"Hahaha, you're here, Mr. Xiao."

Tao Tao finally rubbed her stomach, and then stood up with a chair.

"Hmm."

After hearing this, Xiao Qiong glanced at Tao Tao's hand holding the chair and agreed.

"That, you sit down first, Senior Sister and Qianqian and the two of them will go down and order."

Tao Tao hurriedly walked to the opposite side, then pulled up the chair next to Senior Sister Xiao Lan and motioned for Xiao Qiong to sit here.

However, Xiao Qiong just stared at her for a while, and then walked over by herself and stopped next to the chair where Tao Tao was sitting just now.

When Tao Tao looked confused, he pulled up the chair next to her and sat down directly.

？

Tao Tao looked at Xiao Qiong with wide eyes.

And Xiao Qiong looked at her for a long time.

"Come and sit."

Xiao Qiong looked at Tao Tao for a long time and didn't react, then reached out and patted the chair she was sitting on just now, and then motioned for her to come over with her eyes.

This......

Tao Tao hesitated, when did she become so familiar with Xiao Qiong? She didn't know it herself.

But Tao Tao was still forced by Xiao Qiong's coercion, and then slowly moved to his side, holding the table and sitting down.

Xiao Qiong saw her movements and glanced sideways at her.

"Not feeling well?"

Xiao Qiong looked at her pale face, and then frowned.

"Uh...... It's just that my stomach hurts a little. ”

After Tao Tao sat next to Xiao Qiong, she felt that her stomach hurt even more.

Is he born to restrain me?

Tao Tao hurriedly rubbed her stomach again.

"What are you doing with a stomach ache and holding your stomach?"

However, Xiao Qiong lowered her gaze to watch her movements, and said something that made Tao Tao vomit blood.

"I ......"

Tao Tao almost rolled her eyes.

What am I holding my stomach for? I'm happy!

Tao Tao almost didn't come up in one breath, and Xiao Qiong was so angry that she fainted.

"Hahaha, I, I'm not, it's painful."

So Tao Tao casually said a nonsense without scientific basis to perfunctory him.

……

This time it was Xiao Qiong's turn to be silent.

He probably thinks I'm hopeless.

Tao Tao supports the forehead.

However, in the next second, Xiao Qiong actually picked up the kettle on the table, and then poured a full cup of hot water into the cup in front of Tao Tao.

Well?

Tao Tao looked at the man's operation in front of him that confused him, and then suddenly didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

"Drink some hot water."

Xiao Qiong ignored Tao Tao's embarrassment, and he naturally pushed the steaming water cup in front of Tao Tao.

Tao Tao looked at the steaming hot water in front of her, she was afraid that Xiao Qiong would poison her.

"Thank you, Mr. Xiao......"

Tao Tao stretched out his hand tremblingly, then picked up the cup and carefully sipped the hot water inside.

Xiao Qiong nodded with satisfaction next to her, and then he poured himself a glass and drank it with her.

And this scene just happened to make Xiao Lan and Meng Yuqian, who came back from ordering, bump into each other.

Xiao Lan and Meng Yuqian looked at the two people sitting there holding cups and slowly sipping hot water, then turned their heads stiffly, and saw the fright in each other's eyes.

When did this become a health bureau?

The corners of Meng Yuqian's mouth twitched, she was now thinking about whether she should go downstairs and replace all the dishes she had just ordered with medicinal food.

"Huh! Senior sister, you're back. ”

Just as Meng Yuqian was about to take her senior sister to turn around and leave, she heard Tao Tao's soul-like voice in the room.

"Come in, come in, Teacher Xiao is here."

Tao Tao seemed to have a dog chasing her behind her, and after she saw Meng Yuqian and Xiao Lan, she bounced up from the chair at once, and then ran to the two of them, pulling them into the house by the arm.

……

Meng Yuqian looked at Tao Tao, who was abnormally excited in front of her, and blinked suspiciously.

It's not ...... Did you see the reaction of the police uncle after being kidnapped?

Then Meng Yuqian suddenly reacted and recalled the scene in the room just now.

Well, there's a problem.

With Meng Yuqian's gossip soul that she had cultivated for decades, she obviously found that Tao Tao and Teacher Xiao had a problem.

