Steel Teeth

No movement.

"Sister, do you know this, um...is she a sister or a brother?"

He Min tilted her head, trying to see clearly who was in front of her, the person wearing a hat, a scarf, with her hair tightly covered, and huddled in a beige dress.

"Qi Haha."

Qi Haha, the ostrich, raised his head a little and blew his red nose: "I'm going home."

"Call me brother."

"Oh." He Min moved closer to Qi Haha, "Hello, brother. My name is He Min, you can call me Min Min!"

"Oh, hello."

"Why are you so pitiful? Who bullied you?"

Zhou Xi raised her eyebrows. Although Qi Haha was the same age as her, he had a baby face that made him look younger. Coupled with his personality, he always made people think of him as a younger brother. Now he looked like this, with red eyes and nose, and a muffled voice. He must have been crying.

"Damn Xie Ge!" Qi Haha tugged at his tight scarf and muttered, "You don't even know how to tie a scarf..."

"I'm so pissed off. He's the biggest idiot in the world. The most annoying!"

"You're not studying there anymore, because of him?"

"I went there just to find him, and now I'm so pissed off. I don't want to stay in that rubbish Yuxiu anymore."

"I can't enjoy the food, I can't live in a good place, and I can't concentrate on studying."

Scolding Yuxiu in front of everyone was summarized in a few simple words, which was really insightful. Xiao Xiaoyu was right, she really didn't treat her as an outsider.

"Brother, don't be sad, I will buy you something delicious!" He Min worked hard and pulled Qi Haha up.

"Yeah, yeah, thank you." Qi Haha wiped away the moisture at the corners of his eyes, "You idiot, I never want to see you again."

"Minmin, go pick out some food. I'll chat with this brother."

"Okay, then brother and sister, wait here for Minmin obediently. Minmin will be there soon. I'm going!"

"Yeah." Zhou Xi patted He Min on the back.

"Please be more careful with your words." Zhou Xi picked an ice cream from the freezer, went to the front desk to pay the bill, and just as he tore open the wrapping paper, he saw He Min walking with her butt sticking out and pushing a basket. She would stop and throw some snacks in the basket, just like the coolie working for the landlord in the game to earn money.

"Tsk, he deserves it."

Zhou Xi took a bite of the ice cream and said, "Be careful or you won't see me again in the future."

"Oh, you're so annoying! Can't you just comfort me? Just find someone better!"

"Isn't Xie Ge pretty good? Don't you like it?" Zhou Xi thought eating Hami melon was also good.

"That's not the same thing, damn Xie Ge, I won't wait for him, forget it, I tell you..."

After listening to Qi Haha's exaggerated description of the story, Zhou Xi interrupted and asked, "Are you meeting in person online?"

"That's not right. You transferred all the way here just for him, and you weren't afraid of it crashing. You knew it was him in the game, right?"

Qi Haha frowned: "You are Sherlock Holmes."

Zhou Xi stared at the cold air coming out: "It's obvious. Then, you should call this a long-planned move."

"What do you mean it was planned for a long time? I..." Qi Haha felt a little guilty and hid it in his scarf.

“My saying is, if the mountain doesn’t come to me, I will go to the mountain!”

"Very interesting."

Qi Haha sniffed, it was quite interesting. The first time he met Xie Ge was on New Year's Eve when he was in the third year of junior high school.

After Qi Haha had the New Year's Eve dinner with his big family, he suddenly had the idea of ​​going to the Internet cafe. Although he was not an adult, the boss saw that he was unwilling to stay at home during the New Year, and he must have a bad relationship with his family. He was young and alone, and looked very pitiful.

With his sweet talk and by giving the boss a few more Mao Zedong notes, the boss let him in.

Then, the first person he saw when he entered was Xie Ge, but why did he attract him?

The first reason was that the game Big World was being played on the computer, and Xie Ge's operation was so smooth that he could be a professional player, which made him stunned for a second.

Second, just one word: handsome.

Qi Haha is a gaming black hole. When he meets a big boss, he wants to cling to him.

So he quietly watched the other person play a game and then went to become his disciple, but Xie Ge said something coldly.

"I'm busy."

Qi Haha's eyes widened at that moment, and he stood there in a daze. When he came to his senses, the person had disappeared.

He laughed in disbelief, but he had just accidentally seen Xie Ge's ID. What a coincidence, he was also convinced.

So, he played a game of cat and mouse, trying every possible way to pester Xie Ge to accept him as his disciple.

But, but, alas, it’s all tears if I say too much.

Qi Haha pursed his lips and said, "By the way, which school are you planning to join?"

"Go to Yali High School. I'll protect you!"

Zhou Xi sat on a long bench: "I am planning to go. My student registration is almost done."

"Okay, I'll go back to Class 1. With your grades, you'll definitely be able to dominate the class."

