Chapter 82 Marrying a Ghost-2

The red dress was like a dark flame, burning in the quiet alley. But the man's clothes were bright and colorful, and his expression was cold. Rather than being a groom in a wedding hall, he was more like a ghost from hell.

"Who are you?" He clearly didn't hear any footsteps, but this person suddenly appeared beside him. Thief No. 1 swallowed his throat and bravely comforted himself, "Don't think that I will be afraid of you just because you are such a monster."

The man still had no smile on his face. He just said coldly, like a lifeless puppet, "I saw you took his things."

"Him? You mean that pretty boy?" Thief No. 1 scratched his nose and said in a scoundrelly tone, "Why? Are you here to help him?"

Thief No. 1 once again took a few glances at the man in front of him. Although it was strange to wear red clothes in broad daylight, the fabric looked very luxurious, like a rich man. So he touched his chin and said, "Could it be that you are supporting that pretty boy?"

The man in red didn't move at all, but if you looked closely, you would find a faint black mist in his sleeves, like a black flame, shrinking and expanding.

"Mute?" Thief No. 1 said arrogantly, "I don't care who you are, take out all the money you have on you, otherwise..." Then he began to laugh viciously.

However, the louder he laughed, the more his accomplices behind him trembled.

He caught a glimpse of his trembling accomplice from the corner of his eye and asked in a somewhat reproachful tone, "What are you afraid of?"

The accomplice's lips turned pale, and he was obviously frightened. He just stared at one place and couldn't even speak.

Brother No. 1 grabbed a handful of hair and looked from the perspective of his accomplice. He saw that his pupils suddenly dilated and his expression instantly became exactly the same as his accomplice's.

The originally bright alley gradually dimmed, as if separated by a huge ribbon, forming a sharp boundary between light and dark.

The two stood in the darkness, watching with numbness as the dark, ghostly things came rushing towards them.

The sound of ghosts howling rang in my ears, like evil spirits taking people's lives.

"Don't, don't come over here."

“—Aaaaaaaaah!!”

A scream was heard in the alley, and people on the street were moving. Occasionally, someone heard the sound and looked towards the entrance of the alley, and then they saw two staggering figures running out from inside.

They had terrified expressions, their faces and bodies were dirty, and they staggered farther and farther down the street until they disappeared.

On the other side, Jiang Yan rushed to the kindergarten.

"Good morning, Mr. Jiang."

All the kindergarten children have arrived. Jiang Yan stands in front of the class, looks around and starts calling the roll.

After the roll call, Jiang Yan roughly spoke out the lesson plan he had written yesterday based on his memory, "Today our class's schedule is..."

After the literacy class, Jiang Yan took them outside to play on the slide.

"Hey, there's a handsome little brother over there."

On the slide, a little girl looked up and said.

Little brother?

Jiang Yan was the only male teacher in the kindergarten, so he felt a little strange. Could it be that a parent had come?

Following the little girl's gaze, I found that it was Meng Tang who came over.

Didn't he leave?

Jiang Yan thought that Meng Tang left without saying goodbye in the morning because he had other plans.

Meng Tang was wearing different clothes than he was in the morning, and even his hairstyle became more handsome than before. With messy hair, a white shirt, and black pants, his tall figure was stretched out by the sunlight, standing outside the kindergarten railing, like a beautiful landscape.

"How did you find this place?"

Jiang Yan walked over and looked at Meng Tang across a guardrail. Behind one of them were children playing, and behind the other was a steady stream of cars. But they were both standing in the sun, and the light and shadow blurred their outlines.

Meng Tang opened his mouth and said simply, "Looking for you."

Hmm... incorrect answer.

Jiang Yan sighed slightly and continued to ask: "What do you want from me?"

Meng Tang paused, then took out Jiang Yan's backpack, but unfortunately the guardrail was too narrow and he couldn't pass it in.

Jiang Yan was a little surprised when she saw the bag that was robbed in the morning appeared in Meng Tang's hand. "Huh? How come it is here with you?"

"I found it back." Meng Tang said calmly.

Jiang Yan thought that maybe the two thieves saw that there was nothing valuable in the bag and threw it away, and then Meng Tang picked it up.

But this is too coincidental.

"Come to the door, I'll ask the security guard to open the door for you." Jiang Yan said.

Meng Tang entered the school, and his handsome appearance quickly attracted the attention of the other children.

"Little brother is coming in."

"Is this Teacher Jiang's boyfriend?"

"But aren't boys supposed to be with girls?"

Little boys and girls started discussing. Jiang Yan listened and held his forehead with his hand helplessly, wondering what these children were watching every day.

"You are still young, so don't touch these things for now." Jiang Yan looked at the children who were only a few years old and taught them.

However, the children still stared at Jiang Yan and Meng Tang with curiosity, and even the slide was no longer interesting to them.

Jiang Yan's eyebrows twitched twice, and he took Meng Tang to a place away from the children's sight.

"Come and sit down."

In the classroom, Jiang Yan pointed to an empty seat. Meng Tang paused slightly and did as he was told.

The sunlight came in through the window, filling the entire classroom. The graffiti on the blackboard was also stained by the light, like a huge abstract painting.

"How did you know I was here?"

Jiang Yan rummaged through his bag and found nothing missing. He took out his glasses and put them on, then looked through the frames at Meng Tang in front of him.

