"Quick! Call Huo Qu!" Mrs. Huo was so anxious that she called out her youngest son's full name, her face turning slightly pale.
There was no one around Huo Qu at this time. What if something unexpected happened...
The more Mrs. Huo thought about it, the more frightened she became. She couldn't help but urge Huo Rong again, "Did he fight? How is it? Where is Huo Qu?"
"Mom, no one answered." Huo Rong handed the phone to her with some embarrassment, letting her listen to the busy tone on the phone, "I guess I didn't bring my phone with me today."
"You're trying to piss me off to death." Mrs. Huo covered her chest and took two quick breaths, her eyes red.
"Mom, don't worry." Huo Zheng squatted down to comfort his mother. "My little brother is an adult after all. Don't watch him too closely. It's okay." Afraid that his mother would refute him, he quickly continued, "How about this, I'll take the bodyguards to look for him in the mall, and you and my second brother will go to the service desk and ask them to help make an announcement."
"Okay, okay." Mrs. Huo was a little confused at the moment. She grabbed her eldest son's hand and nodded repeatedly.
Not knowing that his family had been thrown into chaos because of his disappearance, Huo Qu was now standing in front of the tall round decoration in the center of the mall, with confusion written all over his face.
He clearly saw Qinghuan just now, but how come she disappeared in the blink of an eye?
Touching the number plate in his pocket, Huo Qu became a little anxious.
The second brother said that this was a serial number tag for an actor's audition. Although he didn't understand what it meant, he thought that this thing might be very important to Qinghuan, so he wanted to return it to him quickly.
Thinking of this, Huo Qu quickened his pace, intending to look for it more carefully. But for some reason, he walked around and around, but was still going around in circles.
Huo Qu: “?”
This was the twelfth time he had passed this place. It was so strange!
"Mom, why is that brother spinning around all the time?" A little girl in a light pink sweater pointed at Huo Qu and turned to ask her mother.
The young mother was stunned when she heard the words. She looked over and saw Huo Qu finished one circle and started the next one.
"Brother - brother was playing games." The little girl's mother racked her brains and finally came up with an excuse.
The little girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she broke free from her mother's hand and stumbled to Huo Qu, "Brother, what game are you playing? I want to play too!"
Huo Qu lowered his head, his face serious: "I didn't play games."
The little girl's eyes suddenly filled with tears, and she accused him crisply, "Brother, you are lying, you were obviously just playing games!"
Huo Quqi emphasized: "I didn't lie, and I didn't play games."
"Wow——" As soon as the words fell, the little girl burst into tears, "Brother——Brother is bad! Brother is a big bad guy!"
Huo Qu took a step back in panic, looking at the young mother who was running over in a panic. He opened his mouth and finally uttered a few words, "She - she's crying -"
The little girl's mother forced a smile at him as a response, then quickly lowered her head to coax her daughter.
But the little girl didn't know what was going on and she couldn't stop crying.
Being stared at accusingly by those big tearful eyes, Huo Qu swallowed nervously, held onto the decorations beside him, and tried to sneak away, but he unexpectedly stepped on the instep of the person behind him.
"Ah, sorry." He said apologetically, turned his head slightly, and when his eyes fell on the man's face, he instantly showed a bit of surprise, "Qing Huan!"
"Huo Qu?" Yu Qinghuan still remembered him. After all, Huo Qu's face was very impactful and it was hard to forget. "Why are you here?"
"This is for you!" Huo Qu didn't answer him. He rummaged in his pocket and handed his hand to Yu Qinghuan. As if to take credit, she looked at him with sparkling eyes, "I, I picked it up."
Yu Qinghuan was still wondering how he knew her name, but when she looked down at the number plate, she immediately understood, "It's mine, thank you, but it's useless, just throw it away, no need to give it back to me."
"...Is that so?" Huo Qu's hands slowly dropped down, his expression becoming much darker.
It was like a primary school student who was in a hurry to finish his homework, waiting for praise from his parents, but was poured a bucket of cold water instead.
Yu Qinghuan found it funny and asked him, "Why are you here? Buying clothes?"
"Yeah." Huo Qu nodded vigorously, and was immediately led in the wrong direction by Yu Qinghuan.
Yu Qinghuan frowned: "You came here by yourself?"
This family is really careless, letting such a lazy and ignorant young master run around outside.
"No." Huo Qu answered every question about Yu Qinghuan, "I came with my mother and my older brothers."
Yu Qinghuan sighed, "You have so many children."
Huo Qu was about to say that they didn't have any children when he saw Yu Qinghuan looking down at his watch. "It's getting late. I have something else to do in the evening. I have to go back. You and your family can go shopping slowly."
He is leaving.
The big tail that had been wagging behind Huo Qu suddenly drooped down, and he uttered a few words in a listless voice, "Okay."
Yu Qinghuan smiled at him, turned and left.
After taking a few steps, Huo Qu caught up with him from behind like the wind.
Yu Qinghuan: "Anything else?"
"Here you go!" Huo Qu's ears, which were hidden behind his hair, blushed slightly. He handed a white business card to Yu Qinghuan and gestured, "Mine—mine."
