Huo Yao turned to look at Meng Ying and asked her. “Are you going to the hospital? Do you need a lift?”
Meng Ying composed herself and quickly waved her hand. “It’s fine. I don’t want to trouble you.”
Huo Yao did not insist any further and got in the car.
Meng Ying stood distracted, watching the car drive off. She was still wondering about where she had seen Huo Yao’s older brother before.
**
Huo Yao sat in the front passenger seat in the car. She looked sideways at Huo Xiang as he drove. “Brother Xiang, what did you want to write to me earlier in the day?”
Huo Xiang tightened his grip on the steering wheel subconsciously. Then he acted as though it was nothing important and shook his head. “It’s no big deal.”
What was going on? Each time he was with his little sister, he could not help feeling nervous. Why?
Huo Yao raised her brow and exposed him ruthlessly. “You look nervous. It doesn’t look that simple to me.”
Huo Xiang sat up straight. “Me… nervous? No way.”
Huo Yao smiled without saying a word.
Huo Xiang cleared his throat, but his phone rang just as he was about to tell her about the variety show. He glanced at the caller ID and put on his bluetooth earphones.
“Hi, Brother Yanxi… Are you at my place? Okay. I’m heading over there now.”
Huo Yao turned to look out the window while he was on the call. Her eyes were drifting hazily into the distance.
Before long, Huo Xiang hung up. He turned to glance at Huo Yao and said, “Brother Yanxi wants to see me. He’s at my place now. Let’s go over together since you haven’t been there before.”
Huo Xiang was unaware of the conflict between Huo Yanxi and Huo Yao.
Huo Yao tapped her fingers unhurriedly on her thighs with an indifferent expression. However, she did not say no and nodded gently.
**
There was a slight traffic congestion on their way there, so it took Huo Xiang almost 50 minutes to reach his residence.
Huo Yanxi did not have keys to Huo Xiang’s place, so he was waiting outside the villa. His hands paused at the car door when he saw Huo Xiang’s car driving in with Huo Yao sitting in the front seat.
Ever since Huo Yanxi had accused his little sister of hiding Old Madam Yang, he had not gone back to the Huo residence. It meant that he had not sought her forgiveness all this time.
But he could not bring himself to apologize to her and did not know how to deal with it.
Complicated emotions surfaced in Huo Yanxi’s heart when he saw his little sister with Huo Xiang. Nonetheless, he got out of the car after calming himself down.
Huo Xiang got off the car and swiped his keycard. The villa doors opened automatically, and he drove the car into the parking lot.
After Huo Yao got off the car, she stood in the courtyard gazing at the contemporary two-storey villa. She raised her brow in surprise. Was her fourth older brother really an unknown singer?
It certainly did not appear that way.
Huo Yanxi walked over. There was barely any change in Huo Yao’s expression when she sensed someone standing behind her. She turned to look at Huo Yanxi and said distantly, “Brother Yanxi.”
Huo Yanxi stood motionlessly when he heard her apathetic voice. After some time, he finally acknowledged her.
He felt so uncomfortable that he only glanced at Huo Yao briefly before looking elsewhere.
A slight sense of awkwardness floated in the air.
Huo Xiang walked over after parking the car. Despite detecting the strange atmosphere, he did not give it much thought.
He pursed his lips and nodded to Huo Yanxi. “There was a slight jam on the way here. You must have waited for a long time, Brother Yanxi.”
