Chapter 32 (Don't lie to me...)
After she finished saying the words, "She should not be in the mall now," the room fell silent. Yu Li looked at Huo Chen with her breath, trying to distinguish his expression in the darkness, but failed because she was too far away.
Just as the air started to cool down, the service staff outside couldn't wait and knocked on the door again: "Will the food be delivered here? Or should I send it upstairs?"
Yu Li closed her eyes in despair.
Huo calmed down for a moment and calmly pinched her face: "Go and turn on the lights, I'm going to starve to death."
Yu Li was stunned: "Huo Chen..."
"Huh? What's wrong?" In the darkness, Huo Chen's voice was very calm and he couldn't hear any special emotions.
Yu Li breathed a sigh of relief: "No, it's okay, I'll turn on the lights." After that, he quickly got up and turned on the lights. The room was brightly lit in an instant. She narrowed her eyes unadapted. After getting used to it, she walked out and said to the service staff, "I'll just push it myself, please trouble you."
"It's okay, it's okay." The service staff said while looking at the room curiously. They didn't understand why the man who was still upstairs suddenly appeared here.
Yu Li was afraid that she would say something she shouldn't say, so she hurriedly pushed the food truck in. She closed the door and glanced at Huo Chen's expression. She felt relieved after seeing that he had no reaction.
"What did you order? It smells so fragrant." Yu Li had nothing to say.
Huo Chen stood up to her and helped bring the food to the table: "I ordered an egg custard, and there was also a meat and a vegetable. You can eat something too."
"Eat, I'll be with you." Yu Li said, helping him get chopsticks and spoons.
Huo Chen chuckled, took it and started eating. Yu Li sat opposite him and looked at him quietly, picking him up some dishes from time to time. The two of them finished supper in a quiet state.
After dinner, Yu Li helped to clean up the table briefly. When she turned around, she saw Huo Chen put on her clothes. She paused and wondered: "Why have you changed your clothes?"
"Go and see your mother," Huo Chen raised the corner of his lips, "It's time to see her after coming for so long."
"... Then where will we go to see her?" Yu Li asked carefully. As soon as he finished speaking, his cell phone vibrated. Huo Chen's gaze fell on her pocket. Yu Li laughed dryly and quietly reached out to hold the cell phone. "It's probably Zhou Hui and the others looking for me."
Huo calmed for a moment and chuckled, "Give them a message, don't worry them, I'll wash my hands."
"……good."
Yu Li watched Huo Chen enter the bathroom, then took out her cell phone to see. It was indeed a message from Huo Zhenyu: Where have you been?
Yu Li pursed her lips: I have something to do in the dormitory, so I will go back first.
Huo Zhenyu was silent for a while and called the video directly. She didn't dare to answer it, so she hung up directly: it was inconvenient to talk to her roommate.
Fortunately, Huo Zhenyu did not arouse suspicion, but just complained that she shouldn't leave quietly. Yu Li coaxed her a few more times, and his emotions stabilized and he no longer felt unhappy about this.
After coaxing Huo Zhenyu, Huo Chen came out of the bathroom. Yu Li forced a smile and went over to hold his hand. The two of them walked downstairs together.
When she went downstairs, Yu Li was always worried, afraid that she would meet Huo Zhenyu at this time, which would be a mess. She was too tense and almost tripped on the carpet several times, and each time she was caught by Huo Chen in time.
When his feet became soft again, Huo Chen looked at her helplessly: "Student Xiaoyu, if you don't concentrate on walking, then I will be really angry."
"... Concentrate, I concentrate." Yu Li hurriedly promised, and Huo Chen let her go.
The two walked outside the hotel together. The heavy snow had already accumulated a thick layer. Huo Chen helped Yu Li zip the down jacket and put the hat tightly on her. After confirming that there would be no gap, he held her hand and walked forward together.
What they are not going to the mall.
Yu Li was confused, but she was afraid of revealing her stuff, so she didn't dare to ask too much, but was led by him quietly. The two of them went to the community not far from the hotel together. Huo Chen took her to the innermost building with a familiarity. Without waiting for Yu Li to ask, he took the initiative to explain: "After I knew about their divorce, my mother moved here."
Yu Li suddenly realized: "You want to go to her home to find her?"
Huo Chen looked toward the third floor: "She should not be at home."
Yu Li paused for a moment, looked at him, and found that the window there was dark. She suddenly remembered the kiss between her mother and Brother Li Shu, and looked at Huo Chen with some concern.
Since he remembered the quarrel with his mother on this day, he must also remember why he quarreled. If he saw Li Shu later, he would not know what would happen... He is no longer Huo Zhenyu, so he should not be so naive. He would be angry with his mother again?
Just as she was worried, a high beam suddenly shone over. Under the dazzling light, she instinctively narrowed her eyes. After getting used to the light, she saw her mother getting out of the car, and Li Shu was also following her.