In a place the size of a whole table, the two people who were close to each other just now were in stark contrast to the wide distance between the seats next to them.

Meng Yuqian rubbed her chin with her thumb and forefinger, and then stared at Tao Tao obscenely.

Finished.

Tao Tao chuckled in his heart.

I'm afraid that this little girl is going to find trouble for me again?

As a result, the truth is that you can come whatever you want.

"Come on, come on, since Teacher Xiao is already here, let's hurry in and eat."

Tao Tao watched Meng Yuqian suddenly smile evilly at herself, and then shouted to the rest of the people.

Under Tao Tao's desperate gaze, Meng Yuqian pulled the unknown Senior Sister Xiao Lan, and quickly walked to the opposite side of Tao Tao and Xiao Qiong and sat down.

Wait, why the opposite?

I......

Tao Tao wants to cry without tears, what is this little girl running?

Tao Tao looked at Meng Yuqian's grinning little face, and then became even more angry.

Uncle can endure it, and aunt can't bear it.

Then Tao Tao walked back to the edge of his seat with sonorous steps, picked up the bag on the chair next to him, and threw it to Meng Yuqian with the greatest strength in his life.

"Take your bag!"

Tao Tao gritted his teeth and roared.

"Hahaha, okay!"

I saw that the bag fell into Meng Yuqian's arms in a very perfect parabola, and then was picked up by Meng Yuqian in a very relaxed posture.

Tao Tao was so angry that she almost fainted.

Look at it, you see, even the bag is reluctant to hit her.

Tao Tao thought that after returning to the dormitory after eating for a while, it would be necessary for her to carry out a profound family ideological education for Meng Yuqian.

Then Tao Tao sat back to Xiao Qiong's side angrily under Meng Yuqian's mocking gaze.

She's finished.

Tao Tao thought about how to hammer Meng Yuqian's dog head for a while.

However, what Tao Tao didn't know was that when she was confronting Meng Yuqian just now, Xiao Qiong, who was sitting next to her, kept her chin with her hand and looked at her with a smile in the corner of her eyes.

Neither of them noticed Xiao Qiong's changes, only Xiao Lan, who was sitting opposite Xiao Qiong, kept staring at his brother closely.

Xiao Lan sighed deeply after seeing the smile on his brother's face that hadn't appeared on his face for a long time.

Xiao Lan had always wanted to know what his brother had experienced when he was twelve years old, so that he had no smile from then on.

It was an ordinary afternoon, and ten-year-old Xiao Lan was still sitting by the window of her bedroom, holding on to the glass and watching the servants coming and going downstairs.

Will my father come home for dinner today?

Xiao Lan pouted, and then stared downstairs without blinking.

However, today she did not wait for her father, she was indeed waiting for her brother who was sneaking at the gate of her house.

Well? What is my brother doing?

After Xiao Lan saw this scene, she quickly wiped the hot breath she exhaled from the glass with her sleeve, and then rubbed her eyes and looked at it carefully.

That's right, that little figure is indeed his brother, but ......

Xiao Lan looked at her brother's tattered clothes, dirty little face and unkempt hair, and she suddenly panicked.

She knew her brother must be in danger.

Xiao Lan didn't hesitate, she jumped off the windowsill with a flutter, and then stepped on her shoes in a panic and ran out of her room.

Xiao Lan panted and stood in front of a door, the room in the corner of the house.

She managed to calm her breath, then tiptoed and knocked on the door.

……

The result was not met with any response.

Xiao Lan was so anxious that she almost cried, and she knocked dozens of times eagerly.

But there was still no sound in the room.

Xiao Lan's big eyes were already full of tears at this time.

She stared at the dilapidated door, and after a moment she lowered her hand as if giving up, then lowered her head and said two words in a very small voice.

"Mom's ......"

"Xiaolan."

Huh?

At this moment, Xiao Lan suddenly heard her brother's voice, she hurriedly looked back, and sure enough, she saw her brother who was covered in dirt was standing not far from her by holding on to the wall.

"Brother!"

When Xiao Lan saw her embarrassed brother, she finally couldn't help crying.

She cried and quickly ran to her brother, and then hugged the boy in front of her.

