Chapter 63 Substantial Progress
At night, the journey was halfway through. Lin Guzhi drove off the highway and found a hotel nearby to stay.

The room was still a suite with a bed inside and outside, and the method was still Lin Guzhi to book the room, and then Xia Qing took Xiaoxi to sneak in. This made Xia Qing feel the legendary cheating feeling again.

But it's really unacceptable to have an affair with a child.

After a good night's sleep in the hotel and getting enough rest, we set off again the next day.

Xia Qing thought that the stinky uncle might be tired after driving for a long time, so she thought about asking Lin Guzhi to drive herself. However, her proposal was directly rejected by Lin Guzhi.

She really couldn't compete with Lin Guzhi, so she had to sit in the back row and continue playing with Xiaoxi.

But the stinky uncle does look energetic, not tired. If it were me, I would have collapsed from exhaustion and would need a good rest for a day before I could continue driving.

Well, I have to endure more and learn from that stinky uncle.

She thought so in her heart, cheering herself up.

If nothing else, at least you should exercise more!
She vaguely remembered that she had bought a long-term membership card for a high-end gym near Li Jie's home, but she only went there two or three times and then stopped going. She should continue to go there in the future, firstly to exercise herself, and secondly to avoid wasting the membership card.

She made up her mind, but then she changed her mind and realized that she still had to stay at Peace No. 1 to find inspiration for writing songs, and it was not convenient for her to keep running to Sister Li's house or go to the gym to exercise.

And in order to avoid being discovered by paparazzi, it is not easy to go out for exercise here on Peace 1.

Let’s talk about it later.

Well, let’s talk about it later.

The reason was reasonable, Xia Qing nodded at ease, and took out a bag of snacks from the plastic bag and opened it, saying: "Come on, Xiaoxi, have some shrimp crackers."

But Xiaoxi shook her head and refused her: "Sister, I don't want to eat. I'm full after breakfast, it's not good to eat now."

The little girl was talking about how eating too much would make it difficult to move, causing unnecessary trouble and danger. This was the survival experience she had acquired in the apocalypse.

But when Xia Qing heard Xiaoxi's words, she felt that she was even worse than such a tiny girl.

I really deserve to die...

Xia Qing put the shrimp crackers back into the bag, stuffed the packaging bag back into the plastic bag, and reflected on himself again.

But this state only lasted about an hour and a half. After an hour and a half, Xia Qing couldn't help it anymore and tried to give Xiaoxi some shrimp strips. Xiaoxi felt that the slight feeling of fullness she had at breakfast was gone, so she took the shrimp strips and ate some, saying, "Thank you, sister."

"You're welcome!"

Xia Qing narrowed her beautiful eyes and smiled. She immediately felt that the guilt she had felt for not being able to exercise self-control was gone. She and Xiaoxi finished a bag of shrimp crackers with a "crunch, crunch" sound.

Of course, Xiaoxi didn’t have a big appetite, so she only ate a small portion, and most of the shrimp strips ended up in her stomach.

By noon, the car was almost in Haicheng, so they simply did not stop to eat and continued on their way.

At around 12:40, the car drove off the highway and drove for about half an hour before finally returning to Peace No. 1's home.

After getting off the car, Xia Qing felt the sunshine which was many times hotter than that in Jin Province. She stretched lazily, then took Xiaoxi's hand and guided her to jump out of the car.

Lin Guzhi also got out of the car, locked it, threw the keys to Xia Qing, and said, "You go back first, I'll go buy some lunch."

"All right."

Xia Qing nodded. She suddenly remembered something and leaned over to ask Xiaoxi: "Xiaoxi, can you go upstairs with your sister first? Xiaolin will be back with lunch soon." Xiaoxi turned her head to look at Lin Guzhi, then looked back at Xia Qing, seeming a little hesitant.

Lin Guzhi and Xia Qing looked at each other, then looked at Xiaoxi silently, waiting patiently for the little guy to respond.

Xiaoxi looked at Lin Guzhi again, then at Xia Qing, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally nodded and said, "Okay!"

In an instant, a strong sense of surprise flooded into the hearts of Lin Guzhi and Xia Qing at the same time. Although the two people were looking forward to different things, at this moment, they both felt that the clouds had cleared and the sun was shining.

Xia Qing still remembered that when she wanted Xiaoxi to be alone with her, Xiaoxi ran to Lin Guzhi without hesitation. This little girl had an extremely strong dependence on Lin Guzhi, so she could firmly reject everything else - including her kindness.

This made Xia Qing very unwilling and at the same time a little distressed. That was the performance of a person who lacked a sense of security!

But she didn't expect that today she invited Xiaoxi again, and Xiaoxi actually agreed to let the stinky uncle go away and be alone with her. What does this mean? It means that she can also give Xiaoxi a sense of security!

"Muah! Xiaoxi is so nice!"

Xia Qing picked up Xiaoxi and took two deep puffs of her through the mask, feeling an inexplicable sense of accomplishment. She thought to herself, this is probably the pleasure of making substantial progress in the galgame strategy that her best friend talked about?
"Then say goodbye to Xiaolin."

She said to Xiaoxi.

Xiaoxi looked at Lin Guzhi, and seemed a little uncomfortable saying these two words to Xiaolin. She opened her mouth, but found it difficult to utter a word for a while.

Lin Guzhi smiled and said, "I'll be back soon."

"Ah."

Xiaoxi nodded, looking relieved.

So Xia Qing took Xiaoxi's hand, smiled at Lin Guzhi, turned around and walked towards the unit door.

Lin Guzhi just watched silently, and when Xia Qing and Xiaoxi disappeared from his sight, he suddenly felt a little sour in his nose.

It's a good thing!

He thought so.

The fact that Xiaoxi was able to leave with Xia Qing showed that she had begun to slowly accept and adapt to this world. Besides herself, she now had someone else in this world whom she could trust and rely on.

Lord Long, did you see that? This is Xiaoxi's first real step into this world. She will slowly get closer to this world, live in this world, and live well.

for sure!
Taking a deep breath and forcing down the sour feeling in his nose, Lin Guzhi strode out of the community.

It was past lunchtime, and most of the restaurants nearby had stopped cooking. When he went in, he saw that the chefs and waiters were all eating. Lin Guzhi simply went to a farther place to buy lunch.

He ran very fast. He knew that increasing Xiaoxi's sense of security was a gradual process and he couldn't rush it. So he had to buy food and bring it back quickly to reassure Xiaoxi.

Only in this way can Xiaoxi continue to make progress little by little and enhance her sense of security in this world.

Well, today’s progress should also be celebrated.

He stopped in front of a restaurant, and there was a cake shop next to the restaurant. So he bought lunch in the restaurant and a small cake in the cake shop before turning around and running back.

It’s a sweet cake, Xiaoxi will probably like it.

(End of this chapter)