Li Qin sat at the dining table and looked at Aunt Zhang who was settling accounts, he remembered that Chu Xiaoxiao had said that Aunt Zhang's name was Zhang Huaxue. And the initials of these last two words are also hx.

"What's the matter? keep staring at my aunt?" Aunt Zhang stopped the account book work in her hand, walked up to Li Qin and waved her hand.

Li Qin's eyes rolled twice and asked, "Auntie, where did you work before?"

The corners of Aunt Zhang's mouth moved slightly, and the smile that was originally hanging on the corners of her mouth disappeared. Aunt Zhang whispered, "A company that has now gone out of business. Why did you kid inquire about your aunt?"

Aunt Zhang did not continue to answer Li Qin's question, but changed the topic. Li Qin scratched his head, "Haha, I heard a joke last night that my grandmother used to work in a clothing company." I remembered that you said earlier that you used to work for a clothing company, so I asked. ”

"Well, I see. Don't say it, Aunt Lin used to be my boss. Aunt Zhang's face flushed with pride.

Hearing Zhang Huaxue say this, Li Qin had a bottom in his heart, and the disappeared HX was likely to be the hotel owner in front of him. And she must also have the information on Lin Xiaoyan's disappearance.

"That's... Aunt Zhang, what kind of person was my grandmother in the company before her death?" Li Qin continued to ask according to his routine.

But Zhang Huaxue didn't tell himself the answer he wanted next, as he expected, but stared at Li Qin with a curious face and asked, "Xiao Qin, that's your grandmother, why are you asking me about your grandmother?"

"I... Ah, I lived with my parents when I was a kid and very little, rarely came back. Li Qin knew that his deceptive lie was very false, and even he would not believe it.

But Li Qin made a bet in his heart that Aunt Zhang would not expose his lies. He bet right, Aunt Zhang just nodded and didn't continue to say anything, just lowered her head and continued to count the ledger. About five or six minutes later, Aunt Zhang spoke up again: "Xiao Qin, I'll deliver a takeaway in a while." Lao Wan has something to do at noon today, you go and send it off. ”

"Huh?" Lao Wan, who was sitting at the table near the door, pointed to himself, his face full of questions, as if to tell the whole store that he didn't know that he had something to do at noon.

Aunt Zhang raised her head and glanced at him and said, "The store is busy at noon, and you can't deliver it alone." Moreover, this trip is going to Huaxing Street. It's so far away, you send it, what if the other guests' food is cold?"

"Boss, this Huaxing Street is not far from here, I..."

Before Lao Wan finished speaking, Li Qin interrupted Lao Wan and said, "Brother Wan, the boss is also thinking about your work, it's okay." I'll deliver it, anyway, the store's recent business is full of people. ”

Li Qin knew in his heart that Zhang Huaxue's letting him deliver this takeaway was not as simple as it seemed. Although the business is very good, most of the diners like to come to the restaurant to eat on their own, so there are few people who order takeout. Moreover, Huaxing Street is three blocks away from here, and Li Qin has been working here for several months, and no one has ever ordered a meal from that far away. Thinking of this, Li Qin accepted the job.

After a while, the meal was packed. The waiter brought Li Qin out of the back kitchen. Li Qin took the takeaway box and was about to go out, when Aunt Zhang said again: "It's too late for you to come back, I called Xiaoxiao to come over and eat at noon." Over there, get busy with you. With that, he lowered his head and counted the ledger.

Li Qin nodded and whispered, "Thank you."

"I sent the address to your phone. Aunt Zhang raised her head and shook the mobile phone in her hand. Li Qin just wanted to leave, but Aunt Zhang suddenly said again: "Mu Bairan, once you find what you want to find, you can't go back." ”

"Huh?" Li Qin looked back at Aunt Zhang again. Aunt Zhang didn't pay attention to him, but looked down at the account book in her hand. It's this name again, and it's Mu Bairan again?!What is the relationship between himself and him?!Li Qin was puzzled, but he knew very well that there would be an answer to all this after all.

