Chapter 19 19 My stomach needs some help.
The potted plants at home have all broken through the soil after the hibiscus sprouted. Some of them grew very quickly, and in half a month, small flower buds appeared, some white, some purple, and some pink. They hung quietly on the branches, a bit like lily of the valley.
Feng Ci's attention was always on the Roland grass. Even if the Roland grass grew slowly, he would still stroll over and take a look at it with interest.
He was very open-minded. A human has to be pregnant for ten months, let alone a blade of grass.
Feng Ci cast his gaze on the other potted plants, and pulled Meiguo away from Aunt Luo to chat: "Besides Roland grass, what other plants in the house can grow elves?"
The witch who adopted Berry has the habit of collecting seeds. It is conservatively estimated that there are about one hundred or eighty kinds of seeds stored in her small bag. The magical plants must be hidden among them.
Unfortunately, the little witch, who was still a child, could not recognize all the grasses.
Meiguo shook her head: "I haven't learned it yet, don't worry."
"Who said I was anxious? I'm not." Feng Ci looked at Bu Wan, stroking his chin and looking at her. "Come to think of it, I've never seen you study. Don't hardworking and clever little witches need to read magic books?"
Meiguo was silent for a moment, then stepped forward, put her arms around Feng Ci's neck, and pulled out a small white ball from her shirt pocket, pushing it toward his mouth. "Brother Feng, have something to eat."
Feng Ci ducked his head and took a closer look. "A flower bud? Is this growing from the potted plant outside?"
"Yeah, it's called Qiqihua, and it's very sweet."
"It's still a bud, it hasn't opened yet."
If it’s not fully opened, it’s not cooked. Eating uncooked food may cause food poisoning.
Feng Ci is not a native of the magical world. If he is unlucky enough to be poisoned, he doesn’t know if modern hospitals can save him.
The fat kid sitting on his lap didn't understand the implication, but still enthusiastically invited him to taste it.
All good things must come to an end, but before that, Feng Ci felt that he and Meiguo would live together for a long time.
It is inevitable to try the specialties of her hometown. If you refuse her every time, the child will definitely feel disappointed and her self-esteem will be hurt.
He already had antibodies to the three-no magic potion anyway, so how poisonous could a flower be? Feng Ci hypnotized himself, gave up resistance, and opened his mouth to cooperate.
The berries didn't lie to him. The taste of Qiqihua was very similar to that of snow skin mooncakes, sweet and sticky, with a light and non-pungent aroma that lingered on his lips and teeth.
Qiqi has planted many flowers at home, and one plant can produce more than forty flower buds. She picks a berry whenever she has nothing to do to satisfy her craving for berries. Feng Ci laughs at her for being greedy, but then he eats it silently.
Monday morning.
As Feng Ci stepped through the classroom door, he was keenly aware of the secret gazes directed at him. He ignored them and sat down to read his morning book.
"Brother Feng, did you put powder on your face?"
Fang Chengxuan slapped Zhang Mai on the back of the head: "What nonsense are you talking about? Our Brother Feng is a real man!"
Zhang Mai held his head in grievance.
"You deserve it, I told you not to talk nonsense." Jiang Hao clapped his hands in approval, "Brother Feng just put on a face mask at most, how could he possibly be wearing makeup?"
Fang Chengxuan looked at the pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix in silence.
After morning reading, the four of them gathered in a corner of the cafeteria.
Feng Ci is not stupid. He has always been sensitive to information from the outside world. There must be some changes in him that he is not aware of.
Feng Ci raised his chin slightly and looked at Jiang Hao: "Tell me what's different about me."
Jiang Hao was caught off guard, hesitated for a long time, and swallowed his saliva:
"Then I said, you can't hit me."
"good."
Jiang Hao took two cautious steps back, confirmed a safe distance, cleared his throat, and said shyly:
"Brother Feng, I think you are so delicate and fragrant."
There was no obvious change in his facial features, but he became more handsome and gentle. He had never thought of associating the delicate and tender-skinned handsome boy with Brother Feng before.
There was also a subtle fragrance on Brother Feng's body. Reason told him that Brother Feng would never imitate some of his showy younger brothers and spray perfume, but the fact was that he could clearly smell it.
Zhang Mai and Fang Chengxuan's eyes widened, their expressions horrified and confused, with a sentence floating brightly on their foreheads -
Brother, do you have nothing to cling to in this world anymore?
*
That night, Feng Ci was faced with the truth revealed. It was no surprise at all. It was that little bastard Meiguo who did it without any effort.
