This episode is the cause and effect of Chen Jizhou's call to Zhou Xuecen.

Receiving Chen Jizhou's call, Zhou Xuecen was quite surprised, she was waiting for this call every day, she had been hoping that the materials sent out could stir up a little wave, but in the end they all fell into the sea, and there was no news.

"Ms. Zhou, I'm Chen Jizhou from the discipline inspection team of Beijiang Evening News......" Chen Jizhou stopped talking, wanting to hear the other party's reaction.

"Are you Beijiang Evening News? What happened to Xiangbei?" Zhou Xuecen's first reaction was an ominous premonition, she was lying on the bed, weak.

Due to eating every day, Zhou Xuecen obviously feels physically exhausted, and even often groggy, always feeling unable to wake up. Therefore, even after hearing such unexpected news, her state has not changed significantly.

Despite this, Zhou Xuecen struggled to sit up from the bed. A strong impact rushed from the lungs to the throat, triggering a cough. She picked up the bedside cup and took a sip of water.

In the past two years, the words "Beijiang Evening News" have almost become a nightmare in her heart, she hopes to receive a response from the other party, but also fears that this response will hurt her family again. The family has been shattered.

"Oh, no. Don't get me wrong," Chen Jizhou hurriedly clarified, "I want to tell you on behalf of the Beijiang Evening News that we have received the materials you reported to us before, and we want to do further investigation." So, when you have time to come to the newspaper office, let's talk about it in detail. ”

"What do you mean...... Is there hope for Xiangbei's case?" Zhou Xuecen wasn't sure what Chen Jizhou meant, to be precise, she didn't dare to imagine that the other party's words had this meaning.

"I can't say that now, but I can at least assure you that I will do my best to find out the problems involved, especially some suspicious points involved, such as those involving the Beijiang Evening News, and I will carefully investigate from within the newspaper. Chen Jizhou wanted to explain his words as clearly as possible, he felt that Zhou Xuecen should be allowed to see hope, but he couldn't give too much hope.

Sometimes, hope can lift a person, but it can also break a person.

"Great!"

Although Chen Jizhou's explanation was ambiguous, when Zhou Xuecen finally waited for such a re-investigation after two years, hope seemed to be ignited in her heart again, she couldn't restrain herself, and burst into tears in an instant.

"When do you have time?" Chen Jizhou has a work habit, but whenever the president puts things on the agenda, he will make a time list and implement them one by one according to the deadline and progress, and this time is no exception. He made the investigation plan for the Xiangbei incident in great detail, even so careful that he would list the object and time of the conversation to be investigated.

Zhou Xuecen didn't figure out what Chen Jizhou meant, thinking that time was very urgent. She looked at the time, it was noon, and according to the time He Miaomiao set for her, she was going to take care of Felix in the afternoon.

"I have something to do in the afternoon, can I go to the newspaper office after work?" Zhou Xuecen estimated, after getting off work at five o'clock, it would take less than an hour from He Miaomiao's house to the Beijiang Evening News office, "I will definitely arrive before seven o'clock in the evening." Can you wait for me?"

"It's okay, I'm always available, depending on your time. If you're in a hurry, you can do it tomorrow. For Chen Jizhou, overtime has become the norm. But he still didn't expect that this woman would be in such a hurry.

He didn't know that Zhou Xuecen's life was like a corpse, and only for the people he loved the most could his body have more souls.

"No, no, I'll go over when I get off work. It just so happens that I still have a lot of materials, so I'll bring them with me later. ”

"Okay, you get to the newspaper office and call me. ”

Hanging up the phone, Zhou Xuecen couldn't calm down for a long time. She almost forgot how weak she was, and paced up and down the room, as if remembering something, and hurried to the door, rummaging through the shoulder bag she had always carried with her. Fortunately, the materials are there!

Over the years, Zhou Xuecen has developed the habit of carrying materials with him every day. She made a lot of copies of those materials, and the whole bag was bulging. She had sent these materials to the Bac Giang Evening News, to the relevant departments of Hedong City and Bac Giang Province, and to some media in Bac Giang Province and Beijing, but there was no news.

Later, she heard from somewhere that the materials that reflect the problem must have strong material, just like the current self-media manuscripts are all headline parties, or the great gods write online articles with a good title first, a good topic can attract enough clicks.

