Chapter 126 Something is wrong with Xiaoqiu
"Xiao Qiu seems to be a little bit abnormal."
Looking at Shi Qiu Shui who was leaving with her schoolbag after school, Xiao Taozi said with a serious face.
Xiong Jie nodded immediately after hearing this: "Yes, I noticed it too. Something has been wrong with the boss since this morning!"
Xiaopang scratched his head: "Ah? Really? Why don't I feel anything?"
Xiong Jie: "Yes! I told the boss today that Chen Xin's classmates ignored him, and he just said "oh" and didn't even say he would go with me to Class 1 to check it out!"
He said, "Normally, after the boss knew about this, he would be very happy to go with me to watch the fun!"
Xiong Jie stared with a puzzled look on his face.
Xiaopang opened his mouth and said, "Yeah, if you put it that way, Xiaoqiu seems a little weird."
Xiao Taozi: "And what's more! Xiaoqiu didn't even go to the bathroom with me today!"
Fatty: “Ah?”
He said blankly, "Maybe it's because when you wanted to go to the bathroom, Xiaoqiu didn't want to go. What's the big deal?"
Xiao Taozi: "No! You don't understand!"
Xiao Taozi said with a sad face: "When we girls go to the bathroom, we always go with our good friends!"
Xiaopang: ...
Is that so?
Xiao Taozi: "Not only did Xiaoqiu not go to the bathroom with me, she didn't even call me when she went!"
She felt aggrieved and she couldn't understand why Shi Qiu Shui suddenly became like this.
Did she do something wrong to make Shi Qiu Shui angry?
Cao Juan also stepped forward and said, "Xiaoqiu was a little bit erratic today. I asked her to go home with me to eat stinky tofu, but she refused."
"What?! Xiaoqiu actually refuses even stinky tofu?!" Xiaopang's pupils trembled and he said, "It seems that there is something wrong with Xiaoqiu."
"Shouldn't the strangest thing be that Xiaoqiu has been sitting at her seat reading a book all day today?" Zhao Ran, who has always been taciturn, also joined the discussion.
Xiao Taozi: "Yeah, now that you mention it, it's really strange. Xiaoqiu has been sitting at her desk reading all day and hasn't come out to play."
Xiaopang was puzzled: "But why is Xiaoqiu like this? Why does she suddenly like studying so much?"
This wasn't to say that Shi Qiushui didn't like studying. In fact, Shi Qiushui was very serious about studying, listening carefully in class and completing his homework diligently. But Shi Qiushui was also very playful. Usually, Shi Qiushui would close his books as soon as class ended and go play with Xiao Taozi and the others. He never sat down to read after class.
Xiaopang couldn't figure it out, and neither could Xiaotaozi. Finally, Xiong Jie spoke up and said, "Hey, since none of you can figure it out, why don't you wait until tomorrow and ask Xiaoqiu directly?"
Xiao Taozi: "Yes, we can ask Xiaoqiu directly!"
Xiaopang: “Yeah!”
Xiao Taozi: "Then let's wait for Xiaoqiu to come and ask Xiaoqiu tomorrow. Let's go home today."
"Okay, let's go home today."
"Let's go..."
Shi Qiushui's friends noticed something was wrong with her. As Shi Qiushui's father, Shi Yue also noticed something was wrong. As soon as they came out of school, he asked Shi Qiushui curiously, "Why did you come out alone today? Don't you usually come out with your classmates? And where's Zhao Ran? Why didn't you wait for Zhao Ran to leave together today?"
Shi Qiushui: "I have something to do today, so I came out first."
Shi Yue: "Hmm? What's the matter?"
Shi Qiushui tightened the straps of her schoolbag and said, "I'm going home to study!"
Shi Yue: “Hmm?”
He stared at Shi Qiu Shui, looking her up and down, and finally even pinched Shi Qiu Shui's face.
"No, my daughter, you are really my daughter, right? Are you sure you haven't changed?"
