Chapter 461 - I Wanted to Surprise You (1/2)

“Huo Jinyao?”

Su Qingsang blinked hard. It wasn’t an illusion. It was Huo Jinyao.

He was holding a winter coat and wearing gloves and a scarf. Rong City was located in the north. It was cold out there after a fresh snowfall.

Su Qingsang couldn’t hide the joy on her face. Her body reacted before her mind as she took a step forward and hugged Huo Jinyao tight.

With a smile, Huo Jinyao held Su Qingsang in his arms and lowered his head to kiss her lips.

Su Qingsang kissed him back. Her eyes were filled with happiness at this delightful surprise.

“Why are you here?” she asked. “No—I mean, how did you know I would be here? How did you know I would be staying at the hotel?”

“I knew once you got off the plane.”

Coincidentally, Su Qingsang had run into Li Junsheng on her way out of the airport. Li Junsheng was heading back to Lin City.

He, of course, knew Su Qingsang. He was surprised when he found her and her family calling a taxi, as no one was there to pick them up.

So he called Huo Jinyao and asked him why he hadn’t sent someone to pick Su Qingsang up.

That was how Huo Jinyao learned that Su Qingsang had come to Rong City. The hotel that she would be staying in was run by Wan Xianyang’s family. Once she checked in, he knew about it.

On learning that his wife had come to his city, the first thing he had done was go to see her as soon as possible. His company wasn’t very far away from the hotel anyway.

Su Qingsang looked at Huo Jinyao and couldn’t help but give him a few more kisses.

Huo Jinyao was pleased with that, but still, it was far from enough.

With his arms around her slim waist, he kissed her deeply. Su Qingsang put her arms around his neck and kissed him back. She let her husband lift her from the ground.

Absence made the heart grow fonder. They hadn’t seen each other for days, and they had missed each other intensely.

Huo Jinyao was immersed in that kiss. Holding his wife, he took two steps forward and closed the door gently with his heel.

As he turned around, prepared to press Su Qingsang against the wall and deepen that kiss further, they heard a series of coughs from behind them.

Huo Jinyao and Su Qingsang hurriedly moved away from each other. Su Qingsang even bit her lip and shot a glare at Huo Jinyao.

Li Qianxue hadn’t expected to see a scene like that when she came out of her room. She felt a little awkward.

She cleared her throat, looked at Huo Jinyao, and said, “Why are you here?”

Huo Jinyao answered her question. He then looked at Li Qianxue and Su Qingsang and said, “Mom, why didn’t you let me know that you were coming here? I’d have sent someone to pick you up at the airport.”

“I wanted to surprise you.” Su Qingsang held his arm and asked, “Are you surprised?”

“You tell me.” Huo Jinyao mussed her hair affectionately. They were the picture of a happy young couple.

Hearing Huo Jinyao call her “Mom” and feeling how much he cared for her daughter, Li Qianxue felt less uncomfortable.

Huo Jinyao put an arm around Su Qingsang’s waist and said, “You guys can stay in the family house.”

There was no reason for them to stay in the hotel.

“We plan to visit your family tomorrow.” Li Qianxue looked at Huo Jinyao and said, “I heard that your family didn’t want you two to get married before. That’s why her grandfather and I decided to come here and visit your family together.”

On the one hand, Li Qianxue wanted the two families to be connected formally by Su Qingsang’s marriage. On the other hand, she intended to show the Huo family her attitude and let them know that Su Qingsang’s own family would always support her.

“I’ll take Qingsang home with me, then. Mom and Grandfather can stay here.”

“No. I’ll stay here with Mom. We’ll go together tomorrow anyway. It’ll be the same.”

“All right,” Huo Jinyao agreed.

Li Qianxue thought for a moment and found this unsuitable. “Never mind, Qingsang,” she said. “I don’t need you here. You should just follow Jinyao home.”

“Mom?” Su Qingsang was surprised to hear that.

“We’ll be here for quite a while. You should go home. You two are already married. It’ll be inappropriate if you don’t go home with him.”

It was after noon already. Had it been earlier, Li Qianxue and Old Master Li would have visited the Huo family once they had arrived in the city.

According to Lin City’s tradition, the first meeting with the in-laws should not happen after noon.

“Alright. I’ll have dinner with you and Grandpa and then go,” Su Qingsang said to Li Qianxue. She turned to Huo Jinyao. “What do you think?”

“You can make decisions about small things like that.”

As he said that, lunch was served.

Li Qianxue told Old Master Li that lunch was ready. He wasn’t surprised to see Huo Jinyao.

Huo Jinyao greeted Old Master Li. He hadn’t had lunch either, so he joined Su Qingsang and her family for it.

“Mom, I can take you and Grandfather to look around the city this afternoon, if you are not tired.”

“Will that be inconvenient? Don’t you have to work?”

“It’s okay. The company won’t go bankrupt if I skip work for half a day.”