Mr. Mu, stop bullying Professor Jian.

Luo Jiushuai had not expected that Huo Cheng's parents, whom he had been clamoring to meet, would be in such a situation.

Huo Cheng brought Luo Jiushuai back to City S.

Luo Jiushuai, as the daughter-in-law of the Huo family, attended her mother-in-law's funeral.

Overnight, Luo Jiushuai entered the Huo family's vision.

In the ancient manor, Luo Jiushuai was led by servants and did everything.

Like a commoner who strayed into the nobility.

In fact, he is too.

Luo Jiushuai is not inferior...

However, it would be a bit of a lie to say that I don't have a little bit of inferiority complex.

Luo Jiushuai sighed, and he stayed in the manor while Huo Cheng went out to do something busy.

As the helmsman of the Huo family, after the death of his mother, there were too many things waiting for him to deal with in the family and the company.

And he, Luo Jiushuai, was sent to the old house by him.

In the manor, he found a garden full of flowers, just like the Garden of Eden in the fairy tale.

My heavy mood inexplicably felt much better.

In this garden, Luo Jiushuai met Huo Cheng's father.

The man he had already called 'father' once, at the funeral.

"Father……"

He followed Huo Cheng's call and called out.

Huo Cheng's father, Huo Kangli, holding a pair of large scissors for pruning branches, glanced at him, and then continued to prune the branches of plants and flowers with his head down.

Luo Jiushuai accompanied him quietly and occasionally gave his opinions.

He was not being professional, he just didn't want the atmosphere to be too awkward.

"Doctor Luo is a casual person, Huo Cheng likes you very much."

Luo Jiushuai thought, which eye of yours shows that Huo Cheng likes him?

Perhaps he could see what Luo Jiushuai was thinking.

Huo Kangli put down the tools in his hands and looked at the entire garden.

"There hasn't been a new person in this manor for more than ten years. You are the first one since his mother and I moved in again."

Move in again?

"Besides, at this time, he brought you home and placed you by my side. He wanted to give you an identity and protect you."

Luo Jiushuai frowned and asked, "Is your Huo family so dangerous?"

Huo Kangli smiled bitterly: "There are too many assets, the family business is too big, and I only have one son, Huo Cheng. There is nothing I can do. Do you understand?"

Luo Jiushuai sighed in his heart. Although he couldn't imagine it, he could still guess a little bit.

However, Huo Cheng is facing danger outside. Is it appropriate for him, as a father, to stay in the house?

Huo Kangli invited Luo Jiushuai to sit down in the pavilion in the park, and the servants brought him tea and snacks.

Luo Jiushuai felt that Huo Kangli must have a lot to say to him.

He drank his tea quietly.

Huo Kangli said, "I'm sorry I haven't seen you. Huo Cheng mentioned it to me several times, but I rejected it every time."

Luo Jiushuai was slightly surprised. Huo's parents were so unwilling to accept him?

That doesn’t seem right.

Aren't there endless ways for wealthy families to break up a couple? Didn't he ever take the check?

As if seeing what he was thinking, Huo Kangli said, "His mother and I have no objection to your marriage with Huo Cheng. Huo Cheng suddenly told us that day that he was getting married, and we were all very happy."

"It's just that his mother's mental state has always been not very good. She can't see outsiders, especially men. Maybe you don't know that Huo Cheng can only see her for half an hour a month..."

Luo Jiushuai was shocked to hear such a secret.

"Now that she's gone, I'll be gone soon..."

"Dad, don't say that."

Luo Jiushuai understood the feeling of loss too well, and in a hurry he used a more intimate name. He did not care that they were not familiar with each other, and said anxiously: "Huo Cheng loves you very much. He has already lost his mother. Dad, you are going to make him lose again!"

"Even if it's for Huo Cheng, please accept my condolences."

In an instant, Luo Jiushuai's eyes turned red and tears appeared on his face.

His father persisted for five years for him.

Even with five years of buffer time, he was still heartbroken.

Huo Kangli smiled, and the look he gave Luo Jiushuai was also a little more loving.

"Jiu Shuai, you love him very much, so I feel relieved."

Luo Jiushuai waved his hands hastily, "It's different. My love and your love are different. Neither can be missing."

Huo Kangli didn't say anything else. He raised his eyes and motioned Luo Jiushuai to turn back.

"Huo Cheng is back."

Luo Jiushuai turned around, and in the backlight of the setting sun, he saw Huo Cheng dressed in black, walking out of the light.

He could hardly open his eyes.

So when she fell into the man's arms, she didn't see his expression clearly.

"Father, what were you talking about?" He looked at Luo Jiushuai from afar and looked very anxious, and couldn't help but quicken his pace.

Huo Kangli put away his kindness and his face turned cold in an instant. He said, "It's nothing. Can I still bully him?"

After saying that, Huo Kangli stood up and left.

Luo Jiushuai was keenly aware of the subtle relationship between father and son, and couldn't help but secretly tug at Huo Cheng's sleeve.

"Huo Cheng, Dad didn't bully me. He invited me to have afternoon tea."

Huo Cheng realized his prejudice, rubbed his stiff brows, and responded: "Yeah."

They went back to the room together, and Huo Cheng held him tightly all night without letting go.

The next morning, Huo Cheng was busy again.

For half a month.

He finally saw Huo Cheng taking off his black clothes, and he looked thinner.

Huo Kangli asked, "Is everything settled?"

Huo Cheng nodded and said, "It will calm down in a short time."

Huo Kangli was silent for a moment, then said, "When I'm gone, you'll be all alone, so don't think of any more feelings for me."

