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Xu Xiwan led Lin Xing into a black car parked by the side of the road, and sat in the back seat of the car, and the driver was the woman in professional suit just now.

"To the airport?" the woman asked.

"En." Xu Xiwan replied in a deep voice, propping her forehead, she turned her head sideways to look out the window, and ignored Lin Xing who was sitting beside her.

The woman was Xu Xiwan's assistant, named Xue Qushuang. After hearing Xu Xiwan's answer, she stopped asking and drove to the airport.

Lin Xing has never sat in such a clean and bright car. The pure black leather seats are exquisite in workmanship and have an excellent texture. It feels softer than the small bed she usually sleeps on when sitting on it. The wool mats under her feet are spotless. Lin Xing dare not Stepping on her shoes, the old jacket on her body has been worn for more than a month, and the collar and cuffs are so dark that the original color cannot be seen. Lin Xing sat in the car, stiff as a robot, not daring to move. Move, for fear of getting something dirty.

The car moved forward at high speed, Lin Xing turned his head, and saw the scenery outside the window quickly receding, the houses and roads she was familiar with were getting farther and farther behind, and finally disappeared.

Lin Xingchang has never left the tube building where she lives. Before today, her eyes only saw the small sky surrounded by the tube building. When she couldn't sleep at night, she often lay on the window and looked out the window. The starry sky cut by the wires, imagining what the outside world is like, she thought that one day she would go to the outside world, but she didn't expect this day to come so soon.

There was no more familiar scenery outside the window, but Lin Xing's eyes were still staring out of the window, with no expression on his face.

Xue Qushuang was distracted while driving, looking at the skinny kid in the rearview mirror, a little curious.She has come into contact with many children, most of them willful and noisy, and there are also a small number of well-educated, well-behaved and sensible children. These children all have one characteristic-lively and cheerful, even if they are timid when they first meet strangers, they can quickly get acquainted with them.Xue Qushuang had never seen a child like Lin Xing, who was taken away by a stranger like Lin Xing, and still kept quiet without crying or fussing, which even made Xue Qushuang suspect that the child was dumb or mentally retarded.

The heater in the car was fully turned on, and Lin Xing's frozen body gradually warmed up, and his hands and feet gradually began to feel. Because of the rising temperature, the frostbite on his hands and feet also began to itch.At first, it was just like an ant bite, with only a slight itching pain. Later, the frostbite on the hands and feet broke out, which was painful and itchy.The itchy hands were easy to deal with, and she could scratch them by herself, but her feet were extremely itchy, and she didn't dare to take off her shoes, so she hooked her feet together and rubbed the itchy places through the shoes, It was still very uncomfortable, and the whole person was restless.

Xu Xiwan noticed Lin Xing's strange movement, but she didn't bother to respond, she just glanced at Lin Xing, continued to support her head, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Xue Qushuang was careful, noticed Lin Xing's strangeness, looked at her in the rearview mirror, and asked softly, "Little friend, is there something wrong?"

Lin Xing was startled, so frightened that he didn't dare to move any more, his lips trembled slightly, and he replied in a muffled voice, "No, no." His voice was as weak as a gnat, and he cowered.

Xu Xiwan listened, closed his eyes, and couldn't help frowning.

"You don't have to be afraid, little friend. Elder sister is not a bad person." Xue Qushuang smiled warmly, comforting Lin Xing more and more gently, "Tell elder sister if you feel unwell, and elder sister will take you to see a doctor."

"No, no..." Lin Xing shook his head desperately, his eyes were frightened, and he looked like he was about to cry.

How can this child be so timid.

Xue Qushuang secretly sighed, seeing Lin Xing's eyes filled with tears, he had no choice but to concentrate on driving, not daring to ask any more questions.

Lin Xing was frightened, and even forgot about the itching of chilblains on her hands and feet. After confirming that they were no longer paying attention to her, she settled down, and the itching and pain came again like a tide. This time she didn't even dare to scratch through her shoes. Endure it with endurance, and when you can't bear it, just look at the scenery outside the window to distract your attention.

Xu Xiwan raised half of his eyelids and looked at Lin Xing. The child was probably really uncomfortable, his thin face was grinning and flushed, that's it, he still didn't say a word.

Xu Xiwan shook his head, wondering if he had brought in the wrong person. How could such a delicate and beautiful person as Lin Ling give birth to such a submissive daughter?But before that, she had investigated it three times, and it was this child, there was absolutely no mistake.

The airport is in the outer suburbs, it takes about two hours to drive, and the days are short in winter. When Xue Qushuang drove to the airport, it was already dark. She checked the time and found it was exactly six o'clock in the evening, so she asked Xu Xiwan, "Is it time to leave the airport?" The flight time is still early, how about something to eat first?"

"Not hungry." Xu Xiwan said, pointing to Lin Xing, "Take her to eat."

Xue Qushuang looked at Lin Xing, Lin Xing immediately sat upright again, Xue Qushuang smiled, and whispered softly: "Little friend, can you go to dinner with sister?"

Seeing Lin Xing shivering and nodding, Xue Qushuang took off his seat belt and got out of the car, walked to Lin Xing's side, opened the car door, and led Lin Xing to dinner.When she stretched out her hand to hold Lin Xing, she realized that the child's hand was red and swollen, and the frostbitten area was red and shiny, like a small steamed bun. No wonder he was so restless when he was in the car. Small children can bear it so much, and adults may not be able to bear it if their hands are frozen like this. She sat in the car for more than two hours without making a sound.

