Huo Junyu remained silent for a moment.
If that girl really is Xiaoyouzi, even if she has been away from home for many years and is unfamiliar with everything, now that she has been found and has the love of her parents, she shouldn't be too afraid of the outside world.
At least the reaction wouldn't be so strong.
However, according to Huo Junyang, this little pomelo was so wary, it seemed more like she was afraid of being discovered...
"Hey, bro? Are you listening?"
"Yes, I'm here," Huo Junyu said in a deep voice.
He locked the roller shutter and stood at the shop entrance to continue listening to the phone call.
“Yangyang,” he scratched his head, “I think this matter… will probably still depend on you.”
Huo Junyang let out a scream.
Huo Junyu suppressed a laugh and said to him in a serious tone, "Think about it, you've already tried so many times. Maybe you'll succeed if you just try one more time? If I go back, I'll have to start all over again. That's not worth it!"
However, the younger brother wasn't fooled: "Well, maybe your one effort will be more effective than my hundred efforts? After all, you're the Lu family's son-in-law..."
"What are you saying!"
Huo Junyu let out a low growl.
Huo Junyang was silent for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Brother, you don't want to come back, is it because you don't want to be a son-in-law of the Lu family, but instead want to be a live-in son-in-law in Jiangzhou?"
"you……"
Huo Junyu couldn't do anything to him over the phone, so he just let him have his way with the slap.
"I'm saying, can you really bear to watch your brother sell his body and still not get the truth? Can you bear it? Can you bear it?"
Faced with his younger brother's three probing questions, the older brother retorted without hesitation: "We can't both sell our bodies, can we? One of us has to use our looks, and the other has to use their brains..."
"Then why are you the one who uses your brain?"
"Because I've been smarter than you since I was little!"
"you……"
"But you've always been more handsome than me since we were kids!" Huo Junyu smiled. "And much more handsome than me!"
Huo Junyang thought about it and realized that it made sense.
When they were little, their parents would take them out, and everyone, regardless of age or gender, would prefer to surround them.
Huo Junyu, on the other hand, is cold and unyielding, which makes people feel very distant from him.
"Uh, okay." Huo Junyang replied sullenly, "Then... shall I continue?"
Huo Junyu couldn't have been happier: "Continue, continue!"
The second young master gritted his teeth: "You really are my own brother!"
Huo Junyu chuckled to himself.
Suddenly, another question came to mind: "What do you think of that little pomelo's appearance?"
"What do you mean, how do you see it? Didn't I already say that she does look a bit like Uncle Ashan, and quite a bit like Lu Ming too! But..."
Huo Junyang paused, remained silent for a moment, and then continued, "However, it's generally not easy to tell a lot about appearances without a specific environment."
"What do you mean?"
"For example, if you put Lu Xiaoyou outside alone, you certainly wouldn't think she looks like Uncle Ashan or Lu Ming. But when everyone is sitting together, you can naturally tell who is whose family!"
Huo Junyu frowned and pondered, and it seemed to make sense.
He and Huo Junyang are actually brothers, but when they were young, unless they went out with their parents or others didn't know about their relationship, no one ever said they looked alike.
If he and Huo Junyang weren't standing together, no one would have randomly associated them as Huo Zhixing's sons or brothers.
“So,” Huo Junyang explained, “the issue of appearance needs a reference point! When family members sit together, outsiders can definitely tell them apart at a glance!”
“Hmm,” Huo Junyu nodded after a moment, “You’re right…”
For some reason, Jiang Mianmian's face suddenly flashed through his mind at that moment.
He recalled having dinner with the Jiang family: Jiang Youcai, Su Aiqian, and Jiang Xiaowei. They looked like a family because Jiang Xiaowei's appearance combined features of her parents.
But Jiang Mianmian is different.
It's often said that daughters resemble their fathers in many ways, but this rule seems to have failed in the case of Jiang Youcai and Jiang Mianmian.
"Hey, brother?" Huo Junyang asked worriedly when he didn't hear his voice. "What are you doing over there?"
"Oh, it's nothing," Huo Junyu replied. "I'm almost home, I won't talk to you now, you should get some rest too."
"I'm sober now, let's chat a little longer!" Huo Junyang said lazily. "You live in a big villa by yourself, and there's no one else around. How about we video chat?"
"I'm not talking to you!" Huo Junyu emphasized. "I don't live in the villa, and... my family is asleep, I don't want to wake them!"
"What?" Huo Junyang instantly snapped to attention. "Your family?"
"Yes, my family... what's the big deal!"
As he spoke, he walked into the alley and came to the porch.
Amid Huo Junyang's shouting, Huo Junyu ruthlessly hung up the phone and turned it off.
He chuckled softly, tiptoed inside, and the first thing he did was quietly go up to the attic to check on her.
Because of the heat, Jiang Mianmian rarely closes the door completely when she sleeps, always leaving it slightly ajar.
Huo Junyu stood outside, peering through the crack in the door.
He saw Jiang Mianmian sleeping soundly, saw that she still had the banknote he had drawn with her name on it placed next to her pillow, and saw her occasionally turning over with a seemingly smiling expression on her face...
A sudden thought struck him, and he unconsciously smiled along with her.
He never imagined that one day he would linger in a strange city, and the reason he stayed was a moment that made his heart flutter.
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