"Hmm." After a mont of silence, Huo Jiaqi nodded. "He’s probably eager to have you beco a part of our Huo Family."
"Perhaps." Zhenzhen smiled faintly.
Huo Jiaqi observed her sowhat forced smile, a glimr flickering in his eyes.
After a while, he spoke again, "Our wedding date isn’t far off either."
The smile on Zhenzhen’s face instantly froze.
"Still... a few months, right?" She looked at Huo Jiaqi, asking cautiously.
"Yes, a few months. Not too long, not too short. In the blink of an eye, you might beco my legal wife." Huo Jiaqi spoke in a half-joking tone, but his eyes held a seriousness as he looked at Zhenzhen.
Zhenzhen stared at him for a few seconds, speechless, and then lowered her head to silently eat her al.
The corner of Huo Jiaqi’s mouth twitched slightly with a hint of sarcasm.
Has she already beco too tired to even pretend?
"I don’t know if I can play the role of a good wife."
After a few bites of her al, Zhenzhen suddenly spoke softly.
This ti it was Huo Jiaqi’s turn to be montarily stunned.
He quickly comforted her with a smile, "It’s okay. It’s my first ti being a husband, too. There’s a lot I need to learn. We can learn together."
"I will try my best." It seed as if Zhenzhen mustered up the courage to lift her head, looking seriously at Huo Jiaqi. "I’ll try to be a good wife, a good daughter-in-law, so as not to disappoint Uncle Huo."
Not to disappoint... Father?
Huo Jiaqi stared at her for a long ti without speaking, unblinking.
Quickly, Zhenzhen lowered her head again, continuing to eat.
"Zhenzhen..."
"Hmm?"
"Nothing."
As they left the restaurant, Huo Jiaqi naturally moved to hold Zhenzhen’s hand.
Zhenzhen seed to instinctively tuck her hand into her coat pocket. Huo Jiaqi’s hand paused in mid-air before awkwardly withdrawing.
"Want to go see a movie?"
He turned his head as naturally as possible, smiling at the elegant and refined girl beside him.
"Any good movies showing recently?" Zhenzhen asked flatly, without any change in her expression.
"There are quite a few new releases lately. Let’s decide once we’re at the cinema."
"Okay."
A movie lasts over an hour. During this ti, in the cinema, so people were moved to tears, and so were laughing uproariously.
But Zhenzhen remained indifferent throughout. Though she watched the screen intently from start to finish, her expression did not change at all.
In the darkness, Huo Jiaqi’s eyes were fixed on her.
When the movie ended and the cinema lights ca back on, he finally withdrew his gaze.
A face with distinct features, eyes glinting with unfathomable emotions.
"Did you like the movie?"
As soon as they left the cinema, Huo Jiaqi asked Zhenzhen with a smile.
"Hmm, it was nice."
"I thought so too, though it’s unfortunate the ending was a tragedy."
"The ending was a tragedy?" Zhenzhen asked reflexively.
It was only when Huo Jiaqi’s gaze t hers that she realized her question was inappropriate.
Just as she was about to explain, Huo Jiaqi smiled again and said, "So see it as a cody, others as a tragedy. It seems you belong to the forr."
"Yes... yes." Zhenzhen nodded awkwardly, not saying much more.
On the way to send Zhenzhen back, the two remained utterly silent in the car.
Zhenzhen seed to be embarrassed by the incident outside the cinema, continuously fiddling with her fingers while keeping her head down.
Huo Jiaqi quietly watched the window, his eyes filled with sorrow as he looked at the reflection of the girl with her head bowed in the glass.
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