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"It's not impossible." After a while, Li Tongbing said this.

The teapot said: "I went to Zhang Peng's hometown. I only heard that he had an uncle named Zhang Dabao, but he died early. I haven't heard of anyone else in his family."

The atmosphere returned to quiet.

Li Tongbing sighed and comforted the two of them, "Forget it, it's useless for us to think about it for a long time here." He looked at the teapot again, "Luo Hai did call me a week ago, he was in Meicheng at that time, now Well, I don't know where he went, do you really think he returned to City G?"

The teapot shook out a cigarette and lit it, and said frowningly, "I don't know, but I don't feel relieved just to take a look." He sighed again, "Whatever, look for it again, I can't watch him take risks alone. "

Li Tongbing nodded: "Well, I will pick you up tomorrow."

For three whole days, Qiao Zhi stayed in the hotel, only seeing Teapot and Li Tongbing every night, and then day after day watching them shake their heads to indicate that there was still no news.

Luo Hai seemed to have evaporated from the world.

On the fourth day, Qiao Zhi couldn't stay any longer and ran out by herself.

Just treat it as a trip, and it’s not in vain—she comforted herself.

The economy of City G has developed rapidly in the past two years, and countless people from the mainland have rushed to the sea. Qiao Zhi quietly felt the strangeness and alienation brought to her by this city, and imagined Luo Hai walking along the street in front of her... Suddenly, her heart surged. Huge loss.

There are so many people on the road, none of them have anything to do with her. Everyone passed by in a hurry, and no one knew whether the other person was hiding happiness or sadness... This city is so big and the distance from the sky is so far away. Being in it, I just feel awkward, not accepted, and inexplicably feel that I am so embarrassed-what are you doing here for nothing?It's just adding trouble.

Qiao Zhi went out for a walk, but instead of relaxing, she even made herself depressed. At the end, she didn't know where she went. The surrounding scenery was strange, and there were few pedestrians and vehicles in the empty streets.She walked and watched all the way, and finally saw a busy market, and hurriedly rushed into it.

A place with a lot of people can make her feel at ease.

City G is near the sea, and most of the markets here sell seafood and other foods. Qiao Zhi was not hungry, but felt that he had nowhere to go, so he counted the money in his pocket and ordered the cheapest fish casserole for himself. .

As she ate, she suddenly thought of Qiu Shui, the little girl's reluctance to give up before she left, and the slender fingers holding her clothes tightly.The blank and lost heart suddenly produced strength out of thin air, grabbing her spirit precariously.

After Qiao Zhi finished eating, she perked up and walked around the entire market from beginning to end, and finally bought two shell bracelets and two fist-sized conch shells.She planned to give the bracelets to Xia Huanhuan and Qiushui, and the conch shells to Xie Xiaoqing and Guo Qingshan. As for Qiu Kai, she felt that the other party probably didn't think much of these things, so she automatically ignored him.

Coming out of the market, Qiao Zhi walked aimlessly along the street with her pockets in her pocket. It was broad daylight anyway, so she wasn't afraid. She suddenly caught a glimpse of a post office while she was walking. With a thought, she opened the door and walked in.

"I don't like this city, and the fish casserole is not delicious, but I heard that the sea here is very beautiful. I haven't seen it yet. Let's go and see it together next time."

Qiao Zhi was lying on the counter and biting the penholder. After writing this sentence, she suddenly felt that she had nothing to say, and she crossed out some words she wrote one after another.

So be it.she thinks.

The more you write, the more hypocritical it becomes.

Qiao Zhi asked the staff for an envelope and stamps, carefully wrote the address and the addressee "Zhuang Qiushui", but suddenly stopped when she was about to put the letter in.She unfolded the folded letter paper, hesitated again and again, and still couldn't hold back to add a few strokes at the end of the sentence. Then she sealed the envelope with satisfaction and handed it to the person at the counter.

