There were still tears on her pretty eyelashes, and she kept staring at the peach. Her little tongue kept licking her red lips, and she kept swallowing her saliva, but she didn't move.
Xiaowo stretched out his arms as far as he could, his eyes were unconsciously soft, and he coaxed, "Be good, Qiaoqiao, come here, come here, come to mommy, I'll give you the peach, really give it to you, mommy won't lie to you."
Qiaoqiao finally moved, not with her feet, but with her little hands.
She raised her right hand, bit her thumb, blinked her tearful eyelashes, tilted her head, and looked at the nest in bewilderment.
Xiaowo felt that she seemed to want to come over, and he felt a little excited for no reason. He simply broke the peach in half, took a bite himself, and smacked his lips exaggeratedly to seduce her:
"Ah, the peaches are so sweet and delicious. Well, Qiaoqiao, do you want to eat them? Mom knows you want to eat them. Come here, this half is yours."
One big and one small, the big eyes stared at the little eyes, and they kept looking at each other like this.
After a while, Xiaowo saw with sharp eyes that the pretty little feet moved.
Her eyes immediately brightened up, and she was about to continue to encourage her. Suddenly, a pretty grandma came from behind and scolded her through gritted teeth:
"Damn girl, you really don't know what to do. You've finished eating. You don't take off your bib. Why are you standing here scratching your head? Is your skin itchy again? Look at me if I don't..."
"ah!"
Qiaoqiao shook her shoulders in response, screamed, and cried like a pig.
The little body ran around the restaurant in a panic.
The fear that instantly surged in her eyes made Xiaowo break through her defenses.
Xiaowo threw away the peach in his hand, jumped to his feet, ran over, grabbed Qiaoqiao whose head was about to hit the wall, held her in his arms, and comforted her anxiously:
"Don't be afraid, Qiaoqiao. Mom is here. Don't be afraid. Be good. Mom will never let anyone hit or scold you again. Mom will do what she says. Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid."
As if holding on to the last life-saving straw, Qiaoqiao hugged Xiaowo's neck tightly with her little hands, twisting uneasily in her arms. She turned her head while crying, looking behind her cautiously, fearing that her grandma would catch up and beat her.
Seeing the nest protecting Qiao Qiao, Qiao Qiao's grandma seemed to realize something. She slowly put down her raised palm and said dryly:
"Xiaowo, this girl is very stubborn, lazy and greedy, and won't fight or obey. If you don't believe me, just hang out with her for a while and see. Maybe you can beat her better than me."
Qiaoqiao was still crying, and Xiaowo's attention was all on her.
She stroked Qiao Qiao's little head and kept coaxing her, "Don't be afraid, Qiao Qiao, mommy promises you that she will never hit you in the future, Qiao Qiao, be good."
She hugged Qiao Qiao and sat on the sofa in the living room, keeping the greatest distance from Qiao Qiao's grandma. She coaxed her until she stopped crying, and then turned her attention to Qiao Qiao's grandma.
Her eyes were very sharp, and the pretty grandma felt a little guilty when she saw her, and her eyes dodge.
Xiaowo lowered his head to look at Qiaoqiao, who was sobbing occasionally, and made up his mind.
She raised her head again and said nothing nonsense:
"Mom, from now on Qiaoqiao will be taken care of by me and her father, so I won't bother you two anymore. I will take her away tonight. Please pack her things."
The pretty grandma exclaimed: "That's not okay!"
Xiaowo frowned, "Why not?"
"Well, Qiaoqiao has been growing up with me. I'm afraid she won't be used to following you. Besides, you are the stepmother after all, so we are worried about your treatment of her..."
Xiaowo sneered and said coldly:
"Huh, what are you worried about? Are you worried that I won't treat her well? What's wrong?
Is it because she's afraid that I'll beat her and scold her, or is she using her father's money to not buy her new clothes and only wear her brother's old clothes?
