The maid was almost done preparing dinner.
Huo Yao changed into her slippers before walking over to the dining room. Huo Tingrui walked out of the bathroom. He was bent over, clutching his stomach. He seemed to be in pretty bad shape. “You are finally back. If you got home any later, you might have found me dead,” said Huo Tingrui weakly as he looked at his little sister resentfully.
The maid deftly handed him a cup of warm salt water.
Huo Yao’s face twitched. “I doubt it.”
Huo Tingrui drank the water and said, “What do you mean you doubt it? I have visited the bathroom countless times between last night and today. I am almost unable to walk even a few steps.”
On
“If you have the strength to talk so much, I am sure you will survive.” Huo Yao gestured to Huo Tingrui a heart using her thumb and index finger. She had just learned this recently.
Huo Tingrui was dumbstruck.
She was heartless. He wanted to sever ties with her immediately!
Huo Yao washed her hands in the kitchen before coming out. She called her third older brother to come over and eat. Huo Tingrui stood where he was without budging and kept staring at her. She cleared her throat and pretended not to see him. Instead, she walked over to the dining room calmly and sat down.
Huo Tingrui scoffed in his heart when he saw how heartless she was. He clutched his stomach and walked over to the dining room. “When is this going to stop?”
Huo Yao tilted her head sideways. “Give me your hand.”
Huo Tingrui placed his hand on the table and said, “My assistant booked me a flight for tomorrow. If this is going to continue, I will get him to change my…”
Before he was able to finish his sentence, Huo Yao let go of his wrist and interrupted him. “It’s fine. You will be fine tomorrow.”
Huo Tingrui instantly choked on his words.
He had a feeling that his little sister could not wait for him to leave so that she could spend all her time with Huo Yulin!
His little sister did not used to be this way. Why did she become so evil after studying in the capital?
Huo Tingrui raised his head and looked at Huo Yulin walking over. She must have picked up these bad habits from Huo Yulin.
Huo Yulin felt bewildered when his third older brother glared at him. “Yes, Brother Tingrui?”
Huo Tingrui sneered and refused to talk to him.
He was even more determined to set up a branch office in the capital.
Huo Yulin was at a loss.
Did he offend his third older brother somehow?
Huo Yao caught the expression on Huo Tingrui’s face. She shook her head and said powerlessly, “Brother Tingrui, you really can’t keep bullying Brother Yulin just because he is nice.”
The moment Huo Tingrui heard this, he opened his eyes wide.
Huo Yulin? Nice? Was she joking?
Huo Yulin smiled without saying a word. He simply picked up an empty bowl and filled it with porridge before placing it in front of Huo Tingrui.
Huo Tingrui went quiet.
He did not know whether he should tell this little sister the truth about Huo Yulin.
The atmosphere over dinner was good.
Huo Yulin gave Huo Yao a piece of pork ribs before he raised his head and said, “I will send Brother Tingrui to the airport tomorrow.”
“It’s okay.” Huo Tingrui promptly turned down the offer. “I only want Yao to send me to the airport. You can just go to work.”
It was moments like this when Huo Tingrui felt that it was a bad idea to have so many boys in the family.
Huo Tingrui paused and added. “It is the weekend tomorrow, so she doesn’t have school.”
A complicated expression appeared on Huo Yulin’s face. To be honest, he did not have to work either since it was the weekend.
However, Huo Yulin was worried that Huo Tingrui would refuse to eat altogether if he uttered another word.
“Fine. I will send you to the airport tomorrow,” acknowledged Huo Yao.
Huo Tingrui finally felt better when she agreed.
