Chapter 62 "If he dies, I will have no relatives..."
Xing Xiaochu blinked, thought seriously for two seconds, and nodded: "Okay, then I'll call the teacher."
Seeing Xing Xiaochu turning around to leave, Qi Ying immediately grabbed her wrist and asked, "Aren't you going to ask me the reason?"
Xing Xiaochu looked back at her and said, "Sister must have a reason for asking me to take leave. I will always listen to you."
Looking at Xing Xiaochu's sincere eyes, Qi Ying couldn't help feeling a little apologetic. She wanted Xing Xiaochu to take leave so that she could wait for the police to come, but she couldn't tell her the reason.
We can’t say this is a game world, Xing Xiaochu is just an NPC.
It cannot be said that Qi Ying knew everything but remained indifferent.
Finally, Qi Ying let go of Xing Xiaochu's hand and said to her, "I'll call the teacher. You go eat first."
Today's breakfast tasted strangely bland. Xing Xiaochu didn't know why her appetite was not very good. She couldn't finish half of her sandwich. Her chest felt stuffy and her stomach was not feeling well.
Could it be that I caught a cold?
When Xing Xiaochu was thinking about what to do with the remaining half of the sandwich, Qi Ying had already finished the call.
Not noticing the remaining breakfast in front of Xing Xiaochu, Qi Ying sat down and said to her, "Change your clothes later. The mark on your neck is still too obvious. Take a rest for a day and go to school tomorrow."
Xing Xiaochu touched her neck. She knew what her neck looked like. There were fingerprints on both sides of her neck. It was obvious that someone was pinching her very hard.
If I go to school with such marks, Chen Dongdong and the others will probably ask me a lot of questions.
Why not just listen to my sister and take a day off at home?
"Okay." Xing Xiaochu shook her ponytail and said to Qi Ying with a smile, "Then I'll go change my clothes."
The rain outside had stopped. Qi Ying looked at the wet city and waited quietly for the call from the police. She didn't wait too long. Near noon, Qi Ying's cell phone rang.
"Hello? It's me. Yes, she's currently living at my house."
The voice of the female police officer on the other end of the phone sounded very calm. Qi Ying glanced at Xing Xiaochu who was writing papers in the study room, and then walked away with the phone. After the call, Qi Ying saw Xing Xiaochu looking around outside, and when she turned around, she met the little girl's eyes.
Xing Xiaochu immediately put down his pen and jumped off the stool.
"Sister, who's calling?" Xing Xiaochu stood in front of Qi Ying and looked up at her.
Qi Ying reached out and rubbed her face before saying to her, "I'll take you to a place to meet someone."
Xing Xiaochu looked at her in confusion, but she didn't ask anything. She obediently put on her coat and shoes, and followed Qi Ying out the door.
The process of identifying the body was actually very simple. Xing Xiaochu was just a child after all, so Qi Ying accompanied her to the morgue. When the white cloth was lifted, a pale man was lying there, wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but they were soaked in water.
Xing Xiaochu's pupils only shrank when she saw the man for the first time. At other times, she answered questions and looked very calm. However, Qi Ying, who was standing next to her, knew that the sweet-scented osmanthus scent emanating from Xing Xiaochu was expressing sadness.
Even if you don't like him, even if you hate him, he is still your father by blood.
Qi Ying looked at Xing Xiaochu, took a half step forward, and leaned closely against her.
Just like what was said in the guide, Xing Jianguo, who was taken away yesterday, was released after being taught a lesson. When he returned home that night, he met people who came to collect debts. They were so numerous that they beat him up. Xing Jianguo was afraid of being beaten to death by this group of people, so he ran away from home with a bruised face.
It was very dark where Xing Jianguo lived at night, and it had rained yesterday. When he ran to the moat, he fell into the river without paying attention. Finally, the drowned man was found more than ten kilometers downstream.
The surveillance footage on the road and the confession of the attacker can prove that Xing Jianguo died accidentally. As for his debts, they are naturally settled with his death and will no longer haunt Xing Xiaochu.
When Xing Xiaochu heard that the man owed 300,000 yuan, she didn't seem surprised.
After all, the other party came to me again and again to ask for money, and he always wanted this amount.
As an adult, Qi Ying naturally had to help run around. She arranged for Xing Xiaochu to sit in the car first, and she made arrangements with the staff. Fortunately, this was within a game, so it wasn't that complicated. All she had to do was sign a few words and pay some money, and someone would provide her with one-stop service.
But even so, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon when we finished processing.
At noon, Qi Ying bought two rice balls for Xing Xiaochu at a convenience store. When she finished her work and returned to the car, she found that her rice balls were untouched.
"What's wrong?"
Qi Ying helped Xing Xiaochu fasten her seat belt, and tidied up her temples that fell by her ears. She asked softly, "Don't you have an appetite if you don't eat?"
Xing Xiaochu nodded, she looked up at the people around her and asked, "Sister, I don't seem to be sad at all, is this abnormal?"
Her eyes were full of doubts, and she whispered to Qi Ying, "He was not kind to me since I was a child, and even wanted to sell me off. But he is my father after all, and we lived together for so long... But I don't feel sad at all, and I even think... it's good that he's dead."
Xing Xiaochu's voice was very soft, and it echoed softly in the car.
"If he dies, he won't bother me anymore. If he dies, no one will ask me for money anymore." Xing Xiaochu lowered his eyes, stared at his fingertips and said, "If he dies, I will have no relatives..."
