When he received the invitation from Zhou Zhou's parents, Zhao Qi was busy writing the first draft of another case in front of the screen.

In Zhao Qi's impression, Zhou Zhou's mother has always been a typical gentle woman born in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the kind that sounds soft when she talks to others, which makes people feel very comfortable just looking at it, without any offensive power.

She also sighed at the time that she had no resemblance to Zhou Zhou, who was resolute and daring, and dared to do what she said.

Zhao Qi actually wanted to refuse, after all, at this point in time, Zhou Zhou's parents had not yet come out of the pain of losing their daughter, if they really wanted them to sit with him to eat and chat, Zhao Qi knew that they would definitely smile and hold on to the end.

This is too cruel for parents who have lost their daughters.

"Auntie, have you been eating lately? Is the dizziness better? "In the last interview, Zhao Qi overheard her say that she had an old disease of dizziness, maybe because of Zhou Zhou's matter, which seems to have been serious recently.

"I'm fine, my aunt and uncle really want to see you, and I know that Zhou Zhou also wants to say thank you to you." Zhao Qi heard her over there silent for a while, and occasionally there was a sound of rustling, Zhao Qi guessed that she should be quietly wiping her tears.

Zhao Qi also noticed that her voice was a little hoarse, and the torment of these days was difficult every day. She said, "Zhao Qi, can you come and meet Auntie?"

She didn't say to come over for dinner, but said to meet her, so that people had no reason to refuse.

Knowing her insistence, Zhao Qi agreed after hesitating for a long time.

The next day, when he arrived at the agreed place and entered the private room, Zhao Qi saw Lu Huainian's back at a glance.

Zhao Qi guessed that Zhou Zhou's parents would invite Lu Huainian, after all, Lu Huainian helped a lot in the middle, but this idea was later denied by herself.

Invite someone who can't use chopsticks to eat, but she won't do it, as if she is deliberately embarrassing someone else.

Zhao Qi didn't know how Zhou Zhou's parents persuaded Lu Huainian, but she couldn't guess why Lu Huainian agreed to attend the dinner, and he could turn down the invitation on the grounds of physical inconvenience. Besides, is he really that idle?

Lu Huainian was still sitting beside Xia Yuan.

When Zhao Qi came in, Lu Huainian interrupted the conversation with Zhou Zhou's father and looked over to her, and Zhou Zhou's mother on the side also got up to greet her.

Zhao Qi found that everything seemed to be different from what she thought.

Zhou Zhou's mother's eyes were hazy, completely different from what she had seen that day. At that time, she was sad even to look at people's eyes, and those who looked at her would inexplicably want to cry. Wearing an all-black embroidered cheongsam that day, she barely stood up straight even when she walked, and there was something called despair in her eyes.

Losing a child is a pain that no parent can bear. Looking at her state at the time, the only thing Zhao Qi could think of was that she had read a sentence, and this kind of pain should be the kind of pain that "even the bones are bruised".

Zhou Zhou's mother's soft call pulled her back to reality, Zhao Qi was pulled to sit beside her, and she gently patted the cushion of the seat on her side, "Zhao Qi, come and sit." ”

Zhao Qi put down the bag and politely responded, "Okay." ”

Zhao Qi sat opposite Lu Huainian and chatted with Zhou Zhou's mother about some family things. She noticed that Lu Huainian was chatting with Zhou Zhou's father except for the one he glanced at her when he entered the door, and most of the time it was Zhou Zhou's father who said the topic, and Lu Huainian went along with it.

As for what to talk about, Zhao Qi couldn't use one ear for two purposes, she only cared about listening to Zhou Zhou's mother's words, and Zhao Qi didn't hear the details of Lu Huainian's side clearly. However, looking at the atmosphere, he and Zhou Zhou's father talked very happily, just like not seeing old friends.

When the waiter set the plate, Lu Huainian whispered something to Xia Yuan, and Xia Yuan took the phone and left.

Zhao Qi glanced at Lu Huainian, Xia Yuan should be his support, so the next step, should he also go? Zhao Qi also wanted to see how he would exit?

Aunt Zhou sandwiched a lot of dishes for Zhao Qi, and while chewing the vegetables, she accompanied her without saying a word.

But Zhou Zhou's father and Lu Huainian never moved their chopsticks, and they still didn't know what to talk about when they sat opposite. I have to say that Zhou Zhou's parents are smart people, so they can entertain themselves well and not ignore Lu Huainian.

"Eat more, girls are so chubby" Zhao Qi listened to her Mandarin with a slight Wu Nong's soft tone, and felt that he could eat one more bowl of rice.

In the middle of the meal, Aunt Zhou asked Zhao Qi, "Are you familiar with Professor Lu?"

Zhao Qi nodded, "It's okay." At this point, she is telling the truth.

Zhou Zhou's mother personally refilled Zhao Qi's tea, "It's a good young man, Zhou Zhou mentioned him to me, but I haven't seen him before." ”

Regarding Lu Huainian's character, she also admits that Zhao Qi has gotten along these days. "Professor Lu is very good."

Zhao Qi didn't want to talk about the rest.

When everyone was about to leave the table, Lu Huainian was still sitting in place and said something to Uncle Zhou, and Uncle Zhou left with Aunt Zhou with a smile on his face.

Before leaving, Aunt Zhou patted Zhao Qi's shoulder, "Professor Lu said that he would send you back, it just so happens that you all know each other, and we two old people can't drive, so Auntie won't send you here." ”

Zhao Qi smiled and said, "It's okay", Zhao Qi got up and wanted to come out to send Aunt Zhou, but the two were also politely rejected by them.

"Come and sit, Xia Yuan will come in a while."

Zhao Qi held back for a long time before he held back a sentence: "Aren't you hungry?" She and Zhou Zhou's mother ate for more than an hour, and she watched him sit there for more than an hour.

Lu Huainian replied with a normal expression, "Hungry", he hadn't eaten since yesterday afternoon.

"Would you like to eat some?" Zhao Qi looked at the large table of dishes, and some of them didn't even move.

When Zhao Qi made this suggestion, he really just politely made a suggestion. She never thought that Lu Huainian would nod and agree, "Hmm"

Well?

"And what do you want to eat?"

Lu Huainian glanced at the dish in front of him, and his eyes fell on the plate of steamed clams.

Eating clams?

Is she going to help him remove the shell?

Zhao Qi clipped some for him, and then quickly removed the shell and put it into the brand new plate in front of him. Tentatively asked, "I... Feed you?"

Lu Huainian nodded.

When Xia Yuan pushed the door in and saw this scene, he closed the door in the next second. It's obviously a very warm scene, why does he get goosebumps!

Xia Yuan knows one thing better than anyone else: Lu Huainian never eats out and never eats in front of people, this Zhao Qi really has two brushes.

Lu Huainian chewed the clams that Zhao Qi had just fed without hurry, and the faint umami was slightly sweet. "Not bad."

It seemed that he didn't care about being interrupted at all, and after glancing at Zhao Qi, he got up, "Let's go."

To be honest, when Xia Yuan came in, the chopsticks in Zhao Qi's hand were almost not grasped, is this unexplainable? It's normal for people to understand Xia Yuan, right?

Zhao Qi obediently put down the plate and followed behind Lu Huainian like a little daughter-in-law. "Lu Huainian, remember to help me explain to Xia Yuan."

Lu Huainian gave her a reassuring look, "He understands." ”