ATBLM [QT] Chapter 83.1

Huo Changyao returned upstairs. Jiang Rui was already in the next room and the calligraphy on the wall showed the light of her room.

Although the two became neighbors and there was a passage between them, Huo Changyao had been busy during this period. Jiang Rui had already fallen asleep every time he came back. This was the first time he saw the light coming from next door.

He took a quick shower and sat on the sofa to read a book. Not long after, he heard someone humming softly in his ear intermittently. He thought it was a gramophone. After listening carefully, he discovered that it was the Seventh Sister who was humming.

Although he did not know what she was humming, the voice was unexpectedly sweet and the tune was also pleasant and lively. He could hear that the host was in a good mood now.

Originally, when Huo Changyao was reading, he could not bear other disturbances the most, but now with her minor tune, he did not feel noisy.

When the singing stopped, he still unconsciously put down the book and tilted his head to recognize the movement of the next door, but only heard the sound of opening and closing the door.

In order to hide the door from others, the door of the next room was usually not opened. He was just wondering if the Seventh Sister had forgotten it, when he suddenly realized that she did not open the door, but the bathroom door.

She went to take a shower.

Huo Changyao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, coughed dryly, and picked up the book again.

After about half an hour, there was no other sound in the next room. Huo Changyao glanced at the clock on the wall and his brows wrung slightly.

Did it take so long to take a bath? Could she have fallen in the bathroom? Did she fall in the bathtub?

Thinking about this, he could not sit still. He stood up and took a few steps.

He wanted to go over and have a look, but he could not easily step into the little girl’s room. But if he did not look, he was afraid that she would really have an accident.

After thinking for a while, he stood by the passage door and raised his voice slightly through the calligraphy paper on the wall, “Xiao Qi?”

After a few seconds, no one answered. He called again, but still no one answered. Just as he was about to go over and take a look, he heard the bathroom door open and the person inside trotted over: “Big Brother, did you call me?”

Huo Changyao breathed a sigh of relief and smelled a faint fragrance on the tip of his nose, which was different from the usual faint smell on her body. Although this fragrance was not strong, it made people feel ambiguous and lingering for no reason.

“Xiao Qi, what’s the smell on you?” He could not help asking.

Jiang Rui said: “It’s the perfume that Big Brother gave me today. I just sprayed it a little bit. It smells good. I will spray it next time I go to dance.”

Huo Changyao frowned. When dancing, there would be physical contact between men and women. If there was still this fragrance, it was really… He could not tell what it was, but he was worried that the Seventh Sister would suffer a loss in the dance hall, so he said, “This fragrance is not very good.”

“Ah, doesn’t it smell good?” Jiang Rui was a little lost.

The lamp on her side was probably near the wall and was relatively bright. The light cast her figure on the calligraphy paper. Huo Changyao could see her raising her wrist, putting it under her nose, and smelling it.

Seeing that she was not very happy, he added, “Big Brother will give you something else tomorrow.”

“Really?” She jumped with excitement again, “Thank you, Big Brother! By the way, did you just call me for something?”

“…It’s nothing.”

Huo Changyao was about to ask her why she had stayed in the bathroom for so long, but he swallowed the words as soon as it reached his lips.

After all, Xiao Qi never said that she was taking a shower. If she was curious and asked how he knew, could he say that he heard it? He just listened to the movement next door, which was completely unconscious. Now that he thought about it carefully, he realized that it was really improper.

The younger sister is taking a shower, but the elder brother is listening with ears upright, which is too absurd.

With this idea in mind, when Jiang Rui returned to the bathroom, he could not stay in the room anymore, so he simply went out to the study room and did not come back until he was sure she was asleep.

The marriage of the two of them was originally unknown to the outside world at first. When Huo Changyao woke up later, rumors began to spread in Fengcheng that Marshal Huo was able to wake up this time only because of his adopted sister’s blessing.

The two people who were originally known as brothers and sisters have now become husbands and wives, which sounded really strange to outsiders. However, due to the military power in the hands of the Huo family, no one dared to say anything. At most, they only joked a few words in private, saying that the Old Marshal had the foresight back then and brought back a child bride for Marshal Huo early.

One day, Huo Changyao was invited to a banquet and needed to bring a female companion. In the past on such occasions, he asked Xu Hansheng to hire someone for him. But now, in the eyes of outsiders, he is married. If he hires a female companion, it will inevitably lead to speculation and question the status of the new wife of the Huo family.

Although he and Xiao Qi were not actually married, he did not want outsiders to look down on her so that night he asked Jiang Rui if she would be willing to accompany him.

“Dinner? Whose party?” Jiang Rui asked.

“President Lin’s house in Chengdong. I remember that you met their young lady?”

Jiang Rui suddenly realized, “It’s Lin Shanshan, she’s still my classmate. No problem, Big Brother will have someone pick me up when the time comes.”

Huo Changyao nodded, thought for a while, and then asked, “Do you want to make new clothes?”

“Yes, I haven’t made a new dress yet this summer. I also need to buy shoes. I will ask Sixth Brother to accompany me tomorrow. He has good taste and can also help me carry my bag.”

Huo Changyao originally thought that since Xiao Qi was bothered to accompany him to the banquet, he should prepare a good outfit for her. But according to her wishes, she did not need to accompany him.

Probably because she is closer to the Old Sixth than him.

But, she always ran away after saying a few words with him and could not get close to him even if he wanted to.

Since they are brother and sister, how can they always be so alienated?

It’s better if they have more contact.

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