Chapter 28: It seems like I’m being suspected again?
Humph, what kind of amulet is this? It's obvious that he was secretly tricking Lili into signing a blood contract in exchange for her life!
The old ones are not presentable, and how much better can the young ones be? They are both the same.
Qi Xu slowly walked to the first floor, stood beside Shufang in a pretentious manner, and stretched out his hand, "Oh, why are you walking so carelessly, Auntie?"
Shufang originally wanted to hold her hand for support, but when she was about to get up, the tearing sensation in her lower back made her dare not move.
"It hurts, it hurts, my waist..."
Qi Xu thought that she deserved it, so he ignored her moan, half-knelt down, put his hands under her armpits, and lifted her up with a little force.
"Auntie, I'll help you up, you're welcome."
After saying that, he waved his hand and left without caring about her facial features which were twisted in pain.
She walked out of the apartment building, turned into the fork in the road, looked around to see if there was anyone around, and then walked away with a swagger.
She bet that if the two members of the Meimei family were extremely unlucky, they would realize that it was the backlash of the blood pact. Given their greedy personalities, they would definitely not be able to endure it for long and would definitely go back to find the black-hearted Taoist priest.
"Little ghost, I have a small task now, are you willing to do it?"
Qi Xu skillfully reached his hand to the top of his head, touched the back of the baby's neck, and then lifted it up to discuss it.
The little baby spirit didn't understand what the mission was yet, so she simply explained that as long as she completed the mission, she would agree to let it bask in the comfortable white light or roll around in the spiritual spring.
The little baby spirit nodded impatiently and looked forward to it.
Qi Xu looked at its well-behaved appearance, touched its head, and whispered to it that it should come to Unit 201 of the third building every day to see if there were any strange people coming in and out. If there were any, it should go home quickly and tell her.
After the little baby spirit understood, it was about to fly over, but she grabbed it again and said, "Be good, don't worry, start tomorrow."
When she returned home, she found Jiang Hongyi sweeping the floor with a large broom at the gate of the yard, looking around while sweeping.
"Are you back?"
Huh? Are you waiting for her to come back?
"Well, I just dropped the little girl off home. Are you anxious waiting?"
"No, I'll just clean the door."
Qi Xu was in a good mood at the moment and wanted to tease him again, but he didn't respond and she found it boring, so she gave up and planned to go to the kitchen to try to cook something with the old man.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she pulled Qi Hong into the kitchen, Jiang Hongyi followed in.
"I'm chopping vegetables."
Jiang Hongyi could see the playful look in her eyes and quickly began to explain dryly.
"Okay, then I'll wash the vegetables, you cut them, and grandpa will cook."
Qi Xu suppressed a smile and nodded, then assigned tasks to each of them.
The advantage of a reasonable division of labor is that dinner is completed quickly.
After dinner, Qi Xu was not idle either, and started to tinker with various seedlings.
Qi Hong and Jiang Hongyi were responsible for turning the soil, and they borrowed the shovel from the office.
The area where vegetables are grown in the yard is not in the same place as the area where the pomegranate tree is grown.
The pomegranate tree should not be planted too close to the courtyard gate nor should it block the windows of all the houses. In the end, Qi Xu decided to plant the pomegranate tree at the corner of the wing room.
The place for growing vegetables is under the south-facing wall, where a square vegetable plot with a side length of two meters is cultivated.
Qi Hong is very familiar with growing vegetables. He knows everything clearly, including the spacing between planting seedlings, the looseness of the soil, and whether fertilizer is needed.
This time, Qi Xu acted as a seedling-planting robot. After Qi Hong dug the holes, she was responsible for planting all the seedlings one by one and then straightening them, covering them with soil and compacting them.
After about three hours, all the seedlings were finally planted. Although she was not the main laborer, she was also very tired.
The sky had become gray at this time, and the sun had no idea where it had hidden itself to take a break.
Qi Xu looked at the refreshing yard they had cleaned up, and felt a sense of pride. This new home was finally showing results.
Jiang Hongyi has always been a man of action. He used the large iron pot on the stove to boil water and filled the two newly bought pairs of kettles.
While washing up, there was a rustling sound suddenly coming from outside the courtyard gate, which didn't sound like a sound that could be made by humans.
Jiang Hongyi put his finger to his mouth and made a gesture of silence, and she and Qi Hong immediately nodded in response.
He gently pushed the door open and took a look. His whole body tensed up instantly. Qi Xu stood up and looked out through the half-open door, speechless for a moment.
It is a large adult wolf. Although there is only one outside the courtyard gate now, there may be a pack of wolves on the mountain.
When she wanted to move forward, Jiang Hongyi stopped her decisively.
He picked up the shovel and slipped through the half-open gate, then slowly closed the gate and fought alone.
Qi Xu was really worried, so he quietly picked up the baby spirit and let it go out to see the battle situation.
But no matter how long she waited, the baby spirit never came back. At the beginning, she would pace back and forth.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
“Sizzle!”
The noise outside the gate became more and more intense, and her heart seemed to be tightening. Finally, she decided to open the gate a little to take a look.
Jiang Hongyi jumped up, holding the shovel high and preparing to deliver a fatal blow to the dying wolf lying on the ground.
"don't want!"
"Jiang Hongyi, don't kill it. It just gave birth."
Through the crack in the door, Qi Xu could see at a glance the tears flashing in the eyes of the wolf lying on the ground, as well as traces of breast milk on his chest.
Hearing her shout, Jiang Hongyi hesitated for a second and when the shovel was about to hit the wolf's head, he shifted the direction with force. The shovel head kicked up a shovel of dust five centimeters away from the wolf's head.
Qi Xu saw that not only did the wolf have wounds on its body, but Jiang Hongyi's little arm was also torn and bloody.
The wolf was obviously dying. Qi Xu turned back to the kitchen and cut off a large piece of meat from the meat he bought today.
Throwing the pieces of meat in front of the wolf, he said, "Is your milk not enough to feed your cubs? Take this meat and don't come down the mountain again."
After hearing what was said, the wolf trembled and climbed up and wanted to move forward. Jiang Hongyi and Qi Hong were still worried that the wolf would hurt Qi Xu, but they saw the wolf kneel down in front of everyone and even lowered its head to express gratitude.
This action shocked both of them, but Qi Xu seemed to have anticipated it and did not move at all.
"Go ahead."
As Qi Xu spoke, he turned his body to the side, and with his left hand in the air, he drew a healing talisman and slapped it towards the wolf's head.
In that instant, the wolf seemed to feel its strength gradually recovering. As it left with the meat in its mouth, it turned around and looked at her with gratitude in its eyes.
Jiang Hongyi was a little confused. The wolf was obviously very ferocious when fighting with him just now, so why was it so obedient when it came to Qi Xu?
"A-choo! Come inside quickly. I'm feeling a bit cold without socks on."
Qi Xu knew that Jiang Hongyi looked at him with a hint of inquiry and suspicion, so he immediately started to play it safe.
"The wolf was probably so polite to me because I threw away the meat."
Only after the danger was over could everyone sleep peacefully. However, Jiang Hongyi and Qi Xu slept in the same room to prevent Mr. Qi from finding out that they were in a contract marriage.
However, Jiang Hongyi still slept on the floor. The only difference was that the mattress on the floor was the thickest one picked by Qi Xu.
The sky gradually turned pale, and the skyline became more and more obvious, until the sun peeked out and raised the surface temperature a little.
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle."
As Qi Xu put on his clothes and walked out of the room, he heard strange noises coming from outside the courtyard gate.
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