Meng Xiaozhi Sugar Core

Tang's father rolled down the window and showed approval: "I thought you guys were just talking about shoveling snow. I didn't expect you to really make the ground so clean."

After Tang's father parked the car, three people got out of the car, including a familiar figure.

"Well, Tang Xin Xiaomeng, there may be one more person in our family these days. I will live with you." Tang's mother walked over holding the girl's hand.

"Xia He?!" I looked at her in surprise and called out her name.

Xia He looked up and saw us, and was slightly startled, but her red eyes told us that she was not in good condition at the moment.

"This is Uncle Keller's daughter. Do you know her?" Mr. Tang was also very surprised to see me call out her name.

"Yes, he came back with us on the same plane." Tang Xin nodded.

"You all know about Uncle Keller. He needs to stay in the hospital for half a year. His mother hasn't settled things at home yet, and there are a lot of things to do in the hospital, so he's staying at our house for the time being." Mother Tang gently stroked Xia He's head, "Please take good care of your sister."

"Hmm..." Tang Xin and I looked at each other and nodded.

"Mom, Dad, and Sister Xia He. You should all go into the house and have some rest. You must be exhausted after not sleeping all night." Tang Xin said as she opened the door and invited everyone in.

……

After entering the house, Mr. and Mrs. Tang went upstairs to wash up and go to bed. As they are old, they really need more sleep after staying up all night.

Xia He sat alone in the living room, her quietness making people feel pity for her.

"Xia He, don't worry." Tang Xin didn't know how to comfort her, so she sat aside and whispered.

But as soon as these words fell, Xia He's tears rolled out. Tang Xin quickly handed her a tissue to wipe her tears.

"Don't cry, don't cry, your dad will be fine." Tang Xin was at a loss. What she feared most was seeing girls crying. She was not very good at comforting me when I cried before.

Just then, I came out with a bowl of fried rice and saw this scene, so I hurried over to help comfort them.

"Come on, Xia He, have a bite of food. You must be starving."

"Thank you...I don't want to eat." She looked at me and shook her head.

"How can you not eat? Your father wouldn't want you to be like this because of him, right? Come on, open your mouth, ah, I'll feed you." I picked up the spoon and stuffed a bite into Xia Hele's mouth without caring whether she was happy or not.

Xia He reluctantly opened her mouth and took a bite. She chewed it twice and her face turned slightly red. "Can I have another bite? It's delicious."

Tang Xin and I smiled at each other, and I handed her the whole bowl of fried rice. Delicious food can always comfort a broken heart without anyone noticing. There is no obstacle that cannot be solved by a bowl of rice. If there is, then eat two bowls.

Chapter 77 Going Out

There were heavy snowstorms for several days, and something happened at Xia He's home, so the North American travel plan that Tang Xin and I had originally made was completely ruined. But fortunately, the biggest gain from the North American trip had already been obtained, so Tang Xin and I didn't feel any regrets.

Xia He had been living in Tang Xin's house for three days, and she would go to the hospital with Tang's father to visit her father every day. However, after learning from Tang's father that her father seemed to be out of danger and had slowly entered the recovery period, Xia He's mood gradually improved. By the third day, there was basically no haze on her face.

"Good morning." I was making breakfast for everyone in the kitchen when I saw Tang Xin and Xia He walking down from the second floor in their pajamas.

"Morning, dear." "Morning, Li Xiaomeng."

The two of them rubbed their eyes and yawned almost synchronously, and at first glance you would have thought they were two sisters.

"Why haven't you gotten enough sleep?" I looked at the two of them and found it a little funny. We clearly went to bed together yesterday, and I was so energetic when I got up, but why are these two like night owls?

"Xiaomeng got up so early." Tang Xin exclaimed.

Xia He on the side nodded: "It's the same schedule as my grandfather."

"Yes, I actually fell asleep as soon as I lay down yesterday. I didn't even play with my phone." Tang Xin agreed.

"Don't play with your phone while lying in bed. It's bad for your eyesight." I sighed, walked out of the kitchen and put a fried egg in each of their bowls.

"When are you going back home?" Xia He asked us after eating a few fried eggs.

