Chapter 56
Bei Qiao found the cat bag and put the dumplings in it. He carried the cat downstairs, drove out and went straight to the mall, picked a restaurant at random and went in to solve his lunch problem.
After dinner, they found an empty bench on the first floor and sat down. While feeding Tangyuan, Bei Qiao sent a text message to Qiao Lin, asking what they planned to eat in the evening and whether she wanted her to help buy it.
Qiao Lin: Don’t buy it! You don’t know how to choose!
Bei Qiao: ...I plan to buy it at the store. The vegetables in the supermarket are all similar. I know that street vendors can be rip-offs.
Qiao Lin: Why go to the supermarket? Vegetables grown at home are the best. Okay, enough talk. I'm going to work.
Fine, if I don't want to buy it, then I won't buy it... Bei Qiao put down his phone, his chin in his hand, and looked at the people walking in the mall with boredom. The weather outside was great today, and he rarely had time to rest, but this time he rested... I felt really uncomfortable all over.
But even if it was uncomfortable, Bei Qiao didn't intend to change his plan to relax.
Go for it while you're young. You can fight, but forget about going all out. Health is more important. Just because your body is strong and capable when you're young doesn't mean it won't have side effects later. Trading your health for money when you're young doesn't buy you back much health later. This is a fact proven by many office workers.
"Speaking of health, my mother seems to have been too busy these days and hasn't done moxibustion. I'll prepare some for her when I get home." Since learning Chinese medicine, Bei Qiao has developed a habit of asking his family members if they are feeling unwell every few days. If they are, he will use the moxibustion box.
The mall was packed with people, and Tangyuan refused to come out for food. He was also unwilling to stay in the cat bag, so he lay there unhappily, scratching the inside. Bei Qiao pulled out his phone to record the cat's furious behavior, then picked up the cat bag and headed straight for the park near the mall, intending to let Tangyuan out to relax.
He found an open space to practice boxing for a while, then took the dumplings out of the bag and carried them on his shoulders to do horse stance for a while. Bei Qiao saw that the time was almost up, so he went back to the underground parking lot of the mall to pick up Qiao Lin after get off work.
There were no adventures. There were no benefactors. Romance was unimportant, and there were none either.
"There are so many people outside, why do I feel it's not as lively as in the game?" Bei Qiao parked the car in front of Qiao Lin's office, put the car in neutral, pulled the parking brake, turned off the engine, and opened only the window on his side. He expertly caught Tangyuan who tried to jump out the window and held him down on his leg: "No, you can't run around."
"Meow!" Tangyuan lay on Beiqiao's legs unhappily, turned over and exposed his belly: I let you touch my belly, but you refused to let me go out for some fresh air
Bei Qiao took out her cell phone to send a message to her mother, while her other hand continued to hold Tang Yuan down: "You can't run around unless you are willing to be tied up." The last time Tang Yuan ran out of the house happily, Bei Qiao chased him all the way out, following the cat around in the neighborhood. As a result, after returning home, she was chased by several little brats in the same neighborhood who wanted to teach her kung fu. They chased her for a whole week, making her not dare to stay at home for a single day during the entire holiday.
"Meow!" Tangyuan turned over and lay down angrily: I won't let you touch my belly anymore, hum!
Just five minutes after 5 p.m., Qiao Lin walked out of the office with her colleagues, bag in hand, and found Bei Qiao's car parked on the curb. As the only parent in the company to be picked up by her child after work, she was so proud that her back straightened even more than usual. Her colleagues were also very envious, praising Bei Qiao for being a filial child and for being so considerate of picking up parents after work.
"Tangyuan, do you think they are really praising me?" Bei Qiao scratched Tangyuan's chin: his lip reading and micro-expressions didn't match up.
"Meow" Tangyuan raised his chin and rolled his eyes at Beiqiao: What are you talking about? You're scratching the wrong spot, meow!
"Baby, why did you drive today and I thought it was your dad when I first saw the car?" Qiao Lin opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, fastened his seat belt, picked up Tangyuan from Bei Qiao's legs, put him in the cat bag and held him in his arms.
"Dad seemed to have taken the bus this morning. The car keys were left on the cabinet in the entrance hall, so I just grabbed them." Bei Qiao started the car and turned on the left turn signal: "Are we going home directly? Or are we going to go shopping first?"
"Just go home. You're not busy with the internet stuff today. Are you tired? Do you want me to drive for you?"
"It's okay, I'm not tired. It's been raining heavily in Yuanshan Village today. There's nothing to do, so I logged off long ago." Bei Qiao turned the steering wheel and drove into the main road.
"It's good to be offline. You've been so busy these past few days. No need to ask, you must have been running to eat and go to the bathroom, right?" Qiao Lin began to think about what to make for dinner: "Don't be so anxious today. I'll make you something delicious to nourish your body."
"good!"