It replenishes Qi and Yin, regulates menstruation and relieves pain, whitens and removes spots, enhances breasts and reduces body weight. It is a popular beauty product in the magical world.
The sealed message that Berry pieced together this amount of information remained silent for a century.
No wonder he has been feeling chest pain and swelling recently. He foolishly thought that the discomfort was caused by overtraining his chest muscles and overloading his body.
No wonder his weight was dropping inexplicably. The smell of cigarettes in the men's restroom made him feel uncomfortable and irritable.
It turns out that the root of everything lies in the little Qiqi flower.
That was a close call.
Feng Ci, who almost had his gender changed, didn't have time to get angry with Meiguo. He was extremely grateful that he found out early. He couldn't imagine how shocking it would be to open his eyes one day and find that he had two big nephews.
Feng Ci held Meiguo's two balls of hair and pinched them, took a deep breath, and smiled:
"Tell me, what is the deep hatred between us? Tell me honestly, I won't be angry."
Meiguo could vaguely feel that Brother Feng was angry, and that his anger was related to her, but she didn't know the reason.
She first pulled the pitiful ball on her head out of Feng Ci's hand: "I'll give it to you to play with later."
"Come here and sit down."
She patted the sofa, stood up straight, and crossed her hands on her belly.
Why is she being so formal? What's she thinking about? Feng Ci glanced at her and said, "Are you planning to kneel down on the washboard and apologize?"
"Please sit down."
The big horse with a golden sword on which Feng Ci sat.
Meiguo tilted her head and looked for a while, then walked forward cautiously. Under Feng Ci's confused and surprised gaze, she manually closed his legs.
Finally, Maliu climbed onto the sofa, rested his head on Feng Ci's legs, and closed his eyes: "Let's get started."
"…Start what?"
"Rub my little face."
"Why would I rub your face?"
"Because you're angry." Berry opened her blue eyes, "I want you to be happy."
Who was he angry about? Feng Ci Leng.
His anger cannot be easily quelled by such a small trick.
Meiguo stretched out her little hand to touch Feng Ci's face, then pulled it back tenderly. This action, which should have been cute, felt very sneaky to her.
"Brother Feng, I love you very much." The child grinned, his eyes curved with a smile, "You can love me too, thank you, you're welcome."
Feng Ci's eyes changed for a few moments, and after a moment he hummed softly, poking the child's chubby face with his bony fingers.
"Even if you love me very much, I will not be soft-hearted."
He did what he said and only let the child go after he rubbed her chubby face until it became numb.
The hapless child, who had been ravaged, stood up tremblingly and muttered sadly, "Oh no, my face is a bit of a mess."
*
"Zhang Mai's birthday is next Saturday. Do you want to go?"
Triggering the keyword, Berry, who had been dug up by the high school seniors for breakfast before dawn, suddenly came to life: "Go, take me with you."
Feng Ci knew Meiguo too well, she would always go wherever there was fun, and if he didn't take her along, she would definitely make a scene.
Berry: "Then we should prepare a birthday present for Brother Zhang?"
"Just give a red envelope." It's like this every year. Nothing is more real than a red envelope.
"So what should I give you?"
"You don't need to be sent, just bring a belly with you."
Meiguo was stunned and stopped drinking the porridge. She clenched her spoon tightly and whispered in embarrassment, "Where did Brother Xiao Zhang's stomach go? I need my stomach, so I can't give it to him."
Feng Ci twitched the corner of his mouth slightly: "...It's okay, then you can give me what you want."
Meiguo breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes rolled around, and she raised her hand: "I want to give Brother Xiao Zhang some Qiqihua juice."
Feng Ci's eyebrows twitched: "Don't make trouble, his family has only one son for three generations."
When she was free at home on the weekend, Meiguo picked five pink Qiqi flowers and instructed Feng Ci to crush the flower juice and pour it into a 10ml small spray bottle.
While he was tinkering, Berry went back to her room, changed into her little witch costume, and muttered to herself about the small watering can that was placed respectfully on the table.
When she finished, Feng Ci pretended to be indifferent and approached her: "Are you sure it's safe?"
"Super invincible, no problem."
Feng Ci expressed his concerns and wanted to try it first.
He applied a thin layer of flower juice on his arm as instructed by Berry. One night later, Feng Ci was shocked to find that hard and long hair had grown on the area where the flower juice had been applied.
