Worried that something might happen to Qiao Lan, Tan Mo asked Uncle Chen to find someone to follow Qiao Lan at night.

The two young men had been following Qiao Lan for a few days and nothing had happened. Today, they followed Qiao Lan back home. The two of them were discussing whether they should book a room to surf the net tonight. In the end, in less than five minutes, the little girl who had just been safely sent home suddenly rushed out of the corridor.

Both of them were shocked.

They saw the little girl running for her life. A fat man jumped out of the corridor behind her, holding a stick and cursing. They couldn't hear what he was cursing, but they heard the fat man say that he was going to break the girl's legs.

The two of them thought about how they had taken so much money from Uncle Chen recently to protect this little girl. After being stunned for a moment, they started to chase after her. In the end, they saw the little girl run to the road and squat on the ground …

Playing with her phone???

Recently, Uncle Chen had been looking for them and gave them a lot of money to send a girl home every night. The two of them didn't know what Uncle Chen wanted to do, but they still did their duty.

However, in the current situation, they weren't sure what to do. They saw the girl squatting under the streetlight. It was cold at night, so they didn't want her to catch a cold.

In the end, they called Uncle Chen.

In less than ten minutes, a car rushed over at lightning speed.

Fortunately, there was no traffic jam at night.

Then, they saw the car door open from afar. The little girl looked at someone in the car from afar for half a minute before finally getting into the car. The car sped away. Uncle Chen called the two of them and said that everything was fine.

Qiao Lan was picked up in the car. The heater in the car slowly spread and she finally didn't feel too cold.

She gradually calmed down from the shock when she saw Tan Mo, but there were still a lot of questions in her mind.

"Tan Mo." Qiao Lan turned to look at Tan Mo who was only wearing a shirt. "Why are you and Uncle Chen here?"

In fact, she wanted to ask more questions. Why are you guys here? Why do you happen to be here at this time …?

Tan Mo pursed his lips and finally chose not to answer.

Uncle Chen, who was driving in the front, changed the topic at the right time. "Qiao Lan, why are you outside so late at night? It's so dangerous outside. Did something happen at home?"

Tan Mo didn't say anything and Uncle Chen changed the topic. Qiao Lan could also see that the two of them were avoiding the topic. Although he was curious, he didn't pursue the matter.

"Something did happen," Qiao Lan said. Then, Uncle Chen and Tan Mo didn't say anything. Qiao Lan was silent for a while before he continued, "My second sister gave my mother twenty thousand yuan a while ago. I don't know why there's more than a thousand yuan missing."

"They suspect that you took it?"

"Yeah." Qiao Lan's voice was calm. "They didn't believe me when I said I didn't. Then Qiao … My dad wanted to hit me, so I ran out."

Tan Mo was hidden in the darkness. When he heard Qiao Lan say that he wanted to hit him, he turned his head and glanced at Qiao Lan. Uncle Chen, who was sitting in the front, frowned.

Qiao Lan didn't even want Tan Mo's money. How could he take his family's money?

He had already guessed that something was wrong with Qiao Lan's family. Now that he heard Qiao Lan say that Qiao Lan's family didn't distinguish between right and wrong and didn't even ask clearly, he guessed a lot more.

"Do you have any other children in your family other than your second sister?"

"Two sisters and a brother."

That's it.

Uncle Chen had seen too many families like this, especially in the countryside.

They gave birth to one after another just to have a son.

They valued boys over girls. Only sons were treasures in the family. All the daughters were kept for future betrothal gifts.

No wonder Qiao Lan had to come out to work even though his family wasn't too poor. Today, he encountered such a situation.

Uncle Chen collected his thoughts and asked Qiao Lan, "Do you have any plans just now?"

"I didn't think too much just now. I just wanted to find a hotel to make do for the night. We'll talk about the rest tomorrow."

