You'll find out then.
Huo Yan remained mysterious and ultimately didn't tell Xu Qingyun what use the photo album could possibly be.
Xu Qingyun didn't press the matter further.
If Huo Yan could tell, he naturally wouldn't hide it, which shows that he can't let her know yet.
She flipped through the photos again; besides her maternal grandmother's and Fu Yue's photos, there were also her mother's.
Three-year-olds, five-year-olds, eight-year-olds, and sixteen-year-olds...
In other words, the grandmother actually knew that Ye Xiao was switched at birth and that her mother was her biological daughter. She had been watching over her mother all along, but had never acknowledged her as her mother.
Was it to protect the mother?
Xu Qingyun stroked the woman in the photo, and that sense of connection returned to her heart. She could feel that Fu Yue must love her mother.
But why can't we recognize it?
Her maternal grandmother disowned her mother, and now Huo Xize disowns her. Even with clue after clue, Xu Qingyun remains shrouded in mystery.
"Brother, where did you get this from?" Xu Qingyun asked.
Huo Yan's eyes were full of doting affection, and his smile was as gentle as water. "I got it from Ye Boyun. I knew you would like it, so I sent it over."
At this moment, Huo Yan really wanted to let out a groundhog scream.
His beautiful younger sister called him "brother" very naturally!
How could this not be exciting?!
"Little sister, call me again, I just love hearing it so much!"
Hearing Huo Yan's words, Xu Qingyun couldn't help but chuckle, "Brother."
"Good girl."
Huo Yan was overjoyed and couldn't help but reach out and rub his sister's head.
Ji Hanchen happened to witness this scene.
He just went to buy cherries for Xu Qingyun, and in the short time he was gone, Huo Yan barged in. The bodyguards at the door are truly useless.
Ji Hanchen walked to the bedside, sat on the bed, pulled Xu Qingyun into his arms, and looked at Huo Yan with cold eyes. "Young Master Huo is really an unemployed bum. He does nothing all day and just runs to the hospital all the time. Is the inheritance of the Huo family already in his grasp?"
Huo Yan sneered, "I came to see my sister, do you have a problem with that?"
Ji Hanchen rubbed the spot where Huo Yan had just touched Xu Qingyun, his voice low and deep, "Of course I have a problem with it, so can Young Master Huo get lost?"
Huo Yan curled his lip, not expecting her to be such a jealous person, she really has a petty mind.
He's no stranger; he's Xiaoyun's own brother, from the same parents!
When Ji Hanchen finds out later, let's see if he regrets being so disrespectful to his brother-in-law!
"Ji Hanchen, hurry up and wash the cherries. My sister loves cherries the most." Huo Yan said with a forced smile.
Ji Hanchen gave Huo Yan a disapproving look, then coldly went to wash the fruit and brought it up.
Huo Yan picked up a piece and handed it to Xu Qingyun, saying, "Open your mouth, little sister, I'll feed you."
Xu Qingyun's eyes flickered slightly, and her peripheral vision quickly swept over Ji Hanchen's gloomy handsome face. She stretched out her hand and said, "I can do it myself."
Huo Yan dodged slightly, saying, "Brother, I've always wanted to spoil my little sister like this, so you have to fulfill my lifelong wish."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a mocking voice rang out, "How come I didn't know you wanted to be a doting brother?"
Huo Yan suddenly looked towards the door, his dark eyes narrowing slightly. "Huo Miaomiao, what brings you here?!"
He knew Huo Miaomiao had come to Nancheng, but he didn't expect her to go directly to the hospital.
Huo Miaomiao glared at Huo Yan, "Can't I come whenever I want? Do I have to ask your permission?"
After saying that, Huo Miaomiao glared at Xu Qingyun, her mind filled with Huo Yan's words.
"Huo Yan, is this how you always deceive young girls? What do you mean you always wanted to spoil your little sister like this? Bah!"
"How dare you say that? How many sisters do you have?! This is my own sister, my cousin from my eldest uncle's and third uncle's families, my cousin from my aunt's family, you have so many sisters, how come I've never seen you spoil one of them?"
“He always has a long face towards my younger sister, either yelling at her or complaining about her. He doesn’t pamper her at all, he doesn’t treat me like a human being.”
"She talks about her younger sister, but who knows what she really thinks?"
"Xu Qingyun, don't say I didn't warn you, don't fall for Huo Yan's tricks. He's just a playboy who toys with women's feelings. He just wants to seduce you!"
Huo Miaomiao was like a machine gun, firing off in rapid succession, her voice incredibly crisp.
Huo Yan glared at Huo Miaomiao irritably, "Are you out of your mind? Go back to Haicheng right now."
"I'm not going back! I'm here to drag you back for Mom! Look at you, always dangling your ear around. Don't you want to inherit the Huo family anymore? Your cousins are all secretly pushing for advancement, but you're just using your energy on women, and not just any women."
Huo Miaomiao grew angrier the more she thought about it.
If Huo Yan really likes Xu Qingyun, then he should pursue her. Xu Qingyun is pretty enough, and it would be good for her to be his sister-in-law. But Huo Yan just keeps referring to her as his sister!
What, doesn't he have a younger sister?
Huo Miaomiao felt wronged and angry just thinking about it, and wished she could kill Huo Yan right now!
"Huo Miaomiao, get away from me!" Don't disturb their precious time together!
Huo Miaomiao was furious. Seeing Huo Yan feeding Xu Qingyun cherries, she gritted her teeth and asked, "I'm your sister, why aren't you giving me any?"
"Here, here, take them all." Huo Yan grabbed a handful of cherries with his big hand and stuffed them into Huo Miaomiao's arms.
Huo Miaomiao burst into tears, "Huo Yan, are you even human? I'm allergic to cherries, and you've given me so many! Are you trying to kill me?!"
Huo Yan was taken aback. "Huo Miaomiao, are you sick? You're allergic to something and you still want it from me?!"
"You're the one who's sick! I almost died when I was little because you fed me cherries. Did you forget that Mom hit you that time?!"
Huo Yan certainly remembered.
That time, Ji Yaxuan hit him very hard, grabbing his neck tightly and demanding fiercely, "Why did you hurt my daughter! You bastard! I'll strangle you! I'll strangle you!"
Ji Yaxuan was like a madwoman at the time, almost killing him. She was completely different from the person Huo Yan remembered.
Huo Yan was terrified. He stared at Ji Yaxuan, speechless, wondering why his mother was treating him this way.
It wasn't until her grandfather rushed over that Ji Yaxuan realized she had almost strangled him. She hugged him and cried, apologizing repeatedly, saying, "Huo Yan, Mom was wrong, Mom was wrong, please don't hate Mom, okay?"
It was from that time that Huo Yan began to loathe Ji Yaxuan and Huo Miaomiao.
Huo Yan was a troublemaker, always causing trouble and even tearing the roof off, but Ji Yaxuan always felt guilty about the time she hit him, so no matter how much trouble he caused, Ji Yaxuan would always cover for him.
Several times, he angered his grandfather to the point of wanting to punish him, but Ji Yaxuan stopped him each time.
Ji Yaxuan cried and said, "Dad, hit me instead! Beating Huo Yan half to death that year was the most regrettable thing I ever did in my life. I can't bear to see him get beaten again! I am his mother. He became like this because I spoiled him. Hit me instead, I'm willing to take it."
Yes, Ji Yaxuan practically spoils him with her life.
He was turned into a good-for-nothing who only knew how to cause trouble and had no knowledge, which made his grandfather increasingly disappointed in him, and finally...
Thinking of these things, a fierce glint flashed in Huo Yan's eyes.
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