Chapter 172 Meeting Old Friends
"She, she, she..." Was I dazzled or was I crazy?
The more Shan Yun thought about it, the less certain she became. Finally, she tugged at her sister's sleeve and said, "Sister, sister! Just now, did you see a shadow next to little sister Hanqi?!"
In fact, if there was only one "human" figure, she wouldn't be so shocked. The main reason was that the other person looked too familiar!
Shan Yun did not answer her sister's question. She knew her sister's confusion and she was also in the same shock and doubt.
Is Senior dreaming about her childhood? So cute! I want to hug and kiss her! Xia Yingnuan hadn't noticed that her current appearance was somewhat "malicious."
To a very vigilant child, the person standing in the middle of the path can almost be equated with a bad guy.
Ning Hanqi, who was more mature than his peers, stopped the stroller, then stood in front of the stroller and looked at Xia Yingnuan warily.
Xia Yingnuan was a little at a loss. This little senior was so cute! She was inexplicably nervous and bent down slightly to greet Xiao Ning Hanqi, "Hello~"
"Hello." Although he looked only six or seven years old, little Ning Hanqi was surprisingly steady.
The stern expression on Yuxue's cute junior sister's face was so adorable that it made people want to bleed from the nose. Xia Yingnuan tried hard to hide her aunt's smile, turned her head to the side and wiped her nose, luckily no blood came out.
"I've never seen you before. Who are you?" Xiao Ning Hanqi asked very vigilantly.
"Um... I'm, I'm a relative of Grandma Sun's family in the east. You know Grandma Sun, the old lady with a lame leg. I came to visit her." Xia Yingnuan's grandmother once accidentally fell down while collecting firewood in the mountains and injured her leg. She has been limping ever since then, which is also one of the signs of her condition.
When she was mentioned, Xiao Ning Hanqi immediately thought of the old lady with a weird temper, but even so, it could not dispel her doubts.
"Oh." Xiao Ning Hanqi said "oh" and continued to stare at Xia Yingnuan for a while.
After a while, seeing that this strange man was still blocking the road, little Ning Hanqi frowned, and there seemed to be a hint of anger on his face.
Xia Yingnuan just felt...even cuter!
Before little Ning Hanqi labeled Xia Yingnuan as a suspected human trafficker, Ning Hanshu, who had comforted the other little guy, finally came over with his people.
Ning Hanqi was obviously relieved when her sister came.
"Hanqi, apologize to Yu Jing." At least at this age, Ning Hanshu still has the dignity of an older sister.
"I'm sorry." Xiao Ning Hanqi apologized without saying a word.
"Hmph!" Lan Yujing snorted in a childish voice, "I forgive you, but you have to let me play with her!"
Lan Yujing pointed at the child in the stroller. Playing with a baby? In fact, he was just using her as a toy, right?
"No!" Xiao Ning Hanqi refused decisively: "You just bully her."
"Wuwaa ...
This time, no matter what Ning Hanshu said, little Ning Hanqi refused to let Lan Yujing play with the child in the stroller.
As the older sister, Ning Hanshu was overwhelmed and had already felt what it was like to be bald at such a young age.
"Woo-wah!" At this moment, the baby in the stroller woke up, whimpering and stretching out his little hands. Perhaps he was frightened by Xiao Lan Yu Jing's crying, and then he also started crying.
"Keep your voice down, you'll scare her!" Little Ning Hanqi skillfully picked up the baby and coaxed her, with a very standard posture.
"Sister Hanshu, Ning Hanqi has forgotten her friends since she got married!"
"Puchi..." Xia Yingnuan accidentally laughed out loud.
Senior Sister Lan knows what a wife is at such a young age?
...No! Because of her upbringing, Kou Zishu had always lived an open and honest life, never owing anyone anything, and naturally, she wouldn't have any so-called guilty conscience. However, thanks to Xia Yingnuan, she now had someone she was afraid to see.
"Ms. Ning, Miss Ning... Good evening, no, good morning!" Kou Zishu was so nervous that he almost got his tongue tied. "You're up so early, are you doing morning exercises?"
"How about Officer Kou? I remember your home is far away from here. Why are you out for a walk before dawn?" The woman wearing a windbreaker and looking a little thin was Ning Hanqi.
"No, no, that... is a case! I was investigating something and happened to pass by here." Kou Zishu spoke nonsense in a hurry.
"I see. Thank you for your hard work." Ning Hanqi's voice was cold and calm. Kou Zishu didn't know whether the other party believed his words or not.
"Is that evidence in Officer Kou's hand?"
"No, it's just a gift from a friend." Kou Zishu subconsciously hid the painting behind her. She knew that the other party didn't know the truth, but for some reason she felt particularly nervous.
"Gift?" Ning Hanqi lowered his brows, as if pondering the word carefully. After a moment, he continued, "When my wife was alive, she also liked to give me paintings as gifts."
