Fortunately, the epicenter of the earthquake was not Rongchuan City, and except for the occasional aftershocks after the earthquake, it was quite safe.

The mobile phone signal was restored the next day, and there was no problem on Bai Xiaoliu's side, which was considered to be dangerous.

Qi Jingchen was still thinking about whether to contact his mother, so Bai Xiaojiu persuaded him a few words and put it down.

Because of the earthquake, the time to go to work was pushed back, so that Bai Xiaojiu had a lot of rest time, even if the network had not been restored, with Qi Jingchen here, it was a leisurely day without the Internet for a few days.

"I wanted to call you before, but my mother was so worried that I wasn't allowed to run around, and besides, the traffic hadn't been restored a few days ago. ”

Bai Xiaojiu waved his hand at Zheng Qing, who was sitting opposite, signaling that it was okay, "My mother too, I am not allowed to walk around." If my sister was coming back today, it would distract my mom. Even if you call me for a day, it's useless. ”

"Fortunately, I was outside that day, I thought he was shaking his legs, but I didn't know it was an earthquake. After knowing that it was an earthquake, it scared the two of us. ”

Zheng Qing couldn't help but roll his eyes when he talked about the situation that day.

Bai Xiaojiu was amused by her, and turned her head to look at the counter, "Why are these two people so slow to buy things." ”

"You say, these fast food restaurants are still amazing. It's only been a few days since it's been open again. ”

"Not only that, but a lot of shops in my neighborhood are open again. Don't we have to go to work tomorrow too? It's been a few days, and we're almost recovered. ”

Bai Xiaojiu glanced back at the people sitting around, with smiles on their faces, without the panic of the previous earthquake, as if the earthquake had never happened.

"I bought the chocolate sundae you wanted, and I bought a box of tarts, is it enough? Qi Jingchen walked back side by side with Zhang Jueyu with his things.

The table where the four of them sat was full, and Qi Jingchen stood next to the chair and inserted the straw for her before sitting down.

"You see if you can eat enough, if it's not enough, I'll buy it again. As soon as Qi Jingchen sat down, his mouth was almost poked by the fries she brought, and he quickly opened his mouth to bite it and stopped talking.

Over there, Zheng Qing just took the Coke, plugged in the straw himself, glanced at Qi Jingchen's considerate behavior, and glared at Zhang Jueyu.

Zhang Jueyu has always been familiar with her preferences and appetite, the things she bought are just right, and she doesn't need to ask anything, she looked at her eyes, sat down, picked up the red beans and stuffed them into her mouth, and asked lazily, "Are you enough to eat?"

"That's a perfunctory question, if you don't have enough to eat, you can buy another bucket." Zheng Qing stuck out his tongue at him after speaking.

Bai Xiaojiu looked at Zheng Qing's appearance of teeth and claws, and almost choked with laughter, but was relieved by Qi Jingchen patting his back.

"Eat honestly. ”

"At the time of the earthquake, you were in the company? Are you okay? Your company is a little far away. Staying in the company for one night?" Zhang Jueyu picked up the hamburger and took a bite, raising his eyebrows slightly at Qi Jingchen, with a little concern on his face.

"He's amazing. The company said that it would arrange people to sleep directly on the floor of the company, and everyone would be safer together. He ran home alone. ”

Bai Xiaojiu now thinks of the vibration in his heart when he saw him running back panting on the day of the earthquake.

"You ran home from the company, didn't you? So powerful?" Zheng Qing's eyes widened when he heard Bai Xiaojiu say this.

"No, he met a good Samaritan and took a ride all the way back. If you really want him to run back, he can lose half his life. ”

Bai Xiaojiu's words made Qi Jingchen raise his hand and pat her on the head, "What do you mean by this, wish I had lost half of my life?"

"Where am I willing to give up? Bai Xiaojiu dragged out his tone and replied, glanced at Zheng Qing, and the two of them laughed.

Qi Jingchen knew that she was naughty, so he shook his head helplessly, opened the hamburger wrapper for her, and handed it to her, "Eat honestly." ”

"Go in and eat! Eat!"

"Mom didn't bring any money, don't go in and eat today. Shrewd. ”

Bai Xiaojiu and Zheng Qing both like the position by the window, and they happened to sit near the gate today.

Because of the earthquake, the usually closed door was opened at the moment, a mother and son stood at the door, and the boy looked like he was seven or eight years old, dressed neatly and cleanly, but his face was a little red with frostbite, and he looked very dry.

His mother looked in her forties, dressed very plainly, like a coat worn by a person in her fifties and sixties, and the shoes on her feet looked a little dirty.

At this moment, her face was full of embarrassment, her eyes looked at the ordering table again and again, pulling her son, and speaking very gently.

If it weren't for Bai Xiaojiu and the four of them sitting near the door, they might not have heard her whispering.

The boy took a deep breath, smelled the rich fragrance of the fast food restaurant, swallowed his saliva, and turned his head to look at the woman with pleading eyes, "Mom." ”

"Mom really didn't bring any money, is it okay to bring money another day?" The woman's eyes were slightly red, she half-squatted down and looked directly at her son, her speech was still gentle, and she also straightened his collar for him, "Next time, let's come back next time." ”

"I've never eaten before. I want to eat. The boy's face was stubborn, but he didn't spill, just pouted and looked at her.

Zheng Qing's whole face sank when he saw it, he picked up the box of chicken nuggets in front of him that hadn't moved and stood up, and was just about to turn around when Zhang Jueyu grabbed him and shook his head at her.

"What the hell. Can't I invite the children to eat?" Zheng Qing was afraid of being heard by the mother and son, so he kept his voice very low.