Meiguo grabbed a hair and pulled it out: "Brother Feng, you have hair growing on your hand."
The experiment was successful, and Feng Ci took Meiguo to Zhang Mai's birthday party with confidence. This was the first time that Meiguo appeared in Feng Ci's complete circle of friends.
Zhang Mai thought he was the person who was most familiar with Meiguo among the people present, except Feng Ci. He glanced at everyone else with pride.
He showed off, "Don't envy me too much. After all, my charm is here, and Little Berry likes me."
Feng Ci glanced at him with a chill.
Zhang Mai: "Besides Brother Feng, I'm your second closest relative... Ahem, come on, Guoguo, take out your gift and show it to them."
"Okay, okay."
Berry held up the beautifully wrapped gift box with his short hands. Zhang Mai took it with a smile and weighed it. It was a little light. Based on his understanding of human cubs, he estimated that it was a handmade gift like a greeting card.
As a child, he doesn’t care about the gift because the thought behind it is great.
Zhang Mai opened the gift in front of everyone, and the thumb-sized transparent spray bottle lay in the raffia.
What the hell?
Zhang Mai was puzzled: "Guoguo, you gave your brother perfume?"
Looks like a small gift.
Is he implying that he stinks?
No way, he changes his clothes every three days and takes a bath every five days. If he takes a bath too much in winter, his skin will become bald.
Meiguo thought about it and nodded seriously: "Brother Xiao Zhang, I think you should be a human being instead of a little hedgehog."
"This bottle of fragrant water can eliminate the small spots on your head. You should apply it."
The key point is the path above your head.
Friends who understood what was happening burst into laughter: "Isn't this just hair growth liquid? Hahahaha."
"Auntie Zhang, your baldness is so bad that even your children can't stand it. I bought you a hair growth solution overnight. Please use it quickly and don't waste your sister's kindness."
Zhang Mai punched them one by one: "What a joke! You guys don't even have what you want. I think you're just jealous!"
The kids never leave the party until they are drunk, so Feng Ci took Meiguo and left early. It was getting dark as they passed by the street where they had been jogging in the morning. The food stalls on both sides were already in place.
At the birthday party, Meiguo's belly was round from eating so much, but Feng Ci was not worried that she would be charmed.
As soon as he came up with this idea, Meiguo stopped moving and stared at the roasted sweet potato stall, his intentions were self-evident.
"You're full."
"Yes," Berry nodded, "but my mouth is empty."
Simple, greedy.
Feng Ci was ready to argue with Meiguo, but unexpectedly it started to rain. It is easy to catch a cold if you get caught in the rain in winter, and it is especially troublesome for children to get sick.
Feng Ci picked the smallest roasted sweet potato, scanned the code to pay, and carried the berries on his shoulder like a sack, his long legs moving briskly in the rain.
On the living room floor, Berry sat cross-legged, eating sweet potatoes one spoonful at a time with a small spoon.
Feng Ci supported his head with one hand while writing the test paper, and his right hand, holding the pen, spun it rapidly.
He didn't know whether the book was reading him or he was reading the book. In any case, in such an "ambiguous" atmosphere, the sweet smell of sweet potatoes made his eyelids heavy and he gradually fell asleep.
Puff puff puff.
Feng Ci woke up with a start and met a pair of slightly panicked and shy childish eyes.
Berry rubbed her hands together, "I'm sorry I woke you up with my butt-blowing trumpet."
“…”
Feng Ci held his breath, stood up, opened the window, waited for a while, and asked, "Will you still eat sweet potatoes after you have a full meal in the future?"
"I don't want to eat anymore."
"Thank you."
She doesn't like butt-blowing.
*
Early in the morning on the weekend, Feng Ci received a series of life-threatening calls from Zhang Mai.
Zhang Mai's voice trembled with excitement on the phone: "Brother Feng, where did you buy the bottle of hair growth liquid that my sister gave me? Send me a link. The effect is amazing. I'm already planning to apply for the job of Savage!"
Feng Ci: "Okay, pay me back after you get my salary."
"Alright, alright, Brother Feng, aren't you curious about what happened?"
"You have long hair."
"Yeah yeah!"
The happy savage Zhang Mai said happily: "To be honest, I have seen a bright future for our family. The shadow cast over my father, grandfather, and uncle will finally disappear. Brother Feng, please send me the link."
Feng Ci started making up a story: "There's only this one bottle of hair growth liquid passed down from our ancestors, and it's gone."
"Ah? No way I..."
Feng Ci hung up the phone neatly.
