At Chen Xi's house, dinner was finished quickly in a happy atmosphere.

Just after eating, Su Li's cell phone rang. She took it out and saw that it was her father. Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly picked it up.

The father on the other side of the phone sounded a little anxious and angry, "Why haven't you come home yet? Where are you now?"

Su Li whispered back, "I'm at my classmate's house."

"Male or female? Why didn't you say anything to me?"

"female."

The other party breathed a sigh of relief, but was still very angry, "You have to tell me about it later. Also, it's not too late. Come home quickly."

"good."

After hanging up the phone, Su Li said goodbye to Chen Xi and her parents. Mother Chen smiled and said, "Come here often."

Father Chen also smiled and said, "Come here often in the future."

Su Li reluctantly left in this warm farewell.

When I was standing at the bus stop waiting for the bus, the sky became much darker. A room on the second floor opposite lit up with a warm yellow light. The TV was turned on. Two children were running around and playing, and two adults were sitting on the sofa.

, chatting while watching, lively and harmonious.

"If mom comes back..." She shook her head. Even if mom comes back, the atmosphere in their family will not be so good. Dad is always too busy to be seen. Mom's complaints can only be told to grandma on the phone, and she will always be

Hanging in the corner, letting the loneliness strangle oneself like a vine, making it impossible to breathe...

When I got home on the No. 7 bus, my father was sitting on the sofa. Only a small light was turned on in the living room, making the atmosphere very depressing.

Su Li walked in and cautiously called out, "Dad."

Her father didn't move, so she walked over suspiciously and saw him leaning back on the sofa with his eyes closed, actually asleep.

The first time she saw her father so close, she suddenly noticed that his temples had turned white and he looked very tired.

At that moment, her thoughts of being a bad child were blown away like a puff of smoke.

Su Li went up to the second floor to get a sheet, and gently covered her father with it. She remembered that when she was a child, there were many times when she fell asleep while watching TV, and her father carried her to her room.

As soon as I was about to get up and leave after covering myself with quilt, my father opened his eyes and asked sleepily, "I'm back, what time is it now?"

"Eight o'clock." Su Li replied as she glanced at the clock on the wall.

"Well, I have to tell my dad when I go to my classmate's house in the future, otherwise I will be very worried. I have just arrived in this city, I have no acquaintances, and the public security is not very good now." He stood up and walked to the kitchen, "I want to eat.

What? Noodles?”

"I've already eaten at my classmate's house." Su Li said.

Dad was stunned for a moment, with a look of displeasure on his face, "How can you disturb others! They asked you to stay for dinner as a polite word, but you actually ate. Why are you so ignorant?"

"They really want to invite me to stay for food." She could still tell the difference between sincerity and hypocrisy. "If I bring my classmates back, can't she have dinner at our house? If they stay, my father will think it is an intrusion.

?”

Dad was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and replied, "Of course not. As long as you get along well with us, of course you can come to our house for dinner. But not too often!" He said and walked to the kitchen and started to boil water.

Su Li didn't want to say anything more to her father, so she went directly to the second floor and returned to her room.

In the past, when she was alone, she would read extracurricular books, any type of books would do, as long as they were not for study.

Today, she took out the notebook she copied and started studying seriously. She didn't want to be looked down upon by the teacher anymore, nor did she want to let down Chen Xi's help to her. She wanted to become an excellent student.

She studied until very late, and when she came out to take a shower, she saw a light on in her father's room. She looked in and saw her father meditating on the drawings.

Behind every achievement is hard work.

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The next day at school, Su Li saw a large photo posted on the blackboard as soon as she entered the classroom. When she looked carefully, she saw that it was Teacher Ma. In the photo, Teacher Ma was wearing a black suit and a black one-line skirt, and was being photographed from behind.

A dog's tail and eyes have been transformed into dog eyes.

The students were talking non-stop, some were discussing who posted it, and some were waiting for Teacher Xiama's reaction when he saw it.

Zhou Qi saw Su Li coming and said proudly, "I spent five yuan last night to ask a great person in the group to give me a P."

