next day
After breakfast, Jiang Chen and He Qianmin went to the Folk Street yesterday to buy gifts for their parents and the He family, and then went directly to the airport. They arrived at the He family's old house just in time for lunch.
Before stepping into the door, Jiang Chen saw He Qianyang sitting by the door eating roasted sweet potatoes. He was wearing a military coat and a Lei Feng hat, squatting by the door, and he looked completely different from the fashionable outfit he wore on his birthday in July.
"Hey! You're back, brother!" He Qianyang heard the noise and waved the sweet potato to greet him. His breath was quickly liquefied into white mist by the cold air, like puffing out clouds and smoke: "Do you want to eat? It's hot."
Jiang Chen paused and turned to look at He Qianmin.
He Qianmin lowered his voice and leaned close to Jiang Chen's ear: "He is like this at home, ignore him."
"What are you talking about?" He Qianyang stood up, took out two sweet potatoes from his coat pocket, and stuffed one into Jiang Chen and He Qianmin's hands respectively: "Warm your hands, I'll help you with your luggage, what did you bring back?"
"A little gift." Jiang Chen had a hard time adapting to the huge change between He Qianyang's summer and winter. He stepped back holding the sweet potato and said, "It's not much. I can bring it myself."
"What do you mean by carry it yourself? Don't you consider me your brother?" He Qianyang took his suitcase and stuffed his half-eaten roasted sweet potato into Jiang Chen's other hand. His hand, which smelled of sweet potato, rubbed Jiang Chen's head: "Help me carry it. As a younger brother, you have to listen to your older brother. Let's go in."
Jiang Chen froze in place. He Qianmin suppressed his gloating expression and said, "Brother, shall we go in?"
"Has He Qianyang always been like this?" Jiang Chen asked.
He Qianmin thought for a moment and said, "It's just temporary. I guess it's because my uncle and the others told him your identity. He's acting crazy because of this. It should be fine after this period of time passes."
"What are you talking about?" He Qianyang walked halfway and turned back to ask, "Are you two saying bad things about my brother behind his back?"
He Qianmin rolled his eyes at him, "Stop making so much noise! I'm coming!"
"Hurry up! What are you dawdling for?"
Jiang Chen and He Qianmin walked side by side behind He Qianyang. Seeing that he was in a very good mood and humming a tune, He Qianmin turned his head slightly, approached Jiang Chen, covered his mouth and said, "Every time he does this, someone will be unlucky. Be careful, brother."
"What do you mean?" Jiang Chen was curious.
He Qianmin: "Whenever he's in a good mood, someone else will be in a bad mood."
"Why is it bad?"
"It's hard to say." He Qianmin shrugged his shoulders and said to Jiang Chen in a low voice meaningfully: "You may know it later."
"Chenchen and Minmin are back!"
When He Qianyang raised his voice, Jiang Chen and He Qianmin paused and looked at each other.
"You're back?" Old Madam He and Yang Yun came out to greet them. When they saw them standing at the door, they immediately pulled one of them in with one hand each: "Come in quickly. Is it cold outside?"
Jiang Chen smiled: "Not cold."
Jiang Chen was led by Yang Yun to sit on the sofa. There were many people in the living room, so there was only one double sofa left. He Qianmin sat next to him, and He Qianyang came in after putting away his luggage.
“Where are my sweet potatoes?”
Jiang Chen handed the sweet potato he had been holding to He Qianyang, and after He Qianyang took it, he sat down on the other side of Jiang Chen very naturally. The sofa was originally just right for two people to sit on, and it seemed crowded with three people sitting down.
"Why are you crowding together with your brothers?" The short-haired, dashing woman raised her eyebrows and said, "I'm telling you, He Qianyang, don't do anything weird to me, and don't bully your two brothers, okay?"
"Aren't there no seats left?" He Qianyang squeezed Jiang Chen as a matter of course: "What do you mean by bullying your younger brother? This is my education of love. I must treat Chenchen and Minmin equally, grandma, don't you think so?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Old Madam He said with a smile, "Brothers should be close to each other. Look how similar the three brothers are when they sit together, especially Chenchen and Yangyang. They look like they were cast from the same mold."
He Qianyang hooked Jiang Chen's neck and moved closer to the old lady: "Don't they look alike?"
"They look very similar." The old lady touched their faces and said, "Oh, they are both my good grandsons, so handsome."
He Qianyang raised his chin: "He Qianmin is just a little worse than us, right?"
"Minmin, what's wrong with you?" The old lady said angrily, "Your brother has a very pretty dimple when he smiles, just like Chenchen."
"It seems that Chenchen has become the template for our family's good-looking children." He Qianyang pretended to be dissatisfied, "Before, you always said that I was the grandson you thought was the most handsome. Now you have changed your mind, right?"
"Nonsense, now you are also grandma's most handsome grandson." Old Mrs. He smiled from ear to ear: "You and Chenchen and Minmin are the most handsome guys in grandma's heart. There is no one in the world more handsome than you three."
"Before, I always thought that the boy from the Shi family was the best looking." The short-haired woman smiled and said, "Now that I see Chenchen, I feel that our Chenchen is better looking."
"Chenchen is good-looking, but Xiaoshi is still prettier. I don't know how that child grew up, he is so delicate." Yang Yun smiled and said, "When Qianmin saw him for the first time when he was a child, he asked me if he was the son of the elf prince in the fairy tale."
