Jiang Mianmian realized she had spoken out of turn, blinked at her mother, and remained silent.
"Silly girl!" Su Aiqian exclaimed angrily, pulling her into the living room and whispering, "You wouldn't happen to have feelings for him, would you?"
"So what if it's interesting?" Jiang Mianmian lowered her head as if she had done something wrong, but her face was full of stubbornness. "I...we have a marriage certificate..."
"Are you out of your mind?!" Su Ai poked him with a finger. "That marriage certificate is fake!"
"Mom, keep your voice down!"
"Mianmian!" Su Aiqian was almost in grief.
It felt like a perfectly good cabbage being eaten by a pig, or a beautiful flower being picked clean, pot and all...
"Mom knows what you're thinking, that's why I'm disciplining him!" Su Aiqian lowered her voice and patiently explained to her, "If I discipline him now, he'll listen to you in the future, and you'll be happy!"
"Huh?" Jiang Mianmian was taken aback.
Su Aiqian felt both love and helplessness, and chuckled, "How could Mom harm you? I just hope to find a man who treats you well, someone who can spoil you for a lifetime like your dad and I dote on you... If such a man is hard to find even with a lantern, then Mom will mold one for you! Look, Xiao Huo is a perfect candidate for that!"
"mom……"
Jiang Mianmian had mixed feelings and secretly glanced into the kitchen.
Xiao Huo is using all his might to wash pig intestines, water splashing everywhere, a fierce battle is underway!
Su Aiqian exclaimed "Oh dear!" and rushed over. Soon after, her rapid-fire scolding echoed from the kitchen.
"If I can't see you for a while, you'll cause trouble!"
"Huo Yu, you've wasted so much water, you'd better pay me double your living expenses this month!"
"You're not eating tonight!!"
Jiang Mianmian knew all too well the fighting power her mother could unleash when she got angry, so she could only watch from afar and pray silently in her heart.
During dinner, Huo Junyu obediently went to wait under the porch.
However, Su Aiqian set his bowl and chopsticks on the table and served him a large bowl of rice.
Finally, she asked Jiang Mianmian to call the person in.
Jiang Mianmian happily agreed, like a blissful little bird.
Huo Junyu was somewhat surprised, but Jiang Mianmian's small hand was wrapped around his arm, and her warm body temperature made his heart flutter involuntarily.
His face remained expressionless, but his heart was in turmoil.
Jiang Mianmian pressed him down to sit on a stool, and the family sat around a round table with steaming hot food on it.
There was also a cup of Shaoxing wine that Jiang Youcai pushed over.
Opposite him was Jiang Xiaowei's playful expression, and Su Aiqian's seemingly serious but actually amused gaze.
Beside him was Jiang Mianmian's soft body, which would occasionally touch him.
Huo Junyu was momentarily dazed.
In that instant, he seemed to genuinely want to remove the "Jun" character from his name, and become Huo Yu, Huo Yu who was like Jiang Mianmian...
"Xiao Huo, what are you spacing out for?" Su Ai called out to him.
Huo Junyu snapped out of his daze and was about to pick up his rice bowl when Su Aiqian placed a large piece of pig intestine on his plate.
"Eat more, eat more!"
“Uh…” He never eats this kind of thing.
But Su Ai's face lit up with a smile as she kept praising, "Let me tell you, Xiao Huo chopped these onions and washed the intestines! Xiao Huo deserves half the credit for tonight's meal!"
"Oh, really? Then I'll eat more!" Jiang Xiaowei immediately picked up her chopsticks.
However, Su Ai slapped him back.
"You little rascal, all you know is eating! Your brother-in-law hasn't even touched it yet!"
Jiang Xiaowei stared at her mother in disbelief.
"mom?"
"Oh, no, no!" Su Ai quickly corrected herself, "It's Xiao Huo... Xiao Huo hasn't touched it yet! Xiao Huo, hurry up and eat!"
Jiang Mianmian's face was already completely red, even the tips of her ears were red.
Huo Junyu turned to look at her and felt that the little woman beside him was like a cherry blossom, pink and beautiful.
But at that moment, a voice suddenly asked him from his subconscious:
Do you still remember Little Yuzu?
Huo Junyu's hand trembled slightly as he shoveled mouthfuls of rice into his mouth to hide his dazed state.
Little pomelo...
If Xiaoyouzi were still alive, wouldn't he have fulfilled his marriage agreement with the Lu family long ago, and then taken over the Huo family step by step, becoming a good husband and a good father?
Now he is in Jiangzhou, and he is Huo Yu.
He broke free from Huo Junyu's body, but he knew he would always be in Xiaoyouzi's shadow.
He had told himself many times that Xiaoyouzi was only one year old when she went missing, and he was just a child himself. How could a child have such deep feelings? There was no need to care.
But for some reason, every time he saw Jiang Mianmian, saw her innocent smile, heard her soft voice, and saw her puffing up in anger... he couldn't help but think of Xiaoyouzi.
He wondered if he had a mental illness.
He sighed softly and, after finishing his meal, took the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen.
Just as Jiang Mianmian was about to turn on the tap, Huo Junyu reached out and gently stopped her, saying, "The water is cold, I'll wash it."
Jiang Mianmian was taken aback.
Su Ai was overjoyed, never expecting her transformation to be so successful! Xiao Huo had even started actively looking for work to do.
She and Jiang Youcai exchanged a glance, and the elderly couple smiled and walked over. "You two don't need to wash up, your dad and I are in the kitchen! Mianmian, it's still early, why don't you take Xiao Huo for a walk on the beach!"
Huo Junyu and Jiang Mianmian were both stunned for a moment, and then, without saying a word, Su Aiqian pushed them out the door.
The two of them stood there staring at each other, which was rather awkward.
"You go first."
"You...you go first." Jiang Mianmian followed behind him like an obedient little wife.
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