Chapter 7 [Revision]
It was already late when Zhou Yao came back. The village was quiet except for the occasional loud barking of dogs. Then it quickly returned to silence. He said goodbye to Ren Yeliang and Fang Shitao and walked back home alone.
I walked quickly along the ridge of the field. When I was almost home, I noticed that there was a dim and soft light coming from the direction of the yard, which quickly and violently dispelled the darkness in front of me.
Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows and quickened his pace.
He pushed open the gate and immediately saw a thin and petite figure curled up on the steps of the roof.
She sat on a low stool with her hands around her knees. The lower half of her face was hidden in her arms, with only her beautiful eyes showing. She looked listless and dull.
"Why are you sitting here?" Zhou Yao was stunned for a rare moment.
He just thought Wen Yue had left the light on for him, but he didn't expect that she was still awake and sitting under the eaves, obviously waiting for him.
"...Hmm? I'm waiting for you. Why did you come back so late? I've been waiting for you for a long time." Wen Yue was in a daze and was a little slow to react. He raised his eyes and looked forward, speaking slowly and complaining softly.
Zhou Yao's eyes sparkled, and he sneered, "Who asked you to wait for me?"
"Zhou Yao, is your mouth made of stone? Not only are you not grateful, but you're also mean to me." Wen Yue asked seriously, and then pouted and said, "I thought you would come back for dinner, but who knew you would come back so late."
The moment he saw Wen Yue's figure, Zhou Yao's heart was more or less touched. After all, since his grandmother passed away, no one in the family had waited for him or left a light on for him for a long time.
But Zhou Yao is obviously not the kind of person who would express his emotions openly.
Hearing this, he glanced down at Wen Yue and said "oh", his voice still cold: "Have you had dinner yet?"
"Of course I ate it. I would starve to death if I didn't." Wen Yue said confidently, "But I left you some noodles. Do you want some? I made them myself, plus two fried eggs. They taste great!"
She smiled and gave a thumbs up.
Zhou Yao looked at her smiling face and said, "Okay."
Wen Yue stood up: "But you still have to wash the dishes yourself. Also, bring out two eggs."
Zhou Yao: “Got it.”
Seeing Wen Yue walking towards the kitchen, he stepped onto the steps and pushed open the door of Wen Yue's room. He placed the things in his hand on the table, and casually hooked the key with his little finger to go to the next room to get the eggs. When he was about to unlock the door, he found that it was not locked.
Zhou Yao pushed the door, turned on the light, and took the eggs in one go. Just as he was about to close the cupboard, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
He reopened the cabinet and took a closer look with narrowed eyes.
Most of the rice cakes and walnut crisps were gone, the White Rabbit milk candy and malted milk had been opened, there was only a little bit of flour left, the bacon was gone, and the only thing that was not moved was the eggs.
Zhou Yao: “……?”
I didn't expect this girl to have such a good appetite.
He closed the cupboard thoughtfully, took the eggs to the kitchen, and lazily reminded her: "Don't eat too many snacks, just eat a little occasionally, and you can only grow meat if you eat more."
"...Ah?" Wen Yue was adding water to the pot. When she heard Zhou Yao's words, she paused. Her fair face was full of confusion. "What snacks?"
The expression on her face did not seem fake. Zhou Yao asked, "Did you forget to get the door lock for me?"
Wen Yue thought about it carefully: "It seems so? Li Nianqiu came to chat with me in the afternoon, and I forgot to lock the door. I slept in the house for a while in the afternoon... Is there something missing at home?" She reacted quickly.
Zhou Yao nodded: "Yeah."
This is very embarrassing.
Wen Yue didn't expect that her home would be robbed. She looked apologetic and said, "I'm sorry. It's my fault for being too careless."
"You can't be blamed entirely. It's hard to guard against thieves in the house." Zhou Yao's expression didn't change at all, but his tone was a little colder than before. He said he would handle it, picked up the axe behind the door and walked out.
Wen Yue: “?”
What is this for?
Her strong curiosity prompted her to quickly put the firewood in her hand into the stove, then she quickly walked to the door and looked out while leaning on the door frame.
In the pitch-black night, Zhou Yao's 1.80-meter-tall figure gave off a strong sense of oppression, and his entire body blended into the darkness. The dim light from the side could not illuminate him, and it was difficult to see the expression on his face.
He picked up the axe in his hand and smashed it hard on the wooden door of the room where Lin Cui, Zhou Jianghai and others were, sending wood chips flying.