Huaxing Street, Zhongze Community

"I said, I don't eat it!"

"Zhang Li, you say it again, how can you talk to your mother!" Zhang Mo pointed at Zhang Li and asked.

"I don't eat her cooking!, it's so unpalatable!, how can I eat it?" Zhang Li stood up and yelled.

"You, you give me, give me out...... You get me out. Zhang Mo said with the anger in his heart.

Zhang Li looked at his father's trembling appearance, and said with a smile: "Go out, go out." What kind of mother? I don't recognize this kind of woman you suddenly found for me outside to be a mother!"

"Get out!" Zhang Mo roared.

"Get out of here. Zhang Li said as he spat at the dinner table, turned around and walked to the door of the house, opened the door and slammed the door.

Under the warm electric light, only Zhang Mo and his wife Hongyu were left on the huge dining table.

"Lao Zhang, it's okay. What are you angry with the child? Red Feather got up and looked at the window next to the dining table and said.

"Leave it alone, that kid can't be thrown away. Zhang Mo said.

"How can it not be left alone, alas...... You too, what are you angry with your child. Although Hong Yu said this, as a stepmother, how could Zhang Li's words just now not make her feel sad. But she didn't complain.

Zhang Mo looked at his wife's appearance, and he was also sorry for the guilt in his heart. Her first wife was her sister Red Moon. It's a pity that Hongyue died in childbirth when she gave birth to Zhang Li. After his wife left, Zhang Mo knew how to drink all day as if he had lost his soul. Even the newborn son was thrown to his mother-in-law and sister-in-law and brought back to his hometown.

Soon his company went bankrupt, and he was saddled with huge debts due to lawsuits. But he still soaked in wine all day. Get drunk every day and then go home. Later, because he never repaid the money, he was asked for a debt and broke a pair of legs. It was then that Red Feather appeared, and Red Feather paid off his debt on his behalf. Red Feather put all the savings she had saved in the past few years into her brother-in-law's debts.

When Hongyu repaid the debt, Zhang Mo asked her: "Why do you want to pay off the debt for me? Are you pitying me?"

He still remembered what Red Feather had told him.

Hongyu said: "Xiaoli no longer has a mother, do you still plan to let him have no father? Don't do that again, okay?"

"Hehe, what are you going to do?

"I've had my ligation done. In this life, Xiaoli is my child. Hong Yu looked at Zhang and said sincerely.

At that moment, Zhang Mo cried. It was also from then on that Zhang Mo came to his senses. He later learned that Hong Yu quit his job in order to come over to take care of him, and used all the savings from the past few years and the dowry prepared by the family to pay off Zhang Mo's debts. Later, the two decided to start over, and the two began to open a hot pot restaurant with only money, and then opened bigger and bigger, becoming a national chain. Ten years later, the two felt that their current life might be able to satisfy Zhang Li's life, so they took Zhang Li over from their hometown.

Zhang Li was still young when his mother was away, and Hongyue and Hongyu were sisters. So Zhang Li has always felt that Hongyu is his mother. Zhang Mo also put the photo of the red moon in his room. When Zhang Li saw it, he would always smile and say that it was his aunt, who was now living in other places. The family has been living well. Hongyu is very good to Zhang Li, and Zhang Li is too, and many times he will think about his "mother" first

But the good times didn't last long, and at a family gathering home again, a drunken relative revealed the big secret. Zhang Li's temperament changed greatly after knowing these things. has become an out-and-out delinquent teenager.

Zhang Li's attitude today really made Zhang Mo angry. Hongyu looked at Zhang Mo, who was sitting silently at the dinner table, picked up his mobile phone and sent a text message to Zhang Li: Xiaoli, come back. What do you want to eat mom...... Hong Yu just hit the word mother, stopped, and then deleted the word mother and typed it again: I'll do it for you. Then the text message was sent.

Just as he wondered whether to send a text message or not, the doorbell rang. Red Feather opened the door excitedly. When she saw the young man standing at the door, she was stunned, and she asked blankly, "Why are you?!"