Chu Xiao stopped when she walked to the door of the "Qingqing Hotel" next to the Lancheng community, which was a small restaurant owned by her mother and stepfather. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Chu Xiao raised the corners of his mouth, let himself forget the unpleasantness on the bus, and maintain a happy expression, before walking into the store to greet his mother and stepfather.

When Wang Qing saw that her eldest daughter was coming, she smiled so much that the crow's feet in the corners of her eyes became more obvious. Zhou Kangsheng also nodded with a smile at Chu Xiao. Chu Xiao saw the welcome look on his mother and stepfather's face, and the happy expression on his face became much more natural.

"Let's go to the house and watch TV first, and then come over for dinner at noon. Wang Qing smiled and stretched out the doorkey to Chu Xiao.

"No, I'll stay here to help you. ”

"Actually, I'm not busy right now. Wang Qing withdrew his hand holding the key and smiled with relief.

Chu Xiao smiled at her mother, thinking about what opportunity she should find to ask her mother about the jade pendant.

Before dinner time, although there were not many guests in the restaurant, Chu Xiao had a lot of trivial things to do, except for a little free time at lunchtime, she was almost always working.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Kangsheng said to Chu Xiao, who was cleaning up the dining table: "Chu Xiao, you go to pick up Yanyan from school now, your mother and I are too busy now." ”

"Okay, I'll go right away. Chu Xiao immediately went to wash his hands and prepared to go out.

"Xiao, I'll make you something to eat at night. Wang Qing smiled lovingly.

A short sentence made Chu Xiao extremely excited, she seemed to be stepping on Hot Wheels under her feet, and she walked very fast.

Chu Xiao helped her sister carry her schoolbag all the way, although the two were sisters, but because of the eleven-year age difference, and her sister didn't seem to like her sister very much, so except for Chu Xiao's occasional questions and sister's occasional answers, they were basically silent with each other along the way.

When I was about to return to the hotel, an old woman in the community greeted Chu Xiao, and Chu Xiao stopped there to chat with the old grandmother. Yeon-yeon withdrew her little hand from her sister's hand at this moment and ran forward alone. Chu Xiao knew that Yanyan wanted to go back quickly, so she hurriedly said goodbye to her grandmother, and then followed.

Yeon-yeon ran fast, and Chu Xiao wanted to catch up with her, so she also trotted behind. Who knew that Yanyan ran and suddenly turned her head and ran back, and Chu Xiao and Yanyan were three steps apart, and Yanyan didn't have time to "brake" and hit Chu Xiao directly, so she fell to the ground sideways.

Chu Xiao hurriedly went to pull Yanyan, but before Yanyan could sit up from the ground, a cry so loud that it shook her eardrums had already come out of her throat. Chu Xiao was so frightened by this cry that her heart panicked, compared to the panic in the forest and cave a few days ago, this kind of panic Chu Xiao is common on her mother's side, and it is also the most difficult and torturous to resolve.

Chu Xiao hurriedly patted off the dust on Yanyan's body, soothed and said, "Are you okay?" Okay, okay, don't cry, I'll rub it for you where it hurts." ”

Yeon-yeon raised her head and cried "ahhhhh At first glance, Yanyan's left palm was rubbed against the skin, and the wound was small and shallow, but there was still blood flowing out.

Chu Xiao was like a stab in the back, and hurriedly blew Yanyan's wound while comforting her softly. Slowly, Yanyan stopped crying, Chu Xiao suddenly felt that the stone in her heart was much lighter, she helped her sister wipe her tears, thinking that fortunately, Yanyan was "stronger" than she imagined.

In fact, this kind of small injury is nothing to Chu Xiao at all, she bumped a lot when she was a child, and often had such and such abrasions and bruises, at that time, her parents would always train her, telling her to walk with long eyes, and said that children should have small falls to grow strong. Yanyan is ten years old, and Chu Xiao has not cried because of physical pain at this age.

"What's going on?" Zhou Kangsheng probably heard his daughter's cry and trotted over to this side.

Before Chu Xiao could explain, he heard Yanyan open her mouth wide and let out that miserable "ahhhhhhhh Chu Xiao looked at his stepfather's solemn expression, and his voice suddenly weakened a lot: "She just ran ...... in front"

"How did you do it? Who did it?" Zhou Kangsheng didn't look at Chu Xiao, and directly picked up Yanyan and asked her what was going on.

Yanyan's eyes were red, and she cried into tears, as if she couldn't speak, and she pointed her index finger at Chu Xiao. Chu Xiao instantly realized that she would jump into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it away, her stepfather's eyes made her feel that she was a sinner, her eyes were helpless but she still wanted to try to explain clearly.

"No, she's running ...... ahead" Chu Xiao's face was embarrassed.

"Did you get it?" Zhou Kangsheng's face sank, he didn't want to know what happened.

"She bumped into my ...... herself" Chu Xiao was helpless, she just wanted to finish her words.

"Did you get it?" the stepfather's cold tone was to suppress the fire.

"Not ......"

"No, why is she pointing at you?!" Zhou Kangsheng's tone was a little excited.

At this time, a curious resident of the community walked over, and she asked Yeon-yeon with concern why she was injured. Zhou Kangsheng glanced at the man but was silent, and then stared at Chu Xiao with his eyes.