"It's not safe for a girl like you to stay in a hotel, especially at this late hour. Also, it's not cheap to stay for a night. How about this? Come back to our house with us first. Although it's not spacious, at least it's safe."

Qiao Lan turned her head and glanced at Tan Mo. She had read that people with AS didn't like outsiders to enter their familiar territory and didn't like their lives to be disturbed. Recently, Tan Mo had been ignoring her. Qiao Lan was afraid that Tan Mo would be unhappy.

However, Tan Mo stared straight at the backrest in front of him. After a while, he said stiffly, "I can ask Uncle Chen to send you to school tomorrow."

"No need, no need." Qiao Lan hurriedly waved her hand. "I'll go by myself. Then … then I'll bother you."

Uncle Chen cheerfully expressed that he wasn't bothering them at all. He glanced at Tan Mo through the rearview mirror and his smile became even more benevolent.

He had just called and heard that something had happened here. He had changed his shirt and followed them out without wearing any thick clothes. Now, he was starting to be stubborn and had a bad temper.

Tan Mo lived in a high-end neighborhood. It was either a villa area like his father's villa or an ordinary garden bungalow.

Tan Mo didn't like empty houses and didn't like outsiders coming in. Therefore, the house was cleaned up by Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen. If the house was too big, the two elders couldn't clean it up.

Qiao Lan followed Uncle Chen and Tan Mo out of the car. Uncle Chen turned on the light in front. Qiao Lan conveniently held Tan Mo's wheelchair. Tan Mo's body stiffened. He wanted to say no, but he swallowed his words.

Tan Mo's house was on the first floor. For the sake of convenience, Aunt Chen also didn't sleep and came out to take a look when she heard the noise.

Qiao Lan was a little embarrassed. She was so tired that the old lady couldn't even rest in the middle of the night.

Aunt Chen didn't feel disturbed at all. Ever since she heard that Uncle Chen was going to bring Qiao Lan back, Aunt Chen was so excited that she couldn't sleep. She heard her husband talk about this girl every day and knew that this girl was good to Tan Mo. Aunt Chen always wanted to see her, but unfortunately, she didn't get to.

She didn't expect to see her now.

The overly enthusiastic Auntie Chen brought Qiao Lan in. She looked at her from head to toe for a long time. Tan Mo sat in his wheelchair and watched Auntie Chen and Qiao Lan talk. Uncle Chen had no choice but to interrupt Auntie Chen's excitement.

"It's one o 'clock. This child has to wake up at six o' clock tomorrow morning."

Only then did Uncle Chen realize that Qiao Lan and Tan Mo would arrive at school at different times. Thus, he hurriedly pulled Qiao Lan into another bedroom.

"Lan Lan, this is my room. You can sleep here tonight."

"Oh," Qiao Lan was stunned for a moment when she was suddenly called Lan Lan. She took the pajamas that Aunt Chen gave her and asked, "Then where will you sleep?"

"I'll sleep with my husband," Aunt Chen said with a smile. Usually, she and Uncle Chen lived separately because Uncle Chen snored at night. However, it wasn't like they couldn't sleep together. After arranging Qiao Lan, she saw Tan Mo, who was still in a daze in the living room, and said, "Mo Mo, go to sleep too."

Qiao Lan, who had just followed them out, heard Aunt Chen call out "Mo Mo". She suddenly felt that her "Lan Lan" was nothing.

Qiao Lan suddenly felt that the old woman's "Mo Mo" sounded a little cute when she heard it.

Looking at the expressionless Tan Mo in front of her, Qiao Lan suddenly had the idea of teasing him. Her lips curled up into a smile as she walked over. Suddenly, she lowered her head and whispered in Tan Mo's ear.

"Mo Mo!"

Before Tan Mo could react to this unusual way of addressing him, he suddenly felt a warm breath. This was a feeling that he had never felt in his 15 years of life.

He suddenly felt a warmth on the tip of his ear that was much clearer than normal people's. It even made Tan Mo wonder if Qiao Lan had really touched him.

