After taking the medicine, Xiaoqi fell asleep almost as soon as she fell.

In the middle of the night, she had a dream. At home, she was reprimanded by her grandmother and mother for some reason. Her grandmother picked up a feather duster and beat and scolded her, while her mother pointed at her nose and said hurtful words.

She was scared, and with great effort to push through the congestion of her family, she rushed out of the house, running and crying on the road like an aggrieved child. She could hear the voices around her clearly—accusations, ridicule, mockery...... The invective in the dream was overwhelming, beating her all over her body.

Xiao Qi stopped, felt very uncomfortable, turned around and resisted desperately at the crowd: "Don't say it!" Don't talk about it!! ”

In the dream, she remembered that it was the first time she had shouted out so desperately, making the dream even louder and harsher. In the past, dreams were light and quiet, and this is what dreams should be. She shouted hysterically, trying to put an end to the dream, but to no avail.

I don't know how long she ran, but when she felt that she couldn't hear the crowd at all, she finally fell to her knees and cried loudly.

After a brief moment of sadness, Xiao Qi stood up tremblingly and dragged her tired body on. The dream was vague for a long time, and when it became clear again, she entered a building. The black oppression exacerbated the loneliness in her heart......

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Tong Xiaoqi was woken up by her own sobbing, and when she woke up, she only felt that her brain was wrapped in a cloud of negative emotions, and tears kept jumping out of the corners of her eyes.

She was stunned for a moment, wiped away her tears, and struggled to get up to see the time—half-past seven, an hour before her usual wake-up time. Xiaoqi sighed and simply changed her clothes.

Today is as normal as ever, but there is more joy and expectation in Xiaoqi's heart, and when the capsules arrive, she will lose weight at any cost.

At around 5:15 p.m., she arrived at the store early. At that time, Du Shengzhe was standing outside the cash register, chatting with Zhang Wei, and fiddling with a Rubik's cube in his hand. Both of them noticed the movement at the door of the store, and turned their heads to look at Xiao Qi at the same time. She smiled and greeted them shyly, "Hello? ”

"Oh——!" Zhang Wei let out an exclamation. Xiao Qi also felt that there was something on her body, and looked down vigorously.

"That's amazing, Xiaoqi." Du Shengzhe stroked his palm and said, "I only brought you here once yesterday, and you will remember the route in the store." ”

"It's easy to find." She thinks that as long as she is not a road idiot, ordinary people can easily find the right place. "Are we going to hand out flyers now? Or is it time to go? ”

I saw Xiao Zhang squeezing his eyes at Du Shengzhe mischievously, he understood, grinned, and seemed to think of something, and told Tong Xiaoqi, who looked puzzled, "I'll go up and get something, wait for me." She sat and waited, in a daze.

Zhang Wei saw that she was bored, so he came over and asked, "Sister Xiaoqi, how did you meet Xiao Du?" ”

Xiaoqi has always been concise and clear in answering such questions: "He lost the card, I picked it up, and the thing was returned to the original owner, and we got to know each other." ”

The other party chuckled lightly, and paused for a while before saying, "Xiao Du, this person... Kindness and affection. After he finished speaking, he paused again, and added: "I think I am very lucky to meet him, he is really good, he has helped me several times in my most difficult times, and I owe him a few favors......

"Brother Zhang, when you tell me this, do you want me to ask you how to repay the favor?"

"I won't even return the favor~" Zhang Wei raised his eyebrows at her, "I want to say, Xiao Du is such a good boy, it's best to be a boyfriend." ”

Xiao Qi's face flushed, this sentence made her excited but a little evasive. "Haha... Actually, I think I'm ......."

She was only halfway through her words when she noticed that the other party's eyes were behind her, "Xiao Du is here." Turning his head, Du Shengzhe's hand stretched out towards Xiaoqi quickly wrapped around the back of her head, and flicked the girl's "ponytail", making her overwhelmed.

"Let's go."

Xiao Qi seemed to have just reacted from Zhang Wei's words, and hurriedly stood up and followed.

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Grandma's gray gray plaid shirt and a pair of casual light navy blue cropped pants, Ah Zhe's clothes today look extraordinarily comfortable, Tong Xiaoqi thinks.

"When it reaches seven o'clock, I will come out in half an hour, I have something to ask you." Du Shengzhe told her that the honorarium would not be reduced because of this half-hour of "laziness", so there was no need to worry.

Xiaoqi complained a little about this person: "How good it is for you to tell me again at that time, it's very appetizing!" ”

He smiled mysteriously and waved his hand: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked in advance. ”

It's really frustrating.

Xiaoqi was tossed by curiosity for an hour and a half, and when it was almost seven o'clock, Du Shengzhe said to go to the nearby riverside park together: "There are public benches there, sit and say." ”

The two sat down on a bench in the shade of a tree. Du Shengzhe saw that the girl was nervous and uneasy, he only felt funny, and didn't say anything superfluous, and went straight to the point - he didn't ask a question, but praised the other party first:

"I looked at your paintings last night, and I think Xiaoqi really has the talent and potential in painting."

Tong Xiaoqi was slightly stunned: "Ah... Thank you for the affirmation. ”

"Of all your paintings, are there any reprints from elsewhere?"

"No, I painted it all." She thought for a moment and added: "I can show you the 'painting process' stored in my painting software, which is from a rough framework to the finished line drawing. ”

The painting process is crucial for Du Shengzhe to prove whether she is "a creator or not".

He changed the subject and said: "I found something interesting, in your painting, I saw a little boy who was named with me......"

"You've finally found out!" Xiao Qi exclaimed, "I've been expecting you to notice this. ”

Du Shengzhe took out four cards from his pocket with a smile and handed them to her: "Look at this." ”

Xiaoqi took it and checked it out, but she looked puzzled and asked, "Was the first photo of this boy when you were a child?" The other three are the painting process of my 'Du Shengzhe' character, where did you get it? ”

"Hmm... Xiaoqi, can you show me the painting process of the character also called 'Du Shengzhe'? He seemed to deliberately avoid her question.

"Haha, if the process is still there, of course I can show you."

"Deleted?"

"Hmm." Xiao Qi smiled apologetically at him, her eyes slamming into the other party's gray and white plaid shirt. "I'm sorry... It's a bit old, and I drew that character two years ago. ”

Du Shengzhe scratched his head: "It's okay, I'm just curious and want to take a look." Taking the cards that the girl had returned, he uneasily slipped them into his pocket, and the thoughts in his head were a jumbled up.

The atmosphere froze suddenly, so quiet that you could hear each other's breathing.

"I still don't quite understand." Xiao Qi tried to break the atmosphere, and her voice was very small, "Ah Zhe wants to ask me something." ”

"Only one." He said, "You've already answered me." ”