"Alright, let's talk about him tomorrow. The child should go to sleep too."
Li Qirui pulled Liang Xunling to sit on the bed, tenderly massaging her temples. He comforted her while making small talk, then, as if about to do something, suddenly turned Liang Xunling from her back to face him and said:
What are you having for dinner?
"What am I supposed to eat? I'm already full of anger, ugh!"
Suddenly, Liang Xunling felt a little hungry, and then looked at Li Qirui and whispered:
"Honey, I want to eat your fried rice."
Back when Li Qirui was pursuing Liang Xunling, there was a time when the cafeteria was out of food and it was raining heavily outside. It was Li Qirui who cooked himself a bowl of fried rice with eggs at the school cafeteria, and that's how the two started dating.
"Okay, wait for me a moment. I'll have them prepare some rice first, and then I'll go downstairs and cook some fried rice for you."
Actually, Li Qirui only knew how to make fried rice, but he didn't expect Liang Xunling to be so accommodating and always thought it was delicious.
After Li Qirui instructed the servants to steam some rice, Liang Xunling suddenly pulled Li Qirui to her side and said with a worried expression:
"Honey, do you think Dad will agree to let Kexin stay with us? I really don't want her to leave; she's so pitiful right now. Why don't you talk to Dad about it?"
Seeing Liang Xunling start to act coquettishly towards him, Li Qirui nodded vigorously, then said, seemingly casually:
"Who gave you that photo?"
Liang Xunling spoke casually:
"It's Kexin! What's wrong?"
When Liang Xunling asked this question, her expression changed slightly, and then she asked as if she wanted to confirm with Li Qirui:
"You don't suspect that Kexin deliberately took the picture for me, do you? Surely not? Kexin's just a child, what does she know?"
Seemingly worried that her husband might also suspect her niece, she quickly explained:
"She must have seen Mu Hao being wronged and then took the picture. She also felt that it was because of her that Mu Hao was wronged, so she felt very guilty."
Li Qirui's eyes flickered slightly. He patted his wife's back and softly comforted her:
"Kexin definitely didn't do it on purpose, don't worry. Starting tomorrow, let the driver take her to school. After a while, if she's willing, we can transfer her to Muxing's school as well."
Soon the servants began to contact Li Qirui, who got up and went to the kitchen to make fried rice for Liang Xunling.
Just then, a chilly breeze drifted into Li Muchen's room through the crack in the door. At that moment, Li Muchen and his brother Li Muhao were staring at each other's backs, their eyes already sore but they dared not blink.
"Second brother, keep an eye on things for me while I wash my hair."
As Li Muhao was about to close his eyes to wash his hair, Li Muchen suddenly snatched the showerhead from his younger brother's hand and shouted:
"No, if you close your eyes, who will watch behind me? Neither of us can wash our hair or our faces."
"ah?"
Li Muhao hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Just as he picked up a bath towel to dry himself, he suddenly heard a knock on the bedroom door. His heart, which had been calming down, suddenly started pounding wildly.
"Second...Second Brother, did you hear that?"
"What? Don't scare me!"
At this moment, both brothers began to tremble, standing motionless in the bathroom. After three or four minutes, Li Muhao slowly and cautiously spoke:
"Maybe I misheard, Second Brother, shall we go outside?"
Li Muchen swallowed hard, hastily put on his underwear, and without bothering to put on a coat, stood in front of Li Muhao wrapped in a bathrobe.
"I'll go out and check the situation first!"
After saying this, Li Muchen opened the bathroom door and carefully walked out.
Actually, Li Muchen only showed up so that he wouldn't be left alone in the bathroom. However, Li Muhao was unaware of his second brother's little scheme and only thought that his second brother was doing it for his own good. In his eyes, the figure of his second brother, Li Muchen, gradually grew taller.
"It's alright, come out now!"
The two brothers acted as if they were on a battlefield in the bedroom, with every move cautious and careful. When Li Muchen and Li Muhao crawled onto the bed, they quickly pulled the blanket over their heads and curled up to wrap themselves up in it.
In less than a minute, Li Muhao was already sweating profusely. Although he really wanted to pull the blanket open a crack, he couldn't defeat the voice in his heart that was stopping him.
"Go turn on the air conditioner, so we can be more comfortable."
Li Muchen wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead with the blanket, and reluctantly asked his third brother, Li Muhao, to go out and turn on the air conditioner. Seemingly unable to bear the heat, Li Muhao suddenly threw off the blanket on his side, grabbed the remote control from the bedside table, and turned on the air conditioner.
"drop!"
"Quick! Come in quickly!"
Second brother Li Muchen hurriedly urged Li Muhao to crawl into bed, and only after Li Muhao returned to his original position did he let out a long sigh of relief.
In the darkness, Li Muhao quietly lifted the blanket slightly and peered around.
"Second brother, do you think blankets can really keep ghosts away?"
"That's for sure. I searched on Zhihu, and all the college students said the same thing."
Li Muchen's voice was firm, showing that he firmly believed in those answers. However, Li Muhao, standing beside him, was puzzled. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and spoke:
"Then why don't Taoist priests who catch ghosts wear blankets? If they can't beat someone, they can hide under the blankets."
Li Muchen had never thought about this before. Every time he watched a horror movie, he would wrap himself completely in the blanket before going to sleep. Hearing his third brother's question, Li Muchen hesitated before answering:
"They probably didn't expect that, or maybe it's inconvenient for them to move around with the blankets. That must be it."
Although Li Muhao did not believe what Li Muchen said, he could not press the matter further. He could only wonder why those haunted families would hire Taoist priests or ask for talismans. Wouldn't it be safer to just hide under the covers at night?
Just then, Li Muhao suddenly realized why he had been feeling uneasy. When he and his brother went to take a shower, they had drawn the curtains on the balcony, but now the curtains were open about half a meter away, and the moonlight from outside was shining softly onto the balcony, making it quiet and desolate.
"Brother, brother, did you open the curtains?"
Li Muhao's voice trembled as he spoke. After hearing this, Li Muchen wrapped himself up in the blanket again, but he wrapped himself up too much and the blanket was completely pulled away from Li Muhao.
"ah!"
Li Muhao shouted, startling even Li Wanning, who was sitting on the edge of the bed watching them make a fool of themselves. She had only opened the curtains to catch a glimpse of the moonlight; she hadn't even shown herself yet. What were they yelling about?
End of this chapter
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