Chapter 41
"Dongdongdongdong--" The index finger bent slightly, and Huo Xingyan knocked on the door of the study.
I heard a soft female voice coming from inside, "Come in, the door is not locked!"
Huo Xingyan raised his eyebrows, and he couldn't hear the anger when he heard the sound, but he didn't believe that her mother would call him, would it be a simple home-style thing?
When I pushed the door open, the first thing I saw was the painting of ink painting in the middle, a small bridge and flowing water house, half of the sunset hung slanted, and there was a shepherd boy underneath, which was holding a horse, which was eating grass leisurely, and there was an inscription next to it.
Book: Withered vines and old trees and crows, small bridges and flowing water, thin horses in the ancient roads. The setting sun makes the heartbroken people at the end of the world.
The pen is clean and old, vigorous and powerful, like a brush writing that can only be written by people who have been immersed in this area for a long time.
But in the end, the word "Ya" in Tianya was missing half of the pen.
The hook seemed to be temporarily cut off there, but the hook was missing.
What's more, there is no nomination in this painting, and it is unknown.
When Huo Xingyan was in his teens, this painting was hung by Zhao Qingli in this study, and he had never taken it down for more than ten years.
Occasionally, Huo Xingyan would see Zhao Qingli standing in front of this painting, staring for a long time, without taking his eyes away for a long time.
No one has asked the author and source of this painting, as if it was a taboo for the Huo family.
Bypassing the screen, Huo Xingyan saw Zhao Qingli sitting upright on the Taishi chair on one side, holding a teacup in his hand, and smelling the fragrance with his eyes closed and his expression was slightly drunk.
The rich fragrance of roses is wafting in the air, which is Zhao Qingli’s favorite rose tea.
Huo Xingyan chuckled. His mother did not prefer coffee and tea, but she had a special liking for this kind of flower tea that little girls liked.
I heard that this type of person has a small world of girls in her heart.
"Come on, sit down!" Zhao Qingli naturally heard his footsteps, and while smelling the fragrance of flowers, he could still feel attentive.
The calmer her appearance made Huo Xingyan a little uneasy. It seemed that most of them were Chu Yuexi who complained. If it weren't for this, his mother wouldn't have asked him to come here, and her intentions were unknown.
Adhering to the mentality of not moving the enemy, I still moving, Huo Xingyan did not speak out, but sat down on the sofa below Zhao Qingli.
"Why do you know I asked you to come?"
"I don't know," Huo Xingyan answered honestly.
Zhao Qingli rolled her eyes a little annoyed, "Xingyan, can you change your temperament? Just like this, which girl from a family will like you!" Zhao Qingli was really helpless about this son who looked like a middle-aged man who was not old but mature but steady, who was too mature and too mature.
"Mom, are you talking about your son like that?"
Huo Xingyan was really amused and crying, "And, mom, you don't have to worry about my affairs!" If he kept making a blind date for him, he would be crazy.
"I don't have to worry about it means that there is already a result?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingli, who had just had a stern face, was immediately excited as a teenager, "Xingyan, how about the blind date today? Do you have a good impression of Miss Chu??"
Looking at Zhao Qingli's excited look, Huo Xingyan subconsciously folded his eyebrows, thought about the meaning of his mother's words, and replied calmly: "Mom, what do you mean by these words?"
"What else can it mean!?"
Zhao Qingli gave Huo Xingyan a little coquettishly, and then said excitedly: "Do you know, the Chu family called and said that Miss Chu was very satisfied with you. I think if you can, you should try to date!"
"Wait, wait," Huo Xingyan felt a little confused, or did he hear the wrong thing?
"Mom, aren't you kidding me?"
In the restaurant, Chu Yuexi was humiliated like that. With her proud and arrogant personality, how could she give up? However, Huo Xingyan felt that she had heard it right.
"Silly son!"
Zhao Qingli was exhausted by this unintentional wood. "What else can mom lie to you? Just over ten minutes ago, the Chu family called. If you don't believe it, you can check it yourself!"
"Besides, my son is so outstanding, how could Miss Chu look down on you?" Please, it seems that the one who said Huo Xingyan could not find a girl was also you.
"...Mom, are you sure she didn't say anything bad to you, but praised her?" After hearing Zhao Qingli's words, Huo Xingyan couldn't help but pursed his lips tightly.
"..." Hearing this, Zhao Qingli gave him a blank look, and his eyes seemed to be saying, do you have paranoia for being killed?
At this moment, Huo Xingyan was sure that he had made no mistake! Chu Yuexi did not complain, but said she was very satisfied! Huo Xingyan's confident words appeared before her departure, and her handsome eyebrows suddenly formed a hill.
