In the end, Jiang Qingzhou did not have dinner at the Huo family.
He received a message from Huo Jinyu—
[I'm at your house.]
Jiang Qingzhou quietly showed this message to Huo Lingxiu, who turned her head and said "Ouch", keeping the volume within a just right range.
"Jinyu is ready, she's urging you... Xiao Jiang, you should go quickly."
Jiang Qingzhou: “?” The Huo family sister’s acting skills are really good, and you can’t tell that she is acting at all.
Huo Lingxiu added: "It doesn't matter, it's just a meal, it doesn't matter when you eat it. Go quickly, don't let Jinyu wait anxiously."
Huo Tingyu also echoed, "Xiao Jiang, go quickly. Save this meal for today, it doesn't matter which day you come over to eat at my house."
Jiang Qingzhou had every reason to suspect that Huo Jinyu's two sisters deliberately let him put on a show in front of the Huo family's two elders in order to find a reason for Huo Jinyu not to go home today.
The two elders of the Huo family, one nodded kindly to Jiang Qingzhou, and the other waved at him lovingly.
"Go ahead, go ahead."
When Jiang Qingzhou came to the Huo family, he was alone in a car, and when he went home he was still alone, but the empty car had turned into a truck.
With both hands on the steering wheel, Jiang Qingzhou looked back at the trunk and back seat that were packed tightly with no space left. There was even a large gift box on the right driver's seat with a golden hairy crab painted on the cover.
Jiang Qingzhou took a look and couldn't stop swallowing his saliva. A few days ago, in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Huo Jinyu also sent him a gift box of hairy crabs. Ten yellow hairy crabs were fresh, fragrant and delicious. Every bite was delicious. It was the ultimate delicacy in the world. There was only one word to describe the taste -
Absolutely!
Jiang Qingzhou patted the gift box and thought he could steam them tonight. He sent four of the ten crabs back home last time. Auntie and Jiang Yueying said they had never tasted such delicious hairy crabs in their lives.
It looks like I can satisfy my appetite again today, and it’s just right for me to have an extra meal in the evening.
Jiang Qingzhou drove the car back home. There were too many things for him to move by himself, so he could only carry two things upstairs first. He brought the things directly to the kitchen, and the moment he entered the house, he shouted towards the living room: "Huo Jinyu?"
No one answered him.
Jiang Qingzhou turned around and walked towards his room. All the door locks in the finely decorated building were high-tech. One only needed to enter fingerprints and faces at the main control switch. There was no need to enter a password to enter or exit. As long as one pressed the door lock with one's hand, the door lock system would automatically sense and open in response.
Huo Jinyu had entered his fingerprints and face in this house, so he could come and go freely.
Sure enough, after unlocking the door, he saw a figure with his back to him.
As if hearing footsteps behind him, the figure lying on the bed pulled the silk quilt behind him and covered himself over his head, covering himself tightly.
Jiang Qingzhou froze in place, feeling that the scene in front of him looked familiar. He then remembered that he was in this look the last time he died in the hospital. He wished he could wrap himself from head to toe with a sheet so that no one could see him.
"Huo Jinyu... are you... injured?"
Jiang Qingzhou could only think of this possibility. If the young master didn't have such a bad temper, he would never have hidden himself.
"… Is your face injured?"
Jiang Qingzhou walked over gently, put one leg against the bed, pressed the other leg onto the bed, and half-knelt on the leg that was pressed on the **. He leaned over and wanted to pull the silk quilt, but the quilt was pressed tightly. He just pulled it a little bit before being pulled back by Huo Jinyu.
"Let me see if your wound is bandaged."
"It's covered."
A muffled voice came from under the quilt.
"Don't you feel bored when you bury your head in the quilt?"
"Not boring."
Jiang Qingzhou looked at Huo Jinyu and saw that he had no intention of lifting the quilt. Although his tone was a little dull, it was still full of energy and almost the same as usual. He didn't sound like he was seriously injured.
I feel much more at ease.
"I feel relieved to see that you are okay. I won't disturb you to continue sleeping." After confirming with his own eyes that Huo Jinyu was fine, Jiang Qingzhou looked down at the time and planned to go to the supermarket to check again.
"Where are you going?"
A hand stretched out from under the quilt and grabbed Jiang Qingzhou's wrist. Jiang Qingzhou took the opportunity to roll up the sleeve of the hand that was stretched out. After checking it, he did not find any obvious wounds, so he said, "I'll go to the store to take a look."
