The plot collapsed after everyone thought it was rotten

In the past few days, the Huo family's ancestral house was rarely lively.

On weekdays, there is no grandma to speak, and members of the family who seldom come back to reunite, these days they run to the ancestral house when they have nothing to do, and some even live directly in the guest room on the second floor.

But before the weather cooled down, Grandma Huo had caught a cold and had been bedridden for several days.

Illnesses come and go like a mountain, and at her age, no matter how small the ailment is, it will take a month to get better.The family doctor sees her twice a day on a regular basis, with a serious attitude like an imperial doctor in the palace, giving Lafayette his pulse.In fact, the cold is not very serious at all, it is just a stuffy nose and a little inflammation, but Grandma Huo is used to it, and she can let everything be her own, and she can't suffer a little grievance.

In recent years, she has also become more and more afraid of death, and she still enshrines a natal Buddha at home, and often goes to worship.

As soon as Huo Yuanshan entered her bedroom, he could smell the incense, and couldn't help but persuade him: "Mom, you are not in good health recently, you should burn less incense. You have already donated a lot of incense to the temple. Bodhisattva I know you are pious."

Mrs. Huo was half leaning on the bed, and a nanny beside her was peeling oranges for her to eat. Because she knew her picky nature, she even picked off the white silk from the oranges, so she dared to feed them into the old lady's mouth.

Looking at Grandma Huo's complexion, she is a bit better than her son who just stayed up all night at the company.

But the old lady said that she was suffering, who would dare not listen?

She glanced at her son in disgust, only opened her mouth a little, and said slowly: "Get out! I really raised you for nothing, so I can't say a pleasant word. Do you think I am worshiping the Buddha for myself? I This is for you, Yuan Shan..."

Mrs. Huo said, taking a leisurely bite of the orange, "Huo Yuanhuai brought his son back, don't you understand what that means? You have managed the company better and better in the past two years, and you raised another round of financing a while ago, who Can’t you see it? See if you see it, there is a wolf coming here smelling the meat and wanting to snatch it from you!”

Huo Yuanshan was always very humble in front of his mother, bowed his head, and said yes.

The Huo family in the early years was far from what it is today. Mrs. Huo and her brother, the father of Huo Yuanhuai and Huo Yilei, came here from the countryside. They were unaccompanied. At first, they just rented a small shop together to do some small business. , and then gradually gained a firm foothold in the local area, and the education of the next generation followed suit.

Huo Yuanhuai was the first college student in his family. It was not easy to go to college at that time, and Huo Yuanhuai was even more determined, and got the opportunity to study abroad. Later, he met the daughter of a local Chinese businessman, married and had children, and settled in Beibei like this. America.

So the one who stayed to inherit the family business became Huo Yuanshan.The shop of the siblings also grew bigger and bigger in his hands. After 20 years of struggle, it became the Huo's today.

The old man was taken to the United States by his son a few years ago, and the old lady Huo has been in charge of the Huo house. Although the siblings have not settled the accounts publicly, the whole family has also tacitly agreed that the Huo family will be inherited by the elder sister in the future. .

And Huo Chuxiao has been successfully kicked out of the center of the power vortex by them, so sooner or later the Huo family will belong to Huo Chuhong alone. On this point, Huo Yuanshan and his wife are very sure.

Mrs. Huo's revision of the will was nothing more than a consolidation.

Who would have guessed that this renewal of the will actually brought back the line of the younger brother who was far away overseas.

Huo Yuanshan glanced outside the door.

Even now, Mrs. Huo and his eldest grandson, Huo Chuming, still live in the house.

Although the two families are still looking like they are family and Pepsi, and they are courteous to each other, but they are very clear about what is going on in each other's mind.

Isn't Mrs. Huo overthinking and sick?

In the past two days, Huo Chuming has come to this room from time to time, saying that he cares about grandma, but grandma Huo is unhappy because of him!

This is a bomb buried at home, the countdown will end at some point, and it will detonate.

But still can't drive away.

Mrs. Huo obviously wanted to go with him, and sighed quietly, "Yuanshan, recently, ask Honghong to come back to live. Come back and accompany me, an old woman, or I can suffocate in this room. To save others from wandering in front of my eyes when they have nothing to do, and feel disgusted when I look at it."

Huo Yuanshan was about to respond when he heard a voice at the door:

"Auntie, I'm here to see you."