Yali Affiliated High School provides one-stop service for kindergarten, primary school, junior high school and high school. Qi Haha has been sent there since kindergarten and is also a veteran of the affiliated high school.

"So confident?"

"That's right. If you don't choose a specialty major, the previous classes will be divided according to grades. You can choose subjects just like me, no problem."

The affiliated high school does not only focus on the top students, but emphasizes all-round development. They have started offering various interest classes since kindergarten, and they open them halfway to high school.

There are thirty classes in one grade, half of which are specialized in studies, and the remaining half are all specialty classes, including sports, dance, painting, calligraphy, photography, information technology, traditional Chinese medicine, tea art, and national defense.

It is precisely because of this feature that the affiliated high school is not strictly managed and has a high degree of freedom. He has been swindling his way through the past ten years. It was only when he went to Yuxiu that he realized how tormenting it was. If it weren't for that idiot, he wouldn't have been able to stay there for a single day.

As for why he didn't go directly to Xie Ge's school, is he an idiot? Not to mention that his parents wouldn't beat him to death, his thin arms and legs would suck all his blood away if he went in.

"Okay, Brother Qi will protect me."

Qi Haha touched his ear: "Why call me Brother Qi? You really are."

"Sister! Brother!"

"Have you finished buying?"

"Yeah! Sister, why are you eating popsicles? I want some too!"

Qi Haha supported his chin and looked at Zhou Xi, with a look of watching the fun. Zhou Xi paused, she had forgotten that this child loved to eat this thing the most.

"You can't eat it."

"Why?"

“…”

Zhou Xi held the popsicle stick, not knowing whether to eat it or not.

"puff!"

"Say something!" Qi Haha elbowed Zhou Xi.

"Oh, never mind. I'll be merciful and help you out."

Then, Qi Haha kidnapped He Min, and the two of them, big and small, chattered in the corner.

Zhou Xi bit off a corner of the ice cream with his pointed canine teeth, rolled it into his mouth, and chewed it directly with his steel teeth without waiting for it to melt. However, he was so cold that he couldn't help but open his mouth and exhale hot air.

Eating popsicles in the middle of winter was she insane, courting death. But it was Gao Liyang who had brought her to this point, saying how interesting it was to eat popsicles in the summer and breathe out your mouth in the winter.

The school canteen has the largest variety of popsicles and the highest prices, but the four-corner freezer is never empty all year round and still has electricity in winter, so they are the ones who get cheated by using their meal cards.

After eating an ice cream, Zhou Xi felt as if his Ren and Du meridians were opened up. His teeth were grinding against the surface of his tongue, which seemed to be frozen to death and without any feeling.

There is an oven at the front desk, and the warm light shines on the oil-coated sausages, tempting people to drool.

Qi Haha yawned and stared out the window. A couple was enjoying their grilled sausages. It was really annoying.

"Hello, the total is one hundred and ninety-three yuan. May I ask how much..."

“…”

"Let's go." Zhou Xi was carrying a big bag full of things and pinched He Min's face. It was as soft as a toy bun.

No, it's more tender than a bun, and you can squeeze out water from it. I don't know what kind of baby cream she applied. It's not like when she was a child, when she played outside and her face was as rough as scraping paper.

Xu Shulan touched her and kept nagging, always wanting to catch her to wipe off those sticky things. Every time, she was forced by the height pressure to close her eyes and let her ravage her obediently.

But when Xu Shulan was busy with other things, she would secretly wash it all off, especially the hand cream. After applying that stuff, her hands would feel extremely uncomfortable when touching things, and it would feel itchy like scratching her heart.

He didn't know how to appreciate kindness when he was young, and suffered when he grew up. Finally, one winter, he got frostbite, and it lasted for several years. Xu Shulan screamed again and issued a death order, requiring him to protect his hands.

"Hey, finally finished eating?"

A man in a black windbreaker turned around and patted Qi Haha on the head: "Why are you talking to your dad?"

"Tsk, you're showing off! Wearing a windbreaker in the middle of winter to look cool, be careful of getting cold legs when you get old, and then you don't even think my mom will even look at you!"

"And your mom, dressed so nicely, eating sausages with my dad. If his employees saw you two, it would be so embarrassing. Let's tone it down!"

Qi Haha thinks his parents are simply weird. They eat very healthily at home and they are in great shape. They haven't aged at all in the past ten years, but they are crazy fans of junk food like grilled sausages. Did they not eat enough when they were young and need to make up for it throughout their lives?

The couple always remained highly vigilant about this secret, and he was unable to pry it out for more than ten years.

"What a coincidence, little girl, you know my Haha?" Seeing that Zhou Xi didn't seem to recognize her, the woman covered the lower half of her face, revealing her eyes.

Zhou Xi understood.

