31 Chapter 31

◎Captain and team members appear◎

Chapter 31

Before he could go next door to find his grandparents, Grandma Tang noticed some movement near the gate outside the yard and stuck her head out to take a look.

Only then did I realize that the village chief had left.

The house is soundproof, but that doesn't mean loud sounds can't get through. It's just that normal conversations can't be heard through a wall.

"Fengfeng, the village chief is gone? What did he come to see you about?"

Grandma Tang said this as she watched Tang Rufeng walk up to her.

"Nothing, grandma. The village chief just asked me to be a village cadre in name only."

Hearing Grandma Tang's question, Tang Rufeng briefly explained the situation.

"Don't worry about being busy. The village chief didn't want me to help with anything anyway. I just wanted to find something to do so I wouldn't be bored so early."

As he spoke, Tang Rufeng glanced around casually.

Seeing that the person he was expecting did not show up, he lowered his eyes in disappointment.

Hearing his words, Grandma Tang didn't know what he was thinking, but Tang Rufeng's expression seemed to be really getting closer to the way he was before the accident.

Now he looks like he is actively preparing to handle the work.

This made Grandma Tang happy but also a little nervous.

Don’t people say that when a person with a mental illness seems to be almost returning to normal, that’s when it’s most dangerous?

With this statement, how could Grandma Tang not feel uneasy?

"Alright, Fengfeng, take good care of yourself and don't overwork yourself. If you're too busy, it's normal to let your village chief handle it. He's been dealing with it for so many years anyway, so it's not a big deal."

As Grandma Tang spoke, she waved her hands towards the sky, looking as if she would not let her grandson get tired in any way. Seeing this, Tang Rufeng couldn't help but smile.

"Okay, grandma, I understand. Don't worry, it won't happen."

Tang Rufeng reached out and patted Grandma Tang's back gently to soothe her emotions.

Being with his grandmother every day, how could he not notice that something was wrong with her expression?

It was just that grandma was talking happily and he couldn't interrupt.

"Grandma, Brother Wu from the village chief's family might come to deliver something later. Could you please keep an eye on him for me?"

Tang Rufeng lowered his head and began to divert Grandma Tang's attention.

"Well, that's fine. Your grandpa has already gone to bed, so I'll wait outside. When they come, I'll ask them to put the things in your room."

Grandma Tang nodded in agreement and turned to ask.

"Sure, a small study is fine too, it's all the same."

Tang Rufeng nodded, confirming Grandma Tang's arrangement.

"It's different. You can stay in your room comfortably."

Listening to her grandson's words, Grandma Tang subconsciously retorted.

But then I thought, if my grandson could get away from the room where he felt comfortable and stayed for a long time, wouldn’t that be considered progress?

"It can be placed in the small study. I can use this time to clean up the small study."

Grandma Tang thought about it, turned around and went to work in a hurry.

Seeing her anxious look, Tang Rufeng felt a little funny, but also a little sad.

Since returning home in the past two years, it has been these two old people who have been taking care of him, and he, a young man, has been in a state of being unable to do anything. However, they have no complaints and still love him so much.

Perhaps it is because of the great love given by the two old people that he has been able to persevere until now.

Thinking of this, Tang Rufeng looked at Grandma Tang's back as she turned around, and smiled especially gently.

Behind him, a figure appeared. Looking at his appearance, I followed his line of sight to look at Grandma Tang's back, and a gentle smile appeared on her transparent face.

As soon as the village chief returned, he went to the fields to find his eldest son and asked him to go to the office to move things.

"Dad, are you going to let others do all the work?"

Shitou's father looked at his father stuffing another pile of documents into his arms, and reminded him helplessly.

"What do you know? These are not urgent. Let Rufeng handle them slowly. He is not needed for those urgent matters. By the time he handles them, I will have finished them myself."

After saying that, the village chief waved his hand, signaling his son to leave and go deliver the things quickly.

He made such a mess in his office that it will take some time to clean it up.

