Chapter 176: Chapter 176 Home Visit_1
Chapter 176: Chapter 176 Home Visit_1
“So soon?” Jiang Nanfei was a bit surprised. She heard that Principal Huo had gone out of town, and wasn’t home! She thought he wouldn’t come back for several days, but never expected him to return so quickly.
“What’s so soon?” Qi Qin, who was unaware of the situation, asked in confusion.
“It’s nothing!” Nanfei took a popsicle out of the plastic bag and handed it to Qi Qin, “I have to go home and check on things, so we’ll leave first!” After saying this, she pulled Jiang Yang towards their home.
“Nanfei, why… why are you giving me a popsicle?” Qi Qin held the popsicle, feeling a bit at a loss.
Nanfei didn’t pause as she walked, trailing behind her a string of laughter, “Of course, as a treat!” She knew that Qi Qin’s father favored his sons over daughters, so the popsicles exchanged for bottles were always for her younger siblings.
As the eldest, she certainly wouldn’t get a share.
Qi Qin gazed at the popsicle in her hand in a daze, cold to the touch; it was wrapped in light blue paper with a sweet buttery scent emanating.
She… hadn’t had a butter-flavored popsicle this year yet!
The atmosphere in the courtyard of Guan Rufang’s house was tense, resembling a courtroom during a trial. Guan Rufang was expressionless as she washed vegetables by the well. Zhou Yongxian sat in a wheelchair, leaning back with her eyes half-closed and silent.
Huo Linong was standing at the entrance carrying his luggage, smiling helplessly.
The three sides were at a standoff; two of them were silent, and eventually, even Linong couldn’t continue speaking. The silence was only broken when Nanfei showed up.
“Hello, Principal Huo!” Nanfei walked in with a popsicle in her hand and greeted Huo Linong first. She then helped Jiang Yang carry a small stool to the shade of a tree, instructing him to sit down and eat his popsicle quietly.
“Hello, Nanfei!” Huo Linong sighed in relief when he saw Jiang Nanfei enter.
This girl is too considerate, she’s perfect! He was definitely right to choose her as his daughter-in-law.
“Principal, have a popsicle.”
“No need, no need, thanks!” He was here to apologize, how could he dare to eat a popsicle!
Sure enough, Zhou Yongxian gave a white-eyed glance at her son and said irritably, “Don’t give him any, Nanfei. Some people don’t deserve to eat popsicles.” Then she outstretched her hand to Nanfei, asserting, “Give me one.”
Huo Linong sighed, even with the presence of younger generations, can’t his mother spare him some face?
“Granny Huo, you can’t have one.”
“And neither can he.”
If she had to choose sides, she would definitely take Granny Huo’s. Nanfei always complied easily, so she gave one popsicle to Granny. Grandpa was out visiting neighbors, so the extra one went to Jiang Yang.
Jiang Yang sat on the small stool with a popsicle in one hand, another in the other, beaming stupidly and contentedly.
“Nanfei.” He must have sensed that something was wrong in the courtyard, so he spoke softly without raising his voice too much, gently pulling at Nanfei’s clothes and offering her the half-eaten popsicle in his hand.
“Only one bite, okay!” He said and even showed her with his hand how big the bite should be.
“Two bites.” Jiang Yang rarely spoke up himself, so the rare occasion cheered Nanfei up and she teased him.
After thinking for a bit, Jiang Yang said, “Then, Nanfei, you can have two bites!”
Nanfei giggled secretly, if it weren’t for the inappropriate setting, she would have laughed out loud. She happily ruffled her little brother’s hair, “I have one, I won’t eat yours. Come on, let’s go find Zhuanzhuan.”
The atmosphere wasn’t right. It wasn’t appropriate for juniors like her to get involved.
“Wait!” Zhou Yongxian called out with authority: “Nanfei, don’t leave, just sit here!”