Zhang Mingyang was startled by Xu Linyou's words, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether the little girl was looking for fun with him.

Life or death seems to be a normal thing for this ten-year-old girl.

Before he could think of how to respond, Xu Linyou calmly gave his analysis.

"Usually in class, if my mother comes to pick me up very late, she will let me stay alone at the teacher's house to wait for her." Xu Linyou opened the burger and took a bite.

"I know that the person who called the teacher today was not my mother, but my sister. My sister has never liked me, but today she came."

"Recently, my mother has been staying in the hospital for longer and longer periods of time. Last time I wanted to see her father, I was not allowed to go."

After saying that, Xu Linyou raised his head that had been lowered, his expression remained calm, and his tone didn't even change: "So brother, can you tell me, mom is gone?"

The girl spoke slowly and logically, completely unlike a ten-year-old child.

The tears fell silently. He only saw the tears but could not hear the crying.

Just as he was about to use a tissue to wipe Xu Linyou's tears, the little girl turned away and raised her arm to wipe her face a few times.

Looking at Zhang Mingyang again, there were no tears in his beautiful almond eyes.

"I'm sorry, your sister called me and asked me to pick you up. I don't know about these things." He didn't know how to respond to Xu Linyou's words.

"Thank you." Xu Linyou lowered his head and continued to nibble on the burger.

Looking at the little girl in front of him who looked very similar to Xu Duanran, Zhang Mingyang suddenly felt a little distressed.

The scene before him reminded him of the eldest lady's childhood.

Duan Yunyun passed away, and Xu Duanran's grandmother came to take care of her for a while, but later her grandmother also died of a cerebral infarction.

On the day my grandma passed away, the eldest lady was also about the same age. She sat across from them at the dinner table without crying or making any fuss.

She just stared out the window blankly, not knowing what she was thinking.

What is Xu Linyou thinking about now?

Zhang Mingyang wanted to comfort the little girl in front of him, but he didn't know where to start. In the end, the two of them were left with only silence.

"Want to eat something else?" Zhang Mingyang chose the simplest way.

"Can I have a Coke?" Xu Linyou asked in a tentative tone.

When he ordered just now, he wanted a cup of Coke, and the little girl chose milk.

He also thought that he was indeed a child from a wealthy family, and no one looked at him so self-consciously.

Thinking back to when he was a child, as long as he had money in his pocket and his mother was not around, he would definitely drink Coke!

"I'll buy it for you." Zhang Mingyang readily agreed.

Ten-year-old Xu Linyou finally showed his childish nature.

While ordering, Zhang Mingyang took out his mobile phone and looked at the photo Xu Duanran sent him at the beginning.

The little girl in the photo is five or six years old, lively and cute, with a bright smile.

What happened to make a child change so much in five or six years?

Xu Mo again? Zhang Mingyang couldn't help but think.

If you can cheat once, you can cheat a second time, and a third time. Will the big boss cheat again after coming to Jiang, find a mistress and a mistress, and give Xu Linyou a sister?

Your circle is so chaotic!

Zhang Mingyang took the Coke back, and the girl's calm face flashed with joy for a moment, and then immediately returned to normal.

"Thanks."

Usually, what Zhang Mingyang hates most are noisy and noisy children, but when he saw such an outstanding person as Xu Linyou, he began to feel sorry for him again.

Well, it's better for children to be more active.

Xu Linyou sipped Coke while Zhang Mingyang racked his brains to think of something else to say.

"Are you my sister's boyfriend?" Xu Linyou was the first to break the silence.

Hearing this question, the corners of Zhang Mingyang's mouth twitched.

Are today's post-00 generation so precocious? Even his boyfriend and girlfriend know that when he was ten years old, he could only rub mud.

"No, I am your sister's high school classmate."

"Oh." The little girl remained expressionless, unable to tell whether she was happy or disappointed.

"Then are you chasing her?" Xu Linyou continued to ask.

Zhang Mingyang almost spit out the Coke he just drank, and coughed violently several times.

Xu Linyou also thoughtfully handed over a tissue.

"We are just ordinary classmates." Zhang Mingyang explained.

"Then why did you come to pick me up and treat me to something when my sister called me? I read online that they said it was dog licking." Xu Linyou gave his own opinion.

"Kid, you'd better pay less attention to the fallacies on the Internet." Zhang Mingyang reached out and flicked Xu Linyou's forehead: "Is there a possibility that your sister trusts me, so she asked you to pick you up."

Xu Linyou covered his head where the red mark had been ejected, and his expression finally changed a little.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Mingyang suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

You want me to pretend to be an adult here and call me a licker? Well, I did before, but that was before!

"So sister likes you?" Xu Linyou continued to ask without giving up.

No, can we change the topic.

Is it appropriate for a ten-year-old girl to say whether she likes something or not every day? It feels...unreasonable.

Zhang Mingyang hadn't responded yet, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the savior finally arrived.

He quickly waved to Xu Duanran, who was standing at the door and looking around.

"Here it is!"

Xu Duanran was dressed casually, with blue half-sleeves on his upper body and denim shorts on his lower body.

The eldest lady today neither wears makeup nor contact lenses, but this does not affect her beauty at all.

As soon as he appeared at the door, he attracted the attention of many people.

Xu Duanran arrived in a hurry, dragging a suitcase in his hand.

Here it comes! The face-to-face confrontation between the eldest lady and the second lady. According to those ancient novels, this should be regarded as the eldest lady who was born by a direct descendant and the second lady who was born by a concubine?

But fantasy is fantasy, and no bloody plot happened here.

"elder sister."

"Um."

The two sisters briefly exchanged greetings, and Xu Duanran carried his suitcase and sat next to Zhang Mingyang.

"What do you want to eat? I'll give you some."

"Carsick, no appetite." I don't know whether it was because she didn't wear makeup or she was really carsick, but the eldest lady looked very unhappy.

"Understood." After saying that, Zhang Mingyang stood up and took his order.

What a joke, do you think Xu Duanran really has no appetite when he says he has no appetite? I believe you have lost.

Zhang Mingyang ordered some of Xu Duanran's favorite snacks and brought them to the table.

"I can't finish eating, let's eat together."

He noticed that during the time when they were ordering food, the two sisters were sitting on their seats doing their own thing without communicating at all.

Xu Duanran's expression couldn't hide anything.

Zhang Mingyang guessed that she probably knew something, but he hadn't figured out how to say it yet.

Just like before, this time Xu Linyou was the first to break the silence.

"Sister, how is my mother?"

Good guy, what you just said to me was so straightforward, why did Xu Duanran say it more euphemistically? It's appearance discrimination!

Xu Duanran opened his mouth, but no words came out.

"It's gone, right?" Xu Linyou took the last sip of Coke and put down the cup in his hand.

"Yes." Xu Duanran nodded: "Lin... Aunt Lin left this afternoon. Your father is on a business trip and won't be back until tomorrow."

"Yeah." Xu Linyou nodded, his calves dangling on the seat.

"Sorry, I was late and didn't let you see Aunt Lin for the last time."

"It's okay. I've guessed it a long time ago. Thank you for coming."

"Um."

Two children who also lost their mother sat facing each other, looking at each other in silence.

They just finished eating in silence and then took a taxi home in silence.
To be continued...