Chu Jin recognized Song Qiaoxi. Although he didn’t play much with the children in the neighborhood before, he was good at observing and he knew a lot of things.
The little girl who lived in the same neighborhood with him had a pair of beautiful big eyes. Her skin was white and tender, and her milky voice was sweet and soft. She was as cute as a glutinous ball.
But he knew that under her deceptive appearance, she was a real spoiled brat.
Many children in the neighborhood had been teased to the point of crying by Song Qiaoxi. She did not only like to play tricks on the others but was also good at bullying them. Even if adults found it out, she could always find someone else to take the blame.
What the hell did she want to do just now?
Pursing his lips, he grasped the bag’s handle nervously and took two steps back.
He stared at Song Qiaoxi with vigilance, as if he wanted to find the reason why is she like that.
However, he couldn’t find anything.
She didn’t burst into tears. Her almond eyes were wet, but she looked at him with a guilty look.
Song Qiaoxi said in a low voice, “I’m sorry, brother Chu Jin. Did I made a mistake just now?”
She carefully stretched out her fleshy little hand and wanted to comfort him, but she saw him dodging her like a hedgehog. She sighed in her heart at his gesture.
He must have suffered a lot to become as sensitive as a small animal. No one would suddenly become like this for no reason. Still, Chu Jin called the police to save her. He was not a bad child.
She squatted down, clumsily picked up the hotdog on the ground, and ran towards her parents with her short legs.
“Mom, I’m sorry. I accidentally dropped the hotdog on the ground. Punish me.”
She raised the hotdog, lowered her head, and took the initiative to admit her mistake.
Her years of experience in the welfare house taught her a lesson: “Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who are caught.”
Admitting it was better than being caught, and also the punishment would be less.
But why didn’t they make any movement for a long time?
She raised her head and found her parents standing in a daze, as if they were new to her current temperament.
“Did she get scared to death by that human traffickers? When did Xixi confess her fault?” his father muttered in a low voice and look at her mother. He couldn’t believe what he had just heard.
“Are you okay, Xixi?” her mother squatted down and touched her forehead. “You don’t have a fever, so you’re not talking nonsense.”
Her mother’s eyes lit up. She threw the gray Chu Jin recognized Song Qiaoxi. Although he didn’t play much with the children in the neighborhood before, he was good at observing and he knew a lot of things.
The little girl who lived in the same neighborhood with him had a pair of beautiful big eyes. Her skin was white and tender, and her milky voice was sweet and soft. She was as cute as a glutinous ball.
But he knew that under her deceptive appearance, she was a real spoiled brat.
Many children in the neighborhood had been teased to the point of crying by Song Qiaoxi. She did not only like to play tricks on the others but was also good at bullying them. Even if adults found it out, she could always find someone else to take the blame.
What the hell did she want to do just now?
Pursing his lips, he grasped the bag’s handle nervously and took two steps back.
He stared at Song Qiaoxi with vigilance, as if he wanted to find the reason why is she like that.
However, he couldn’t find anything.
She didn’t burst into tears. Her almond eyes were wet, but she looked at him with a guilty look.
Song Qiaoxi said in a low voice, “I’m sorry, brother Chu Jin. Did I made a mistake just now?”
She carefully stretched out her fleshy little hand and wanted to comfort him, but she saw him dodging her like a hedgehog. She sighed in her heart at his gesture.
He must have suffered a lot to become as sensitive as a small animal. No one would suddenly become like this for no reason. Still, Chu Jin called the police to save her. He was not a bad child.
She squatted down, clumsily picked up the hotdog on the ground, and ran towards her parents with her short legs.
“Mom, I’m sorry. I accidentally dropped the hotdog on the ground. Punish me.”
She raised the hotdog, lowered her head, and took the initiative to admit her mistake.
Her years of experience in the welfare house taught her a lesson: “Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who are caught.”
Admitting it was better than being caught, and also the punishment would be less.