Huo Chuming said, without waiting for Mrs. Huo to respond, he walked in directly, as if he was already the owner of the house.

Mrs. Huo was startled by his unscrupulousness and coughed. Huo Yuanshan hurriedly stepped forward to pat her on the back, and ordered the nanny to go out to get a glass of water.

Huo Chuming turned a deaf ear to the old lady's coughing, walked leisurely in the courtyard, picked up the remaining half of the orange on the small carved wooden table, and ate it.

You're not welcome at all.

Huo Yuanshan frowned, "Chu Ming, why are there no big or small ones? Did you scare my aunt even if I didn't see it?"

The children of the Huo family's generation have very different personalities.Huo Chuxiao was bored at home like a saw-mouthed gourd, as if anyone could step on it.Huo Chuhong has been a social flower since he was a child, he can chat with any servant in the family, wink and act like a baby.And Huo Chuming was the least familiar to them, and also the most surly.

Even Qi Birong was afraid of him.

He is not Huo Chuxiao.

Sure enough, I saw him with an indifferent appearance, swaggeringly sitting on a chair beside him, and said with a sinister smile: "In broad daylight, who can scare whom? People with a guilty conscience are like enemies. Am I right, aunt?" Grandma?"

Mrs. Huo is used to being pampered, she has never seen anyone in the family dare to contradict him like this, her cheeks are flushed from coughing, and her lungs are hurting.

Huo Yuanshan was angry, and his voice became louder, with anger, "I've been abroad for a long time, why have I forgotten the basic etiquette! How dare you speak like that in front of your grandfather?"

Huo Chuming sneered, "My grandfather? His old man is here. How about I call him here and see if he teaches me a lesson for my unfilial grandson, or sighs with emotion that my sister's house is still pretending to be elegant after all these years. The outfit of a beast?"

He spoke harshly, but Mrs. Huo's mother and son seemed dumb and kept silent.

The nanny finally brought a glass of water, Huo Chuming stared straight at it, and suddenly grinned, "Let me tell you, this house is really not small, you have to walk such a long way to get a glass of water, it is one of the best real estate in this city Alright. Converted into RMB, how many hundred million can it be? Uncle, do you still remember?"

Huo Yuanshan froze: "...remember what that thing does."

"Yeah, you see yourself as the head of the house, and you definitely don't care. The new will also says that your house owns all of the house. But why do I remember it wrong? Why do I remember, When my grandfather left, I made an agreement with my aunt, how about half of the house?"

Mrs. Huo took a breath, and said embarrassingly: "...This is all an adult's business, what are you asking about?"

Huo Chuming smiled disdainfully, feeling that it would be meaningless to continue the conversation, so he stood up and wanted to leave.When he came to the door, he turned his head again.

"By the way, I heard that that kid Chuxiao was kicked out by the family? Uncle, it stands to reason that Chuxiao Chuhong is your son, why is he so partial? There won't be anything wrong here, right? "

Huo Yuanshan was startled, but he still pretended to be calm on the face, Mrs. Huo was taken aback by this question, and she clenched his hand uncontrollably.

Huo Yuanshan said calmly: "Chu Ming, what do you mean by that? This is a family matter."

"It's nothing." Huo Chuming spread his hands and said innocently, "I'm just curious, just asking casually. Why are you nervous?" After speaking, he showed a triumphant smile, turned and left.

The two people in the room were speechless for a while, and after a while, they heard Mrs. Huo whisper: "Yuanshan, could it be..."

"No," Huo Yuanshan said categorically, "They were far away overseas, so it is impossible for them to know what happened back then. Chu Ming said so, probably he is just defrauding us."

As he said this, there was an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.I hope... This is really just Huo Chuming's casual deceit.

Huo Chuxiao went to work on the first day after returning to China, only to realize how famous he was in China after winning the award.

Across the crossroads, he saw a few photographers with short cannons around the entrance of the Jingjie studio, and the accompanying reporter-like person was negotiating with his colleagues, and seemed to want to go in, but was blocked. blocked at the door.

He didn't expect that it was someone looking for him, so he went to Weilan to buy a cup of coffee as usual.

The shopkeeper smiled when he saw him, "Oh, the celebrity is here."

Huo Chuxiao: "What celebrity?"

