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Xu Yanwen told him everything he knew.

"Brother Huo likes to make friends and donate money. He is very popular among foreign students, and everyone is willing to associate with him."

Bai Zhun was sitting on a bamboo wheelchair, with lowered eyebrows, as if he didn't hear but thought deeply about every word.

The corner of his mouth twitched, revealing a smile.

Like making friends, maybe no one cares about it. It's easier to donate money, and he doesn't care about money.

What he looks like is really clear.

Since the two met again, he has never hidden anything.

On the contrary, Bai Zhun, Axiu, Chenghuang, and the fragrance of life who doesn't know whether it will continue or not, are hiding everything from him.

Bai Zhun's eyes dimmed, just about to shake Huo Zhenye's hand, he curled up his fingertips again.

Xu Yanwen carefully studied Bai Zhun's expression, searched his mind, and really couldn't think of anything related to Brother Huo, so he apologized and said to Bai Zhun: "Mr. Bai, I really can't remember."

Although he was also born wealthy, but he studied hard when he was in school, and he was not at all the same as Huo Zhenye, a foreign student who looked like a young master.

"What about...the affair?"

Xu Yanwen sat up straight involuntarily, of course there are such rumors.

Although he didn't know when Huo Zhenye would wake up, he decided to shoulder the heavy responsibility of coaxing his boyfriend for his friend: "There is nothing like that, Brother Huo just looks like a coquettish person, and he is by no means a dirty person."

Bai Zhun was silent, and Xu Yanwen persuaded him after seeing that he stopped talking: "Mr. Bai, you should eat something."

Axiu pursed her lips, she looked at Bai Zhun, then at Huo Zhenye who was lying down, turned her head and ran out, ran all the way to the teahouse, bought porridge and snacks, and put the food in front of Bai Zhun.

She pointed to the hanging bottle, and then pointed to the porridge snacks on her hand.

Xu Yanwen said: "What Axiu means is that Brother Huo is eating, and Mr. Bai has to eat too."

Although Xu Yanwen was a mother-in-law, he was still a qualified friend, so Bai Zhun didn't bother with him, he ate two mouthfuls of porridge, then shook his head and refused to eat.

Why is this person still awake?

Time passed quickly in the dream, and Bai Xiaoqi was in his teens.

Huo Zhenye was pedaling a bicycle, and Bai Xiaoqi was sitting on the back of the car, and the two passed through the crowd on the street.

"Leave one, let one, the car is coming!" Huo Zhenye had no scruples, and kept ringing the car bell to let the crowd avoid him. Bai Xiaoqi behind him grabbed his waist tightly: "Brother, brother, slow down!" .”

The bicycle was crooked, Huo Zhenye laughed and stopped the car, Bai Xiaoqi jumped off the back seat: "Brother! You are lying, you don't know how to ride a bicycle at all."

"I can drive, not ride a bike."

Bai Xiaoqi didn't believe him now: "I don't believe it."

"Don't believe it, I really got a car to drive for you to see."

The Huo family didn't come to look for Huo Zhenye, and the two grew up in the foster home. Huo Zhenye's aura as a young master faded away early, and he was treated the same as all children.

When he was seven or eight years old, he was sent to the street to deliver newspapers and shine shoes. Huo Zhenye could eat and fight, and besides snatching his own, he even snatched one for Bai Xiaoqi.

When they grow up to be more than ten years old, the orphanage no longer reserves their beds, and let them fend for themselves.

Huo Zhenye brought Bai Zhun to Shanghai by train, where there are more opportunities and easier to make money.

As soon as he arrived in Shanghai, Huo Zhenye went to the churches in the foreign concessions by himself. Bai Xiaoqi became a lot more courageous after following him, but when he arrived in Shanghai, he saw a completely different scene and saw so many foreigners with blue eyes and blond hair. Some scared.

"Brother, what are we doing here?"

Others say that the foreigners in the church eat children, and even pick out the hands, feet and eyes of the children, and soak them in jars to drink.

Huo Zhenye rubbed Bai Xiaoqi's head: "Come here for free to eat, bathe and sleep for a few days. When I find a job, we will move out."

They had just arrived in Shanghai and lived in the concession, which was safer than living in the old city.

The priest did not expect the two teenagers to come to the church for help. Huo Zhenye opened his mouth with a pure British accent, and Father John's eyes widened.

"I have been to England with my professor and lived in England for several years."

When Huo Zhenye came in, he made up a story. He used to follow a British professor who was a famous scholar and was doing research in China.

But it is a pity that the professor passed away before finishing his work, and his family came to take away all the manuscripts and property, and did not take him to the UK.

Father John was very sympathetic. From Huo Zhenye's speech and wording, he could tell that the professor must be a well-educated person with a very noble background. He was willing to do a small favor for the professor's students.

The two of them just lived in the hut behind the church, the quilt on the bed was fluffy and warm, and they ate toast and cream soup at night.

Satisfied, Bai Xiaoqi rubbed his face against the quilt, closed his eyes and sighed, "When will we have our own home?"

Huo Zhenye smiled. He sat beside Bai Xiaoqi's bed and patted his head: "Soon, we will definitely have our own home."

