Half an hour later
Mrs. Rong’s dumplings were ready.
She ca out and looked towards the living room, "Sir, dinner is served."
Huo Jinnan turned to Yu Zimu and Shen You, "Go set up the table and chairs."
Yu Zimu and Shen You, "Brother Huo, we are guests."
"We are all family here, no need to be so formal," Huo Jinnan said softly.
"..."
Yu Zimu and Shen You.
At this mont, they really didn’t want to be treated as family.
Huo Jinnan ignored the two of them and turned to the little one, "Go upstairs and see why Huanhuan and Huo Jinxue still haven’t co down."
The little one agreed and stood up, bouncing towards the direction of the stairs.
Once upstairs, the hallway was eerily quiet, suddenly feeling very wrong!
The little one swiftly ran to the door of Huo Jinnan’s room and knocked, "Huanhuan, Little Aunt, why haven’t you co out yet?"
Qin Huan looked at Huo Jinxue, who had changed into her own clothes, "Alright, let’s go downstairs for dinner."
Huo Jinxue smiled at Qin Huan, "Sister-in-law, thank you."
Yan Ran smiled back, "What for?"
Thinking of what she had done previously, Huo Jinxue’s face flushed with embarrassnt, "Thank you for what you said to ."
"What did I say? I can’t seem to recall," Qin Huan said, clearly unconcerned.
Feeling grateful in her heart, if it weren’t for her sister-in-law, she... she—
The more she thought about it, the more ashad she felt.
She lowered her head.
Qin Huan took Huo Jinxue’s hand, "Alright, they must be getting anxious, the little one even ca up to urge us."
Huo Jinxue responded, and following Qin Huan out of the door, she saw the little one, "Did you miss your Little Aunt?"
"It’s okay, I guess."
The little one pursed her little lips.
Huo Jinxue knew she wasn’t missed, but didn’t make a fuss about it, "Alright, let’s go downstairs."
The three of them walked together; the little one had only taken a few steps when suddenly she stopped, turned back, and looked towards the hallway, "Who’s there? Co out!"
This call startled both Huo Jinxue and Qin Huan, who turned back to look behind them. There was no one there.
The two looked at the little one, "What’s wrong?"
The little one pursed her little lips. She thought she heard sothing suspicious; it was just a try. Looking back at the hallway, as quiet as if nothing had happened, could she have been mistaken?
Suspicious, she furrowed her brow and scanned several tis, seeing nothing, and followed Qin Huan and Huo Jinxue downstairs.
Arriving at the dining room, Qin Huan sat next to Huo Jinnan and leaned close to his ear, quietly speaking about the little one’s earlier discomfort.
Hearing this, Huo Jinnan glanced around, "Qin Xiaosan, co upstairs with ."
Qin Shaojin stood up, "What happened?"
Huo Jinnan did not speak and directly went to the second floor.
Qin Shaojin felt sothing was off and followed to the second floor.
As soon as the two reached the top of the stairs, they both sensed sothing was amiss and exchanged a look.
Qin Shaojin stood there and called Shen You, "You and Yu Zimu go outside, let Uncle Lu watch over Madam and the young master. Once outside, if you see anyone jump down from the second floor, shoot to kill on sight."
Upon hearing this, Shen You knew there was soone on the second floor; just now when they went up, there was not the slightest disturbance.
What exactly was going on?
He looked at Uncle Lu, "Brother Huo wants you to take good care of Madam and the young master."
As soon as the words were spoken, Shen You exchanged a look with Yu Zimu, and the two quickly left Nanyuan Villa, already touching the guns they had concealed on them, gripping them in their sleeves.
...
On the second floor, Huo Jinnan stood there, his voice chilling, "Will you co out on your own, or should I invite you out?"
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