"Probably in these few days? Tang Xin's father is booking plane tickets for us. If we don't go back now, we may miss the start of university classes." I also sat down and started eating breakfast with them.

"Eh?! How can it be so fast! I haven't eaten enough of the food Xiaomeng made!" Xia He frowned and said reluctantly.

"There will be opportunities in the future. Besides, you are going to come to China." I laughed.

"Well, I envy Tang Xin so much. You can eat Xiao Meng's cooking every day."

"Are you envious? If you are envious, then go find someone who is willing to cook for you." Tang Xin smiled proudly, and did not forget to look at me with a raised eyebrow.

"If I find a boy, I will definitely cook for him. American boys are so annoying." Xia He rolled her eyes and spread her hands helplessly, "Let's talk about it later. I think it's good to be alone."

"What is it like to go to high school and college in the United States?" When she said this, I became unusually curious.

"Um, this is too broad. I haven't attended high school in China. Without comparison, I can't tell you about the experience." Xia He shook her head, feeling a little embarrassed, but she added: "If you want to know something more specific, I can tell you."

“Will there be discrimination?”

"It's okay. I haven't encountered any yet, but I can't guarantee that others won't talk about it behind my back. But there are a lot of small groups, and there are even gangs in the school." Xia He thought for a while and said, "It may also be that I look more like my father."

"Are you tired of college?" Tang Xin asked.

"There's a lot of research to do in college, writing reports every day, attending classes and taking exams, and giving speeches. It's really tiring, and it's hard to graduate." Xia He nodded, "The most important thing is that the tuition is very expensive."

"Oh, our domestic universities don't have much pressure."

"Hey, girls. What are you talking about?" Mother Tang came down from the second floor. The tired look on her face from the past few days had disappeared, replaced by a rosy face.

"We're talking about school!" Tang Xin raised her hand to answer.

"You've been thinking about school during the holidays and can't wait to go back to class?" Tang's mother laughed. She probably didn't expect Tang Xin to ask about school.

"No, I'm just curious!" Tang Xin shook her head embarrassedly.

"Okay, girls, you must be bored at home these days, right? How about going to the supermarket with me to do some shopping?" Tang's mother took out a pair of car keys from her pocket and waved them in front of us. "It doesn't matter how much you buy, I'll pay for it!"

"Yeah!" Tang Xin and Xia He shouted happily. This was the first time Xia He showed a happy expression in these days.

"Let's go change clothes!" Tang Xin pulled me up and ran upstairs...

After I changed my clothes and put on my makeup, another hour passed. The main reason was that Tang Xin couldn't decide what to wear for me. God knows half of her suitcase was for me. In the end, she chose a black turtleneck windbreaker for me to wear, saying that it looked cool and cute, although I don't think these two words can be used together.

"Tang Xin, this dress has so few pockets." When I got into Tang's mother's car, I discovered a serious problem. The phone Tang Xin bought for me was too big, and it seemed that it couldn't fit in the pockets of this dress.

"It's called style!" Tang Xin explained, "The pockets should be just right, but not destroy the overall beauty of the clothes. I bought this one just because I think it suits you."

"Well, can't there be a bigger pocket on the inside to hold a cell phone?" I still didn't understand.

"Actually, I've always wanted to ask... Xiaomeng, why don't you buy a bag?" Tang Xin asked a soul-searching question.

"Ah... this..." I avoided her sincere and inquiring eyes and made up a story, "Well, I didn't choose the right one."

"Why are you like a boy, taking only a cell phone with you when you go out and nothing else?" Xia He also echoed.

"Because Tang Xin always brings them for me." What I said was absolutely true. I often got sanitary pads from her. Apart from my face turning pale with fright, there was no other disadvantage.

"Just pamper her." Xia He rolled her eyes at both of us.

"Then please help me hold the phone. It's too tiring to hold it in my hands." As I said that, I stuffed the phone into Tang Xin's bag.

"Okay!" Tang Xin agreed without thinking.

