At this time, the dumpling basin on the dining table was almost empty, Qi Yan quickly pulled the dumplings in the bowl clean, and said to Mrs. Xu: "Grandma, I'll go to the kitchen and bring out some more dumplings, there are many people tonight, and this dumpling is probably not enough to eat." ”

Mrs. Xu hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Go ahead, it's okay for the children to do some work, be careful not to get burned." ”

"Grandma rest assured." Saying that, Qi Yan glanced at Lin Peilan, and then got up and went to the kitchen.

"Mrs. Xu, I'll go and help too." Lin Peilan then got up and said.

Mrs. Xu: "You are a guest, you don't need to do this. ”

As an anchor, Lin Peilan has a very good adaptability, she smiled: "It's because I'm a guest that I can't wave my hands and sit here, how unusual." ”

Mrs. Xu smiled: "That's hard, it just so happens that I'm not at ease with this child." ”

With Mrs. Xu's permission, Qi Yan and Lin Peilan came to the kitchen on their front and back feet.

Lin Peilan asked straight to the point: "Do you know who Qin Mo is?" ”

Qi Zhen nodded, didn't talk nonsense, and directly handed the missing person notice to Lin Peilan: "I called the phone number on the missing person notice, and it should be Mrs. Xu's sister Qin Ruilan, and the information on the phone can basically prove that He Xiang has passed away." ”

Lin Peilan frowned, and then looked at Qi Ji incredulously: "Do you think the blacked-out part of the news refers to Qin Mo's daughter?" ”

Qi Yan was silent for a moment, and then said to himself: "If Qin Mo killed him, why would he publish a missing person notice in one more move?" Is it to confuse the public? But the news mentions that the deceased died mysteriously at home..."

He had a hunch that things were not so simple, after all, there were still many contradictory doubts that could not be resolved.

Who is the deceased mentioned in the newspapers?

"By the way, where did you find this newspaper?" Qi asked Lin Peilan.

Lin Peilan smiled ambiguously and replied to the question: "Since you 'played' many joys, I have guessed another solution to the copy, and naturally we can't slack off when collecting clues from my family, how about we exchange more clues at hand in the future?" ”

It seems that the other party is reluctant to give it all, but it doesn't matter, the most important thing in cooperation is the value that each other can provide, and the unity of the ultimate goal.

"Then please advise." Qi Yan said with a smile.

The two exchanged a few words, then took the dumplings and sat back at the table.

"Let's eat more, we made a lot of dumplings yesterday, so you're welcome..."Mrs. Xu said as she served dumplings to her family.

"Knock knock!"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of 405 without warning, and Mrs. Xu, who was getting up to serve dumplings, paused, and her face froze obviously.

Who could it be?

Qi Zhen remembered that before the meal, Mrs. Xu said that everyone who had dinner tonight had arrived.

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Moreover, all the surviving guests gathered at the table during this period, and no guests died due to rules and mental pollution, so it stands to reason that there will be no new home paper talents, right, who will knock on the door?

The system "zila" sounded, and an emergency prompt sounded:

[Please note that because the current side quest "Paper Man Who Shouldn't Go Home" has passed the halfway point, the corresponding plot has been triggered]

"Knock knock" -

It seems that the uninvited guest outside the door is triggered by more than half of the progress of the side plot, and Qi Yan is suddenly a little looking forward to it.

Mrs. Xu froze in place with chopsticks in her hand: "Who?" ”

Her voice was hoarse and rapid, like a string stretched to the limit.

Mrs. Xu's question could not arouse the slightest splash, and the stone sank into the sea.

The people outside the door did not answer, and even the knocking on the door stopped for a moment.

But after less than ten seconds, the sound of "dong dong dong" sounded again.

The other party's movements were neither rude nor impatient, and the frequency and force of knocking on the door could even be regarded as polite, but the room was too quiet, and all the sounds were infinitely amplified, knocking on everyone's tense nerves one by one.

Mrs. Xu put down the bowl and said sharply: "We have been cooking for a long time, and we will not entertain guests." ”

She ordered the eviction.

"Auntie, are we also counted as guests?" Through the door, a little girl's voice came faintly.

Mrs. Xu's face froze, and Qi Yan noticed that Qin Ruilan trembled violently, and her hand holding the dumpling bowl trembled.

Qi Yan and Qi Xiaonian quickly exchanged glances, and they both recognized it, this was He Si's voice who came to pat their door in the morning.

The knocking continued.

Qi Jiu: "Grandma, do you need me to help open the door?" ”

Mrs. Xu was silent for a moment: "The rule of our family, people who are late cannot serve the table, except for children, of course." ”

"Sisi, you come in and eat, forget about the others," Mrs. Xu instructed, "Duoxi, you sit down and continue to eat dumplings, and I'll open the door." ”

Before Mrs. Xu could finish speaking, there was a sudden "creak" sound, and the door of 405 was pushed open.

In addition to the paper man He Si who had seen from the cat's eye in the morning, there was also a middle-aged male paper figure standing outside the door, who smiled at Mrs. Xu, and a pair of eyes painted on his face were slightly curved: "Aunt Xu, we don't need to see each other like this, right?" What's more important than a family reunion during the Chinese New Year? You are an elder and should be well aware of the meaning of reunion. ”

Mrs. Xu was speechless, and looked him up and down with a complicated look.

The middle-aged paper man who looked polite turned to Qin Ruilan: "Happy New Year, mother-in-law." ”

Qin Ruilan was silent, and her hands trembled even more.