Besides, those departments and the media receive so many clues every day, what kind of things have they not seen? If there is no fierce news, how can they get their attention? All in all, it is very important that the headline should be eye-catching!

Zhou Xuecen was a highly educated and intelligent person, and he quickly realized the truth.

After some thought, she continued to add new information to these materials, some of which she had heard Xiang Bei say, and some of which she had made up freely.

However, because she has written too much and talked too much to others, she herself can no longer distinguish between truth and falsehood. So much so that later, she began to believe that everything she wrote was true.

When a person reaches this level, he is actually out of the realm of reason. Zhou Xuecen didn't know at all.

No matter what, the love in Zhou Xuecen's heart has always been fiery and real. This love is not only for Xiangbei and Nuoyi, but also for everyone who is worthy of love by her side, such as Felix.

Zhou Xuecen took the bus to He Miaomiao's house, and after completing the handover with her sister-in-law in the previous month, she began a half-day of work.

Feelings are cultivated slowly. At this time, Felix can not only say that she can dance, but even began to be naughty and mischievous, deliberately tricking her sister-in-law these months. However, he is a child with extremely high emotional intelligence, and when he sees Zhou Xuecen unhappy, he will obediently stay by her side, accompany her, and make her laugh.

Zhou Xuecen made lunch for Felix and took him to read a few story books, and after a while, Felix fell asleep on the bed after having fun.

Seeing that the doll was asleep, Zhou Xuecen lightly took out a bunch of things from her bag and sat in the entrance corridor.

It was a pile of needlework, and she was going to do some needlework in her spare time. The reason why I chose to work in the entrance corridor is not because it is cool here, but because He Miaomiao has a habit of cleanliness, and the things brought from outside cannot be brought to the house without cleaning.

Although He Miaomiao no longer emphasizes this now, Zhou Xuecen has always remembered this rule.

She took out the reel, and on it was a cartoon character about to be embroidered. This kind of handiwork is called velvet embroidery, and in the old society, it was used by poor people to decorate insoles and quilts. Now that the days are better, no one will be willing to use it. As a result, it was elevated from a craft to an art and was inscribed as an intangible cultural heritage.

For people who have a foundation in manual work, velvet embroidery is not complicated, but it is a kung fu work. It is to pass the pure cotton thread through the hollow needle, and then use the hollow needle to outline back and forth on the cotton cloth to form a colorful pattern, and finally use scissors to cut the raised cotton thread on the cloth surface, and the pattern has a hairy feel.

Probably because the mood is too good, Zhou Xuecen's efficiency in the afternoon is very high. She had thought it would take another day to finish, but now it seemed that she could finish it today.

There are still two hours left before the end of work, and what she wants to do is a cartoon-patterned purse. A year ago, she had made an identical one for Nuoyi, but before it was finished, Nuoyi went to another world. Zhou Xuecen was once sad and unwilling to touch these needlework again.

However, now seeing that Felix is also so old and so well-behaved and sensible, she seems to feel that Nuoyi has never left her, and she has poured all her maternal love into Felix.

This purse Zhou Xuecen has been making for more than a week, and it is a birthday gift she prepared for Felix.

Of course, no one asked Zhou Xuecen to prepare a gift, besides, in such a family, what gift He Miaomiao couldn't buy?

Therefore, when Zhou Xuecen said that she wanted to prepare a gift for the doll, He Miaomiao smiled lightly and refused. She couldn't think of anything else to prepare other than toys, clothes, birthday cakes, and the like.

The craft of velvet embroidery was taught to her by other confinement sisters-in-law when Zhou Xuecen was training in the home economics school, but she didn't expect her to be ingenious, but it was even better than the confinement sister-in-law's embroidery. The person who taught her praised her, but she was very embarrassed.

In fact, this purse is not difficult to make, the difficulty is how to embroider beautifully, which requires talent. It's like singing, someone is born with a pentatonic deficit, how can they become a pavarotti?

Zhou Xuecen embroidered a pink pig and a beautiful big house on the purse, and it took her more than half of her time to have these two patterns.