He Min blinked and looked up at Zhou Xi. She let her sweet sister hold her little hand obediently, and her body pressed tightly against her. Her sister knew a lot of people.

Qi Haha brushed aside his father, stepped between the two parties, and cleared his sticky throat: "Ahem, Mom and Dad, let me introduce you, this is my friend, Zhou Xi."

"Zhou Xi, these are my parents."

"know."

"Do you know each other? Tell me the truth, what motorcycles are you three riding?"

Qi's father explained, and Qi Haha nodded blankly: "I didn't expect that we were acquaintances. Zhou Xi, you and my family have this fate that was cultivated in our previous lives. God is really kind."

Zhou Xi didn't expect to meet the sausage couple here, nor did he expect that the sausage couple were Qi Haha's parents.

Qi Haha rubbed his cheeks and said, "Well, let's get together another day, okay?"

Qi's mother was having a good chat with Zhou Xi, but Qi Haha was a little panicked. He couldn't let Zhou Xi become an informant and his friend become a thunder. This was absolutely not possible.

Their family is full of weirdos. If his father, who dotes on his wife like crazy, gets involved and gives some advice, he'll be finished.

Two months ago, Qi Haha packed up and ran to Wencheng. His mother suddenly had the idea of ​​moving to another city, so the couple left a lot of things behind and followed him. However, they were just going there to have fun, so they didn't care about him at all. So, on New Year's Eve, they set up a sausage stall for fun.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he left the stubborn Qi Haha and ran back to Beibin. Today, Qi Haha called his father dejectedly to ask him to pick him up. There was nothing he could do. He and his mother were always making trouble, and his father had to clean up the mess when something happened.

"You are the Warm Warriors. I am about to freeze into a zombie!"

"Go home, go home, stop chatting..."

"Go home!"

“Ahhhh!”

He Min kicked off his boots and ran to the living room, clinging to the sofa like an octopus, then stuck his butt out and slid down.

"elder sister!"

Zhou Xi watched He Wenzhou take Qin Ting's coat and hang it in the cupboard, then picked up a pair of small slippers.

"Come, Tongtong, put the things in the room first." Qin Ting yawned, and she looked even thinner in a slim knitted long skirt.

"Um."

"Sister, let me do it! Mom, you go to sleep, Dad and I can do it."

"Yes, Xiaoting, go and have a rest."

The dance troupe led by Qin Ting has a performance tonight. They have been rehearsing until late at night every day these days and finally managed to free up a few hours during the day today.

"Mom, go and have a rest. It's nothing to worry about."

He Min supported Zhou Xi, slowly put on his slippers, and then pushed the suitcase to run to the room.

"Okay, you don't have to call me for dinner."

Zhou Xi's room has always been reserved in this house. Zhou Xi usually comes here for a few days during the winter and summer vacations, and the house is empty the rest of the time.

He Wenzhou knew that Zhou Xi was coming, so he hung out the quilt to dry early, made the bed, and went to buy some daily necessities.

"The tail of the little fish..."

He Min was lying down and doodling in her sketchbook, while Zhou Xi was flipping through a picture book beside her, staring blankly at the dolls and various gadgets that filled the room from time to time.

Zhou Xi separated himself from this place and looked at the family of three from the perspective of an observer.

The beautiful wife is resting in the bedroom after work, the capable husband is cooking in the kitchen, and the lovely daughter is playing by herself. How can this not be a warm and cozy home?

Her family was rarely as complete as this one. Her father was away from home all year round, and her mother took business trips as a common occurrence. Xu Shulan was afraid that she would be lonely, and she wanted to tie her to her waist.

She realized early on that perhaps her premature maturity had caused her to lose her innocence, and she even felt that studying was more interesting.

However, she didn't want to make Xu Shulan worry, so she played with Yang Jinyang, who was several years older than her but still very childish, and tried hard to act like someone of that age.

"Minmin, Tongtong, get ready to come out for dinner!"

“Here I come!”

Zhou Xi followed He Min out.

The child ran into the kitchen and soon came out with a few bowls. Zhou Xi took them and He Min ran back to get the chopsticks.

He Min knelt on the stool. The long chopsticks were not easy to use, but she was not impatient. She just tried to adjust the twisting chopsticks.

Zhou Xi watched for a while. Since He Wenzhou was so good at taking care of children, he would have prepared short chopsticks for He Min before, but he didn't give them to her now.

She didn't say she was coming. The child had grown up and it was time for him to learn to complete these little things in life independently.

"Sister, this shrimp is delicious. I'll peel it for you later! I can peel shrimp!"

"good."

Lying down comfortably is fun, and it also gives children a chance to perform.

It happened that Zhou Xi came during the summer vacation just like today. Qin Ting went to bed at dinner time, and He Wenzhou left some vegetables in the pot to warm them up in advance. Now he has also taught the little guy how to make it.