The huge sound was clear and piercing in the quiet night.
Wen Yue was frightened and trembled twice, her beautiful eyes widened.
...So fierce? ?
The dull sound of the knife tip hitting the wooden door was extremely loud in the night, and even the soundest sleeper would be woken up at this moment. The originally dark room was lit up with a dim light, and Lin Fang's sharp and impatient voice rang out:
"Who? Demolishing the house?"
Then came two foul curses.
Wen Yue looked at Zhou Yao's posture and thought that it was not much different from demolishing a house.
The one who opened the door was Zhou Jianghai. His honest face was filled with anger. He was about to curse, but when his eyes caught sight of the axe in Zhou Yao's hand, he immediately swallowed his words and shuddered: "Nephew, what are you doing? Let's talk it over."
Zhou Jianghaisi had no doubt that the other party would use the axe on his head.
Zhou Yao was already tall and strong, and holding the axe made him look even more oppressive.
Zhou Yao was too lazy to say anything else: "Let Lin Fang take out the things."
"What?" Zhou Jianghai asked blankly. Seeing Zhou Yao's cold expression, he turned his head and scolded Lin Fang angrily: "What did you take from my nephew again? Return it quickly!"
There were rustling sounds coming from the room. Lin Fang put on her clothes and stood in the room. She stared at Zhou Yao's face and tried to straighten her face: "What did I take? Don't talk nonsense!" There was a hint of guilt in her sharp voice.
Having known each other for so long, Zhou Yao already understood what kind of person Lin Fang was. Upon hearing this, he pushed away Zhou Jianghai who was blocking his way and walked into the house with an axe in hand.
He had a blank expression on his face, and his height of nearly 1.9 meters gave off a strong sense of oppression. Zhou Jianghai didn't dare to come over to stop him.
Lin Fang was even more frightened when he came in, and tremblingly shouted: "What are you doing? Don't mess around, killing, killing people will be shot..."
There was naked disgust in Zhou Yao's eyes.
He ignored the screaming Lin Fang and the anxiously sweating Zhou Jianghai, and walked straight to the locked cabinet in their house, picked up the axe and chopped it hard.
The lock on the cupboard was no match for the axe and it fell to the ground with a clatter.
Zhou Yao kicked the lock that had fallen to the ground open with his toes, opened the cabinet, took a quick look, and then reached out to take something.
Two pieces of dried marinated bacon, rice cakes, walnut crisps, White Rabbit milk candy, and a bowl of malted milk powder were all in his arms. This was not the end. Zhou Yao did not stop and took out the bag of Fuqiang flour.
"The Fuqiang noodles are ours!!" Lin Fang finally reacted and yelled at the top of her lungs, "I only took half a piece of your bacon! Put my noodles down!!"
She didn't dare to rush forward, so she could only turn to Zhou Jianghai who was standing at the door for help, but found that the latter was glaring at her angrily.
If Zhou Jianghai still didn't know what was going on, he would be a fool. He scolded him viciously: "Does your family need these things? You like to take other people's things so much, you don't feel ashamed, but I do!"
It was just some food, it was not like they couldn't afford it, so why would they take Zhou Yao's food? Was this guy the kind of person who would not say anything when being taken advantage of?!
She also regretted it. When she saw that Zhou Yao's room was not locked, she thought about going in to see if she could find anything. After searching for a long time without finding the money, she simply took some things out of the cupboard, hoping that they would not be discovered.
You shouldn't be so obsessed. How can it be so easy to take advantage of Zhou Yao! ?
Lin Fang didn't answer, but just shouted vigorously: "Those two pieces of bacon are ours, and the Fuqiang noodles are also ours, give them back to me, you little bastard, give my things back to me!"
Hearing the words "little beast", Zhou Yao's originally cold and disgusted eyes instantly turned sharp, and a dangerous light flashed in his narrow and upturned eyes, like a wild beast that would pounce on his prey and tear its throat at any time.
Zhou Jianghai was close and could see the changes in Zhou Yao's expression clearly.
His heart shuddered, and some unpleasant memories of the past emerged involuntarily in his mind.
When Zhou Yao's father, that is, he and his elder brother Zhou Qingshan, died, the two of them had a quarrel in front of Grandma Zhou. Zhou's father went to work in other provinces and earned a lot of money. They were jealous and accused Grandma Zhou of being partial to him over the years, and wanted her to share some of the money.