Su Li was startled, "You...how could you do this?"

Zhou Qi smiled and took credit, "I'm helping you get that woman back. When you graduate from college and become the president, don't forget me."

The second half of the sentence was making fun of her again. Su Li was so angry that her face turned red, "You are fooling around. You are too childish, like a primary school student."

Zhou Qi was struck by her words. Words like "childish" and "elementary school student" were taboo for boys of their age. He frowned and ignored her, lying down on his stomach to sleep.

Class is about to begin, and the first class is with Teacher Ma. You can imagine how angry she will be when she sees photos like this.

Su Li hesitated, then plucked up the courage to walk up to the podium, tore off the big photo, crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can nearby.

The whole class was looking at her and talking, "It can't be her, can it?"

"She was made to stand several times by the teacher, maybe."

"Then why tear it up again?"

"I'm scared."

Su Li lowered her head and ignored the comments and quickly returned to her seat.

Originally I thought this matter would go away like this, but Teacher Ma still found out. She called Su Li over after class and asked, "Did you take the photo?"

Su Li neither admitted nor denied, and stood there silently.

"The mute!" she yelled.

Zhou Qi came in from outside the office at this time and said, "I did it." He was so careless that he was not afraid of being scalded by boiling water.

Teacher Ma was very angry when he saw him like that. After scolding him, he said, "Call your parents."

Zhou Qi mocked in a low voice, "I will call the parents," and replied, "I'm sorry, my dad is dead."

Teacher Ma frowned, "Then call your mother."

Zhou Qi replied, "My mother is dead too."

Teacher Ma had no choice but to put him back after a few criticisms.

After returning to the classroom, Su Li asked, "Is your father and your mother really dead?" She felt a little sympathy for him. She had a father after all, and her mother had just gone to another place, but this boy had completely lost his father.

Mom, I'm so pitiful.

Zhou Qi smiled and said, "You are alive and well, but it is no different from being dead."

"..." Su Li was stunned, and the sympathy she had for him suddenly disappeared, "How could you curse your parents like that?" It was really too much.

Zhou Qi said disdainfully, "You know what the heck, they don't look like their parents at all."

"Why doesn't it look the same?"

"Once I was seriously ill. Not only did they not take care of me, they even said that if I died, I would save a bowl of food."

Su Li was stunned, "How could there be such parents!" She really didn't believe it.

"There are so many parents like this. Not all parents are loving. Only lucky children have good parents. Unlucky ones like us, haha! Survival is all down to luck."

Su Li sympathized with him again, "What about your grandparents?"

"All dead?"

"What?" She didn't know if he was talking angrily again.

"They are really all dead. They were gone when I was very young, and my grandparents also died early."

She felt even more pity for him, and suddenly thought of what her father said last night, that if she brought her classmates home, he would keep her classmates for dinner.

So she came up with the idea of ​​inviting Zhou Qi to have dinner with her father at home.

She felt that she felt love and a beautiful family atmosphere when she went to Chen Xi's house, so she also hoped that Zhou Qi could feel some fatherly love in her own home, even if it wasn't much, at least it was better than nothing.

When school was over, Su Li invited Zhou Qi to have dinner at home on the grounds that "I felt bad for causing him to be criticized by the teacher." Zhou Qi immediately agreed, "One meal is one meal. I have a big appetite.

Your mother cooks more."

"I...my mother is not at home." Su Li said, avoiding his questioning eyes and looking away.

Zhou Qi didn't ask any questions, picked up her schoolbag and followed Su Li back to her home.

When she got home, her father hadn't come yet, and Zhou Qi was already so hungry that her stomach growled. Su Li could only go to the kitchen to make a pot of egg noodles with the ingredients available in the refrigerator.

Zhou Qi was very disappointed, "Just invite me to your house to eat egg noodles."

Su Li was very sorry, "That's all we have at home. Dad will come back late today. He will bring food later, so you can make do with it first."

Zhou Qi had no choice but to sit down and eat the noodles. After taking the first bite, he looked surprised and praised, "Don't tell me, it's quite delicious."
Chapter completed!