It's not easy for him to find someone to help him clean up the office. If he puts something there and can't find it or loses it, he will get into a lot of trouble himself.

It would be better for him to clean up the mess slowly by himself.

After hearing his father's order, Shitou's father had no choice but to turn around and leave with the pile of documents.

He looked down and felt a headache just looking at the documents in his arms.

"Tsk, what a sin..."

Even though I'm not in good health, I still have to be forced to work by my father. What's going on?

While muttering, he did not stop and walked towards the Tang family.

As he got closer and felt the temperature here, Stone Dad felt very strange.

"Why is it so cool here?"

He muttered something and continued walking, without any doubts arising. Even the most basic doubts were fleeting.

According to the current situation, as long as Stone Dad is not allowed to fiddle with the documents in his arms, he probably won't be surprised even if something incredible is placed in front of him.

Seeing that Shitou's father looked like he didn't feel anything, Ying Huai felt that his brain might have been drowned when he followed Ali's mother to catch fish in the water when he was a child.

Otherwise, why is there so much moisture now?

"Is there any way to grow my brain?"

Ying Huai thought about Stone Dad's smooth brain, lowered his head and began to look through the information he knew in the Tianyuan Secret Realm in the world of cultivation, hoping to find something that could improve his brain.

Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, Ying Huai only found that his brain was broken, or there was a way to make up for the missing three souls.

He really hasn't found a way to improve the quality of a smooth and flat brain like Stone Dad, who doesn't like to use his brain.

"There's no other way. Just be stupid."

After saying this, Ying Huai withdrew his thoughts and looked at Shi Tou's father who was walking towards the Tang family, ready to see when he would notice something different today.

Unfortunately, Ying Huai's expectations were obviously dashed.

Stone's father didn't think like a normal person. After arriving at the Tang family, before Grandma Tang came to open the door, he pushed open the courtyard door, which was not closed to begin with, and walked straight in.

After seeing Tang Rufeng in the yard, he didn't plan to talk much to him. He still remembered that his nephew had not been the type to like chatting with others since he came back from outside.

"Rufeng is here. Look, these are what your village chief asked me to bring to you. Where do you think I should put them?"

After saying this, Shitou Dad just stood there, waiting quietly without saying anything else, waiting for Tang Rufeng's decision.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Tang Rufeng's face.

But I still feel much more comfortable in my heart.

Although his mental state has improved a lot these days because he has seen the captain again, his physical condition has also improved a lot with the little mouse's energy conversion.

But after all, the time is still short, and these few days cannot be compared with the previous two years.

So now he just seems to have recovered a lot and can communicate with others like a normal person. This is the result of him forcing himself to face it.

Stone Dad's current state just allows Tang Rufeng to relax a little and not be so stubborn. It makes him feel uncomfortable, and so does others.

"Come with me, there's a small study over here. I'll put my things in there from now on."

Tang Rufeng said this and walked towards the small study with Shitou Dad.

Grandma Tang was just watching from the side, not planning to get involved, as now was the time for her grandson to recover.

Since she can’t go out and interact with more people, Grandma Tang is already very happy to be able to occasionally contact some people and get along normally with these people.

Shi Tou Dad came quickly and left even faster. After a few brief conversations with Tang Rufeng, he was afraid that he had said too much and made Tang Rufeng uncomfortable.

Stone Dad, who is always talkative and can't stop talking, is unusually quiet now. Does he want to be silent?

He has to remain silent!

Everyone had left, and the Tang family became quiet again. Tang Rufeng sat in the small study, looking at the information about Daxi Village and the documents sent down from above that needed to be processed, with a serious expression.

Even if he had not read all the documents about Daxi Village, he grew up in this village and knew something about it.

However, he has been reading more carefully the documents recently sent down from above for Daxi Village to handle and execute.

Among these documents was one that the town had previously issued, asking them to move Daxi Village and surrounding villages down the mountain.

