Cinderella's Gypsophila

It was almost New Year's Eve when Qi Yan received the second project from Xun.

He roughly made a frame, then took Zhuo Ziwei's laptop and drove back to grandma's house.

With so many major incidents happening at home, Qi Shengbin was naturally ashamed to tell his mother, and even less in the mood to go back to the countryside for the New Year, and finally found an excuse of "Xiao Meng's poor health" and hid at home in desperation.

When Qi Yan arrived at grandma's house, she heard grandma complaining: "Oh, it's just your dad! I gave birth to him. I don't know if he committed blood crimes in the previous life? I worked so hard to raise him up, and I didn't expect him to be more successful. , but for a vixen old woman, she gave up her wife and children, and didn't go home during the Chinese New Year, is this still a human being?"

Qi Yan: "Grandma, don't be sad, and be careful not to get angry. Leave him alone, you and Xiaoyue will have me in the future."

"I'm almost fifteen, and I will be an adult soon. You can rely on me in the future."

Grandma wiped her tears: "Oh, Xiao Yan, you are kind and a good boy. You are not at all like your bastard father!"

Qi Yan smiled and said nothing more.

Grandma is an old lady in the countryside, so she can't help him.What's more, grandma is already very old. Over the years, there have been many big and small problems, and she still has to support Xiaoyue.After this meeting, he was obviously a little older, and his hair was almost white.

How could he bear to let her worry about it?

The Chinese New Year in the countryside is still lively.

Qi Yan pulled himself together, smiled and accompanied his younger sister Xiaoyue to feasts and begged for candies during the day, and at night he went home to help his grandma with housework and cleaning the walls.At night, I just stayed up in bed alone and typed codes.

In this way, I stayed at my grandma's house until the third day of the new year, and then rushed back to the city.

There is no way, after all, there is no internet in the countryside, no matter how talented he is in programming, he still has to learn and look up what he doesn't understand.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Qi Yan's Kari finally received the second project payment.

"Xun" sent him a message: It must be very exhausting to do so fast, take a break?

Qi Yan didn't dare to rest.

He tapped on the keyboard quickly with his fingertips, and asked "Xun" for a new and more difficult project to do.

……

When the first sum of money was received before, although the amount exceeded expectations, Qi Yan was actually not too happy.

He is always worried that this is just a short-lived income, and he still dares not eat, live, and relax.

It was not until the second payment was received that I finally had the feeling of a drowning person surfacing and breathing fresh air again.

The third money came faster.

"Xun" trusted him and gave him half of the advance payment directly.

With the current amount of money in Cary, Qi Yan finally has a sense of being down-to-earth.I finally began to be able to eat well and sleep soundly, instead of being tense and anxious like the previous weeks.

After returning from his grandma's house in the countryside, Qi Yan never expected that he would temporarily live in Xia Lili's small villa.

This incident was also due to a small chance.

His mother's necklace had been handed over to Xia Lili's family for safekeeping.After this accident, Qi Yan wanted to get that necklace back.

He called Xia Lili, and Xia Lili's young stepmother drove Xia Lili to deliver it.The necklace was golden and undamaged, and the broken chain was repaired by the mother and daughter at a goldsmith.

"What's the matter with you?"

The woman is very young, but she has a pair of kind, intelligent, insightful eyes.

"Look at you, your hair is so long, your collar is dirty, you're still so thin, and your face is blue and white. You look like you, don't you run away from home?"

If this is an ordinary parent, they may continue to educate him a few words and persuade him to go home.

But Xia Lili's mother is not an ordinary person, she didn't even ask why he was homeless, she just said: "If there is really no place to go, why don't you come to live with us?"

"There are many rooms upstairs and downstairs in our house. Lily's father doesn't come back often, so it's very empty. You are Lily's good friend, so it doesn't matter if you come and stay for a few days?"

"..."

Qi Yan didn't want to agree at first.

Although he and Xia Lili were childhood sweethearts, they were separated for many years after all.He hadn't even spoken to Xia Lili's young stepmother.

But after returning from the countryside, Qi Yan had to settle an account silently.

