Song Shishi was powerless to resist and could only lower her head and hide her face behind Meng Xunzhou.
She was afraid that Zheng Peilan would see her and Meng Xunzhou like this.
"Aunt Zheng doesn't seem to be at home."
Hearing Meng Xunzhou's voice, Song Shishi looked up in the direction of the main house, and there was indeed no one at home.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"I guess he went out shopping again."
Meng Xunzhou said "hmm", then gently put Song Shishi on the chair and sat her down.
"Your foot has been injured these days, so try to move as little as possible. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."
After Song Shishi discovered that Meng Xunzhou had put her down, she would raise her wrist from time to time to look at the time on her watch.
...
...
"If you have something urgent, go back first. My mom and Lili will probably be back soon."
Although Meng Xunzhou was worried about Song Shishi, he had something urgent to do and had to rush back.
He turned and went to the small kitchen in the backyard, brought Song Shishi a cup of hot water, then went to the east room to get some snacks and placed them on the dining table next to Song Shishi.
"Okay, I'll go back to the army first. You're alone at home, so don't open the door to strangers."
She just sprained her foot. Looking at her appearance, Meng Xunzhou, if someone didn't know her, would have thought she was a child of a few years old.
She just felt sweet and helpless.
"I know. I'm not a child."
Seeing that Meng Xunzhou wanted to say something, Song Shishi pointed to the small pile of candies and said, "I'll just sit here and eat the candies and wait for my mother to come back, okay?"
Meng Xunzhou also realized that he was too nervous. The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he raised his hand and patted Song Shishi on the head.
He looked at Song Shishi deeply and said, "Let's go."
Song Shishi raised her eyes and stared at Meng Xunzhou's back as he walked away. She raised her hand, picked up a candy, peeled off the candy wrapper, and put it in her mouth.
So sweet.
After sitting for a while, a sound was heard from the hanging flower gate.
Zheng Peilan walked in carrying a basket, but her expression was a little dull, as if she had lost her soul.
"Mom, where have you been?"
As soon as Song Shishi finished asking, she noticed that something was wrong with Zheng Peilan, “Mom, what’s wrong with you?”
Zheng Peilan seemed not to hear her words. She continued to stare blankly ahead and move slowly.
"Mother!"
When Zheng Peilan walked to Song Shishi, Song Shishi grabbed Zheng Peilan's hand.
With a loud "clang".
The basket on Zheng Peilan's arm fell to the ground.
Song Shishi looked at the ground and found the basket was empty.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Zheng Peilan seemed to have just come to her senses. When she heard Song Shishi's question, she shook her head and said, "It's okay. I... I was just thinking about your sprained foot. I'll go buy some pig's trotters and stew them for you. Don't people say that what you eat will replenish what you have?"
"What about the pig's trotter?"
How could Zheng Peilan be like this, maybe she was here to buy a pig's trotter?
Although Song Shishi had doubts in her heart, she did not show it on her face. She followed Zheng Peilan's words and asked.
"Pig's trotters? I didn't buy any. Where can I buy any at this hour? I'll get up early tomorrow... tomorrow morning to buy some."
No one knew what Zheng Peilan was thinking, and her speech was intermittent.
After saying this, Zheng Peilan stroked her forehead and said, "Good boy, I'm a little tired. I want to lie down for a while. When Lili comes back, we'll make dinner."
"Oh, okay."
Song Shishi found that Zheng Peilan was in a very bad condition.
But Song Shishi didn't dare to ask any further questions, for fear that Zheng Peilan's emotions might become unstable and her heart might be further stimulated.
She kept her eyes on the door to the main house.
For a moment, Song Shishi wondered if her mother knew that her scumbag father had betrayed her?
But this thought only flashed through her mind for a moment before she denied it.
If Zheng Peilan knew about such a big thing, why would she just react like this?
Did he get bullied outside? Or was he really tired?
She didn't know how long she sat in the yard. It was not until Xu Li came back that she stood up with one hand on the table.
"Sister, why are you sitting here? Where is Aunt Zheng?"
Xu Li glanced around the yard and her eyes fell on Song Shishi again.
Song Shishi pointed at the door of the main house and said, "My mother said she was going to buy pig's trotters, but she came back empty-handed. She looked strange, and she went into the house and lay down, saying she was tired."
"Ah?" Xu Li didn't think too much about it. She looked down at Song Shishi's injured foot.
"So should I cook today? I'm really not very good at it."
Song Shishi didn't expect Xu Li to cook.
Xu Li is good at everything except cooking. She doesn't know how to cook it, and the taste is not right.
Instead of letting her waste food, it would be better for Song Shishi to do it herself.
"Help me to the small kitchen and just help me out."
With Song Shishi around, Xu Li wasn't worried.
"Okay, leave the hard work to me."
After Xu Li helped Song Shishi into the small kitchen, she ran out and brought a bench for Song Shishi so that she could sit down and rest when she got tired of standing.
While the two were cooking, Xu Li and Song Shishi chatted and talked about Qiao Yanxin's affairs.
"Sister Yan Xin is really amazing. She can handle a jerk like her father with ease."
Speaking of how Qiao Yanxin dealt with his alcoholic father, Song Shishi also became interested.
"What did she do?"
If Qiao Yanxin simply asked someone to beat her father up, Xu Li would definitely not praise her like this. Qiao Yanxin must have done something that made Xu Li admire her courage.
The more this happened, the more curious Song Shishi became.
"Hasn't Sister Yan Xin been staying in a guesthouse recently to avoid her father? I don't know where her father got the news from, but he actually came to visit her today."
When Xu Li talked about Qiao Yanxin's affairs, she was even more excited than when she talked about her own affairs.
“But fortunately, Sister Yanxin and I were at the client’s place at that time, so we didn’t run into her bastard father directly.
Her father was also a resourceful man. He was able to get the people in the guesthouse to open the door of the room where Sister Yan Xin was staying when Sister Yan Xin was not present.
He made a mess of Sister Yan Xin's room and took away all the valuables."
Hearing this, Song Shishi couldn't help but frown.
How can this be a father? This is a beast.
My daughter worked so hard outside to earn money, but when he came, it was like a burglar.
It must be that I committed sins in my previous life that I have such a father-daughter relationship in this life.
"He took all Miss Qiao's money and things?"
Xu Li shook her head and raised the corners of her mouth.
“No, Sister Yanxin has a habit of carrying all her money with her, so there is not a penny in that room.
And because we were going to a customer's house today, I brought almost all the useful tools with me.
In the guesthouse room, apart from Sister Yan Xin’s clothes, there were only some materials.”
This means that Qiao Yanxin has all the truly valuable things in her hands, and she is carrying them with her.
And what her bastard father took away were just some worthless stuff.
"And what happened next?"
Qiao Yanxin would definitely not let her bastard father go just like that.
"What Sister Yan Xin did afterwards is what really impressed me."
Xu Li put the cut vegetables into a plate and handed it to Song Shishi.
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