Song Qiaoxi kept her promise and didn't tell her parents Chu Jin's memories.
Since Chu Jin didn't want to mention it, she respected his decision.
The family separated from Uncle Zhao, and it was almost ten o'clock in the evening when she got home. As soon as she entered the house, she felt a burst of emptiness in her stomach, and she kept her mouth shut and yelled at her mother that she was hungry.
Not only Song Qiaoxi was hungry, but Song Jianguo was also shouting hungry.
"I'm really not used to eating Western food. It's okay to try something fresh, but it's better than steamed buns and noodles." Father Song winked at his daughter-in-law and said to his daughter-in-law, "Will you give us a bowl of noodles? "
Song Qiaoxi caught her father's gaze, turned her head and hugged her mother's arm, "Yeah, Mom, I really can't get enough of western food, let's cook some instant noodles..."
"Hey, I packed crayfish, spicy crab and pork ribs rice cake for you and Chu Jin yesterday. Eat it hot. I'll make a lo mein with crayfish soup." Song Mama remembered and touched Song Qiaoxi's Head, "Go wash your hands and ask Chu Jin if he wants to eat?"
"Okay, there are pork ribs rice cakes! And lobster soup noodles!" Song Qiaoxi happily raised her hands and ran away, shouting to Chu Jin who was going up the stairs, "Come and eat crayfish, and spicy crabs!"
When Chu Jin heard Song Qiaoxi calling him on the stairs, he turned his head and paused.
He is really not hungry now, but looking at the expectant look on the little girl's face, he still nodded and walked down the stairs again.
To eat shrimp, someone must peel the shrimp.
If he doesn't peel it, who will peel it off for her
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During the summer vacation of 2002, Song Qiaoxi had a very happy and fulfilling time at home in Beijing.
On normal working days, Chu Jin made a detailed preliminary plan for her junior high school courses, especially Song Qiaoxi's weak science projects, previewed it early, and Chu Jin helped her to understand the difficult knowledge points, and it would be much easier when the school started.
She also urged her to improve her English. The dominant subject of the foreign language school is English. It is said that the students in the experimental class are all good at English, and there will be mixed-race students in the class, or students who have returned from abroad.
There is pressure to be motivated. Song Qiaoxi did not dare to relax after hearing what Chu Jin said, and worked diligently to complete the summer homework assigned by "Mr. Chu" every day.
On weekends, Dad will take them to various scenic spots in the capital, the farthest to the Mutianyu Great Wall and the Ming Tombs, the nearest to the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth, Wangfujing, Houhai...
After basically playing around in Beijing, Xixi took out several rolls of film, waiting to wash it out and bring it back to Qizhou for her friends to see.
Homes in Beijing are also equipped with computers with Internet access.
This summer vacation, the five children of the "Little Gang of Five" are scattered in three places. Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin are in Beijing, Wang Junyang is in Shanghai, and Ding Yi and Ding Miao are in Taicheng.
Even though they were in three places, the contact between the five children was not broken. Apart from the phone, they all depended on the latest communication tool, a cute little penguin image, a communication software called QQ.
It was the first time to register a QQ number. Song Qiaoxi's QQ number was six, and she also registered one for Chu Jin.
When I named myself, I named myself XX. After thinking about it, I wrote JJ for Chu Jin's online name...
However, when he logged in again the next day, Song Qiaoxi found that his online name had been changed to "Xixi", and Chu Jin's had changed to the word "Ji".
She enthusiastically added the Q's of other people in the "Little Gang of Five". The first person to pass was Wang Junyang. Wang Junyang's online name was "ミ↗rust's hero", which gave Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin a shock. Nen, the two laughed at him on the phone for a long time.
Ding Miao's QQ name is much more normal, "Shui Shui Shui", Ding Yi's QQ name is "Your Dad"...
Sure enough, boys of this age are indeed relatively second-class.
The rest of the summer vacation was peaceful.
Song Qiaoxi had almost forgotten about Chu Youhe, a real estate tycoon in the capital, who might be Chu Jin's "grandfather".
The conversation between the two children in Papa Song's office, like a small pebble, only caused a small ripple in their lives.
After the ripples, there is no trace.
If it weren't for the accident that day, maybe this matter would gradually fade away.
Before I knew it, there was only the last week left of Xiaoshengchu's summer vacation.
Seven days later, Song's mother will take them back to Qizhou to prepare for various chores for the start of junior high school.
On this day, my father went to work as usual, and took my mother to go out together in the morning. My mother took advantage of the time in the past two days and invited her classmates in Beijing to have dinner together to catch up with the old days, leaving money for Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin to eat KFC at noon.
