For a moment, Huo Xi spoke lightly: "No need, I'll take a cab."
Her departure was very free and easy, without any hesitation or regret.
Zhang Chongguang sat there.
The crystal glass on the table reflected his figure, handsome and dignified, yet so disheveled.
He knows this restaurant.
Uncle Huo and Aunt Wen had visited before, that Christmas year they broke up.
Aunt Wen and Professor Jing are having dinner here.
Uncle Wen stood outside, facing the winter snow, for two hours.
Emotion, it really is a cycle!
……
In February, the cold of winter lingers even as spring approaches. Huo Xi stepped outside and took a deep breath of the frigid air.
She was about to hail a cab when her phone rang.
At first glance, it was her biological father calling. His voice was rather serious: “Come back immediately! Your maternal grandfather and aunt have come over.”
Huoxi nodded. "I'll be back soon!"
The taxi was right in front of her, and she was about to get in when a strong hand grabbed hers.
It's Zhang Chongguang!
He whispered, "I'll take you back."
Hoxi remained still, watching their clasped hands...
The driver rolled down his window and looked at them, "Are you getting in or not? If not, I'm leaving. I have another delivery to make!"
Zhang Chongguang handed over a hundred-yuan bill.
The driver was quite satisfied: “The young man is doing well!”
Zhang Chongguang smiled faintly, withdrew his gaze and said to Huo Xi, "Get in the car."
Not until he got into his car and fastened his seatbelt did he ask, "About Lu Shuo?"
Ho Xi leaned back in his chair, humming in agreement.
Zhang Chongguang drove the car towards the villa, not saying much on the way. He only spoke about Lu Shao and Lu Xun's affairs.
Zhang Chongguang said, "I didn't expect him to be with Lu Xun."
Huo Xi smiled faintly.
Half an hour later, the sports car slowly drove into the villa.
As she opened the car door, a flicker of hesitation crossed her face. She looked at Zhang Chongguang and said softly, "Zhang Chongguang, look, Lu Shuo and Lu Xun, even though their relationship is like this, they can still be together, and in the future, Lu Shuo will definitely choose to stay with Lu Xun! But we..."
Ho-xi didn't say any more.
She thought Zhang Chongguang understood what she meant.
Zhang Chongguang really understood. He sat in the car, watching her walk towards the villa.
In the living room of a villa.
Ho Shao-ting and Lu Qian sat face to face on the sofa, whispering about something.
Even the pearl who usually doesn't concern herself with affairs, is discussing things with Wen Man.
Ho Xi and Zhang Chongguang came in one after the other. Lu Qian forced a joke: "Ho Xi is back!"
Ho Xi called out to his maternal uncle and aunt.
But when Huo Shaoting looked at his daughter and then at Zhang Chongguang following behind her,
He glared at them: "How come you two came back together?"
His blazing eyes darted back and forth between the two little ones, as if fearing his daughter would be taken advantage of.
"Huo Xi nonchalantly said, 'We had dinner together.'"
"Just had a meal?" It's not so easy to fool your real father.
"Ho Xi tossed his briefcase aside: "Dad, aren't we here to discuss the Si family? Why are you bothering me with these trivial matters?"
Ho Shao-ting glared at her and let her off for now.
"Where's Xiao Xun?" Huo Xi looked left and right.
Lu Qian said: "Secretary Liu and her husband are here too, keeping her company!"
Ho Xi nodded.
Lu Qian wasn't feeling well, but he was quite upset right now. He lit a cigarette and complained to Huo Shaoting: "Dealing with the Si family is already difficult enough, we can't make things public! Those relatives in the city who saw the news are strongly against Lu Shao and Lu Xun's marriage. Right now, they're causing a ruckus at Lu Garden. When I left, I told them that this was settled, and if they had any objections, they should go talk to the old lady."

He Shaoting smiled faintly —
Lu Qian is still very good at spoiling children!
Lu Qian said, with a thoughtful look on his face: "This matter was caused by Lu Shuo. Let him solve it himself! The Si family and those old fellows in the city, let him handle them himself. If he can't even handle this, then he doesn't deserve to be sitting in his current position."
Mingzhu disagreed.
She glared at her husband: "How could it be Lu Shuo's fault? If you hadn't done that back then, neither Lu Shuo nor Xiaoxun would have suffered this ordeal today?"
Lu Qian is most afraid of his wife exposing his shortcomings.
He kept apologizing while also saying, “Without that year, my son wouldn't have a wife!”

She's getting older, but she still has a bit of a temper.
After all, her biological parents are still around, doting on her, and her older brother and sister-in-law also spoil her.
The Mingzhu keeps on going up the stairs.
Lu Qian called out to her, but she ignored him and quickened her pace.
Lu Qian said that it was embarrassing, but in front of Huo Shaoting's wife and the younger generation, he had to put on a facade: "Don't mind her! She'll be fine after a night!"
"Don't you need to be coaxed?"
Lu Qian stubbed out his cigarette: “Just humor her, we men shouldn’t hold a grudge.”
He rushed upstairs after finishing his words.
Ho Shaoting smiled, then looked at his own daughter and Zhang Chongguang, and his face turned cold again.
"What's going on between the two of you?"
Ho Xi lazily got up and said in a languid voice, "What's the matter? Dad, you being full don't know how hungry we are. You guys just get along so well, you don't let us have any fun?"
The father instantly flew into a rage.
Stand up and point at her: "You say it again, what do you mean by playing around? Playing with who?"
Ho Xi also got up and mouthed three words.
Zhang, Chong, Guang!
Huo Yunsi, sitting on the sofa, touched his nose.
His sister is so exciting!
Ho Shao-ting almost fell over. He had no way to discipline his daughter, so he confronted Zhang Chongguang: "And you? Are you just messing around too?"
Zhang Chongguang said with restraint, "I want her to take responsibility!"
Ho Shaoting was barely satisfied.
Huo Xi walked upstairs and waved his hand, saying, "Next life!"

This old face of Huo Shaoting, there's simply no place to put it. Although Zhang Chongguang this kid did wrong by Huo Xi, but to raise Huo Xi like this, as a father, he really... is ashamed to see people.

At this time, Huo Yunsi was flipping through a magazine.
He said slowly, "Isn't it true that good things don't go to waste? Chongguang is at least handsome and successful. His genes aren't bad either for my sister. At worst, she just gets pregnant and has a child. What do you think, Dad?"
Ho Shao-ting: ...
He looked at Wen Man: "Why don't you give the children a good talking to?"
Wen Man sipped her tea, "When they were little, I wanted to educate them, but you always said, 'Children need to be independent!' Now that they're grown up... where can I get a word in edgewise!"
Huo Shaoting was utterly humiliated.
He warned Zhang Chongguang: "Don't get anyone killed."
Zhang Chongguang pursed her lips slightly and smiled faintly: " Huo Xi is terribly fierce. If he really wanted to make a child, she would probably strangle him in bed!"

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