Because he was in a hurry, Huo Jinxi went to the airport to rush back to Tongcheng not long after Huo Qiran arrived, while Qi Yuan stayed behind to arrange and take care of everything for Mu Qian and Huo Qiran.
But Mu Qian didn't expect that the residence that Huo Jinxi arranged for her and Huo Qiran would be the same courtyard house as before.
As soon as you enter the door, you can see a new wooden swing under the old locust tree.
When Huo Qiran saw the swing, his eyes suddenly lit up, he ran over and sat down, and started swinging slowly.
Mu Qian looked at him, as if she saw herself as a child in a trance.
She stood quietly in front of Huo Qiran and looked at him quietly for a while before she heard Qi Yuan's voice: "Madam, the room arranged by Mr. Huo is over here."
After hearing this, Mu Qian just smiled faintly.
She didn't need to look back or ask, she knew where the house arranged by Huo Jinxi was.
Sure enough, the two rooms in the east wing were no longer what they looked like when they came two days ago - the doors and windows had been replaced with new ones, but they retained a rare retro feel, which matched well with the entire yard.
The floors and walls have also been re-decorated, and the furniture, etc., have all been given a brand new look.
"Because I was in a hurry to move in and was afraid of formaldehyde, I just renovated it briefly." Qi Yuan said, "My wife and Qi Ran will just make do with it for the time being."
Mu Qian walked through the two rooms, looked at Qi Yuan and said, "If the house rebuilt by your special assistant Qi is adequate, then there will be no room for people to live in other places."
Qi Yuan didn't take any credit, he just said: "I always follow Mr. Huo's instructions."
Mu Qian listened and chuckled: "Then you go back and tell Mr. Huo that I am very satisfied with this arrangement and thank him for me."
Qi Yuan couldn't help being startled, and then smiled, "There's no point in bringing this to Mr. Huo. My wife will tell Mr. Huo herself, and Mr. Huo will be happy."
"Yes." Mu Qian raised her eyebrows and smiled as if she suddenly understood, and walked out of the room to see Huo Qiran.
When I went out, I happened to meet Lao Wang who was returning home from shopping for groceries.
"Qianqian, we've moved here!" As soon as Lao Wang saw her, he immediately came forward and said, "Just in time, I'm making dumplings tonight. You liked the dumplings made by your Aunt Wang when you were a child. Do you remember?"
"Of course I remember." Mu Qian replied with a smile, "I'm moving back here, and I'm afraid I'm going to trouble you and Aunt Wang about eating."
"What's the trouble! You're just cooking for two people, but you're also cooking for four people. It's fun when there are more people eating!" Lao Wang said, "Besides, Xiao Huo has already said hello to me. I won't be hungry in the future."
Come here with peace of mind! Hey, where is Xiao Huo?"
"Xiao Huo is not here." Mu Qian replied, "But, there is Xiao Huo."
Mu Qian said as she called Huo Qiran over on the swing.
"What is this?" Lao Wang asked in surprise.
Mu Qian held Huo Qiran in her arms and replied with a smile: "My son, doesn't he look like me?"
"Is your son so old?" Lao Wang was surprised. "At first glance, he looks like Xiao Huo, but if you look closely, there seems to be a little bit of you in him!"
After hearing this, Mu Qian suddenly laughed uncontrollably.
…
At night, Mu Qian led Huo Qiran back from Lao Wang's house after dinner, supervised Huo Qiran's bathing, and was about to take a bath when Huo Jinxi's video call came over.
"Did you have a good dinner?" Huo Jinxi asked.
"Very good." Mu Qian replied while pointing the camera at Huo Qiran, "Look at how full your son's belly is."
Huo Qiran instantly became shy and pulled the quilt to cover his bulging belly.
"What about you?" Huo Jinxi asked again.
"I'm pretty good too." Mu Qian said, "I've loved eating the dumplings made by Aunt Wang since I was a child."
When Huo Jinxi heard this answer, he was probably satisfied. He said "hmm" slightly, and then said, "I haven't been back for so many years. Are you still used to living here?"
"I am very adaptable," Mu Qian said, "Besides, this is the place where I have lived since I was a child, so I won't be used to it."
"good."
Mu Qian paused for a moment before asking again: "Huo Jinxi, how long can I stay here?"
Huo Jinxi listened and said slowly: "You can stay as long as you want."
Mu Qian suddenly laughed, "Then I won't go back?"
"Okay." Huo Jinxi said.
Mu Qian couldn't help but rolled her eyes, unable to continue the conversation on this topic, so she could only ask casually: "Have you had dinner?"
"Eat it right away."
"It's already here, so hurry up and eat." Mu Qian said, "I'm going to take a shower too."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Mu Qian threw away the phone and recalled the conversation just now. She couldn't help but turn to look at Huo Qiran, "When did your dad become so easy to talk to?"
Huo Qiran shrugged, looking confused.
…
The next day, Mu Qian led Huo Qiran and started the summer vacation mode of an old mother.
Huo Jinxi said that she signed up for several summer classes for Huo Qiran, and it turned out to be true. There were seven days a week, two days of swimming classes, two days of tennis classes, and three days of painting classes. She really didn't miss a day.
I don't know if Huo Qiran has too much energy, or if he is happy to have Mu Qian with him. There are so many things to learn, and he is still very excited day by day.
Fortunately, Mu Qian didn't have anything to do in Huai City. She took him out to attend classes every day, and after class, she went around to visit historical and cultural attractions.
In the eight years since leaving the Huo family, Mu Qian has never lived such a leisurely life.
It was really uncomfortable at first, I just felt like I had nothing to do, and I felt very empty when I lay in bed every night.
But as she gradually got used to it, she really relaxed a little bit.
After all, the familiar environment, friendly old friends, and leisurely life are all so comfortable.
No one wants to strain their nerves all the time unless they have to.
A few days later, Mu Qian finally convinced herself to put aside other things for the time being and live her life peacefully.
Compared to her, Huo Qiran's adaptability to this place is actually much higher.
As soon as the summer vacation came, there were many children of his own age in the courtyards in the alley. He was a little shy at first, but within two days he was playing with those naughty children and disappeared from under Mu Qian's nose without noticing.
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Although there were bodyguards secretly following her all the time, Mu Qian still had a real taste of what it was like to have a naughty child - even though Huo Qiran was actually not that naughty.
That day she came back from shopping at the small supermarket in the alley, and sure enough, Huo Qiran disappeared again.
"This brat." Mu Qian put down his things and muttered, "Sooner or later, I have to beat him up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the room suddenly became dark, and someone was obviously standing at the door.
Mu Qian picked up a small ruler and turned to look at the door: "You still dare to come back - ah?"
At the door, Huo Jinxi's tall figure was leaning there, his eyes fell on the ruler in her hand, and he slowly said: "You don't want to see me that much?"