Although Stewart and Huo Jinxi and his wife had a great time talking and tended to not leave until midnight, Jing Li and Brayden left first.

There are many excuses to leave and you can find it casually.

Shortly after they left, Huo Qiran returned to his room.

Not long after he had just lie back on his bed, the door was suddenly opened from outside. Then, a figure rushed to his bed through the quilt and shouted: "Brother!"

Huo Qiran was really shocked by her and sat up quickly. Just as he was about to teach her a lesson, he remembered that he could not make a sound, so he could only frown his eyebrows, took his cell phone and typed it word by word: "You are a big girl, how can you still rush into your brother's arms like this?"

Yueyue curled her lips, but the next moment she reached out to hug him, tilted her head and leaned on his shoulder, "Why not? No matter how long it takes, no matter how old it is, I will hold my brother like this!"

Huo Qiran had no choice but to turn his head slightly and look at her, as if asking her what was wrong.

"I have nothing." Her small chin rested on his shoulder, looked at him and whispered, "I just want to know, what's wrong with my brother?"

When Huo Qiran heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he didn't understand what she meant.

"Brother, why are you unhappy?" Yueyue asked him, "You spend every day in the laboratory and go to bed on weekends. It seems that I haven't seen you happy for a long time... I thought it's worrying when I see you because you make you unhappy, but in fact it's because you are unhappy yourself... Brother, why are you unhappy?"

Huo Qiran listened to her question and seemed to have a moment of dazedness before touching her head, shrugging her shoulders, indicating that she was not unhappy.

"You have." Yueyue leaned against him, even her voice slightly cried, "Have you ever looked in the mirror? Have you ever seen what you look like in the mirror? I don't know when it started, you are like this now... You were obviously not like this before... Brother, you changed back to your previous appearance... You changed back to your previous appearance, okay..."

As she said, tears fell uncontrollably.

Huo Qiran stretched out his hand and subconsciously wiped away the tears from the corner of his sister's eyes, but his thoughts couldn't help but become in a trance again.

Yueyue continued: "It's obvious that everything is the same as before. We all love you so much, and you have a smooth study. The mentor who follows you also appreciates you... Brother, what's wrong with you..."

Huo Qiran suddenly felt a stern.

In the past few years, Mu Qian has tried him openly and secretly several times. Although he is not as clear as Yueyue, he has almost the same meaning.

Has he really changed?

Just as Yueyue said, everything is clearly the same as before, with a harmonious family and successful academic career. If you really want to say that there is any change, it is... in the past few years, he has lost a friend.

"Brother, I don't want you to be like this..." Yueyue hugged him tighter and tighter, "Don't go on like this anymore. You are as happy as before, okay..."

Be as happy as before?

In fact, he has had many happy moments in the past few years. When the laboratory produces results, when the paper is successfully published, when relatives and friends at home gather together, and when all the close people accompany him to celebrate his birthday...

But when you think about it carefully, these happiness really seem to be different from before.

It seems that there is always something to press...

And the last time, what about the joy and joyful moments like before?

Some, some.

When is it?

It was in Huaian Painting Hall, and it was the moment when I saw her again in front of the picture of the prosperous peony;

It was in the laboratory and finally received her reply to have an appointment for dinner;

It's in... every moment you can see her.

...

Late at night, Jingli, who had finished washing, came out of the bathroom and sat back on the bed, felt exhausted both physically and mentally.

She sat there and was stunned for a long time before finally remembering that she should call Xixi for video.

She reached out to get her phone.

The moment the phone screen lights up, a message pops up—

"You still didn't answer me, is it true that you and Brayden have a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship?"
Chapter completed!