Shi Qiushui pulled Shi Yue's hand away in dissatisfaction, pouting and saying, "Dad, what are you doing?"
Shi Yue: "No, I just feel like you don't look like my daughter anymore."
Doesn’t his daughter always play when she gets home, and only opens her schoolbag and starts doing homework when she has played enough and sees that time can’t be delayed any longer?
Today, he actually took the initiative to say that he wanted to go home early to study?!
"Ahem." Shi Yue cleared his throat and said, "Daughter, tell me honestly, were you criticized by the teacher at school today, or did you get into trouble again?"
Shi Qiushui: "No way! I behaved very well in school, so I wasn't criticized by the teacher, and I didn't get into any trouble!"
Shi Yue touched his chin and asked, "Really?"
Shi Qiu nodded heavily: "No!"
Shi Yue: "That's weird?!"
"dad!"
Shi Qiushui shouted at him in dissatisfaction, "What do you mean? Do you think I will only study actively when I'm criticized by the teacher or get into trouble?"
Shi Yue: "Isn't it?"
Shi Qiushui snorted, put his hands on his hips and said, "No way!"
She said: "I just want to study hard and get a good grade in the midterm exam."
Shi Yue: "Hey, you guys are going to have the midterm exam so soon?"
Speaking of midterm exams, Shi Qiushui began to wilt again. She hung her head helplessly like a deflated balloon. "Yes, our teacher Cai said today that the school will hold a midterm exam next week."
"The week after next, that's still two weeks away."
Shi Yue thought that she had a midterm exam this week, so she was cramming. He didn't expect that the exam would be the week after next. It was still a long time before then. Why did Shi Qiu Shui start preparing so early?
Shi Yue asked his question out of curiosity, and saw Shi Qiushui put on a tight smile and said seriously, "Dad, you're not right. Our teacher Cai said that learning is not something that happens overnight. It's the result of long-term accumulation. If you want to get good grades, you can't just cram before the exam. You also have to treat your studies well every day."
Shi Yue was left speechless by his daughter's string of sermons.
Shi Qiushui was indeed right in what he said, but...
But when these words came out of Shi Qiu Shui's mouth, he felt uncomfortable.
Shi Yue rubbed his face and said, "Well, well, in that case, let's go home quickly and study when we get home."
After returning home, Shi Qiu Shui opened his schoolbag as soon as he got home, sat down at the desk and started studying.
Shi Yue had nothing to say. After all, it was not a bad thing for children to love studying.
Shi Qiu Shui finished the homework for the day carefully, then turned to the back page of the book and started previewing.
Shi Qiu Shui was reviewing when she heard a commotion in the yard outside. Her attention was immediately drawn there. She curiously leaned out of the window and saw Gao Cuifen and Li Dazui surrounding Li Xiuying on each side, talking excitedly about something.
She pricked up her ears and heard Gao Cuifen say, "Old Li, let me tell you, just now, around four o'clock, I saw your daughter and a young man walking into the department store side by side, with smiles on their faces. I guess your daughter should be bringing you a son-in-law soon!"
Li Xiuying's eyes widened. "What did you say?! My Fangfang is with a young man?"
Gao Cuifen: "Yes, it's your Fangfang. I saw it clearly. Oh, yes, Lao Yao was there just now, Lao Yao, wasn't he?"
Yao Dazui nodded: "Yes, I saw it too."
She smiled and pushed Li Xiuying's arm and said, "No, Lao Li, I have to say something about you. You are not a kind person. Fangfang is in a relationship, why didn't you tell everyone? If we hadn't seen her outside today, I wouldn't have known that Fangfang was in a relationship."
After hearing this, Li Xiuying's expression froze. She opened her mouth, but finally closed it without saying a word.
Li Xiuying's reaction was obviously not right. Yao Dazui immediately realized the problem. She looked at Li Xiuying cautiously and said, "No, Lao Li, you don't know that Fangfang is in a relationship, do you?"
