Drenched Rick was carrying his schoolbag and walking on the path home with his head bowed. His heart was extremely tangled. Unknowingly, he saw his home on the edge of the community.
His parents worked hard for most of their lives to live here, they got divorced within two years, his father married his stepmother, and his father died in a car accident half a year ago... Rick shuddered at the thought of what his stepmother had done to him.
'If I accidentally slipped into the lake, she could kill me! If it was Frey who dragged me down, then... 'Thinking of Frey who is domineering in the school, Rick is even more depressed.
Overwhelmed, Rick stood in the yard for a long time until...
Ka~
"Ouch!" Poirot, who had just finished his lunch and was about to go out to have a look, was startled by the figure standing in the yard! Take a closer look, isn't this the idiot from my own family
"I'm scared to death!" Poirot scowled. "How did you do this?! You know how to fool around with that boy Frey all day long! Did you see the street peddler? You will be the one when you grow up." Look! You don’t come home until dinner, you look at your clothes! What’s going on? You don’t think I’m working hard, do you? Ang? Don’t talk! Who did you lower your head to show?!”
Poirot squeezed Rick's ears, continued to insult Rick amidst Rick's pain and wailing, and stamped his feet on Rick to satisfy his emotions.
"Tell me, what's going on!"
Rick lay down in the yard with his head curled up, thinking of the girl who pulled them ashore again and Frey's threat, he tremblingly said: "It's Theasin, Theasin! She took advantage of Frey's and I's not paying attention, and fell ill. We push into the lake!"
"Thea Xin?" Poirot immediately recalled the girl with an angelic smile. The reason for her fame in the community was her mental illness, which was rare in the world, and her wealthy family. My father is an executive of a large local company, and in the entire community, he can be regarded as a figure at the top of the pyramid.
"You're not lying?" Poirot kicked Rick again who was lying on the ground.
Rick trembled slightly, "No, no! If you don't believe me, you can ask Frey, he is the same as me!"
Poirot had already figured it out in his mind. With that boy Frey involved, it was likely that the two of them were cooperating to cheat her. She had seen Theasin before, and she had seen it when she was ill. That pretty little girl was dumb and not aggressive , how could it be possible to push the two of them, probably to find an excuse...
"However, I can use this excuse..." Poirot's eyes rolled, and a trick came to his mind.
"What are you still doing lying here? Hurry up! Come with me!"
Rick shuddered in fright and quickly got up from the ground.
"What, what are you going to do?"
"You foolish fool! You must go to Theasin's parents for an explanation!" Poirot glared at Rick, "Don't talk nonsense when you get there! Do you understand?"
"This this... "
"Um?"
"Okay, okay."
Poirot nodded in satisfaction, feeling annoyed in his heart. Ever since the old man died, she could barely make ends meet. God finally gave her a chance this time, so she must take the opportunity to make a fortune! Thinking of the handsome Susner with his big house, his job, and his limousine, Poirot's heart burned.
. . .
"Sister! Sister!"
Dong Kate saw Xi Yaxin wearing a school uniform from afar, and quickly jumped up and waved, trying to attract Xi Yaxin's attention.
"Did Xiaodong Kate obediently listen to the teacher and parents today?" Xi Yaxin walked in front of her younger brother and rubbed Xiaodong Kate's fluffy brown hair with a smile.
Compared with her mother's blond hair, Kate Xiaodong continued her father's brown curly hair, which feels great to the touch.
"Very obedient!" Dong Kate squinted her eyes and enjoyed it for a while, and quickly took Xi Yaxin's hand, "Eat, eat! Mom has already made it! Sister, you came five minutes later than usual today!"
"I've been delayed by something." Xi Yaxin pinched her younger brother's face again, and walked into the room contentedly.
"Little Thea Xin, my baby." Garland bent down and kissed Thea Xin on the forehead, "How are you doing at school today?"
"Not bad," recalls Theasin. "When I came, Frey and Rick from our class fell into the lake, and I pulled them up."
"Huh?" Garland was surprised, and then saw the mud on his daughter's little leather shoes, and praised: "Little Xi Yaxin is awesome! But next time I have to call out to the adults~ Can you tell my mother what happened?"
"certainly!"
Susnei, who was planning to go back to the company, couldn't help but sit down and listen carefully when she heard what her daughter Xi Yaxin said.
If it were other children, they would definitely think that the other party was lying. How could it be possible for a delicate girl to rescue two boys of the same age who fell into the water? But apart from occasional mental problems, their daughter also has amazing strength, which is not at all what she should have.
"..."
After listening to Thea Xin's narration, Susne and Garland kept praising her, and her younger brother Dong Kate also looked adoring, which made Thea Xin very happy.
"Little Xi Yaxin~" Garland glanced at the time and reminded: "Remember to take medicine before eating~"
"Got it, Mom."
Xi Yaxin ran back to the house and took out the medicine prescribed by the doctor, small oval blue pills, each time she took them, there would be a six-hour strong sedation period, which could well suppress her appearance of being ill.
Thea Xin wrinkled her nose cutely. She didn't like to take this medicine very much. Every time she took the medicine and went to school, her friends would be scared because of her straight face, and some children said that her eyes would glow.. But if you don't eat, once you get sick, the way those people look at her...
Swallowing the pills, Xi Yaxin was about to eat, Susnei answered the phone, the meeting at noon was canceled temporarily, and he could rest at home until after two o'clock.
When the meal was finished and the effect of the medicine was fully exerted, Xi Yaxin's beautiful face had become extremely serious, and her pair of blue eyes were so sensible that they seemed to be able to see through everything in the world. A great sense of disobedience hit Susnei and his wife, and even Dong Kate, who seemed to be clinging to her sister, did not dare to approach Xi Yaxin at this time.
ding ding ding~
The doorbell rang like a wind chime, and Garland got up to open the door.
After opening the door, Garland saw a more familiar face, that face was heavily made up, and exuded an unfriendly aura.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems to be the parent of little Xi Yaxin's classmate.
Before Garland could ask, Poirot said first, "This is Theasin's home, right? Are you her mother?"
Garland frowned imperceptibly when he saw the drenched and muddy little boy with his head bowed behind Poirot.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Poirot turned sideways, revealing Rick in a complete mess, and said, "Look at what your daughter has done!"
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