"I have already sent the Haisheng Army over."
Jiang Qingzhou paused, then changed his tone to one that showed concern for Huo Jinyu, and explained in a gentle voice, "But if I don't leave, you'll get bored if you keep suffocating yourself in the quilt."
As soon as the words fell, the quilt was opened, revealing a head, and then...
The air was silent for a few seconds.
Even though he had prepared himself mentally, Jiang Qingzhou still couldn't help laughing when he saw Huo Jinyu's face covered with round cartoons.
After taking a few more glances, I realized that what was stuck on Huo Jinyu's face was not a cartoon picture, but a creative children's style - the national treasure panda brand Band-Aid.
Who is so talented that not only did he put the band-aids on, he actually put them all over Huo Jinyu's face and neck, with round, panda-shaped Band-Aids of all sizes, one here and one there.
Jiang Qingzhou laughed so hard that physiological tears oozed out of the corners of his eyes.
Huo Jinyu said faintly: "Is it funny?"
"No, no, no, no..." Jiang Qingzhou bent down, hugged his stomach, shook his head violently to stop laughing, and answered three times in a trembling voice, "Not funny at all, not funny at all, not funny at all..."
No way.
With such a contrastingly cute Band-Aid face, no one knew how Huo Jinyu had the courage to come to him.
"Who knows what Tong Jiuchen, that bastard, is going crazy for today? He's like a piece of sticky candy that can't be torn apart. He insisted on hugging me and beating me up... and rubbing me with his stench."
The smell was so nauseating that he almost vomited.
Originally, he was planning to settle the score with that bastard Tong Jiuchen today, and he would not stop until he beat him until he screamed for his father and mother and called him grandfather!
But he didn't expect that this bastard would not play by the rules in the fight today. As long as he got close to him, he would pounce on him and rub against him.
It would have been fine if he just pounced and rubbed against him, but that bastard Tong Jiuchen even rolled around on the ground with him in his arms. After rolling around for dozens of rounds, his interest in fighting was completely killed by the stench.
Thinking about the heart-stopping fight scene a few hours ago, Huo Jinyu's face was gloomy and fierce, like a furious lion.
However, this lion-like appearance with its fur standing on end and its teeth gnashing does not give people the slightest feeling of viciousness. On the contrary, it looks even more adorable because of the cute panda-head Band-Aids on its face.
Perhaps it was because he gritted his teeth too hard and pulled his face too much, causing Huo Jinyu to grit his teeth and touch his face in pain.
Jiang Qingzhou coughed: "It's my fault, actually. I shouldn't have let people pour stinky brine on Tong Jiuchen, causing you..."
There was no need for Huo Jinyu to explain in detail, Jiang Qingzhou could guess what Tong Jiuchen was thinking with just a flick of his finger. He was splashed with stinky brine, so of course he would not forget his mortal enemy after getting such a good thing.
Come on, you come on, let's stink together~~~
To sum it up in one sentence, even if I stink, you can't escape, it's fair and just.
Huo Jinyu snorted, "This has nothing to do with you. - That bastard! I don't know where he learned this bitch fighting style. Today, he either hugs or entangles people in a fight. His two dog paws only scratch people's faces when they have nothing to do. Look at the scratches that bastard gave me."
Huo Jinyu leaned closer to his face which was covered with Band-Aids, and his tone became more and more passionate and angry, which gave people the impression that he was a pitiful little boy who had been wronged outside today and was very sad and upset, and came home to ask for a hug, a patch, and comfort.
Jiang Qingzhou's eyes were wandering, he tilted his head and coughed softly. He was afraid that if he looked at it for a few more seconds, he would have to hug and comfort this poor big dog that was whimpering.
Comfortingly, "… It's okay. It's just a minor injury. It should heal in two days."
He looked carefully and thought that it was only the face and neck that were scratched. The wounds were long and thin but not deep.
Huo Jinyu's injury this time was much lighter than he had imagined, and his heart, which had been hanging in the air for a long time, finally settled down.
It can be seen from the newly unlocked fighting mode that Tong Jiuchen must be somewhat angry about the last time his face was almost disfigured, otherwise he would not have only hit Huo Jinyu's face and neck in the fight today.
"By the way... he scratched your face and neck, what about you? How did you deal with him?" Jiang Qingzhou asked curiously.
It seems that these two are not easy to deal with. It is impossible that Huo Jinyu was scratched and had a panda face, but Tong Jiuchen was safe and sound.
