When Su Qinghu woke up, it was bright outside. Looking at the light coming through the gap in the window, she was startled and sat up suddenly. While pulling her clothes, she took the watch on the bedside table, looked clearly at the number pointed by the hour hand, and relaxed.

I was not late for work and did not delay my children's schooling.

It's okay.

Su Qinghu covered his heart which was still beating vigorously, feeling a sense of happiness of surviving a disaster.

As she was relaxing, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She turned her head and looked to the side. Chen Lie was no longer there, and the place where he had slept was tidy.

--Forehead.

Su Qinghu scratched his messy hair, feeling a little guilty.

I couldn’t deliver it to them, nor could I make them breakfast…

After sitting there blankly for a while, Su Qinghu got dressed and walked out of the bedroom, only to see that the square table in the living room was different from usual.

In the past, the square table was spotless, with nothing but the children's school bags. Today, there was a ruler on the table, half of which was exposed on the surface, and it might fall off if it was just a few millimeters away.

Su Qinghu was stunned for a moment, then thought of the ruler that Chen Lie threw onto the honeycomb coal felt yesterday.

She took a deep breath and walked quickly towards that side. Before she reached the edge, her hand was already stretched out.

Only after holding the ruler did Su Qinghu feel at ease and had time to pay attention to other things.

Under the ruler was the inner page of a soft-leather notebook.

Su Qinghu picked it up and saw a few lines of powerful words on it. They were left by Chen Lie and talked about four things.

First thing's first, he left.

The second thing was that he took the money back from Teacher Sun and put it under her pillow.

The third thing is that you can take your children to the compound at any time.

The fourth thing is to tell her and give her the time to remit the money every month.

One line for each thing, clear and concise, no nonsense.

Su Qinghu: ...It’s pretty good. She likes this concise and clear way of narration.

"Mom, what time is it? What time is it?"

Erdan, sleepily pulling on a short-sleeved shirt, nervously asked Su Qinghu, "Oh my god, if I don't ask for leave in advance, I won't have any pencils or soft-cover notebooks this month!"

Su Qinghu paused while folding the letter paper, looked at Erdan who was so nervous that he was about to rush out, and did not tease him, "Six fifty."

Erdan screamed, "Ah!" and sat down on the ground. "I was scared to death, scared to death!"

The money he earned from selling the pencils and soft-cover notebooks went into his little piggy bank.

Dadan was extremely calm. He walked out of the bedroom at this time, glanced at Erdan who was sitting on the ground, snorted slowly, and looked away.

This kind of behavior is not very harmful but extremely insulting.

Erdan puffed out his cheeks and said nothing.

My brother is a good student and has beautiful handwriting. He makes the blackboard newspapers in the class. Even if he is late for a few minutes, the teacher will not criticize him. Instead, he will ask with concern what's wrong and whether he is okay.

He is not bad at studying, but his handwriting is not as beautiful as his brother's. His head teacher and Chinese teacher always likes to catch him and make him write a few Chinese characters if he is late for a few minutes.

Su Qinghu folded the paper in his hand and looked at the two of them. "It's almost seven o'clock now. It will probably be half past seven when we finish cooking..."

She waved her hand and said, "Go wash up, we'll go out to eat later."

"Okay~~~" Erdan responded, jumped up from the ground, patted the dust off his clothes, and then went to the bathroom.

Dadan looked at Su Qinghu and asked, "Is that a letter from Dad?"

Su Qinghu nodded.

After a brief silence, Dadan met Su Qinghu's eyes, pursed his lips, and decided to rely on himself, "Can I take a look?"

"Sure." Su Qinghu didn't think too much and handed it to Dadan directly. "Here, take a look."

After reading it, Dadan handed it back to Su Qinghu.

Su Qinghu took it and said thoughtfully, "I feel that you took the initiative to ask to read the letter because it was intended for me."

If you change someone else, maybe it won’t happen.

This is the feeling that Dadan gave her at this moment.

Dadan didn't say anything, turned around and went to wash up.

Su Qinghu called out to him, "By the way, what were you and Erdan doing wandering around after school yesterday?"

"We're not just strolling around." Dadan turned around, "We're just going to help others."

Su Qinghu: “???”

Helping others?

These two children?

Even though it was hard to believe, Su Qinghu nodded and praised him solemnly for a few words. Then, he said, "Take me with you next time. I also want to help others."

"You don't believe us?" Dadan was sensitive to the exaggeration in Su Qinghu's tone. "So you want to verify it?"

Su Qinghu stretched and said slowly, "No, I didn't. I just thought that we are a family, and we should do everything in an orderly manner. You all go to help others, and as a parent, I also want to participate~~~"

Dadan looked at her suspiciously, not believing her saying that a family should do good things in an orderly manner.

"What's the matter?" Su Qinghu leaned over, met his eyes, and smiled harmlessly. "Is there something fishy about your act of helping others? Are you afraid I'll find out?"

We all used to be naughty kids, so who doesn’t know who?

Dadan pursed his lips, "No."

He looked at her without wavering or avoiding her gaze.

"Do you know what you look like now?" Su Qinghu patted his shoulder, stood up, and smiled condescendingly and cunningly, "Have you heard the story of the man who tried to hide his true colors?"

Dadan's fingers curled up, and his momentum froze for a moment.

"Haha, relax." Su Qinghu suddenly raised his hand and rubbed his head, blinking, "I went over there just to confirm whether the people you helped were in danger. As for the rest -"

"I won't delve into it."

Dadan clenched his fists and watched her back as she walked towards the bedroom. His heart rose high, then slowly fell, but it didn't really settle down.

Floating.

Su Qinghu put the note in the bedside table and happily lifted up her pillow. Sure enough, there was a stack of money and tickets underneath.

There is more money than tickets.

After counting them, he took out some and put them in his bag, locked the rest, and then Su Qinghu went to wash up.

By the time the three of them had washed up, packed their bags and went out, it was already 7:10.

After locking the door, Su Qinghu led the two of them to the breakfast shop and asked, "How did someone target you?"

Dadan looked at Erdan, who puffed up his cheeks at his brother before reluctantly confessing, "After school, I wanted to drink soda, but my brother told me not to let my brothers know about our pocket money, so I ran a long way to buy it..."

"The thief saw me when I was taking out the money." Erdan said angrily, "Why would he steal when he has hands and feet?"

"Where's the money?" Su Qinghu asked.

Erdan stopped complaining immediately and looked at her for a long moment before asking tentatively, "What are you doing?"

Do I have to take back my pocket money?

Su Qinghu ignored his answer and just asked, "Is it on you?"

"...Yes." Erdan answered reluctantly.

Dadan felt tired listening to this. It seemed that whenever he faced Su Qinghu, his younger brother would only tell the truth...