Mr. Huo, stop being abusive. Miss Fu is going on a blind date again.

When Ji Lin returned to the classroom, Fu Yan saw that there was a bruise on the corner of his mouth.

"A fight?"

Ji Lin covered his mouth with his hands, feeling unlucky the moment he thought about it, "I was accidentally attacked by someone."

"Who could sneak attack you?" Fu Yan didn't believe it. Ji Lin was so skilled, and he probably couldn't fight Huo Mingzheng...

Fu Yan collected her thoughts in time and listened to Ling Zhao's brief explanation of what had just happened.

Even though Fu Yan heard Ling Zhao's brief description, she was so angry that she wanted to rush over and kick him again.

Especially when he heard Zhong Li threaten to make Ji Lin pay, it seemed like he was preparing to take revenge on Ji Lin.

……

Fu Yan returned to the Huo Mansion. After having dinner with her mother, she took a few books and was about to leave. "I'm going to read a book."

"Going to your second brother's study again?" Song Qingshuang asked.

Fu Yan nodded, holding the key in her hand, "Don't worry, I won't touch anything there."

Song Qingshuang wanted to say something, but Fu Yan had already left with the book.

Last winter, Huo Mingzheng gave her the key to his study and allowed her to use it to read and do homework.

Fu Yan had been reading in the study until late at night. She yawned several times and looked at the time. It was already eleven o'clock.

She was so sleepy that her eyelids were drooping, but she was reluctant to leave.

Later, he fell asleep on the desk.

It was not until she heard the man's deep voice mixed with the sound of the door opening that she slowly woke up.

As soon as the door opened, Fu Yan looked at the man at the door with sleepy eyes and called out "Second Brother" in a daze.

Huo Mingzheng nodded, walked over and looked at the book on the table.

"Love in the Time of Cholera"

"It's almost the final exam, so you still have time to read some books?"

Fu Yan closed the book, "There's nothing to review."

Huo Mingzheng casually picked up the remote control and raised the temperature of the air conditioner by two degrees. He seemed to laugh and said, "You are quite confident."

He put down the remote control and saw that she had no intention of leaving. "Why don't you go back to bed so late?"

Fu Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "I have something I would like to ask my second brother for help."

Huo Mingzheng's eyes passed over the collar of her school uniform and he said calmly, "Didn't I ask you to save my phone number? Just call me if you have anything to say. What if I don't come to the study? Wouldn't you have waited for nothing?"

"I was afraid that my second brother was busy with work, so I didn't dare to disturb you." Fu Yan answered honestly.

"Your matter is not considered a disturbance." Huo Mingzheng met her slightly surprised look and said in a lighter tone, "It's just a trivial matter."

Fu Yan said "oh".

Huo Mingzheng frowned and said, "Go ahead."

Fu Yan hugged the book tightly in front of her chest and asked, "Is Zhong Yang from the Zhong family a friend of my second brother?"

Huo Minzheng hummed.

"His cousin Zhong Li is my classmate."

Cao Fang, who was following behind Huo Mingzheng, nodded silently in his heart.

Of course Mr. Huo knows.

Mr. Huo knew all about the number of boys in Miss Fu's class and their backgrounds.

Huo Mingzheng took the cup of water handed over by Cao Yuan and said in a nonchalant tone, "I heard Zhong Yang mentioned that he was taking classes at your school. So he is your classmate."

Cao Fang: "..."

Fu Yan explained in a few words what happened today at school between Ji Lin and Zhong Li, and how Zhong Li threatened Ji Lin.

Huo Mingzheng felt the temperature of the glass with the back of his hand and placed it in front of Fu Yan. "Is it because of the fight?"

"No, it was Zhong Li who said disgusting things to Ji Lin and his deskmate. Ji Lin couldn't help it and taught Zhong Li a lesson on the spot. I think he was right. Zhong Li is indeed a bad person and he deserves to be punished."

"Ji Lin's deskmate? I thought Ji Lin was your only male friend, but it seems like there are more than one."

Fu Yan quickly explained: "We are good classmates. I like that boy very much."

Cao Fang's heart skipped a beat.

Huo Mingzheng looked at her deeply for a few seconds, opened the window, took out a cigarette and lit it, "Like it?"

Fu Yan was about to speak when Huo Mingzheng said coldly, "You should focus on your studies now and stop thinking about those trivial things."

"I just admire Ling Zhao."

"I can't even admire you. I'm afraid you might think the wrong way."

Fu Yan's eyes turned slightly red because of his aggressive attitude. She originally wanted to ask Huo Mingzheng for a favor, but now it seems that it is probably not going to work.

She whispered, "Then I won't bother my second brother."

Just as she was about to leave, Huo Mingzheng suddenly grabbed her wrist and asked, "Just admiring?"

"Of course, Ling Zhao is very good, but he is not my type." Fu Yan's voice lowered.

Huo Mingzheng quietly clenched his fists, "What type do you like?"

"Can you help me, brother?"

Huo Mingzheng lowered his eyes and met Fu Yan's red eyes. She probably felt disappointed because he didn't help her.

He frowned, as if defeated, and said in a low voice: "Ji Lin and the Ji family will be fine."

After receiving this "permission", Fu Yan was so excited that she couldn't express it in words, "Thank you, second brother."

Huo Mingzheng caught the man again and said, "Drink the water."

Fu Yan obediently picked up the cup of water and drank most of it before leaving the study.

After she left, Huo Mingzheng picked up the glass of water and said to Cao Fang without turning his head, "Notify the Zhong family directly."

"Yes." Cao Fang took out his cell phone.

Huo Mingzheng put out his cigarette and drank the remaining water in the glass.

……

Since then, Zhong Li never said anything bad about Ling Zhao again, and the scene of Ji Lin being retaliated by Zhong Li as other classmates expected did not happen. In fact, at the beginning of the senior year, Zhong Li was transferred to another class.

After his senior year of high school, Ji Lin spent more time on fencing and rarely went back to school for classes.

But Ling Zhao had prepared review materials for each subject for him.

The weather is getting cooler and winter has arrived in the south city.

Ji Lin came back from outside the school, and just as the bell rang for class, he saw Ling Zhao walking towards the bathroom.

Ji Lin looked at him with complicated eyes. This little thing hasn't grown up yet?

After Ling Zhao approached, he pulled the man in front of him and compared his height, "Why are you shorter?"

Ling Zhao held his breath at the sudden approach, and then said slowly, "You have grown taller."

Ji Lin hummed, "The team measured my height today. I'm 1.84 meters tall. I think I can still grow taller."

Ling Zhao glanced at him quietly, and found that he had indeed grown taller and more mature.

He withdrew his gaze and the two walked into the classroom side by side.

Ji Lin looked at Fu Yan who was sitting at the table in front of him and said to Ling Zhao, "I noticed that you and Fu Xiaoyan'er are about the same height, and she's not growing any taller."

"She's a girl, it's normal for her not to grow taller."

Ji Lin was too embarrassed to ask him back, thinking it was probably due to poor development again. There was no need to rub salt into someone's wounds.

After the two sat down, Ji Lin couldn't find a pen, so he asked Ling Zhao to get him one.

Ling Zhao was just about to take it from the pencil case for him, but Ji Lin reached out his hand to take it himself, and their hands touched.

Ji Lin frowned, "It's just the beginning of winter, why is it so cold?"

As he spoke, he took out a pen from his pencil case, then pulled Ling Zhao's left hand under the hood of his hoodie and pressed it against his back through his clothes, "Put it here, it's warm."