Chapter 550 A Mistaken Identity

While the grandfather and granddaughter were bickering, Zhou Qiao spotted Kong Wange and excitedly waved to her, "Sister Kong, you're here!"

As soon as Zhou Sihai saw Kong Wange, he exclaimed "Oh!" and stood up: "Kong girl is here! Perfect timing, hurry up and go to the kitchen, the fish today was brought over by Xiao Fengfeng this morning, it's very fresh!"

Kong Wange: "..."

As expected of Grandpa Zhou, who asked her to cook, she did a great job.

"Is Master Qin here too?" she asked.

"Yeah, he's in the kitchen. He's totally not cut out for cooking, you should go help him."

Looking at the old man's energetic appearance, Kong Wange found it hard to believe that he was a person who was seriously ill with poison.

She smiled and replied, "Okay, I'll go right away!"

After Kong Wange left, the old man urged Zhou Qiao again: "Girl, what are you still dawdling in the field for? Hurry up and take the picked vegetables to Kong girl."

"Oh dear, Grandpa, please stop bothering me, I've lost something."

"What is that?"

"The cicada that Sister Kong gave me has fallen somewhere. I need to look for it."

Zhou Sihai shouted, "Forget about cicadas, just send the vegetables over first."

"No, this was handmade by Sister Kong. I have to find it. Grandpa, you don't have anything to do right now, so please help me deliver it."

Seeing Zhou Qiao not even looking up, bent over in the vegetable garden, searching intently, Zhou Hai sighed helplessly and picked up a vegetable basket from the roadside: "Then I'll take these vegetables over first. Remember to pick up another radish when you come back."

"Okay, got it."

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Qiao was the only one left in the vegetable garden.

It's cold this season, and the vegetables in the fields are all covered with sheds. Zhou Qiao remembers that when she was picking green beans, she accidentally got her cicada caught on a branch, and she guessed that's when it fell.

But she remembered the location very clearly, yet she couldn't find it even after searching for a long time.

That's really strange. It should have fallen here, so how did it disappear?

She searched for about ten minutes without finding it, and was about to give up when a slightly chilling voice suddenly came from behind her: "What are you looking for?"

Zhou Qiao was startled and turned around to see Qin Feng. She hadn't even noticed when this man had entered the vegetable shed.

She instinctively took a step back: "W-what are you doing here?"

Qin Feng squinted: "Your grandfather asked me to come and see you."

"I...I wasn't looking for anything." Zhou Qiaotian was a little afraid of him and didn't want to talk to him anymore. She picked up the radish on the ground and turned to leave.

But Qin Feng stopped him abruptly: "Is this what you were looking for?"

When Zhou Qiao saw what he was holding up, her eyes lit up immediately. Forgetting her fear, she happily asked, "My cicada! Where did you find it?"

At the same time, she reached out to take it.

Qin Feng paused slightly, but dodged her hand, his eyes narrowing as he asked, "Is this yours?"

"Of course." Zhou Qiao didn't notice the strangeness in his tone. Instead, she was a little angry at his evasiveness. She mustered her courage and tried again, finally snatching the cicada away.

She put the cicada away, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Thank you, I'm leaving now."

"Wait a minute," Qin Feng called out.

Zhou Qiao turned around warily: "What's wrong?"

Qin Feng's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and his gaze toward her was exceptionally complex.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she stepped back in fright, not noticing that there was a vegetable pit behind her.

As her body tilted uncontrollably, the man in front of her grabbed her with his strong arm and pulled her back, instantly reducing the distance between them to only the width of a hand.

Zhou Qiao could even clearly hear the man's heartbeat. She froze, too stunned to move.

Qin Feng remained calm and composed as always, but his gaze fell on the pocket where she had just put the cicada, his expression unreadable.

After a long pause, he pulled away from her and suddenly asked, "Did you ever go to Jiangcheng when you were a child?"

“Maybe I’ve been there. How could I remember things so clearly from when I was a child?” Zhou Qiao stared at him, looking puzzled. “Is there anything else?”

"That's all." Qin Feng said in a low voice, "Don't be so careless in the future, and make sure your things are safe."

After saying that, he gave her a deep look, then turned and left.

Zhou Qiao watched his retreating figure until he disappeared from sight, before she snapped out of her daze.

"A bloodthirsty killer, mentally unstable, a weirdo!" She shook off the goosebumps that had involuntarily risen on her body and left the vegetable shed.

On the way back, Qin Feng and Shen Li walked ahead, while Zhou Qiao trailed far behind them.

Shen Li glanced at the somewhat absent-minded man beside her and asked, "Brother Feng, what's wrong with you? You seem distracted."

Qin Feng didn't reply, but instead took out a cicada woven from thread that was exactly the same as Zhou Qiao's from his pocket.

Shen Li couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Brother Feng, why did you take it out again? Aren't you tired of looking at it every day?"

Qin Feng gripped the cicada tightly in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Cat, I think I've found her."

Shen Li was taken aback: "Who did you find?"

The next moment he suddenly realized: "No way, you found the little girl who saved you in Jiangcheng back then and even gave you a cicada?!"

Qin Feng nodded and carefully put the cicada made of string back into the compartment.

Shen Li was still a little confused: "Where did you find it, Brother Feng? We've been looking for it for so many years and couldn't find it. How did you find it all of a sudden? Don't get it wrong, who is it? Let me help you analyze it."

Qin Feng turned and tapped him on the head: "So many questions."

As he spoke, he glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye and walked forward in a good mood.

Seeing this, Shen Li hurriedly chased after him, saying, "It's not Brother Feng, you should explain yourself clearly!"

...

The three of them entered the kitchen one after the other.

Seeing that Qin Feng refused to reveal anything, Shen Li didn't bother to ask anymore. After entering the kitchen, she took the initiative to help Kong Wange start a fire.

Qin Feng and Zhou Sihai sat at the dining table chatting casually.

Zhou Qiao washed the radish in her hand and asked Kong Wange, "Sister Wange, should I cut it into chunks or slices?"

"Let's move on." Kong Wange asked while tossing the wok, "Did you find the cicada?"

"Hmm." Zhou Qiao was still shaken and secretly glanced at Qin Feng. Just then, Qin Feng also looked at her. Their eyes met in mid-air, and Qin Feng smiled slightly at her.

Zhou Qiao immediately got goosebumps all over her back. She quickly lowered her head to cut the radish, not wanting to look in that direction again.

Seeing that Zhou Qiao seemed unwilling to talk more, Kong Wange focused on cooking and didn't ask any more questions.

This meal took more than an hour to prepare. Kong Wange put in a lot of effort, and in the end, she laid out a huge table full of food. She even made three or four different flavors of fish alone.

Steamed, boiled, braised, deep-fried.

After everyone was seated, looking at the six sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, Zhou Qiao asked, "Grandpa, are we waiting for someone else?"

Zhou Sihai glanced towards the door, a hint of disappointment flashing across his eyes: "I didn't wait for anyone, so I took an extra one. It's alright, let's eat."