But why didn’t they make any movement for a long time?
She raised her head and found her parents standing in a daze, as if they were new to her current temperament.
“Did she get scared to death by that human traffickers? When did Xixi confess her fault?” his father muttered in a low voice and look at her mother. He couldn’t believe what he had just heard.
“Are you okay, Xixi?” her mother squatted down and touched her forehead. “You don’t have a fever, so you’re not talking nonsense.”
Her mother’s eyes lit up. She threw the gray ham sausage into the trashcan, picked up the little child with difficulty, and kissed her on the face. “Xixi is a sensible girl. It’s the first time that she knows to admit her mistake.”
Looking at the gratified expressions on her parents’ faces, Song Qiaoxi felt that her brain capacity was not enough.
No, why was it different from what she had imagined?
Her parents’ requirements for her, well, how to say.
It seemed to be a little low
“Xixi, dad, and mom want to discuss something with you,” Dad said as he lowered his head and held her hand. “Chu Jin’s parents are gone. He has no place to go for the time being. Dad and mom have discussed picking him up home today, and then we can help him contact his relatives.”
“I saved you. You should be nice to Chu Jin when you go home today, okay?” the father added as if he was worried about her.
Song Qiaoxi nodded heavily. She finally knew what she could do for Chu Jin.
At the same time, her heart was full of gratitude. Her parents were so kind and gentle.
A good person like her parents must have a good ending. She tried her best to protect the good life of her family. She couldn’t let them end up like what she had read.
“Yes, I will be good to him.”
Her soft voice was firm. She clenched her fists to show that she would do it.
What’s more, although she called him brother Chu, she was a 10-year-old sister in the old memory. She should take good care of him.
Immediately, her parents showed an expression of seeing a living monster. They stared at her hesitantly for a few seconds before they smiled with relief.
Her father went to communicate with Chu Jin, but she couldn’t hear what they were talking about from a distance.
Song Qiaoxi lay in her mother’s arms like a koala, with her arms around her neck. In this posture, she could clearly smell the good scent of her mother.
She couldn’t tell whether it was the fragrance of flowers or something else. In a word, it made her feel at ease and safe.
The soothing fragrance encouraged her a lot. She practiced in her heart several times and finally gathered the courage to call out “Mom” tentatively.
Her voice was very low and full of energy, like a little bird calling weakly.
“Yes. What’s wrong, Xixi?”
Her mother reached out her hand and tucked the messy hair behind her ear.
She felt that her face must have been red.
Since she met her parents, Song Qiaoxi dared not call them.
She didn’t know why she became timid as soon as she spoke. Maybe it was because she had never called the two words “father” and “mother” openly in her life that she had hesitated for so long.
“Mom,” she called her mother again, a little louder than before.
“Yes, she is. What’s wrong?” her mother looked at her father and Chu Jin, thinking that she was playing coquetry and comforting her.
Although she was extremely shy, Song Qiaoxi hesitated and said, “Mom, can you… Buy another ham sausage? I don’t want to eat it. I’ll give it to brother Chu Jin.”
As if she had heard something funny, her mother poked her forehead and said, “silly girl, since when have you become so shy? It’s not like you anymore. Let’s buy two. You and Chu Jin each have one.”
After saying that, he took her back to the kebab stall and bought two fried ham sausages.
When the skewer was about to blow up, her father held her hand and walked to the stall.
Seeing that the corners of Chu Jin’s eyes were red, Song Qiaoxi wiped them quickly with her slender fingers, and her pale face finally turned a little red.
The setting sun seemed to overturn the pill refining furnace of the old man. A large number of golden pills turned into golden lights from the nine heavens to the mortal world, making Song Qiaoxi feel that everyone around her was shining.
She screamed excitedly, and the fried oil pot in the stands kept emitting a tempting aroma. Not far away, the big red word “kebab” lit up. She took a deep breath and wondered if this was the smell of summer in the whole city?