"Yangyang, sit down. Bai Xiaojiu raised his hand and pressed it against her, motioning for her to sit down.

Zheng Qing was stopped by the two people around him, sat down reluctantly, and looked back at the mother and son from time to time.

"You give people some dignity. You give, maybe you feel happy in your heart. But if you eat it now, what will you do in the future?" Zhang Jueyu moved the chicken nugget in front of her into the distance, and replied in a low voice.

Bai Xiaojiu nodded approvingly, and looked at Zheng Qing with a slight frown, "Don't give it yet." Your Zhang Jueyu is right. ”

Qi Jingchen looked at the mother and son intently, not knowing what memories he had fallen into, and looked at it with one hand on his cheek.

"I'm not eating. Mom, don't cry. ”

Hearing this voice, the three people who spoke in a low voice turned their heads to see that the woman was looking at her child with tears in her eyes.

"Mommy will definitely let you taste it. Certain. The woman hugged the child tightly, suppressed her emotions, and still spoke softly, "Next time, next time you will definitely be able to eat." ”

The boy looked sensible, raised his hand to wipe the woman's tears, and looked well-behaved in her arms.

When the mother and son left, Zheng Qing exhaled lightly, "Alas......"

In just one word, it is difficult to describe the feeling, and there is a sullen face on his face, "I really can't stand it." ”

"My dad just died......

Zheng Qing never knew that Qi Jingchen was a child of a single-parent family, and when he heard this beginning, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Jueyu beside him in some surprise, and the two exchanged a look, and then looked at Qi Jingchen.

Bai Xiaojiu just opened his mouth when Qi Jingchen spoke, turned his head to look at his expression, did not say a word, silently approached him, and reached out to hold his hand.

When Qi Jingchen said this, he noticed Bai Xiaojiu's hand, lowered his head and smiled, turned his head and smiled at her, his voice was very gentle, "My family owes a lot of debts. My mom sold her house out. ”

When Zheng Qing heard this, he opened his mouth in some surprise and quickly closed it.

Bai Xiaojiu took his hand and tightened it, as if to give him warmth and support.

"Before my dad died, I didn't bother to eat these things. But after my father died, these became unattainable. ”

When Qi Jingchen said this, his eyes turned to the place where the mother and son had stayed just now, and suddenly the corners of his mouth curled, "My mother also once said to me at the door of the fast food restaurant, 'I didn't bring any money today, another day, I will definitely let you eat another day.'" ’”

"Give her a call. Earthquakes are known throughout the country. Since she knew you were here, she must have known that there was an earthquake here. How worried and anxious should I be now?"

Qi Jingchen didn't want to see Wu Fenjing in his heart, and he didn't even want to hear her voice, everything was a kind of shackle to him.

But the scene just now reminded him of the most difficult moment when he was a child, and he felt faintly uneasy.

Just like Bai Xiaojiu said, Wu Fenjing must have known that there was an earthquake here, he changed his mobile phone number, but he didn't tell her, she should be very worried, right?

kept saying that he hated her and didn't like her, but when he was hesitating in his heart at the moment, he quickly strung out a string of numbers in his mind.

Bai Xiaojiu saw the emotion on Qi Jingchen's face, and was still a little hesitant, but no matter what happened between their mother and son.

When Qi Jingchen saw the scene just now, she suddenly remembered her mother, which made her very sad and heartbroken.

Not only does he feel sorry for him who has no father at a young age, but he also feels a little sorry for the future mother-in-law who has never met but feels that she is not having a good time.

Bai Xiaojiu leaned against him, clinging to his arm, looking up at him, and his voice was very soft, "Even if you don't like her anymore, she is also your own mother." Anyway, I'm sure I'm worried about you. You should at least give her a good day. ”

Qi Jingchen retracted his gaze, looked at the Coke in front of him, turned the straw with his right hand, and put it on the mobile phone on the desktop.

"Hmm. After a while, Qi Jingchen finally replied, patted the back of her hand, and stood up, "I'll go out and call her." ”

"Uh-huh, let's go. Go for it. Tell her well. Say it well. Bai Xiaojiu knew that they hadn't been in touch for at least half a year, and he didn't know how many things he wanted to say to each other, and even pushed him outward.

When Qi Jingchen picked up his mobile phone and went out of the door, and walked to the street to make a call, Zheng Qing breathed a sigh of relief and spit out a breath of turbidity.

Tilted his head to look at Bai Xiaojiu with some curiosity, and leaned in front of her with a serious face, "Listen to the meaning of his words, his family is a little difficult." ”

Bai Xiaojiu knew what she meant, and nodded slightly, "It seems to be." I've heard him mention before that his father worked as a vegetative state for two years before he died, which cost a lot of money. After he died, he owed a lot of debts. He went to join the army before he graduated from high school. ”

Zheng Qing nodded with an uncertain expression, and asked very seriously: "Have you thought clearly? If you really choose to marry him, you will have to bear the debts of his family." ”

Bai Xiaojiu was slightly stunned, lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked up and smiled at her, smiling very easily, "If you really want to carry it together, I don't care." As long as I really love him and he treats me well. ”

"I don't even know if I should say I admire you or call you stupid. Zheng Qing didn't expect such an answer, pursed his lips slightly, took a deep breath, and glared at Bai Xiaojiu again.

Zhang Jueyu saw her like this, patted her shoulder, and reminded softly, "Everyone has different choices." What are you angry about. ”

"Nothing. I just want my sister to be happy. ”

"Don't worry. I've never been worried that I'll be unhappy. Fool. Bai Xiaojiu tilted his head and smiled at her, extremely confident.