Huo Junyang stared at his older brother in disbelief for a long time.
Jiang Can affectionately patted her youngest son's head, then looked at her eldest son with approval.
"Junyu is right."
Huo Zhixing nodded, "I remember Su Aiqian doted on Xiaoyouzi and treated her like her own daughter. Moreover, Su Aiqian also had cancer... In this respect, her situation is actually quite similar to Cheng Suyue's."
Jiang Can continued, "But under these circumstances, knowing that Xiao Youzi was going to marry our Junyu, she used all her resources to prepare a dowry for Xiao Youzi. A shop, a house, it's really nothing in our eyes, and Sister Yuqing might not even care, but that was all Su Aiqian could offer!"
“She not only gave us everything, but she didn’t ask for anything in return.” Huo Zhixing looked at his second son with a complicated expression. “She didn’t ask how much was in your mother’s jewelry box, let alone how many shares Junyu had.”
At this point, everyone fell silent.
Huo Junyang frowned, as if he realized something, and his heart pounded.
"Yangyang," Jiang Can said slowly after a while, "I suggest you postpone your marriage with Ranran."
"What?"
Huo Junyang suddenly stood up, his movement so abrupt that he almost knocked over the teacup on the table.
"Why...why?!" he cried, his voice trembling with emotion. "Ranran and I are already talking about marriage. Now you want me to tell her to postpone the wedding? What will she think?!"
"Calm down!" Huo Junyu pressed down on his shoulder. "It's not that I'm not letting you get married, it's just that it's postponed!"
"Don't touch me!"
"Huo Junyang!" Huo Junyu said coldly, "Now we need to figure out what Aunt Cheng is trying to do. It's not too late for you to get married after we figure it out!"
"What do you need to figure out?!" Huo Junyang shouted, "She just wants some money, right? We're not short of money! Why do you all think that everyone here is after property and power? Can't you think of people in a better light? She's Ranran's mother!"
"What are you shouting for in front of Mom and Dad!" Huo Junyu's tone became even more aggressive.
Although Huo Junyang was unconvinced, he remained silent, turning his face away and refusing to look at them with a huff.
Jiang Can stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, trying to comfort him. Huo Zhixing was stern in words, but he still felt sorry for his simple-minded youngest son.
It's just that they protected him too well.
He was the youngest in the family, and he was simple and kind-hearted. They always thought that protecting him from the ugliness of the outside world was a way of protecting him, but they were wrong.
Huo Junyang lacked his brother's shrewdness and courage, and was destined to suffer losses in certain matters.
"Yangyang, you..."
"I don't want to hear it!" This was the first time Huo Junyang had ever talked back to his mother in his life.
While Jiang Can was still in a daze, Huo Junyang ran out quickly.
Huo Zhixing was both angry and worried.
"Junyu, hurry and go with your brother! Don't let anything else happen!"
Huo Junyu agreed and quickly followed after them.
Unexpectedly, Huo Junyang ran fast enough, and soon the butler drove him to the horse farm on the back mountain.
He picked out his favorite horse and ran it around and around like crazy.
The wind blew past his ears, and his head buzzed as if tens of thousands of bees were buzzing inside him.
The problems that his parents and brother were worried about were things he could never understand... He thought that as long as he loved Ranran and Ranran loved him, that would be the perfect marriage.
Besides, my parents have never cared about "marrying someone of equal social standing," have they?
Huo Junyang's mind was in turmoil. He lashed out with his whip, and the horse galloped away, kicking up a cloud of dust.
After a while, he heard someone chasing after him.
Huo Junyu also rode his horse and ran laps with him. He was stunned for a moment, then sped up. Huo Junyu was a good horseman and kept up close.
Huo Junyang angrily reached out and squeezed the horse's belly.
"Are you crazy?!" Huo Junyu roared, managing to stop the horse before it ran away in fright, and it took him a lot of effort to bring it back to its feet.
After a while, the two horses calmed down, and the two brothers also calmed down, slowly circling the riding arena on their backs.
"Do you know how dangerous that was?" Huo Junyu's face remained grim. "What if you had fallen and gotten seriously injured? What would Ranran have done? What would Mom and Dad have done?"
Huo Junyang hung his head, neither refuting nor explaining.
He admitted that he was wrong, that he acted impulsively without considering the consequences, and that his older brother was right to teach him a lesson.
“You should grow up now.” Huo Junyu patted his shoulder. “Actually, from childhood to adulthood, although you are simple and straightforward, you have never been like this before…”
"Brother, are you mocking me?" Huo Junyang glanced at him. "It's only because you got married smoothly... If you were the one who postponed your wedding, let's see if you could still be so calm? You might be even crazier than me!"
Huo Junyu was taken aback; this deduction didn't seem wrong.
Outsiders always have a clearer view of things, and Huo Junyang is currently involved, so it's normal for him to have emotions.
"Don't blame Mom and Dad, and don't blame me for saying this to you," Huo Junyu said in a low voice. "Sometimes you just think too simply. At home, you have me and Mom and Dad to protect you. But what if we're not around anymore in the future? You won't be able to be wary of others at all. How can that be?"
"Brother, that's Ranran's mother!" Huo Junyang said helplessly. "What do you want me to guard against? She's a middle-aged woman with little education and a lot of illnesses. What's there to guard against?"
"Do you really believe what she said? Do you really think she's advocating for Ranran's interests?"
"Otherwise what?"
“Yangyang…” Huo Junyu’s throat tightened, and after hesitating for a moment, he told him the truth, “Once, Aunt Cheng was at the Lu family’s house and got into an argument with Pei Nian. The reason was that Pei Nian saw her loitering around Uncle Ashan’s study…”
"What?"
Pei Nian said that Aunt Cheng's behavior was indeed abnormal.
Huo Junyang looked at him without speaking, his lips pressed into a thin line, and a layer of anger gradually rose in his eyes.
"Yangyang?"
"What exactly does Pei Nian want to do!" Huo Junyang roared.
Huo Junyu was stunned. His younger brother was completely different from the warm and sunny boy he usually was.
"I've always thought she was strange! She's an outsider, yet she meddles in everything! She never says a word, and her eyes just stare at people with a sinister look!"
"I'm going to find her right now and get to the bottom of this. Why did she have to argue with Aunt Cheng? Why did she say Aunt Cheng was abnormal?"
After saying that, Huo Junyang jumped off his horse and ran away.
Huo Junyu's heart tightened.
Has this guy lost his mind? Is he going to cause trouble at the Lu family's house?
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