The two walked hand in hand all the way home, and to avoid worrying their families, they even took a moment to calm themselves down under the banyan tree before returning.

As soon as the two entered the courtyard, they saw Huo Haojie and Huo Haoshi each carrying a roast chicken and a roast fish out.

Seeing them return, Zhao Hongmei said towards the kitchen, "The two girls are back, come out and eat!"

Huo Yue, who was watching her older brother make a cake in the backyard, immediately ignored her friends when she heard they were back. "Ruan Ruan, Huan Huan, you're back! I missed you so much!"

This morning, the Huo family sent a message to Huo Yue, saying that her elder brother and sister-in-law had returned and asked her and Fu Mingyi to come home for dinner today. Originally, she wanted to come by herself as soon as she received the message, but Fu Mingyi stopped her, saying that he was not comfortable with her coming back alone. At that time, he also had things to do and could not leave. He was also worried that Nizi might run away when he could not see her, so he took her to the police station and only felt at ease when he was watching her under his own nose.

After Fu Mingyi finished his work, the two of them rode their bikes to the countryside.

"Yueyue, when did you arrive? Why didn't you come to find us?" The two were also happy to see Huo Yue.

"I hadn't been here long when my older brother said you went to see Grandma Li. I originally wanted to go see Grandma Li too, but I saw my older brother making grilled fish and I got so engrossed that I... Huanhuan, you won't blame me, will you?" Huo Yue said, sounding a little embarrassed. Originally, she just wanted to take a look and then go find them, but it was the first time she had seen her older brother do this, and she found it quite novel. Plus, Fu Mingyi was also curious about it and asked her older brother to come to his house tomorrow to build one for them too, so she stayed with them.

"How could that be? If I had known that my brother was doing this this afternoon, I would definitely have stayed to learn too. Have you learned it yet?" They all knew Huo Yue's personality. If she knew about Grandma Li's illness, then the whole Huo family would know. Ruan Ruan and Huo Haocheng had just returned, and Li Huan didn't want to spoil everyone's fun.

"Not yet, you have no idea how infuriating my older brother is. I told him to speak slowly, but he just kept talking faster and faster. In the end, my eyes and ears were practically separated, and I didn't learn anything at all. If I could beat him, I would have punched him." Speaking of this, Huo Yue was so angry that she even raised her little fist to show Ruan Ruan and Li Huan how determined she was to hit Huo Haocheng.

"Haha, it's okay, I'll teach you slowly when I have the chance. Today, you can just eat what's ready." Ruan Ruan was really charmed by Huo Yue's cuteness.

She and Fu Mingyi have been married for almost a year, and her personality is still the same as when she was at home, which shows that she is doing well in the Fu family.

"Really? Then it's a deal! I'll stay at home these days and make sure I learn everything from you before I go back."

"What do you mean, 'learn it before going back'?" At this moment, Fu Mingyi also came out and happened to hear the second half of the sentence. But from this sentence, he could guess that this time, he would probably have to go back and live alone in an empty room.

"I said I want to stay at home for a few days and learn how to grill fish from Ruan Ruan before I go back," Huo Yue said, pouting unhappily.

"Are you still angry?" Fu Mingyi knew that his wife had been angry because he hadn't let her come home early today, and he had tried to coax her all the way back, but he couldn't calm her down.

"Hmph, stay away from me, I don't want to talk to you right now." It would have been better if he hadn't said anything, because now that he had said it, Huo Yue's temper flared up again. She glared at him, and seeing that the food was almost ready, she grabbed one of them with each hand and led Ruan Ruan and Li Huan into the house. She even deliberately sat between the two of them, not giving Fu Mingyi any chance to be attentive.

Huo Haocheng, who was carrying the cake, happened to see this scene. He gestured to Fu Mingyi with his eyes, asking what was wrong.

Fu Mingyi just smiled slightly, indicating that he was angry and hadn't been appeased.

Huo Haocheng was helpless to help. He asked Huo Haoshi to move the plate of grilled fish from the center of the table, place the cake in the middle, then turned and kissed her soft forehead, saying, "Happy birthday, my wife."

The elders present only teased Huo Haocheng about his actions, while his younger siblings ignored him and simply scoffed.

"Big brother, we're all still here, and you're already showing off your love? That's not a good idea." Huo Haoming's personality is similar to Huo Haoshen's. He seems like a carefree person, but he's not afraid to joke around with Huo Haocheng at all.

"What, are you envious? Then let your second aunt find one for you quickly." Huo Haocheng knew how to hit a sore spot, and with just one sentence, he knocked him down.

Hearing Huo Haocheng's words, his second aunt, who was putting her child to sleep, looked at him with exasperation. "Don't even mention him. That bastard! The other day, the factory introduced him to a woman. She's pretty, not short, about 165cm. She's not very educated, but she graduated from junior high school. She's a temporary worker at our food factory now, which I thought was pretty good. I told him to go and meet her. But that bastard went, and he went to tell her that he has nothing, that he's married and needs her to support him, and that she's so good to him that he's not good enough for her."

You met him for less than five minutes and rattled off a whole bunch of things, barely saying anything meaningful. You wouldn't believe it, when the matchmaker spoke to me, I didn't dare say a single assertive word. You've completely disgraced me! And now that your grandparents are here, tell me, what are you thinking? You're already in your mid-twenties, and Hao Shen is half a year younger than you, and his wife is already pregnant. Are you only satisfied when Hao Li is already dating someone?!

The mere mention of this makes my second aunt furious. If she weren't holding her child in her arms, she would have slapped him a couple of times.

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