"Don't cry, Xiaolan."

Xiao Qiong stretched out her hand, which had already lost her strength, and then gently stroked Xiao Lan's hair.

"Brother, have you been bullied by bad people, how are you, how did you become like this, woo woo woo......"

Xiao Lan had never seen her brother like this since she was a child, and the moment she saw Xiao Qiong just now, she felt a burst of fear.

She was afraid that her only brother would also leave her.

Xiao Lan hugged Xiao Qiong and cried quietly.

"I'm fine, Xiaolan, I'm really fine."

Xiao Qiong hugged her sister tightly in distress, and then whispered in her ear.

"Woo woo, brother, I, I'm going to call my mother to come and see you."

Xiao Lan seemed to suddenly remember something, she trembled and left her brother's embrace, and then made a gesture to run back to the door just now and continue to knock.

"Don't go!"

Xiao Qiong, who was behind her, suddenly stretched out her hand to stop her.

"Don't go, don't go......"

Xiao Qiong seemed to have used up all his strength, but he still held Xiao Lan's hand tightly and didn't let her pass.

"Xiaolan, I'm fine, you, can you help me go to your room for a while?"

Xiao Qiong squatted weakly on the ground, then raised her head and whispered to Xiao Lan.

"Okay, brother, brother, hold on, I'll help you lie down for a while."

Xiao Lan looked at her brother's pale face, quickly wiped her tears, and then used her best strength to help Xiao Qiong up, and slowly walked towards her room step by step.

Xiao Qiong followed his sister slowly little by little, and suddenly, he turned his head and looked at the dilapidated door that was getting farther and farther away from the two of them.

He glanced at it coldly, and that look definitely didn't look like the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy.

Soon Xiao Qiong regained his composure, he turned around and followed his sister without looking back.

Just as they disappeared around the corner of the hallway, the door that had been closed just now suddenly creaked open.

The end of the hallway was very dark, so it was impossible to see through that small gap in the room.

All you could see was the hand with the ring clutching the edge of the door, and the corner of the dark green cheongsam that had been accidentally exposed.

"Woo woo brother, are you okay?"

Xiao Lan finally helped Xiao Qiong back to her room, and as soon as she arrived in the room, Xiao Qiong fell on the bed all of a sudden.

"Brother, brother!"

Xiao Lan pushed her brother's body in a panic, and found that he had some wounds on his arms and legs, and he was bleeding.

What to do, what to do?

Xiao Lan sat on the ground and cried helplessly.

Who can she turn to for help?

She was afraid that her brother would die, and she was afraid that she would live alone in this world from now on.

Just as she was crying out loud in despair, her brother, who was lying on the bed, suddenly moved.

"Brother, brother?"

Xiao Lan got up from the ground in surprise, and then ran to the side of the bed and held her brother's hand tightly.

"Brother, how are you?"

Xiao Qiong looked at her sister who was crying as a little flower cat in front of her, and then smiled softly.

"I'm okay Xiaolan, don't worry."

Xiao Qiong raised his hand tremblingly and wanted to wipe away the tears on his sister's face, but he still put down his hand without strength.

"Woo woo brother woo!"

Xiao Lan cried even harder.

"Xiaolan, my brother is fine, my brother is just too tired and wants to sleep.

Xiao Qiong squeezed Xiao Lan's hand, and then smiled at her.

"Brother woowoo, but you, but you're bleeding."

Xiao Lan hiccuped and said intermittently.

"It's okay Xiaolan, I just accidentally fell on the ground while playing outside."

Xiao Qiong smiled, and then continued: "Didn't I wrestle a lot when I was a child, and I passed it after a while."

"Woo woo woo ......"

Xiao Lan listened carefully to her brother's words, and then asked, "Are you really good to sleep?" Don't lie to me, brother. ”

"Well, I won't lie to your Xiaolan."

After Xiao Qiong finished speaking, she finally fell into a deep coma.

"I'm sorry, Xiaolan, if my brother does something bad, will you still forgive me?"

Before falling into a coma, Xiao Qiong finally didn't say this sentence.

Xiao Lan was suddenly "disturbed" and pulled out of her memory.

"Everyone's dishes are ready, please use them slowly."

