my magic industry

Chapter 231 Return and Reunion

For the Carl family who run a cake shop, preparing for a birthday party is already a familiar matter, but today Hurley and Carol played origami in the room for more than half an hour, and finished today's homework together. Her birthday party still hasn't started yet.

Puzzled, Hurley asked her friend to wait in her room for a while, and went downstairs in the name of bringing some snacks and black tea to entertain her, but she heard that her father, who had been busy recently, had returned home and was in the kitchen with her face full of shock. mother said something.

"...Let him talk about this matter when he comes back later. The children have their own ideas now. I told you in advance to let you prepare first!"

"Mom, isn't the birthday party ready yet? I'm already hungry!"

Hurley glanced at the two of them with a little concern, picked up a pair of thick leather gloves from the hearth, opened the oven but found that it was empty, and couldn't help complaining.

"All the dishes are ready, including your favorite creamy apple pie and stewed ribs, but the guests haven't arrived yet! You can share some pumpkin pie with your friends first!"

"That's right, Hurley, you children go to pad your belly first!"

When Lanny heard Hurley's voice, her body trembled suddenly, and she scooped the stew in the pot into the clay pot with a somewhat unnatural expression. Old John also quickly took out a small plate from the dinner plate on the side and handed it to Hurley.

"Is Brother Harper not here yet?"

Hurley thought about it, and it should be only Harper who has a closer relationship with her family and will be invited by her parents.

She looked suspiciously at the mother who was covering her face and seemed to be a little emotional. She came to the dining table with various fragrant dishes and took four pumpkin pies from the plate with pumpkin pies. He found out the teacup and poured two cups of black tea from the large teapot at home, put them on the tray and went upstairs.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

When Hurley went upstairs, Lanny burst into tears and sobbed softly. Seeing this, Old John had no choice but to hug his wife and sighed to comfort him:

"There is no way around it. What Xia Lin wants to do is not to run a small cake shop like ours. Now that the newly enthroned empress likes him very much, we parents should not be too harsh on him."

"Then when will he come to the party? This is Hurley's 11th birthday party!"

"It's almost here? He should come with that boy Harper!"

Old John didn't find him in Xia Lin's office after get off work, but he heard from Wyatt that Xia Lin left for the research institute, so he probably went to find Harper.

"Jingle Bell~Jingling Bell~"

At this moment, a crisp bell sounded suddenly on the street outside Carl's Cake Shop, even through the front hall and in the kitchen, it could be clearly heard, accompanied by the surprised voices of Anthony and Bessie.

Old John and Lanny looked at each other, and hurried out, only to see his second son sitting on a strange two-wheeled vehicle, beside him was Harper who was carrying a wooden box with a helpless face.

"An Ya! You...you are Xia Lin?!"

Anthony, who was still holding a ladder in his hand, watched his dead brother suddenly reappear in front of him with a face full of shock, and asked incoherently.

"Long time no see, big brother! And Bessie! All in all, a lot of things have happened during this time, but I'm still alive, by the way, where are Hurley and mother?"

Xia Lin stepped off the eye-catching bicycle, put down the foot support, then smiled and walked forward to hug her shocked elder brother.

"You brat! I'm here!"

Lan Ni also staggered out of the store, and hugged her little son vigorously, tears streaming down her wrinkled face again.

"Why have you lost so much weight during this time..."

After finally letting go, Lanny immediately held Xia Lin's face, which had been thinned a lot during this period of time, with concern, but she didn't mention anything about his fake death. Seeing this, Xia Lin thought to herself My mother is even more guilty.

The noise from downstairs spread to the second floor. Hurley realized that Harper must have arrived, so she got up and called out to Carol who was still eating pumpkin pie with relish and watching her demonstrate the origami frog:
"The banquet should start soon, let's go down together!"

"Um...good!"

Carol looked at Hurley and then at the many pumpkin pies left in her hand. She opened her mouth wide and wiped out the rest in three mouthfuls. The soft and sweet pumpkin pie washed down his stomach, and he quickly followed Hurley's pace and walked out of the room.

However, in a hurry, she suddenly bumped into Hurley halfway up the stairs:
"Sorry, Hurley, I didn't have time to stop..."

Carol quickly apologized, but found that Hurley didn't respond to her words, she was still standing on the wooden stairs in a daze, with a shocked and dull expression on her face, as if she saw something far beyond her expectations Outside things are general.

Following Hurley's gaze, Carol saw the young man in black and white smart clothes who was walking into the back hall at a glance.

The brown hair that Hurley glanced at was slightly curly, and there was a kind of calm smile on his handsome face. The most striking thing was his pair of deep pupils.

Under the white light of Hurley's house, those pupils were as calm and deep as the silent deep sea, which also gave this man a mysterious and mature personality that was completely different from his elder brother in Carol's house who was about the same age as him. temperament.

This kind of disparity in temperament is hard to describe even for Carol, who is always at the top of her grade in Chinese. If she has to explain it, perhaps the idiom of the difference between cloud and mud explained by the Chinese teacher is more appropriate.

"Yo, Holly! Long time no see!"

The young man raised his hand to greet her, and Carol realized that this man should have a very deep relationship with Hurley.

"You... you bastard!!"

Hurley completely ignored the other people in the room, stepped down the remaining steps in three steps, rushed into the arms of the man like a frightened little beast, and then burst into tears under Carol's surprised expression .

"Hey, hey! You... your friend is still watching you!"

Xia Lin didn't expect that Hurley's reaction to seeing her again would be so great. It was obvious that the two of them got along awkwardly before. Hearing from Harper that Hurley cried a lot at her funeral, Xia Lin Lin hasn't paid too much attention to it yet, and now it seems that his position in his sister's heart is not bad.

But seeing his sister crying so sadly, he could only hug her and comfort her, stroking her back which was no longer as choppy as before.

"Woooooo... I thought you were really dead! You promised me to go to the New Year's celebration together!"

"I can't help it... next year! I will definitely accompany you to the New Year's celebration next year, okay? You're already this old... By the way! The unique gift in the world that I promised you before, I've already given it to you Come here, come out with me to have a look!"

Xia Lin, who was already a veteran in his previous life, is quite used to social occasions of all levels, but he has never been married, but it is difficult for him to get along with children.

Seeing Hurley crying so badly now, he didn't know how to comfort him. He hugged his sister in this life with an embarrassed face, so he had to resort to the method of changing the topic.

Hurley didn't care so much, she cried on Xia Lin's chest with her helpless expression, her nose and tears wiped all over Xia Lin's custom-made riding clothes for cycling. paused.

After the family was reunited again, a group of people came to the store and saw the handmade bicycle, and after understanding how to use the bicycle under Xia Lin's riding demonstration, Hurley accepted the offer awkwardly. Exquisite and unique gifts, everyone sat down with peace of mind and prepared to start the birthday party.

Carol suddenly realized something from the unabashed conversation of the Carl family. Could it be that Hurley’s brother Charlene Carr, who appeared out of nowhere, was the one who founded the industrial park? Charlene Carr of ? ? ?
(End of this chapter)