It seems that Chu Yuexi is even harder to deal with than he thought. This time he has hit a piece of iron.
Huo Xingyan was not worried about her direct revenge on him, but was very worried that she would attack Feng Mi.
Come out of the study room, Huo Xingyan walked down the stairs while thinking about things. However, when he walked to the railing on the second floor, he heard the excited voice of the servant below, "Master, you are back!"
Huo Xingyan subconsciously stopped and looked down from the railing on the second floor—
Huo Xingtao seemed to have just returned from the army. He was still wearing a green military coat. He walked calmly and acted like the wind.
He is very strong, about 1.9 meters tall, and his skin is very dark. His eagle-like black eyes are like eagles hunting in the dark night.
A servant took the military green military coat on him, revealing the thick and strong arms under the coat. The tight muscles were hidden under Angzang's body, as if they could be about to break out at any time.
Mr. Huo has three children, two sons and one daughter. Including the two daughters born to his daughter after she got married, the Huo family has a total of five children.
In addition to Huo Rufeng, Huo Xingtao is the eldest son, and Huo Xingyan ranks the smallest. In front of him, there are two older sisters who have already been married. Because they are the eldest son, Huo Xingtao inherited his father's business and became a great soldier.
Overall, Huo Xingtao is more like his father who died early. Whether in terms of appearance or personality, Huo Xingyan is more like his mother and has a more similar personality to Mr. Huo when he was young. Therefore, Mr. Huo also favors him very much, and the name of "Si Shao Huo" also comes from this.
However, Huo Xingtao, who is 37 years old, has already started a family and started a business. His wife is the daughter of the famous family in this city. She is well-educated and knowledgeable, and is virtuous and sensible. In the past four years of marriage to Huo Xingtao, she not only has no regrets, but also has given birth to a son for Huo Xingtao.
Although husband and wife cannot be said to be as loving as before, they are respectful to each other.
Huo Xingyan lowered his eyes and his eyes ran into Huo Xingtao, who was just looking up from below.
The latter had no emotion in his eagle-like black eyes, and even the bronze face was not exposed.
Huo Xingyan took the lead in smiling and shouting: "Brother, you are back!" His hands were tightly clutched on the red railing, as if trying to control some of his emotions.
"Yes," a faint response was spit out of Huo Xingtao's mouth. Then, the latter never looked at him again, but turned around and walked forward with great strides.
Huo Xingyan closed his eyes fiercely and controlled the sadness that broke out in his heart.
It's the same again, every time it's like this. After Youran's death, there was a hidden wall between him and his elder brother that he could never cross. They were all under the same roof, and they could still say hello as usual, but they were like two strangers who could only say hello.
Do they need this in their entire lives?
On the third floor, the penultimate room in the innermost part belongs to Huo Xingtao.
When Huo Xingyan walked over, the door was just open, and Huo Xingtao was sitting by the bed to clean up some things.
Huo Xingyan leaned against the door, looked at his hand holding a yellowed photo, and stroked it carefully with his hands. His expression was not visible in his lower eyes.
Huo Xingyan could guess that he probably missed that person again, just as he would never be able to get out of the shadow of that person in his life.
"...Brother," he murmured, awakening Huo Xingtao, who was missing someone with a yellow old photo.
He quickly put away the old photo, Huo Xingtao looked at him lightly, with no emotion on his face, "A Yan," he called his name, but without any emotion.
"..." Huo Xingyan's fingers placed by the door shrank, and finally raised a shallow smile, "Brother, how many days have you taken for leave this time?"
Five years ago, Huo Xingtao made a sudden decision, which almost made the entire Huo family mess. But he ignored it and left the Huo family, and went to another place to station and develop.
Later, after Mr. Huo's repeated persuasion, he finally came back.
Not only did they make a normal decision to marry the daughter of the Tan family, but a year later, the two of them had children.
At that time, Huo Xingyan had naively thought that he had forgotten those unhappy things in the past and interrupted and started again.
However, Huo Xingtao, who became the father of a man's wife, not only did their relationship not ease, but was as cold as ice.
Later he realized that not everyone could break free from that memory and start another new memory. Just like the person in his memory, she existed in his mind like a spell, and just like his broken brotherly relationship with Huo Xingtao, it can never be filled in.
"Three days, what's wrong?" Huo Xingtao did not get up. Perhaps he was subconsciously waiting for Huo Xingyan to leave.
"Brother..." Huo Xingyan's jaw was tight, his tone was as light as a grain of dust in the air.
"I've been to see Youran, just a few days ago!"
Chapter completed!