He has nowhere to go at the age of 14, and there is no need to sign a rental contract for a minor without a guardian.If you go to a black intermediary, they may deceive him because they think he is small.It is not cost-effective to stay in a hotel, and there are cheap small hotels, but they may not be safe.

He did earn some money now, but every cent cannot be easily squandered.

Qi Yan: "..."

Temporarily living in a small villa, Qi Yan was warmly treated by Xia Lili and her mother.

This home is like a fairy tale world.

It is big and bright, with floor-to-ceiling glass windows.The bald trees in the yard are covered with snow, but the house is full of fragrant flowers.

There are always snacks and biscuits on the table, Xia Lili's mother and Xia Lili's home clothes are like princess dresses, lively and beautiful.

Qi Yan only lived in a cramped, dark old house.

At Xia Lili's house, he slept in a surprisingly soft and spacious big bed for the first time.For the first time, I ate fruits such as strawberries and blueberries, milk yogurt and golden toast for breakfast, as well as "organic food" such as vegetable salads and fried steaks.

Xia Lili's mother: "You are at the age of growing your body, you should eat more!"

"These in our family are all the recipes of nutritionists in the United States. They are high in fiber and high in protein, balanced in nutrition, and are the best for growing your body. But sometimes Lily and I will go outside when we get hungry. Buy fried buns and fried dough sticks, hahaha!"

After breakfast, Xia Lili usually starts to paint.

She is very interested in painting and can indulge in it for a long time alone.Usually after ten o'clock, the professional painting teacher also comes to the door, and will give some guidance and discussion on her painting.

And she spends a lot of time immersed in the painting world, and her mother doesn't care about her. She also goes to read books, arrange flowers and plants, or prepare lunch by herself.Qi Yan typed on his code without disturbing each other.

Only occasionally when eating, Xia Lili's mother would remind her daughter a few words: "Do you still plan to do your winter homework?"

Xia Lili: "Cough, the last two days I... concentrated on making up."

Her mother: "Oh, is it finished?"

Xia Lili: "I can do it! I'm going crazy to make up the efficiency of my homework, I'm even afraid!"

Her mother: "Come on, although your ambition is not to study, but to be an artist, but you have to deal with it... Cough, you still have to deal with it. After all, it is a nine-year compulsory education, understand?"

Xia Lili: "Understood! Wrap it on me!"

Qi Yan smiled.

Really, if it wasn't for the fact that the woman was so young, it would be hard for him to imagine that she would be a stepmother.

If it is said that Meng Xinlan gave him the stereotype of a vicious stepmother outside of the "Snow White" story.In his opinion, Xia Lili's stepmother is a typical case of "good stepmothers exist" in an absolute sense.

With her here, it seems that this home can always be filled with a relaxed, comfortable, free and optimistic atmosphere at the same time.

Living in it is very safe and comfortable.

Of course, Xia Lili also told him that everything was not like this from the beginning.

After all, she has a biological mother. Although her biological mother ran away, she naturally resisted and made trouble with the new aunt her father brought home.

Until later in elementary school, classmates with good deeds laughed at her for not having a mother. She went home and cried, and her stepmother went straight to the school: "Who said my daughter has no mother? I am her mother! Let me hear again that I am Daughter has no mother, be careful I will tear your mouth off!"

The child couldn't help being frightened, and never dared to talk nonsense again.The other parent finally apologized.

"I also asked, why she was patient with me and was good to me."

"She looked me in the eyes and told me that it was because she loved my dad. She loved the house and the crow, and I was that little crow."

"But..." She leaned closer to Qi Yan and said proudly, "But because Dad is too busy, he can't go home every day. Mom told me secretly last time that now she loves me the most, and Dad is the one." That little crow! Hahaha!"

Qi Yan followed with a smile.

After laughing, Xia Lili ran away, and he was slightly dazed facing the sunlight reflecting off the snow in the yard.

"Aiwujiwu" is really a beautiful word.

Like a man, even like the crows on his house.That little crow, how lucky it is.

And he hates a person...