"My condolences, you..."
"Can I see the painting? If not, please consider it an offense." Ning Hanqi made the request very politely. Although it was a bit abrupt, it also gave the other party room to refuse.
It was still dark, and Kou Zishu could hardly see the expression on the other person's face. She felt that when she saw Ning Chu's sister again today, she didn't seem as gloomy.
"I'm sorry, this...she asked me to look at it when I get home." It wasn't a big deal, but the painting was Miss Xia's after all. If Miss Ning recognized it, it might cause more trouble. Miss Xia obviously didn't want to involve his wife.
"It doesn't matter, forget it."
Kou Zishu breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't know if it was because of her humility, but she always felt that although Ning Hanqi was looking at her, more often... he seemed to be observing something else.
"I once heard my sister talk about you. She said that you are young and promising, hardworking and very reliable." Ning Hanqi's words became colder and colder, and so was his expression.
This was the first time Kou Zishu had heard Director Ning's private comments about her. Her face flushed crimson, and she had almost rubbed a hole in her clothes. For a moment, she didn't notice the change in Ning Hanqi's tone. Then, she heard him say, "Perhaps young girls would especially trust a police officer like you."
The four words "especially trust" were emphasized very strongly.
"No, not really. Although there are often some young girls in the bureau who are in trouble, I am not good at comforting people and I am usually quite serious, so... I am probably the type that would scare them." Kou Zishu shook his head in denial.
"Is that so." Ning Hanqi uttered two words lightly. It was obviously a calm sentence, but Kou Zishu heard a feeling of fear. Isn't it?
When Kou Zishu was trying to recall what she had said wrong, there was suddenly a vibration under her feet, like an earthquake.
"Boom..." The roar like a building collapsing was so terrifying in the quiet morning that Kou Zishu, who had been mentally weakened by the ghosts in the past few days, stopped breathing all of a sudden.
Ning Hanqi's expression remained unchanged, and Kou Zishu knew that something had happened again!
"Swish..." The sound of the iron chain sliding on the ground seemed to come from another world, accompanied by a huge rumble and the shaking of the ground, coming from far away.
It just happened to be at this time, and she had clearly avoided midnight. So when people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth!
Kou Zishu frowned and looked up at the sky. The sky, which had just been slightly bright, had now darkened again. Only through her Yin-Yang eyes could she see that what blocked all the light was the thick Yin energy as dark clouds.
Miss Xia said that only ghosts that are powerful enough and special cases can appear during the day. She warned herself that if she encountered such ghosts, she should pretend not to see them, walk around them or hide.
Judging from the noise and the situation, she knew she couldn't afford to deal with what was coming next.
No one knew where Miss Xia had gone, and she didn't tell herself how to use the painting. Kou Zishu knew that she was particularly susceptible to attracting these things, so now she'd better hide quickly to avoid implicating Ning Hanqi.
Kou Zishu said goodbye. Although he tried hard to restrain himself, there was still a slight change in his tone, which was very obvious to Ning Hanqi who was trying to see something from the other party.
"It's still early, Officer Kou, would you like to come in and have a seat and breakfast?" Ning Hanqi extended the invitation. The other party was not good at lying or covering up secrets, so she was not sure if it was what she thought.
"No need! My mother is waiting for me to come home for dinner. I will visit you next time!" Kou Zishu used the almighty mother's sentence pattern. Without waiting for Ning Hanqi to say anything else, he turned around and left, as if his butt was on fire.
Kou Zishu gritted her teeth and walked forward, but before she had even walked a hundred meters, the voice that had just seemed far away suddenly appeared behind her.
Kou Zishu felt a chill in her heart, as if a heavy pressure like a mountain was pressing down on her heart, making it difficult for her to take a step.
All the sounds around her disappeared. All she could hear were her own buzzing ears, her pounding heartbeat, and the vibrations approaching at an eerie speed behind her.
“Boom…Boom…”
Every step Kou Zishu took was as difficult as pulling her legs out of a swamp. The sound was getting closer and closer, and she couldn't even run.
"Xia...Nuan..."
"come out……"
The voice finally stopped not far behind Kou Zishu. It seemed to come from the underworld, murmuring with some confusion.
“Uncomfortable…”
"The king's order..."
Looking for Miss Xia? Kou Zishu paused, a bad premonition suddenly rising in her mind. She turned her head and looked back. At that moment, even though she had prepared herself mentally, she was frightened by the huge thing she saw and almost stopped beating.
It was a huge ghost wearing tattered armor and holding a blood-red axe in its hand. Its hair was disheveled and it looked like a savage. The ghostly aura emanating from its body made her eyes hurt. It was several times bigger than the largest ghost she had ever seen!
