In the living room, under the dim yellow light, the table was already filled with delicious food.
Aunt Mei was arranging things carefully, humming a little song, and seemed to be in a good mood.
Qin Nuo and Zhang Yu came out of the room and were about to sit down when Aunt Mei said, "I see you haven't washed your hands yet?"
Both of them were startled, then hurried into the bathroom to wash their hands.
"That's what a good boy does. If you don't wash your hands, you don't know how dirty they are. Don't you young people know about hygiene?" Aunt Mei said while shaking her head while serving the soup.
Qin Nuo glanced at the garbage scattered all over the floor, even seeing a few dead mice. He turned to Aunt Mei and smiled, "Auntie, you're right!"
Fortunately for him, there was nothing unusual about the dishes on the table and they looked delicious. Qin Nuo did not hesitate to pick up the bowl and chopsticks and started to eat with relish.
Zhang Yu was speechless when he saw Qin Nuo, who was eating like crazy. He suddenly felt that the latter seemed to have come here just for a meal.
Aunt Mei put her apron aside, sat down and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, don't choke."
"Looking at you like this, I thought you hadn't eaten for a few days!"
However, she was still happy to see Qin Nuo liked her food so much.
"The main reason is that it's so delicious." Qin Nuo said vaguely.
"Then eat more. After the meal, there is soup. Aunt Mei has been cooking it for a long time." Aunt Mei said with a smile.
Then he looked at his son and changed his tone again: "Learn from Xiao Qin and don't lose your appetite for everything!"
Zhang Yu closed his eyes and said hesitantly, "I understand, Mom. I won't be picky about food anymore."
Picking up a piece of celery and putting it in his mouth, Zhang Yu asked casually, "Mom, is there any gossip in the building lately?"
"Kid, you always ask if there's any gossip in the building. When did you start caring about these things?"
"The school has a survey project about the relationship between members and neighbors. I think we have lived here for such a long time, but we don't seem to know much about the residents upstairs and downstairs, so I asked."
"This will help with my studies," Zhang Yu said. It was obvious that he had prepared an explanation from the beginning.
"That's you. You stay at home and don't go out. You don't even know how to call your neighbor next door."
"Your mother is a social expert. I've interacted with all the neighbors upstairs and downstairs."
Aunt Mei half-jokingly responded to her son's words. Seeing that Qin Nuo finished the rice in the bowl in two or three bites, she smiled and said, "Let me serve you more. Do you want another bowl of rice or soup?"
"Soup, please." Qin Nuo wiped the corner of his mouth with his fingers.
Aunt Mei filled Qin Nuo's bowl with soup.
Qin Nuo took a look and saw that the meat in the soup was black and was about to be boiled. He couldn't help but ask, "Auntie, what kind of meat is this?"
"Black chicken soup, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it looks delicious." Qin Nuo lowered his head and started drinking.
Aunt Mei took a few quick bites and suddenly remembered something. She said, "Speaking of which, I saw the old security guard on the first floor today. He looked very down. I heard he was not feeling well and would be returning to his hometown to recuperate for a while."
"Alas, as I get older, all kinds of health problems arise. What's even more heartbreaking is that my children are unfilial, leaving me alone and helpless."
"If you say something unpleasant, no one will even know when you're gone."
Aunt Mei sighed and said, obviously referring to the old security guard downstairs.
Zhang Yu blinked and asked, "Is that security guard okay?"
"He...didn't hurt you, did he?"
Aunt Mei looked at her son strangely: "Why would you think that? The security guard is usually very kind to us neighbors, why would he hurt us?"
Zhang Yu lowered his head, didn't say anything, and seemed absent-minded.
Xiaohua walked to his feet, looked up at him, opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. God knows what she had eaten?
It sat on the side in a well-behaved posture, looking at Zhang Yu eagerly.
Zhang Yu felt a little panicked and moved his chair uneasily.
"Why haven't you paid any attention to Xiaohua these two days? Didn't you hug Xiaohua and be close to him as soon as you came back before?" Aunt Mei asked.
Zhang Yu forced a smile and said, "I've been under a lot of pressure studying lately, and I don't have much energy."
"Then get more rest." Aunt Mei's eyes always soften when talking about studying. She hopes that her son will be successful, but also hopes that he will not be under too much pressure.
After dinner, Aunt Mei cleared the table, picked up the dishes and went into the kitchen.
Qin Nuo sat in the living room, pushed away the garbage on the table, found some edible fruit and started eating.
Xiaohua on the side was still grinning at him, full of malice, because Qin Nuo sat in its place.
Zhang Yu glanced at Qin Nuo, then turned to her mother in the kitchen and said, "Mom, Xiao Qin said he wants to stay and sleep with me tonight."
Aunt Mei was naturally happy to agree, and said unexpectedly: "Of course you can. It's rare that you two have so many topics to talk about. Xiao Qin must be scared being home alone, right?"
Qin Nuo looked at Zhang Yu and made a confused gesture.
"It's not safe to sleep at night. Let's stay here. My mother will protect us. Don't you still want to figure out what's going on?" Zhang Yu thought very carefully.
After he said that, Qin Nuo had no objection.
After all, it was probably normal that they were the only two people in the entire apartment.
Coincidentally, at this moment, there was another knock on the door.
It was so rough that lime fell off the door frame!
"The kids next door are making trouble again!"
"Their parents really don't supervise their children properly, which affects my son's daily routine and study. If he fails the postgraduate entrance exam, I will definitely come to their house to demand an explanation!"
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