After Nanzhi finished eating, he burped.
She touched her round belly and spread out on the chair. Everyone had almost eaten and was waiting for her.
Nanzhi wanted to just eat a few less bites, but Huo Sijue kept picking up vegetables for her as if no one else was around. The more he took care of Nanzhi, the more her great-grandfather praised her.
No one in the packed house dared to speak. They waited until Nanzhi finished eating before he dared to put down his chopsticks.
This was Nan Xi's engagement party, but Nan Zhi stole the spotlight. As long as she sits there with Huo Sijue pampering her, she will be the most beautiful scenery.
After eating and drinking, Huo Sijue was about to take Nanzhi away, but Grandma Huo was immediately unhappy.
She said with a cold face: "How many days have you been back? Have you visited my place? Are you leaving in such a hurry?"
After asking three times, the silent dining table suddenly became lively again.
Huo Simian's mother smiled very secretly: "Mom, you are too lenient. After this man gets a wife, he will probably be distracted."
The implication was just an insinuation that Huo Sijue now had a wife and had forgotten about her grandma, which made her very angry.
Grandma Huo glared displeasedly, "Just take care of your son."
Huo Simian knew that he had never been the one who made Grandma Huo happy the most. He was not annoyed, but smiled and said, "Brother, I wasn't on a business trip some time ago. Is the matter finished now?"
"Not yet." Huo Sijue summed it up simply.
He lowered his eyes and took a sip of wine as casually as a nobleman.
"Then you want to go back?" Nanzhi thought he would not leave when he came back this time, and her heart felt empty for an instant.
Huo Sijue smiled and said nothing, but held Nanzhi's hand tighter.
"A breakup is better than a new love. Grandma, don't force yourself to do anything difficult. When I finish my work, I will take Nanzhi back." After Huo Sijue said this, he was about to take Nanzhi away.
It was a November night with a biting wind.
In the car, Huo Sijue turned on the heating to maximum to keep Nanzhi warm.
"when are we leaving?"
"Tomorrow," Huo Sijue said.
"So fast?" Perhaps Nanzhi herself didn't realize how strong her reaction was.
Huo Sijue raised his lips with satisfaction, leaned against the window and lit a cigarette. His smile gradually deepened, with a hint of ruthlessness in his dignity, which made people addicted.
"Why are you laughing!" Nanzhi was annoyed and turned her head away from looking at him.
But just as she turned around, Huo Sijue suddenly put out his cigarette butt and came over expectantly. He leaned into the woman's ear and asked: "Nanzhi, are you reluctant to let me go?"
One sentence made her blush.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't!" Nanzhi's heart jumped to the extreme.
If it hadn't been for Huo Sijue's reminder, she would have never realized that she was so dependent on him.
"Is it really true?" Huo Sijue asked.
He moved closer to Nanzhi and moved one hand across her face, forcing Nanzhi to look at him.
Their eyes met, he pondered for a long time, and then smiled: "Has anyone ever told you that you are really bad at telling lies?"
"If not, why are you blushing?"
Nanzhi covered his face and quickly covered it up.
Is she reluctant to part with it?
She just looked forward to being protected by Huo Sijue because she had been trapped in the cold these days.
Nanzhi comforted herself like this, but it was obviously useless. Her heart beat harder and harder under Huo Sijue's provocation, until he took Nanzhi's hand and asked, "Come with me."
Nanzhi didn't understand the meaning of his words.
Huo Sijue pinched the tip of his nose and said, "Come with me to Los Angeles."
Nanzhi has never been abroad.
She looked at Huo Sijue's serious and determined look, and it didn't look like he was joking.
"You...you are very busy, right? Wouldn't it be good for me to follow you?"
Nanzhi wanted to refuse, but she regretted it when she thought of Leng Lie's entanglement. She even hoped to stay with Huo Sijue so that she could feel safe.
"There's nothing wrong with it. It's settled. Let's go together tomorrow."
He has been out of his mind these past few days while on a business trip. Before returning to China, Lu Cheng had already arranged the air tickets to Nazhi.
If Nanzhi is unwilling to follow him, even if he is knocked unconscious, he has to take her with him so that he can feel at ease.
"What about my mother?" Nanzhi was still worried.
"If you want, then go together." Huo Sijue had already expected that Nanzhi would not be able to let go of Lin Ya.
In the beginning, if Lin Ya hadn't been controlled by Nancheng, how could she be willing to marry him under the coercion and inducement of Grandma Huo?
Lin Ya was his mother-in-law and the one he was happy to fawn over. Since Nan Zhi couldn't let go, he would do whatever he wanted and try his best to be nice to Lin Ya.
One day, Nanzhi will fall in love with him, and Lin Ya will trust her daughter to her.
The calculations in Huo Sijue's mind were going back and forth, all because he wanted to get his wife's heart first! Instead of waiting for Nanzhi to take Lin Ya away again, he might as well take the initiative!
Of course, he didn't come up with this method. He's not that "smart".
Before returning home, Lu Cheng patted his chest and promised that as long as he captured Lin Ya, he would capture Nan Zhi's heart. Huo Sijue was half-convinced...
"Then... I'll go with my mother." Nanzhi thought about it over and over again, feeling uneasy. She carefully looked at Huo Sijue's face and said.
