"Wait, I forgot something important." Su Yi gently pulled the girl's sleeve and stopped temporarily.
"What's wrong, sir?" Luo Lixi looked at Su Yi parked outside the convenience store and thought he was recalling the unpleasantness of their first meeting. There was a hint of timidity in her tone.
"Nothing, I just forgot the way."
Su Yi smiled helplessly. He was busy walking forward, but seemed to have forgotten that he didn't know where Ms. Xu lived.
I mentioned it before, but I had forgotten it completely during the ten years in the wasteland. It would be too much trouble to figure it out on my own.
So he took out his cell phone from his pocket and called Mu Xiaowei directly, wanting the girl to show him the way.
"Dududu-"
The phone rang and soon the connection signal came. Mu Xiaowei was speechless when she learned the situation, but she didn't leave now, so she whispered to him to wait at the door of the convenience store and she would be there soon.
Then hung up the phone.
"Girls, please wait a moment..." Su Yi sighed while shaking his head. According to what is said on the Internet, when you hear this word, you can take out your mobile phone and play a few games.
After about an hour, if you ask again, you can get it down in 5 minutes.
Then wait another 5 minutes, and the reply you get will be "immediately", and then waiting further is just putting on makeup, waiting for the game to lose 7 times in a row.
The woman will usually come down from upstairs and complain, "Didn't I tell you to do it right away? Why are you rushing me?"
But it was obvious that Mu Xiaowei was not that kind of girl.
It didn't take long.
A light figure appeared in the distance, wearing a floppy-eared hat like a little brown bear and beige boots. He waved as he walked and ran to his side breathlessly in the wind and snow.
"It's snowing so heavily, and you don't even take a taxi. It's such a long way to walk there." Mu Xiaowei complained softly.
"After the explosion, all local taxis and ride-hailing services have stopped operating. You can't get one even if you have money."
Su Yi explained in a low voice that although there was no traffic ban in Los Angeles, a strict blockade had been implemented outside the city, entry and exit were very strict, and the online car-hailing company had temporarily suspended its business.
"Oh, let's take the bus. I saw one passing by when I came here just now. The bus should not have stopped yet. Let's go to the station."
As Mu Xiaowei spoke, she raised her leg and crawled under his umbrella.
"Hey, what are you doing? You have an umbrella and you want to use mine! Fight your own battles, there's no space here."
Su Yi immediately stopped this behavior. If it were in the past, he might have just made do with it, but now he had to block the snow for the invisible Lolixi to prevent him from being exposed, so he naturally could not agree.
"You're so stingy. What's wrong with rubbing my umbrella? It's not tiring to hold an umbrella. At worst, I can hold it and you can rub mine."
Mu Xiaowei opened her umbrella and stretched her arms upwards, trying to cover herself with it, but before she could do so, Su Yi pushed her head from behind and she staggered forward.
"Really? You don't know how tall you are. You're holding an umbrella. That really makes me feel suffocated." Su Yi said mercilessly, pushing the girl's back and walking forward: "Hurry up and lead the way, otherwise I won't go today."
The attempt failed, so Mu Xiaowei had to give up. The height issue was really a disadvantage. She was only a little over 1.6 meters tall and had not grown since graduating from elementary school.
It's really frustrating.
The most important thing is that after graduating from elementary school, that part of her body never grew again. People say that girls have a second chance to develop, but why doesn’t she feel anything at all?
Obviously, when I graduated from elementary school, I still had some figure, and I could compare it with the half-circle meter, but after entering junior high school, my figure obviously decreased in size and was no longer good enough compared with the half-circle meter.
High school was even worse. She didn't even have the heart to describe it. She always felt that something was wrong, as if she was being designed by some mysterious force that wanted to prevent her from growing up.
However, I heard from others that this situation will be alleviated after marriage, but I don’t know if it is true.
Feeling that she had gone astray, Mu Xiaowei quickly reached out and slapped her cheeks twice to regain consciousness. She held the small umbrella tightly down and walked quickly on the street.
Under her guidance, the two of them traveled all the way and got on bus No. K914.
The bus was indeed not as fast as Su Yi's, but I didn't know the way, so I had to spend two dollars. Because of the snow and the suspension of taxi services, the bus was full of people early on.
They reached out to hold the pull handle and staggered along with the vehicle.
This was Lolisi's first time taking the bus. Although she was invisible, she was still a little shocked when she saw so many people on it. She held a small dagger in her hand and was alert.
In order to prevent the girl from doing anything stupid, Su Yi reached out and secretly pulled her collar to prevent any accidents.