The last bit of finishing work was finally completed, and Zhou Xuecen breathed a long sigh of relief, but was coughed by pharyngitis again. Afraid of waking up the sleeping Felix, she tried her best to keep herself from coughing.

The discomfort in his throat like being crawled by ants slowly subsided, and after Zhou Xuecen coughed violently, he quietly came to Felix's room, helped him cover the thin quilt, and stopped again when he saw his sleeping face when he put his hand away. Children in their sleep can always make people have an urge to take care of them, and for some reason, tears welled up in the corners of Zhou Xuecen's eyes. He kissed Felix lightly on the forehead and wrapped the quilt tighter again.

When the clock rang five times, the entrance door was opened, and He Miaomiao appeared on time.

He Miaomiao's profession has no fixed working hours, and when he is busy, he can work until midnight, and when he is not busy, he has nothing to do all day. Most of the time, though, she would come home at five or six o'clock.

By this time, Felix had also woken up. After a short wake-up breath, the imp jumped around and started the destruction mode again.

"I came back so early today. Zhou Xuecen went out to greet He Miaomiao.

"The company was fine, so I came back. He Miaomiao took off her coat, "Felix is still sleeping?"

"I just woke up and slept for two hours. ”

"Oh, you go back. I'll take care of Felix. He Miaomiao was very polite.

"Okay, I just happened to have something to do, so I'll go first," Zhou Xuecen turned around to leave, thought of something again, turned around, and took out something from his pocket, "This is my birthday present for Felix." ”

"Didn't you say you don't have to break the bank? You're so tired every day, it's already very hard. He Miaomiao didn't care about what she had in her hand.

"Actually, it's not a valuable thing, it's just a hand-embroidered purse. This is what I learned from others, rough, and I don't know if the child likes it or not. Zhou Xuecen saw that He Miaomiao didn't look back, and wanted to put the purse on the table.

Unexpectedly, He Miaomiao snatched it and took it in her hand and repeated a large amount: "Oh, Sister Zhou, I didn't expect your craftsmanship to be so good, the embroidery is really good, much better than the handicrafts sold in those shopping malls." To be honest, I'm still worried about what to get for Felix, and that's fine. Felix, look, the purse that Auntie embroidered for you, does it look good?"

The little ghost who was playing on the side heard the sound and ran over, grinned and took the purse in his hand, looked at the little Peppa Pig embroidered on it, and immediately cheered.

"Do you like it?" He Miaomiao asked.

"Hee-hee, it's Paige, I like it. ”

"Thank you, Auntie!"

"Thank you, Auntie," Felix asked innocently, her eyes widening, "Auntie, can you help me embroider a smart pet car next time?" ”

Zhou Xuecen smiled, touched the little ghost's head and said, "No problem, Auntie promised you, I will start doing it for you tomorrow!"

"Oh, great, great!" the imp cheered and ran away with his purse.

"Sister Zhou, you can't spoil him so much anymore, otherwise I'll be jealous. Now this child sees you more than I do. He Miaomiao joked.

In fact, with He Miaomiao's temper, few people can bear it. But maybe because of his sincere dedication, the relationship between Zhou Xuecen and Felix is more like a mother and son, Felix can not see He Miaomiao for a day, but if he can't see Zhou Xuecen for a while, he will cry non-stop.

Seeing that the child was so clingy to Zhou Xuecen, He Miaomiao had to suppress herself from time to time.

Slowly, she found that Zhou Xuecen was quite a good person: he didn't have much to do, he was diligent and quick, and the two had a lot of topics to talk about, so they got closer and closer to each other.

"I like this kid so much, every time I see him, I think of our family. Zhou Xuecen looked at Felix's figure and burst into tears again.

Some scientists once said that time is actually a false proposition, and what is lost in life is not time, but memory. No matter how much you miss a person, the memory will slowly fade, but if you encounter something familiar, the memory will appear again, which is the touch of the scene.

Zhou Xuecen is like this, when she sees any person or thing related to children, she can think of Nuoyi, so she has never been able to extricate herself.

He Miaomiao wanted to help her, but she didn't know where to start, the only thing she could do was to listen and chat. You must know that nowadays, there are few people in the entire community who are willing to stand patiently next to Zhou Xuecen and listen to her tell those stories that have been talked countless times.