Qiao Zhi walked blindly all the way and finally walked back to the hotel. As soon as he arrived at the hotel entrance, he saw the teapot getting out of Li Tongbing's car.

Naturally, the teapot also saw her, and waved at her: "I was going to call you, where did you go?"

Qiao Zhi lifted the pocket in his hand: "Go out and buy some gadgets."

The teapot nodded: "That's right, let's get in the car, find a place for us to have a meal together, and we're going to go home after eating."

Qiao Zhi was taken aback: "Are you going back?"

"Otherwise?" Teapot laughed at himself, "I know, if Luo Hai doesn't want us to find him, we really can't find him, go back and wait for news, he will contact us."

***

The morning market on weekends was extremely lively, and it happened that today was still a day to go to the market, and people from all over the world came to the city to go to the market.Mao Zhijuan was in the small class this week, and she woke up early to buy pork ribs, but she almost didn’t get one——Guo Qingshan sprained her ankle while playing football in physical education class last Friday, and it was swollen like a mountain bun, and it hurt when she moved it. I thought about buying some bones and going back to stew them for my son.

It was also a coincidence that she came out after buying pork bones, and happened to meet Qiao Zhi's class teacher, Teacher Li.

This Teacher Li was also an educated youth who went to the countryside. She was lucky enough to catch up with her when the college entrance examination resumed. One batch was the first batch of students she brought after she became the head teacher.

Teacher Li didn't know Mao Zhijuan, but Mao Zhijuan knew her. There were no teachers in the middle schools near her home that she didn't know, but most of them hadn't had much contact with her.After finally meeting each other, she naturally wanted to strike up a few more conversations with him, and if she didn't make sure that the other party was her son's head teacher in the future!

Knowing that she was Qiao Zhi's class teacher, Mao Zhijuan asked her a few words about the composition competition that Qiao Zhi had mentioned earlier.Teacher Li was confused when he heard it, what composition competition?Didn't Qiao Zhi transfer to another school with her mother?

Mao Zhijuan was even more ignorant than she was, the two of them talked nonsense for a while, and suddenly they both came to their senses - this was wrong, Qiao Zhi lied to them!

"She didn't go out with her mother? Then where is she now?" Teacher Li became anxious, and realized that she was played by two children's tricks.

Mao Zhijuan's excitement was far greater than her doubts, and she thought anxiously, how Guo Yuanjiang and her mother-in-law are still protecting Qiao Zhi!

Teacher Li said anxiously: "No, I have to go to Xia's house to find out, what a big deal this is! How can two children be allowed to mess around!"

***

Qiao Zhi didn't know if it was because she had experienced too many things this time. After returning home and finding that the atmosphere was not right, she didn't worry much. Hit her somersault!

It was lunch time, and the whole Guo family was sitting at the dinner table. When they saw her come in, the atmosphere froze instantly.Guo Qingshan couldn't help but wink at his sister, and finally Mao Zhijuan slapped him on the back unceremoniously.

"Hey, are you back after participating in the competition? How many places did you get?" Mao Zhijuan looked at her with joy, and the gloating expression on her face couldn't be hidden. Qiao Zhi felt that something bad was going on when she heard it, and sure enough——

"What did you tell your teacher Li that you transferred to another place? Have you learned to lie?" Guo Yuanjiang turned his head and looked at her with a gloomy face. He couldn't learn Mao Zhijuan's euphemism, straight to the point like a stick The mallet hit Qiao Zhi on the head.

Qiao Zhi's heart skipped a beat, her mind was bewildered, and she really felt like she had been hit on the head.

But do you still need to learn to lie?Who is not born to be a liar?Babbling babies know how to pretend to be sad to attract adults' attention... Maybe it's because they lack confidence, or maybe it's because they want to escape, Qiao Zhi's thinking went astray, she thought angrily, I lied to you because I don't want you to Sad and worried, am I still wrong?