The men in Zhang Mai's family have a hereditary hair loss gene. At that time, he opposed Berry giving him hair growth liquid because he was worried about this. The consequences of one person spreading the news to ten people and ten people spreading the news to a hundred people were completely predictable and he had no control over it.
If Zhang Mai persists in pestering him, he doesn't mind giving it a cold shoulder for a while.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the doorbell rang twice. Feng Ci frowned slowly after receiving the surveillance alert.
Who would be the one at this time... Zhang Mai coming to ask for medicine?
Feng Ci threw back the quilt and got out of bed. He walked to the entrance and just happened to call up the surveillance footage at the door.
He paused abruptly, his expression changing slightly.
There were five or six people standing at the door, including a familiar property manager, two tall and burly policemen in uniform, and a strange mother and daughter.
Feng Ci asked knowingly, "Who?"
"Mr. Xiao Feng, I'm sorry to bother you. The police officer wants to see you about something. Could you please open the door?" The property management was very polite.
Feng Ci opened the door.
The leading police officer showed him a screenshot of the surveillance footage and asked: "Is this child yours?"
A small shoulder bag, a bun, a silly smile, and not too obvious features.
Feng Ci's heart sank.
"Yes." His expression was serious. "Comrade police officer, what did she do wrong?"
Feng Ci's first reaction was that Meiguo had given the children the magic water without any ingredients and something had happened, and the other parent had called the police to poison them. At this moment, his hand holding the door handle tightened slightly, and a layer of cold sweat unconsciously seeped out of his forehead.
Losing money is a small matter. If Berry's identity as a black household is exposed and her secret from another world is discovered, he will not be able to protect her at all.
It's natural to be nervous when meeting a police officer for the first time, especially when the person in front of you is a high school student. The police officer softened his tone:
"Don't be nervous, we just need this little friend to do us a small favor."
What kind of favor did a three-year-old need? Feng Ci's mind was in a mess, and he felt more and more uneasy.
At this moment, the young mother who had been silent all this time came over with her sobbing child in her arms and pleaded in an apologetic tone:
"Excuse me, could you please let your child kiss my daughter?"
"?"
Feng Ci was petrified: "Huh?"
"This is what happened. This afternoon, your child and my two children were playing downstairs together. Your child kissed my older sister but forgot to kiss my younger sister."
When the other person said this, his cheeks flushed red. "My sister has been crying since she came home and insisted on getting a kiss. No matter how hard our family tries to comfort her, it's no use. I'm really sorry, so could you please..."
It turned out that the other family had twin sisters. From birth, the sisters had to have two identical portions of food, toys, and other things. If one of them had more or less, they would have a big fight.
In the afternoon, the elder sister got a kiss from Berry, but the younger sister didn't. After returning home, she cried uncontrollably. The parents had no choice but to call the police to find her.
The sleeping Meiguo was woken up by Feng Ci, with a dazed expression on her face. Feng Ci did not explain and carried her out silently.
"You have to pay your own debts." He put the child down and supported him, then poked him aside like a subway judge. "Kiss her."
Berry was confused about what was going on, but she recognized her good friend immediately.
A minute later, the twin sisters who got the kiss they wished for burst into laughter and happily left holding their mother's hand.
After watching the police leave, Feng Ci's tense muscles slowly relaxed. He wiped the sweat from his neck. Thanks to Meiguo, he experienced the feeling of a guilty conscience and a quickened heartbeat for the first time.
Feng Ci pulled Meiguo to his side, folded his arms, and asked condescendingly, "Why did you kiss my sister this afternoon?"
The child yawned and felt sleepy. “She pushed me on the swing very high. I was so happy.”
Kissing randomly when you are happy is such a terrible habit.
Feng Ci's face turned serious: "It seems you have forgotten what I told you."
He had clearly warned the child not to kiss others casually, and the child agreed at the time.
As soon as Feng Ci said this, Meiguo was no longer sleepy. She sat up straight, put on a serious face and spoke for herself:
"I remember everything. You said girls come first, so I kissed the girls first."
Just like she always gives priority to taking a bath, cleaning, drying the quilt, and washing Brother Feng’s smelly socks at home.
Meiguo's strange angle and reaction speed made Feng Ci choke and feel angry and want to laugh.
Less than two seconds later, a high-pitched question rang out from the living room:
"etc!"
"What do you mean by kissing the girls first? You kissed those little bastards too??"
"Don't talk nonsense. The little witch is very picky about food."
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