Qi Ji looked at this male paper man who didn't seem to be very popular, and it could be judged from the sound of "good mother-in-law" that he was Qin Ruilan's son-in-law, if Qin Ruilan only had one daughter, then his identity was also the husband of Qin Mo, the murderous female teacher published in the newspaper.

At the same time, this paper figure is also the role of the missing father in the missing person notice.

The male paper man looked like a scholar, carrying a few gift paper bags in his hand, he put the paper bags on the dining table in front of Qin Ruilan, and said with a smile: "Mother-in-law, I bought a few new clothes for you and Aunt Xu, I hope you can like it." ”

Qin Ruilan: "......"

Male paper man: "A little meaning, not a tribute." ”

Mrs. Xu pushed the paper bag in the direction of the male paper man: "I have enough clothes, what do you want these clothes to do." ”

The smile on the man's face expanded: "Except for that room, there is no washing machine in our apartment, the weather has been wet and cold recently, and the hand washing clothes can't be dried, I want to buy a few more clothes for the elders, so that it is easy to change." ”

Washer? Hearing the other party's words, Qi Jiu's face froze slightly.

The weird graffiti behind the score of "Non-Existent Friends" is related to the washing machine.

Hearing the male paper man say this, Mrs. Xu's already blue face became even more ugly.

Qin Ruilan didn't look at the gift paper bags, and said coldly: "No need." ”

"Brother, this male paper man is obviously polite and polite, giving people the feeling of a middle-aged teaching director of the school, but for some reason, he doesn't feel very comfortable for me." Qi Xiaonian leaned next to Qi Yan and whispered his feelings.

"Sisi, come and sit, sit next to me." Mrs. Xu sighed and motioned for Qi Zhen to move his position.

The male paper man grabbed He Si's hand: "Sisi just sit next to me, Sisi, are you right?" ”

The paper man He Si's eyes rolled stiffly, and then nodded very slightly: "I listen to Dad." ”

Qi Ji watched the interaction between the paper man and Mrs. Xu quietly, thinking about his future actions.

It seems that He Si is "controlled" by the male paper man.

We must find ways to divert the attention of the male paper man and find an opportunity to talk to He Si.

Qi Yan has now obtained a lot of happy identities, and has become a family with this table of paper people, as Lin Peilan said, in the eyes of the paper people, he is now a family, and it is natural to obtain the right to talk to the paper people.

Qi pondered for a moment, and suddenly had a "naughty" experimental idea.

"My cousin, my grandmother, and my aunt all have gifts, so what are my New Year's gifts for Tous? You said you were going to surprise us a few years ago, and Tole and I are looking forward to it. Qi Yan suddenly made a look of not understanding the world, and smiled at the male paper.

The male paper man was stunned, as was Mrs. Xu and all the paper figures present.

In the embarrassment of sitting on pins and needles, Qi Yan smiled and narrowed his eyes, enjoying the privilege of being a favored "little granddaughter".

According to Qi Yan's daily observations, the dead skin and face are the most effective for this kind of people who look polite on the surface, especially the male elders who want to save face.

He is now a junior, even if the New Year's gift is made up by him, but at the dinner table of the family reunion, the male paper man who wants face will not expose it on the spot, first, to expose himself and hurt their faces, and second, to refute that a child is too stingy, and he has to pretend to be hard.

Sure enough, the new male paper figure took the bait.

He tugged at the corners of his lips stiffly: "I'm sorry, I was too busy to pick out gifts a year ago, I prepared a New Year's red envelope for you, but now the red envelope..."

Qi Yan immediately stretched out his hand: "Happy New Year, Uncle Cousin." ”

He immediately interrupted the pretext after the male paper man's "but", let himself take the lead in the conversation, and made the action of children and adults asking for red envelopes.

Mrs. Xu obviously didn't like this male paper man, and didn't say a word about Qi Ji's impolite behavior of begging for red envelopes.

At this point, the male paper man had to get up from his seat: "Wait a minute, I forgot the red envelope in the room, so I'll go and get it for Duoxi Duole." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Cousin!" Qi Yan raised his voice and watched the male paper man who had to go back to the room to get the red envelope leave.

He Si, the paper man, sat at the table and sighed softly.

Mrs. Xu and Qin Ruilan were silent, but they were obviously a little happy.

After opening the male paper figure, Qi Ji seized the time to understand the situation with He Si: "Sisi, I'm sorry, I couldn't open the door for you in the afternoon." ”

He Si shook his head lowly: "I'm sorry to make you rest." ”

Qi Zhen: "What did you want to tell me at that time?" Who's back? Who's going to hit you? ”

He Si looked at the cold dumplings in the bowl in a daze, and did not make a sound.

Qi Yan changed the subject: "Do you know that song?" It's the song that Dole is playing when you knock on the door in the morning. ”

He Si was slightly stunned and nodded: ""Non-existent Friends", I like this song very much. ”

Qi Jiu: "Why? ”

He Sicheng said: "Because it's very safe, no one will hit me when this piece is played." ”

He Si's remarks made Qi Ji look at him: "Who is usually beating you?" ”

This question silenced He Si again.

But judging from He Si's words of knocking on the door for help before, the family member who used violence against He Si has returned.

Qi Yan changed his question: "Are you with your father in the afternoon?" ”

He Si nodded: "Because... Daddy he's back, one step ahead of me. ”