Huo Zhenye is fluent in English, can play the piano, and can paint oil paintings.

Father John believed in the existence of that professor more and more, and he was even willing to write a letter of recommendation for Huo Zhenye. If he was willing to go to England, Father John could find a British merchant ship to send him there.

Huo Zhenye got acquainted with the captain of the British merchant ship through Father John and made more money.

When he came back that day, he saw Bai Xiaoqi standing at the door, looking around.Huo Zhenye ran forward in two steps: "Are you waiting for me?"

Bai Xiaoqi's expression was hesitant, his eyes dodged.

Huo Zhenye raised his eyebrows, heh, this is something bad: "What's wrong, tell me."

"I... I saved someone."

A girl selling flowers with a basket in the concession, when Bai Xiaoqi went to the street, she saw that she was being bullied, the flower basket was knocked down, and the flowers were trampled all over the ground.

She dared not go home for fear of being beaten and scolded by her adoptive mother: "Mom will definitely sell me this time." She has grown up and can be sold to that kind of place.

Bai Xiaoqi brought her back.

Huo Zhenye's smiling face almost cracked: "Girl?"

Pushing open the door, the girl was sitting on Bai Xiaoqi's bed, her jet-black hair was tied into a braid, hanging in front of her lapel, her nose was beautiful and her eyebrows were full of tears.

"Axiu." Bai Xiaoqi called her, and he walked to Axiu's side, comforting her and said, "This is my brother, don't be afraid, he will definitely agree to keep you."

When the girl looked up, she really looked like Axiu, she was full of surprise: "Really?"

Huo Zhenye breathed a sigh of relief, this Axiu is not a paper figurine, she has come here, so stay as long as you want, anyway, one is also raised, and the two are also raised.

Just treat him as a young man with both sons and daughters.

With Axiu, he couldn't live in the church for a long time. Huo Zhenye didn't go to Yuqingli, he rented a room in the concession, took the letter written by Father John, and found a job in a bank run by the British smoothly.

Bai Xiaoqi refused to take the bicycle again, and the two of them pushed the bicycle and walked home. Before they got home, they rang the bell.

Axiu poked her head out of the window and called them from the second floor: "Brother, you are back! I bought fish today, stewed eggs and tofu."

Bai Xiaoqi's personality is completely different from Bai Zhun's, but his tongue is just as tricky, and he loves to eat fresh fish and shrimp.

Axiu is very good at cooking. She learned how to cook from Mrs. Wang next door. She boiled the meatballs with minced shrimp, put three fresh fish in a big bowl, cut a piece of tofu and put eggs in it. tasty.

As soon as Huo Zhenye glanced at the dishes, he knew that this month's money was spent again. Axiu held her chopsticks and taught her two elder brothers: "If you have to buy some kind of bicycle, you can only eat these for the rest of this month."

Fish and shrimp are much cheaper than meat.

Axiu's housekeeper is very strict, since she has her, the rice tank at home has never been free.

"Not only do we eat these this month, we also have no more snacks, and we can't watch movies this month. We'll talk about it next month." Axiu announced to her two elder brothers sternly.

Huo Zhenye was in charge of making money, Bai Xiaoqi and Axiu both went to study, and everyone in the neighborhood knew that there was a powerful elder brother in this family, and the siblings all depended on him to support them.

As soon as Ah Xiu finished speaking, Huo Zhenye took out the envelope from his pocket: "Extra money for this month."

Axiu was turned into a general, she frowned, took the envelope, counted the money inside, smiled like a miser, and took out two pieces from it: "Snacks should be eaten less, there is no cream cake, only eat Biscuits and fruit candies."

As she said that, she glanced at her second brother, who is the one who likes dim sum the most in the family.

Holding the bowl, Huo Zhenye winked at Bai Xiaoqi, the snack box at home will not be full this week, so he will secretly take him out to eat tomorrow.

"Then the Three Tours of the City God can go and have a look." Bai Xiaoqi took a mouthful of stewed eggs with fresh fish and tofu, "I heard that the Three Tours of the City God in the old city is very lively."

When Huo Zhenye heard the City God making three rounds, he paused with his chopsticks: "Are you interested in this?"

He doesn't live in the old city, and he is also someone who deliberately avoids Bamen.

"How interesting, I heard that the statue made of paper is half as tall as a person." Bai Xiaoqi's eyes were full of interest, but when he talked about paper making, he had no other meaning at all.

Huo Zhenye picked up a fish from the bowl. This kind of small fish was as long as a palm. When the head was removed and scraped with two chopsticks, the whole piece of fish fell out.

He picked out a bowl of fish and gave it all to Bai Xiaoqi.

Axiu shook her head: "My classmate said, there are too many people, girls had better not go." There were too many people who took advantage of the opportunity and stole things.

"Then don't go, I'll go and see with my brother, I'll starve you to death." Bai Xiaoqi stretched out his chopsticks and ate the fish in the bowl.

Axiu watched, stretched out her fingers, and shaved him.

Bai Xiaoqi was ignorant, he had long been used to it, and when he stretched out the bowl after eating, his brother would pick the fish for him.

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