"In the past two days, people have come to my store to ask if the 'beautiful painter who won the grand prize' is working in a nearby studio. What celebrity are you talking about?"

Huo Chuxiao sneered: "It's a hot topic, but after a while, no one will pay attention."

The shop owner rubbed his chin impassively, "I can't see it. Many people on the Internet are fascinated by those few photos of yours, clamoring for you to open a personal account and post more selfies."

Huo Chuxiao said helplessly: "I'm a painter. Compared with my appearance, I hope that others will pay more attention to what I draw."

"I paid attention but couldn't afford it. The news that Tang Lao bought the award-winning oil painting for 88 yuan has already spread. To be honest, I think you can sell it more expensively," the shop owner helped him pack the coffee into the In the takeaway paper bag, he said solemnly, "You are worth the price! And you are still thinking about buying a house. Now that the house price is so high, the decoration that matches your taste is a big expense. How can it not be enough if you don't earn more? "

Huo Chuxiao thought for a while, "Well, it makes sense."

As he said that he was about to scan the QR code to pay, the shopkeeper stretched out his hand to cover the QR code scanner.

"This cup is my treat. Next time you take a group photo for me and let me put it in the store, it will be used as a promotion for my business."

Huo Chuxiao made a coffee with one stroke, "Thank you", then put it down, and said a little playfully, "But I don't know how to shoot!" After finishing speaking, he left without looking back, leaving the shopkeeper laughing and cursing behind him.

After teasing the owner of the coffee shop, Huo Chuxiao felt a little better, and walked to the studio, but saw that the people around the door hadn't left yet.

"5 minutes, I only need 5 minutes! Talk to him a few words and ask a few questions, really!"

A reporter was trying his best to fight for opportunities for himself, but facing his colleagues in the studio who were equally firm, he made an "X" with his forearm and said loudly: "Say it, no! As long as you haven't made an appointment with Mr. Huo to interview this I can't let you in. Respect privacy, understand? Hurry up, there are so many weird news in the city every day, don't bother us autistic people, okay, someone will come to class soon Woolen cloth."

The reporters were gnashing their teeth anxiously, weird news, weird news, how could Huo Chuxiao be as hot as Huo Chuxiao!Recently, he has been hotly discussed on the Internet, more popular than some celebrities, and all of them are real people, without any marketing injection, so the number of comments are all real.However, those who engage in art sometimes pretend to be noble. After returning to China, no matter how big the magazines are, they refuse all the invitations, and they don’t have any plans to take advantage of the opportunity to open a personal account to manage the popularity. Up to now, netizens have passed it around, and it is still the official event on the day of the award. Several reports released.

If at this time he can get the first draft of interviewing Huo Chuxiao on the whole network...

No, he will never leave.Anyway, Huo Chuxiao has to come to work sooner or later, so he can wait for it!

"Please let it go."

A clear and somewhat cold voice came from behind, which made the reporter's ears itch even if he heard it.

look back...

Thin build, slightly curly black hair, and a small brown mole between the eyebrows.

The reporter's eyes widened. Isn't this the fucking Huo Chuxiao himself whom he has been waiting for!

The reporter felt as if he was spitting blood in an instant, rushed forward and put the microphone on Huo Chuxiao's face, "Hi Mr. Huo! I'm a columnist for xx Weekly..."

Huo Chuxiao looked at him, and then at the black camera facing him, feeling a little dazed for a while.

But the colleague was quick-sighted, dragged him into the studio, and locked the door, allowing the reporter to slap and yell through the thick glass plate.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and said without any danger: "My God, these people are really more annoying than mosquitoes."

Glancing at Huo Chuxiao who still hadn't reacted, his colleague held his shoulder again, and said earnestly, "Mr. Huo, you don't even know how popular you are now... why don't you go out in disguise for a while, you saw it too , this group of reporters can't get rid of it, it's crazy!"

Huo Chuxiao was very puzzled: "Didn't I just win an award? It's fine to spread the word in the circle, why are these outsiders also booing?"

Colleague smiled wryly: "Isn't it Versailles? Didn't you just win an award? It's not because of your face that has caused disasters to the country and the people. Let alone them, relatives who have not been in touch with me for 800 years, I heard that I was with you A studio comes to work, and they all come to contact me, asking me, 'Is that painter really so good-looking?'”

He pinched his neck to imitate his relatives, which made Huo Chuxiao chuckle.