He had a hunch that today's fight would be very lively, the kind that would only happen once in several years.
"Of course I pulled his hair!" Huo Jinyu said as a matter of course.
Jiang Qingzhou: “…” It felt like two newbies who had just entered kindergarten and were silly elementary school kids were pecking at each other.
Jiang Qingzhou could barely hide the smile in his eyes behind his glasses, and asked casually, "What if Tong Jiuchen uses this trick on you again next time we fight?"
Huo Jinyu's face turned dark in an instant.
Jiang Qingzhou glanced at it, tried to suppress the corners of his lips from rising, and said worriedly: "I feel that if you guys... fight again next time. Needless to say, he will definitely take the opportunity to retaliate against you. Who knows how many hairs you pulled from him today, he will count them when he gets home, and then write them down in his little notebook, and then retaliate by doubling the amount next time."
Huo Jinyu listened to what Jiang Qingzhou said, and her skin color became noticeably darker except for the skin that was not covered by the Band-Aid.
Jiang Qingzhou took the opportunity to stroke Huo Jinyu's hair twice. The hair was a bit hard, black and thick, and it felt a bit stubble, but it felt quite good.
In addition, since he had just rolled around in the quilt, Huo Jinyu's hair was now all flying around on top of his head, making him look like a fluffy lion dog.
So cute.
It feels surprisingly good when I rub it.
While stroking his hair with his hands, Jiang Qingzhou was still trying to create a sense of focus for Huo Jinyu. He deliberately put on an expression of emotion: "If he plucks out such a nice head of black and silky hair, and turns into a bald uncle at such a young age... How ugly it would be!"
Huo Jinyu had been enjoying Jiang Qingzhou's sudden intimacy with him, but he didn't expect Jiang Qingzhou to suddenly change the subject. All he could hear repeatedly was "Bald uncles are ugly"...
I was startled unexpectedly.
He felt that what Jiang Qingzhou said was very possible. Tong Jiuchen was a petty, narrow-minded, and vindictive bastard. Who knows, he might really pull his hair next time.
In the future, it is better to fight with words. Fighting with fists is too much of a loss. He is only twenty years old this year, and it is not worth it to be bald.
Jiang Qingzhou looked at Huo Jinyu with amusement as his expression changed several times. He secretly estimated that Huo Jinyu would greatly reduce the number of fights with Tong Jiuchen in the future.
After all, hitting someone and scratching their face... might escalate to pulling their hair next time, and you might end up becoming a bald uncle at any time. Unless you are a fool, you won't hit them again next time.
Come to think of it, it seems that Tong Jiuchen can always bring him unexpected surprises every time.
It would be better if I didn't chase him... Wait! I seem to have forgotten something.
Jiang Qingzhou thought for a while, and suddenly said "Oh...", remembering that he still had something to tell Huo Jinyu.
"Well... I was very worried about you today, so after you and Tong Jiuchen left, I went to your house. And then... your sister and your brother seemed to know that you went to fight with Tong Jiuchen, and they helped you hide it from your parents."
Huo Jinyu didn't even bat an eyelid, just said "oh" without much reaction.
"The excuse is that I made an appointment with you to go to the movies today, so you shouldn't be locked up in the small dark room this time." With Huo Jinyu's three brothers and two sisters working together to help keep it a secret, Jiang Qingzhou felt that this time there would be no big problem.
Huo Jinyu's eyes lit up, and the gloom on his face suddenly disappeared. He said with great energy, "Let's watch a movie."
Jiang Qingzhou glanced at him strangely, and suddenly, like a young master who had taken some kind of stimulant, his eyes focused on his face with a panda-shaped band-aid, and he smiled slightly and said, "You don't want to go to the movies with this street-rocking look, do you?"
Huo Jinyu: “…” I forgot his face and couldn’t go out to see people.
Jiang Qingzhou pursed his lips and chuckled, poking the panda head band-aid on Huo Jinyu's face: "First of all, I don't care. It's quite cute, who put it on you?"
"The Chinese medicine clinic at the entrance of the community." Huo Jinyu said in great depression, "Her daughter said that the clinic only has this kind of Band-Aid."
Jiang Qingzhou had also bought medicine from the TCM clinic at the entrance of the community several times and had a deep impression of the clinic. Because the doctors who treated patients in this TCM clinic were all female doctors, and the girls were the only ones in the family to take charge of the family, while the boys were only responsible for carrying on the family line.
It is well-known and is considered a sight in the surrounding communities.
