Chen Xu took Cao Ningning to a nearby restaurant in her residential complex and ordered two bowls of noodle soup, one for each of them.
"Your parents, have they been gone for a long time?" Chen Xu didn't like to pry into others' affairs, but he was a bit worried about this girl who had made a deep impression on him.
Cao Ningning picked up a chopstick full of noodles, blowing on it before answering, "Almost a month now."
"Didn't they leave you any money for food?"
Cao Ningning glanced at him quickly, lowered her head, and said, "It's all spent."
"Oh."
"Ever since I was little, they would often fight. Whenever they argued, my dad would leave home, and the next day, my mom would go out to find him."
"My grandmother was still alive back then, so my mom would send me to stay with her. The year I turned ten, Grandma passed away. Since then, whenever they left, they would leave me at home by myself and leave me living expenses."