Grandma Zhou had just seen off her husband and eldest son. She was already in a bad mood, and this incident made her health worse. She was sent to the hospital that day.
Zhou Yao got mad that time and beat him and Zhou Qingshan so hard that they couldn't get out of bed for half a month.
This guy's beating really hurts. When his two sons and Zhou Qingshan's eldest son came over to help, they couldn't stop him and were beaten up as well.
“…”
As a result, Zhou Jianghai gets scared whenever he sees something strange in his eyes.
"Shut up! Why are you yelling? Can you please stop causing trouble for me every day?" Zhou Jianghai took two steps forward with a distorted expression, walked in front of Lin Fang, raised his arm and slapped her: "How dare you take the things of the younger generation? How dare you!?"
Wen Yue could hear the crisp sound of slapping clearly in the kitchen.
"Zhou Jianghai, you hit me? You actually hit me?" Lin Fang was stunned for two seconds. She covered her face and stared at the man in front of her in disbelief. Her voice became sharper and harsher. "You idiot, if you have the guts, go and vent your anger on that little bastard! Why vent your anger on me! You are still the elder! You let your nephew poop and pee on your head, you bastard!"
She bared her teeth and clawed at Zhou Jianghai, "I gave birth to your Zhou family's children. I have no credit but I have worked hard. You still hit me. Who am I doing all this for? I shouldn't have married a loser like you. I will fight you today!!!"
In the room, Lin Fang and Zhou Jianghai were wrestling with each other, their screams and curses echoing through the sky.
The couple still had a tacit understanding and did not dare to attack Zhou Yao.
Zhou Yao looked at the farce in front of him coldly, a hint of annoyance flashed across his eyes, and he walked out with the things in his arms and the axe. He stopped at the door and said in a cold tone: "If it happens again, I won't let it go so easily."
Zhou Jianghai pushed Lin Fang onto the bed, smiled awkwardly, and assured her, "Don't worry, nephew. There won't be a next time."
Lin Fang lay on the bed and cried.
The crying was so miserable and sad, just listening to it made me feel so pitiful. Wen Yue thought about it and started to complain: "Zhou Yao, this morning, my second aunt insisted that I help her with work! If I didn't do it, she scolded me, and she scolded me so dirty!!"
Lin Fang cried pitifully, but what did it have to do with her? She had said before that she would complain to Zhou Yao, and she would definitely do so!
Lin Fang stopped crying: "..." The damn girl is adding fuel to the fire, isn't she? Neither of this couple is a good person!!!
Zhou Yao put his raised foot down again, turned his head and stared at Lin Fang and said quietly: "Second Aunt, Wen Yue is the wife I married back, not a maid who works for you. If you really don't want to do it, I can help you next time."
After saying this, without waiting for Lin Fang and Zhou Jianghai to react, he took the things back to his kitchen.
Wen Yue, who was lying on the door frame, looked at Zhou Yao with sparkling eyes, with undisguised admiration in her eyes.
"Zhou Yao, you are this one." She raised her thumb, "You were so handsome just now, very manly!"
Zhou Yaojian frowned: "? What are you hiding?"
Wen Yueyu softened her tone: "It means you are very handsome, very masculine, very manly, and very gentlemanly. I am complimenting you!"
Zhou Yao narrowed his eyes to observe the expression on Wen Yue's face, and asked in an inexplicable tone: "Are you speaking sarcastically?"
"No, I'm really praising you!" Wen Yue approached Zhou Yao and opened her eyes wide, trying to let him see her sincerity.
Zhou Yao's appearance was reflected in the clear amber eyes. He stared at them for two seconds, not noticing the negative emotions such as fear, disgust and terror hidden in them. He relaxed his frown and curled up the corners of his lips: "Okay, I'll trust you for once. Didn't you cook noodles for me? Where's the noodles?"
If anyone else saw what he did, they would have been scared and ran away, but this crybaby actually praised him. I don't know if she is very brave.
As Zhou Yao thought about it, his mood improved visibly.
Wen Yue picked up the noodles with two fried eggs on the side with particular attentiveness: "It's ready, try it!"
Two pieces of noodles are stuffed under the noodles, and topped with minced garlic and chili peppers drizzled in hot oil. The aroma is stimulated and it is very appetizing just by smelling it.
Zhou Yao was extremely satisfied with Wen Yue's cooking skills. He ate noodles and said, "By the way, I bought the soap and other things. They are in the room. You can go and have a look yourself."
Wen Yue's eyes lit up: "Really? Let me take a look!"
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