The two of them started kissing as soon as they got off the car. Yu Li hurriedly grabbed Huo Chen's arm, afraid that he would do something, but fortunately he didn't react and just stared at his mother quietly.
Unknown that she was kissed by the two people watching, Li Shu wiped her mouth unintentionally and said something to her mother. Her mother smiled and took out a stack of cash from her bag. Yu Li frowned.
Li Shu took the money and suddenly smiled and shouted at the sky: "Jiang Juanjuan, I love you!"
He called his mother's name, and he said love, but his eyes and hands kept studying the specific amount of money, and he looked frivolous and did not see any love at all. Yu Li held Huo Chen's arm, always guarding against him for suddenly rushing up.
Li Shu shouted several times, Jiang Juan giggled and beat his chest, wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were squeezed together, and when she hugged him, she looked more like a mother and son. Occasionally, residents who had come and went, all endured disgust passing by them, as if they were some dirty things.
Yu Li's heart was always hanging. Fortunately, the two of them had enough trouble, and Li Shu got into the car and left. Jiang Juan watched the vehicle disappear, the smile on her face completely disappeared, her expressionless appearance was very similar to Huo Zhenyu, her eyes and eyebrows were not caring, and she was very similar to Huo Chen.
The difference may be the years.
Jiang Juan wiped the corner of her eyes, turned around to the residence with her bag, but was caught off guard and looked at Huo Chen. She was stunned for a moment, and her brows gradually frowned.
Seeing her looking at them, Yu Li hurriedly pushed Huo Chen behind her back. Huo Chen seemed to have woken up from a dream, and the corners of his eyes were dyed with a layer of moistness by snowflakes.
Jiang Juan walked over with an expressionless face, stared at Huo Chen for a long time, then sneered: "Who are you?"
"Your son." Huo Chen looked at her quietly.
Jiang Juan lifted her eyelids and glanced up from bottom to top: "Didn't it mean that she's severing the relationship?"
"You believe it too?" Huo Chen raised the corner of his lips.
Jiang Juan laughed disdainfully and looked at Yu Li next to him coldly. Yu Li hurriedly greeted: "Hello Auntie, the money you gave me last time..."
"You picked it up, not me," Jiang Juan interrupted, "Save the flowers."
"Oh... Thank you aunt." Yu Li glanced at Huo Chen and did not refuse any more.
After she said this, everyone calmed down. After a while, Huo Chen suddenly took off his down jacket and put it on Jiang Juan.
When Huo Chen's body temperature was covered with him, Jiang Juan was stunned for a moment and threw her clothes on the ground: "Stop pretending, pointing at my nose and saying that it's a matter of severing the relationship. Do you really think I'll just let it go?"
"What else can I do if I don't forget it? Really cut off the relationship? Are you willing to bear it?" Huo Chen asked three consecutive questions. Before she could react, she picked up the clothes and put them on her again, "Put it in, you can't catch a cold."
Jiang Juan glared: "You..."
"In the future, remember to wear thicker clothes. If you don't have enough money, ask me for it. I will find a way," Huo Chen interrupted her, brushed the snowflakes above her head, took out her cell phone from her pocket and entered a string of numbers, and then deleted all the contact information belonging to Huo Zhenyu. "This is my new mobile phone number. Call me if you have something to do. You can call me even if you have nothing to do. I will come to see you often."
He paused after saying that, raised his lips and smiled: "By the way, remember to call me next time I go to the hospital, I will go with you."
Jiang Juan's eyes widened and her hand, who was about to throw away his clothes again, suddenly froze.
"Xiaoyu and I leave first, take care of yourself." Huo Chen's nose was so cold that it was red, and he was breathing white when he spoke, as if it was really cold.
He didn't give Jiang Juan a chance to answer, so he turned around and left with Yu Li.
"Goodbye Auntie." Yu Li waved her hand to Jiang Juan who was still in a daze, and then she followed Huo Chen.
The night gradually became deeper and the snow was getting heavier and heavier. Soon the road was left with only the two of them, slowly walking towards the hotel in the face of the biting cold wind. Some snow water on the ground began to condense into ice, and each step was very slippery. Although he was led by Huo Chen, Yu Li still had to get enough energy to avoid falling to the ground.
"Did you tell me when my mother is sick?" Huo Chen asked suddenly.
Yu Li shook her head, and was about to say nothing, but when she realized something, she suddenly shut up and looked at Huo Chen with horror, but she laughed dryly when he looked over: "What are you talking about? I don't know you, who is nineteen years old..."
"Yu Li, don't lie to me." Huo Chen stopped and looked at her quietly.
Yu Li didn't dare to speak at all, and her heart was about to jump out.
Huo Chen stared at her for a long time, and finally laughed out loud: "Actually, you don't know how to lie. Every time you are full of loopholes, but I really believe you too much. I believe everything you say, so I was deceived by you for so long. If you hadn't accidentally told you what your mother shouldn't be in the mall today, I might have been kept in the dark by you."
"Huo Chen..."
Chapter completed!