Tang Xin's bag is a genuine leather brand. Unfortunately, I don't know what luxury brand it is. It looks small, but it has a huge space inside. I often suspect that it is Doraemon's pocket, which can always create infinite space and take out anything a girl wants. Lipstick and lip gloss are too simple. Power banks, notebooks and other big things can actually be stuffed in it. Just like now, my mobile phone is like entering a bottomless pit, a stone falling into the Yellow River, without even a splash.

"What's wrong?" Tang Xin asked when she saw that I was a little dazed.

"Can I also buy a bag and carry it with me?" I murmured.

Tang Xin sighed: "Good fellow, it turns out that you have never had the awareness to buy a bag in all these years. It just so happens that my mother will pay for it this time, so let her buy it for you!"

"No problem, buy a bag for your daughter and daughter-in-law. It can also be considered a gift from your future mother to you!" Mother Tang naturally heard our conversation and agreed without hesitation.

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My mother recovered from her illness, and it was my turn to catch a cold and crack.

Chapter 78: Lost

The commercial pedestrian street in the United States is somewhat similar to the domestic commercial plaza. It is also a huge commercial center with various shops for rent to merchants.

The mall that Tang's mother brought us to is the largest pedestrian street in the area. What satisfied me most was that there was an underground parking lot on the pedestrian street, so we didn't need to get out of the car in the snow on the ground to enter the mall.

I got off the underground parking lot and took the elevator. It was the first time I felt the crowds in the sparsely populated United States. Probably because of the weather, most people didn't have outdoor activities, and shopping in the mall became their only form of entertainment.

We took the elevator to the first floor, and the unfamiliar foreign faces coming and going around us reminded us again that we were out of place, but fortunately, the black and white people passing by did not pay much attention to us.

Tang Xin held my hand nervously, and with her other hand she tightly grasped her mother's clothes.

"Hold my hand tight and don't get lost. The shopping mall here is very big." Tang Xin reminded me seriously in my ear.

"How could he get lost?!"

I was thinking this as a matter of course thirty minutes ago, but now I am sitting on a chair in the middle of the mall, daydreaming.

Yes, I got separated from them. I tried hard to remember the place where we got separated, but it seemed that this place was so unfamiliar that I couldn't remember any landmarks at all.

I just remember that everyone was looking at clothes and bags through the window, and then a group of staff members dressed as characters from movies and animations passed by me from behind. Then I followed them for a few minutes and was fascinated. After all, exotic cosplay is really interesting, until I thought of taking out my phone from my pocket to take a few photos.

"Tang Xin, give me your phone!" I stretched out my hand towards the air and was stunned.

"Tang Xin? Xia He?" I walked around the place but didn't see a familiar figure.

No way? Did Tang Xin really get it right? How could this person get lost? I felt my head getting bigger and bigger. The most important thing was that my phone was also in Tang Xin's bag. How could I contact them now?

"If they find out I'm missing, they will go look for me, right?" I thought about it and stood up, planning to walk around. Who knows, I might run into Tang Xin who's looking for me.

But obviously, such a young idea is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I didn't get anything after running back and forth for a few times, but I attracted a lot of attention. Maybe it was because everyone else was walking around leisurely, and I was the only one running around, which made me look a bit different.

"Little girl!" Just when I was at a loss, a hoarse middle-aged female voice sounded beside me.

I turned around and saw a woman sitting on a chair beside me, drinking a cup of coffee. She was wearing an expensive-looking fur coat and sunglasses with large frames that almost covered half of her face. She smiled and waved at me.

After looking around to make sure there was no one else around, I walked over with a little caution.

"Just came to the United States?" She had an East Asian face, but her Chinese didn't seem to be very good.

"Yeah..." I nodded, but then I was a little surprised. How did she know I was Chinese? You know, East Asian faces also come from Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and other countries.

"Don't be surprised. With more people watching, you will naturally know where they are from. You have the unique temperament of Chinese women."

My face turned slightly red, and I thought to myself: Bullshit, unique charm, I guess it's just a blind guess. Why can't you see masculinity in me?

"It is soft yet strong, with both the gentleness of a woman and the firmness of a man," she added.

Ah, you can see this? Damn it.

"Lost?" She took a sip of coffee. "Or got separated?"