The child retorted hastily, with a slightly embarrassed blush on his face.
"Hey, are you still shy?"
The old grandma teased her grandson with a somewhat novel expression.
"This kid is not usually very shy."
She explained to Xiao Xiao.
"grandmother!"
The child shouted unhappily.
"Okay, grandma won't say anything anymore."
The old lady blinked at Xiao Xiao.
The smile in Xiao Xiao's eyes became a little deeper.
…
"Big brother, thank you."
Seeing that grandma really stopped talking, the child pursed his lips and smiled shyly at Xiao Xiao.
"You're welcome."
Xiao Xiao squatted down, his eyebrows softened, "Be careful next time."
"Um."
The child nodded obediently, "I will be very careful in the future."
The old lady reached out and patted the child's head gently, "Baby, you must do what you say."
"Uh-huh."
The child nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
The old woman hurriedly held down the child's head and said helplessly: "Okay, why do you click so many times?"
"Wait carefully and you will feel dizzy."
"hey-hey."
The child subconsciously covered his head and laughed a little silly.
The old lady shook her head funnyly.
…
"Are you together?"
The old lady glanced at the quiet and elegant girl standing aside.
"Um."
Xiao Xiao nodded, "Let's find someone."
"Let me tell you, you guys look unfamiliar, you don't look like you live here."
The old lady smiled and said, "Then you go quickly."
"Don't waste your time."
Xiao Xiao shook his head, "No."
"Besides, it seems that the person we are looking for is not at home."
"not here?"
The old lady asked with concern, "Who are you looking for?"
Then he seemed to realize his rudeness, and the old man smiled sheepishly, "Look at me, are you asking too many questions?"
"No."
The corners of Xiao Xiao's lips raised slightly, "Let's find Hua Ziyun."
"Do you know him?"
"Hua Ziyun?"
The old man murmured, "Ayun?"
"That child from the Hua family?"
The old man's words made Yu Yanyan's eyes light up, and the corners of Xiao Xiao's mouth curled up a little more.
"If there is only one family here with the surname Hua, it should be him."
The surname Hua is not a common surname.
At least this is the first time Xiao Xiao has encountered this surname now that he has grown up.
…
"Yes, that's him."
The old lady nodded affirmatively, "Because I always call him Ayun."
"When I first heard the full name, I didn't really react."
"Oh, no wonder."
The old man's sudden look of confusion made both Xiao Xiao and Yu Yanyan a little strange.
The two of them did not hide their confused expressions.
The old man smiled and said, "Did you just ring the doorbell and no one answered, so you thought there was no one at home?"
Xiao Xiao nodded.
Yu Yanyan was silent.
They hadn't had time to ring the doorbell just now.
Because she was in a tangled state, she couldn't make a decision for a while.
…
"Actually, there are people in their family."
The old man didn't know what he was thinking of, and his expression was a little difficult to distinguish, but then he sighed, "Ayun, that child seems to be seriously ill."
"His mother didn't go to work either and has been taking care of him at home."
"His father also spends a lot more time at home."
"But, the strange thing is-"
The old man paused, with a puzzled look on his face, "Their family refuses anyone to visit."
"We have been neighbors for many years."
"I also watched Ayun grow up."
"He was sick, and I and some other neighbors wanted to see him."
"But, the Hua family blocked us all at the door."
"Not only that, Ayun's friends who come to see him are also from this community. They have played with Ayun since childhood, but they are also blocked from the door."
"Young people are unwilling to give in and have been here many times."
"Then the Hua family didn't even open the door to them."
"Not just Ayun's friends, they are also reluctant to open the door to others."
"So a lot of people always think they're not home."
"Because my family lives right downstairs from theirs, I know that there are always people in their house."
"Just pretending not to be home."
"I don't know what's going on... The Hua family seems to be isolating itself from the world and trying its best to avoid more contact with the outside world."
The old man shook his head and lowered his voice a little, "It's not that we want to think about the worst situation."
"But the Hua family's behavior is too strange."
"The Hua family has never been so unkind before."
"We also care about Ayun out of good intentions and want to see how the child is doing."
"Even if the doctor says you need to rest, there's no reason why you can't even take a look, right?"
"After Ayun became ill, people near us never saw anyone else."
"The kid's like-"
The old man's voice became lower and lower, "It's like he was locked up by his parents."
"ah?"
Yu Yanyan covered her mouth to cover the rest of her exclamation.
…
"Lock him up?"
"Why do you think so?"
Xiao Xiao looked calm.
…
"It's just our random conjecture."
The old man waved his hand.
But soon, the old man frowned slightly and said, "It's not without any basis."
"Once, several of Ayun's friends hid in the corridor and waited until the door of Ayun's house opened by itself."
"They immediately ran up."
"Ayun's mother wanted to close the store when she saw them."
"The children suddenly screamed."
"Call Ayun's name."
"I heard the noise and ran upstairs to see what was going on."
"The scene was very chaotic."
"Ayun's mother's face looks ugly."
"It's really ugly."
The old man emphasized again, with surprise and emotion in his eyebrows.
"I have never seen Ayun's mother look like that."
"Ayun's mother is a pianist and is always elegant."
"The people are also good-looking."
"She's just a typical lady."
"But that time, Ayun's mother was really angry."
"Those kids are a little too much."
"How can you yell like that at someone's door?"
"Fortunately, those children knew how to behave and didn't force their way in."
"They were just screaming at the door."
"It also prevented Ayun's mother from closing the door."
"Although Ayun's mother is angry, she doesn't know what to do."
"This is Ayun's mother too."
"If it were someone else with a more aggressive temper, why wouldn't she scold those kids bloody?"
"The scene is so deadlocked."
"I was about to go down and persuade those children."
"At this time, there was a strange sound in the house."
"Strange noise?"
Yu Yanyan repeated it subconsciously.
"Um."
The old man's expression became strange, "Those children can't keep shouting."