She kept looking at the time, wondering why it passed so slowly.

Aunt Du saw that she was restless, and comforted: "Miss Qiao, why don't you drink a bowl of soup?"

"No, I don't have the heart to eat. Qiao Xihe waved his hand and glanced at the time again, but only ten minutes had passed......

Aunt Du sighed, stopped talking, and sat alongside.

The hands on the wall clock rotated slowly, Qiao Xihe stared at the mobile phone screen, she had already memorized the string of numbers just now, as long as it was the same or the same number segment, she could know that the caller was a lawyer for the first time.

In the torment, another ten minutes passed.

Qiao Xihe swallowed her saliva, feeling that a layer of sweat had appeared on her body, and the dizziness caused by nervousness made her more and more uncomfortable.

At this time, the sound of the key inserting into the keyhole and then turning on the side of the security door sounded.

Aunt Du came back to her senses and said, "It's Eric who is back." ”

Qiao Xihe didn't react to this for a long time.

Aunt Du went over to greet her, so as soon as Eric opened the security door, she saw her smiling face.

"Eric, are you back? I left you dinner. She laughed.

Eric habitually asked, "Where is Xihe?"

Aunt Du's smile stiffened, and she said, "The lawyer called from there, and I don't know what he said, maybe it was Miss Qiao's father, right?" Then, Miss Qiao became very anxious and nervous, and she didn't even eat food, and I didn't want to persuade her to drink a sip of soup, so please go over and persuade her?

Eric's hand as he was about to put his briefcase on the chair stiffened, and his eyes sank.

"Xihe. He called, holding back the worry in his heart.

What he was worried about was not that Qiao Xihe would not eat dinner obediently and would be bad for his health, but that he was worried that Qiao Xihe would know the news of Qiao Minglei.

A hundred secrets, this is true, he blocked all the ways that Qiao Xihe would know the news, but he didn't expect that there were still omissions.

His eyes fell on the old man's machine that Qiao Xihe was holding in the palm of his hand, and then leaned over, snatching the phone while she was not paying attention.

"Huh?!" Qiao Xihe woke up suddenly, screamed, and looked up at Eric.

Eric held up his mobile phone and shook it in front of Qiao Xihe, "Is there anything more important than eating?"

Qiao Xihe said: "Eric, I'm waiting for an important news, can you give me back your phone? ”

Seeing that she got up to grab the phone, Eric hurriedly stretched out his arms, the phone was held higher, according to Qiao Xihe's height, he was afraid that he would have to jump up to be able to hold the phone.

"Give it back to me, the call is coming in a few minutes, and it's not too late. Qiao Xihe pleaded.

Eric said solemnly: "How important is it that you refuse to eat? Do you want the child in your belly?"

"That's my dad!" Qiao Xihe became even more anxious, staring at the mobile phone in Eric's hand, trying to jump up and snatch it back, but she was pregnant and her body was heavy, she couldn't jump at all, to be exact, she didn't dare to jump.

But when she tried to jump, just as she was about to make a noticeable movement, Eric's body shook, and his arms naturally swayed back, and at this moment, the phone slipped out of the palm of his hand, flew out, and fell into the fish tank impartially.

With a "poof", the phone slowly sank to the bottom.

“……”

The three people present were silent.

Eric was the first to react, and took the first step to fish out the phone, the water had seeped into the inside of the phone, I was afraid that it could not be saved, he said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Aunt Du, I didn't mean to, I will pay you a new phone!"

Aunt Du wanted to cry without tears, and seeing that Eric was full of apologies, she couldn't blame anything, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, a broken mobile phone is not worth a few dollars, and it just so happens that I want to change it to a new one." ”

"That's exactly what I bought for you. Eric looked at Qiao Xihe again.

Her eyes were even redder, and it seemed like tears were going to fall in the next second.

He was thinking of comforting words, but saw Qiao Xihe suddenly stretch out his hand, and his outstretched palm was in front of him.

"Huh?" he pretended not to understand what she meant, tilted his head, with some cuteness, and blinked at Qiao Xihe, trying to make the gloomy atmosphere a little lighter.

Qiao Xihe didn't eat him at all, and his tone was almost ordering, "Where is your phone?" ”

Eric's brow furrowed quickly, then his hand slipped into his briefcase. He remembered where he put his phone, so he quickly took it in his hand, but he didn't plan to give it to Qiao Xihe.

"Looks like ......," he frowned in embarrassment, "I forgot to bring my phone back." ”

"Really?" Qiao Xihe looked at Eric.

This kind of gaze is very uncomfortable.

Eric gasped and said, "Really. ”

Qiao Xihe glanced back at the wall clock, and then walked quickly to the security door, and Eric took the lead and blocked the door.

"Xihe, where are you going?"

"I went to ask my neighbor to borrow a phone. Qiao Xihe said.

Eric shook his head and said, "It's too dangerous, you can't go." As long as others see you, Pei Tingyuan will soon find you. ”

Qiao Xihe said: "Then you go and help me pick it up, I have to know my father's news today." ”

"......" Eric pursed his lips and said, "Okay, I'll go." You stay at home, I'll be back soon. ”

"Hmm. Qiao Xihe stared at him.

Eric's gaze scanned her face, her reddish eyes showing stubbornness, and it seemed that she would not give up until she achieved her goal.

He turned around, opened the door, and quickly closed it after going out, not standing in the corridor for too long, because he knew that Qiao Xihe must be peeping outside through the cat's eye, and he could also hear the movement in the corridor from the door.

He had to knock on the door diagonally across the street, but luckily the family hadn't returned.

Eric glanced at his door, and went to knock on the last house on this floor, and then this time he was not so lucky, a middle-aged man opened the door, and with a bit of wariness and doubt in his eyes, through the thick spectacle lenses, fell on Eric's body.

"What's the matter?"

"Hello, I am the owner of this place, my mobile phone accidentally broke, but there is something very important to contact the family, can I borrow your mobile phone? Eric said politely, his hands clenched quietly, looking at the man a little nervously.