"Look closely at the details: Qin Xianglian, thirty-two years old, sued the imperial son-in-law for deceiving the emperor and concealing the truth from His Majesty??..."
It was another sunny Friday...
Grandpa Liu shook his head to the rhythm, thoroughly enjoying the Peking opera playing on his phone. He sipped his tea with narrowed eyes, looking through the glass at the scenery that had remained unchanged for decades, and couldn't help sighing, "The sea has changed..."
Wait!
Something's happening!?????♂???
A guardian of the residents' safety who had loved Little Bear cookies for decades instantly stood at attention.
Grandpa Liu immediately put down his teacup and grabbed his whip. After seeing a somewhat familiar motorcycle stop at the gate, he was just about to pick up the loudspeaker and recite his unchanging line from all these years.
But the somewhat thin figure that stepped down from the motorcycle made him stop. He sat back down.
Sigh...
Grandpa Liu sighed softly and waved his fan.
It wasn't easy for this child to be able to leave the house and make friends...
In the blink of an eye, how many years had passed?
"I-I can stop here."
Hua Xin released the hem of her clothes, which she had been clutching tightly, and adjusted the oversized garments. Her tone sounded deliberately calm.
The girl held a pure-black helmet in her hands and carried a schoolbag on her back. If she were any shorter, she would have looked a little like an elementary school student.
(Going home, meow. Going home, meow...)
The girl's heart was filled with the joy of being able to return home soon.
"So... are we going to finish the assignment on Saturday or Sunday?"
Xia Yan held his helmet in his arms as well. Looking at Hua Xin's back, a hint of slyness flashed through his eyes.
He had deliberately brought it up because he wanted the girl to have something to look forward to about going out.
After all, she was going out with him, right???
Hua Xin immediately froze where she stood and said in a very unwilling whisper, "S-Sunday??..."
Then she fled as though escaping.
Xia Yan chuckled, put on his helmet, and started the motorcycle.
She really was cute—as a person, that is...
He would help her get better. A trace of reminiscence flashed through Xia Yan's eyes.
He would turn that suffocating loneliness and feeling of being ostracized into anticipation for life and happiness.
The blazing sun seemed to play background music for him:
The light of justice!??! Shone upon the earth...
I'm home...
Hua Xin let out a sigh of relief and instantly stripped off all her clothes and mask, leaving only her close-fitting Qihu shorts and oversized half-sleeved shirt.
She undid the cloth binding around her chest. The slime could finally display its magnificence, while the long-term pressure had made it hard for the girl to breathe.
There was no helping it. This was what cross-dressing as a boy was like.
Like a zombie, Hua Xin pounced onto the sofa. She relaxed and moaned adorably, like a snow leopard made of cheese.
"Home really is a safe house..."
"Home really is home..."
After rolling around on the old sofa, the girl suddenly remembered what she and Xia Yan had discussed when they parted earlier.
The light vanished from Hua Xin's eyes in an instant, and black smoke seemed to spread from her body.
In some class she didn't even know the name of today, the teacher had suddenly assigned a practical research project. The students had to choose a topic, form teams, go out onto the streets to interview passersby, and finally record and edit everything into a video.
She wanted to flee.
Xia Yan had dragged her back.
Then they had formed a team.
"Damn Xia...??, you shrimp-headed idiot??!?? I'm definitely going to get my revenge on you..."
The girl picked up her tiny fist and hammered the sofa madly with all the strength of a wave-rider, her eyes filled with shame and indignation.
Well... going out was fine... She would just hold up her phone and hide far away while filming??.
Hua Xin slowly calmed down.
Looking at the delivery boxes piled up before her, the corners of her lips gradually rose.
These had all been collected yesterday using ???? as free labor! She had only carried them upstairs twice.
Her meals for next month had arrived.
Hua Xin hummed a little tune, her bare feet faintly pink as they stepped across the floor.
She casually picked up a utility knife, happily crossed her legs, and sat in the middle of the pile of deliveries, opening them one by one.
"Two hundred and fifty grams of mung beans... I can make mung bean soup! Would adding Thirteen Spices make it taste better???"
It was worth trying!??
"A whole box of scallion soda crackers, five hundred grams... Breakfast is settled! They can also be a midnight snack??"
"Farm-style purple sweet potato strips, 200g... They can be chew sticks."
After tossing the cardboard box aside, Hua Xin looked at the enormous carton in front of her and couldn't help swallowing.
This was what she was most satisfied with...
The healthiest sweet, fragrant milk ever?? (Don't misunderstand????)!!! And it wasn't expired!!!??
The girl eagerly opened the carton. Seeing that there were no signs of leakage or spoilage, she happily opened a carton and took a large gulp.
She stuck out her rosy little tongue and gently licked the white, murky liquid from the corner of her mouth back inside before swallowing it. Hua Xin sank completely into the happiness of food.
Reluctantly, she set the half carton of milk aside. Delicious food couldn't all be eaten at once; it had to be saved for last.
Next!
"Salted egg yolk cheese biscuits, 380g... These will be lunch!"
"Raw coconut latte mini biscuits, 300g... These will be dinner!"
"Flower Cake, 50g... Uh, that's too little. I'll eat it now, hehe??."
With an "awoo," she popped the Flower Cake into her mouth. The girl puffed out her cheeks and savored it like a little hamster.
So good??...
With tears in her eyes, Hua Xin continued opening the deliveries.
"Purple-skinned garlic... Uh, hurry up and grow bigger???"
Noodles without garlic were missing half their flavor! She would add it next time she ate instant noodles or cooked a stir-fry.
"Roasted chili sauce, 218g."
"Sour plum jam."
The most important strategic supplies, equal in status to Thirteen Spices!??!
After all, they could be mixed with rice or noodles and also serve as seasonings??.
She had finished opening everything...
Hua Xin looked at the boxes that had originally carried happiness and the source of life, now reduced to piles of cardboard. A trace of disappointment flashed through her eyes.
"It's so quiet..."
She slowly stood up, gathered up the cardboard, and finally put it in the room where miscellaneous items were stored.
When she opened the door, it was already piled high with flattened cardboard?? and mineral-water bottles.
Seeing this, a little light returned to the girl's eyes.
Once she sold this scrap, she would be able to have another feast! o(≧▽≦)o
After tidying everything away, Hua Xin returned to the living room. When she saw the food on the floor, she hesitated slightly.
"A friend fee..."
"Hmph??..."
She supposed she could reluctantly let this sunny, popular rich kid taste what real delicious food was like—tsundere!
She took three biscuits of every brand (very generous of her; she couldn't even bear to eat them herself??) and, with some anticipation, put them in her schoolbag.
Without realizing it, Hua Xin had also begun to regard Xia Yan as her friend.
"Hachimi, Hachimi, chubby baby, chubby baby~"
"Baby, you're such a fragrant, soft strawberry?? cake, baby, baby~"
The girl turned on the computer. When she saw what appeared in the video, her face instantly filled with dark lines.
"Right!"
Hua Xin suddenly remembered that her half carton of milk was still in the living room.
It couldn't go to waste??.
The girl then hurried over to get the milk.
But, as expected, something unexpected still happened.
With a "thump," Hua Xin's foot slipped, and she fell to the floor.
Feeling something on her body, she shakily pushed herself up.
It had been flattened.
The slime had been stained with a sparkling white layer of murky fluid.
??
"My..."
"My milk!!!!!??????"
A few seconds later, she silently trembled as she lifted her clothes...
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