Chapter 84: The Beloved Little Cousin 1
[Xie Mingzhu, the little daughter of the Xie family who had been stolen for more than ten years, was found one day. She jumped from an ordinary girl to a daughter of a top aristocratic family and was loved and pampered by all the Xie family members.
At a grand birthday party, Xie Mingzhu met several young men and women from prominent families. With her lively and cheerful personality, she became friends with the Xu family's daughter and fell in love with the Xu family's young master.
They went to school together, traveled together, and indulged themselves together. When faced with the vicious cousin who was loved and pampered by the old lady of the Xu family, Xie Mingzhu also wholeheartedly protected her friend Xu Mengran and gave the evil cousin a slap in the face.
The deep friendship between the two noble ladies from aristocratic families has won the admiration of countless people. Xie Mingzhu and Xu Huizhou's feelings have also grown deeper and deeper, and they have gone from campus to marriage, achieving a true love that countless people envy.
Winter had just arrived in Mingzhu City, but it had already snowed several times. The cold wind was howling, and ice and snow covered the branches and roofs. Everything was covered in silver, a vast expanse of white.
Wei Ke wiped the head of the billiard cue with shell powder, then leaned over, took aim, and hit the ball out. The billiard ball crashed forward with the force, and with a bang, the triangle was completely broken apart, and several billiard balls fell into the hole.
"Huizhou, I heard that your cousin is coming back?"
As he spoke, he aimed at two more balls, leaned over to take aim, and shot again.
The boy, also holding a cue and observing the pool table, hummed a little, then, seeing his opponent's ball hadn't gone in, leaned down as well. A hole-in-one, the boy's eyebrows raised, and he aimed again, another hole-in-one.
"Why do you want to take him back again? Aren't you worried..."
Wei Ke hesitated to speak, and although he didn't finish his words, everyone present who had grown up with him understood what he meant.
The youngest daughter of the Xu family ran away for love and almost severed all ties with the Xu family. Unexpectedly, she had a car accident in the end, leaving only a six-year-old girl in a family of three.
The man has no relatives, so the custody of the child falls into the hands of the woman's family.
Logically speaking, the Xu family is powerful and can afford to support a little girl. Unfortunately, at a banquet, this little cousin maliciously pushed the girl from the main branch into the water.
The child was only six years old but had such a bad heart. The parents of the child from the main branch were also relentless. It was heard that the head of the Xu family at that time did not like the child and was afraid that the child would cause trouble if he stayed in the Xu family, so they simply sent him abroad.
It is said that he is going abroad to recuperate, but in fact it is no different from exile. All he can do is to have a few nannies to look after him and give him some money regularly.
The Xu family is the head of aristocratic families, and anything they do can become a weather vane in the circle. This incident was also a hot topic in the circle at the beginning, but no one expected that the cousin would actually come back one day.
"Why should we worry about Huizhou? You're the one who's worried." The boy who had no interest in billiards and was playing games on the sofa stretched his waist and teased.
Everyone knows that the girl from the main branch who was pushed into the lake is now Wei Ke’s girlfriend Xu Mengran.
Wei Ke also made no secret of it: "I am indeed worried. Meng Ran is so weak now, isn't it because she pushed her into the water? Meng Ran is now living in the Xu family residence, I have to worry about her."
He looked at Xu Huizhou, who was concentrating on playing billiard. "She's not a proper Xu family member anyway, so why not rent a house for her outside? I'm really worried about her living in the main house..."
Xu Huizhou was getting a little impatient with his nagging. He missed the shot, his brows tinged with impatience, and he interrupted directly, "Are you meddling in my family's affairs?"
Even though he was only seventeen years old, the boy, whose features were already very handsome, took off his usual gentle smile and had a cold expression that made people feel chilled.
Wei Ke suddenly stopped talking, his face turned pale, and his heart felt a chill. After regaining his senses, he realized that he had overstepped the line. Even though he was Xu Mengran's boyfriend, he was not qualified to interfere in the Xu family's affairs.
The originally harmonious atmosphere suddenly cooled down, and the temperature seemed to be comparable to the snow falling outside the house. The boys who were making a fuss stopped what they were doing and stared at Xu Huizhou, the second son of the head of the Xu family, with a little nervousness.
"It's not your turn to worry about the Xu family's affairs. If you are really worried about Xu Mengran, then ask her to move out of the Xu family's main house."
"I have something to do at home, so I'll leave first."
After saying this, Xu Huizhou smiled again, but his desire to have fun had completely disappeared. He threw down the pool cue, picked up the windbreaker thrown on the sofa, and walked out of the private room.
The temperature in the room seemed to have dropped to its lowest point. Seeing Xu Huizhou leave, several boys quickly picked up their things and walked out of the private room, leaving only Wei Ke standing there blankly with a pale face. The coldness in his heart seemed to have spread throughout his body...
Xu Huizhou, completely out of the mood for fun, asked the driver to drive back to the main house. The Xu family was large and prosperous, with a large number of people from both the main and side branches. With the New Year approaching, many people from the side branches brought their children to join in the fun and make themselves known, so there were quite a few people in the living room.
Xu Huizhou didn't like noise. He pushed the door and entered the hall, and the noise in the hall suddenly quieted down.
He rubbed his brows, looked at his watch, and said in a gentle but unyielding tone, "It's getting late. Uncles, please go back first. My grandma needs to rest too."