"I have arranged the tickets, go home~"
When he got the answer he wanted, Huo Sijue was in a happy mood and sent two words [salary increase] in Lu Cheng's chat box.
The next day, Huo Sijue carried Nanzhi's suitcase in his left hand and Lin Ya's bag in his right hand.
Aunt Li couldn't believe it when she saw it. She was angry and annoyed.
"Master, this is not what you should do." After saying that, she was about to take Nanzhi's suitcase.
Huo Sijue raised his hand to block it, "I will carry my wife's suitcase myself."
Aunt Li had no choice but to take Lin Ya's things again, but was blocked by Huo Sijue. He raised his eyes and looked at Aunt Li very seriously, "I also carry my mother-in-law's bags myself."
"Master!"
Aunt Li was so angry that she couldn't help but said, "This is not what you should do. Madam will feel distressed when she sees it."
"She won't feel bad, she will just be happy that I can still meet the woman I love at the age of thirty."
Huo Sijue put his bag on the suitcase and held Nanzhi's hand tightly.
"I took him away. The servants at home still expect you to put some thought into it." He was talking about the last time the manor got into the background.
Although it did not cause any substantial harm to the family, the Huo family was extremely strict with their employees, and this time undoubtedly sounded the alarm for Huo Sijue.
He knew Nanzhi was afraid...but what was she afraid of?
Huo Sijue's eyes gradually darkened, and he looked at Nanzhi again meaningfully.
The woman was well-behaved, gentle, and her crystal eyes were responding to him. At that moment, Huo Sijue's heart melted. He only wished that Nanzhi could always be by his side like this.
"Let's go."
…
Los Angeles, villa area
Huo Sijue took Nanzhi and Lin Ya to his place. When he saw his wife coming, Lu Cheng's eyes lit up and he went to greet her even more doggedly.
"I'll come, I'll lift it!"
Is this luggage?
No, this is five thousand yuan!
Huo Sijue directly increased his salary by five thousand per month. Lu Cheng smiled so hard that his eyes were crooked, making Nanzhi extremely uncomfortable.
"There's something wrong with you."
Nanzhi followed Huo Sijue and walked in.
Lu Cheng rubbed the tip of his nose and whispered, "But the money is right!"
After he finished speaking, Huo Sijue looked back and glared at him fiercely, scaring him into shutting up immediately.
He is now Huo Sijue's dog-headed strategist. He must not let Madam know that this is all his "scheming plan!"
As soon as Nanzhi entered the door, the dining table in front of her was filled with her favorite Song of the Sea. The flowers looked freshly tended, with water droplets on the petals, and the fragrance was fragrant.
In the European-style living room, there is a brown leather sofa and a simple wooden table. The kitchen is on the right by the window sill, and the bedrooms are on the second floor. Although the house is not big, it is full of warmth.
Nanzhi didn't expect that Huo Sijue, who was used to living in luxury houses, would settle down in such a house.
"You're young, aren't you?" Huo Sijue smiled.
"No, I just didn't expect you to live here. It's small...it doesn't count. After all, there is a parking space outside and a small garden, which looks quite pleasant." After Nanzhi finished speaking, he looked at the small garden again.
She noticed it when she entered the door just now. There was a tree planted in the garden, but she didn't know what it was.
"This is my mom's house."
One sentence brought back Nanzhi's thoughts.
She looked at Huo Sijue in disbelief, her eyes full of surprise.
"This house was originally bought by my mother for my father to live in in his old age. It's a pity that we didn't wait until then..." Huo Sijue's eyes dimmed and he smiled lightly.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Nanzhi actually saw a hint of bitterness and nostalgia in his smile.
"Did you grow up here as a child?"
Nanzhi pointed to the small tree and said, "What is that?"
"Wisteria trees, my mother likes them."
Huo Sijue walked to Nanzhi and said, "That tree was planted when I was born."
"In total, he's about the same age as me."
He stared at that place and couldn't move his eyes away for a long time. The moment his Adam's apple rolled, his eyes turned red.
Nanzhi couldn't bear to let him continue to recall, so he changed the topic, "I'm hungry, let's go eat something delicious, okay?"
"There's nothing delicious here. You have a delicate appetite. I'm afraid you won't like it. I'll cook it for you."
After Huo Sijue finished speaking, he took off his suit jacket, took out the ingredients from the refrigerator, and walked into the kitchen seriously.
Lin Ya was dumbfounded. Is that still Huo Sijue?
In her impression, Huo Sijue had never been in the kitchen or done anything for anyone. Lin Ya even thought that he brought her here just to be a cook and take care of Nanzhi.
Now it seems...she is indeed overthinking.
Nanzhi leaned against the door, looking at Huo Sijue's unskilled but solid and upright figure, and felt inexplicably warm in his heart.
She had fantasized about this scene for a long time, but it was a pity that they did not have such a chance to get along before the divorce.
After so many things happened in just a few months, her relationship with Huo Sijue became closer.
"Mom, you rest first, I'll cook with him."
Seeing his slow movements, Nanzhi guessed most of it, and followed him in without saying a word, smiling.
"Silly, that's not how potatoes are cut."
Nanzhi took the knife and demonstrated it to Huo Sijue. Her hands were white and tender, and her fingertips were already reddish after just a few cuts. Huo Sijue couldn't bear to part with it.