When the ham sausage was ready, Song Qiaoxi held the bamboo skewer in her hand and ate happily. She bit the hard-won ham sausage and licked her lips with satisfaction.
Halfway through the meal, she tilted her head and smiled.
Chu Jin looked at Song Qiaoxi.
Her almond eyes curved like two crescent moons, and her eyes were as bright as stars.
The two buds on the little girl’s head were a little scattered, and her curly hair was like the mane of a lion, becoming fluffy in the setting sun.
Her cheeks were bulging, and there was a sesame seed on the edge of her mouth, showing a cute expression, as if she was saying, “I didn’t lie to you, right? Fried ham sausage is really delicious.”.
All in all, they thought Song Qiaoxi was innocent and silly.
He knew that eyes couldn’t deceive people.
She was confused. More than a year ago, her eyes were full of arrogance and domineering. Where had she been now?
—
On the way home, dad drove, mom sat in the passenger seat, and Song Qiaoxi and Chu jin sat in the back seat.
This was not the Song family’s car. She remembered that her father had just bought a red motorcycle with the shape of a large blade locust. All the uncles in the courtyard praised it as a cool one. It was a wild horse token produced by the light riding motorcycle factory.
In her memory, her mother had always been riding a rose-red bike, and her father had installed a small bamboo chair with a back. In winter, she would be tied with a cotton cushion to prevent her from freezing her butt.
She knew this white car. It was Uncle Wang’s car next door?
Like his father, Uncle worked in the newspaper and was also the vice editor in chief.
But Uncle Wang’s girlfriend was Song Qiaoxi, who had been married from the stock market to the general city.
Sometimes some uncles drank and chatted at home. They told them that the daughter-in-law of the Wang clan was very profitable. She opened the biggest beauty salon in the whole city early and was the first one to buy a car.
“Uncle Wang is a hero. He threw the car key to me and asked me to drive to pick you up. Is it comfortable to drive a car or father’s motorcycle?”
Song Qiaoxi’s father’s words interrupted her memory. He fastened the seat belt and backed the car with one hand on the steering wheel. He looked very arrogant.
He was handsome for only three seconds, but his mother poured cold water on him. “Drive slowly on the road. Xixi has carsickness.”
“Okay, okay.”
Although her father had promised her without hesitation, when they arrived at the door, Song Qiaoxi was still like an eggplant beaten by frost. With her forehead against the door, she collapsed on the back seat, sweating all over.
And because she had just eaten the greasy fried food, her stomach was as terrible as churning.
She was carried out of the car by her mother. Standing in front of the family building of the strange and familiar courtyard, she walked a few steps in a daze.
Several big locust trees and Ailanthus were planted in front of the family building. The late summer wind blew the unique smell of locust flowers and Ailanthus, and the mixture of fragrance and stink made her stomach more uncomfortable.
She found that there were several people around her, including adults and children. They all appeared in her new memory and she could call out their names.
But now she was too uncomfortable to bear it.
Regardless of her embarrassment, she squatted on the ground and vomited.
“Oh my God! Nancy, Xixi vomited!”
“Miss Qiao, come here. Your daughter vomited. Look at her pale face.”
Hearing the noise around her ears, she raised her head with tears in her eyes. When she saw her mother running over with a bottle of water, she didn’t forget to ask her father to go home to take the tissue.
Song Qiaoxi was very shy. The group life in the welfare house made her feel ashamed at a very young age, and her self-esteem was very strong.
She was still wondering if the crowd had dispersed since she vomited like this. She didn’t want anyone to see her in a mess. Now she must be ugly to death.
Her ears were ringing so loudly that she could hardly hear anything. Stars were shining in her eyes.
Fortunately, she felt better after vomiting.
A cold hand gently patted her back, which was different from her mother’s big hand. This hand patted her back slower and lighter as if it was gently comforting a soft kitten.
She took the bottle of water from her mother and rinsed her mouth. She raised her head, which was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and looked straight into her pair of peach blossom eyes that were half covered by her long bangs.
