Que Yining felt a little strange, but before she could continue to observe, Hou Manni returned to her normal appearance, as if the moment just now was just her illusion.
Hou Manni: "What's the matter? Do you have anything to do with your brother? Just tell me, I'll go home and tell him later."
Que Yining shook his head: "It's alright, just to see that he hasn't come back, so I asked curiously."
You Lanqing chuckled: "You're such an old man, and you still stick to your brother so much. You woke up so late. Did you go to bed late last night and eat something?"
Que Yining: "I ate it, it's delicious."
You Lanqing: "Have you eaten with a smile?"
Que Yining: "Xiaoxiao, no, I didn't see her, I thought she was taken out by you."
Hou Manni smiled bitterly: "I'll go take a look."
Xiaoxiao is the daughter of Hou Manni and Que Linyang, whose real name is Que Ying.
The original owner didn't have a deep impression on his niece. Logically speaking, the original owner had such a good relationship with her eldest brother, and her relationship with her eldest brother's daughter should not be bad, but the original owner had never seen her many times since she was a child.
Xiaoxiao is a very introverted and even autistic girl, ten years old this year.
Yesterday, Que Yining didn't see this little niece at all. She had been hiding in the room and never came out.
After a while, Xiaoxiao was led downstairs by Hou Manni.
She was wearing a red velvet skirt, and her face was pale and pale. Her appearance was inherited from her mother, with an oval face and big eyes, which showed that she was a beautiful embryo.
She saw a lot of people sitting downstairs, and lowered her head in fear.
Que Yining looked at her calmly, watching her sitting on the sofa like a little quail, being coaxed and teased by Que's father and Que's mother.
She grabbed the small skirt, looked at the toys in the hands of her grandparents, and smiled timidly.
Que Yining sat by the side and looked at her quietly. Sometimes a child's state can very clearly reflect the internal state of the family. If the parents are loving and the family atmosphere is good, even if the child is naturally introverted, it shouldn't be so serious. .
Que Yining wanted to know if it was Que Linyang's ghost, she had to understand this person.
Whether it's his network, his social status, or his family situation.
"Smile, will my aunt come to play with you?"
Que Yining fell towards Xiaoxiao's side, facing Xiaoxiao's face.
Xiaoxiao stopped smiling immediately, her nervous eyes kept rolling, looking at Hou Manni from time to time.
Que Yining looked at Hou Manni with a depressing look and said, "Is Xiaoxiao so afraid of me, am I too scary?"
"No, she's been like this since she was a child, she's especially afraid of people," Hou Manni explained, gesturing not to be afraid with her eyes smiling, "This is my aunt, don't be afraid."
Xiaoxiao pursed her lips, lowered her head and pinched her fingers.
Seeing that the atmosphere had cooled down, You Lanqing certainly wouldn't make her daughter so embarrassed, and continued to coax her granddaughter to play.
"Smile, grandma will test you to see if you study obediently in school."
He smiled and nodded, his facial expression relaxed.
You Lanqing took the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within ten, and Xiaoxiao answered it quickly, almost without thinking.
You Lanqing increased the difficulty, said the addition and subtraction within 100, and smiled quickly.
Hou Manni: "Mom, you can also try addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within 100."
Que Zixi, the background board, was speechless: "Is this too difficult for elementary school students?"
For multiplication and division within 100, even junior high school students or high school students will be stunned for a while before calculating.
Hou Manni said with some pride on her face: "Xiao Xiao is very smart."
She fondly stroked Xiaoxiao's hair: "Maybe this is a gift from God."
You Lanqing tried to say the multiplication and division within 100. Que Zixi took the calculator beside him.
Que Yining was also quite surprised at this level. She pointed at the sofa and had an idea in her heart.
Que's father and Que's mother didn't plan to be in the city so soon, so they set up another table of mahjong, but Que Zixi couldn't, so Que Chuling and Hou Manni got together.
This gave Que Yining a chance. She sat next to Xiaoxiao and played with her with various games.
Xiaoxiao seemed to have relaxed a little bit, and after two hours of perseverance, Xiaoxiao was already pulling her finger.
Que Yining kissed her cheek, smiling and blushing embarrassedly.
"Shall I take you to paint?"
He smiled and nodded, showing an expression of interest.
Que Yining took her upstairs, found drawing paper and a pen for her, and accompanied her to paint.
"Look! Elephants!"
Que Yining drew a sketch of an elephant and put it on his face to make a moo moo sound.
"Little aunt, that's a cow's cry."
Xiaoxiaole's face bloomed with a smile, watching Que Yining draw other animals, seeing those vivid sketches, she let Que Yining teach her softly.
"Okay, look, it's drawn like this."
Que Yining hugged Xiaoxiao in her arms, holding her little hand to teach her how to draw.
The sun shone in, filling it with golden light.
"It's been a long time since we've been painting. Let's finally paint a painting, just paint our own home. What's the most common one? Come and paint faster than any of us."
Que Yining held the drawing paper and shook the colored pencils at Xiaoxiao.
The smile on his smiling face faded a little, and he nodded hesitantly.
Adults often think that children don't understand anything, but in fact, they know a lot more than adults think.
Seeing Xiaoxiao's painting, Que Yining thought that it was indeed the case.
Que Yining did use the children intentionally, but it wasn't bad intentions, at least those companionships were not all purposeful.