Don't worry, I have a pretty dad supervising me. Even if I'm a stepmother, I won't do this even if I'm just pretending. "
The pretty grandma stood still, glanced at her, and muttered:
"Who knows? My son never told me that you would take Qiaoqiao away. I will not let you take her away. If you have any bad intentions, how will I explain it to my son?"
Xiaowo didn't say much to her, took out his mobile phone, dialed Wang Yue's number, and clicked on the playback button.
"Wang Yue, I'm at mom's house. I want to take Qiaoqiao back to Hangzhou. Tell mom. I have my phone on, so just say it quickly."
After a long moment of silence on the other end of the phone, Wang Yue's excited and stuttering voice suddenly came:
"Oh, okay, okay, um, mom, give Qiaoqiao to Xiaowo, so from now on, she and I will take care of the child, and leave it to her quickly, Xiaowo, thank you..."
With a click, Xiaowo hung up the phone.
"Mom, you heard me, please help me pack my pretty things."
The pretty grandma stood in the restaurant with a stinky face and stared at the nest, motionless, looking as if her heart had been ripped out.
Xiaowo was puzzled.
Perhaps, the child’s grandmother is really reluctant to part with her...
"I'm going to tell you the ugly story first. Even if you take Qiaoqiao away, you still have to give us the fifteen thousand yuan per month."
Xiaowo suddenly realized.
Oh, it turns out that I can’t bear to part with the money.
She looked at her pretty grandma with a sarcastic look on her face, "Why?"
"Oh, damn, it was us who brought her up like this!"
Xiaowo retorted:
"Just to correct you, you only took care of the child after his mother passed away. When you took him, Wang Yue transferred 15,000 yuan to you every month without hesitation for the child's expenses.
Now that Wang Yue and I are responsible for Qiaoqiao, why should we transfer money to you?
It seems that the money in the past three years has not been spent on the children at all, but on myself.
You are really a good grandpa and grandma to your children.
If you treat your child like this, aren't you afraid that your child's mother will come to you when you go to bed at night?
You won’t get used to spending the fifteen thousand yuan, and over time, you will treat it as if the money is for you, right? "
The pretty grandma yelled loudly: "You, you are talking nonsense! We have spent all the money on our children."
Xiaowo pointed at the pretty clothes and shouted, "You're just spending money on a little girl by wearing old boys' clothes?! Okay, I won't talk nonsense to you."
As she said that, she stood up holding Qiaoqiao and immediately made an immediate decision:
"I tell you clearly that Wang Yue's salary card is with me, and I will not transfer another penny to you in the future.
I don't bother you to pack up your children's things. I guess you haven't bought anything good for your children. Even if you pack them, it's just a pile of rags. No one even picks them up in the trash, so I don't care.
I'll take Qiaoqiao away right now, so you don't need to worry about it. "
After finishing speaking, Xiaowo took away the peach on the coffee table and walked out of the room with Qiaoqiao in his arms.
Just now, Qiaoqiao kept stretching her neck to look at the peach.
Behind him, Qiaoqiao's cousin suddenly heard the noise, "Grandma, ask her to keep the peaches for me. If she doesn't let Qiaoqiao eat them, they are all mine, mine, ah!"
The small nest tightly closed the door.
With a "touch", the annoying sound was shut behind the door.
The world is finally at peace.
When the elevator door closed, she lowered her head to look at Qiao Qiao in her arms, her eyes softening unconsciously, "Qiao Qiao wants to eat peaches, huh? Come downstairs, mom will peel the skin off for you to eat, okay?"
Qiao Qiao bit her finger, stared at her with big, clear eyes, motionless and said nothing.
It was unusually quiet in the elevator.
With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened and we reached the first floor.
Xiaowo walked out of the elevator, pretending to let go of Qiaoqiao.
Qiao Qiao's whole body trembled, and she instantly swooped on her like an octopus.
Then, a pretty word made Xiaowo burst into tears.
