It was rare for Huo Jinxi to get sick, but he took advantage of this illness to have a rare two days of rest.
Mu Qian'an waited on him for two days, and he didn't have the energy to care about anything else, so he calmly stopped.
Or maybe the important reason for this is that she learned from Qi Yuan that Huo Jinxi had completely blocked Su Yu in Tongcheng——
But Mu Qian felt that this incident didn't actually have much impact on her. She just felt that Huo Jinxi was pitiful and was too lazy to argue with him.
In addition, after the first day of the new year, Lu Yuan spent the next two days at Huo's house. Mu Qian was in a good mood and put those unnecessary things behind her.
Rong Heng solved a major case on the first day of the new year. He originally thought he could take two days off to rest, but his superiors did not approve it. Because it was a special period, the entire team was required to continue to follow up on the case carefully.
This is completely bad news for Rong Heng.
The reason why he worked so hard, so bravely, and solved this case so quickly was simply because he needed a vacation, even if it was only two days -
The follow-up work on the case was all simple procedural work, which had nothing to do with him. However, it happened to be at such a time that he had to stay in the office even if there was no work at hand.
The only consolation was that there was no backlog of cases in the team during this period, and there was no need to continue investigating cases around the clock. Therefore, as soon as it was time to get off work, Rong Heng immediately rushed to Huo's house to pick up people.
On the third day of the new year, Xu Tingrong made an appointment with Lu Yuan to have dinner at Rong's house.
Originally, she not only invited Lu Yuan, but also Huo Jinxi and Mu Qian. However, in view of Huo Jinxi's illness, Mu Qian could only decline her invitation.
Lu Yuan was obviously a little uneasy about this, so he just asked Mu Qian: "Huo Jinxi can't go, but you can take your two children with you."
Mu Qian could see what she was thinking and couldn't help but laugh, "Why are you nervous? It's not the first time you've been to his house, nor the first time you've met your parents. How many times have you met Aunt Rong? She doesn't even know you."
He Rong Heng Zai——"
Lu Yuan knew what she was going to say next, so he immediately reached out his hand and covered her mouth.
Mu Qian smiled so hard that she pulled her hand down and then continued: "Besides, when your family is eating, Huo Jinxi and I are sandwiched in the middle. Doesn't that ruin the atmosphere? Besides, haven't you already done that?
Are you ready?"
Lu Yuan couldn't help but look at her again.
Mu Qian stretched out her hand to hug her and said, "Don't worry, everything will go smoothly!"
Lu Yuan smiled with some difficulty.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Rong Heng arrived at Huo's house on time, went upstairs to visit Huo Jinxi in a hurry, and then pulled Lu Yuan away from Huo's house.
As the car drove onto the road, Rong Heng kept talking about the jokes that happened in the office today. Lu Yuan listened quietly and occasionally responded to him.
During the Spring Festival, the traffic in the city is always smooth, and the car drove to the residence of Rong Heng's parents without any hindrance.
However, the closer he got to his destination, the more silent Lu Yuan became.
After Rong Heng finished telling his story, he asked her about her condition today. However, after he finished asking, he received no response for a long time.
"...Yuanyuan? Yuanyuan!"
Lu Yuan suddenly came back to her senses and turned to look at him, "Ah?"
"What are you thinking about?" Rong Heng glanced at her, "You're not even listening when I'm talking to you?"
"I was distracted for a moment." Lu Yuan said quickly.
Rong Heng glanced at her again, stretched out a hand to hold her, and said, "Are you nervous? This meal is what you promised to my mother, I didn't force you."
"I know." Lu Yuan responded in a low voice, lowered his head and rubbed his tiger's mouth with his fingertips.
For Xu Tingrong, she had experienced no matter how embarrassing the situation was, so she didn't have much emotional ups and downs.
But for Rong Heng's father...
Every time she thought of Rong Zhuozheng's polite and distant attitude when they met last time, Lu Yuan still couldn't help but feel uneasy.
"Then what else are you nervous about?" Rong Heng said, "Besides, with me here, what do you have to be afraid of?"
After hearing this, Lu Yuan raised her eyes and looked at him. After a moment, she laughed again.
The car passed the guard post and then drove all the way to the two-story building. Rong Heng got out of the car, took Lu Yuan with him, turned around and walked towards the house.
As soon as she entered the door, she happened to meet Xu Tingrong walking out of the kitchen. As soon as she saw the two of them, she immediately greeted them with a smile, "Yuanyuan is here? Come on, come on in, the time is just right.
, the dishes are almost ready, are you hungry?"
Lu Yuan was still a little uncomfortable with such warmth, so she stood beside Rong Heng and shouted softly: "Mrs. Rong, I'm sorry for bothering you -"
Before she finished speaking, the expressions of the two people around her changed at the same time.
Rong Heng turned to look at her, "You still call her Mrs. Rong?"
Xu Tingrong frowned slightly, "That's right, I don't like being so exposed."
"You plan not to change your name forever, right?"
"Well, maybe I'm too scary, but you don't dare to change your mind?"
The mother and son said something to each other, and Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel his ears getting hot, and he quickly called out: "Auntie."
Xu Tingrong immediately beamed, "Hey, this is right."
Rong Heng stretched out his hand and hugged Lu Yuan tightly, lowered his head and kissed her on the face.
Lu Yuan quickly pushed him away, and as soon as she turned around, Xu Tingrong pulled her towards the living room, "Come, go meet your uncle, he has been waiting for you for a long time."
As he spoke, he had already entered the living room. Rong Zhuozheng and Rong Juan were both sitting on the sofa. The father and son were playing a game of chess. When they heard the sound, they raised their heads and looked over.