It was Chu Jin. He withdrew his thin arm expressionlessly, avoided her eyes, and looked away. His thin lips moved and wanted to say something.
Was he… Disgusting? into the trashcan, picked up the little child with difficulty, and kissed her on the face. “Xixi is a sensible girl. It’s the first time that she knows to admit her mistake.”
Looking at the gratified expressions on her parents’ faces, Song Qiaoxi felt that her brain capacity was not enough.
No, why was it different from what she had imagined?
Her parents’ requirements for her, well, how to say.
It seemed to be a little low
“Xixi, dad, and mom want to discuss something with you,” Dad said as he lowered his head and held her hand. “Chu Jin’s parents are gone. He has no place to go for the time being. Dad and mom have discussed picking him up home today, and then we can help him contact his relatives.”
“I saved you. You should be nice to Chu Jin when you go home today, okay?” the father added as if he was worried about her.
Song Qiaoxi nodded heavily. She finally knew what she could do for Chu Jin.
At the same time, her heart was full of gratitude. Her parents were so kind and gentle.
A good person like her parents must have a good ending. She tried her best to protect the good life of her family. She couldn’t let them end up like what she had read.
“Yes, I will be good to him.”
Her soft voice was firm. She clenched her fists to show that she would do it.
What’s more, although she called him brother Chu, she was a 10-year-old sister in the old memory. She should take good care of him.
Immediately, her parents showed an expression of seeing a living monster. They stared at her hesitantly for a few seconds before they smiled with relief.
Her father went to communicate with Chu Jin, but she couldn’t hear what they were talking about from a distance.
Song Qiaoxi lay in her mother’s arms like a koala, with her arms around her neck. In this posture, she could clearly smell the good scent of her mother.
She couldn’t tell whether it was the fragrance of flowers or something else. In a word, it made her feel at ease and safe.
The soothing fragrance encouraged her a lot. She practiced in her heart several times and finally gathered the courage to call out “Mom” tentatively.
Her voice was very low and full of energy, like a little bird calling weakly.
“Yes. What’s wrong, Xixi?”
Her mother reached out her hand and tucked the messy hair behind her ear.
She felt that her face must have been red.
Since she met her parents, Song Qiaoxi dared not call them.
She didn’t know why she became timid as soon as she spoke. Maybe it was because she had never called the two words “father” and “mother” openly in her life that she had hesitated for so long.
“Mom,” she called her mother again, a little louder than before.
“Yes, she is. What’s wrong?” her mother looked at her father and Chu Jin, thinking that she was playing coquetry and comforting her.
Although she was extremely shy, Song Qiaoxi hesitated and said, “Mom, can you… Buy another ham sausage? I don’t want to eat it. I’ll give it to brother Chu Jin.”
As if she had heard something funny, her mother poked her forehead and said, “silly girl, since when have you become so shy? It’s not like you anymore. Let’s buy two. You and Chu Jin each have one.”
After saying that, he took her back to the kebab stall and bought two fried ham sausages.
When the skewer was about to blow up, her father held her hand and walked to the stall.
Seeing that the corners of Chu Jin’s eyes were red, Song Qiaoxi wiped them quickly with her slender fingers, and her pale face finally turned a little red.
The setting sun seemed to overturn the pill refining furnace of the old man. A large number of golden pills turned into golden lights from the nine heavens to the mortal world, making Song Qiaoxi feel that everyone around her was shining.
She screamed excitedly, and the fried oil pot in the stands kept emitting a tempting aroma. Not far away, the big red word “kebab” lit up. She took a deep breath and wondered if this was the smell of summer in the whole city?
When the ham sausage was ready, Song Qiaoxi held the bamboo skewer in her hand and ate happily. She bit the hard-won ham sausage and licked her lips with satisfaction.
Halfway through the meal, she tilted her head and smiled.
Chu Jin looked at Song Qiaoxi.
