As she spoke, Jiang Mianmian gave him a thumbs up.
Huo Junyu looked at her and laughed, "The Second Young Master spent the whole day in the kitchen yesterday preparing. He spent three or four hours just marinating these things. It scared our chef to death!"
"Why?"
"They even thought the Huo family didn't need chefs anymore and were going to fire them."
Jiang Mianmian burst into laughter.
Lu Ran acted as a waitress, pouring drinks and distributing condiments for everyone, and the busier she was, the happier she was.
"Sis, this seasoning is Junyang's secret recipe! You absolutely have to try it!"
"Yes, you must try it!" Huo Junyu laughed. "That kid was holed up in the kitchen yesterday and wouldn't let me see him!"
"If you were to learn this, what would happen?" Huo Junyang, wearing a baggy T-shirt, said while fanning himself. "This is a secret recipe that I painstakingly developed. If you want to learn it, you'll have to pay tuition!"
Huo Junyu raised an eyebrow. "How much?"
Huo Junyang held up five fingers. "For the sake of being brothers, I'll take five hundred from you!"
"Isn't this Dad's allowance?"
"Hahaha……"
"You little rascal, thank goodness Dad's not here! Otherwise, he'd definitely untie that three-thousand-yuan antique belt and whip you!"
Huo Junyang laughed so hard he almost lost his balance. Wen Jie stepped forward to support him and took the skewers from his hands to continue eating.
"Alright, alright, you rest, I'll do it!"
Laughter filled the air under the sunlight, and even the little birds perched on the branches, watching them with envy.
Wen Jie suddenly noticed that everyone seemed to have forgotten the two most important people... and those two people were sitting quietly to the side, both dressed in black, wearing black baseball caps, and even their indifferent expressions were exactly the same.
Their eyes were calm, as if they had transcended this mortal world.
Wen Jie paused for a moment, then coughed lightly twice.
"Um...don't you guys feel like you've forgotten anything important?"
Huo Junyang, nicknamed "Little Sun," was the first to stop his hearty laughter.
Then, following Wen Jie's gaze, everyone realized that today was clearly a thank-you banquet, and also a welcome party for Huo Jingnan!
Huo Junyang slapped his forehead, stood up, and ran over to help Huo Jingnan up.
When he tried to pull Pei Nian away, she dodged him without hesitation.
Huo Junyang smiled awkwardly. Jiang Mianmian walked over and patted Pei Nian on the shoulder, encouraging her and Huo Jingnan to join the group.
Although Pei Nian was somewhat reluctant, she still followed Jiang Mianmian.
"Ahem, let me first give you a grand introduction to the special forces soldier next to me, who is brave, handsome, has legs that seem to go on forever, and possesses eight-pack abs and a V-line—Mr. Huo Jingnan!" Huo Junyang said while clapping enthusiastically.
Huo Jingnan was amused by him, revealing his eight clean and neat teeth.
"Junyang, it's been so long! Why are you still as cheerful as ever?"
Huo Junyu said, "That's just his nature; he can't change it."
Huo Jingnan stepped forward, poised and confident. "Let me introduce myself. I'm cousins with these two brothers. My father, Huo Zhishu, settled overseas a long time ago, so I haven't spent much time in Yangcheng growing up. But... my relationship with my brothers is 'stronger than gold'! Haha..."
As he spoke, he punched Huo Junyu and Huo Junyang on either side of him.
"Also, Junyang misspoke earlier. I'm not a special forces soldier, but a retired one. Although I'm no longer in the military, I'm ready to serve the country at any time if it needs me!"
Surprisingly, there was no applause at this moment.
Because all the men present were eager to cover their wives' starry eyes.
Unlike the other two, Huo Junyu quietly took Jiang Mianmian's hand and gave her the most tender and doting smile.
Jiang Mianmian asked in confusion, "Isn't your family's generation named after the character 'Jun'? Why is the special forces soldier named 'Jingnan'?"
"I have to explain this," Huo Jingnan chuckled. "My original name was Huo Junnan, but after joining the army, I felt that name sounded too feminine, so I changed it to Jingnan!"
"Yes, he's the only one in our family who dared to change his name," Huo Junyu laughed. "Our great-grandfather always named us, and he just changed it like that!"
Huo Jingnan shrugged. "A name is just a symbol. As long as you remember it, that's fine, isn't it?"
"Right, Miss Pei?"
He looked at Pei Nian, who had remained silent.
Pei Nian's mind was clearly elsewhere. After a long while, she stared at him blankly and asked, "Were you calling me?"
Huo Jingnan chuckled twice, "Otherwise... who else here has the surname Pei?"
"Oh." Pei Nian said indifferently, "I'm not used to people calling me Miss Pei."
"this……"
"Didn't you just say that a name is just a symbol?" Pei Nian asked expressionlessly. "My symbol is Pei Nian."
She looked up at him; beneath the baseball cap was a handsome and refined face.
She has delicate features, fair skin, and is as serene as a virgin.
But when he helped him subdue He Zhengsong that day, his eyes revealed a heroic air.
Huo Jingnan felt as if something had knocked on his heart, a feeling he had never experienced before in his life.
"Pei Nian?" he said softly, "What character is 'Nian'?"
"Never forgetting".
"Nian Nian?"
"What did you say?" Pei Nian raised an eyebrow, her eyes filled with rejection.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Huo Jingnan said sincerely. "I just thought it sounded really good... So, can I call you that from now on..."
“No.” Pei Nian coldly refused, not even glancing at him.
No one but her older sister can call her Niannian.
However, Huo Jingnan's expression changed; he hadn't expected to run into a snag.
The atmosphere was a little awkward. He gave a self-deprecating laugh and turned to get some chilled plum juice.
"Um... don't all stand there!" Wen Jie stepped in to defuse the situation. "I baked so much delicious food, why aren't you eating it? It'll get cold if you don't eat it soon!"
"Yes, yes, hurry up and eat!"
"Wen Jie, I want to eat steak!"
Everyone became lively again. Huo Junyang put his arm around Huo Jingnan's neck and whispered to him, "Brother Nan, just admit it!"
"What?"
“That one!” Huo Junyang told him with his eyes, “That Pei Nian, apart from Xiao Youzi, no one can handle her!”
Huo Jingnan was taken aback, and upon thinking about it, it seemed to be true.
When the two of them were sitting on the side, Huo Junyang tried to pull her, but she dodged away. However, when Jiang Mianmian tried to pull her, she obeyed.
Now look at it...
Pei Nian was very wary of everything around her, but she only showed a slight sense of relaxation in front of Jiang Mianmian.
Huo Jingnan asked, puzzled, "Why is Xiaoyou so special?"
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than a cold voice came from behind him:
"She's special, so what's wrong with that?"
The two grown men were startled at the same time!
Turning around, they saw Pei Nian standing barefoot in the stream behind them, her trousers rolled up, a faint smile on her lips.
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