"When did that happen?" He Qianmin sighed and said dissatisfiedly, "I was still young at that time, and I had never seen Shi Fengyue's parents. I thought he came out of an egg, so that's why they said that. It has nothing to do with what he looks like, okay?"
"Do you think elves come out of eggs?" He Qianyang laughed.
He Qianmin: "I said I was still young at that time!"
"I think he looked like his mother when he was young." Mrs. He continued Yang Yun's words and smiled, "His mother was so beautiful. When she first came to our compound, all the young men came out to see her. Some even squatted at the door and refused to leave. In all my years, I have only seen a girl as beautiful as his mother when she was young. She was like a painting just sitting there."
Jiang Chen was about to pry open He Qianyang's arm when he heard what Old Lady He said and paused. The old lady stopped talking at this point, and Yang Yun smiled and changed the subject: "You're busy talking as soon as you came in. Chenchen hasn't met your aunt yet, right? Call someone."
Jiang Chen looked at the woman with a sassy smile and said, "Aunt."
"Good boy." Jiang Yiyuan smiled and handed a small box to Jiang Chen: "I didn't know what to give you when we first met, but I heard that you were going to Hua University, and I happened to have an apartment next to Hua University, so I gave it to you for your commute to school."
Jiang Chen paused as he was about to take it and said, "This is too expensive."
"What's the big deal? Just keep it since your aunt gave it to you." He Qianyang took the box for Jiang Chen, took out the key and stuffed it into Jiang Chen's pocket. He lowered his voice and smirked, "When you find a girlfriend, you'll know the benefits of having a house outside."
"What are you talking about! I told you not to teach your brother bad things." Jiang Yiyuan slapped He Qianyang on the head: "Don't listen to your brother."
"Do you have a girlfriend?" He Qianyang didn't care about being beaten and turned to ask Jiang Chen.
"No."
"No, I don't have the style of your brother back then." He Qianyang said with a sigh: "But it's okay, when you go to college, I'll introduce you to someone."
"No need." Jiang Chen raised the corner of his mouth, "I don't need it."
"Then you want a boyfriend?" He Qianyang frowned as if in embarrassment: "It doesn't matter, as long as you like it, I can give you one..."
"Give what!" He Yanjun heard this as soon as he came downstairs, and slapped him on the back of the head: "What did your brother say?"
"What can I say?" He Qianyang hid behind Jiang Chen and said, "Brother, this is for you. Please help me put in a good word."
Jiang Chen pulled He Qianyang's hand away and pushed him towards He Yanjun: "Uncle, he said he wanted to introduce me to a boyfriend."
"Boyfriend!" He Yanjun's expression changed and several slaps fell instantly.
"I'm already in college and you still hit me!" He Qianyang dodged and said, "I'm wrong, Dad. I was just joking! It was really a joke! Aren't I trying to cultivate a relationship with my brother?"
"You're trying to build relationships by joking like this?" He Yanjun chased him and said, "If your brother really goes astray, I'll beat you to death!"
Jiang Chen calmly watched He Qianyang jumping up and down, and He Qianmin gave him a thumbs up: "Brother, you are still the best."
"Alright, alright, stop making trouble." Jiang Yiyuan was used to this scene. "Let's get ready to eat. Everything is ready in the kitchen."
"Let's go." He Qianmin pulled Jiang Chen up. Halfway through the walk, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Why didn't I see He Qianjian? I was wondering why you were so happy just now. The atmosphere was different when he wasn't around."
Yang Yun was walking behind them. When she heard this, she turned around and looked for him: "Qian Jian was just in the living room. Mom will go find him. You guys go to the dining room first."
"What's wrong?" Jiang Yiyuan and He Yanya were walking behind and asked when they saw Yang Yun returning.
Yang Yun lowered his voice and said, "Qian Jian is missing."
Jiang Yiyuan was stunned and said, "He should have gone upstairs by himself. I'll ask someone to go upstairs and call him."
"I'll go upstairs to find him." Yang Yun said.
"What's wrong?" He Yanfeng and Mr. He walked over.
"Qian Jian seems to be upstairs. I'll go and ask him to come down for dinner."
Mr. He frowned and said, "Go ahead."
When everyone was seated at the table, Yang Yun and He Qianjian walked into the restaurant.
Mr. He glanced at him calmly and said, "Sit down."
He Qianjian stood where he was, his eyes sweeping over Jiang Chen who was sitting in his original seat, without moving.
"Qian Min, move to the side." He Yanfeng said lightly.
The table in the He family restaurant is a large round table. Usually people sit in order of seniority. At this moment, except for Jiang Chen sitting in the seat where He Qianjian used to sit, the other seats have not changed. However, He Qianjian was not there just now, so He Qianmin, who should have moved back, did not reserve a seat for him.
He Qianmin called out to his aunt at home: "Auntie, please put the stool there." He was referring to the seat next to He Qianyu.
He Qianjian said: "You took my seat." He couldn't conflict with Jiang Chen now, but that didn't mean he couldn't conflict with He Qianmin. On the contrary, if he kept giving in, Mr. He would look down on him.
"When did I take your seat?" The smile on He Qianmin's face disappeared, and he said word by word with a gloomy face: "You have been sitting in my brother's seat."
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