Just standing here made her feel desperate and powerless to resist. The giant ghost that looked like it could not be defeated by human power was now holding up an axe, and its target was Ning Hanqi who was unaware of it in front of him.
"Be careful!" Almost relying on the reaction ability trained over many years, Kou Zishu unfolded the painting in his hand, hoping that the painting Xia Yingnuan gave him could save Ning Hanqi. But maybe there was something wrong with her operation, the painting did not become a weapon that could fight against ghosts as she expected.
The next second, Kou Zishu almost watched the blood-red axe being swung down with a strong fishy wind and the wailing of countless wronged souls, and the people below who were unaware of it stopped and turned around because of his voice.
There's over 100 meters between them! It's too late!
Legally, I am the senior sister’s wife!
What's wrong with this little kid? He's already cheating on himself at such a young age?!
Xia Yingnuan's face suddenly fell, and the pink little baby suddenly didn't look so cute anymore. She even thought her crying was noisy.
For a moment, Xia Yingnuan, who wanted to compete with the baby for affection, almost forgot the real purpose of her entry into the dream.
"That... the baby is not Hanqi's child bride, don't talk nonsense." Ning Hanshu was older and more sensible, so she naturally didn't take the adults' jokes seriously, but it was different for the other two younger ones.
"Her parents gave her to me." Little Ning Hanqi held the baby she had just coaxed very persistently.
Ning Hanshu scratched his hair and looked like he had a headache.
Little Ning Hanqi put the baby back into the car, turned in a direction and left. Lan Yujing hurriedly chased after him. Children's friendship is so strange. They were arguing fiercely just now, but when they turned around, it seemed as if they had forgotten everything.
"Oh..." Ning Hanshu sighed. At such a young age, having to deal with two even younger children is about to make her head explode!
"Little kid, just go along with her." Xia Yingnuan, who was inexplicably snatched away by a little baby, had to speak up for her junior sister in a miserable manner.
"We originally thought so. Hanqi might not be interested in the child after a few days, but we are leaving today and we have to return the child to her. What should we do if she refuses to let go?" Ning Hanshu was very distressed.
What? Going to return that little brat?! Xia Yingnuan was secretly delighted, not caring at all how embarrassing it was to argue with a little kid in her dream.
Xia Yingnuan pretended to say that she was traveling with them, followed the children and slowly walked forward, and asked Ning Hanshu indirectly what was going on with the baby.
After a while, she found out the whole story. It turned out that when they and their grandmother went to visit someone else's house, the little sister was very interested in the child in that family, so the parents let her hold the child, and as a result, the baby peed all over Ning Hanqi.
Little Ning Hanqi's clothes were custom-made from Country Y and were incredibly expensive. The couple panicked and said they would give the baby to Ning Hanqi as compensation.
I don’t know why, but Ning Hanqi fell in love with the little baby at first sight. Not only did she agree to the couple’s proposal, she also took the baby away on the spot.
"Puchi..." Please forgive Xia Yingnuan for her unkind laugh. At most, she just got some mud spots on her senior sister. How could she be as powerful as this little baby!
The house not far away gradually came into view. There were four adults standing at the door of that house. Xia Yingnuan couldn't help but smile but she froze on her face after seeing the four people clearly.
There were two people who looked very familiar in their expensively dressed clothes. Xia Yingnuan's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.
"Mom." Little Ning Hanqi pushed the stroller to the woman who looked very gentle.
She never thought that one day she would be able to meet her senior sister's parents who had passed away long ago. Even though she knew that this was just a dream, Xia Yingnuan didn't know what to do.
"Hanqi, be good and return the baby to your uncle and aunt." Madam Ning's voice was as gentle as she was.
But in her heart, her little daughter, who had always been well-behaved and obedient, became "rebellious" for the first time. She picked up the child in the stroller and took a step back. The rejection in her expression was self-evident.
"My uncle and aunt said that they gave her to me as compensation." Little Ning Hanqi shook his head firmly.
As for the uncles and aunts mentioned by the junior sister, Xia Yingnuan was even more familiar with them. How could she not be familiar with them? They were her biological parents! So, this little baby who peed on the senior sister, whom she had just mocked...
Is it her dark history from childhood? !
I have to say that Old Xia is really scary now. Fortunately, the girl doesn’t dislike you. Is this true love?
The Shan family's old house was not too far from the company, and it didn't take long before Shan Yun parked the car in front of a villa.
The house here has a history of many years. Xia Yingnuan doesn’t understand Feng Shui, but she can feel the “qi” here. There is no dirty things mixed in it. It should be a place with good Feng Shui.
Shan Yun asked the other people in the family to step aside for a while, and then took Xia Yingnuan and Ning Hanqi to walk around every corner of the old house. Xia Yingnuan actually saw a few not very clean things, but they were almost purified by the special "qi" in this villa and had no effect. The person who had arranged the feng shui for their house before was very good.
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