"Junyu? Junyu!"

Jiang Can called him several times before Huo Junyu came back to his senses.

Before he could speak, Huo Zhixing lightly kicked his calf.

"What are you thinking about!" My dad's deep, stern voice came from beside me. "Your mom's talking to you, and you dare to daydream?!"

Huo Junyu shrank back and looked to his mother for help.

"Your son just got back, so don't scold him!" Jiang Can seemed to be blaming Huo Zhixing, but she took his arm and smiled gently. "Don't be so fierce, or you'll get a few more wrinkles!"

Huo Zhixing smiled and gently took her hand.

At this moment, Huo Junyu felt quite superfluous.

"Mom and Dad, um, I..."

"Don't leave! Your mother hasn't finished speaking!" Huo Zhixing glared at her again.

Huo Junyu sat down obediently and remained motionless.

"Junyu, your father and I have discussed it," Jiang Can said gently. "Stay in Yangcheng for a few more days, and take some time to visit the Lu family and see Xiaoyou."

"What?"

Huo Junyu was taken aback.

However, he soon realized that he should indeed go and see, after all, the two families had a good relationship, and there had even been a marriage agreement back then.

Besides, out of the friendship he shared as a child, he should also go and see Little Yu.

He nodded, but his expression seemed a little unnatural.

“Twenty years ago, when Xiaoyou was just born, I often went to visit Sister Yuqing,” Jiang Can said softly. “We bathed her together. I remember she had a faint crescent-shaped birthmark on her waist. I even said to Yuqing at the time, ‘It’s so big, thank goodness it’s not on her face.’”

Huo Zhixing paused for a moment, then said, "Yes, I've also heard Ah Shan say that... that a birthmark on the waist has a good meaning, that wealth is hidden in the waist, and that one is destined for great riches and honor!"

"A couple of days ago, Sister Yuqing said that Xiaoyouzi had been found, and I even asked her about the birthmark..."

What did she say?

Jiang Can sighed softly, "Yuqing said she had it checked, and the crescent-shaped birthmark on her waist is exactly the same, still in the same spot, and it's even bigger than when she was a child as she's gotten older."

Huo Zhixing's expression was somber, and the doubts in his heart still lingered.

Huo Junyu remained silent, appearing somewhat distracted.

“Son,” Jiang Can noticed he was preoccupied, “is there something you can’t let go of in Jiangzhou?”

Huo Junyu raised an eyebrow and forced a smile, "No."

"You don't really need to investigate anything about your Uncle Ye's case," Huo Zhixing said calmly. "You might as well not go back to Jiangzhou and just stay home. I'll show you around Huo's business, and then you..."

"No way!" Huo Junyu suddenly stood up.

How could he not go back? If he didn't go back, who would be the doorman for that family?

What if Gu Zihan bullies someone again if I don't go back...?

But he couldn't bring himself to say these words to his parents. He could only stand there awkwardly, and apart from that earth-shaking "No," he had nothing more to say.

Jiang Can and Huo Zhixing both stared at him in a daze.

Seeing her husband's expression turn from sunny to cloudy again, Jiang Can quickly grabbed his hand.

"Alright, alright, let's talk about this later," she said gently. "Our son is all grown up now, he has his own world to live in. He's still young, so let him go out and explore for a couple of years!"

Huo Zhixing listened to his wife, glanced at his son, gave a muffled "hmm," and took Jiang Can back to their room to rest.

Huo Junyu stood there for a while, then walked out alone and came to the small villa next door.

This house is actually his study, with various rare original books filling the first three floors of the villa.

The fourth floor is his "observatory".

When he was a child, he loved looking at the stars, so his father generously built this observatory for him.

A huge globe sits in the center of the room, and a Halley telescope stands in the window.

This is Huo Junyu's private world. During his adolescence, he also went through a sensitive and vulnerable phase.

When he couldn't get rid of his troubles, he would come to this observatory and entrust them to the distant starry sky.

He then stood in front of the telescope.

I've heard that wormholes really exist and can connect two distant points in spacetime.

So, could he travel through the wormhole back to the day Xiaoyouzi disappeared? He really wanted to see with his own eyes who had taken her away.

...

It was a weekend, and while it was drizzling in Yangcheng, the sky was clear and blue in Jiangzhou.

Jiang Mianmian stretched and, dressed in a simple T-shirt and wide-leg pants, went downstairs to help Su Aiqian make breakfast.

Su Ai looked her daughter up and down as if she didn't recognize her.

"You silly girl, when did you become so kind as to go into the kitchen to help your mom cook?"

Jiang Mianmian blushed, then laughed mischievously and pressed herself against Su Aiqian.

"Go away!" Su Aiqian said with a hint of disgust, but she was secretly delighted. "Stop messing around, I'm frying spring rolls, the whole place smells of oil, just go outside and wait to eat!"

"Mom, then I'll fry it for you!"

"Miss, there's no need for you to trouble yourself!" Su Aiqian smiled. All the time she'd taught her daughter to cook, it was limited to the most basic things like fried rice—just enough to fill her stomach.

She absolutely forbids Jiang Mianmian from touching anything that's a bit difficult, like frying, boiling, or cooking. If she hurts her hand, it would hurt even more than if it were her own hand.

Sometimes Jiang Youcai would advise her to teach her daughter more things, otherwise what if she couldn't even cook a proper meal after she got married and was looked down upon by her in-laws?

Upon hearing this, Su Aiqian's eyes widened immediately: "I take care of my eldest daughter, why should I cook for my husband's family?! Mianmian's future husband must cook for her for the rest of his life!"

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