"Thank you." Yu Qinghuan took his business card with some surprise. It seemed that she didn't expect Huo Qu to do such a thing. She was stunned for a few seconds before saying, "What should I do? I don't have a business card."
Seeing that the hair on Huo Qu's head had fallen down, his heart softened all of a sudden, "Give me your phone, I'll save my number in it."
Huo Qu searched his body for a long time, and finally raised his head with empty hands, "What should I do, Qinghuan, I - I didn't bring my cell phone." He was so anxious that his eyes were slightly red.
Yu Qinghuan sighed inwardly that this was too unfair. If Huo Qu's personality was not the type he liked, he would probably have been unable to control himself and made a move.
"It's okay. I have your business card. I'll call you when I get home tonight so you know my number."
"That's good." Huo Qu finally smiled, a shallow dimple appeared on his left cheek, "Then-then don't forget it."
Yu Qinghuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't worry."
He had a dinner party in the evening and couldn't stay with Huo Qu for too long, but seeing that Huo Qu seemed to be clinging to him and didn't want to let him go, Yu Qinghuan couldn't bring himself to just leave. Just when I was thinking about whether to ask him out for dinner next time, the mall broadcast rang in my ears -
"Mr. Huo Qu, please come to the service desk immediately after hearing the broadcast. Your family is waiting for you."
It was played five times in a row, each time faster than the last.
It looks like someone is urging someone around.
Yu Qinghuan turned to Huo Qu in astonishment: "You and your family are lost?"
Huo Qu: “?”
"Forget it." Seeing that he looked confused, Yu Qinghuan asked, "Do you know where the service desk is?"
Huo Qu shook his head blankly.
"I asked the wrong question." Yu Qinghuan held his forehead and looked around. He saw a shopping guide in a mall uniform and quickly pulled her aside. "Beautiful lady, could you please take him to the service desk?"
It was the busiest time of the day, and the shopping guide was so busy that she wished she had eight legs. She raised her head impatiently and said, "The service desk is over there. It won't be--"
The three words "go by yourself" were stuck in his throat when he saw Yu Qinghuan's face before he could even utter them.
"No - I won't leave. I'll take you away." The tone suddenly changed 180 degrees.
"It's not me." Yu Qinghuan pushed Huo Qu in front of her, "It's him, thank you."
The shopping guide's heartbeat stopped again. Facing Huo Qu's handsome face, she felt that her brain could no longer think. She nodded in a daze, "Okay, okay."
What day is today! How come I met two extremely handsome guys at once! Not to mention showing her the way, she would be happy even if you asked her to buy things for her!
Seeing this, Yu Qinghuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, said something to Huo Qu, and hurried out of the mall.
Huo Qu did not move. He still stood there, staring blankly in the direction where Yu Qinghuan left. Until he could no longer see her, he withdrew his gaze in disappointment and followed the salesgirl back to the service desk.
"Where have you been, you damn kid?" Mrs. Huo saw him coming back and stepped forward to pat him lightly, saying angrily, "Mom is so worried."
Huo Qu looked at her in confusion, "?"
"You don't know the way and you don't know how to call a taxi. What if you can't get home?"
"No." Huo Qu said seriously.
"You still dare to quibble!" Mrs. Huo asked Huo Rong to call Huo Zheng and tell him that he had been found. She turned around and continued to educate Huo Qu, "You just got lost a few days ago and you forgot about it. How could you be so disobedient——"
Mrs. Huo was still chattering on, but Huo Qu's thoughts had already run to another place.
He won't get lost, Qinghuan will send him home.
Thinking of Yu Qinghuan, Huo Qu felt as if a lively bird had flown into his heart. He was happy and excited. He didn't know what this feeling was. Maybe it was gratitude. After all, among so many people, only Qinghuan noticed his embarrassment.
"Mom." Huo Qu suddenly interrupted Mrs. Huo's nagging, "I want to go home."
Mrs. Huo and the two brothers of the Huo family were all stunned.
Huo Qu was twenty-seven years old, and this was the first time he made a request to them.
In the past, he was like an invisible man. He never expressed his opinions and had no preferences. He even ate whatever food was given to him. His communication with other people was basically zero. This was one of the reasons why Mrs. Huo was so worried about him.
And today, he actually said he wanted to go home!
Mrs. Huo almost cried for joy. She threw all the preaching behind her and quickly asked the driver to drive to the parking lot.
On the way, she thought her youngest son would say something to her, but Huo Qu was still the same as before, turning a deaf ear to their words and just sitting there obediently without saying a word.
The only difference from before was that after getting home, he started looking for his cell phone all over the house.
"Here." Huo Rong couldn't stand him running around the house like a headless fly, so he took out the cell phone that was pressed under the cushion and threw it to him.
Huo Qu went upstairs happily holding his cell phone. He placed the phone squarely on the table, staring at the black screen without blinking, his eyes full of anticipation.
Qinghuan said she wanted to call him.
Everyone in the Huo family was left standing in the living room in confusion, looking at each other, with question marks in their minds.
Huo Qu...what happened?
The author has something to say: Huo Qu: I waited for Qing Huan's call and answered it immediately =v=
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