From my home in Beijing, after leaving the community, across a road, there is a large shopping mall opposite, which has everything.
In the last week, Chu Jin gave Song Qiaoxi a holiday, and let her play hard without any scruples, do whatever she wanted, and stopped arresting her to study.
Lying on the sofa, Song Qiaoxi had her hair loose, holding a pillow in her arms, watching the DVD of "Meteor Garden" attentively, muttering from time to time, "Does Daoming Si more handsome or Hua Zelei more handsome?"
Not paying attention at all, Chu Jin quickly rolled his eyes to the sky.
These DVDs were bought when they went out for a walk at night.
There are many training stalls selling discs at the entrance of the shopping center. Song Qiaoxi first came into contact with Taiwan idol dramas, and bought three "starter models", "Meteor Garden", "MVP Lover" and "Lavender" with the mentality of trying it out. I fell into the pit myself, and I also pulled my mother to watch along with me.
Not to mention Song's mother, even Song Jianguo sometimes joins in the fun to watch for a while, and calls out "top".
Chu Jin once thought that he might be the only normal person in this family...
It was almost lunch time, Chu Jin pressed the pause button on the DVD player, "I watched it all morning, and I didn't move. You are still active anyway? Go, change your clothes, and go out to eat."
"Okay." Song Qiaoxi reluctantly glanced at the stagnant picture, jumped up from the sofa obediently, and went upstairs to change clothes.
When not in school, little girls are always extraordinarily beautiful.
Song Qiaoxi changed into a pure white one-collar lotus-leaf short-sleeve paired with denim shorts, all of which her mother bought for her.
My mother said that her collarbone is good-looking, so she is suitable for wearing a one-line collar top, and denim shorts also show long legs. White and denim are very suitable for adolescent girls.
Her hair was washed only last night, and now she didn't want to braid it, so she let it loose.
After thinking about it for a while, I felt that the forehead hair was a bit blocking my eyes, so I picked up a Pikachu hairpin bought in the "AYAYA" boutique and clipped it to my hair.
Before going out, Song Qiaoxi took a few laps in the full-length mirror at the door before going out with Chu Jin.
The children have strong adaptability. The two of them have already figured out the neighborhood of Beijing home. They can easily get out of the community by brushing the access card and go to the shopping center opposite to eat KFC.
After eating, Song Qiaoxi had other small goals.
She had long been interested in the Haagen-Dazs ice cream shop that opened opposite KFC, and she deliberately dragged Chu Jin to go there, "crazy hints" with her eyes from time to time.
It is summer now, and Song Qiaoxi is not prone to intestinal cramps. Her mother allows her to eat ice cream in moderation, and she can eat one or four circles a day.
But as the saying goes, "What's in the house doesn't have the fragrance outside." The ice cream that my mother bought from the supermarket, she just felt that it was not as delicious as the one that was dug out of the vat outside.
"Can you buy me a ball? Just buy one..."
Grabbing Chu Jin's arm and shaking it back and forth, Song Qiaoxi has been too lazy to manage money since last year.
She found that the days of "throwing away the shopkeeper" were more enjoyable. Every time she had to help Chu Jin remember how many red envelopes she received and how much she spent, it was really annoying.
He simply delegated the "financial power" to Chu Jin again. Anyway, Chu Jin followed her wherever she went, so he would be taught to do the accounting.
"You, you don't have that..."
Chu Jin's face flushed slightly, and he glanced at her.
"Clam? Which?"
Song Qiaoxi blinked and asked him inexplicably.
"Period," Chu Jin's voice was as small as a mosquito's humming, and looked away, "Aunt Qiao said that girls can't eat ice when they come there..."
Song Qiaoxi suddenly realized, she waved her little hand generously and said, "Oh, you said Auntie, I'm still early, I just came a few days ago."
"..."
Chu Jin was also puzzled that the other little girls in the class were especially "avoiding", but Song Qiaoxi seemed to never treat him like a boy.
"I really don't have an aunt. You see, I didn't come out with a sanitary napkin."
Song Qiaoxi was afraid that he would not believe it, so she began to rummage through the pockets of the denim overalls.
"Okay, okay, I believe you... let's go."
After Chu Jin finished speaking, he walked towards the storefront of Haagen-Dazs with his long legs.
In the same way, Song Qiaoxi wanted to eat strawberry-flavored food, so she ordered an ice cream ball for her. Song Qiaoxi held a paper cup and went outside to find a place to sit first.
Chu Jin had already paid, and after thinking about it, he turned back to the counter and ordered an extra pot of hot black tea.
Although it is summer now, she is not prone to intestinal cramps, but she should be prepared.
