After all, Huo Qiran couldn't be sure of anything, and he didn't mention anything about Jing Li in the group. He only asked Jing Li on Friday if he wanted to take Xi Xi to see candy during the weekend.
Jing Li didn't see the message he sent until she got off work, and her subconscious reaction at that time was regret.
Unfortunately, her daily work schedule is full. Even on weekends, she can't spend more time with Xi Xi, let alone take Xi Xi to his house to play with Candy——
Even the moment she saw his proposal, her heart was already... pounding.
Her fingers expertly tapped the words "Sorry" on the screen, but at the end, she couldn't send them out for a long time.
After hesitating for a long time, she did not reply, but hurried home.
She came home late that day. When she got home, her aunt had already gone to bed. Only her uncle was still holding Xi Xi, who was trying to sleep or not, walking back and forth in the living room.
As soon as he saw her, Xiang Mingguang breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "You're back? I've been crying to find you..."
Jing Li quickly reached out and took Xi Xi's hand. Xi Xi was already so sleepy that when she saw her, she still hugged her tightly and fell into sleep peacefully.
Jing Li touched his head lightly with some guilt, and then looked at Xiang Mingguang, "Thank you, uncle. You should go to bed early too."
Xiang Mingguang nodded and returned to his room. Jing Li also took Xi Xi back to the room.
When she returned to the room, she tried to put Xi Xi down, but Xi Xi held her tightly and refused to let go even though she had fallen asleep.
Jing Li had no choice but to hold her and sit for a while.
After being lost in thought for a while, she suddenly remembered something, took out her phone, and opened Huo Qiran's dialog box again.
"Sorry, I just got home."
Huo Qiran's message came back quickly: "It's so late? Where is Xi Xi, have you slept?"
"Well, she fell asleep, so I don't have to tell her a story today!"
Huo Qiran: "I didn't think of it as a hard job."
At this moment, Xi Xi moved in her arms, and Jing Li quickly patted her back to comfort her for a while, and then looked at the phone again.
She didn't respond to his question about the weekend invitation, so he didn't ask again.
Although the two of them met not long ago and didn't talk much about each other, Huo Qiran was really polite and restrained to the extreme in some aspects.
Some politeness and restraint bring alienation, but what he brings is ironing.
After a long time, Jing Li finally typed another line: "If I take Xi Xi to play with candy on Sunday afternoon, will it be too intrusive?"
Huo Qiran quickly responded——
“Welcome.”
…
Jing Li turned down her Sunday afternoon work.
She went home to pick up Xi Xi at noon and went to the hospital to stay with her mother for nearly two hours. Then she picked some gifts at a nearby store and took Xi Xi to the address given by Huo Qiran.
Unexpectedly, the address Huo Qiran gave him turned out to be an intersection. Jing Li took Xi Xi off the bus and walked not far when she saw Huo Qiran at the corner of the street.
There were very few cars and pedestrians at the intersection where he was standing, and he was tall and slender. Even in simple cargo shorts and an outer shirt, he could still look different than others.
Jing Li couldn't help but pause for a moment, then quickly stepped forward at Xi Xi's urging.
Huo Qiran quickly saw her and waved to her from a distance.
"Dad!" Xi Xi suddenly shouted after seeing him.
"I told you, if you're not dad, you have to call me brother." Jing Li said to her as she walked forward, "Do you remember?"
Xi Xi had been taught this many times in the past few days, and finally nodded and murmured: "Brother..."
When she got closer and Huo Qiran reached out to hug her, she finally called out: "Brother."
Huo Qiran didn't seem to expect to hear this title. He raised his eyebrows slightly and then laughed, turning to look at Jing Li, "How did you get here from there? I told you I would pick you up."
The weather was a bit hot, and he had probably been standing here waiting for a while. There was a little sweat in his hair, but his eyebrows became more and more black. When he smiled, it seemed that the heat wave around him became gentle.
"I checked the map and it's not that far. We came by bus." Jing Li pursed her lips and smiled.
"I told you earlier that I would go directly to pick you up." Huo Qiran said as he reached out and opened the car door, "Save the sun on this section of the road. Get in the car first."
Jing Li didn't expect to take the car, but she sat on it obediently. Finally, she said: "It's not too hot."
Only when the car started and drove towards the road with no cars and no pedestrians in front of her did Jing Li realize why she was still taking the car.
This is a private road, which should only lead to the Huo family's mansion.
A few minutes later, her suspicion was confirmed.
The Huo family is a well-known family in Tongcheng. It is not surprising that they live in such a big house.
Xi Xi found it very strange. She leaned on the car window and watched it from beginning to end, and finally commented: "It's so beautiful!"
"Yes, it's so beautiful!" Jing Li agreed, reaching out and telling her about the plants in the manor.
Huo Qiran looked at her aunt and nephew looking out the window in the rearview mirror, and felt inexplicably relieved.
When she got out of the car, Jing Li suddenly remembered that she had brought a gift. She quickly took the gift bag that she almost forgot in Huo Qiran's car and handed it to him, "I don't know what to do when I come to your house so boldly.
I wanted to bring something, so I randomly picked a box of candies..."
At this point, she suddenly paused uncontrollably, and then smiled again: "Didn't you say you have a sister? Maybe she will like it."
Huo Qiran didn't expect that she would bring anything. She took a look at the store name printed on the packaging bag and intuitively felt that this box of things wouldn't be too cheap.
For a moment, he couldn't help feeling suffocated again, but with the same smile on his face, he took the bag in her hand and said, "She will definitely like it."
He helped hold Xi Xi and led Jing Li into the house.
There was no one else in the room, only a little puppy, which was slowly crawling down the stairs.
After seeing the photo, Xi Xi recognized it immediately and said in surprise: "Candy!"
Huo Qiran put Xi Xi down, and Xi Xi immediately ran towards the stairs happily.
At this moment, Cantang seemed to recognize Jing Li, and after whining twice, he suddenly quickened his steps downstairs.
Jing Li couldn't help but take two steps forward, hugging Xi Xi and Candy at the same time, "Hello, Candy, we meet again! Do you still remember me?"
Candy whined again, obviously still remembering it, and immediately stuck out his tongue and started licking Jingli's palm.
Xi Xi was so happy that she couldn't help clapping her hands and laughing.
Jing Li was ticklish and couldn't help but shrink back, but suddenly she couldn't control her center. When she was about to fall, Huo Qiran helped her from behind.