Li Xiuying pursed her lips and said, "My Fangfang has definitely never told me about her love life."
Gao Cuifen: "Ah? Your Li Fangfang is in a relationship and you didn't tell you?"
Yao Dazui pulled Gao Cuifen's arm and thought to himself how could Gao Cuifen be so bad at speaking? This matter was already embarrassing enough, and Gao Cuifen still said this. Wasn't she deliberately trying to make Li Xiuying unhappy?
Receiving Yao Dazui's signal, Gao Cuifen realized that what she said was inappropriate and quickly tried to make amends, "Haha, well, Lao Li, don't mind it. I'm not saying that your Fangfang is hiding it from you on purpose. It's just that you have to understand that when children grow up, they have some little secrets they don't want to tell their parents. Just like when I was young, I didn't feel comfortable telling my family about the eye contact with Lao Zhang at first. I..."
Yao Da's face turned pale. If Gao Cuifen couldn't speak, she shouldn't have said anything. She kept on making excuses for a long time, but what she meant was that Li Fangfang was dating without telling Li Xiuying!
Shi Qiu Shui, who was eavesdropping in the room, looked at Gao Cuifen in surprise.
It’s no wonder that everyone has a bad relationship with Gao Cuifen. Gao Cuifen is really not good at speaking.
She saw it all, and Li Xiuying's expression changed.
Actually, think about it, Li Xiuying and Li Fangfang have been dependent on each other for so many years, and their relationship is very close. Then Li Fangfang suddenly fell in love and didn't tell Li Xiuying. If Li Xiuying knew about it, wouldn't she feel upset? Couldn't she think too much?
Seeing that Li Xiuying looked unhappy, Yao Dazui pulled Gao Cuifen behind him. She laughed dryly and said, "Old Li, don't bother with Old Gao. You know her. She can't say a single nice word."
"Why am I..."
Gao Cuifen was still a little unconvinced and stood up to make a few arguments, but under Yao Dazui's glare, she finally shut her mouth and stood quietly aside.
Yao Dazui said, "Ahem, well, Lao Li, don't overthink it. Your Fangfang might not want to tell you, but she just hasn't had the chance to tell you yet. Yeah, how long has your Fangfang been away from home? Hasn't she been away for two months?"
Li Xiuying: "More than that, she hasn't been back for more than two months."
Yao Dazui: "Oh yes, I remember now. The last time she came back was in July, right?"
Li Xiuying nodded: "Yes, that time in July."
This summer, Li Fangfang went to study in another place with her school teacher, so she never returned to the slum. She went there to study for quite a long time, from the beginning of the summer vacation to two days before the National Day holiday. Because of this, she couldn't come back to celebrate the National Day holiday.
Yao Dazui said, "That's right, isn't it? Maybe your Fangfang was too embarrassed to tell you about her relationship over the phone, and wanted to tell you face to face when she got home, but she never came back, so she never had the chance to tell you."
She patted Li Xiuying on the shoulder and said, "Your Fangfang is nearby and should be back tonight. Just wait. She will definitely tell you about her love life tonight!"
Yao Dazui was talking when a tall woman in a windbreaker walked in from the front door. She asked in a clear and loud voice, "Hey, who is it, Aunt Gao? Who wants to tell my mom about dating?"
Hearing this voice, everyone in the courtyard looked towards the door in unison, and then Li Xiuying shouted in surprise: "Fangfang, Fangfang, you're back!"
Yes, the woman who came in through the door was Li Fangfang. She had a bright smile on her face and said, "Well, Mom, I'm back."
Li Xiuying quickly stepped forward, took Li Fangfang's hand and said, "Oh, you've been gone for almost three months. Mom has been missing you so much. How is your study abroad this time?"
Li Fangfang: "It's great. I met a lot of senior teachers in our major during this study. Through them, I was exposed to many new viewpoints for me, and also..."