It took a while for the clerk to brew black tea. Chu Jin turned his head, looked at the transparent floor-to-ceiling glass of the store, and looked for Song Qiaoxi under the parasol at the entrance of the store.
Suddenly, his right hand clenched tightly.
Song Qiaoxi was outdoors, found a shady place, and waited for Chu Jin to come to her after finishing the bill while eating.
The little girl's attention was all on the ice cream in front of her. Song Qiaoxi was always engrossed when she was eating, but she didn't notice that someone sat down opposite her.
"Beauty, you're alone, can you leave a button?"
A young male voice came from the opposite side.
With a white plastic spoon in her mouth, Song Qiaoxi frowned and raised her eyes.
Sitting across from him was a boy with the same hairstyle as the beautiful work in "Meteor Garden". Judging by his age, it was estimated that he was a few years older than her and Chu Jin.
"Meizuo" shook his shoulder-length hair that had been ion-permed, and smiled evilly, "Little beauty, do you like Pikachu? The little hairpin on your head is as cute as you."
"Do you like Pikachu?"
Song Qiaoxi frowned at him, put down the small paper box in her hand, and touched the Pikachu hairpin on her head.
"I like it, I really like it."
This big boy with the same hairstyle as "beautiful works" will shake his head as soon as he speaks, and keep shaking his hair that can be used for shampoo advertisements.
Seeing Song Qiaoxi find it very funny, that is, the little girl really has obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Not only was his head shaved, but his long hair kept blocking his eyes, which was really awkward.
"My brother also likes Pikachu, especially Pikachu. Can you leave a button for my brother? My brother has a lot of beautiful Pikachu wallpapers, and I will send them to you on the button."
"Beauty" shook his head again.
Song Qiaoxi blinked, thinking it was a little funny, such a big boy also likes Pikachu
After thinking about it for a while, she still took off the hairpin from her head, stepped forward and pressed Pikachu's hairpin on Meizuo's head, "If you like it so much, the hairpin will be given to you. "
Suddenly, a figure flashed by Song Qiaoxi's side, and she was suddenly pulled several meters away from "Meisuo".
Chu Jin has grown to 1.72 meters, but his father said that he must have grown taller this summer. Song Qiaoxi was guarded by him, and this boy had completely blocked his sight.
"What do you want?"
Chu Jin's voice was so cold that it seemed that the sauna day in the capital in August could instantly turn into a world of ice and snow in Harbin.
"Hey, handsome guy, let me get to know the beautiful sister behind you. It's just a button, nothing else."
"Meisuo" still shook his head when he spoke.
Chu Jin's voice was hoarse, revealing a faint anger, "This is my sister, if you don't want to be beaten, get away and try to get close to her again."
Song Qiaoxi subconsciously pulled the corner of Chu Jin's T-shirt.
"Mizuo" hurriedly stood up from the chair, looking at the boy who was about his height, with a handsome face but blue veins on his arms, he waved his hand and stepped back, "Just to be friends, little brother, don't be so angry, Can't I just leave..."
After speaking, with a yellow Pikachu hairpin on his head, "Beautiful Work" ran away in a comical panic.
"Did he meet you?"
Chu Jin pulled Song Qiaoxi from behind, frowned, and looked her up and down.
Shaking his head, Song Qiaoxi whispered, "No."
He seemed to think it was inappropriate to look at her in this way, Chu Jin quickly retracted his gaze, turned his eyes to one side, and raised his voice unconsciously, "If you meet someone like this, don't talk to him, you will be entangled when you talk. Have you forgotten what your uncle and aunt Qiao taught you not to talk to strangers?! You remember it so clearly when you were a child, why are you slack now! You don't miss out on social news every day, and if you give medicine to a little girl, it's a short time. I can't find it!"
Chu Jin's lungs were about to explode with anger. This was the first time he had taught Song Qiaoxi a lesson so severe.
She was obviously quite attentive when she was a child. When she met a stranger, she knew that she would turn her head and run away. Why did she take it lightly now
Twelve-year-old Song Qiaoxi is already quite impressive in appearance.
She was originally white, and her delicate face still had a slight trace of baby fat, but her figure had long since been drawn out. Now Song Qiaoxi, there is no trace of "fat" on her body.
She had long chestnut hair draped over her shoulders, and the sun shone on her soft hair, lightening the color.
Although the appearance still carried the immaturity of a girl, the slender waist and long legs like two ivory chopsticks reminded Chu Jin at any time that Song Qiaoxi was no longer a child.
She is a girl, and a beautiful girl who can attract attention wherever she goes.
He knew that it was his responsibility to protect her.