When the colleague saw him smiling, he became shy instead, scratched the back of his head, laughed twice and stopped talking.

Huo Chuxiao didn't take it seriously, and changed the subject: "Didn't you say that there will be new members coming to class from today? Is there a list of who I will bring?"

Jingjie usually holds some small classes for social people, and the audience is basically people with money and leisure. Compared with teaching students, this is obviously much easier, because the people who come to the class are no longer for the key exams , but only to cultivate sentiment, not to seek results.

The colleague reacted and hurriedly led him to the front desk.

"Oh, the specific list hasn't come out yet, but it's basically set up. You can take a look in our background system now. This time, many students named you to attend your class. Mr. Huo, you are about to become our Jingjie signboard."

Huo Chuxiao casually complained: "I don't want to be a signboard, it's annoying when people look for it every day."

Colleagues comforted him: "It's okay, just wait another six months, and you won't have to teach after you get promoted."

Huo Chuxiao glanced at the list, but frowned.

The list is very short, no more than seven people, but one name is particularly eye-catching.

"Qi Lang?"

He never expected to see this person here, but he only needed to turn his head to understand what kind of medicine was sold in Qi Lang's gourd.Since the reporter at the door who has never seen him at all knows that he works here, then with Qi Lang's contacts, he can naturally know too.

Not long ago, this person even brazenly said in front of him that he wanted to "get back together". Huo Chuxiao was secretly relieved that he hadn't been harassed by phone and text messages in the past two days, thinking that Qi Lang was just talking, but he didn't expect to wait here With him!

Well, this person hasn't changed for many years, he still doesn't give up until he achieves his goal, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal.

The colleague saw that his expression was wrong, and asked concerned: "Mr. Huo, what's wrong?"

Huo Chuxiao took a deep breath and said, "I want to find the boss."

As soon as Qin Huai arrived at the studio in the afternoon, he met Huo Chuxiao head-on.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Huo. Are you here to welcome me to work?" Qin Huai joked lightly.

Huo Chuxiao sullenly said, "Boss, I have something to ask you."

Qin Huai was surprised for a moment. In his impression, there had never been a situation where Huo Chuxiao took the initiative to look for him.

When Huo Chuxiao showed him the list, Qin Huai was still at a loss, but when he saw a certain name, he understood everything.

Boss Qin raised his eyebrows slightly, "This man actually chased him here? I really didn't expect it."

He looked at Huo Chuxiao's expression, and said again: "Do you need me to transfer him to another class? Or simply refuse, refund, as long as you want, I can help you solve it."

He did plan to sit on the mountain and watch Ji Zongming and Qi Lang fight, but if it interfered with Huo Chuxiao's own life, he would naturally not sit idly by.What's more, Qi Lang is coming to play wild on his territory.

Qin Huai has always regarded "working with Huo Chuxiao" as an advantage. After all, Huo Chuxiao can divorce Ji Zongming without burden, but he will not resign from Jingjie easily.He thinks that he has good patience, and he can slowly cultivate his relationship. When Huo Chuxiao regains his freedom, wouldn't he be able to get the moon sooner rather than later.

So once a competitor wants to invade, Qinhuai will be full of hostility.

He could tell that Huo Chuxiao hated Qi Lang, so it was foreseeable that the other party would ask him to push Qi Lang away...

"No need."

Huo Chuxiao's answer was unexpected and directly interrupted Qin Huai's thinking.

"What?" He thought he had heard wrong.

"I said, there is no need to refuse. Just let him stay in my class." Huo Chuxiao said indifferently, "Anyway, even if I dodge him now, there are various ways to forcefully achieve his goal. But I have a special ask."

As he spoke, he took out another list, pointed to a certain name on it and said to Qin Huai: "I hope this student can come to my class. It's best to arrange him and Qi Lang next to each other."

Qin Huai looked along his fingertips in puzzlement, and after seeing the name clearly, he swept away the confusion on his face and smiled, "Okay, I'll help you."

"Thank you." Huo Chuxiao said with a faint smile.

"I said, have you really signed up at Huo Chuxiao's studio?" Zhang Ji asked in surprise on the phone.

With a cigarette in his mouth, Qi Lang was sitting in the VIP room of the bar watching the drunk girls dance hotly. While stuffing tips into the women's extremely hot underwear, he said, "Of course it's true."

