Huo Yulin did not expect his younger sister to remember the conversation he had with Huo Yanxi previously.
He said, “He had to undergo a few major operations in his youth. Also, he suffered from a lot of injuries. The outcome of all the damage his body had taken only surfaced in old age.”
Huo Yao quickly caught on that her eldest uncle was hurt in his youth. Since most people tended to fall ill, her eldest uncle seemed to have quite the story.
Huo Yao contemplated what to give him to ease his condition and came up with something.
Huo Yulin looked at Huo Yao’s hands as she leaned against the chair. Since her jacket sleeves were rather long, he was unable to see her wrist. He paused before he asked her. “Oh yes. Did you wear the bracelet he gave you?”
Their eldest uncle especially told Huo Yulin to ensure she wore the bracelet when he passed it to him.
Huo Yao gathered her thoughts and acknowledged her brother before she shook her head. “I’m a student. I can’t wear bracelets to school.”
Huo Yulin contemplated for a couple of seconds and said, “Ok. Just wear it when you can.”
Huo Yao acknowledged her brother gently. Her phone rang and she picked it up to have a look. “We need to go down for dinner.”
**
After dinner, Mrs. Fang did not continue staying. She told Fang Ting and Huo Tingrui to exchange contact numbers before leaving.
Fang Ting blacklisted Huo Tingrui after she got into the car.
She was only going through the motions for the elders and did not want his number.
Song Ning grabbed Huo Tingrui’s hand and said, “You should send Fang Ting a text message to help improve her impression of you.”
Huo Tingrui pressed his forehead. Since his mother refused to let it go, he sent a smiley face emoticon right in front of her. “Are you happy now?”
After Huo Tingrui clicked send, he did not even bother to look at the screen since he was doing it under duress. He held the phone up in front of his mother right away so that she could see.v
A few seconds later, Huo Tingrui took his phone back. “Can I go now?”
Song Ning turned to pull his arm. “Hang on.”
Huo Tingrui felt a headache coming on. “What now?”
“Did you blacklist her?” Song Ning saw a red exclamation mark on the screen.
“How can that be?”
“Then why is there…” said Song Ning.
She stopped mid-sentence and realized that it was her son who had been blacklisted.
Huo Tingrui looked at her quizzically before he tapped on his phone.
Huo Tingrui’s face instantly looked annoyed when he saw the red exclamation mark on the screen and a rejection notification.
They had just exchanged contact numbers, but she blacklisted him the moment she left.
The woman had certainly succeeded in making him angry.
Song Ning glanced at him quietly.
She suddenly wanted to disown Huo Tingrui when she figured out how much Fang Ting disliked him.
Mrs. Fang kept asking her daughter about her impression of Huo Tingrui.
Fang Ting kept her head lowered no matter what her mother asked and said, “… Uh huh. He’s okay.”
Mrs. Fang noticed how perfunctory her daughter’s tone was and knew that her plans to matchmake Fang Ting had failed. She could not help feeling disappointed.
“Mom, my brother is coming home today.” Fang Ting had just received a text message from her older brother asking them when they would get home.
The moment Mrs. Fang heard this, she looked happy. “Really?”
She told the chauffeur in the front to step on the gas pedal.
The car arrived at the Fang residence 20 minutes later.
