Seeing this message, Huo Qiran suddenly opened the dialog box, but the moment he saw Jingli's avatar, he couldn't help but stop.

Then, he reached out and clicked Jingli's avatar.

Several years have passed, and he has changed his phone several times, and her avatar has never appeared in his chat list again. It was not until this moment that he saw her new avatar.

It was probably a new photo taken this year, a photo of her and Xixi. The background of the photo seemed to be Xixi's birthday. The aunt and nephew held the cake and even smiled exactly the same.

Only then did he remember that when he met again, he even forgot to ask Xixi.

He stared at the photo for a long time before returning to the dialog box and responded to her message: "Not yet."

Soon she sent another one: "Is it convenient to speak?"

Huo Qiran dialed the voice phone directly.

Jingli quickly answered the phone.

"Have you returned to the hotel?" Huo Qiran asked her.

"I'm back." Jingli said, "I've arrived at the room."

Huo Qiran responded, and then said, "Do you have anything to tell me?"

"Just..." Jing Li was still hesitant and paused for a moment before finally plucking up the courage. "I apologize to you first. Stewart and I happened to pass by Huaian Painting Hall today and happened to walk in... I didn't expect to meet you, let alone meet your mother..."

Huo Qiran almost held his breath and listened to her talking, but he had no idea what she wanted to say.

"Stewart has half of French descent, the passionate and romantic nature of the French, which is vividly reflected in him. I saw something was wrong with him at that time, so I quickly pulled him away. Who knew that he still fell in love with Aunt Mu at first sight."

Huo Qiran suddenly exhaled and responded softly: "Yes."

"I don't know what actions he will do next, but if this will have any impact on Aunt Mu and your family, I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry. I didn't expect things to develop like this..."

Huo Qiran listened quietly as she explained anxiously there. After a while, he finally spoke again: "It's because of this?"

Jing Li paused, “Isn’t this… enough?”

Huo Qiran chuckled softly, then said: "This kind of thing is a small problem. If you believe it, my mother can definitely handle it."

Jingli was quiet for a moment before saying, "What about your dad? Your dad should mind it too, right?"

"Probably," said Huo Qiran, "but he should have gotten used to it, so it doesn't matter."

After hearing this, Jing Li was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Anyway, you can help me say sorry to my uncle and aunt. I am really embarrassed."

"Okay." Huo Qiran replied, "I will convey it to them."

"Yeah." Jing Li responded, and then said, "I will try my best to advise him not to cause trouble... It's this matter, nothing else, I won't disturb you to rest, good night."

"Jingli--" Huo Qiran suddenly called her again.

Jing Li seemed to be ready to hang up the phone, and his voice went from far to near again, "Is there anything else?"

"How long are you staying in Tongcheng?" Huo Qiran asked, "Do we still have a chance to sit down and have a meal and chat together?"

"I'm not sure about this, everything depends on Stewart's arrangement." Jing Li said, "I'll make an appointment with you if I have time, okay? But what if I have time and you don't have time?"

"I have time." Huo Qiran said.

Jing Li seemed to be stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Okay. Then good night today."

Huo Qiran was silent for a moment before finally responding softly: "Good night."

After hanging up the phone, he still stayed on the dialog box with Jingli, looking at the two simple sentences, looking at the box of voice calls, looking at Jingli's avatar, and finally clicking into Jingli's circle of friends.

He hardly reads his Moments, so he doesn't know if she has posted it. When he clicks it, he finds that her Moments are clean and there is no message.

Huo Qiran still stayed on the blank page for a long time, for a long time...

...

The next morning, when Huo Qiran went downstairs, Huo Jinxi, Mu Qian and Yueyue were already sitting next to the dining table.

When they saw him, all three of them were surprised.

"Brother, you actually went downstairs?" Yueyue asked him, "I thought you were out!"

Mu Qian looked up at her son, raised her eyebrows and smiled, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Why is it so late today? Her face is not very good, and she didn't sleep well last night?"

"Yes." Huo Qiran responded with a little nasal sound, "He has a little pain in his head, maybe he has a cold."

"Then remember to take medicine later." Mu Qian sighed softly and said, "Why did you suddenly catch a cold? But it would be nice if you could take a few days off with this cold."

"That's probably a dream," Huo Qiran said, "The laboratory has been very busy recently..."

"Is that true?" Mu Qian said, "Then why did you tell Jing Li not to be busy yesterday? I thought I was not busy."

When Huo Jinxi heard this, he looked up at his son slightly, his voice and expression remained unmoved.

Yueyue opened her eyes slightly, "Who? Sister Jingli? Is she back?"

"I'm back." Mu Qian said, "I happened to be here to see the art exhibition yesterday, and I happened to meet your brother."

"Brother, aren't you good friends?" Yueyue asked, "When she comes back, she still comes to Huaian Painting Hall to watch the art exhibition. Don't you know?"

"Eat your stuff." Huo Qiran did not answer her question, but said, "I'm going to be late to school."

Yueyue curled her lips and rolled her eyes at him.

Speaking of which, Huo Qiran remembered another thing, and after thinking about it, he still said to Mu Qian: "Mom, Jing Li told me that the mentor she traveled with yesterday fell in love with you at first sight, and what methods might he use to pursue you..."

Huo Jinxi, who had originally lowered his head and was looking at the tablet, raised his head quietly again.

Mu Qian raised his eyebrows slightly, "Really? I just saw that he was too enthusiastic yesterday. It turned out that he had really had an intention."

Huo Jinxi then spoke slowly: "What kind of heat transfer method?"

"As soon as we meet, I will talk to you all the time. If I hadn't seen him look handsome, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to him." Mu Qian said, "I also want to invite me to have midnight snacks. I am not such a casual person. I go out for midnight snacks with people for the first time when I meet? I have to meet several times more often. Only after I get familiar with it can I sit down and have dinner together!"

Huo Jinxi said: "It's enough to meet a few times more? No matter how much sincerity the other party has shown?"

"Sincerity does not depend on how much it is, or whether it exists or not." Mu Qian said, "As long as you have sincerity, even if it is just a bouquet of flowers, I will accept it with pleasure. After all, no man has given me flowers for a long time."

After hearing this, Huo Jinxi just snorted and said nothing.
Chapter completed!