After Qu Lianjie left, Xu Li turned to her husband and complained:
"Laoqu, look at your precious son. After all, I am an elder. How can he talk to me like this?"
"And he even cursed our Xiaoxiao that something would happen in the future. How could he, as an elder brother, do this? Didn't Xiaoxiao just say a few unpleasant words? Why does he act like a child~"
Qu Datou also had a gloomy face. He was not satisfied with anyone in his heart. He thought that his daughter Qu Xiaoxiao should not be talkative, and his son Qu Lianjie should not be so petty. His sister should only say a few words.
Now that I heard my wife chirping beside me, I felt even more angry. I stood up, slapped the table and roared:
"Okay, just say a few words less. What's the use of saying all this when everyone is gone? Besides, if your precious daughter hadn't been saying all these useless things, would such a thing have happened?"
"From now on, you have to take care of Xiaoxiao when she's fine. Her mouth is really a bit too much!"
When Xu Li heard that her husband was helping Qu Lianjie, she immediately exploded. She sat on a chair and cursed:
"Qu Datou, you and Qu Lianjie, you two have teamed up to bully us and my mother, right? You, the father, don't care about your daughter, but I, the mother, will not let my daughter be bullied like this by you!"
Qu Datou sighed after hearing this, took a few deep breaths, walked over to his wife and said softly:
"Old Xu, I admit that what I just said was a bit excessive. You also know that I didn't mean it that way. Let's go upstairs and see Xiao Xiao. That child has been very angry since he was a child. Don't let anything happen again~"
When Xu Li heard this, she stood up and walked upstairs. She was confused just now, and only after hearing her husband's reminder did she remember that no one was taking care of her daughter upstairs.
Just as Qu Datou and his wife were walking upstairs, Qu Xiaoxiao, who was in the room at this time, was actually not angry at all.
She was lying on the bed with her little feet crossed, holding a mobile phone in her hand to call her former good friend, and there was no sadness in her tone:
"Yao Bin, please make an appointment with Xiaoxue and the others, and let's get together. We haven't seen each other for almost half a year, and I miss you all!"
Yao Bin has been fond of Qu Xiaoxiao since he was a child, so he immediately agreed to her instructions:
"Okay, leave it all to me. What time will you be able to come out? I know a restaurant with particularly delicious food. Let's go and try it together!"
At this time, Qu Datou and Xu Li had arrived at the door of their daughter's bedroom and knocked gently:
"Xiao Xiao, open the door, mom and dad are here to see you!"
Just as Qu Xiaoxiao was about to reply, she heard a knock on the door and quickly whispered into the phone:
"You decide the place, I won't tell you anymore, something is going on!"
After saying that, he quickly hung up the phone, stretched out his hand to mess up his hair, and squeezed out a few tears urgently, pretending to be crying very sadly. After everything was settled, he said to the door:
"Come in, the door is unlocked~"
After Xu Li opened the door and came in, she saw that her daughter's hair was a little messy. She walked over and hugged her daughter, and said distressedly:
"Xiao Xiao, are you okay? Don't scare mom. It's all your dad's fault. He shouldn't say that to you!"
Qu Xiaoxiao leaned on her mother's arms, pretending to be aggrieved and whispered:
"It's not my fault, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have quarreled with my brother, I'm just a little sad~"
Xu Li heard this and patted her daughter on the back, turned to her husband behind her and said:
"Lao Qu, look at how scared you are for Xiao Xiao, your face is pale!"
Qu Datou was also very distressed. He walked over and sat on the bed and said concernedly to his daughter:
"Xiao Xiao, daddy apologizes to you. Anyway, you really shouldn't have said that just now, but you have to change your temper in the future and don't always choke with your brother!"
Qu Xiaoxiao also felt that it was time. She put her arms around her father's neck and said coquettishly:
"Well, I get it~"
Xu Li rolled her eyes at her husband and said with a somewhat dissatisfied tone:
"Look at you, why are you talking about that? Qu Lianjie is several years older than our Xiao Xiao, why can't you just give in to his sister?"
Qu Datou didn't want to mention this matter, lowered his head and said softly to his daughter:
"Xiao Xiao, I saw you didn't eat much just now. Are you hungry? Why don't your parents take you out to eat something delicious?"
Qu Xiaoxiao shook her head and refused:
"No dad, I made an appointment with Yao Bin and Xiaoxue before I came back. They want to help me pick up the wind and wash away the dust~"
Qu Datou thought this was a good idea, so he took out his wallet and handed all the cash in it to his daughter:
"Then go out to eat something good. Don't be afraid of spending money. If you don't have enough money, call dad. I'll pay for it for you!"
…
After Qu Lianjie came out of Qu's house, he went to a restaurant that he had made an appointment with Wang Xu and the others. The waiter led him into the private room. After entering, he found that almost everyone had arrived.
Wang Xu saw Qu Lianjie coming in, picked up a bottle of wine, stood up and said:
"You are late today, so you have to punish yourself with three drinks, everyone agrees, right?"
"Yes, you have to accept the punishment if you are late~" Others followed suit.
Seeing that he was the last to arrive, Qu Lianjie came over and sat in the empty seat next to Wang Xu. He drank three glasses of wine without saying a word, and then said to everyone with a smile:
"Let's go to the head office this time. You have to let me eat some food!"
After that, Qu Lianjie simply took a few bites of the food on the table to suppress the spicy taste of the white wine, then stood up and picked up another glass:
"Everyone, I invite you to dinner this time for no other reason than for two reasons!"
“Firstly, it’s been a long time since we all got together, and I miss you all. Secondly, last time my store opened, you all helped me a lot, so I can’t thank you enough!
"Come and let's have a drink together and drink to our friendship~"
"Okay, here's to friendship~" Everyone raised their glasses.
After a while, everyone was drinking very happily. Wang Xu, who was a little drunk, put his arm around Qu Lianjie's shoulders, and the two chatted quietly:
"Why are you here so late today? Did anything happen on the way?"
Qu Lianjie felt that there was nothing he could hide from his good friend Wang Xu, so he told the story in detail:
"Don't mention it, my sister Qu Xiaoxiao came back today and was at home just now..."
After hearing this, Wang Xu also felt sorry for his good brother. After all, he was a little drunk and his words were a bit out of his mind:
"There's no need for you to go back. There's a saying from ancient times that if you have a stepmother, you'll definitely have a stepfather. Just move out and live there, so you don't have to look at other people's faces!"
While Qu Lianjie and his brothers were drinking happily, Qu Xiaoxiao, Yao Bin and other people also happened to come to the restaurant.
The private room had been reserved before, and the waiter was leading everyone in front. As Yao Bin walked inside, he introduced enthusiastically to Qu Xiaoxiao next to him:
"Xiao Xiao, I am not bragging to you. The Huaiyang cuisine here is absolutely authentic. If you eat it for the first time, you will definitely want to eat it a second time!"
At this time, he happened to pass by the private room where Qu Lianjie and others were, and Yao Bin also saw Qu Lianjie chatting with Wang Xu through the crack of the unclosed door.
He pulled Qu Xiaoxiao's sleeves and whispered:
"Xiao Xiao, look who that is, what a coincidence!"
Qu Xiaoxiao followed Yao Bin's gaze and looked into the private room. She also noticed Qu Lianjie and said with an unlucky look:
"Why don't we find another hotel? Why can't we meet him anywhere~"
(End of chapter)