The colors of Xiaoxiao’s paintings are not dark, or even warm, but there is a long black line in the middle that runs through the entire paper, which separates the people representing the father and mother on both sides, while the one representing her. The little man stood in the middle.
Que Yining held her in his arms and combed the little girl's messy hair.
She was handy and tied a nice hair for Xiaoxiao. Looking at himself in the mirror with a smile, the smile returned to his face.
Que Yining asked her, "Xiaoxiao, how is your mother treating you?"
Nodding with a smile.
Que Yining: "How is Dad treating you?"
Nodding with a smile.
Que Yining: "Then how does father treat mother?"
Xiaoxiao nodded subconsciously, shook his head again, nodded again, his expression was very tangled.
Que Yining: "Don't worry about this one, change it, then do you think your father treats me well?"
Looking at her with a smile, the child's eyes are clean and clear, and the hesitation shows clearly.
Que Yining thought that she didn't know, and this question was also asked by her whim. The child might not know their relationship, but Xiaoxiao surprised her.
Smiling: "Mom said, Dad pretended to be very nice to you."
The little girl's voice was timid, and the quarrel that broke out between her parents kept replaying in her mind. She clearly remembered every word they said, every expression on their face.
Children can remember a lot, but they lack judgment. Xiaoxiao didn't know whether she should say it or not, and she didn't know what the consequences would be if she said it, so she was entangled in her heart, but the balance finally favored the aunt who had been playing with her just now that she felt very good.
But after she finished speaking, she was afraid again, broke free from Que Yining's embrace, covered her mouth and wanted to run out.
Que Yining grabbed her hand and gently soothed her back.
Que Yining: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you didn't say anything, this is a secret between us, I won't tell anyone, neither will you, right?"
Xiao Xiao nodded, Que Yining touched her little face and smiled at her.
Xiaoxiao calmed down, lowered her head and said, "Auntie, what are you painting?"
She couldn't understand, didn't she mean to paint her own home, why are there so many flowers in aunt's paintings.
"Because I have a lot of flowers in my house, I just painted so many flowers."
Que Yi Ning smiled and shredded the drawing paper in his hand.
In the place where her parents and younger siblings rested forever, a large field of wild flowers grew.
Que Yining didn't ask anyone to clean them up, so she lived in a high-rise building not far away and looked at them day and night.
"Since it's a secret, of course it can't be known."
Que Yining threw the shredded paper into the trash can, Xiaoxiao followed her example, tore up her own painting and threw it into the trash can.
"Auntie, can I call you later?"
"Of course, I can help you save the number in your watch. If you miss me in the future, you can call me and send a message at any time."
Que Yining had always suspected that Que Linyang's purpose was impure. Although there was no evidence, she believed in her own intuition, and now she answered with a smile, which confirmed her guess and that Hou Manni must know something.
Que Yining entered her number into Xiaoxiao's wristwatch, squatted down and looked at the little girl.
"Xiaoxiao, don't worry about being discovered by Dad, will you be unhappy?"
He smiled and shook his head: "I can keep him from finding out."
Que Yi Ning touched her hair rewardingly: "Xiao Xiao is so smart."
"Aunt doesn't actually like Dad very much, does she?"
Looking at her with a smile, she asked suddenly.
Que Yining was startled, remembering that when she just inquired about the news in front of Xiaoxiao, she did not pretend to be angry or sad, and subconsciously ignored acting in front of the child.
"Because liking is something that disappears, your dad lied to me, so I don't like him that much."
She pressed the little girl's forehead and said to her with a chuckle.
Que Yining has concerns, she knows that Xiaoxiao is very smart, and if she can use Xiaoxiao to rhetoric today, it is inevitable that Que Linyang or Hou Manni will also rhetorically from her.
She couldn't help sighing in her heart, she was really a disgusting adult.
Xiaoxiao didn't want to go downstairs, so Que Yining sent her back to her room.
When I came out of the room, it was very quiet outside, and Mahjong didn't know when the table was scattered.
Que Yi Ning held the handrail of the escalator and looked down, the lobby was completely empty.
The stairs of the old house had been in disrepair before and the wood had decayed, so this year, they were replaced with new ones. Que Yining stepped on it wearing cloth shoes, silently.
The wind blew through the dried flowers on the cloister, making them sway.
Que Yining looked around, walked past the main house, and arrived at the backyard.
The walls were covered with dry branches and leaves, hanging wilfully.
There were whispers whispering, blowing along the wind.
Que Yi Ning rounded the corner, raising her eyebrows lightly.
Returning that night, everyone set off back to the city, Que Linyang left first, so Hou Manni and Xiaoxiao sat in Que Yining's car.
Que Yining turned the steering wheel and looked at the rearview mirror, and asked Hou Manni a question.
"Sister-in-law, are you familiar with Que Chuling?"
"There's nothing familiar between aunts and sisters," Hou Manni pursed her lips, raised her head and looked at Que Yi, "but the second sister is indeed not a good person to get along with."
There was a bit of helplessness on her face, and she seemed to be extremely sincere.
"She has such a poisonous mouth, who would like her."
Que Yining said in agreement, and continued to look ahead and drive.
Que Yining suddenly felt a little boring, but Gu Shanxue was still interesting.
The author has something to say: Que Goblin: Intrigue is so annoying, it's better to go to bed with your wife