Chapter 57: Running away from home in anger
"I plan to go back in two days. I have used up all my leave for this year. I won't have many opportunities to come back in the future."
Huo Jinying lamented that time passed too quickly.
"Xia Mi, do you really not want to visit the imperial capital? The square is very different from its original appearance after renovation. And the attractions in the Forbidden City are not interesting to you?"
Huo Jinying coaxed Xia Mi like a child, trying to arouse her interest.
Xia Mi's heart was shaken, and she felt an urge to go and take a look. She had never been to the Forbidden City in her previous life, and she had only passed by the square in a hurry by car.
I still feel regretful when I think about it.
Xia Mi agreed, "If I have time, I will definitely ask Huo Jingchen to take me to see it."
"Then let's put it this way. We'll keep in touch through letters from now on. If you plan to come, write to me half a month in advance, or have that brat send me a telegram so I can prepare."
"good."
As they were talking, they walked to the door of their house. Xia Mi put down the bucket and went to open the door. Huo Jinying pushed the cart into the yard. - South City State Guesthouse.
Huo Jingchen arrived as scheduled, but he didn't expect that there were two people he didn't know sitting at the table with his elder brother Huo Jingting, one of whom was a man he had met before.
She looks very similar to Xia Mi, but now looking at her again, they are nothing alike.
Huo Jingchen was wearing a pure white navy uniform. His superior figure and irresistible temperament made it difficult to ignore his presence from the moment he entered the door.
He walked with his long legs to Huo Jingting's desk.
"Who are these two?"
Huo Jingchen looked at the other two and thought that Huo Jingting had recognized two brothers outside without his knowledge. If he remembered correctly, Huo Jingting was talking about two brothers. How come there were suddenly two more brothers? Huo Jingting saw the confusion in his brother's eyes.
"Jingcheng, let me introduce you. This is Sang Qi, my mother's student, currently working in Suzhou. This is my colleague from the research institute, Minghao."
Facing Huo Jingchen's questioning look, Huo Jingting looked away guiltily and explained, "I ran into them while I was waiting for you, and there were not enough tables, so we sat together."
It's dinner time now and the state-owned restaurant is full of people.
"This comrade is your brother?"
Sang Qi was surprised by Huo Jingchen's identity. When he met him a few days ago, he always felt that this person looked somewhat familiar.
Now that the identities have been matched, suddenly, everything becomes clear.
Huo Jingchen is more like a teacher than Huo Jingting.
"Comrade Huo, hello." Sang Qi took the initiative to stand up and extended his hand politely. "We met when we checked into the hotel that day."
Huo Jingchen shook his hand back, "Hello."
Minghao followed up, "Hello Comrade Huo, I often hear Engineer Huo mention you."
"Really? Are you trying to make me a negative example for you?" Huo Jingchen looked at Huo Jingting with resentment in his eyes.
Minghao paused, and his mind emerged with the memory of Huo Jingting mentioning Huo Jingchen. When they miscalculated data, drew wrong drawings, and made low-level mistakes, Huo Gongma said that they were not even as good as his brother.
I thought Mr. Huo’s younger brother was very young, like an elementary or middle school student.
"Looking at your reaction, I guessed it right." Huo Jingchen let go of his hand and his eyes fell on the guilty Huo Jingting again.
"No, no, no, no, Mr. Huo only mentioned it once or twice."
"It's been impressive to you once or twice. It seems that what we talked about was not good."
Minghao didn't expect Huo Jingchen to be so difficult. He spoke in a panic, "No, I can't remember what he said specifically."
"Oh?" Huo Jingchen stretched out the last syllable suspiciously, "Didn't you just say that he often mentioned me?"
“…”
Minghao felt like crying but had no tears, hating himself for saying what he had just said.
Wasn't that just a polite remark? Can't you even hear that? !
"Okay, let's order." Huo Jingting couldn't stand it anymore and waved to the waiter, "What do you want to eat?"
Sangqi said politely, "It's all fine with me, just eat whatever you want."
"Me too. I'm not picky. Anything is fine."
Both of them politely declined.
"No matter how difficult it is to serve me, give me the menu and I'll do it." Huo Jingchen spread his hands and took a simple menu.
Sang Qi and Ming Hao looked at each other and raised their hands to wipe the unnecessary sweat tacitly.
Huo Jingchen ordered five dishes and a soup in one go. After the waiter registered his order, he confirmed with him, "Are you sure you want so much? This is six dollars."
"That's enough. My eldest brother didn't save his money to marry a wife, so he can definitely afford it, right?"
Huo Jingchen threw the question to Huo Jingting.
"You can order five more dishes. You ordered so much anyway, so you can take away what you can't finish."
The atmosphere between the two brothers was subtle. The waiter just took note of the names of the dishes, and after making sure they had money to pay, he turned and left.
Minghao felt very uneasy, and so did Sangqi next to him.
After all, he had attended national conferences before, and the tension brought by the conference was not as strong as this meal.
While waiting for the food, Huo Jingting chatted, "I remember Xia Mi is from Suzhou. Where in Suzhou is she from?"
Huo Jingchen never told anyone else about this. I guess his family must have read Xia Mi's file.
The feeling that his private property was thoroughly known by others made Huo Jingchen feel inexplicably irritated.
"From Sucheng." Huo Jingchen concealed the emotion in his eyes and turned to look at Sang Qi, "I just heard that Comrade Sang is in Suzhou, also in Sucheng?"
"Yes, my hometown is in the suburbs of Sucheng." When talking about his hometown, Sangqi looked lonely for a moment.
Huo Jingchen was curious, "Why did you suddenly want to develop in the imperial capital? The two places are more than a thousand kilometers apart."
"My family was poor and could only afford to send my eldest sister and me to school. My eldest sister was smart and had a good academic record, but my parents insisted on sending me to school. In order to raise money for my tuition, my eldest sister negotiated with people to give her a dowry in exchange for my textbooks when she was only 16 years old."
"I couldn't accept this approach, so I had a conflict with my family, ran away from home in anger, and took a train. When I arrived at the station, I didn't dare to leave. I changed trains twice and arrived in the capital in a daze."
Sangqi sighed when talking about this past event.
Unconsciously, the topic suddenly became heavy. Sangqi realized that something was wrong and wanted to change the subject.
Minghao was surprised. He didn't expect that there was such a story about Sangqi.
He asked curiously, "If you go back now, your family will definitely be proud of you. Is your eldest sister still in school?"
"No." Sang Qi shook his head, his expression even more solemn than when he was talking about the past. "My parents passed away early, and my eldest sister got married and passed away a few years ago."
This incident became like a thorn that pierced deeply into Sangqi's soft heart.
He only has a wife and a child behind him, no other family members. Every time the three of them get together to celebrate the New Year, it feels particularly lonely compared to other families.
The older people get, the more they like to be lively.
Huo Jingchen frowned, recalling that Xia Mi had mentioned before that her biological parents also passed away early and her only uncle went to the imperial capital.
But Sangqi ran away from home, so logically, we should not know his whereabouts.
"Make way, the food is coming."
The waiter's shouting interrupted Huo Jingchen's thoughts.
After dinner, when they were about to leave, Huo Jingchen asked the question in his mind, "Comrade Sang, is it convenient for me to ask if you have a niece?"
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