Jiang Qingzhou smiled, and then raised his lips a little: "Girls will definitely like these cute things."
Huo Jinyu touched the Band-Aids on his face and rolled his eyes: "If it weren't for the fact that the wound felt cool and the pain was gone after putting them on, I would have torn them all off long ago." Why would he leave so many Band-Aids on his face that would affect his image
"As long as you don't go out, no one will see you even if you stay close to me." Jiang Qingzhou patted Huo Jinyu's shoulder and comforted her for a while, then said, "Go to sleep. I'll go cook. I'll make whatever you want to eat."
Huo Jinyu has asked Hai Shengjun and his team to go back to the supermarket. He thought there should be enough manpower there, so he can stay at home to cook dinner and reward his family tonight.
"I'll help you."
"you?"
"I can't cook, but I can definitely wash vegetables."
"All right."
Jiang Qingzhou nodded and agreed without much hesitation. He thought that with him watching over her, Huo Jinyu was right under his nose and shouldn't be able to cause any trouble.
Huo Jinyu sat up and jumped off the bed, and the two of them walked into the kitchen one after the other.
The newly replaced large double-opening refrigerator was filled with food. Jiang Qingzhou took out a few vegetables and placed them one by one on the countertop.
Then tell Huo Jinyu which vegetables need to be picked, which vegetables need to be pinched, and which vegetables need to be peeled first.
After saying that, he stuffed a piece of old garlic into Huo Jinyu's hand and asked him to peel it.
Huo Jinyu held the white and plump old garlic in her hand, her peach blossom eyes widened: "... Peel?"
How do I peel this
Huo Jinyu tried to use both hands to forcefully break the garlic apart, and surprisingly, he actually managed to break it apart. When he showed the garlic that had been broken in two to Jiang Qingzhou, he slightly raised his chin, and when he spoke, his voice had obviously flown into the air and was floating.
"I've peeled it~"
Jiang Qingzhou praised: "Very good!"
Huo Jinyu raised his eyebrows, and the panda-head Band-Aid on his eyebrow also stood a little higher in pride.
Jiang Qingzhou felt that if Huo Jinyu had a tail behind him, he would definitely fly up at this moment.
Huo Jinyu was happy for a while, then he lowered his head to smell it and sniffed. Perhaps he was not used to the smell, so he muttered, "This old garlic smells weird, not good at all. Can I eat it if I cook it?"
He has never seen this kind of vegetable in his life.
Jiang Qingzhou explained: "Old garlic is used for cooking. Unless it is pickled, it is generally not used alone to make a dish."
"Also, what you just did is just the first step. You still need to do this..."
Jiang Qingzhou demonstrated to Huo Jinyu and peeled an old garlic. Huo Jinyu followed his example and peeled a bumpy old garlic with some clums and bumps.
When Jiang Qingzhou saw it, he immediately gave high praise: "Wow! It's peeled so cleanly."
This praise was a genuine compliment. Jiang Qingzhou didn't expect that Huo Jinyu could actually be so patient as to accompany him in the kitchen to cook. She followed whatever he said and did, without any sign of unhappiness on her face.
On the contrary, he seemed to like it and seemed to be enjoying it.
Jiang Qingzhou glanced at Huo Jinyu again, grinning foolishly, and shook his head speechlessly.
When it came to selecting and processing ingredients, the two of them cooperated well in the kitchen. When it came to the stage of cooking, Jiang Qingzhou pushed Huo Jinyu out of the kitchen to prevent her from being covered in the smell of oil fumes.
Huo Jinyu didn't insist this time, as he didn't like the smell of cooking fumes.
The dinner started around six in the evening and ended at half past nine. Since Huo Jinyu didn't want to see other people or see his face, Jiang Qingzhou let him eat first.
Almost as soon as Huo Jinyu finished eating, the Jiang family came back, smelling the delicious food on the table and a plate of steamed hairy crabs in the middle.
Several people swallowed their saliva and went straight to the dining table to sit down. They picked up their bowls and chopsticks and started eating. Only when their stomachs were about 70% full did they start talking at the table.
"Zhou Zhou... Now that everyone is at home, I won't beat around the bush and ask directly. What did that young man named Tong say today? What did he mean by Xiao Huo sent you to the hospital several times? What's going on?"
Aunt Jiang's words were like a searchlight, making Jiang Qingzhou the focus of the dinner table.
