Unknowingly, it was already one o'clock in the morning. Qiao Yinghao's feet were already covered with dozens of cigarette butts.
"Happy birthday to you!"
Qiao Yinghao smiled as he looked at the photo on his phone. Tears welled up in his eyes.
The photo was taken on Qiao Yinghao's tenth birthday.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps interrupted Qiao Yinghao's thoughts.
"Hello, Uncle Ji." Qiao Yinghao turned around and realized that it was Ji Yangyang's father, Ji Shengli.
"You're Yang Yang's classmate, right? I saw you at the swearing-in ceremony today.”Ji Shengli said with a smile.
"I'm sorry, Uncle Ji. I've made a fool of myself today.”Qiao Yinghao thought that Ji Shengli knew about him because he saw him and his mother arguing.
"I'm fine. By the way, it's so late now. Why are you still here? Aren't you going home to rest?”Ji Shengli asked.
"Soon, soon. By the way, Uncle Ji, did you only come back now?”Qiao Yinghao said.
"Yeah, I went to a meeting tonight and was busy until now.”Ji Shengli said with a smile.
"Then you should go and rest first. I'll go back too.”Qiao Yinghao nodded and was about to leave.
At this moment, Ji Shengli stopped Qiao Yinghao."Hey, wait a minute. Yinghao, right? Can you talk to me?”
Qiao Yinghao was confused. He nodded and sat in a pavilion with Ji Shengli.
"Uncle Qiao, do you want to talk to me about something?”Qiao Yinghao asked.
Ji Shengli took a deep breath and sighed."Yinghao, I know that you have a very good relationship with Yang Yang. I'm sure you know some things about our family. I just came back, so my relationship with Yang Yang isn't very good.”
"Yang Yang has been entrusted to his grandparents since he was young. I haven't seen him for six years.”
"I don't know what he likes. We haven't had anything in common. It's been four or five days since we came back, but we haven't spoken more than ten sentences.”
"I called you here to ask you if you know what Yang Yang likes. I want to know more about Yang Yang.”
Qiao Yinghao finally understood. He smiled and said,"I see. Actually, Uncle Ji, you don't know, but Yang Yang and I have been classmates since junior high. Perhaps we are very similar, so our relationship has always been very good.”
"Actually, the most important thing for you now is to accompany him more. You haven't been home for six years.”
"He likes basketball, he likes racing cars, and he goes to his uncle's place one day a week. He's actually not afraid of being coerced. If you can put down your status and have a good chat with him, don't put on your official tone in front of him.”
"How about this, Yang Yang likes to exchange experiences with some racers on the racing forum. I think you can understand him from this perspective.”
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Qiao Yinghao told Ji Shengli about Ji Yangyang's habits and gave him some advice.
"Okay, thank you, Qiao Yinghao. I will do what you said. Actually, I've been thinking a lot recently. I owe them too much all these years. It's time to put down some work and take care of my family.”
"Alright, it's very late now. Although you don't have to go to school tomorrow, don't sleep too late.”Ji Shengli smiled and left.
"Okay, goodbye, Uncle Ji." Qiao Yinghao waved goodbye.
"Goodbye. Oh right, Qiao Yinghao, you'd better not smoke at your age. Smoking is harmful to your health.”Ji Shengli walked to where Qiao Yinghao was standing and pointed at the cigarette butt on the ground.
Qiao Yinghao smiled embarrassedly and picked up the cigarette butts on the ground one by one.
After picking up the cigarette butt, Qiao Yinghao looked at his phone. It was already two o'clock in the morning, and the lights upstairs had been turned off.
Shaking his head, he returned to his room.
He was the only one in the empty house.
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The next day, the first ray of sunlight shone on Qiao Yingzi's face.
Rubbing her eyes, Qiao Yingzi left the room.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
When she left the room, she saw Song Qian looking at something on her phone.
"Get up. There's breakfast in the kitchen. Go and eat after you wash up.”Song Qian said.
"Oh."
Qiao Yingzi replied and went to the bathroom to wash up. After washing up, she brought breakfast to the dining table.
Seeing that Song Qian was still staring at her phone, she couldn't help but ask,""Mom, what are you looking at? Why are you so engrossed?"
"It was your homeroom teacher who uploaded the photos of yesterday's pledge ceremony to the group. I'm looking at them now.”Song Qian explained.
"Do you have any from our family?" Qiao Yingzi asked.
"Yes, look." Song Qian placed the phone in front of her.
What greeted them was a group photo of the four of them. Qiao Yingzi and Song Qian were still holding the balloons that Qiao Yinghao had popped yesterday.
"Mom, I'm sorry. I was insensible yesterday and caused you and brother to quarrel again. Why don't we buy another one later and write down what you said yesterday?”Qiao Yingzi suggested.
"No, it's okay. Why would Mom blame you? I didn't do well yesterday. Oh right, why don't we go to the movies today? How about Mission Impossible 6? Didn't we go to the movies together last time?”Song Qian said expectantly.
"Um…Mom, I actually went to see it with Brother and Fang Yifan yesterday.”Qiao Yingzi said as she drank her milk.
"Oh... Alright then, we'll go next time.”Song Qian was instantly disappointed.
At this moment, Yingzi's phone rang.
Yingzi looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Qiao Weidong. She then looked at Song Qian.
"It's fine. Go ahead and answer it."
"Dad, what's wrong?" Qiao Yingzi answered the call.”
"Yingzi, do you know where your brother lives? I tried calling his cell phone, but the call didn't go through." Qiao Weidong's voice came through the phone.
"Um…I don't know. What happened to Dad? Why are you looking for me?" Qiao Yingzi said. He had promised his brother that he would not tell his parents that he lived in Shuxiang Elegant Garden.
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