Chi Nao nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Qin Yuanyao and said, "Sister Qin, that's it!"
Qin Yuanyao said "Oh" and didn't say anything else.
She had always been puzzled as to why Chi Nao always asked her to come along when she visited Lao Zhao.
She knew Chi Cheese liked her.
But it seems unnecessary to involve her in this matter.
Qin Yuanyao felt she needed to find an opportunity to ask Xiao Nao.
The car drove smoothly into the next room.
Qin Yuanyao gazed out the window, lost in thought.
The car was very quiet.
Chi Nao sat in the middle, turned her head to look at her father who was scrolling through the news on his tablet, and then turned her head to look at her mother who was gazing out the window in a daze.
"Aren't you going to say anything?" Chi Nao said in a childish voice.
Chi Baiyi and Qin Yuanyao were both slightly taken aback. They turned their heads to look at each other, and then their gazes fell on Chi Naozi.
"What are you saying?" Chi Baiyi asked.
“Chatting!” Chi Naozi frowned slightly, as if she was annoyed that her father didn’t understand this.
"Aren't you and Sister Qin chatting? Why are you so quiet? It's not like we're in class."
Qin Yuanyao looked slightly embarrassed.
Why force a conversation if you have nothing to talk about?
Chi Baiyi glanced at Qin Yuanyao with his deep black eyes and asked Chi Naozi, "What do you want us to talk about?"
Chi Nao's face scrunched up, her dissatisfaction with her father growing stronger.
Sigh, no wonder Mom still hasn't fallen for Dad.
Dad is no good!
Chi Cheese shook her head and sighed, deciding that she would take charge herself.
"Let's talk..." Chi Naozi's dark eyes looked Qin Yuanyao up and down. "Let's talk about what Sister Qin is wearing today. Do you like it?"
Chi Baiyi "..."
Qin Yuanyao "..."
Chi Baiyi glanced at Qin Yuanyao indifferently.
Actually, he noticed Qin Yuanyao's outfit when she opened the car door and got in.
Perhaps for convenience, she dressed simply today: a light blue short-sleeved shirt paired with loose-fitting jeans.
Simple, fresh, and elegant.
Chi Baiyi looked away and hummed in agreement.
"What does 'hmm' mean?" Chi Nao asked, tilting her head and staring at her father's face.
Chi Baiyi was slightly speechless. "It's alright."
"What do you mean by 'okay'?" Chi Cheese pressed on. "There are only two options: like or dislike. There's no 'okay' option."
Chi Baiyi's forehead was practically covered in black lines.
Qin Yuanyao was also embarrassed by her forced conversation.
She quickly changed the subject, "Wow, Cheese, your hairstyle looks so beautiful today, you look like a fairy! Who did your hair?"
Chi Nai touched her hair, her eyes crinkling with joy. "Pretty, right? I think I look like a fairy today too. Sister Qin, let me tell you, Aunt Pang did my hair. She's amazing, she can do so many gorgeous hairstyles!"
Children's attention is so easily diverted.
Chi Naozi forgot to continue questioning her father and happily shared with Qin Yuanyao the various fairy-like hairstyles that Aunt Pang had styled for her.
Finally, Chi Nao emphasized, "I really like the hairstyle you did for me, Sister Qin! You're much better at it than Daddy. Daddy can only do my hair like..."
Chi Naozi frowned and thought for a moment, then finally came up with a word: "Little country bumpkin!"
Qin Yuanyao "..."
Meanwhile, Chi Baiyi, who was being criticized, had already taken a nap while Chi Naozi was sharing her hairstyle.
He was afraid that Chi Nao would suddenly start pressuring him about whether he liked it or not, forcing him into awkward small talk.
After complaining, Chi Nao turned her head and found that her father had fallen asleep at some point. She was both angry and helpless.
I'm so annoyed!
She tried so hard to bring her father and mother together, but her father just slept!
No wonder Mom doesn't like Dad anymore. If it were her, she wouldn't like him either, hmph!
Chi Nai took out two cheese sticks from her small handbag and gave one to Qin Yuanyao.
She should eat a cheese stick to calm herself down.
...
Following the address given by Lao Zhao, they easily found Lao Zhao's training class.
It's a weekday, and this is the time when people usually start work, so the training center is empty. Only a man in his fifties is sitting in a chair, holding a mask and a drawing pen, coloring the mask.
Hearing footsteps, the man looked up.
Seeing seven or eight burly bodyguards in black standing in front of him with an intimidating aura, Old Zhao was so frightened that he almost dropped the mask and drawing pen in his hand.
"What...what are you doing?" Old Zhao asked, trembling.
Chi Baiyi led Chi Naozi out from behind the bodyguards, with Qin Yuanyao following behind them.
"Hello, I'm Chi Baiyi. I called you the day before yesterday to ask you about the mask," Chi Baiyi said in a cool voice.
Old Zhao looked at the man in front of him, whose aura was even more imposing than that of the bodyguard in black, and couldn't help but tremble again.
But upon hearing the man's polite words and hearing that the man had contacted him by phone the day before yesterday, Old Zhao quickly remembered.
"Oh, it's you!" Old Zhao said.
He pointed to the bodyguards standing ramrod straight on either side and asked Chi Baiyi in a weak voice, "These people, are they yours too?"
Chi Baiyi nodded slightly, her expression indifferent. "Mm."
Old Zhao swallowed hard, feeling both relieved and uneasy.
He couldn't understand why they needed to bring so many bodyguards to ask him about the mask.
He glanced nervously at the bodyguards and said to Chi Baiyi, "You were introduced by Lao Xie, right? What mask do you want to ask me?"
Chi Nai handed the Chenghuang mask she was holding to Lao Zhao.
She asked in a sweet, innocent voice, "Did you make this mask?"
Old Zhao didn't even need to look closely before shaking his head and saying definitively, "I didn't do it."
Chi Naozi asked in confusion, "Aren't you surnamed Zhao?"
"yes!"
"Your surname is Zhao, and you didn't make this mask either?" Chi Nao asked in a cute and innocent way.
Old Zhao was completely confused.
What does it matter that his surname is Zhao and that he didn't make the mask?
Qin Yuanyao asked at the opportune moment, "Have you ever been to Anfeng Village?"
Old Zhao was even more confused. "I've never been there. Where is it?"
Chi Nai tilted her head and carefully examined Uncle Zhao.
It seems he is neither the one who made the yellow mask, nor the murderer who set fire to her house ten years later.
Chi Baiyi said calmly, "My daughter is looking for the person who made this mask. The person who gave her the mask said that the maker's surname is Zhao. She learned from Master Xie that your surname is Zhao, and she thought that you made this mask."
Old Zhao finally understood the whole story and looked enlightened.
“I really didn’t make this mask. But let me see.” Old Zhao took the Chenghuang mask.
He examined the yellow mask closely and said, "It's very unique! What is it based on?"
"Chenghuang." Chi Nao explained crisply, "Chenghuang is what? It means health and longevity."
"Cheng Huang?" Old Zhao murmured.
(End of this chapter)
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