"Auntie, don't listen to what he says, he's just spreading rumors. It wasn't several times, there was only one time, and it was an accident. I accidentally hit my back against the wall and got a scratch on my back. It was Huo Jinyu who sent me to the hospital." Jiang Qingzhou explained evasively.
Aunt Jiang was skeptical: "Is it just that simple?"
Jiang Qingzhou said in a gentle and firm voice: "I don't have to lie."
Aunt Jiang just breathed a sigh of relief, but Uncle Jiang frowned. He first looked at his nephew's face which was more beautiful than any girl's, then looked at his two daughters, and suddenly sighed.
With a look of sorrow on his face, he said, "I heard everything that young man said today, Zhou Zhou. This isn't the first time he's come to bother you, right?"
"In fact, there haven't been many times. Including today, it's only been the third time. Every time he comes to me, he doesn't ask for anything in return." Thinking of the three times Tong Jiuchen appeared, he was beaten three times and went to the hospital three times.
Jiang Qingzhou couldn't help but admire Tong Jiuchen's perseverance. He was indeed born to be a villain. He was tenacious and unyielding.
The main one is - I will come back ^_^
"You don't have to worry about me too much. I bought a lot of pepper spray, but I was busy at the supermarket these days and forgot to bring it with me. From tomorrow on, I will carry it with me. If he comes over next time, I will let him experience what it means to cry uncontrollably."
Jiang family: “…”
For now, I feel relieved.
Seeing that her parents had finished asking what they needed to ask, Jiang Yueying felt that it was her turn to ask, "Brother, did you call Brother Huo later? Is he okay? I asked Brother Hai and the others today, but they hesitated and refused to say anything."
Jiang Qingzhou uh... scratched his forehead, not quite sure how to start.
"Is Brother Huo seriously injured?"
"No." Jiang Qingzhou paused and glanced at his room, "He is now... in my room."
Jiang Yueying was stunned for several seconds before coming back to her senses: "Brother Huo is in your room, little brother? I'll go check it out."
Jiang Qingzhou grabbed Jiang Yueying and pushed her back to her seat: "His face...was slightly injured. He doesn't want to see anyone until he recovers."
Jiang Yueying—
Afterwards, Jiang Qingzhou quickly used the all-purpose excuse of being full and quickly returned to his room. After brushing his teeth, washing his face, washing his hair and taking a shower, it was almost twelve o'clock.
"I turned off the lights." Jiang Qingzhou said.
Huo Jinyu said nothing.
Jiang Qingzhou turned off the lights, and the room instantly fell into darkness. He lay on his half-bed with his eyes closed for a few minutes, and Huo Jinyu tossed and turned for a few minutes.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"I don't know... I feel irritated... I can't sleep..."
In the darkness, Jiang Qingzhou covered his lips and yawned: "Turn slowly, I'm sleepy."
"… Can I hold you while you sleep? See if that helps."
"Hold me?" Jiang Qingzhou was stunned for a second. He wanted to refuse outright, but then he thought about how Huo Jinyu's face had been scratched like a panda today, and now he couldn't sleep at night because of irritability. He hummed, "Hold me."
In response to this permission, Huo Jinyu stretched out his arms, grabbed Jiang Qingzhou, and brought him into his arms, hugging him tightly.
It wasn't the first time that he slept while being held. Jiang Qingzhou found the most comfortable position, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.
Holding the person he loves in his arms, Huo Jinyu originally thought that he would be contentedly sleeping with his eyes closed. However, she had no idea that the irritability and anger in her heart not only did not subside, but instead gradually became clearly focused on one place along with the refreshing fragrance lingering around her nose.
Huo Jinyu stared blankly.
After a while, he shook Jiang Qingzhou awake and said hesitantly, "I might... not be feeling well..."
The words "uncomfortable" suddenly woke Jiang Qingzhou up. He climbed up from Huo Jinyu's arms and touched Huo Jinyu's forehead. It seemed that the temperature was a little high and hot. "Fever? The wound is infected..."
"No, don't turn on the light yet..." Huo Jinyu whispered, his voice very hoarse, as if he was suppressing something.
Then, he put his ear close to Jiang Qingzhou's ear, opened and closed his lips, and uttered three words: "Turtle, fish, soup."
Snap—
The three short words sounded like a thunderclap to Jiang Qingzhou's ears, making his eardrums buzz.
It is well known that turtle soup has an aphrodisiac effect.
He stewed a turtle soup tonight, and Huo Jinyu appreciated it and drank quite a bit.