The bathroom's glass door was closed, and from the outside, no light was visible within.
Su Qingyu also heard no sound of running water.
All of this quietness was somewhat strange.
Grandma's pained groans echoed in the living room.
Mom's voice came from the bathroom, "Precious daughter, Grandma is having an episode again.
Mom is taking a bath. When the ambulance arrives, help the medical staff open the door."
Su Qingyu did not agree.
Rule Sixteen.
【All family members have keys; do not open the door for strangers. 】
"Daughter, did you hear me?
Remember to open the door. Grandma's illness cannot be delayed."
Mom requested Su Qingyu to open the door. The medical personnel were considered strangers, so Su Qingyu opening the door would mean violating the rule.
Mom and Dad's favorability was equally important.
She had to find an indirect way to achieve her goal.
Su Qingyu looked at her watch and realized it was close to 8:30. An idea struck her, and she politely refused, "Mom, I need to start my online class. I have an exam too.
Dad cares a lot about my studies. I must work hard and not disappoint you."
Although the online class teacher hadn't mentioned an exam, the way to pass the level did.
As expected, upon hearing about her studies, Mom didn't insist further.
Just in time, Su Qingyu, holding her textbook, entered the study room.
The computer screen flickered a few times before turning on.
The online class teacher tapped on the blackboard, explaining a knowledge point.
Originally, the video was a wide-angle remote view.
But as time went on, Su Qingyu noticed the teacher getting closer and closer to the camera lens.
In the remote video, the teacher used a pointer to hit the heads of students who got questions wrong.
Originally dull students would, after being hit, successfully solve math problems.
Outside the study room, there were messy footsteps.
Clang, clang, clang—
Su Qingyu heard footsteps arriving at the study room door.
Su Qingyu had closed the study room door to prevent strangers from entering the house and to avoid special circumstances while studying.
"Knock, knock, knock—"
Someone was knocking on the study room door.
Su Qingyu had only closed the study room door, not locked it.
【Do not open the door for strangers. 】
This didn't just refer to the main door!
Su Qingyu's attention was highly focused.
She needed to be vigilant about the online class teacher's verbal traps, as well as the reversed teaching method, corresponding with the textbook, and translating the strange language.
She also needed to be wary of the stranger knocking on the door.
On the textbook, there were cat footprints.
Su Qingyu discovered that where the cat had stepped seemed to highlight the key and difficult points of the chapter.
Could that black cat be highlighting the important parts for her?
Therefore, while listening to the lecture, Su Qingyu paid more attention to the areas the cat had stepped on.
The knocking on the door stopped unconsciously.
The class ended, and Su Qingyu left the study room right on time.
Doctors in white coats were standing at the doorway.
She had fallen into their trap!
Su Qingyu's heart leaped into her throat.
She not only had to avoid personally opening the door for strangers but also prevent Mom and Dad from letting strangers in during study time.
Otherwise, if Su Qingyu entered the study room to study,
strangers would enter the house, deliberately linger, and guard the study room door.
And Su Qingyu would have to leave the study room at the appointed time.
The situation of opening the door for a stranger would be unavoidable.
This was a chain trap!
Numerous doctors with red eyes were carrying stretchers, on which lay Grandma, like a meatball.
They stood at the end of the corridor, all looking towards the study room.
The corridor was completely blocked.
The correct method should have been to prevent Mom from letting strangers in during study time.
The doctor at the study room door's mouth split open to his ears; he extended his hand towards Su Qingyu.
The study room directly faced the blue bedroom, and the bedroom door was open.
Su Qingyu dashed out with a leap, her body supple and her movements as agile as a startled rabbit, slipping through the doctor's arm as he raised it.
"Shuangxi, help me!"
At the same time, Shuangxi, who had been guarding Su Qingyu's side, closed the bedroom door the moment Su Qingyu returned to the bedroom.
That was close!
Su Qingyu patted her chest, still shaken.
After a while, Mom came to knock: "Daughter, it's almost time for lunch. Don't hide in your room."
The bedroom door had no peephole, so Su Qingyu couldn't see who was outside.
She couldn't be sure if the person at the door was Mom.
"Mom, have the guests outside left?"
"They've left. Hurry and open the door for Mom, don't be shy."
Su Qingyu had just had a narrow escape from death. She braced the door with a bench.
"Mom, do you love me?"
The "Mom" outside the door, without hesitation, coaxed in an extremely gentle voice, "Mom loves you the most."
"Then if I get a perfect score, can Mom buy me a kitten?"
"Of course, as long as you open the door, Mom will buy it for you this afternoon!"
"Mom is so nice~" Yeah, right!
Rule Four.
【Pets are not allowed in the house. Mom detests pets, especially cats. 】
Whatever is outside the door is definitely not Mom.
"Precious daughter, Mom has already promised to buy you a cat. Come out quickly."
"If you don't open the door, Mom will be sad."
"Come out, come out quickly."
"Come out! This damned door! Hurry up and come out!"
The gentle female voice gradually became impatient, its disguise dropping to reveal a rough male voice.
The voice was as sharp and harsh as fingernails scraping across a blackboard.
After a long while, the noise outside the door subsided.
Shortly after, the sounds of a door opening and closing could be heard.
Footsteps approached the bedroom door. There was no knocking, nor any speaking.
"Is that Mom?"
"Yes, my precious daughter. Did Mom disturb you?"
"No, Mom. I think I just heard a cat meow."
"What! A cat! Those damned cats must have sneaked in through the window! They'll make a mess of the house!"
Mom shrieked at the door, almost going mad.
"Or perhaps I misheard."
Su Qingyu opened the bedroom door and saw her familiar Mom, smiling, "Mom, I'm hungry. I want to eat healthy food for lunch."
Mom stepped one foot into Su Qingyu's bedroom, poking her head inside to look around. "My precious daughter is the most obedient. She never keeps those dirty things."
During lunchtime, after eating healthy food, Su Qingyu helped Mom clear the table.
"Mom, you work so hard.
You dote on me so much, shielding me from storms, preparing food I like, and managing all the housework.
I truly am the happiest child in the world."
Mom's hands paused while washing dishes. She turned her head, a crystal tear rolling down her cheek, "Mom loves you."
Shuangxi had said that anomalies were devoid of emotion.
All their actions were constrained by rules, serving the instance.
Su Qingyu cooperated and spoke a few more flattering words.
No matter how clever you are, flattery always works.
"Mom, how is Grandma?"
Mom mixed the washed bowls with the dirty ones, then, annoyed, picked them up again to wash them after they became soiled.
"Grandma's illness is very serious. She needs to be hospitalized."
Su Qingyu looked at the clean balcony, feeling fortunate that she had obtained the clearance rules first.
Otherwise, as the pollution deepened and Grandma was sent to the hospital, she might have missed her chance.
"Precious daughter, don't worry.
The doctor told me that Grandma can come home in four days."
Mom revealed a smile that made one's scalp tingle.
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