Chapter 321: The Altered Life (3)

Qiao Xiaohong, frustrated after running back to her parents' home, dragged a small stool over to sit right at the front door of the house, occasionally craning her neck to look outside.

As darkness fell, she still hadn't seen a glimpse of Su Mo's figure. Her pride wouldn't let her return on her own.

Inside the house, Mrs. Qiao had already called everyone over for dinner, and Qiao Xiaohong, huffing with anger, also started to make her way there.

Qiao Xiaohong picked up an empty bowl, but before she could fill it with rice, Mrs. Qiao stopped her with a ladle.

With narrowed, displeased eyes, she looked at her eldest daughter, "Why have you run back here again? We didn't prepare your dinner."

Qiao Xiaohong glanced into the pot—a big pot of vegetable porridge, not too thick, but surely it wouldn't hurt to have one more mouth.

"Mom, when Su Mo comes to pick me up, I'll let him give you several cents for my meal expenses. That should be alright, right?"