He quickly turned his head. The girl behind him said with a smile, "Mo Mo, go to sleep!"

Tan Mo was speechless.

Tan Mo sat stiffly in his wheelchair. No one saw that Tan Mo was so nervous that he didn't even know where to place his fingers. The house returned to silence. Tan Mo hesitantly reached out and touched the tip of his ear.

His fingers trembled slightly.

It was so hot.

The next day, Qiao Lan woke up very early. She carefully tidied up her blanket, washed up, and left Tan Mo's house. After identifying the direction, she hurriedly rushed towards the school.

When she got back to school, Qiao Lan began to think carefully about the current situation.

She couldn't stay at the Qiao family's house anymore.

Even if the Qiao family found out that she didn't take the money, Qiao Lan didn't want to go back at all. Since she couldn't stay at the Qiao family's house, she couldn't rent a place outside. There was only one way.

Accommodation.

The accommodation was pretty good. Qiao Lan had always stayed there and had a good relationship with her friends in the dormitory. However, there was a problem with the accommodation. She couldn't continue working. After all, the dormitory closed at 11 pm sharp.

She heard that the dormitory management at Affiliated High School was quite strict.

As long as she didn't spend the money recklessly, she could go out and work during the summer and winter holidays, so she didn't have to worry too much.

Since she had made up her mind, Qiao Lan went to find the homeroom teacher after the morning self-study session. She didn't say that it was because of the problems at home, but because it was more convenient for her to study.

The homeroom teacher was very happy to hear that. He trusted Qiao Lan a lot and said that he would do it immediately. However, she definitely couldn't stay with her classmates, and it definitely couldn't be done in a day or two.

The former was exactly what Qiao Lan wanted. Qiao Lan didn't like her classmates, so it was better.

As for the latter … Qiao Lan could only ask the homeroom teacher to hurry up.

When she returned to the classroom, Tan Mo was already there. The young man looked a little sleepy because he slept too late last night. He took out a steaming hot breakfast from his bag and handed it to Qiao Lan.

"… Thank you," Qiao Lan said as she took the breakfast.

Even though they were in a "cold war", Tan Mo still insisted on bringing her breakfast and nutrient solution every day. Qiao Lan turned her head and wanted to say something to Tan Mo, but when their eyes met, Tan Mo suddenly looked away.

Qiao Lan was dumbfounded. Were they still in a cold war?

Qiao Lan sighed.

Luckily, she finally thought of a solution.

When school was about to end in the afternoon, Tan Mo suddenly became nervous again. He stared at the Obsidian Bead on his wrist for a long time before he said to Qiao Lan, "Are you going home today?"

"No," Qiao Lan said. She thought for a while and added, "Can you take me in for another day?"

Tan Mo pursed his lips, "I'll ask Uncle Chen to pick you up."

Qiao Lan stared at the young man in front of her and smiled, "Okay, but it might be earlier today. Maybe around seven o 'clock."

Seven o 'clock?

Why seven o 'clock?

Tan Mo was stunned, but he still nodded.

He looked at the time every once in a while. It was half past six, half past six, seven o 'clock, seven o' clock, seven o 'clock, seven o' clock. The sound of the door opening came from outside. Uncle Chen came back with Qiao Lan.

Tan Mo finally moved his gaze away from the clock. Just as he was wondering if he should go out, someone knocked on the door.

"Tan Mo, can I come in?"

The girl asked him outside the door.

Tan Mo moved away from the table and rolled his wheelchair over to open the door.

After Qiao Lan came in and closed the door, only Qiao Lan and Tan Mo were left in the room. Tan Mo's body stiffened uncontrollably. Qiao Lan squatted down in front of him and took out a bank card from her pocket.

"Tan Mo." The girl raised her head to look at him with a smile on her lips. She handed the card to him. "Help me keep this card."