The parking lot was gloomy and cold. Lin Xing couldn't help shivering when he got out of the car. Xue Qushuang touched the material of Lin Xing's clothes. The cotton jacket had been washed countless times, and the cotton inside was clumped. The sweater was also hard and didn't keep warm at all. As a result, it's no wonder that Lin Xing was shivering from the cold even wearing so many clothes.

There is nothing good to eat near the airport, and most children like to eat foreign fast food like hamburgers and fries. Xue Qushuang took Lin Xing to McDonald's. She didn't know Lin Xing's taste, so she ordered a children's set menu according to the recommendation of the clerk, and found another place In the single seat in the back, put down the dinner plate, and told Lin Xing to eat alone, sit obediently after eating, don't run around, and wait for her to come back.

"Sister." Lin Xing tugged at the corner of her clothes and asked timidly, "Aren't you going to eat?"

Xue Qushuang was taken aback for a moment, and said with a smile: "I'm not hungry, Xiaoxing eats by herself, my sister went out to do some errands, and I'll be back soon, huh?"

Lin Xing nodded obediently, "Okay."

Watching Xue Qushuang out of the McDonald's, Lin Xingcai returned to her seat. She was too short, and she sat on the chair after half jumping and half crawling. She smelled the smell of fried food and couldn't help but growl.She has never eaten anything like this, only one time when her aunt bought it for her younger brother, she smelled it through the door, it was really delicious, even after such a long distance, Lin Xing swallowed it. saliva.

Lin Xing first divided half of everything and left it for Xue Qushuang, and then began to eat his own portion. There was only one drink, and all of it was reserved for Xue Qushuang. Xing has never eaten such a delicious thing, and the aroma of fried food spread in her mouth. After she finished eating one piece, she wished that the taste of her hands would be wiped clean, so she reluctantly ate the second piece.

The portion of the children's set meal was not much, no matter how much Lin Xing treasured it, he ate it up quickly, and he didn't feel full in his stomach. Fortunately, she had never been full since she grew up, and she didn't even know what it was like to be full.Xue Qushuang hadn't come back yet, she sat obediently and waited, the frostbite on her hands and feet started to break out again, Lin Xing looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to her, then quietly reached into the shoe to scratch.

After scratching for a while, Xue Qushuang came back. Seeing Lin Xing bent over, she thought her stomach hurt, so she ran over and asked, "What's wrong with Xiao Xing? Is your stomach uncomfortable?"

Lin Xing pulled out his hand in a panic, put his back behind his back, and shook his head violently, "No, no."

"It's fine if you don't." Xue Qushuang felt relieved, put a few shopping bags in his hand on the table, took out a tube of ointment, and said, "Xiaoxing stretched out her hand, sister will apply the medicine for you." It turned out that Xue Qushuang went to give Lin Fortunately, I bought some warm clothes and a tube of chilblain ointment.

Lin Xinggang picked her feet with her hands, afraid of being disgusted by Xue Qushuang, she was behind her back and refused to stick them out. Xue Qushuang just thought she was shy, and put the chilblain ointment back into the shopping bag, "Then sister put the medicine here, Xiao Xing Remember to wipe it later, okay?"

"Ah."

"Xiao Xing is so good." Xue Qushuang smiled and touched Lin Xing's head, "Are you full? Let's go when we are full. Your sister Xu is still waiting."

"Sister, you eat this." Lin Xing pushed the plate in front of Xue Qushuang.

Xue Qushuang looked at more than half of the food left on the plate, thought it was Lin Xing who couldn't finish the rest, and didn't care, "Sister, don't eat, let's go."

"My sister didn't eat, she's hungry." Lin Xing pulled Xue Qushuang, and explained bluntly: "This, I left it out, no, it's not dirty." If it wasn't dirty, Lin Xing knew that she was a person who was despised by others, so she quickly I reserved a copy of my sister's, and I haven't touched it myself, and it's not dirty at all.

Seeing her anxious look, Xue Qushuang knew that she had misunderstood, patted her on the head, and smiled reassuringly, "Xiao Xing doesn't know, my sister is on a diet and can't eat these fried foods, only vegetables. Xiao Xing knows how to lose weight What do you mean?"

Lin Xing nodded, "I know." My aunt loves to watch TV, and Lin Xing also watched some weight loss advertisements on TV. People who lose weight really can't eat fried things.

"Then Xiaoxing will eat this for my sister, okay?"

"En!" Lin Xing nodded vigorously, as if he had some important mission.

This child is sensitive and precocious, too good at observing words and expressions, and lost his innocence early.

Not a good thing.

After eating, Xue Qushuang stuffed the toy that came with the plate into Lin Xing's hands, "Take it as a gift from sister to Xiao Xing, Xiao Xing, don't dislike it."

It was a Donald Duck wearing a cowboy hat, and it would turn on the light when he pinched it. Lin Xing couldn't put it down, so how could he dislike it.

"Sister, you are so kind." Lin Xing held Donald Duck and looked up at Xue Qushuang with a grateful and flattering expression.

Xue Qushuang was taken aback again, then smiled.A child like Lin Xing is not likable. She is timid, cowardly, withdrawn, and acts like a dog's leg when trying to please others, which is really annoying.Xue Qushuang just cared a little bit for this child because of his sympathy, but he didn't expect that just such a small gesture could get her flattery. No wonder Xu Xiwan didn't even bother to look at this child.Not to mention Xu Xiwan, even Xue Qushuang himself could hardly feel anything other than sympathy for Lin Xing.