of knowledge. In the silent room, the only sound could be heard of the rustling of pages turning.
Coming to the desk quietly, Huo Jinyu placed his hands on the armrests on both sides of Jiang Qingzhou's chair and leaned forward to identify the book Jiang Qingzhou was reading.
"Tracing... species, genes... origins... evolution..."
Huo Jinyu only read out the first sentence haltingly, pausing after every two words, and then he fell silent.
He had never been interested in the bird culture of this bird country since he was a child. He only knew some simple bird language because he had been to that country for two months when he was young and frivolous. He learned some basic conversations and learned the local customs, so that he would not be unable to speak the language when he went out and be scolded by others without knowing it. As for the rest...
I can’t even learn the language of my own country, so how can I have the free time to learn the chirping of other countries
"Why are you looking at these Chinese original books? Do you want to study abroad?"
Jiang Qingzhou listened to the complaints in his ear and realized that the young master never disappointed anyone with his words.
He tilted his head and chuckled, "No, I just thought that learning one more language would be a plus when looking for a job in the future."
"This is what I am currently studying. It feels very interesting." Jiang Qingzhou pulled out a book next to him.
Huo Jinyu glanced at the cover of the book and read it more fluently this time: "Multi-dimensional space theory... ? What's the meaning of this?"
Jiang Qingzhou explained: "I feel that space is a very wonderful and mysterious existence, which is worth spending a lifetime to study."
"You want to work in space research in the future." Huo Jinyu flipped open the book that had made him dizzy after reading a few pages. It was too profound and he couldn't understand it at all. He also didn't understand what was so interesting about it and why he had to spend his entire life studying it.
Shaking his head, he gently put the book back. Because his body was half squatting and naturally leaning forward, Huo Jinyu felt a little tired with his head hanging in the air, so he naturally rested his chin on Jiang Qingzhou's shoulder to use the force to relax.
"Just taking a look." Jiang Qingzhou said gently. Perhaps it had something to do with his own experience, so he had a natural love for original books on time and space.
"You go to sleep first, I'll be there for a while." Jiang Qingzhou pushed the head that was lazily resting on his shoulder. The furry hair rubbed against his ears and neck, which was a little itchy.
"Read your book. I won't disturb you. Your hands must be inconvenient. Let me turn the pages for you."
Huo Jinyu is a man of action and he always does what he says.
He dragged a smaller stool from the side and sat down beside Jiang Qingzhou seriously, with one hand on the desk as if he was ready to turn pages for Jiang Qingzhou at any time, and the other hand supporting his chin.
It would be strange if I could concentrate on reading when being stared at like this.
Jiang Qingzhou turned sideways and met Huo Jinyu's gaze.