"Ah."

He had long wanted to take ruthless action.

Huo Kangli stood up and went to his own yard.

Luo Jiushuai heard the murky conversation between the father and son, so he hurriedly pulled Huo Cheng back to the bedroom, stripped off the man's coat, and even wanted to unbutton it.

Huo Cheng raised his hand and held his wrist, asking, "What do you want to do?"

Luo Jiushuai was anxious and said, "You are not injured, right? I always feel a little uneasy. Also, your father looks so depressed every day. Do you think he will become depressed someday?"

"No, he promised my mother to live well."

Just as my mother promised my father, to live.

Luo Jiushuai breathed a sigh of relief. That was good. He checked carefully and found that Huo Cheng had no injuries.

"Huo Cheng, I see you've been too busy recently. I still have a few days of vacation left. Can you accompany me to the countryside to visit my mother-in-law? Are you free?"

Luo Jiushuai put his arms around Huo Cheng's waist and looked up at him.

countryside?

He wasn't impressed.

But Luo Jiushuai said he wanted to go.

"Do you really want to go?" Huo Cheng frowned.

Luo Jiushuai pounded his head like garlic and said, "I want to go."

I want to take you to see the rapeseed in April and the apricot blossoms in May. I want to take you to relax, see the morning dew, the afterglow of the sunset, and the wind in the mountains and forests at night...

I want to heal the wounds in your heart and accompany you...

So Huo Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."

This was the first time that Huo Cheng put down his work and accompanied him on a spontaneous trip.

Luo Jiushuai thought that Huo Cheng loved him.

All of Huo Cheng's exceptions were placed on him.

Just leave.

Huo Cheng and Luo Jiushuai bid farewell to the ancient manor. Luo Jiushuai drove the car himself, taking Huo Cheng back to his hometown at an unhurried pace.

It was a village nestled in the mountains and beside the water.

Huo Cheng rarely has the opportunity to sit in the passenger seat.

He either drives himself or the driver drives and he sits in the back seat.

Luo Jiushuai gave him a brand new experience.

There is a feeling of being protected...

The man's sunny and handsome profile is so attractive that you never get tired of looking at it. His name suits him well.

However, the closer they got to their destination, the uglier Huo Cheng's face became.

When the car entered a fork in the road, which was the entrance to two villages, a gleam of light flashed in Huo Cheng's deep eyes.

"Wife, is your hometown here?"

The first time he approached Luo Jiushuai again, he investigated Luo Jiushuai.

It’s not particularly in-depth, but for an ordinary person who studies and works step by step, it doesn’t need to be too in-depth.

Luo Jiushuai turned into the village swiftly and stopped in a yard not far from the entrance. He said, "Yes, I spent more time with my grandmother when I was a child."

"Ah, that's a country name. I like to call her 'grandmother-in-law'. It's more intimate."

"I see...Come to think of it, honey, you seem to be two years older than me..."

Huo Cheng raised the corners of his lips and turned to look at the mountains and forests not far away. Something vaguely broke into his speculation.

If that's the case, the countryside isn't bad either.

Luo Jiushuai was packing things in the yard and shouted inside: "Grandma...Grandma, are you home?"

When he came back, he called his mother-in-law in advance.

When he heard no response from inside, he turned around and glared at Huo Cheng, calling him a bastard with no respect for his parents.

"You still know I'm older than you! Remember to call me brother from now on!"

Luo Jiushuai was upset. He didn't know which bastard had such a bad taste that he liked to force him to call him "brother" in bed.

Who is the elder brother?

Huo Cheng crossed his arms, his mouth curved into a slight arc, and said softly but firmly: "Impossible!"

Luo Jiushuai didn't bother with him. Seeing that it was about to rain, he became a little anxious.

"Huo Cheng, it's about to rain outside. I guess my mother-in-law went to the vegetable garden. I wonder if she brought an umbrella..."

Older people in the countryside bask in the sun when the weather is fine and hide from the rain when it rains. When they walk in the nearby fields or vegetable patches, they usually don’t bring an umbrella, and at most they wear a bamboo hat.

"I will go with you."

Luo Jiushuai held an umbrella in his hand and another in his hand.

Huo Cheng took the umbrella he was holding and put his arm around Luo Jiushuai's waist.

In the rain, Luo Jiushuai struggled several times with a red face but failed to break free.

"Huo Cheng, this is not a city, this is the countryside, stop being so clingy!"

Most of the people in the village are left-behind elderly or children, so it is not common to see such intimacy. However, after struggling for a few times, Luo Jiushuai didn't say anything.

After all, I am very happy in my heart.

If there was a tail behind it, it would have been sticking up into the sky by now.

They had only taken a few steps out of the door when the mother-in-law came back carrying a basket.

"Grandma—"

Luo Jiushuai hurriedly opened the big umbrella in his hand and ran over to cover the old man.

Huo Cheng took the basket from the old man.

The old man saw Luo Jiushuai first, and looked at him several times with his cloudy eyes before he grinned and said, "It's the handsome guy who's back. Oh, this is your boyfriend. He's good, tall, and a handsome guy."

The old man looked at Huo Cheng with a kind gaze and nodded repeatedly.

Perhaps, this is the most trustworthy "Love the house and love the dog" in the world.

Huo Cheng's expression softened a bit, and he called out, "Hello, mother-in-law. My name is Huo Cheng. Sorry to bother you for a few days."

"How could I disturb you? I'm so happy. I can't be happier! Nowadays, there are very few young men as filial as Shuai Zai who come to see me from time to time..."