Late at night, when the entire Huo family's old house had completely quieted down, Huo Jinxi's car finally drove through the gate.
In the past, working overtime like this was normal for him, and it could even be considered as getting off work early.
But he doesn't know since when, he is no longer accustomed to this normal state. Every time he doesn't come home late at night, he always feels worried.
He knew that Mu Qian came home very early today and the room was silent. She should have gone to bed long ago.
Huo Jinxi returned to his bedroom and saw no sign of Mu Qian. He didn't take it seriously. After walking into the bathroom and taking a shower, he went straight to Mu Qian's bedroom.
Who knew that when he opened the door of Mu Qian's bedroom, he could clearly see that there was no one in the room through the moonlight outside the window.
Huo Jinxi couldn't help but pause for a moment, then turned his head and glanced at the empty corridor.
There was no one downstairs, no one in the corridor, no one in his room, and no one in her room. Where else could Mu Qian go?
He turned around and walked a few steps uncertainly. He stopped when he arrived at Mr. Huo's door. When he was about to reach out and turn the door handle, he found that there was no light flowing out from the bottom of the door. In other words, the old man had already
After falling asleep, Mu Qian couldn't be in his room.
Huo Jinxi retracted his hand and walked to the door of Huo Qiran's room. He didn't think much about it at first, but for some reason, the scene of Huo Qiran appearing in his room in the morning suddenly appeared in his mind.
After standing still for two seconds, Huo Jinxi quickly reached out his hand and tried to open the door to take a look.
However, when he held the doorknob with his hand and tried to twist it down, the doorknob did not move at all.
He had never encountered such resistance on Huo Qiran's door. He couldn't recover for a moment, and after twisting it again, he realized that the door was locked.
Huo Qiran never locks the door when sleeping.
Huo Jinxi quickly retracted his hand, glanced at the closed door in front of him, and turned back to his bedroom.
…
The next morning, Huo Jinxi got up at the usual time and went downstairs to have breakfast. Mu Qian and Huo Qiran still didn't show up.
When it was time for him to go out, Huo Jinxi went upstairs again. This time, Huo Qiran's door finally opened.
In the room, Mu Qian was tying Huo Qiran's bow tie, while Huo Qiran put his hands behind his back and let her dress up, looking very happy.
Until he suddenly saw Huo Jinxi standing at the door, Huo Qiran instantly put away his previous beaming look, blinked his eyes, and tried to become a calm and peaceful child.
Mu Qian followed his gaze and looked back, almost laughing.
Although Huo Jinxi didn't show anything on his face, Mu Qian felt a little funny as he stood there.
"Did you sleep well last night?" Mu Qian asked him.
Huo Jinxi did not answer her question, but asked, "Why did you sleep here last night?"
"He invited me." Mu Qian immediately pointed to Huo Qiran, "He said his bed is very comfortable, and I will definitely sleep well, at least... better than sleeping in your bed. I thought I would give it a try
, wow, I didn’t expect to sleep really comfortably.”
After hearing this, Huo Qiran couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled, and his chest couldn't help but straighten.
Huo Jinxi glanced at his proud look and raised his fingers directly at him, "Come here."
Huo Qiran knew nothing about what was about to happen, so he walked up to Huo Jinxi and looked at him obediently and innocently.
Huo Jinxi looked at him for a moment, and finally just said: "Go down and have breakfast. I will take you to school today."
It had been a long time since he had been treated like this. Huo Qiran looked at Huo Jinxi with a flattered look, then nodded quickly and went downstairs obediently.
Huo Jinxi was still standing at the door looking at Mu Qian.
Mu Qian walked up to him, glanced at Huo Qiran's back, and then looked at Huo Jinxi: "That's your own son, don't be too cruel!"
"You have such concerns, why didn't you think about it clearly yesterday?" Huo Jinxi asked calmly.
Mu Qian lowered her eyes with an innocent look on her face. She stretched out her hand to help him adjust his tie and said, "I am also helpless. When a child makes a request, I have to satisfy him. You also know, Qi Ran
He has been lacking love since he was a child. If I reject him, he will be sad..."
Her hands were messing around with Huo Jinxi's neat tie. Huo Jinxi held her hand and said slowly: "I can do it too."
Mu Qian was stunned, "What will happen?"
Huo Jinxi looked at her and said slowly: "If you reject me, I will be sad too."
this……
Mu Qian was speechless for a moment.
She was a little uncomfortable with Huo Jinxi saying such things, but then she remembered that Huo Jinxi was also a romantic young man eight years ago, so why was it strange that he said such things?
It's just that his serious look right now makes people a little uncomfortable.
Mu Qian snorted, but without saying anything, she withdrew her hand, pushed Huo Jinxi away, and walked back to her room.
…
On this day, Mu Qian was still visiting everywhere.
At noon, she visited a distant relative of the Cheng family and left after chatting for more than ten minutes.
Unexpectedly, when she got downstairs, a familiar motorcycle approached from a distance and stopped directly in front of her.
Mu Qian glanced at it and walked straight to the direction of her car without stopping.
She got into the car and when the bodyguard was about to close the door, Cheng Ye quickly stepped forward and held the car door.
Seeing that a conflict was about to break out, Mu Qian raised her hand and motioned for the bodyguard to stand aside. However, she still sat in the car and glanced lazily at Cheng Ye, "What do you want to do?"
"I should ask you this question, right?" Cheng Ye looked at her with a cold face and said, "What do you want to do? Is there anything else I should ask you to check?"
When Mu Qian heard his question, she almost laughed out loud, "You? You think too highly of yourself. You are a little follower who is raised by others and only knows how to obey your master. Is there anything worthy of my investigation?"
?”
Cheng Ye listened and sneered, "Really? How many relatives and friends of our family did you find yesterday and today? Do you think I don't know? What do you want to know? Just ask me directly. It's necessary.
Is it a lot of trouble?"
"You?" Mu Qian looked at him with contempt, even a hint of pity, "How much do you really think you are worth? To be honest, after knowing that there is someone else behind you, even if I want to personally avenge my friend, I
I don't even bother to look at you. Cheng Ye, you are so stupid, ridiculous, and pathetic... I have never seen a more pathetic person than you in my life!"
After saying this, Mu Qian motioned to the driver to drive, and the bodyguard immediately stepped forward, pulled Cheng Ye away, and closed the door for her.
Cheng Ye stood stiffly on the spot, watching Mu Qian's car drive away, and stood still for a moment before turning around and walking into the unit building that Mu Qian had visited before.