Chu Jin didn't feel good about teaching Song Qiaoxi in such a serious tone. He knew that it was obviously not the fault of the little girl in front of him, and it wasn't her who took the initiative to "acquiesce".
But if she didn't let her know the seriousness of the matter and "fear", a girl as beautiful as "porcelain" like Song Qiaoxi might not know that she is so fragile.
"I know I'm wrong, I won't talk to this kind of person in the future..."
Song Qiaoxi felt that she was really careless, so she obediently admitted her mistake.
Blame the "beautiful work", it's so funny, I've been fiddling with my hair...
"Just know if it's wrong. You must be vigilant at all times in the future. You haven't encountered human traffickers when you were young. Next time, you won't let you run out by yourself. I'll pay the bills. Turn around and you'll be gone."
Chu Jin's voice was helpless, and his tone softened obviously.
Song Qiaoxi shuddered when she recalled the experience of being almost abducted by human traffickers when she was six years old as a "child bride".
That incident was really a shadow of childhood. Thinking of the man with big yellow teeth and stench all over his body made his scalp tingle.
She nodded hastily and said, "I see, I'll stick to you like a conjoined baby, and I'll follow you wherever you go."
"It's to keep you vigilant at all times, and you have to keep a string in your heart." Chu Jin said, his eyes fell on the table.
The Haagen-Dazs ice cream on the table has turned into a pool of pink water.
"Let's go." Chu Jin grabbed Song Qiaoxi's wrist, turned around and left.
Knowing that he was wrong, Song Qiaoxi looked sadly at the ice cream that turned into water, and murmured, "Oh, go home?"
"Well, go home." Chu Jin nodded and added, "I'll buy you a ball before going home."
"Huh? Really!"
"I don't need to lie to the children, what flavor do you want to eat?"
"Strawberry Strawberry! I still want the vanilla flavor, can I have two balls?"
"Song Qiaoxi, what you say should be counted, and you have clearly agreed on a ball..."
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On the way home, Song Qiaoxi ate while walking, digging up the lost and found Haagen-Dazs with a small spoon, sweet in her heart and mouth.
She suddenly remembered something, licked her lips and asked Chu Jin who was following: "By the way, you said that I was your sister just now. You didn't want to recognize me as your sister if you were killed when you were a child? You won't think about it again. Do you recognize my sister?"
"I didn't recognize you as my sister." Chu Jin said lightly.
Song Qiaoxi dug out another scoop of ice cream and said vaguely, "You just said clearly that I'm your sister."
Chu Jin paused, glanced at the traffic lights, and looked around vigilantly before answering her seemingly casually: "I lied to hooligans. I can't tell the truth when dealing with hooligans and bad people."
"..." Song Qiaoxi tilted her head and glanced at him.
Okay, anyway, whatever you say, you're right...
The two walked slowly all the way back to the gate of the community, Chu Jin swiped the access card, and the two entered the community.
The community of Tianhe Royal Garden adopts the separation of people and vehicles. The greening in the community is very good. Like a park, there are large green plants and a wide artificial lake.
On the way home, they have two options. One is to take the corridor of the clubhouse and the club, all of which are indoors and a little detour.
The other one is through the community garden. The road is closer and the scenery is good. You can also watch the black swans in the artificial lake.
Song Qiaoxi proposed to go home in the community garden, Chu Jin nodded in agreement, and followed her slowly towards home.
The two passed through a camphor forest and walked on the flagstone road when they suddenly heard a small whimper, like something from a small animal.
"Listen, what's the movement?" Song Qiaoxi grabbed Chu Jin and stopped.
Chu Jin looked around, "Is it a cat or a dog?"
"It seems to be a puppy, ah, there!" Song Qiaoxi let go of Chu Jin's arm, she found a white Schnauzer beside the flower bush, and its neck seemed to be entangled in something.
Running over to untie the dog, Song Qiaoxi picked up Schnauzer and gently comforted it, "It's alright, darling, it's alright."
"Does it not have a dog tag?"
Chu Jin came over, bent down, and gently stroked the puppy's forehead with his hand.
Schnauzer seemed to like it very much, made a "snoring" sound, and continued to rub Chu Ding's hand with his head.
Song Qiaoxi stroked the dog's neck, shook his head, and said, "There is no dog tag. Someone's dog in the community must have been lost. Let's go to the property and ask?"
The two children brought the dog back to the property. The property took a picture of the dog and said that they would be notified if there was any news. At present, the property does not know who lost the dog.
The property suggested that the two children take the dog home first, and contact them anytime if there is any news.
The snow-white Schnauzer "Haas Haas" in her arms panted, her soft and moist little tongue licked Song Qiaoxi's hand, and nestled in her arms obediently.
