Chapter 12: From the Story
When Lin Guzhi was taking Xiaoxi back, they happened to meet Xia Qing who was coming back with a guitar.

The woman was still fully armed with a mask, sunglasses and a bucket hat. When she saw Lin Guzhi and Xiaoxi, she looked around and said, "Come in, come in."

After opening the door and entering the house, she let out a long breath and took off her hat, glasses and mask.

"Where have you been?"

Xia Qing put down the guitar and asked casually.

Lin Guzhi replied: "I took Xiaoxi around to have her familiarize herself with the environment and develop a sense of security before she goes to kindergarten. I wanted to learn more about it by watching TV, but there is no internet at home and the TV has no signal."

Xia Qing said, "Ah, when I came to live here before, I paid a lot of water, electricity and gas bills at once, but the internet connection was temporary and could only be turned on at a scheduled time. It was only used for two years. Now I guess the broadband has just been stopped. I will pay it now."

This little rich woman really doesn't mind spending money. I'm afraid she has to pay thousands of dollars for her bills. I don't know how much water, electricity and gas this family has left.

"Thank you then."

Lin Guzhi said. He had no psychological pressure to eat this temporary free meal.

Xia Qing did what he said and took out his cell phone immediately. "I haven't lived here for long, so when I opened the broadband here, I did it separately and didn't bind my cell phone number. I forgot the number. But I think I left the phone number of a nearby China Mobile. I can call and have someone check it and help pay it. Wait a moment."

She searched for a long time and found the phone number, then called:
"Hello, I want to pay my broadband bill, but I forgot my broadband number. Can you help me check it?"

"Yes, I used my ID card to get it. Let me tell you my ID number."

"Hehe, we just have the same name. I'm not her. She's a big star, and I'm just a nobody."

"Yes, yes, it's 1701, Unit , Building , Peace No. ."

"Can you help me pay it? It's not convenient for me to go over now. I'll transfer the money through WeChat."

"Okay, okay, thank you."

At this point, Xia Qing suddenly covered the microphone of her phone and whispered to Lin Guzhi, "What's your WeChat number? I'll use your WeChat number to add someone to transfer money. My number is not very convenient."

Lin Guzhi said: "I don't even have a mobile phone, and my WeChat account has not been used for three years. I'm afraid it has been cancelled long ago."

Xia Qing was stunned for a moment, then said, "Okay."

She had no choice but to change her avatar and nickname on her WeChat account, and then reported her WeChat account.

After hanging up the phone, she explained to Lin Guzhi: "My WeChat Moments were exposed before, and I was afraid that people would recognize my profile picture and nickname. So I wanted to borrow yours."

Lin Guzhi said, "You don't have to worry. Most people don't remember the profile pictures and nicknames of celebrities online. Even if they see someone familiar, they usually won't think it's you."

“Haha… that’s right…”

Xia Qing felt that she was being too sentimental. She smiled awkwardly and asked, "Where have you been for the past three years? How come your WeChat account is gone?"

Lin Guzhi recalled the end of the world and couldn't help feeling sad. He said truthfully: "I went to another world."

Xia Qing thought about how Lin Guzhi and Xiaoxi looked when she first met them yesterday. She glanced at Lin Guzhi cautiously, thinking that she should not ask any more questions.

Lin Guzhi used the term "another world" to describe the past. That place must have been too painful for both him and Xiaoxi to recall, so they were unwilling to mention it directly.

How can you just expose other people's scars?

Although there is no internet here, there is a router. After paying the fee, Xia Qing tried it and found that the router that had been unused for two years was still usable.

So Lin Guzhi asked Xiaoxi to sit down in front of the TV and turned it on for her. "Xiaoxi, there are a lot of interesting programs on TV here. I'll find you a cartoon to watch, you will probably like it. But don't watch it for too long, understand? Watching it for too long will damage your eyes."

Lin Guzhi said as he pressed the remote control to find a program for Xiaoxi. In order for Xiaoxi to adapt to this world and understand this world, she doesn't necessarily have to watch programs related to reality. Lin Guzhi thinks that the most important thing is to let Xiaoxi be interested in more things in this world.

Xiaoxi's eyes were already drawn to the TV. She stared at the screen and nodded: "Yeah."

While watching TV, she was holding the bubble wand tightly in her hand, obviously she loved this toy very much.

Xia Qing saw this and couldn't help thinking: Children are so easy to satisfy!

She returned to her bedroom with her guitar and began to perfect the song she had written yesterday. She was not good at writing lyrics, so she only perfected the melody.

After concentrating on it for a whole morning, she finally polished a piece of music to a decent standard. When she came out, she saw Lin Guzhi preparing lunch in the kitchen again. Xiaoxi stood behind Lin Guzhi, watching him busy quietly.

However, she felt that Lin Guzhi's movements were a bit clumsy, as if he didn't know how to cook very well.

"How about I do it."

Xia Qing walked forward and said.

Lin Guzhi turned around and saw Xia Qing, and immediately handed over the spatula and said, "Okay. I haven't cooked for a long time, and I kind of forgot how to cook."

Xia Qing took the shovel and said, "You made a good breakfast."

Lin Guzhi said: "It took me a long time to think about it and recall it before I finished it."

Xia Qing smiled and said, "Okay, I'll do it, you guys go out."

So Lin Guzhi led Xiaoxi out of the kitchen. Xia Qing shook the spoon, humming the song she had just written and preparing to start working, when she suddenly heard Xiaoxi's voice outside the kitchen: "Xiaolin, she won't poison you, will she?"

Xia Qing paused and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Lin Guzhi's voice immediately rang out: "What are you thinking about?"

Xiaoxi said, "My father told me. Once, some strangers came to the camp, and my father told me to be careful and not to eat their food because it might be poisoned."

Xia Qing's heart moved, and she caught the word "camp" in Xiaoxi's words. What kind of people would live in a camp?

Lin Guzhi said: "That's a business trip."

Xiaoxi said: "Dad said that business travel is the worst, and he does all kinds of bad things."

Xia Qing's first reaction was who is Xiaoxi's father? How can he teach a child in such a way? But then she realized that Xiaoxi's living environment is different from the normal one, so the business hotel is probably not a normal business hotel. It's better not to use her own family as an example.

She heard Lin Guzhi say: "Sister Xia Qing is not a business traveler. She is not a bad person."

"Oh."

Xiaoxi agreed.

Xia Qing was very satisfied, thinking that you finally knew what was best for you, and she happily started to make lunch.

However, Xiaoxi's words always lingered in Xia Qing's mind. The camp and the bad guy business hotel, where are the different places?
It feels like they came out of a story...

(End of this chapter)