"Oh, is that what I'm asking you?" Li Xiuying stamped her feet and said, "I don't understand anything about your major. I wouldn't understand you even if you told me. I want to ask you how you've been eating and living while you've been away studying. Have you been bullied by anyone out there?"
Li Fangfang laughed: "Oh, Mom, are you talking about this?"
She smiled and said, "Then don't worry. During the time I was out there, I ate well, slept well, and wasn't bullied."
Li Fangfang turned around and said, "Look, Mom, I feel like I've gained weight in the past two months."
"Not fat, not fat. Mom sees that you are a lot thinner than when you left." Li Xiuying shook her head and said.
Li Fangfang: "You think I'm skinny, but I weigh four pounds when I weighed myself."
Li Xiuying leaned back and looked at Li Fangfang again, then shook her head. "Anyway, I think you're still thinner than when you left."
Li Fangfang: "...Okay, if you think I've lost weight, then go ahead."
She changed the subject and said, "By the way, before I came in, I heard you guys talking about love affairs outside. Who's in love? Is it my brother Zhiqiang or Xiaoxi?"
In their courtyard, the only single people of marriageable age, besides herself, were Yang Zhiqiang and Niu Xiaoxi, so she immediately guessed that it was these two people.
Hearing Li Fangfang bring this up, Yao Dazui smiled and waved his hands, saying, "No, Fangfang, that's boring. We're not talking about Zhiqiang and Xiaoxi, we're talking about you!"
"Me?" Li Fangfang pointed at herself in surprise. "Auntie Yao, what are you talking about? When did I start dating?"
Yao Dazui said, "Hey, Fangfang, you're still trying to hide this from us. Your Aunt Gao and I just saw you and your boyfriend shopping in the mall."
Gao Cuifen: "Yes, just now, in the department store, you and your partner were walking in together. You two were walking side by side, laughing as you did so. It was such a sweet smile."
"No, Aunt Gao, you must have mistaken me. I'm not dating someone... Oh! I see!" Li Fangfang suddenly thought of something, and her frown relaxed. She said, "Did you and Aunt Yao see me at the entrance of the department store next to the cinema just now?"
Gao Cuifen: "Yes, yes, that's right, we saw you at the edge of the cinema. We saw it clearly, it was you, we definitely didn't recognize you wrongly!"
Yao Dazui: "Yes!"
Li Fangfang chuckled and said, "Then you did see me, but the person next to me at the time wasn't my partner, she was my roommate!"
"Roommate?!"
Yao Dazui and Gao Cuifen's eyes widened. Li Xiuying's expression immediately turned unhappy. She hurriedly asked, "Fangfang, what's going on in your school? Why are boys and girls still living together?"
Li Fangfang: "What? Mom, what are you thinking? Of course my roommate is a girl!"
Yao Dazui stammered, "But the one we just saw wasn't a woman!"
Gao Cuifen: "Yes, the one we saw at that time was a man over 1.8 meters tall!"
Li Fangfang smiled and said, "Yes, I know. It's the guy wearing a blue jacket and with a side parted hairstyle, right?"
Yao Dazui: "Yes, yes, that's what you said."
Li Fangfang: "That's my roommate, a girl."
Yao Dazui/Gao Cuifen: "Huh?"
Li Fangfang nodded: "Yes, it's a woman, a real woman. My mother has seen that person before."
She looked at Li Xiuying's bewildered expression and reminded her, "Mom, it's Wang Meiying, the tall one in our dormitory! The girl who lives in the bunk below me!"
Li Xiuying remembered this person after hearing what she said. "Oh, the tall girl in the bunk below you, right? But doesn't she always have long hair?"
Li Fangfang: "She cut it short."
Li Xiuying: "Oh, so that's it..."
Even Shi Qiushui, who was eavesdropping, was surprised by this sudden turn of events, not to mention Yao Dazui and Gao Cuifen, the two parties involved. Yao Dazui was silent for a while and said.
