Jiang Can stared at the screen in a daze.
I opened the video, and there was a gentle, smiling face on the other end.
"What are you doing?"
Jiang Can didn't speak and turned off her camera. Huo Zhixing didn't mind, still smiling at her, his voice low and magnetic:
"I'm taking a walk in the yard."
Jiang Can was taken aback and looked at the screen. The courtyard was really big, and even in the night, it was clear that it was beautifully maintained.
Behind him are well-arranged mountains and majestic buildings, with the sound of flowing fountains that can be heard from time to time.
So this is where he grew up...
It was a world of difference from where she lived.
Jiang Can suddenly felt inferior. She sat on the bay window, nervously clutching the cushion beneath her.
Huo Zhixing couldn't hear her voice for a long time, and the screen was completely black, but he still felt at ease. Because she hadn't hung up the phone; she was still listening, and he could feel her breathing and heartbeat even through the screen.
He was already very content.
"Can Can," he chuckled softly, "how's the weather in Jiangzhou? Can we see the stars?"
Jiang Can looked up and saw that Jiangzhou had been shrouded in fog for the past few days, and the night sky was not clear either, with nothing visible except for clouds.
"Look over here." He held up his phone and pointed it at the sky. The starry sky was vast and boundless, and the night was ethereal and beautiful. "The sky is so beautiful tonight, there are so many stars!"
Jiang Can couldn't see clearly, and chuckled softly.
This man is really a bit naive.
"Is it cold over there?" she asked quietly.
Huo Zhixing was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's alright, it's just a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings."
"I see you're not wearing enough clothes, be careful not to catch a cold."
"Yes!" He nodded vigorously in front of the screen.
“I can’t see these stars,” she smiled faintly, “but I can feel how beautiful the night sky is.”
“Can Can,” he said, finding a place to sit down and gazing up at the starry sky, “I’m reminded of the story of ‘The Little Prince’…”
"What?"
"The Little Prince fell in love with a rose."
Jiang Can lowered her eyelids slightly and remained silent.
"Do you remember that line?" His voice lowered, "When you fall in love with a flower, every star is a flower."
Jiang Can's heart was pounding, and her earlobes turned red.
“Can Can…”
"Now, to me, all the stars in the sky are you."
Jiang Can's cheeks flushed. She didn't speak, but a sweet feeling welled up from the bottom of her heart, causing the corners of her mouth to turn up involuntarily.
"Sister, what's wrong?" a voice suddenly called out.
Jiang Can screamed in fright, nearly dropping her phone. Huo Zhixing on the other end felt a pang of anxiety, then heard Yin Cheng's nonchalant voice:
"Sis, are you feeling unwell? Your face is so red!"
"Alright, shut up!" Jiang Can was extremely embarrassed.
"Are you video chatting? With your brother-in-law? Why aren't you saying anything!"
"Yin Cheng, get out of here!"
"Where else am I supposed to go? This is the living room..."
Huo Zhixing heard a commotion, like the sound of a pillow being thrown, and then Yin Cheng began to beg for mercy repeatedly.
"Sis, I just came out to get some water... how did I offend you! Ouch!"
"Brother-in-law, help!"
Yin Cheng quickly grabbed the phone and turned on the camera.
A sunny young man's face appeared on Huo Zhixing's screen.
"Brother-in-law, why haven't you come to see my sister for several days?" Yin Cheng chuckled. "I have good news to tell you!"
Huo Zhixing chuckled, "What is it?"
"I've been admitted despite not meeting the minimum admission requirements!"
"Exceptional admission?"
"Yes, Central City University! I got into the medical school!"
Jiang Can smiled and took back her phone.
"Xiao Cheng really got into Yangcheng University?" Huo Zhixing was a little surprised, after all, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old and hadn't even finished high school.
"Yes, the admission notices have arrived." Jiang Can was proud of her younger brother. "Professors from Yangcheng University personally selected him, and Xiao Cheng passed the exams five times, achieving first place each time!"
"Congratulations!" Huo Zhixing smiled. This brother-in-law was quite like him, with outstanding grades, entering a prestigious school at a young age.
In that case, wouldn't Yin Cheng have to come to Yangcheng to study?
If this opportunity were to be seized, Jiang Can and her mother could also come to Yangcheng...
Huo Zhixing remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was slightly excited.
“Xiao Cheng,” he said in a low voice, “tell your brother-in-law on the day you report for duty, and I will make the arrangements.”
"No need!" Jiang Can refused first.
"...Actually, Xiao Cheng is already a big boy, he should learn to be independent. Don't bother you, really! He'll arrange everything himself on the day he registers."
“Can Can…”
"It's getting late." Jiang Can's eyes darted away. "I'll hang up now, you should get some rest too!"
Before Huo Zhixing could say anything, her image had already disappeared from the screen.
He stared blankly at his phone for a long time, feeling a painful emptiness in his heart.
"Young Master," Fang Han kindly advised him, "Miss Jiang needs time, you must be patient!"
"Yes, I know," Huo Zhixing said calmly. "This is much better than I imagined. Heh, at least Cancan is willing to talk to me now!"
Fang Han also felt a little sorry for him. When had his young master ever been so humble to someone?
But nothing in this world can compare to mutual consent.
This was what Huo Zhixing was willing to do.
Forget about being humble; even if he humbled himself to the dust, as long as Jiang Can smiled at him, he could bloom like a flower in the dust...
Fang Han thought for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh out loud, before quickly coughing twice to cover it up.
"Um, young master," he asked, "now that Yin Cheng is coming to register, should I inform the school?"
"No need for now, in case Can Can find out she'll be unhappy."
"Oh... how about I pick them up from the airport?"
"What airport are you picking up?" Huo Zhixing frowned.
"Didn't they say Yin Cheng was coming..."
"Do you think I'd let him fly here himself?" Huo Zhixing's face darkened.
Fang Han's heart skipped a beat. Could it be... that you're going to personally go to Jiangzhou to pick him up?
Soon, in the next second—
"We're heading back to Jiangzhou first thing tomorrow morning!"
...
The next day, Jiang Can slept until the sun was high in the sky before stretching and getting out of bed.
She hadn't slept this soundly in a long time.
Just as she finished washing up, she heard a knock on the door, which was then opened, and a series of chaotic sounds came from the living room... Jiang Can's heart tightened, and she hurriedly went out. She saw Jiang Mingyuan standing in the middle of the living room, staring at Yin Wenxi with a gloomy expression.
Jiang Can ran to hug her mother, her big eyes watching him warily.
Jiang Yao followed behind him, looking left and right as soon as she entered the house, as if there were treasures hidden there.
“Wenxi,” Jiang Mingyuan said coldly, “after all these years, are you still not planning to hand over the things?”
"Ha," Yin Wenxi's body trembled slightly, "After all these years, you still haven't given up!"
"Don't forget, I was the one who took you in back then!" Jiang Mingyuan's eyes were sinister. "You said you would repay kindness! But you still won't give me back what I took. What kind of repayment is this?"
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