Song Qiaoxi dreamed of having a puppy. She likes dogs so much that she won't let go of holding the puppy now.
The two big roosters raised at home had already died. After a long period of time, she would not cry when she thought of the two chicks.
After registering at the property, Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin left their fixed phone number and detailed address, and took the puppy home first.
When they got home, Song Qiaoxi brought the puppy a small bowl of milk, and saw it sticking out its tongue and wagging its tail, the milk rubbed all over the fur around its mouth.
Squatting on the ground, she took a tissue and wiped the dog's mouth. After wiping, she raised her head and asked Chu Jin, "You said, how worried should the dog owner be if he lost the dog? Should we make a dog search notice? Post it in the corridor of the community, let the dog owner find it quickly."
"The property will do it. We will take care of it for its owner first." Chu Jin said, he picked up his wallet and prepared to go out, "I will go to the pet store opposite to buy some dog food, dogs can't eat salty food. food."
"Shall I go with you?"
Song Qiaoxi asked, the puppy was rubbing against her feet.
Chu Jin shook his head, "It's too hot outside, you stay with the puppy at home, I'll be back soon."
It was also a coincidence that before Chu Jin could go out, the phone at home rang.
He went to answer the phone first, picked up the pen and paper next to the phone, and wrote a series of numbers.
Song Qiaoxi sat on the ground and played with the puppy. She stuck her head out and asked him, "Is it father or mother?"
"The owner of the dog has been found. It is the 16th floor resident of Building No. 8 in the building next door. Let's send the dog to them together."
Chu Jin hung up the phone and said to Song Qiaoxi.
"Ah... found it so quickly?"
Song Qiaoxi touched the puppy's head with her hand. She hadn't been intimate enough with the puppy, she really couldn't bear it.
But at the thought of it, its owner must be very anxious, so he still got up from the ground and went to change his shoes and go out with Chu Jin.
According to the address recorded on the note in Chu Jin's hand, they took the elevator downstairs and crossed the artificial lake to the opposite Building 8.
Building 8 is taller than other buildings, especially the design of the top floor, which looks more like an independent four-storey villa.
Walking into the lobby of Building 8, the lobby is decorated with carved marble and golden lines, which looks bright and luxurious.
Song Qiaoxi opened her eyes wide and whispered to Chu Jin, "This building is obviously different from other buildings..."
An uncle in uniform came across and called them "Lucky!"
The puppy, who had always been obedient and obedient, began to break free in Song Qiaoxi's arms, and she quickly put the puppy down.
I saw the white Schnauzer trotting all the way towards the uncle in uniform, licking and barking, and his little tail was about to wag to the sky.
"Thank you for helping our master find the dog."
The uncle held the dog in his arms and came over to greet them.
"You're welcome, the dog just finds its owner. Uncle, be careful next time. Don't let the dog get lost again. Then we'll go back first."
Song Qiaoxi nodded politely and said to her uncle with a smile.
The young man in uniform said, "Can you invite two children to go with me to the 16th floor? My master would like to thank you personally, this dog is his treasure, and I thank you very much for helping him find the dog. "
As if afraid that they would refuse, the young man continued: "It won't delay you for a long time, because the old man has inconvenient legs and feet, and it is inconvenient to come down and thank him in person."
Song Qiaoxi didn't answer, she just turned her head to look at Chu Jin, she had no interest in going upstairs or not, she just wanted to spend more time with the puppy, not enough kisses yet.
But I remembered what Chu Jin said just now, to have dikes against strangers.
Chu Jin frowned, shook his head firmly, grabbed Song Qiaoxi's arm and pulled her back, and said in a non-negotiable tone, "It's human nature to pick up things and return them to their original owners, so there's no need to thank them. , we're not going up."
"Then can you wait for a while, the old man and I will inform the old man, little sister, can you take care of Lucky for me?"
The young man nodded with a smile, but did not insist on asking them to go up, reached out and handed the dog to Song Qiaoxi, and took out a mobile phone in the other hand.
Song Qiaoxi didn't dare to answer at first, she glanced at Chu Jin, and only smiled and hugged Lucky in her arms until Chu Jin nodded.
"Lucky! Lucky? Your name is Lucky, hello Lucky." Song Qiaoxi tilted her head and called the dog's name. When she barked, Lucky wailed "Ouch".
The little girl and the puppy were having fun, running around in the lobby, Chu watched them with all his eyes, and also kept an eye on the young people standing near the elevator talking on the phone.
After a while, there was a "ding" sound.
The elevator door opens.
Lucky let out a cheerful cry and ran towards the elevator excitedly.