Zong Lu glanced at the cigarette between his fingertips and did not answer his question: "Dong Huo, smoking is not allowed in my home."
Huo Shenxiu wisely pressed the cigarette butt into the soil of the potted plant next to him and put out his cigarette.
Zong Lu then said: "Let's go down first. She wants to talk to her mother more."
With that said, he walked directly downstairs.
Huo Shenxiu looked at his cold back and looked with his toes, and he could see that this new brother-in-law was not very enthusiastic about him.
Moreover, he is much more resistant than Su Jinhang’s fake brother-in-law.
Su Jinhang had a good attitude towards him before, but it was only because of what happened between him and Mimi that he sided with his sister.
I've been treating myself much better recently.
But this Zonglu was different, the eyes looking at him were filled with coldness.
However, it's not surprising.
What Zong Lu wants is his biological sister, not his brother-in-law.
My sister is back, and she brought back such a big, unfamiliar oil bottle. Who would really welcome her?
A brother's view of his brother-in-law is more or less the same as a father-in-law's view of his son-in-law. It was a bit unpleasant at first.
He didn't like him, but Huo Shenxiu didn't mind at all.
But the intense look in his eyes when he looked at Mimi made him dissatisfied.
Even if it was just because his brother was so excited that he had just found his sister, he felt a little uncomfortable.
…
Huo Shenxiu and Zong Lu were downstairs, each occupying a corner of the sofa, scrolling through their phones. After waiting for a while, Su Mi came down from upstairs.
The two of them raised their heads at the same time and said in unison: "Come down."
Then, they looked at each other, their eyebrows and eyes showing their disgust towards each other.
Su Mi could notice that there seemed to be an imperceptible fire between the two of them, and before she had time to think about it, Zong Lu stood up and asked, "How is mom?"
She just said: "After talking for a while, I saw that she was very tired, so I let her sleep."
"Well, she has been taking psychotropic drugs. The drugs have side effects of drowsiness and make her tired easily. Let her rest."
Huo Shenxiu walked up to her and said, "It's getting late. Let's go back to the hotel first. We'll see your mother tomorrow morning."
Su Mi seemed to have thought about it: "Second uncle, I want to stay here and spend a few more days with my mother. Can you accompany me?"
If she had known that her biological mother was in such a condition, she would have taken the initiative to find her.
Looking at my mother's condition now, she really can't just go back to Tancheng.
She wants her mother's condition to get better.
Huo Shenxiu was not surprised by her decision and understood: "Yeah."
Su Mi looked at Zong Lu again: "Is it okay?"
Zong Lu's eyes were clear: "This is your home. Don't say how many days. You can just move in and live here from now on."
Huo Shenxiu replied decisively: "Then there's no need."
Zong Lu raised his eyebrows and looked at Huo Shenxiu.
"Mimi has a family, a son, and a job in Tancheng. It's not convenient to move here."
Zong Lu shrugged his shoulders and said nothing.
He just turned around and said hello to Uncle Chao: "Go and clean up the room."
…
After the room was packed, Huo Shenxiu discovered that Zong Lu had arranged two rooms.
And it's not even on the first floor.
Su Mi's room was arranged on the third floor, next to Mrs. Zong's room, probably so that she could spend time with her mother.
He was placed in a guest room on the second floor.
Seeing Huo Shenxiu's complex expression, Zong Lu said lightly:
"You and Mimi haven't remarried yet. Since you're not a couple, it's more appropriate to live in two rooms."
Su Mi was afraid that the two of them would not get along on the first day back, so she walked up to Huo Shenxiu and whispered:
"Second uncle, it's getting late. You go back to your room first. I'll come find you later."
Huo Shenxiu reluctantly gave Su Mi some face, and knowing that she still had something to say to Zong Lu alone, he went up first under the guidance of Uncle Chao.
The living room became quiet, and Su Mi looked at Zong Lu, her mouth opened for a long time without shouting.
Although he already knew that Zong Lu was his biological brother.
Moreover, it was Mr. Z who had been helping her and Xiao Subao.
However, I am still not used to calling him brother now.
I always feel like this biological brother is enveloped in a layer of fairy spirit, like a flower on the high mountain.
Give people a sense of distance.
Maybe it’s because I’m not familiar with it yet…
Zong Lu could guess what she was thinking, but he didn't mind: "Don't panic, wait until you want to call again."
"Then let me just follow the servant and call you Mr. Zong for now?" Calling you Mr. Zong is too unfamiliar.
His thin lips curved slightly: "You are not a servant. Mom and grandma call me Alu. You can be like them."
Su Mi acquiesced and asked again: "You found me when Xiao Subao fell ill. So, you also know everything about me, right?"
Zong Lu raised his eyelids and glanced sideways upstairs: "Are you talking about the matter between you and Huo Shenxiu?"
"...let's forget it."
Zong Lyu hummed: "I know everything."
Su Mi was in a complicated mood.
After all, he has never met his biological brother, but he knows him well.
In the past few years, he has been quietly watching and exploring himself from behind.
But she didn't know it at all.
Zong Lu broke the silence: "I'm sorry."
Su Mi was stunned: "Ah?"
His eyes flickered, revealing the guilt he couldn't hide: "I didn't take good care of you, so you were abducted by the servants at home, causing you to live far away from your family. Even if you were bullied, I didn't know, let alone protect you.
you."
Su Mi was moved: "You are only four years older than me. When I was taken away, you were only a four-year-old child. How could you take care of me? There is no need for you to blame yourself."
He moved his lips, revealed a smile, raised his fingertips, and wrapped a strand of hair that fell on her forehead behind her ears: "You really don't blame me?"
A small movement made Su Mi's expression change.
She was not used to being so close to a man she met for the first time.
Although this man is his own brother and his closest blood relative.
This action was purely out of the brother's sympathy for his sister, and there was no trace of nostalgia.
But she still politely dodged it: "It's not strange."
Zong Lu realized that the too close action had frightened her, so he immediately retracted his hand and said warmly:
"It's getting late. Let's go rest first."
…
After talking to Huo Shenxiu for a while, Su Mi went to bed after returning from his place.
Turning off the desk lamp, the bracelet on her wrist swayed with her movements, shining with a lustrous and ghostly luster in the night room.
After moving back to Huayuan with Xiao Subao, she went to the bank to withdraw Huanyan.
In recent years, in order to conceal one's identity, it is of course impossible to wear such an iconic accessory as Huan Yan.
It has been stored in the safe of an international chain bank.
Recently, I started wearing it again.
In fact, I decided to stay at Zong's house tonight because I wanted to stay with my biological mother and help her recover as soon as possible.
I also want to see if I can use Huanyan to retrieve some memories of the clan before I lost my memory in my dream.
In this way, you can integrate into this biological family quickly.
The freshly changed bedding exudes a warm and fresh smell.
Soft and comfortable.
Before going to bed, Uncle Chao came to her room and explained.
I heard that this room used to be the nursery where she was born.
Later, she disappeared and Shi Yihan suffered from mental illness. The doctor said not to use her old things to irritate the patient, so the baby's room was renovated at home.
This room has been kept like this.
Returning to the place where she first lived in her life, Su Mi felt surprisingly calm.
She always chooses the bed.
In the past, when I accompanied my second uncle to stay at Huo's house, it was often difficult to fall asleep.
But tonight, I didn't have any trouble sleeping at all.