Huo Changlin ran to Huo Mansion frequently for a while. When he actually started to set up the factory, he had no time to come. The factory site, factory building, equipment, and workers were all not easy. Fortunately, he has the Huo family as his back, and no matter what he does, all parties will give him some face.
Counting on the fingers, it has been almost half a year since Jiang Rui and Huo Changyao got married.
The weather was getting colder and colder. One day, Huo Changyao went to see Wang Shi.
Wang Shi pulled him to talk about some family matters and then she suddenly changed the topic: “You and Xiao Qi have been married for so long, have you ever thought about children? Or are you prepared to wait for Xiao Qi to graduate? I don’t think she can do it after graduation. It will take a year or two.”
Huo Changyao was slightly startled and then frowned: “Mother, you are thinking too much. If we don’t have children, we won’t have children.”
“What does it mean not to have children?” Wang Shi’s eyes widened, “Getting married, having children, starting a family, isn’t it a natural thing? Is Xiao Qi unwilling to have children?”
“It has nothing to do with her.” Huo Changyao said, and his eyebrows furrowed tightly. He looked at Wang Shi and said: “Mother, I told you at the beginning, Xiao Qi and I are brothers and sisters. Even if we get married, we can’t be a real husband and wife. Letting her marry me is already a grievance, how can I bully her again?”
Even if he had thoughts about Xiao Qi that he shouldn’t have, Huo Changyao hadn’t thought about what would really happen to them. If Xiao Qi is likely to like him in the future, then it is naturally gratifying. If Xiao Qi has never liked him in the future, then he will only take care of her as a brother for a lifetime.
“What do you mean by this? Are you blaming me for bullying her in the first place?!” Wang Shi asked.
“I didn’t think so.” Huo Changyao said.
Wang Shi sneered, how did she not know her own son? Even if he did not say it, this word was clearly blamed on her, but he did not want to think about who she did it for!
The two stood in a stalemate for a while, and Wang Shi said: “I don’t care what you and her think. Now that you are already married, you are a serious couple. Which couple does not have children? If Xiao Qi is unwilling to have children, then marry another girl. There will always be someone willing to give birth!”
Huo Changyao calmly said: “I don’t want to be a person like my father, and I don’t want Xiao Qi to be the second you.”
“You–” Wang Shi’s stunned and looked at him in disbelief.
Huo Changyao looked away. He did not want to say such hurtful words, but Wang Shi’s views really made him unable to agree. When he was a child, he personally watched his mother and several aunts in the family fighting with each other. He saw too much of his father’s romantic affairs and also saw more of his mother’s tears. Therefore, it is even more incomprehensible, why does his mother have such thoughts after experiencing all that?
“I have other business, I’ll come see you tomorrow.” After Huo Changyao finished saying this, he got up and left.
After he left, Wang Shi sat for a long time.
Today is the weekend and the weather is sunny. Jiang Rui is lying on the balcony lounger, basking in the sun and reading.
A blanket suddenly fell on her body. She raised her head, saw Huo Changyao, smiled, and said, “Big Brother came back so early today.”
“The wind is strong, watch out for the cold.” Huo Changyao said, pulled away the chair, and sat down. He put the tray in his hand on the small table and replaced the cup that Jiang Rui had cooled in her hand with hot milk, “What book to read?”
“I found it from the study.” Jiang Rui showed him the cover, took a sip of the milk, and held the cup in her palm to cover her hand.
“There are still a few copies of this set, which were placed on another shelf before. If you like it, Big Brother will find it out later.”
Jiang Rui nodded: “Thank you, Big Brother.”
Huo Changyao touched her hair: “You don’t need to say thank you to me.”
Jiang Rui pursed her lips and smiled.
During this time, she could feel Huo Changyao was treating her better and better.
His goodness is not like Huo Changlin, who always takes her out to play, nor is he like Xu Hansheng, who often buys small gifts for her. He is actually busy. He doesn’t spend much time at home, but every time he has time, he will be there next to her.
She was studying, and he would read and process the official documents. From time to time, he would bring snacks and milk, or see if she needed help, and then he would not make any noise. Sometimes when she writes so focusedly, she forgets that there was another person in the study.
His office is in opposite directions from her school, but he often appears outside the school gate. Every time she asks, he says that he is going outside the city and coming back on the way. But so many times, Jiang Rui only occasionally sees mud on his wheels and shoes, and other times he is clean. He has clearly never been out of the city.
In addition to these, she eats, walks, waters the flowers… No matter what she is doing, traces of him can be found all around, and he seemed to be silently infiltrating her life.
As she previously thought, it seemed to be boiling the frog in warm water.
The real brother is far from able to do this level for his sister. But if you want to talk about a husband and wife relationship, Huo Changyao has never overstepped, and the most intimate behavior is just touching her hair.
Jiang Rui is a little curious. If she doesn’t respond, to what extent can he do it? Can he really maintain his identity as a brother all the time?
It is unconditionally good to another person and does not need to be reciprocated. Is there really such a person?
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