Meng Tang remained calm and said, "I've been following you."

"What?" No wonder Jiang Yan always felt that someone was staring at him along the way. He was a little puzzled. "Why are you following me? I thought you left."

"I have no home."

"Then why did you leave without saying goodbye so early in the morning?"

"I..." Meng Tang suddenly lowered his eyes, looking a little aggrieved, "There are other people in your house, I thought you wouldn't want me to be seen."

"Why do you think so?" Jiang Yan asked.

Indeed, if his good friend An Xiu saw this, he would definitely question him. Based on his understanding of An Xiu, An Xiu would definitely kick Meng Tang, the stranger, out.

"Intuition." Meng Tang said.

"Well, your intuition is pretty accurate. If An Xiu saw it, he would definitely call the police." Jiang Yan leaned on the desk, his long and narrow eyelashes shining in the sunlight.

"But An Xiu will stay at my house for a few days." Jiang Yan rested his chin on his hand and thought for a while, "How about this, don't climb the window tonight, just follow me home through the front door, and then you can just say you are my distant cousin."

Meng Tang said, “Thank you.”

Jiang Yan waved his hand, "If you weren't an adult, I wouldn't dare take you in. But let me be frank, since your family has treated you like that, you should learn to be self-reliant. Become strong first, and then others won't bully you."

"good."

When Jiang Yan wasn't looking, Meng Tang curled up the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing an imperceptible smile.

…

After school.

"Goodbye, Teacher Jiang."

"Go home and be safe."

Jiang Yan said goodbye to the other children, packed up and left the kindergarten. Meng Tang was waiting for him not far from the school gate, and when he saw him coming, he stretched out his right hand.

"Um?"

Jiang Yan looked at the outstretched hand, slightly puzzled. Until Meng Tang saw that he didn't move, he took the initiative to go around his shoulder and took the backpack containing the teaching plan and some sundries, and put it on his own shoulder.

"I can come by myself." said Jiang Yan.

Meng Tang shook his head, "Let me do it."

Jiang Yan: “…Okay then.”

Halfway through the walk, Jiang Yan suddenly remembered that the refrigerator at home was empty, so he said to Meng Tang beside him, "Come with me to the vegetable market first."

"good."

As soon as he entered the vegetable market, an old lady who worked at a fruit stall smiled at Jiang Yan and said, "Hey, young man, why is there someone else buying vegetables with you today?"

Before, Jiang Yan always went to the vegetable market with An Xiu. Because they were both good-looking, they stood out in the crowd. In addition, An Xiu was a social expert, so after a few visits, they gradually became familiar with the aunts and uncles in the vegetable market.

"This is my cousin." Jiang Yan said with a smile, just in time to pave the way for Meng Tang's identity in advance to avoid An Xiu's suspicion.

"Oh, so that's why they are so handsome." The aunt looked at Meng Tang while picking vegetables and asked, "Do you have a girlfriend, young man?"

Meng Tang was at a loss for words when asked, so he stepped back and hid behind Jiang Yan.

"Are you shy?" the aunt laughed.

Jiang Yan came to Meng Tang's rescue, "I remember your daughter has a boyfriend, right?"

When the aunt heard this, she shook her head and said, "That man is ugly and can't do his job well. I don't know what my daughter likes about him."

Jiang Yan smiled without saying anything, and quickly pulled Meng Tang to the vegetable stall on the other side.

After buying groceries, the sun had already set. The afterglow covered the entire street, and even the tall buildings on both sides were covered with golden light.

Knock knock knock——

Jiang Yan knocked on the door and soon got a response.

An Xiu opened the door and looked at Jiang Yan with a smile on his face. When he was about to say something, he caught a glimpse of Meng Tang standing behind Jiang Yan.

Meng Tang was carrying Jiang Yan's bag and holding vegetables in both hands. He and Jiang Yan stood in the afterglow of the sunset. The two looked a perfect match.

An Xiu's throat choked, and he made way for Jiang Yan and the others stiffly. But after Meng Tang followed Jiang Yan in, An Xiu asked, "Who is he?"

Jiang Yan said calmly: "My distant cousin came here to look for a job."

An Xiu was a little skeptical and asked, "Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"

Jiang Yan paused for a moment, "We were good friends when we were young, but we didn't keep in touch much after we grew up, so our relationship became average. If he hadn't suddenly come here to look for a job, I would have almost forgotten that I had a cousin."

"Oh." An Xiu looked at Meng Tang and watched him bring the dishes into the kitchen. "Then how long will he stay here?"

"Find a job and settle down." Jiang Yan filled the cat food bowl, placed it in front of Xiao Mi, and looked down at it while it ate with relish.

"Okay." An Xiu said, and suddenly thought of an important question, and asked again, "But where does he sleep at night? Besides your parents' room, there is also me living there, so there is no extra room, right?"

After being reminded like this, Jiang Yan finally thought of this problem. After all, Meng Tang had slept on the floor before, but it was not good to let him sleep on the floor all the time.

"How about you let him sleep in my room, and I'll sleep with you?" An Xiu suddenly said, "After all, didn't we often share a bed when we were in high school? We're used to it."

Jiang Yan was slightly startled.

Meng Tang, who was about to walk out of the kitchen, heard An Xiu's proposal and his expression changed slightly.