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"Mother."

Xia Qing was standing on the roadside answering the phone when a familiar voice sounded in her ears.

Zhou Tongtong's hair was tied up, and the ponytail swung back and forth with her movements. She trotted all the way with her schoolbag on her back and came to Xia Qing.

"Okay, that's it for now. I'll go find you tomorrow." After Xia Qing finished the phone call, she raised her hand to tidy up her daughter's messy hair and said with a smile.

"How did you study in school today? Did you understand what the teacher taught?"

Zhou Tongtong nodded seriously, and then said with a proud smile on his face, "I understand."

"Have you understood everything the teacher taught you?"

"Um."

"Then you are really awesome." Seeing her daughter's confident look, Xia Qing patted her little head and praised her.

"Mom, I'm a little hungry, let's go home quickly!" Zhou Tongtong said.

Xia Qing nodded and smiled, picked up her daughter and put her in the back seat of the electric car, and then drove the electric car home.

On the way back, I passed a shop selling cakes.

Zhou Tongtong quickly pointed to the cake shop and said she wanted to eat cake. Xia Qing naturally agreed with a smile, and then parked the electric car on the side of the road.

"You only want strawberry cake? How about something else?" Xia Qing asked.

"No need for anything else, I just want strawberry cake." Zhou Tongtong shook her head.

"Okay, then you wait for me here, don't run around..." Xia Qing said to her daughter, and then walked towards the queue in front of the cake shop.

Zhou Tongtong stood on the roadside with her schoolbag on her back. When she saw Xia Qing queuing at the end of the queue, she looked away.

There were many ants on the ground forming a long queue, crawling towards the bottom of a big tree in the distance in an orderly manner.

"A lot of ants." Zhou Tongtong's round eyes lit up, and then she quickly walked towards the ants in the distance.

Today the teacher assigned a composition about small animals.

Now that she saw these ants, Zhou Tongtong was inspired and prepared to observe them carefully. When she went home to write her essay, she could start writing like she was inspired.

"One, two, three..."

Zhou Tongtong squatted under the tree, watching ants crawl into a small hole one after another. She subconsciously counted the number of ants.

"Choo Choo Choo……"

As the sun sets, tired birds return to the forest. Many birds fly from the sky in the distance, landing on big trees one after another in the city, standing on the branches and making noisy calls.

Suddenly a little bird landed next to Zhou Tongtong, which startled Zhou Tongtong who was counting the number of ants.

"Little bird." Zhou Tongtong exclaimed, and then she quickly regained her composure and observed the nearby birds with interest.

The little bird, which is very afraid of humans, was not afraid of Zhou Tongtong at all. It looked curiously at Zhou Tongtong who was very close at hand, then changed its attention and started eating snacks with its head down.

"Ah... this little bird is eating ants." This was the first time Zhou Tongtong saw birds eating ants.

Facing the powerful predator, the orderly ant team immediately became panicked and ran away one by one.

Zhou Tongtong quickly took a few steps back and gave up her position. The bird's range of activities became wider, jumping around and pecking at fat ants one after another on the ground.

Perhaps because it was already full from foraging outside, this little bird preyed on ants on the ground for a while and then stopped, and then combed its feathers very happily.

"Can I touch you?" Zhou Tongtong asked in a low voice as she looked at the bird so close to her, a light golden light appearing in the depths of her eyes.

The little bird was combing its feathers happily, looking up at Zhou Tongtong who was questioning him, and suddenly became motionless.

"If you do this, I will take it as your promise!" Zhou Tongtong said with a smile, and then stretched out a finger to touch the little bird's head.

If anyone else had done this, the bird would have flown away long ago.

At this moment, Zhou Tongtong's fingers touched the little bird's head and stroked it gently.

In the distance, there is a sanitation worker who is getting ready to get off work and is sitting on a bench by the roadside to rest.

While drinking water, he observed the passers-by.

Suddenly I saw a little girl squatting under the tree, touching the bird with her hands, but the bird was not afraid at all, and stayed still and allowed the little girl to touch it.

"This... this little bird is not afraid of people." The sanitation worker was very surprised. Just when he was about to use his mobile phone to record the rare scene in front of him, the little girl withdrew her hand.

"Tongtong, what are you doing?" Xia Qing came over carrying two boxes of strawberry cakes and asked quickly when she saw her daughter squatting on the ground.