After driving home, Qiao Lin went to a nearby store to buy meat and vegetables, and came back to cook a large table of delicious food. Seeing the feast on the living room table, Bei Gu, who had just walked in, thought for a long time but couldn't remember what special day it was today. He only remembered that yesterday was the Ghost Festival.
"What are you standing there for?" Qiao Lin came out of the kitchen carrying a plate and used his elbow to push Bei Gu, who was blocking the doorway, away: "Wash your hands and eat."
"What day is today"
"It's a rare day for Qiao'er to have a rest today, so I'll make her something delicious to nourish her."
"Oh!" Bei Gu breathed a sigh of relief: I hope it's not my memory that's wrong.
After a hearty dinner, Bei Qiao lazily lay on the yoga mat and played with Tang Yuan for a while. When Tang Yuan got tired of playing, Bei Qiao picked up the holographic glasses on the table and prepared to log into the game to check out the situation.
"Come and have some fruit." Qiao Lin walked into Bei Qiao's bedroom with a plate of cut fruit. "It's late at night. Why don't you take a break if you still have something to do in the game?"
"I can't eat so much." Bei Qiao picked up a piece of apple and stuffed it into his mouth: "Nothing, just going up to take a look."
"I didn't let you eat it all, so just take a look and log off to rest. You work during the day and practice martial arts at night, and even take time off to review Chinese medicine. Do you think you're made of iron?"
"I know, I know."
"If you know, then take a rest and go to bed early tonight!"
"Oh..." No matter how arrogant you are outside, when you return home, your mother is still your mother. It is impossible to talk back to her. If you talk back one word, she will talk back ten words.
After the post "The Rain's Still Falling" went live, Bei Qiao was startled by the sudden roar of wind and rain, so much so that she covered her ears. The wind and rain were still strong outside, and the windows in the first-floor lobby were leaking slightly. Several of them were rattling in the wind, as if they would blow open at any moment. The main door, blocked by flood control sandbags, was fine, though the sound of the wind outside was a bit unsettling, especially with the lights on inside.
Picking up the electronic candle on the table, Bei Qiao checked every corner of the building again to make sure that the doors and windows were not damaged by the wind. Then he returned to the second floor holding the candle.
The system's electronic candles are incredibly realistic, even swaying in the wind. In the darkness, without modern electric lighting, holding a candle that barely illuminates a meter around you, your shadow sways with the flickering flame. The only sounds in the room, besides the sound of rain outside, are your own footsteps and breathing...
Looking back at the dark corridor, Bei Qiao shook his head and walked towards his bedroom: "The night without electric lights is really creepy. It would be terrible for a timid person." If there were enough candles, it would not be impossible to illuminate the room completely, but Bei Qiao was just too lazy to light so many lights.
Bei Qiao closed the bedroom door and sat on the stool. Facing the candlelight, he opened the forum, ready to see if anyone in the spam group was online, or if the village chief had any new instructions.
Yuanshan Village Irrigation Group
Writer Yu Qian: Is anyone there?
Writer Yu Qian: So boring, why is it raining both online and offline?
Painter Li Qingqing: Don’t you like going out?
Writer Yu Qian: I don’t like going out, but I would feel even worse if I wasn’t allowed to go out!
Baozi Shop Xishi: Holy crap! I just logged in and found that the door downstairs was blown open by the wind!
The rain in Yuanshan Village did not stop. Apart from Aunt Ding, who was quiet and liked to peek at the screen from under the surface, there were only four players online, including Bei Qiao.
"The village chief hasn't given any orders, so there's nothing to do. Let's log off." Bei Qiao shook his head and leaned over the window to call out to Dudu: "Dudu, are you okay? Just say yes twice, and don't come out. It's raining heavily outside."
"Woof woof!" Dudu, who hadn't fallen asleep yet, barked twice, sounding very energetic. Although Huihui and Honghong didn't respond, since Dudu didn't react abnormally, they should be fine.
"Be good and look after the house." Bei Qiao closed the slightly opened window and wiped the rain off his face. "The rain is really hitting me. A-choo... I don't know if Wen Yu has finished writing the storybook yet. If she has, maybe we'll see something interesting tomorrow."
It's raining so hard, the students probably haven't left Yuanshan Village yet. Such terrible weather, wow, it's perfect for a horror movie. It would be even scarier if it were paired with the script of the Painted Skin Demon.
Wen Yu, who was being missed by Bei Qiao, was now lying on the table in her room, staring at the closed window: "My head hurts, I'm so bored..."
The moment the teacher frowned in the afternoon, she felt like she was about to meet her relatives who had gone to the underworld. That look and that expression were really scary!
"You've been yelling for an hour." Ding Rui put down the storybook in her hand. "Well, the plot is very good. It makes people feel like they are there."
"Aren't you afraid?"
"I knew you were such a heartless little thing, you wanted to scare me. Do you think I'm as timid as you?"
"Humph, I don't have the guts to..."
"Ah!" Just as Wen Yu was trying hard to find evidence to prove that she was not too timid, a scream suddenly came from the corridor, startling the two people in the room and making them look sideways: What's going on?
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