"I won't waste any more words. All I need from you are two boxes of coal and some food. Once the heavy snow stops, I will restore your identity. How about that?"
In Tang Xiaohu's opinion, this was already an extremely worthwhile deal. Two boxes of coal plus some food in exchange for a job with an annual salary of two or three hundred thousand yuan was a sure win.
"Oh, is that so? That sounds like a pretty good deal."
On the other end of the phone, Xiao Chen pretended to be seriously considering it, but from the beginning, Xiao Chen had no intention of discussing any cooperation with Tang Xiaohu. He just wanted to play a trick on Tang Xiaohu.
"Alright, come to my door and I'll give you the things."
Upon receiving Xiao Chen's message, Tang Xiaohu couldn't help but feel happy, knowing that his hard times were about to end. He then turned to look at Zhao Xiaohua and the others.
"Wait here for me, I'll take you to a nice place in a bit."
After saying that, Tang Xiaohu put on his thick cotton-padded coat and walked out the door, leaving only Zhao Xiaohua and Tang Jian snuggled in bed. Tang Jian was still young, so Tang Xiaohu naturally had no questions about sleeping with Zhao Xiaohua.
Tang Xiaohu didn't notice that when he left, Zhao Xiaohua's face was flushed and her body trembled slightly. Then, she angrily removed Tang Jian's hand.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
Tang Jian asked with an innocent look. Seeing Tang Jian's naive appearance, Zhao Xiaohua immediately gave up the idea of scolding him. How could such a young child possibly do anything reckless?
"It's okay, just don't touch Mommy, Mommy is ticklish."
Zhao Xiaohua said earnestly, and Tang Jian nodded in agreement.
"Oh, I know. I just felt that Mom's area was warm, so I reached my hand over there."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiaohua's concerns were completely dispelled. So that's how it is. Her husband often said that her private parts were very hot and warm. However, Zhao Xiaohua had not noticed the fervor deep in Tang Jian's eyes.
On the other side, Tang Xiaohu quickly arrived at the corner of the stairs. However, for some reason, Tang Xiaohu felt a sense of unease. But after thinking about it, he realized that he couldn't possibly fight Xiao Chen, who was just a nobody.
Soon Tang Xiaohu arrived in front of 2301, but he was curious why Xiao Chen was not waiting for him at the door with something, so he quickly took out his phone and sent a message to Xiao Chen.
While Tang Xiaohu was sending the message, he was unaware that Xiao Chen was hiding behind his door. In the instant Tang Xiaohu sent the message, Xiao Chen took out a foul stench talisman. Once cast, it would make the person afflicted with the talisman emit a foul stench. The stench could only be described as more than ten times worse than a can of herring, and it would last for about a week.
"go!"
All that could be seen was Xiao Chen throwing the talisman at Tang Xiaohu, who was busy sending messages and didn't see it.
"What is that?"
Tang Xiaohu vaguely sensed some changes happening to his body, but he couldn't feel them himself.
"Why aren't you coming out? I'm already waiting for you at the door."
Without much thought, Tang Xiaohu sent a message to Xiao Chen, and received a reply from Xiao Chen.
"Sorry, I've changed my mind!"
Upon seeing this message, Tang Xiaohu froze on the spot, but after a moment he realized that Xiao Chen was probably worried that he would take away his house, since he himself would think the same thing.
"How about this, I won't be at your door, you can leave your things there and I'll come and get them, then you'll feel more at ease."
A moment later, Xiao Chen sent another message.
"I told you I changed my mind, now get out!"
At this point, Tang Xiaohu finally understood that Xiao Chen was probably just trying to make a fool of him. Soon, Tang Xiaohu, furious, rushed to Xiao Chen's door and started banging on it, shouting angrily as he did so.
"Xiao Chen, open the door! I know you're in there. You have to give me an explanation for what happened today, or I'll have you arrested in a heartbeat!"
However, Xiao Chen inside the house ignored him. Besides, the soundproofing of the door was excellent; Tang Xiaohu's knocking was completely inaudible to Xiao Chen.
"Idiot, this is the doorbell."
Xiao Chen scoffed, saying that it would be a miracle if Tang Xiaohu could even make a sound when he banged on the door, which was so thick that he installed a doorbell to avoid being unaware that someone was outside.
However, Tang Xiaohu was so enraged that he didn't notice the doorbell.
After knocking on the door for a minute, Tang Xiaohu felt his hands had turned bright red. He was very angry, so he used all his strength with each knock, but he didn't expect that it would make his hands swell up.
Enraged, Tang Xiaohu kicked the door hard and left, uttering threats as he went.
"Just you wait, I'll definitely drag you in when the heavy snow stops!"
What puzzled Tang Xiaohu was why he seemed to be emitting a faint odor. However, Tang Xiaohu didn't think much of it, assuming that he might have sweated a little while knocking on the door, and that the smell of sweat was understandable.
Soon, Tang Xiaohu returned home in a huff, while Zhao Xiaohua, her face flushed, looked out the door as soon as she heard it open.
"Honey, you're back! How did it go?"
"Don't even mention it, it's infuriating! Just you wait, I refuse to believe that I, the director of a regulatory bureau, can't handle a troublemaker!"
Tang Xiaohu waved his hand and said, but he didn't notice that Zhao Xiaohua's brows furrowed and she almost vomited. She could only cover her nose with her hand first.
Tang Jian, on the other hand, was even more direct, bursting into tears.
What's wrong with the baby?
Upon seeing this, Tang Xiaohu quickly went to Tang Jian and asked him.
"Daddy smells bad!"
Tang Jian cried even louder when he saw Tang Xiaohu getting closer, leaving Tang Xiaohu with no choice but to move away from Tang Jian.
"Smelly?"
Tang Xiaohu hadn't paid much attention at first, but after hearing Tang Jian's words, he lowered his head and smelled his own body, and immediately vomited.
The pungent smell made Zhao Xiaohua even more impatient.
"Honey, why don't you take a shower first?"
The stench was so bad that Zhao Xiaohua couldn't help but wonder if her husband had fallen into a cesspool. But then she thought, since everything was frozen over, where would there be a cesspool?
"I know."
After saying that, Tang Xiaohu endured the cold and went into the bathroom to take a bath. Because of the extreme cold, they hadn't taken a bath for a long time.
However, just as Tang Xiaohu was about to take a shower, he looked at the water heater with a panicked expression.
"Where's my water? Where's all my water?"
Despite the extreme cold, Tang Xiaohu said angrily.
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