Fortunately, the driver was an experienced one and did not slow down the car because of the windy and snowy weather. Instead, he drove very fast and the signal of arrival at the station was heard not long after.
"Dear passengers, we have arrived at the Children's Palace!"
Mu Xiaowei got out of the car decisively, and Su Yi followed closely behind, pulling Luo Lixi.
Mu Xiaowei walked in front with her hands behind her back, striding through the entrance of the sports center and coming to a residential area. She took out the door card from her pocket, swiped it, and walked in with Su Yi.
There is usually access control here, and outsiders who want to visit must first inform the owner of the house, but this problem does not exist with a door card.
"It's been a long time since we had New Year's Eve dinner together." Mu Xiaowei tilted her head, with a slight smile on her lips.
"Yes, it's been a long time." Su Yi nodded. For him, having a meal together was a long time away, let alone having a New Year's Eve dinner.
"It's really not easy to persuade you... Aunt Xu must have prepared a lot of delicious food. She has been looking forward to this day for a long time."
Mu Xiaowei whispered that it was indeed a sad thing that her father could not go home for the New Year, but it was also because her father was not there that Su Yi was willing to come.
Maybe the relationship will progress after today. From this perspective, my father's sacrifice is worth it.
But since the call ended that day.
My father never called again, and I don’t know how he is doing now or what he is busy with.
You clearly said that you would find time to video chat before the New Year, but now there is not even a message.
With some doubts in their hearts, the two got on the elevator and clicked the button for the 14th floor. As the sound of the steel cable being pulled rang out, a ding-dong sound was soon heard from inside the elevator.
"Aunt Xu! I'm back, Su Yi is here too!" Mu Xiaowei opened the door and excitedly greeted people in the house, but as soon as she entered, her movements became restrained.
At this moment, a man in a white coat, full of academic air, was walking out of the house.
"Teacher Xu?"
Mu Xiaowei scratched her cheek in surprise. She had never expected Xu Chen to come over at this time.
Are we going to conduct home visits on New Year’s Eve?
Chapter 104: Lolixi, Experienced in Execution
"Teacher, why are you here? Is something important happening? Or is there any danger again?"
Mu Xiaowei's conditioned reflex was that some dangerous person had appeared again, and she couldn't help but step back until she bumped into Su Yi.
"Don't be afraid, there are so many people around to protect you! Even if something happens, it's definitely not a big deal."
Su Yi slowed down his tone, patted the girl's shoulder gently and persuaded her that no matter who it was, even if it was the Three Pure Ones and Four Emperors, gods, ghosts, demons, or monsters, if they dared to attack him during the New Year, he would not use such a gentle punishment as death.
Seeing that both of them had misunderstandings, Xu Chen waved his hands repeatedly, raised an apologetic smile at the corner of his mouth, and scratched the back of his head.
"There's no danger anymore. I just came to your mother to learn some information. Just stay home and spend the New Year peacefully. Don't worry! The security in Los Angeles is now much tighter than before."
He explained patiently, then turned and gave Xu Ying, who was holding a bowl of dumplings, a polite smile:
"Thank you for your cooperation. Don't worry, as a teacher, I will take good care of my students. Now that things have been discussed, I won't disturb you from enjoying your reunion dinner."
Xu Chen brushed past the two of them with a smile and left the room.
Seeing such a strange scene, Mu Xiaowei couldn't help but be curious and took small steps forward.
"Aunt Xu, what did the teacher just talk to you about? It's really strange to come here at this time."
"We didn't talk about much... just some trivial things about you, such as what kind of friends you have, and whether there are any elders who care about you." Xu Ying held the dumplings in her hand and replied after thinking for a while.
She didn't know either. Xu Chen came to her house specifically to ask what these were for. The other party was very polite and even brought a box of milk and a box of eight-treasure porridge to her home during the New Year.
However, Xu Ying did not dwell on this issue too much. She looked behind the girl with tenderness in her eyes and spoke softly.
"Xiao Yi is here."
"Yeah." Su Yi nodded and replied softly.
"Are you hungry? I made your favorite green pepper beef and mustard dumplings, and sprinkled them with plenty of salt."
"what?"
Before Su Yi could reply, Mu Xiaowei opened her mouth in surprise, her eyes full of disbelief.
"Aunt Xu~"
"You know Su Yi's taste. Do you really want to eat this kind of dark cuisine?"
Her tone was full of despair and sadness. Food with this flavor would definitely upset your stomach, and it was far beyond what a normal person could bear.