Her almond eyes curved like two crescent moons, and her eyes were as bright as stars.
The two buds on the little girl’s head were a little scattered, and her curly hair was like the mane of a lion, becoming fluffy in the setting sun.
Her cheeks were bulging, and there was a sesame seed on the edge of her mouth, showing a cute expression, as if she was saying, “I didn’t lie to you, right? Fried ham sausage is really delicious.”.
All in all, they thought Song Qiaoxi was innocent and silly.
He knew that eyes couldn’t deceive people.
She was confused. More than a year ago, her eyes were full of arrogance and domineering. Where had she been now?
—
On the way home, dad drove, mom sat in the passenger seat, and Song Qiaoxi and Chu jin sat in the back seat.
This was not the Song family’s car. She remembered that her father had just bought a red motorcycle with the shape of a large blade locust. All the uncles in the courtyard praised it as a cool one. It was a wild horse token produced by the light riding motorcycle factory.
In her memory, her mother had always been riding a rose-red bike, and her father had installed a small bamboo chair with a back. In winter, she would be tied with a cotton cushion to prevent her from freezing her butt.
She knew this white car. It was Uncle Wang’s car next door?
Like his father, Uncle worked in the newspaper and was also the vice editor in chief.
But Uncle Wang’s girlfriend was Song Qiaoxi, who had been married from the stock market to the general city.
Sometimes some uncles drank and chatted at home. They told them that the daughter-in-law of the Wang clan was very profitable. She opened the biggest beauty salon in the whole city early and was the first one to buy a car.
“Uncle Wang is a hero. He threw the car key to me and asked me to drive to pick you up. Is it comfortable to drive a car or father’s motorcycle?”
Song Qiaoxi’s father’s words interrupted her memory. He fastened the seat belt and backed the car with one hand on the steering wheel. He looked very arrogant.
He was handsome for only three seconds, but his mother poured cold water on him. “Drive slowly on the road. Xixi carsickness.”
“Okay, okay.”
Although her father had promised her without hesitation, when they arrived at the door, Song Qiaoxi was still like an eggplant beaten by frost. With her forehead against the door, she collapsed on the back seat, sweating all over.
And because she had just eaten the greasy fried food, her stomach was as terrible as churning.
She was carried out of the car by her mother. Standing in front of the family building of the strange and familiar courtyard, she walked a few steps in a daze.
Several big locust trees and Ailanthus were planted in front of the family building. The late summer wind blew the unique smell of locust flowers and Ailanthus, and the mixture of fragrance and stink made her stomach more uncomfortable.
She found that there were several people around her, including adults and children. They all appeared in her new memory and she could call out their names.
But now she was too uncomfortable to bear it.
Regardless of her embarrassment, she squatted on the ground and vomited.
“Oh my God! Nancy, Xixi vomited!”
“Miss Qiao, come here. Your daughter vomited. Look at her pale face.”
Hearing the noise around her ears, she raised her head with tears in her eyes. When she saw her mother running over with a bottle of water, she didn’t forget to ask her father to go home to take the tissue.
Song Qiaoxi was very shy. The group life in the welfare house made her feel ashamed at a very young age, and her self-esteem was very strong.
She was still wondering if the crowd had dispersed since she vomited like this. She didn’t want anyone to see her in a mess. Now she must be ugly to death.
Her ears were ringing so loudly that she could hardly hear anything. Stars were shining in her eyes.
Fortunately, she felt better after vomiting.
A cold hand gently patted her back, which was different from her mother’s big hand. This hand patted her back slower and lighter as if it was gently comforting a soft kitten.
She took the bottle of water from her mother and rinsed her mouth. She raised her head, which was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and looked straight into a pair of peach blossom eyes that were half covered by her long forehead and hair.
It was Chu Jin. He withdrew his thin arm expressionlessly, avoided her eyes, and looked away. His thin lips moved and wanted to say something.
Was he… Disgusting?
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