Hey, Xiao Lan came back to her senses, and then sighed imperceptibly.

Xiao Qiong raised her head and looked at her sister who suddenly looked sad on the other side, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"Huh? I, I'm fine. ”

Xiao Lan smiled at her brother, then picked up her chopsticks in a panic and beckoned everyone: "Come on, come on, eat while it's hot, eat it while it's hot."

Xiao Qiong looked at the strange Xiao Lan, and then frowned, but still didn't say anything.

Tao Tao felt the sudden change in the atmosphere, then swallowed his saliva and picked up his chopsticks.

"Come on, come on, our meal today is to thank Senior Sister Xiao Lan for helping us for so long, and thank Teacher Xiao for her hard work this semester."

Fortunately, Meng Yuqian, the little girl, is still online at any time, she rolled her eyes and looked at the three people who were filled with an embarrassing atmosphere, poured herself a drink, and then stood up and held the cup and said loudly.

"Come on, hurry up, let's have a drink!"

Meng Yuqian's sudden voice brought the atmosphere back on track, Xiao Qiong and Xiao Lan reacted quickly, and then they also picked up their cups and stood up.

Tao Tao looked at the meal that seemed to be old speechlessly, and then picked up the cup under the gaze of everyone.

"Hahaha, it's also my honor to meet you two lovely girls."

Xiao Lan said with a smile after hearing this, then glanced at Xiao Qiong and winked at him.

"Well, indeed, it's also my honor to meet such a lovely student."

After Xiao Qiong glanced at Xiao Lan, she also hooked the corners of her mouth and smiled, and then said this sentence.

I don't know if I was self-inflicted, Tao Tao seemed to feel Xiao Qiong's gaze glance over here when she heard Xiao Qiong say this.

I guess I'm thinking too much......

Tao Tao shook his head, shook the thought out of his head, and then raised his glass to toast with everyone.

So the four of them were talking and laughing and eating.

"Eh, Qianqian and Peach, what are you going to do this holiday?"

Chatting and chatting, Xiao Lan seemed to suddenly remember something, and then put down her chopsticks and looked at the two of them and asked.

"Hmm...... I might go out and find a part-time job. ”

Meng Yuqian didn't think much for a while, and replied to Xiao Lan with a smile.

"Well, that's good, work-study!"

Xiao Lan smiled softly, and then nodded approvingly.

And Tao Tao was speechless on the side.

"What, senior sister, she's here to buy cosmetics and clothes."

Facing Tao Tao's ruthless debunking of herself, Meng Yuqian glared at the woman in front of her viciously.

Hmph, let you play me just now.

Tao Tao raised her chin arrogantly, and then looked at Meng Yuqian, who was hovering on the edge of anger, with the same mockery.

"Hahaha, so that's the case?"

Xiao Lan laughed when she heard it.

"I ......"

Sure enough, Meng Yuqian's small mouth, which has always been able to speak well, can only open it a few times now, and she can't say a word.

Hahahaha.

Tao Tao laughed wildly in her heart, you also have today.

"What about the little peach?"

Sure enough, she still underestimated the woman.

I saw Meng Yuqian raise her eyebrows, and then decisively threw this question to Tao Tao, who was gloating.

Forehead......

Tao Tao was choked.

"Well, me, I'm going to find an internship at a company."

Tao Tao thought for a while and decided to say it.

"Huh? It's really nice to go for an internship, you can exercise yourself, and you're about to graduate soon. ”

Xiao Lan looked at Tao Tao after hearing this, and then nodded even more appreciatively.

"Hahaha, yes, that's what I thought.

Tao Tao stroked her hair and smiled.

"Where do you go for an internship?"

Xiao Qiong, who had not spoken just now, suddenly asked.

Huh?

Tao Tao was startled for a moment, and then was stunned.

I...... What shall I say about this?

Tao Tao felt the gaze of the person next to him staring at him, and then swallowed.

"That...... It's me, a friend I know. ”

Tao Tao's embarrassed hands and feet didn't know where to put them.

Xiao Qiong, who was next to her, turned her head to look at Tao Tao and frowned when she heard it.

Then for all the rest of the time, Xiao Qiong didn't say another word.