April 5th is the big day for the Huo family to worship their ancestors, and the whole family has to go to the ancestral hall to participate in the worship ceremony.

Jiang Buyu has not passed the door yet, and she is not an official Huo family, so even if she has been guarding the Huo family's old mansion for three years, she still doesn't need to show up on such occasions as the ancestor worship ceremony, and no one knows that she is no longer in the Huo family's old mansion.

The ceremony ended near noon, and the group went back to the old house for dinner. The people of the Huo family, from the sect master's house to the branches, add up to nearly a hundred people, large and small, and the venue of the old mansion is enough to set up ten large round tables, which will not be crowded at all, but it is a test of the ability of the clerk.

Qiao Zhong, the housekeeper on the side of the old mansion, was arranging matters, and listened to the maid report: "Steward Qiao, Miss Jiang is not at home, it seems that she is going out." ”

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Qiao Zhong's gray eyebrows furrowed. Although Miss Jiang does not participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, she will show up at the party after the ancestor worship, which is the only opportunity for her to show Huo Yan's identity as his fiancée.

Why didn't you come this year?

The maid who was preparing the cutlery next to her listened to it and said, "Isn't it really like Miss Ning said, she stole the handkerchief of the eldest young master, was exposed, and felt that she had no face to see people, so she ran away, right?"

Huo Yan passed by, just listening to this sentence, and asked in a cold voice, "Miss Jiang is not at home?"

The maid listened to his question, dodged her eyes and hurriedly bowed her head and answered: "Yes." ”

The eldest young master just let go, Miss Jiang is a distinguished guest of the Huo family, and she gossip behind her back and was heard by the eldest young master, I don't know if she will be punished.

Huo Yan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his gaze swept around the wide field.

At this time, the guests are seated in twos and threes, and the banquet is about to begin.

Qiao Zhong bowed slightly, and said in a low voice, "Young Master, do you want to send someone to find it?"

Huo Yan sighed slightly and waved his hand: "No need, go ahead with your business." ”

Qiao Zhong let out a "huh" and went to do something. Huo Yan stood in place, his eyelashes drooping slightly, his eyes flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Huo Yan. ”

A soft female voice came, her voice was a little old, with a sense of vicissitudes.

Huo Yan heard the voice, turned his head, and a middle-aged woman in dark blue clothes was sitting in a wheelchair and was pushed towards him.

Huo Yan walked over, took the maid's hand, and pushed the wheelchair towards the seat of the guest of honor.

The woman is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Huo family, that is, Huo Yan's mother, Su Wenpei.

Huo Yan's father died early, and Su Wenpei did not remarry, she stayed in the Huo family wholeheartedly, and had high requirements for Huo Yan, she was a gentle-looking, but actually strong woman.

"I heard that you took Miss Jiang out yesterday. Su Wenpei turned his head to look at his son, his eyes were gentle, but his eyes were sharp, "I don't care what the reason you took her out, just don't let people gossip." ”

Su Wenpei wasn't curious about what Huo Yan did when he went out with that girl.

With her son's character, he couldn't just mess around with a woman, and in his eyes, he wouldn't look down on that kind of girl, so she didn't worry about what Huo Yan had with that girl at all.

She just doesn't like to listen to gossip, this is the heir of the Huo family, and being talked about is detrimental to his identity.

Huo Yan had a cold smile floating on his lips, and said jokingly: "Then I'll go talk to them, don't keep talking around me?"

No matter how low-key he is, in this position, even if it's okay, someone will make something to do with him, and Jiang Buyi's little thing is nothing.

Su Wenpei glared at him, a little dissatisfied with his indifferent appearance, and then looked at a few old guys chatting not far away.

Although Huo Yan has long been designated as the heir by the old man, but in the end, how can those people be willing to bow down to the ground.

Su Wenpei said: "You must do that project?"

The wheelchair stopped, Su Wenpei looked at his son with a cold face, and frowned slightly: "Huo Yan, you-"

She was about to persuade her son to analyze the pros and cons, but someone interrupted her.

"Sister-in-law. Second Uncle Huo Xiangnan's wife Wang Meiyi saw the two of them and walked over with a smile, "Sister-in-law, our daughter's table is almost full, I have reserved a seat for you, go over quickly." ”

In front of Wang Meiyi, Su Wenpei couldn't say anything, only gave him a "think more" look, and let Wang Meiyi push him into the seat.

The banquet began soon after, and Huo Yan was the central figure, and it was indispensable to push the cup and exchange the lamp with others. It's just that when I'm talking and laughing with people, I feel a little weird without that gaze.

Halfway through the banquet, Huo Yan drank a lot, took a cup of tea and found a clean place to rest.

On the April day in the world, it is the time when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the old house is quaint, and the plantain growing in the corner brick cracks sways in the wind, and the grass head is little by little, as if it is signaling to him.

Huo Yan half-bent down and pulled a plantain to play with.

Across a wall of flowers, several maids were hiding in the corner and chatting lazily.

“...... In other words, do you think that Miss Jiang is different from before? She didn't even come to the banquet, did she look down on Grandma Huo's position?"

"Hey, how could you not want it, you didn't see her means one by one. ”

"Eh, when you say that, I think ...... It seems that since she fell into the water, she has become so powerful. In the past, Xiaofei always bullied her, but now Xiaofei is so angry with her that she wants to explode!"

"Hey, people who escaped death may just not want to go on like this anymore, and they know that they have to fight for themselves. ”

"Speaking of falling overboard, she's really fatal. In winter, the river froze, and if she didn't drown, she had to freeze to death, thinking that she wouldn't survive, but she didn't expect her to come back to life. Maybe, the ancestors of the Huo family really blessed her......"