Zhou Kangsheng's face made Chu Xiao understand that there was no need for him to explain, and a negative thought rushed straight to his brain.

"I got it. Chu Xiao's tone was flat and directly admitted.

As soon as Zhou Kangsheng heard this, there was obviously an irrepressible anger in his voice: "What are you going to do with her!"

Chu Xiao sulked, lowered her eyelids and didn't say a word, she was afraid that as soon as she opened her mouth, before she could say anything, tears betrayed her patience first, and she silently followed her stepfather back home.

After returning home, Zhou Kangsheng took Yanyan to sit on the side of the sofa, and Chu Xiao stood beside him in a daze. Zhou Kangsheng comforted Yanyan gently, first peeled an orange for her, and then began to rub the medicine on her. Chu Xiao wanted to help rub the medicine for Yanyan, but was blocked by his stepfather's cold face, and after seeing that his stepfather had rubbed the medicine for Yanyan, Chu Xiao had to sit on the other side of the sofa with a wilt.

"You sit down first, and Yanyan and I will go to the store to have a look. Not long after Chu Xiao sat down, Zhou Kangsheng took Yanyan and stood up from the sofa.

Chu Xiao was still hesitant to follow to help, but her stepfather turned around and opened the door and took her sister away, so she had to continue to sit there in a daze.

The emotions slowly precipitated, and Chu Xiao felt a slight pain in his stomach, after all, the effect of force is mutual. Chu Xiao rubbed her belly, she was a little afraid that her stepfather would hate her because of this. In fact, she has long been accustomed to observing her stepfather's face here, she has been trying to change herself, she doesn't want her stepfather to accept her, she just doesn't want to be hated by her stepfather.

People's hearts are made of meat, and the long-term efforts have made the stepfather's attitude towards Chu Xiao really improve, Chu Xiao doesn't care if this change is from the inside out or just the outside, she thinks it all is sincere. But every time she thanked her stepfather for treating her well, there were always various episodes.

If a person has never corrected his attitude towards a person, then when that person does something that disappoints him, his emotions will not fluctuate much, at least not entanglement, because he is used to it. But if you have a good impression of a person who has never felt good, and then see him do something that disappoints you, that kind of complicated feeling, there are really no words that can describe it.

After a person is wronged, he will unconsciously remember the grievances he has suffered before. Chu Xiao quietly recalled that since her father's death, she had never had a complete family life, and her tears did not fall after enduring.

"Feng Chuxiao, if you want to think of something happy, tears and sadness are useless......"

Chu Xiao was talking to himself in his heart, but the door opened with a "click", and it was his stepfather who came back with his sister.

"Uncle Zhou. Chu Xiao called out to her stepfather, but her stepfather didn't seem to hear it and didn't look at her.

There were two talkers and a silent man sitting in a room, but the low air pressure was only on the side of one person. Chu Xiao silently listened to the conversation between his stepfather and sister, and there was no resentment or grievance in his heart, and some of them turned out to be envious. She especially wanted her mother to come back soon, she really wanted someone to talk to her, she really wanted to explain the matter clearly.

With the door lock "clicking" again, the situation that seemed a little embarrassing to Chu Xiao seemed to have changed signs. Chu Xiao looked up and saw her mother walk into the house, and her body instantly subconsciously opened a little.

"Mom. Chu Xiao stood up, and his faint tone still revealed a slight joy.

Wang Qing glanced at Chu Xiao, didn't speak, only handed her the lunch box in his hand, and then bent down to change her shoes.

"Let's do our homework. Seeing this, Zhou Kangsheng took Yanyan to the bedroom.

"Why did you hit your sister?" the mother sat down on the couch, and her usually gentle tone suddenly became fierce and hard, sounding like touching a hot rock.

As soon as Chu Xiao heard her mother's words, she immediately turned her head to look at her. I have to admit that my mother's tone made Chu Xiao scared deep down. Chu Xiao saw that her mother was serious about killing people, something in her heart fell instantly, and at the same time, a complex emotion surged up. That emotion first occupied the gloomy eyes, and then spread out the entire face from the eyes. Chu Xiao's entire facial expression froze, and his throat became unusually swollen and painful from the recoil of that emotion.

"I didn't hit her. Chu Xiao looked at her mother, her tone was light, but her voice sounded very hard.

"Then how could she fall?!" As soon as Chu Xiao's words fell, Wang Qing quickly asked.

Chu Xiao frowned, for a moment she couldn't believe that her mother was glaring at her, but she immediately believed that it was true. Chu Xiao straightened up and looked away from her mother's face, she swallowed, but her throat was still dry and painful.

"You're so old, aren't you sensible? You're a sister, can't you take your sister with you? If you hold her well, she'll ......."

"She ran by herself......" Chu Xiao helplessly rushed to explain.

"Then you can't stop her! You're a sister, you're as ignorant as her!" Wang Qing interrupted Chu Xiao's words, his voice immediately raised an octave, and the speed of his speech became faster.

Chu Xiao really didn't want to listen to it anymore, so she picked up her backpack and walked to the door.

"Are you listening to me, where are you going so late!" Wang Qing wanted to call her daughter back.

"I'll go back to my home!" Chu Xiao didn't turn his head to look at his mother, and quickly went down the stairs after closing the door with a "click".