Chapter 157: Zhang Hao is back

Because it was the New Year, the City God Temple had a fresh coat of paint. Compared to the shabby state when I came here as a child, it now looked brand new, as if it had been newly built, bright orange and majestic.

He burned incense, lit a lamp for his grandfather, and donated five hundred yuan to the temple before leaving.

Seeing that it was getting late, he took a bus home.

Just after I got home, Wang Juan came running over in a hurry, "Xiaoqing, you're back. I was so worried. After looking for you for a while, I finally figured out that you definitely didn't want to be with Nie Jianwei and the others, so you deliberately got separated."

Dai Qing looked at her clever look and couldn't help but chuckle.

"It's true that there were too many people and we were separated, but I didn't go to meet you. Later, I found a little girl at the temple gate and took her to find her mother."

Wang Juan: “…”

Who are you kidding, that she's a three-year-old?

"I really picked up a little girl, named Yueyue, she's very cute." Dai Qing looked at Juanzi's wide eyes and pinched her cheeks. "After sending the child away, it was very late, so I came back."

"My good sister is such a helpful person." Juanzi pouted, still half-believing and half-doubting.

“I guess so.”

Dai Qing curled her lips. After going through her past and present lives, she finally understood life. She didn't care about good people or bad people. She just followed her heart. As for how others viewed her, it had nothing to do with her.

Anyway, she is alone, so of course she can live the best she can.

Wang Juan smacked her lips, held her chin and looked at her for a moment.

"After we got separated, we looked for you for a while. The two of them started complaining that you had no team spirit and were too self-centered. Bah, how could I have hidden their petty thoughts? They were just resentful because they didn't get what they wanted."

"Dating a partner is all about fate. If there's no fate, but you still want to force it, give them face. They are two grown men, but their hearts are as small as a needle's nose. They are not worthy of you."

Juanzi snorted, looking indignant.

"Don't be angry. You've done me a great favor by helping me see the other person's character. It was my fault for leaving without a reason today. I really didn't want to deal with those two people and spoil your fun."

Dai Qing looked at her puffy apple face and always wanted to pinch it.

"It's not your fault for what happened today. It's those two who were tactless. They knew you didn't like them, but they still insisted on getting close to you. They are not good people. It's also my fault. I should have found out more about their character before letting Ding Yong lead the people out."

Juanzi held Dai Qing's hand, with apology in her eyes.

"Don't worry, I know what you mean. I won't make random comments again."

In fact, she regretted it as soon as they met.

Dai Qing stood with them, looking out of place and not the same kind of people at all.

When she told Ding Yong about her idea, that guy also agreed, saying that her best friend was different from ordinary people and would definitely not be on the same path with them in the future.

"Then I thank you first."

Looking at her big round eyes, Dai Qing pushed the melon seed plate in front of her.

"Stay and have dinner with me today. I have prepared a lot of New Year's goods. It's just right for you to change your taste."

"That's great. I feel uneasy when I think about eating the same food from the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar month." Juanzi's face lit up when she heard Dai Qing's suggestion. "I'll help you."

"No, they are all semi-finished products. You can eat them after heating them up."

Dai Qing heated up a few steamed buns and took out some side dishes that Zhang Baoping had sent, including a sweet and sour hairtail, a steamed abalone with mushrooms, a stir-fried spinach, and an eight-treasure rice pudding.

Except for the spinach, everything else was brought by Zhang Baoping, who said they were the craftsmanship of a master chef from the south. The ingredients and seasoning packets were all prepared and could be heated directly.

"Wow, you prepared something so extravagant. I want to come here every day to eat." Juanzi looked at the four dishes on the table, hugged Dai Qing and gave her a kiss, "It's such a blessing to be with you."

"I didn't make this. A friend gave it to me. The taste of the south is lighter than the taste here. I don't know if it suits your taste."

I didn't know before that he is a foodie.

"Yes, absolutely. As long as it tastes good, it suits me."

Juanzi nodded rapidly, Dai Qing took out the hot steamed buns, and the two of them finished dinner together.

Dai Qing mixed the remaining soup with steamed buns and fed it to the dog.

Seeing its resentful eyes, Dai Qing couldn't help laughing, and made it a large bowl of malted milk, so that it stopped whining.

"I finally know why my Xiaohua is not as strong as your Xiaohei. You actually fed it malted milk?" Juanzi rubbed her belly and looked at her with wide eyes. "Don't let my mother see it, or she will blame you too."

She fed Xiaohua a few egg cakes, and her mother caught her and scolded her for a week, until her ears were covered with knots.

"I don't drink it often, just a sip every now and then."

Dai Qing chuckled, took Xiao Hei and sent Juanzi to her doorstep before turning back.

As soon as I turned into the alley, I saw a figure standing at the door of my house.

Dai Qing paused and immediately became alert. Xiao Hei sensed his master's strangeness, and the hair on his body stood up, entering a fighting state.

As she slowly approached, the shadow turned around and said in a hoarse voice, "Xiaoqing, I'm back."

Cheng Hao?

Dai Qing saw who was coming and reached out to touch Xiao Hei's back before looking at him in surprise, "Why are you back?"

"...You are really heartless. I came back to see you." Cheng Hao looked at her with a gritted teeth. He wrote two letters to her, but the girl didn't reply to any of them. She didn't take him to heart at all.

If he didn't come back to see her, the child would completely forget about her.

Dai Qing saw that he was wearing a gray-brown coat with a camel wool vest underneath, revealing a white shirt. This attire made him look more elegant and less cold.

After not seeing him for half a year, he has become more calm and reserved, especially his eyes, which are deep and bright, and really attractive.

"Come in first."

This kind of clothing is suitable in the south, but it is probably not too warm here.

Dai Qing opened the door, let him in, and poured a cup of hot tea in front of him.

"When did you come back?"

"Two hours ago." Cheng Hao looked at her rosy little face. She seemed to have grown a little taller. Her big eyes were twinkling and she looked a lot more delicate.

It is said that girls change a lot when they grow up, and the ancients were no different.

"Then why didn't you come to my place as soon as you came back?" Dai Qing looked at him in surprise. Why was he so anxious? She couldn't run away.

"What do you think?"

Cheng Hao looked at her with deep eyes, twirling his fingers lightly, wanting to pry open her head and see what was inside?

Dai Qing was silent for a moment, then touched her nose innocently.

Indeed, she asked an idiotic question.