"Haha, then, that was our misunderstanding."
Yao Dazui was really embarrassed at the moment. When she and Gao Cuifen saw someone standing next to Li Fangfang, they immediately came to tell Li Xiuying excitedly. As a result, it almost caused a crisis of trust between mother and daughter. Not to mention, the news was fake. Li Fangfang was not in a relationship at all!
However, after realizing that he had made a mistake, Yao Dazui decisively apologized to Li Fangfang.
"Well, Fangfang, I'm sorry, it was my mistake. I thought your roommate was a young man and that you were in love. I'm so sorry."
She slapped her mouth in frustration and said, "I really deserve a slap on the mouth. I deserve a slap on the mouth."
Li Fangfang: "Oh, Aunt Yao, not really, not really."
Yao Dazui said, "No, this incident today has really taught me a lesson. I can't just blindly say anything I'm not sure of. It's a good thing I came back and went straight to your mom to announce the good news. I didn't have time to tell anyone else. Otherwise, I would have really sinned. I spread rumors that you, an innocent girl, had a boyfriend. It's really a sin."
Li Fangfang: "Oh, it's okay, it's really okay, you didn't mean it, and my roommate is indeed, at first glance, she looks especially like a boy, and many people have misunderstood her before."
Li Xiuying: "Yeah, Lao Yao, don't be embarrassed. Since it's a misunderstanding, just talk it out."
Yao Dazui: "I hope you don't blame me."
"I don't blame you, I don't blame you..."
The excitement in the yard ended. While no one noticed she was eavesdropping, Shi Qiu Shui quietly retracted her head. As soon as she sat back in her seat, she heard Shi Yue's voice behind her.
Shi Yue: "Have you had enough of the excitement?"
Shi Qiu Shui turned around suddenly and saw her father looking at her with his arms folded and a teasing smile on his face.
Shi Qiushui: "...Dad, when did you come over?"
Shi Yue: "I came here when you were sticking your head out to watch the fun."
Shi Qiushui blushed and said, "Then, why didn't you call me when you came over?"
Shi Yue: "Aren't you afraid of disturbing you while you watch the fun?"
Shi Qiushui: "Dad!"
Shi Yue: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. Let's get serious. I'm going to cook. What do you want to eat? Noodles or rice?"
Shi Qiushui pouted and thought for a moment before saying, "Let's eat rice."
She said, "Didn't Grandma Zhao say yesterday that we could make salty rice with the beans and chestnuts she brought back for us? How about Dad just make that?"
Shi Yue glanced at Shi Qiushui and said, "When it comes to eating, you're the best at it. I just heard about the recipe yesterday, and you're going to let me make it for you today, right?"
Shi Qiushui chuckled and acted like a spoiled child: "Daddy is good to you, good daddy, good to you~"
Shi Yue: "Okay, okay, I'll do it for you."
He paused and added, "But let me be frank, I've never made this salty rice before. If it doesn't taste good, there's nothing I can do about it."
Shi Qiushui: "Don't worry, Dad. No matter how good your cooking is, I will definitely eat it all!"
Shi Yue: "That's what you said. If the food doesn't taste good, I'll go out to eat by myself, and you'll stay at home and eat tasteless salty rice."
Shi Qiushui's eyes were dead: "Dad!"
Shi Yue: "Okay, okay, I won't say anymore. I'm going to cook. You can continue studying."
Shi Qiushui turned around and sat back at the desk. She suddenly remembered something and stretched her neck to shout, "Dad, there's still smoked chicken. Don't forget that there's still smoked chicken in the bag that Grandma Zhao brought us!"
Shi Yue waved his hand and said, "I know, I know. I'll steam it for you, okay?"
Shi Qiushui: "Yes!"
Shi Yue: "Got it, don't worry, little greedy girl, I'll steam it for you."
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