"Mom, I'm making friends with this little bird..." After Zhou Tongtong retracted her hand, she turned her head to look at Xia Qing and explained with a smile.

"Make friends?" After hearing what her daughter said, Xia Qing glanced around and found a sanitation worker not far away looking over here, so she quickly said to her daughter.

"I've already bought the strawberry cake you asked for. Let's go home."

The pale golden light that appeared deep in Zhou Tongtong's eyes had disappeared. The motionless bird shook its head, then flapped its wings and flew up, landing on the branch of a big tree not far away.

"Goodbye." Zhou Tongtong raised her hand, waved to the bird on the branch, and then followed Xia Qing to the place where the electric car was parked.

"Mom, why did you buy two boxes of strawberry cake?" Zhou Tongtong asked.

"The other box of strawberry cake is for your brother Lin Li." Xia Qing said with a smile.

The electric car started, and the mother and daughter set off again. The chaotic ants under the tree quickly regrouped.

The little bird standing on the branch in the distance looked at the direction Zhou Tongtong was leaving and shook his head gently a few times.

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In Ping'an Garden Community, two small wild cats were rolling in front of a leafy tree in the green belt.

The little white cat and the little black cat rolled around, covered with many broken grass blades.

Suddenly, a light flashed in the little white cat's eyes, and then the scene of Zhou Tongtong and Xia Qing returning home appeared in his mind, so he quickly got up from the ground and said to his friends beside him.

"Meow... Zhou Tongtong is back."

When the little black cat heard what his friend said, he stopped rolling and got up from the ground, "Meow...she is finally back."

The two little wild cats looked toward the gate of the community. Not long after, a familiar figure appeared in the distance.

"Xiao Bai, Xiao Hei." Zhou Tongtong, who was sitting in the back seat of the electric car, saw the two little wild cats and immediately waved her hands and let out a silver bell-like laugh.

Xia Qing parked the electric car and saw her daughter eager to run and play with the two little wild cats, so she said with a smile.

"Didn't you say you were hungry when school was over? Go home and have something to eat first!"

Zhou Tongtong shook her head, "Mom, I'm not hungry anymore. Let's play with Xiaobai and Xiaohei for a while before going home."

"You!" Xia Qing smiled helplessly, then took off her daughter's schoolbag, told her to go home early, and then walked towards the corridor carrying the strawberry cake and schoolbag.

Zhou Tongtong jogged all the way to the grass in the green belt.

"Meow...Zhou Tongtong, you are finally back. We have been waiting for you for a long time." The little black cat came to Zhou Tongtong's side and rubbed its furry head against his calf.

"Eh? Why do you feel a little wet?" Zhou Tongtong squatted down, raised her hand to touch the little black cat, and found that it was not an illusion, there were indeed many places on the cat's body that were still wet.

"Meow... We went swimming in the park in the afternoon, so we are still a little wet." The little white cat beside him explained.

"You guys went to the park to swim?" Zhou Tongtong said in surprise when she heard this, and then she added with a smile to the two little guys, "I have swimming lessons tomorrow, so you can swim too."

The little black cat said proudly, "Meow... our swimming pool is bigger than the swimming pool where you take swimming lessons."

"Yes! You are still awesome." Zhou Tongtong nodded.

"Meow... Will your swimming class tomorrow be in the morning or afternoon?" the little white cat asked.

"In the afternoon, what happened?"

"Meow... I want to go to your school with Xiao Hei to watch you take swimming lessons."

"Meow...yes, yes, I will go to school to watch you take swimming lessons."

"You really want to come and see me take swimming lessons?"

"Meow...yeah."

"Then you should be careful when you come here so that you don't get discovered."

"Meow... don't worry! We will be very careful not to let others discover us."

While Zhou Tongtong was chatting with the two little wild cats, Xia Qing walked out of the elevator.

She did not go home immediately, but first came to the neighbor's door and pressed the doorbell on the wall.

The ringing of the doorbell came from the crack of the door. Xia Qing stood at the door and waited for a while. When no one opened the door, she knew that Lin Li was not at home.

So Xia Qing stopped stopping in front of Lin Li's house and turned around to go back to her own home.

There was an extra box of strawberry cake in my hand, and I could only give it to Lin Li later.

