The happier Huo Shengfeng smiled, the darker the gloom hidden in A Ying's eyes became.
"Forget it, cousin."
Ah Ying's voice turned cold.
"They are busy and have no time to pay attention to us. Let's go home first."
There was the sound of the door being closed.
The smile on Huo Shengfeng's face suddenly froze.
Little Baozhu seemed to see something and silently leaned against him.
Huo Shengfeng forced a smile and touched Xiao Baozhu's head.
At noon, it’s time to eat.
But when they arrived at the eating place, Xiao Baozhu found that there were no bowls and chopsticks.
Little Baozhu became vigilant. Could it be that the Huo family had no food to eat again?
"That's it, Afeng."
Huo Yingwei's face showed a rare look of fear.
"Uncle Guo's house next door has a distinguished guest. They invited our family to come over for dinner..."
He carefully observed the expression on Huo Shengfeng's face.
The second eldest brother, Huo Shenglei, immediately answered: "Actually, it's okay not to go. The food at Uncle Guo's house is not very delicious..."
Huo Shengquan, the third child, also hurriedly said: "That's right, didn't the fourth child prepare all the meals? It's the same for us to eat at home!"
The fourth and fifth elders all followed suit.
Everyone seemed to be eager to express their loyalty to Huo Shengfeng and express that they did not want to eat next door.
Huo Shengfeng's face was calm.
"Go, Uncle Guo invites us. If we don't go, wouldn't it make Uncle Guo's face look bad?"
Huo Yingwei asked carefully: "Then, are you going?"
"I won't go." Huo Shengfeng said naturally, "Didn't the Fourth Brother prepare the meal, and there is still some work to do, so I won't go. You guys have a good time."
The calmer the expression on his face, the less the Huo family dared to say anything.
The second eldest child, Huo Shenglei, poked his father.
Huo Yingwei picked up Xiaobaozhu and said, "Okay, then let's go."
"Go ahead."
Huo Shengfeng's attitude was very natural, even with a smile.
When the Huo family turned around, they felt like thieves.
The fourth child, Huo Shengyan, whispered: "Is Sister A Ying's cousin the one who is said to be engaged to Sister A Ying?"
Huo Shengyao, the fifth child, immediately covered his mouth, "Shut up!"
Huo Shengyan realized something later, and his back suddenly felt cold.
A few glances quietly looked at Huo Shengfeng.
Huo Shengfeng was taking big gulps of rice into his mouth like a normal person.
Little Baozhu lay on Huo Yingwei.
Her eyes always stayed on her eldest brother Huo Shengfeng.
She is young and doesn't know much.
But she just felt that it was very sad to see her elder brother sitting there silently eating.
She struggled twice and asked Huo Yingwei to put her on the ground.
Immediately, Xiao Baozhu ran to Huo Shengfeng's side and waved to Huo Yingwei and the others.
"I'm not hungry. I don't want to eat. Dad, you go ahead."
How could Huo Yingwei not understand his daughter's thoughts? His nose felt sore at that moment.
But he couldn't show anything.
The son has been tortured enough in his heart. If he expresses any emotion, he will suffer even more.
Huo Yingwei and his party left.
Huo Shengfeng filled a bowl of rice and gave it to Xiao Baozhu.
Although the Huo family can save money now, they are not yet at the point where they have no worries about food and clothing.
Fortunately, everyone can eat white rice.
Little Baozhu was hungry for a long time and ate with a big mouthful of food.
Huo Shengfeng naturally understood her little thoughts.
At that moment, he felt a little sad and soft in his heart.
He rubbed Little Baozhu's head and said, "Baozhu, is it delicious?"
Just a bowl of white rice and a side dish.
But Xiao Baozhu ate without raising his head, "It's delicious!"
With a big brother who loves me by my side, this meal is delicious!
Little Baozhu was eating silently when he suddenly said: "I think the eldest brother is more handsome."
"Um?"
Huo Shengfeng didn't understand for a moment.
Little Baozhu raised his head, with grains of rice still hanging from the corners of his mouth.
"Sister Ah Ying's cousin is not as handsome as my eldest brother."
She said it seriously.
Huo Shengfeng laughed all of a sudden.
"Seriously, sister A Ying must feel the same way."
"How do you know what she thinks?"
Xiao Baozhu held the bowl and thought hard, "Can't you see it?"
"What can you see?" Huo Shengfeng really didn't know.
Little Baozhu struggled to swallow the food in her mouth, "Sister Aying only smiles in her eyes when she looks at her eldest brother."
Huo Shengfeng paused with his chopsticks.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
A melodious piece of music came from next door.
It's the sound of the flute.
Huo Shengfeng was stunned.
The only one next door who can play the flute is her.
Ah Ying is different from other girls, she only likes to dance with guns and sticks.
At that time, the Guo family forced her to learn an instrument, so she chose the flute.
The reason is that Dizi can be drawn out to fight with others at any time.
Recalling the time when she learned to play the flute as a child, Huo Shengfeng couldn't help but want to laugh.
Ah Ying once said that she had to learn the most difficult piece of music and play it to him.
Now she has learned.
The person who listened to her playing the flute became someone else.
The smile on Huo Shengfeng's face instantly became extremely lonely.
He lowered his head and picked up the food, but there was a pain in his chest that wouldn't go away.
It was as if his heart was in a mess.
He stopped using his chopsticks and covered his chest.
Little Baozhu watched the corners of his eyes turn red little by little.
She put down the bowl and climbed onto Huo Shengfeng's lap.
Xiaobaozhu's small hand was placed on his heart that was in pain at the moment.
"Brother, be good and fly away in pain!"
Huo Shengfeng hugged Little Baozhu tightly.
Little Baozhu patted his shoulder gently like an adult.
In the past, especially when her eldest brother stood at the front with her father and rescued her from Zhang Wude, she always thought that her eldest brother was the most powerful and nothing could stump him.
Now she realizes that her eldest brother also has painful things and a fragile side.
At noon, Huo Shengfeng did nothing. He lay under the shade of the tree and looked at the sky, wondering what he was thinking.
About an hour and a half passed.
Huo Yingwei and the others are back.
When people who come back see Huo Shengfeng again, they always have an indescribable feeling in their eyes.
"Baby girl, come here."
Mrs. Hua waved to Xiao Baozhu.
Little Baozhu ran over.
Old Mrs. Hua took out a food box and said, "When your sister A Ying saw that you weren't going, she brought you some snacks and said they were some of your favorites."
Xiao Baozhu opened the food box.
The food box is still the same as before, filled with specially broken pastries.
The most popular item in the middle is the mung bean cake.
Little Baozhu was confused and vaguely understood something in her heart.
She held up the food box again and ran to Huo Shengfeng's side.
"Brother, snacks."
"I don't want to eat." Huo Shengfeng didn't even look at it, his voice was a little tired, "You go ahead and eat, be good."
"But this is what Sister Aying pretends to be for my eldest brother."
Huo Shengfeng sat up and said, "What did you say?"
