The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 183 Yingjie, Yingjun (1120+) _1

Chapter 183: Chapter 183 Yingjie, Yingjun (1120+) _1

Finally, on the evening of the twenty-ninth, we arrived in Yanjing, and a young man was already waiting outside.

"Uncle, Aunt, Yingjie, come this way." Huo Yingjun hurriedly greeted his uncle’s family as they emerged from the train station.

"Yingjun, it’s you who came to pick us up today!" Wei Zhekun said with a smile, "How are your grandparents doing?"

"Grandpa and grandma are doing well," Huo Yingjun replied, while taking the luggage from Jiang Lifang’s hands, "Aunt, let me take that."

Jiang Lifang didn’t stand on ceremony with Huo Yingjun and smiled back, "Then we’ll have to trouble you, Yingjun."

"What are you talking about, Aunt! It’s my duty as a nephew to pick up my uncle and aunt, isn’t it?" said Huo Yingjun. "It’s cold outside, let’s hurry back."

Although Huo Yingjun hadn’t spoken to Huo Yingjie, he patted him on the shoulder twice.

Huo Yingjun had driven here without bringing a driver, so the four of them could just fit in the car, and the luggage was all thrown into the trunk.

While driving, Huo Yingjun said, "Yingjie, you’re really something! Ever since you started your job, grandpa and my dad have been praising you at home every day. So much so that I, a young talent myself, feel the pressure when I’m in front of them!"

"Ha, you’re just boasting," Huo Yingjie responded. "I’ve been at the Weapons Research Institute for less than half a year and haven’t achieved anything yet. I don’t deserve the praise from grandpa and the boss."

"Whatever achievements you’ve made, I don’t know, but I and mom have asked several times and they just won’t tell," continued Huo Yingjun. "They won’t even talk about it at home, probably because it’s classified. You know grandpa, if you didn’t have any good results, he definitely wouldn’t praise you."

Jiang Lifang was happy to hear this conversation, who wouldn’t be when someone praises their son?

"Yingjie is still young and shouldn’t get arrogant. Zhekun, when you get back, tell dad not to go around praising Yingjie too much," Jiang Lifang said. "Besides, he’s just started working; there’s still a long way to go!"

"That’s true, if we boast too much now and Yingjie doesn’t achieve anything later, that would be embarrassing," Huo Zhekun remarked, though his face showed an expression of pride and self-satisfaction.

Huo Yingjun chuckled and said, "Uncle, Aunt, where would I dare to say such things outside? It’s just something we discuss among our own family."

"Big brother, is your work going well these days?" Huo Yingjie asked, not wanting his big brother to keep showering him with praise all the time. It was better to ask some questions and shift big brother and his parents’ attention elsewhere.

Huo Yingjun glanced meaningfully at this younger brother who had followed him since childhood. Now grown up, Yingjie’s achievements had even reached the ears of that person. The Huo Family’s ability to dodge repeated blows had a lot to do with this younger brother’s foresight and achievements.

If it weren’t for his brother, the Huo Family might have been wavering in the chaos, on the verge of collapse.

"My job is going fine. As the saying goes, ’If the main river has water, the tributaries aren’t dry.’ As long as the Huo Family is alright, I’m alright. At the institute, it’s the same old routine, nothing major," Huo Yingjun said. After graduating from university, he’d gone straight to work without any breaks, taking on minor tasks and always being cautious and vigilant. His previous words were merely to comfort those around him.

Once you’re in the jianghu, you can’t help but be swept along!

The bureaucracy is a presence more complex than the Jianghu; a moment of carelessness could lead to utter destruction, and there could also be unseen bloodshed.

"That’s good." Huo Yingjie said, "By the way, have you managed to win over my sister Huanhuan yet?"

In front of his elders, being interrogated by his younger brother about a life-long matter made Huo Yingjun, who had become thick-skinned from working, feel a bit embarrassed. He said, "Your sister Huanhuan has gone to Africa now. Who knows when she’ll be able to return!"

Jiang Lifang smiled and said, "Yingjun, if you’re interested in Huanhuan, you have to put in more effort. Once a girl gets married and has children, she won’t want to leave her family. If you let her go here and there, when will you two ever marry?"

"Auntie, I want to as well, it’s just that girl has an even stronger career drive than I do. If I tell her not to go, I reckon she won’t even agree to date me," Huo Yingjun said with a wry smile. He was already twenty-five and liked the comfort of having a wife and children by the warm bed.

But he just happened to like a career-obsessed person, Zhao Huanhuan, a doctor who would go wherever her unit commanded to provide medical support.

Huo Yingjie laughed and said, "You’re not young anymore, and neither is sister Huanhuan. When she comes back this time, you should settle things with her. Once she’s pregnant, I bet she won’t be able to leave."

When Jiang Lifang heard her son’s words, her face froze. Then she extended her "Nine Yin White Bone Claws," twisted Huo Yingjie’s ear fiercely, and scolded, "You little rascal, you never come up with good ideas, only rotten ones. If your sister Huanhuan finds out about this ridiculous suggestion you gave your brother, see if she’ll bother with you again!"

Huo Zhekun chuckled on the side. Although he also felt that his son’s words were a bit improper, he couldn’t deny it was a good idea. The Zhao family’s girl was indeed too career-driven, always dragging Yingjun along. He was already twenty-five; in any other family, he would have been married with children by now.

The father, mother, and older brother, along with his wife, were all waiting eagerly to embrace great-grandchildren and grandchildren.

"Auntie, don’t dismiss it, what my little brother is suggesting might actually work," Huo Yingjun said. "Huanhuan is even older than I am by a year. If she doesn’t marry soon, she’ll become an old maid. Uncle Zhao is also eager for us to get married now. Even if it is a bit excessive, he would turn a blind eye."

"You naughty kid, your brother is young and talks nonsense, and you take him seriously?" Jiang Lifang scolded, "If she doesn’t agree to marry you, it’s because she doesn’t find you reliable enough. If you were reliable and outstanding enough, you wouldn’t have to beg; just a word, and she would gladly marry you."

Huo Zhekun nodded in agreement and said, "Yingjun, your auntie is right. Back in the days... ouch, why are you twisting me?"

A son speaking out of turn is one thing; after all, he’s still young. But this old fool beside her is out of line as well. If he said those things, how could she show her face to others in the future?

Huo Yingjie and Huo Yingjun wanted to laugh, but since it involved their elders, they pretended they had not heard.

Soon, they finally arrived home.

The Huo family elders were very happy to see their second son and his family. Nowadays, it’s precious for a family to be able to reunite.

If they could have a few more great-grandsons and great-granddaughters, bringing four generations under one roof, that would be even better.

The women gathered together to chat about family matters, while the men usually discussed the current situation in the study. Huo Yingjie knew that in Nan City, he couldn’t influence affairs in Yanjing, but he could only share his own opinions with his grandfather, uncle, and cousins.

In the past, Huo Yingjie’s judgment had enabled the Huo family to avoid one hit after another. Rather than decline, the family had seen an upward trend.