Huo Wen'an picked up the blanket that was sliding to the ground and covered his thighs, then he said, "That girl knows there's someone in the compartment. She said that intentionally."
Ye Mingluo was stunned, "What's the purpose?"
Huo Wen'an shook his head, feeling that Ye Mingluo's brain, aside from some talent and intelligence in medicine, was rather dull in everyday situations. "The purpose is to let me know that there are people on Divine Concealment Island who aren't clean, plotting behind our backs."
Ye Mingluo's expression turned serious.
He contemplated for a moment, then quickly grasped the twists and turns within.
But there were still aspects he didn't understand. "It's not strange for Xu Xingguang to guess there's someone in the compartment, but how did she guess the person inside would be from the Huo Family?"
Huo Wen'an shook his head. "No idea." Huo Wen'an himself hadn't figured it out.
"Alright, you've watched the living miracle; I'll send your living Buddha back to Cangshan Town now."
The two took the elevator to the basement, Ye Mingluo helped Huo Wen'an into the car and folded the wheelchair into the trunk.
The car drove out of the underground parking lot and headed towards the hospital entrance.
Huo Wen'an turned his phone with one hand, and upon looking up, saw a young girl standing at the hospital entrance.
She was thin, wearing an overly loose black down jacket, her dark hair tied up high, her face small enough to fit in one palm, yet her features were particularly delicate, each molded to perfection.
She shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand, and her fair cheeks shone with a pearly glow in the sunlight.
Huo Wen'an glanced twice more, just as Ye Mingluo rolled down the car window and shouted to the woman, "Miss Xu? Waiting for a ride? Need me to give you a lift?"
Xu Xingguang shook her head and politely thanked him, "No, thank you."
Ye Mingluo drove the car off directly, turning his head to gossip to Huo Wen'an, "Sure enough, with a stepmother comes a stepfather, not even one person came to pick her up from discharge."
Ye Mingluo personally drove, carrying Huo Wen'an past the streets of Yujiang City, heading towards Yujiang City Western University City.
But their destination wasn't the University City, but the old road district behind it that hadn't been demolished.
This was originally a geographically secluded town, backed by dense Cang Mountain forests, overlooking Yujiang Capital City from afar.
About eight years ago, the Alliance Government seized the town and surrounding fields, planning to develop them into a University City. The University City was later built, but the town, for unknown reasons, wasn't demolished.
The imposing and magnificent University City stood before the old street, with an ancient deep mountain forest behind. Sandwiched between, the old street appeared all the more peculiar and distinctive.
It felt abandoned by the old era, yet not fully integrated into the new era.
It was twilight now, nearing dinnertime.
Some students came to the town's restaurants for a meal; the Humvee moved painfully slow, only advancing two hundred meters in half an hour through the narrow, crowded old streets.
Ye Mingluo sighed, "This broken place has really become lively, before you could only see this many people during market days."
Huo Wen'an watched the familiar old scene outside the window without saying a word. His gaze occasionally lingered on the youthful and strong bodies of the university students, his fingers curling slightly.
"We're here." The car stopped at the end of the town, Ye Mingluo took the wheelchair out of the car and helped Huo Wen'an to sit properly.
He surveyed the old house with a rusting door in front and asked Huo Wen'an, "Really staying here? Not getting a different house?"
Huo Wen'an shook his head, "No change."
Ye Mingluo opened the door and pushed Huo Wen'an into the small courtyard.
The weeds in the yard had been cleared, yet there were traces left from removing weeds, making it seem uninhabitable.
Huo Wen'an stood in the courtyard, but his eyes fell upon the two-story villa next door, which looked somewhat newer.
Ye Mingluo followed his gaze and curiously asked, "Whose house is that?"
Huo Wen'an replied, "An aunt's. She brings her kids here every summer to stay for a while."
"What kind of person is she?"
Huo Wen'an replied indirectly, "She loves her kids very much."
Ye Mingluo thought of Huo Wen'an's terrible mother, realizing he trodden on another of Huo Wen'an's sensitive points, frowned with regret.
"Perhaps next summer we'll see her again." Patting Huo Wen'an's shoulder, Ye Mingluo spoke earnestly, "A Zui, try to live until then. I hear summer in this town is beautiful; I want to experience it with you."
But Huo Wen'an said, "I'm not interested in spending summer with a guy with smelly feet."
Ye Mingluo laughed so hard his shoulders shook.
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While waiting for a ride, Xu Xingguang received a call from Xu Zeqing. On the other end, he said uncomfortably, "Xingguang, we have guests at home, I can't leave for now, just take a cab back yourself."
"Hmph," Xu Xingguang hung up without hesitation.
This day happened to be the Lantern Festival, the streets were festively decorated, bustling with red hues.
This city was once Xu Xingguang's most familiar hometown; now walking past the streets felt utterly foreign.
After a stop-and-go journey, she arrived at the Xu Family past one o'clock in the afternoon.
The Xu Family still lived in the same three-story villa, but the courtyard, where Mo Yinshu once adored narcissus flowers, had been uprooted and replaced with an aristocratic breed of red roses.
Xu Xingguang stood at the yard's entrance, staring at the unfamiliar home, unable to step forward.
You Jingqiu, alongside a pair of handsome young men and women, greeted Xu Xingguang from the villa's lobby. Today she wore a burgundy coat, her figure underneath exuded a sensual aura, exuding an air of a regal matriarch.
To You Jingqiu's left stood a young woman in a light blue down jacket, her round eyes as clear as a fawn's.
This should be You Jingqiu's daughter, You Mingyue.
On You Jingqiu's right, a young man dressed casually in a simple black turtleneck sweater paired with a light tan blazer, wore gold-rimmed glasses, exuding an air of gentle modesty.
He should be You Jiaoyang.
Xu Xingguang gazed at You Jiaoyang's face, feeling as though she had seen it somewhere before.
Just then, Xu Zeqing emerged from inside, Xu Xingguang caught sight of his face and was startled to discover You Jiaoyang bore a resemblance to Xu Zeqing by about thirty to forty percent!
Coincidence?
Or does it mean...
Xu Xingguang suddenly felt nauseous, her chest tight with a sense of suffocation.