Hearing her say this, Xu Ying covered her mouth and chuckled twice, then wiped her hands on her apron and brought out another one from the side:
"Of course I know, so I specially packed your favorite dishes. This one is shrimp dumplings."
"Aunt Xu is so nice!" Mu Xiaowei said sweetly.
Watching the two people talking there, Su Yi's mind drifted elsewhere. His eyes moved back and forth in the room, examining every place vigilantly.
The space here is quite large, with 4 bedrooms and 2 living rooms. A video wall in the classical Daxia style runs across the middle, separating the living room. The surrounding thermal sensors are all normal, and no suspicious recording or monitoring equipment was found.
But it is better to leave this matter to professionals.
Su Yi gave Luo Lixi a look, and the girl quickly hid herself and used the chip to scan every corner of the room.
At this time, Mu Xiaowei had taken off her coat, revealing her figure which was not plump but extremely delicate. She took down the little brown bear apron from the hook on the wall, tied it around her slender waist, took off the rubber band again, fixed her high ponytail, turned around and made a scissors hand gesture to him.
"Su Yi, Aunt Xu and I will cook for you this time. All you have to do is wait and eat. Don't you feel happy?"
Her tone was full of excitement and excitement. The girl was in a very good mood today and seemed to be in the mood for the New Year.
"Then... that's troublesome..." Su Yi said politely.
It’s not good to always be in a bad mood. Since you have decided to come over for the New Year’s Eve dinner, no one would keep a cold face in the face of the careful preparations.
"But do you really not need my help?" Su Yi asked again. He felt weird in this room. He was uncomfortable standing or sitting.
If you don’t know, you might think he is a new son-in-law. Going to his father-in-law’s house for the first time is more torturous than squatting in a trench in the wasteland.
Especially when I think back to the fact that Mu Xiaowei's father also lived in this house, I feel uncomfortable all over.
However, Xu Ying felt relieved to hear that he was willing to take the initiative to help. She was actually very worried about her son, whom she wanted to see but did not dare to see.
I was afraid that I would say something wrong and make Su Yi unhappy, causing new conflicts, after all, the last time they met.
He is obviously very violent and always makes people feel like killing people.
But when I saw him today, he seemed much better. Not only was his eyes not as scary anymore, his behavior had also become more stable, and he even offered to help, as if he had returned to the state he was in before he disappeared.
This change made Xu Ying feel that there was hope and expectation for her child's future.
So I didn't refuse the request.
"If Xiaoyi wants to help, you can go take care of the black fish in the basin in the bathroom and scrape off its scales. I'll make fish soup for you later."
Kill fish?
He hadn't done this much, but it was all killing, so it wasn't difficult for him.
But on second thought, Su Yi suddenly remembered that he had promised Luo Lixi before that he would take him to eat seafood and taste what the aquatic creatures tasted like.
After all, water is a precious resource in the wasteland, and fish and shrimp are species that do not exist at all. Not to mention eating them, you can't even see them.
"Sir, after Lolisi's thorough search, this place is safe. No listening devices or recording equipment were found. Furthermore, based on perspective analysis, there are no surveillance personnel on the nearby floors. However, there are guards downstairs, strictly checking all entrants."
As the fourth person who didn't exist in the room, Lolisi walked up to him and reported in a very low voice.
No electronic device can escape her eyes now. When she made changes to Xiu Ming's chip before, she absorbed the other party's special detection technology.
It can be said that Lolisi has evolved again now. Compared with the previous searches and explorations, she is much more precise. Even if she cannot break the restrictions set by her mother-in-law, she can still complete a lot of tasks.
"People downstairs don't have to worry. If there's no one downstairs, then there's a real problem."
Hearing Luo Lixi say this, Su Yi felt that this was the perfect time.
Mu Xiaowei and Ms. Xu were busy in the kitchen. The sounds of stir-frying and cooking were endless, and they had no time to pay attention to the outside world.
I can take this opportunity to take the girl to see what fish is. She has never seen such a living thing before.
So he took a chopping board from the kitchen, pushed open the bathroom door and walked in. The moment he saw the creature in the basin, Lolisi was immediately attracted to it.
"Sir, what kind of mutant beast is this...it looks weird."
Curious, Lolisi squatted beside the basin, stretched out her index and middle fingers, pressed her temples with the tips of her fingers, blinked and stared at the black fish in the pool, her expression becoming more solemn the more she looked.
It has no legs, no tentacles, and its body is covered with scales, but the scales are very weak and can be considered almost unprotected. It moves by swinging its body and can stay underwater for a long time without wearing oxygen equipment and does not need to surface for breathing.
This is a really strange species.
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