Realizing that he meant to drive them away, the people in the living room looked at each other, not daring to say anything. They just lined up and went out, each holding their children.
The living room was a mess, and Xu Huizhou became even more annoyed. He asked the servants to clean up the living room. He walked into the living room and approached Old Lady Xu with a wry smile on his face.
"Grandma, don't you think it's noisy with so many people?"
Every time there was a group of them, buzzing like flies.
Old Mrs. Xu glanced at her grandson unhappily: "When you're not home, aren't they the only ones keeping me company and entertaining me?"
Even in her seventies, Mrs. Xu was still full of energy. Her graying hair, streaked with black, was tied in a bun, and she wore rather brown reading glasses. On her left wrist was an emerald bracelet, a vibrant green. Even in her old age, she remained elegant and neat.
Xu Huizhou compromised: "Yes, yes, it's my fault. From now on, I won't go out to play and will accompany you every day."
Old Lady Xu waved her hand and said, "Young people like you are always trying to deceive me. I don't need you to accompany me anymore. My Qiao Qiao is coming back soon. I want Qiao Qiao to accompany me."
Jojo?
Who is it?
Xu Huizhou was a little confused, but he quickly came to his senses and realized who his grandmother was referring to.
The daughter of my second aunt.
The cousin who was exiled abroad by the Xu family?
Xu Huizhou frowned slightly, looking at his grandmother's face full of expectation like a child, and felt a little complicated. He held her hand and asked carefully:
"Grandma likes it very much, that Qiao Qiao?"
Old Mrs. Xu's face was filled with laughter. "She likes me. She's your second aunt's sister. Zhou Zhou will be able to see Qiao Qiao tomorrow."
She patted Xu Huizhou's hand: "Qiaoqiao is very well behaved. As a brother, Zhouzhou must protect his sister well..."
Xu Huizhou narrowed his eyes slightly. Although he didn't know what magic his cousin had that made his grandmother protect her so much, just looking at his grandmother's old face, he still agreed to her wishes.
After sending Old Mrs. Xu back to her room, Xu Huizhou looked at his watch. It was not yet time for dinner. He was about to go back to his room when he heard a voice behind him.
"Brother Zhou."
Xu Huizhou turned around and saw Xu Mengran standing behind him.
The main house is equipped with central air conditioning, so even though it was whistling outside, it was warm as spring inside. So Xu Huizhou took off his coat as soon as he returned to the house and only wore a thin short-sleeved shirt.
The girl in front of him was still wearing thick clothes, her hair was slightly wet, her face was slightly pale, and she looked at the boy in front of her with a well-behaved smile on her lips:
"Brother, you're back."
The cold expression on Xu Huizhou's face softened slightly, and he frowned. "Is it very cold? Should I ask someone to turn up the temperature?"
Xu Mengran shook her head gently: "It's okay, my body is just like this, I just need to wear more clothes."
After all, since he had watched his sister grow up, Xu Huizhou still cared about her, so he called the maid and asked her to turn up the air conditioner temperature.
"Anything else?"
Xu Mengran hesitated: "...Brother, did you have a fight with Wei Ke?" Obviously, she had just received a call from her boyfriend.
Xu Huizhou looked at her pale face, frowned, and said calmly:
"Wei Ke's attempt to interfere in the Xu family's affairs is indeed overstepping the boundaries."
Xu Mengran's face turned pale: "I know, brother, I apologize to you on his behalf. I am weak, he is just too worried about me..."
"Sister, why should you apologize? Wei Ke wasn't wrong. It was she who pushed you into the water, causing you to be so weak now. She was so vicious when she was little, and she will definitely get worse as she grows up!"
Before Xu Mengran could finish her words, Xu Jie rushed in angrily, followed by a group of people from the Xu family.
He met Xu Huizhou's eyes, his voice weakened a bit, but he still mustered up the courage and shouted with his neck stiffened.
"What if she comes back and bullies me again?"
Xu Huizhou looked at his cousin who was shouting at him, and his face suddenly turned cold. He was about to speak when he heard a cold voice asking from outside the door.
"What are you arguing about?"
"Why don't you just let me hear it?"
A slender figure walked in from outside, his long windbreaker was stained with wind and snow. The man had a face as white as jade, a high nose bridge, a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, but the aura around him was cold and solemn.
The courage that Xu Jiebao had worked so hard to muster completely disappeared. His face turned red and he lowered his eyes in embarrassment.
"Brother... I'm just, I'm just too worried about my sister..."
Xu Congnan raised his eyebrows and looked at Xu Jie, whose momentum had completely withered, with some ambiguous meaning.
Xu Jie's mother, Wang Man, had lived in the Xu family for more than ten years and was very good at observing people's expressions. She quickly walked to her daughter and son, looked at her son and scolded him:
"I know you care about your sister, but who taught you to talk back to your brother? Apologize to your brother Zhou!"
Xu Jie relied on his status as a son of the Xu family to be the most arrogant and domineering in front of outsiders, but he was pitifully timid in front of his two brothers Xu Huizhou and Xu Congnan. When he saw his mother coming out, he hurriedly apologized to Xu Huizhou.
"Zhou...Brother Zhou, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to contradict you."
Wang Man also looked at Xu Huizhou lovingly: "Xiao Jie cares too much about his sister and is afraid that her sister will get hurt. Huizhou, don't take it to heart..."
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