Hard work after winning the lottery

He turned around.

My hands were still covered in grass clippings.

Seeing his three young nephews rushing towards him, he instinctively wanted to put on a stern face and maintain the angry demeanor he had shown the night before.

but.

When Si Tao hugged his leg and looked up at his delicate, pretty face, she cried out, "Uncle, hug me!"

That psychological defense crumbled instantly.

Hua An pursed his lips tightly.

He bent down and picked up Sitao.

"Don't run around, the ground is dirty."

Although the voice was still a bit harsh, the disdain in it had long since turned into helplessness.

"Uncle, look!"

Si Tao, as if presenting a treasure, held up what he had been clutching to Hua An's nose.

It was an exquisite black alloy toy car.

It is exquisitely crafted and gleams with an expensive sheen in the sunlight.

"My dad bought this for me!"

Si Tao's voice was clear and loud, filled with pride.

"Dad said this is a limited edition, and it runs really fast!"

"Uncle, shall we go racing together?"

air.

It seemed like two seconds had frozen in that instant.

Hua An's hand, which was still adjusting Si Miao's collar, suddenly stopped.

His gaze fell on the luxury car model.

His pupils contracted slightly.

dad.

It was a gift from that man.

He looked into Si Tao's big, expectant eyes.

That's my sister's child.

He shouldn't have taken his anger out on the child.

His Adam's apple bobbed a few times with difficulty.

Hua An didn't accept the toy and praise it as usual, nor did he show the surprised expression one would make to appease a child.

He simply lowered his eyes and looked at the toy car.

Several seconds passed.

It only produced a single syllable from its nasal cavity.

"Um."

It even carried a hint of barely perceptible resistance.

Si Tao was a sensitive child after all, and seemed to sense that her uncle was unhappy.

She slowly lowered her hand that was holding the toy car, and the smile on her face faded a bit. She looked at Hua An with some confusion.

This scene.

All of this was seen by Hua Yun, who was standing at the entrance of the main room.

She held a rag in her hand, her fingers slightly clenched.

she knows.

That meal was simply because Hua An couldn't bear to see his family members suffer, and couldn't bear to see his sister suffer.

But the thorn in his heart was never truly removed.

His prejudice against Zhou Yanjin was like the stone on the back mountain of Baixi Village—cold and hard.

If it is not resolved.

If Zhou Yanjin really does enter this family, there will only be more instances of this kind of emotional abuse.

Hua Yun placed the rag on the windowsill.

He took his phone out of his pocket.

She glanced at her younger brother, who was still awkwardly playing with the children in the yard, then turned and walked to the row of dense bamboo groves behind the house.

I dialed the number that was pinned to the top of the chat.

"Feed".

The call was answered almost instantly.

A deep, magnetic male voice came through the receiver, slightly hoarse from waking up early, yet reassuring.

"Yunyun? So early, what happened?"

Zhou Yanjin's voice revealed a hint of barely perceptible tension.

Clearly, ever since Hua Yun told him about what happened after Hua An returned, he had been worried about the situation here.

"Yan Jin".

Hua Yun looked at the dappled light and shadows filtering through the bamboo leaves and sighed softly.

"Xiao An ate yesterday."

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"That's good."

"but……"

Hua Yun changed the subject, her tone tinged with helplessness.

"His attitude towards you is still the same. Just now, when Sitao showed him the toy car you bought, his expression..."

Hua Yun did not continue speaking.

But who is Zhou Yanjin?

Having spent so many years navigating the business world, even over the phone, he could imagine his hot-blooded brother-in-law's awkward yet hostile expression.

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.

There was only a faint electrical hum.

After a while.

Zhou Yanjin's voice rang out again, more composed and resolute than before.

"I see."

"These things can't be rushed. I stole his sister, and he didn't throw me out with a broom because of you."

His tone even carried a hint of self-deprecating laughter.

Then, his tone became more serious.

"Yunyun".

"Um?"

Give me a chance.

Zhou Yanjin paused for a moment, seemingly considering her words.

"Let me make a phone call to Hua An."

Hua Yun was taken aback.

"Now?"

"Yes, right now."

Zhou Yanjin's voice has an irresistible power.

"Some things are more useful when said between men."

Hua Yun held her phone and glanced back at the direction of the courtyard.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

After hanging up the phone, Hua Yun did not go over immediately.

She stood by the bamboo grove for a while, organizing her thoughts, before walking back into the courtyard.

"Xiao An".

She called out.

Hua An was squatting on the ground watching the triplets play in the mud when he heard the shout, so he stood up.

But he didn't look at Hua Yun; instead, he stared at the ants on the ground.

"Come here for a second."

Hua Yun waved to him.

Hua An hesitated for a moment, patted the dirt off his hands, and slowly moved over.

He stopped abruptly when he saw the lit-up phone screen in Hua Yun's hand.

The note displayed on the screen was simply two words: "Yan Jin".

Hua An's face instantly fell.

He turned to leave.

"stop."

Hua Yun's voice was not loud.

Hua An's figure remained frozen in place.

"I only have one sentence."

Hua Yun walked up behind him and handed him her phone.

"You can choose not to accept him, you can choose to hate him."

"But he wants to say a few words to you."

"As a man, don't you even have the courage to listen to the other person finish speaking?"

Provocation tactic.

That's so old-fashioned.

But it works very well for a greenhorn like Hua An who has just entered the workforce.

Hua An suddenly turned around.

Those clear, black and white eyes seemed to be burning with two flames as they stared intently at the phone.

It was as if it weren't a communication tool, but a bomb that had to be defused.

at this time.

The phone just happened to vibrate again.

The buzzing sound was particularly clear in my palm.

Hua Yun didn't say anything, but stubbornly pushed the phone forward a little further.

Hua An gritted his teeth, his cheek muscles bulging slightly.

At last.

As if venting his anger, he grabbed the phone.

The actions were rude.

But instead of throwing the phone away, he took a deep breath and held it to his ear.

But he didn't say anything.

He simply waited for the other side to speak with an extremely cold and hard attitude.

The entire courtyard seemed to fall silent.

The rustling sound of the wind blowing through the treetops became clearly audible.

"Hua An".

Zhou Yanjin's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Neither overbearing nor overbearing.

There was no fawning, nor the arrogance of someone in a superior position.

It's like having a conversation with an equal adult man.

Hua An did not respond, but only let out a heavy breath from his nostrils.

"I know you don't want to hear my voice or see me right now."

Zhou Yanjin was not embarrassed by the other party's silence and continued to speak at a steady pace.

"But I still want to say it."

"I don't expect you to call me brother-in-law right now, nor do I expect you to forgive my absence for the past six years immediately."

"I know that empty promises are worthless to you."