Just looking at the date, the village didn't send any information about moving at this time, so I think the village chief must have already resolved it.

Thinking about it, he put the document aside, ready to ask the village chief about the details when he came to visit next time.

Just as he was reading the documents carefully, he had no idea that the ghosts that had been gathered at the Tang family and around him had heard some information and were slowly floating towards the village entrance.

Ying Huai is a locust tree itself. According to the classification of demon plants in the world of cultivation, his plant pills can save the souls of high-level cultivators that are about to collapse.

For someone like Ying Huai, even if his strength is now very little, releasing a little of the spiritual energy he has cultivated can make the souls feel more comfortable.

After all, they become ghosts after the death of humans, and they have not been ghosts for long. If they wander around outside for a long time, they will always get involved in things they cannot touch.

Those people are not as easy to talk to as Ying Huai. If there is something wrong, they will really beat you up.

Just like now, a ghost that seemed to be emitting ghost energy stopped emitting ghost energy after being brushed by Ying Huai's spiritual energy.

Looking at the group of people in front of him, Ying Huai felt a little uneasy.

"No wonder the Tang family has been plagued by ghost energy lately. I thought you were cultivating so fast that you could reach that level in such a short time."

Ying Huai shook his head, looked at the handsome young man in the lead, and muttered to himself.

What Ying Huai said might not be heard by Zuzu under the tree or the humans sitting around her and chatting, but for a ghost who had become a ghost and could cultivate ghost energy, it was quite easy to hear clearly.

However, they did not have any thoughts about Ying Huai just because he was special, not a human being, and did not become a ghost after death like them.

Instead, the handsome young man in the lead took a step forward, looked up at the direction of Ying Huai's tree canopy, and asked softly.

"Do you know what happened to us? We've been following Rufeng since I woke up. Since I appeared, my teammates have gradually woken up and turned into ghosts like me."

As the captain spoke, he looked at Ying Huai with some doubt, as if he wanted to know some information from Ying Huai.

Since he woke up, he had been staying in the Tang family for a long time, so all the information he knew came from the people in the Tang family.

Just like the locust tree he was asking about now, according to the old people in Tang Rufeng's family, there was something mysterious about it.

Maybe you'll know what their situation is now.

So, instead of guessing and imagining, the captain decided to just ask directly.

Perhaps the locust tree in front of us, which is highly respected by all the villagers in Daxi Village, can provide an answer.

After he asked this question, his body began to look a little unsteady.

This is because he is not strong enough to support this simple expression.

If the strong ghostly aura that Ying Huai had seen before was all from the captain, then he would have no trouble communicating with Ying Huai, let alone Tang Rufeng.

"It seems like none of your teammates showed up before?"

Ying Huai looked carefully at Tang Rufeng's teammates who were called out by the captain.

Perhaps due to insufficient ghost energy and strength, only two of the teammates had some vague human form, and the rest were still a group with no discernible shape.

In other words, among the ghosts who can now barely communicate with Tang Rufeng, the only ones are the captain and his two subordinates who may be disconnected at any time.

"They still can't maintain their shape. I won't let them out. Rufeng looks mentally unstable to begin with. How can I stimulate him like this?"

As the captain said this, he recalled Tang Rufeng's appearance when he first regained consciousness.

They were really ready to risk their lives, going into such deep water without any preparation. It makes the captain angry just thinking about it.

In their entire team, Tang Rufeng was the only one left alive who could see the world for them. However, in the end, he couldn't get over it and ended up looking listless.

"You seem to have not yet answered us. Why do we appear in this world?"

The captain and Ying Huai briefly explained the current status of their group and why they did not all appear beside Tang Rufeng.

After finishing speaking, he turned the topic to what he had asked at the beginning.

【Author’s words】

My dears, there are more chapters, but I can't guarantee when I'll finish them. I'm afraid I'll be a cooing pigeon and leave you guys alone. Don't wait.

I'll reply to the comments and then go to bed. You guys should get some rest early too! Good night, babies~