Seeing that she was silent and silent, Guo Yuanjiang became even more angry, and when he glanced at the luggage bag in her hand, his anger almost flared up.He got up and took three or two steps, grabbed the luggage bag in her hand and pulled it hard, but the zipper suddenly got stuck in the middle. It collapsed to the ground with an inaudible sound.

Qiao Zhi stared straight at him as he turned the luggage bag upside down and shook it clean. Her clothes and some odds and ends were thrown on the ground like garbage, jingling.

She blinked her eyelashes, as if she had been scalded by something.

Guo Yuanjiang said angrily: "Don't think that I don't know where you went! You are a girl, you actually chased a gangster around? You cheated your parents? How dare you drop out of school without telling your family? Are you ashamed? Huh? Joe Zhizhi, I think you are getting more and more promising!"

Guo Qingshan had never seen his father get so angry before, and while he was stunned, he thought sadly, it seems that his attempt to follow his sister's example of "dropping out of school" was completely in vain...

Grandma was obviously also angry, Qiao Zhi raised her eyelids and glanced at her, seeing that she turned her head in disappointment, as if she didn't want to look at her more.

Qiao Zhi suddenly smiled.

Guo Yuanjiang was taken aback: "You still have the face to smile?!"

Qiao Zhi didn't speak, squatted down and quickly packed the clothes and broken things into the bag, then went into the room again, dragged out the big cloth bag under the bed, and put it in together with the bag outside on the ground.

"What do you want to do?" Guo Yuanjiang yelled at her tremblingly, his voice was unsteady.

Mao Zhijuan didn't think it was enough and fanned the flames beside him: "Azhi, if you do something wrong, you have to admit and correct it! Your uncle is also doing it for your own good. Look at what you are doing. It is not enough to make people laugh. ..."

The luggage bag was too big for her to carry, so she had to drag it.

Qiao Zhi raised her head and glanced at the few people in the room for the last time - this glance was very deep and serious.

Qiao Zhi: "Grandma, take care of your health. If I can break out in the future, I will definitely come back to honor you. If I can't, just forget about me."

"Qiao Zhi!" Grandma yelled and stood up abruptly, her gaze startled her, as if the young version of Guo Yuan stood there and glanced at her.

"Uncle..." Qiao Zhi tilted her head, as if she hadn't figured out what to say. "I have a question I've been thinking about... Even if I ask you for my mother, do you really think your life is so upright?"

Guo Yuanjiang's expression froze instantly, and he looked at her angrily and embarrassedly.

The corners of Qiao Zhi's mouth curved slightly: "This is your home originally, and it doesn't matter much to me. Whoever owns the house belongs to whomever I love. It's not mine anyway. I never expected to get your care and love, but I also don't want to be looked down upon in vain, now it seems that it is difficult for each other to live together reluctantly, uncle... Take care of yourself, I'm leaving now."

Qiao Zhi left as soon as she said she would, and she would never stay for a second longer.

Guo Qingshan couldn't turn his head when he heard it, but when he saw Qiao Zhi dragging his luggage out, he became anxious, turned around and wanted to chase her, but was dragged back by Mao Zhijuan, and said coldly: "Let's go! Sooner or later, it’s a corrupt thing! It’s good to go early!”

"Enough!" Grandma slapped the table vigorously, trembling with anger, "Mother Qingshan, listen to what you are talking about? Ah Zhi is your own niece!"

"Then does she regard me as her real aunt?" Mao Zhijuan refused to refute.

"Okay!" Guo Yuanjiang suddenly raised the volume, instantly drowning out the quarrel between the two people in the room, "Arguing! Is there an end? The idea is so big! Who is this family listening to?"

Mao Zhijuan shut up angrily, while grandma wiped away her tears and wanted to chase after her, but was stopped by Guo Yuanjiang: "Mom, just calm down! She is not a child anymore, besides, where can she go? You Let her starve and suffer from the cold outside for a few days and you will know what is good or bad! If you let her behave like this, sooner or later the sky will be poked out!"

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