"Oh." Miao Xin exclaimed indifferently, "His father died."
Seeing her lazily uninterested in discussing such personal matters further, Chen Xiaoyi handed the fish over and, feeling reluctant, looked back at the little girl before turning away.
As he walked less than five steps away, he heard the sound of the door closing behind him.
Strange woman, and strange child, Chen Xiaoyi thought.
When he returned to the car, he found that the traffic police had issued a fine because he was parked in the wrong place and had stayed too long. Helplessly, he removed the ticket, got in the car, and called his wife's cell phone while driving back to work.
Beep beep beep, it rang several times, but the other side never answered. Seeing the time, it was just past twelve o'clock. She might be asleep. Thinking this, he hung up the phone.
Back at the office, Yao Ke had waited impatiently for his return and had climbed into bed after taking off his clothes in the duty room.