Meeting Rong Zhuozheng's gaze, Lu Yuan's heart suddenly rose again. Xu Tingrong pulled him all the way forward, and the expression on his face became a little tense.
"Yuan Yuan is here, you two should quickly put this game away and don't block the space!" Xu Tingrong said.
Rong Juan seemed to be relieved by this sudden interruption. He leaned into the sofa and looked at Lu Yuan with a smile, "Yuan Yuan, long time no see."
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, met Rong Zhuozheng's calm and majestic gaze again, and then finally opened his mouth and shouted: "Uncle, Brother Rong."
Rong Zhuozheng didn't say anything, but Rong Juan laughed first, "This isn't the first time. What are you doing here? Sit down."
Lu Yuan did not move for a moment.
Until Rong Zhuozheng also looked at her, nodded slightly, motioned to the seat next to her, and said: "Sit."
Lu Yuan's heart suddenly relaxed.
This time, Rong Zhuozheng did not call her "Miss Lu" again.
Rong Heng walked up to her, held her in his arms and sat down, then asked: "Dad, you didn't go to the office this afternoon?"
"Yeah." Rong Zhuozheng responded.
"If I had known that you were all at home, I would have asked Yuanyuan to come here ahead of time." Rong Heng said, looking down at Lu Yuan, and said, "Save her from coming here now and feeling uncomfortable and unable to eat later.
Something-"
Lu Yuan quickly bumped him lightly with her elbow, but heard Rong Zhuozheng say: "If you were serious, you should have made arrangements long ago, instead of saying these things now."
"Dad, you can't let me go during the Chinese New Year..." Rong Heng said, "I just want Yuanyuan to relax. If you are so serious, she will be even more nervous."
Rong Zhuozheng listened and said slowly: "Then you should stop talking nonsense, you are in your thirties..."
"Are you done?" Xu Tingrong interrupted him directly before he could finish, "Do you also know that your son is in his thirties? If you continue to be so old-fashioned and verbose, you will scare away this daughter-in-law.
Now, your son should be a bachelor for the rest of his life!"
Rong Zhuozheng couldn't help but cover his lips and coughed, keeping silent.
Rong Heng leaned next to Lu Yuan and snickered. Lu Yuan bumped him lightly again, and then took out an exquisite gift box from his handbag and said: "Auntie, this is the gift I prepared for you...
"
"Ah, I have a gift?" Xu Tingrong immediately laughed again, reached out to take it, and asked Lu Yuan, "Can you open it?"
Lu Yuan nodded, "Of course."
Xu Tingrong opened the box and took out a silk scarf, "Oh, the color is so beautiful and it suits me too."
"I dyed this by myself when I went to the factory last time. I didn't expect the color to be very beautiful, so I thought of giving it to you." Lu Yuan said, "I hope you don't dislike it."
"How could it be!" Xu Tingrong said while putting the scarf on her neck, "I like it very much!"
Lu Yuan glanced at Rong Zhuozheng again, and took out an object wrapped in a dura mater that looked like a "broken book" from his handbag, "Uncle, this is a gift for you. I heard Rong Heng said that you
I like playing chess and got this chess book by chance. I hope you like it."
"Thank you." Rong Zhuozheng took the chess record calmly, opened it, and then looked up at Lu Yuan again, nodded and said, "You are interested."
Lu Yuan said: "I don't know how to play chess and I can't understand the game here. I hope my uncle can get some fun from it."
Rong Zhuozheng nodded, and unconsciously turned two pages in his hand, lowering his head to read Qi Qiang.
Seeing this, Rong Juan smiled and said: "Yuanyuan, this gift you gave is really wonderful. Don't worry, your uncle will definitely love it."
"Ahem." Rong Zhuozheng cleared his throat again, glanced at Rong Juan, then stood up and said, "I'll go up and put this chess book away, and we'll have dinner when we come down."
"I'm also going to put away the silk scarf that Yuanyuan gave me. I can wear it to show off later. This is a unique custom-made one!" Xu Tingrong said as she followed Rong Zhuozheng upstairs.
Rong Heng saw the two of them going upstairs together, and then he leaned into Lu Yuan's ear and said, "When did you prepare it? You really know how to do what you want!"
Lu Yuan ignored him and just looked at Rong Juan: "Brother Rong..."
Rong Juan raised his eyebrows slightly, "What? Do I have a gift too?"
Lu Yan took out another small box from his handbag and handed it over, "I can't afford expensive things as gifts, but I think this watch strap suits Brother Rong very well, so I bought it."
Rong Heng's eyes instantly widened.
Rong Juan opened the box and took a look. He nodded approvingly towards Lu Yuan and said, "You have a good sense. I like this gift very much. Thank you."
Lu Yuan smiled slightly, but before she could say anything, she saw Rong Heng's hand reaching over and taking her handbag.
"Is this handbag of yours Doraemon's pocket? How can it hold so many things?" Rong Heng said, picking up the handbag and shaking it in front of her.
Lu Yan reached out to take the handbag back, put it in its previous position, and said, "It's gone."
"No more?" Rong Heng stared at her instantly.
"Yeah." Lu Yuan said, "No more."
As she spoke, she opened her handbag for him to see.
Rong Heng was unwilling to give in and reached in and touched around. As expected, apart from her daily necessities, there was nothing else similar to a gift inside.
"What about my gift?" Rong Heng asked.
Lu Yuan smiled awkwardly.
"You prepared gifts for everyone, even my brother, but not me?" Rong Heng continued to ask relentlessly.
Lu Yan lowered his head to sort out his handbag and put it back where it belonged.
"Lu Yuan!" Rong Heng called her word by word, "I'm angry!"