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It was completely dark, and the light from the street lamps provided illumination for passing vehicles.

A silver-white van drove in an orderly manner on the street. Lin Li followed the navigation prompts and arrived at his destination.

He parked the car in a parking space on the side of the road, unbuckled his seat belt, opened the door and got out. Suddenly he saw a slim figure wearing a white shirt and short skirt standing under the billboard in the distance.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Lin Li crossed the road, came to Zhang Yuxi, and greeted him with a smile.

Zhang Yuxi was lowering her head to reply to the message. When she heard a familiar voice, she immediately raised her head, then smiled and said to Lin Li, "I just got here."

After the two met, Zhang Yuxi led Lin Li to the restaurant she had booked.

When the two people drifted away, after walking dozens of meters, a man wearing black-rimmed glasses walked out quickly from a coffee shop not far away.

He looked at Zhang Yuxi and Lin Li's leaving figures and took out his mobile phone from his pocket. After a while, the call he made was answered by the other party.

"Madam boss, Zhang Yuxi is here to wait for a man to have dinner with."

"I asked people before, and they all said that Zhang Yuxi is not hypocritical with men. It seems that they are all wrong..."

"Yes! The authenticity of hearsay will be greatly compromised. It is more accurate to investigate this matter personally."

"You continue to follow her and investigate her carefully for me."

"OK."

The two ended the call, and the man wearing black-rimmed glasses quickly chased in the direction where Lin Li and Zhang Yuxi left.

After a while, he saw Lin Li and Zhang Yuxi walking into a high-end restaurant.

Anyway, any consumption during this period will be reimbursed by the employer. The private detective entered this high-end restaurant without thinking much.

"Hello, sir." A waitress in black uniform greeted warmly.

The private detective said, "Hello, can I choose my own location?"

The waitress shook her head and said, "Sorry, all the seats in our restaurant have been reserved for today. If you want to choose a seat, you have to wait until tomorrow."

"Eh!" The private detective didn't expect such a high-end restaurant to do such a good business.

Originally, he wanted to follow in, sit down at a dining table close to the target, and eavesdrop on the conversation between the two, but now it seemed that he could not implement this plan.

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"Please wait a moment, you two. I will go to the kitchen to arrange your orders." The waitress poured tea for the two guests, then turned and left.

"The restaurant you chose has a really nice environment. It's not cheap to have a meal here, right?" Lin Li looked around and liked the elegant environment of this restaurant and said with a smile.

"The price is okay. This restaurant not only has a good environment, but the food is also very good." Zhang Yuxi said with a smile.

Next time I have dinner with Su Yue, I can choose this place... Lin Li thought in his mind.

"By the way, there is one thing I forgot to tell you before." Zhang Yuxi said.

"What's the matter?" Lin Li gathered his thoughts and asked doubtfully after hearing this.

"Didn't I say I would open a new branch before?"

"Yes, you have said this... What, you have decided where you want to open a branch?"

"Well, it's been decided. Now we just have to wait for the designer to come up with the design drawings before we can start decorating the rented store."

"That's pretty quick. Congratulations."

"Hehe... It's all thanks to you. Without your help, I wouldn't be able to do such a prosperous business now."

Lin Li smiled and said, "This still depends on one's own ability. If it were me opening a store and doing business, it would be considered very good if I could not make a loss."

When Zhang Yuxi heard Lin Li praising her strong business ability, she felt happy and had a smile on her face.

Then she brought up what happened not long ago.

"A colleague came to the store to discuss cooperation with me, but I rejected him."

"Are you a local colleague?"

"No, he's from out of town."

"People from out of town come to you to discuss cooperation. It seems that you have gained quite a reputation in this industry."

"Thanks to you, I do have some fame now."

"Since we are colleagues from other places, it is not impossible to cooperate. If you refused, is it because the conditions he raised are not acceptable?" Lin Li asked curiously.

"Yes, that person was too greedy. After hearing the conditions, I had no idea of ​​cooperating with her." Zhang Yuxi recalled the previous negotiation process and shook her head.

"It is too risky to cooperate with people who are too greedy, and it is really difficult to cooperate." Lin Li said.

"The food is here, let's not talk about her anymore, let's eat first..." Zhang Yuxi said with a smile when she saw a waiter coming with food in the distance.

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