"No, are you serious? I heard you say that you want to get Huo Chuxiao again, and I thought it was just a joke. Yes, he is indeed better looking than before, but... there is no need for that? Based on your conditions, I think What do you want? Why bother with a married man. Don't forget that your grandpa recently..."

When Qi Lang heard him mentioning his grandfather, he became impatient and interrupted his babbling: "You still care about me, Zhang Ji? What's wrong with the old man? He can still keep an eye on me all day long?"

Zhang Ji could only respond weakly over there: "Yes, yes..."

Qi Lang thought about what he said just now, and said, "Huo Chuxiao is different from others."

He licked his teeth and smiled, "Others are just things that are easy to get and put upside down. But Huo Chuxiao is the one who broke with me the most embarrassingly. Do you know how it feels to conquer such a person? Let a person who flatters you love you Being in love with you won't bring any pleasure, but making a person who hates you can't help but fall in love with you again is called conquest."

Just listening, Zhang Ji shivered unconsciously, "...Really, Qi Lang, except for someone like me who has been your brother for many years, who would believe that you are so...bad."

Qi Lang smiled lazily and hung up the phone.

The next day, he appeared in front of Jingjie Studio.

Qi Lang rushed to the front desk with a perfect smile: "Hi, I'm here to attend Teacher Huo Chuxiao's oil painting class."

The front desk was stunned by his smiling face for a second, then he came to his senses and hurriedly led him to the 01 studio on the second floor.

Knocking on the door, the receptionist rushed inside and said, "Teacher Huo?"

"Enter."

As soon as Qi Lang heard that familiar voice, one corner of his mouth curled up.

Pushing the door open, he saw that Huo Chuxiao was wearing an elegant Chinese-style suit, and the exquisite buttons made him look extravagant, making him even more fragile.

The dark blue brocade also highlighted the fairness of his skin. The cuffs revealed a thin wrist, and the light green blood vessels, like jade patterns, quietly covered the skin.

Qi Lang's eyes darkened, and Huo Chuxiao obviously looked more attractive than the last time they met.

For some it will be like this, flowering doesn't come until your 20s.And in middle school, it was just a green bud.Not to mention that Huo Chuxiao's current aura is much more attractive than the cowardly and isolated little fellow back then.

His hand holding the paintbrush was extremely steady, and when he saw Qi Lang coming, he just raised his eyes and looked up, without any superfluous expression, and said softly: "Sit down. There are still 10 minutes for class."

Qi Lang asked him with a smile: "Are you surprised to see me?"

Huo Chuxiao didn't even look at him, and replied: "Ordinary people will be surprised when they see cockroaches."

After hearing his answer, Qi Lang's eyes lit up.Well, that's it.

The more so, the more he looked forward to the day when Huo Chuxiao fell.

He didn't directly sit in the seat closest to Huo Chuxiao, but deliberately separated them by two, and chose a corner not too far away.

Like some kind of pull.

However, Huo Chuxiao didn't care at all, and drew the sketch quietly by himself.

Qi Lang looked at him with his chin in his hands. This class has about twenty sessions, that is, it lasts until after the winter, so he can stay in the same room with Huo Chuxiao until the new year, and no one can escape.

Huo Chuxiao's painting style is still the same as before.

Qi Lang can't wait to see how he will get along with him during this time.

After a while, some people came to the 01 Studio to take classes. Most of them were middle-aged people with successful careers. A few of them came to his class after learning that Huo Chuxiao had won the award. When they met, they called out "Huo Chuxiao" very politely. teacher".

Facing these elders who were almost two rounds older than him, Huo Chuxiao was not humble, maintained his usual indifference, and nodded slightly to everyone to show his response.

Qi Lang's eyes didn't move away from him the whole time.

Until a voice reached his ears.

"Xiao Lang?"

Qi Lang's heart skipped a beat, why does this old voice sound so familiar...

He turned his head and saw a very familiar person standing at the door.

"Grandpa, grandpa!?"

Qi Lang has never blurted out in such a gaffe.

And Huo Chuxiao, who had been concentrating on painting, only smiled slightly at this time.

What a wonderful thing for grandparents and grandchildren to attend classes together.

When he saw these two names on the list, he felt that it is always right for a family to be together, right?

The author says:

感谢在2022-07-0620:26:54~2022-07-0720:49:12期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 piece of Ningmeng;

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