In this world, there are only two people who are related to Xing Xiaochu by blood, one is her mother, and the other is the man lying in the morgue.
And now, they have all left me.
Xing Xiaochu really has no family left.
Qi Ying listened quietly to what the person next to him said before he reached out and hugged her tightly in his arms. Xing Xiaochu was slightly stunned when she was hugged, and the rice ball in her hand rolled to the back seat.
"You won't be without relatives." Qi Ying said to her: "From now on, I am your relative."
"elder sister……"
"No matter what happens in the future, we will be together."
Perhaps Qi Ying's promise made Xing Xiaochu feel more at ease. She was exceptionally quiet along the way. After arriving home, Xing Xiaochu drank a glass of water and went back to her room to rest.
Looking at Xing Xiaochu resting on the bed in her small bedroom, Qi Ying couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to my room?"
Xing Xiaochu was lying on the bed wrapped in a quilt, looking at her, his eyes were dark and bright: "I'll just take a nap, I'm a little tired."
Qi Ying did not force her, and walked to the window to draw the curtains. The curtains with good light-blocking effect blocked the sunlight outside, and the whole room became dim. Qi Ying walked to the bed and sat down, bent down and kissed the person on the bed: "Go to sleep, I'll wake you up at dinner time."
After closing the door for the child, Qi Ying opened the refrigerator to prepare some food for dinner.
Xing Xiaochu didn't eat anything at noon, and she would definitely be hungry after waking up from a nap, so she had to prepare a good meal to comfort her.
In the afternoon, Qi Ying received several calls from funeral homes, asking if they needed to hold a funeral or something. After thinking about it, Qi Ying decided to cremate the body directly. In the setting, Xing Xiaochu has no relatives except her father, and her grandparents are also gone. She is truly alone now, so there is no need to hold a funeral to make her sad.
By the time it was dark, Qi Ying had prepared a table full of food, but Xing Xiaochu didn't get up. She glanced at the time and it was already half past seven. If she didn't eat, her stomach would not be able to take it.
"Xiaochu?"
Qi Ying knocked on the door and said to the people in the room, "Get up. If you sleep any longer, you won't be able to sleep at night."
No one in the room paid attention to her, so Qi Ying knocked twice again before opening the door.
There was no light in the dark room. Qi Ying saw the bulging quilt on the bed with the help of the light from outside the door. Xing Xiaochu was lying there curled up in a ball, and did not respond to Qi Ying opening the door.
Qi Ying let go of the door handle and walked over, then stood at the head of the bed and looked at her.
"Xiaochu?"
Qi Ying bent down slightly, pushed the shoulder of the person on the bed, and whispered, "Get up and eat."
Xing Xiaochu lay on the bed with her eyes closed, and no matter how Qi Ying shook her, she wouldn't wake up.
With a "click", Qi Ying turned on the bedside lamp, and found that the person in the quilt had flushed cheeks. Qi Ying touched her face again and found that Xing Xiaochu's body temperature was burning hot.
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In the emergency department of the hospital, Qi Ying bought some bread and biscuits and came back. When she opened the curtain, she saw Xing Xiaochu lying quietly on the hospital bed with an IV in her hand.
When Qi Ying first discovered that Xing Xiaochu had a fever, she went to find a thermometer. When she measured the temperature, it was over 40. She immediately took the car keys and took the person to the hospital. After an injection of antipyretic injection, the temperature has dropped a little, and he is now on an IV drip.
Qi Ying sat on a stool next to the hospital bed and placed the things she had bought on the cabinet beside the bed.
Perhaps the water accidentally hit the table, making some noise, and Xing Xiaochu opened her eyes in a daze. She saw that the place where she was lying was not her home, and she was even confused for a moment, but when she saw Qi Ying sitting next to her, the expression on her face relaxed at once.
"Sister." Xing Xiaochu turned around and asked her, "Where is this?"
Seeing that she had woken up, Qi Ying whispered to comfort her: "In the hospital, you had a fever while you were sleeping, and I brought you here. Do you feel better now?"
Xing Xiaochu lowered her eyelashes slightly and said, "I'm causing you trouble again."
"No." Qi Ying touched Xing Xiaochu's face and found it was still a little hot, so he stood up and said to her: "I'll ask the nurse to take your temperature again, you lie down and wait for a while."
The nurse came over with a thermometer, took the temperature and said, "37.9, it's gone down a lot. You can go home after the last two bottles of water are gone."
Qi Ying nodded and sat down only after the nurse left.
Xing Xiaochu just lay on the pillow and looked at Qi Ying, which made Qi Ying feel a little uncomfortable.
"What's wrong?" Qi Ying thought Xing Xiaochu was hungry, so he took the bread he bought from the convenience store and said to Xing Xiaochu, "There's nothing for sale in the middle of the night, so I just bought some food. You haven't eaten all day, do you want to eat something before going to bed?"
Fortunately, Xiaochu's fever had subsided and he was indeed a little hungry.
The bread was soft and tasted sweet. Qi Ying held the bottle of mineral water and watched the person sitting on the bed eat slowly, one bite at a time. Soon he finished a piece of bread. She unscrewed the bottle of water and handed it to him: "Drink some water."
Xing Xiaochu held the water and drank half a bottle, not stopping until his stomach was full.
At four o'clock in the morning, even the brightly lit emergency room was very quiet, with only the slight noises from the machines operating.
Looking at Qi Ying who had packed her things, Xing Xiaochu moved slightly, patted her own bed and asked her: "Sister, do you want to come up and rest for a while, and by the way... accompany me?"
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