Chapter 45 45 "Did he kill her?"
The cruise ship sailed smoothly amid the clear cries of seagulls, and the sunlight poured down, cutting out golden fragments on the carpet.
Feng Ci came out of the room rubbing his solar plexus. He hadn't touched alcohol for half a year, so his alcohol tolerance had obviously decreased. He still felt a little dizzy when he woke up.
Feng Ci closed the door and paused when he turned around. Someone had placed a small pile of seafood at the door of his parents' room opposite, and the carpet underneath was soaked.
He looked around and saw Feng Chen coming out of the room.
Feng Ci asked Feng Chen, "Dad, did you go diving this morning?"
"No." Feng Chen, wearing a vest and shorts, was about to go to the gym to exercise. "Are you still sleepy? Come on, let's go for a run to wake you up."
Feng Ci stroked his chin and muttered doubtfully, "Who put these scallops and conch shells by the door?"
Feng Chen: "You didn't put it there?"
Feng Ci was speechless at Feng Chen's nonsense: "Of course not. If I put it there, why would I ask you?"
That's strange. Feng Chen walked closer to take a closer look and commented, "The scallops and conch are very fresh. They must have just been caught from the sea. Take them to the kitchen and have them prepared."
Feng Ci found a bucket, put the things in it and took it away.
After a while, Meiguo and Qiaotong also woke up. The mother and daughter came out of the room. Meiguo's hair was messy from sleep, and her little nose was twitching. She loudly announced the dishes: "Grilled squid! Seafood casserole! Caterpillar bread!"
Qiao Tong smiled and said, "Baby, your little nose is so sharp that mommy couldn't tell it apart."
Meiguo wasn't sleepy anymore, and the little hair on her head was full of energy. She took Qiao Tong's hand and walked towards the restaurant: "Mom, follow me and eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."
After the cruise ship docked, the family boarded a flight back to China. It was already late at night when they arrived in City A. The adults were busy adjusting to the jet lag, but Meiguo was full of energy. She slept a lot on the plane and was not sleepy at all.
Qiao Tong held her in his arms and coaxed her to sleep, but she fell asleep before she could even finish singing a song.
"Mother?"
Meiguo pushed Qiao Tong and looked up to see that Qiao Tong was sleeping soundly.
Meiguo waited quietly for two seconds, and then a cricket pupa came out slowly like a caterpillar and crawled onto Feng Chen. Feng Chen didn't dare to move and closed his eyes, pretending to sleep.
Anyone who has raised a child knows that you must never let the child know that you are awake, otherwise the child will play forever.
There was no light in the room. The fat kid with a solid sandbag was lying on Feng Chen's chest, and his little hands were groping his face.
"Jie is Dad's big face."
"It's Dad's big nose."
"Jie is Dad's big mouth."
The child mumbled while pinching Feng Chen's upper and lower lips with his little paws. Suddenly, he pulled open Feng Chen's lips and started counting his teeth.
"Daddy has more teeth than Laifu," Berry exclaimed in a low voice. "What a big mouth."
Feng Chen: “…”
Quietly empty your mind.
In just five minutes, Feng Chen experienced having his teeth counted and his eyelids pulled. Fortunately, he clenched his teeth tightly, otherwise his tongue might have been pulled.
A sleeping adult is like a big doll. Meiguo kept making trouble for her father for a long time before she rolled over and fell into Qiao Tong's arms. During this time, she raised her little feet and kicked Feng Chen's waist twice, intentionally or unintentionally, pushing Feng Chen away. Finally, she fell asleep contentedly while holding Qiao Tong.
The old father, sleeping alone on the edge of the bed, silently wrapped himself in a small quilt and comforted himself, saying, "It's okay, the small quilt my daughter gave him is quite warm."
*
Feng Ci brought back a lot of island specialties. As soon as he got off the plane, he sent a message to Zhang Mai and the other two, discussing going out together to celebrate his birthday.
Feng Ci originally had no intention of taking Berry out, but as everyone knows, all human cubs are extremely savvy when it comes to eating, drinking and having fun, let alone a little witch who has experienced many battles.
Feng Ci didn't have a driver's license, so the two of them went out on a small electric scooter. He squatted down to put a helmet on Meiguo and tapped her helmet twice:
"I'm telling you, don't mess around when you go out. Don't get paralyzed when you see a whole family of chicks. Don't suddenly ask to be carried or hugged halfway through a walk."
"Yeah, okay."
The admission letters have arrived one after another.
Zhang Mai was admitted to a junior college in the south, Jiang Hao was admitted to a university in the north, and Fang Chengxuan successfully stayed in the local area.
The three of them drank voraciously, but Feng Ci didn't dare drink more as he had berries with him.
The four people who have been inseparable for three years in high school are about to go their separate ways. The one who is not sad must be the loading one.
Zhang Mai kept nagging: "Brother Feng, you can't forget me. You can't forget about us old friends just because you go to a new school."
Fang Chengxuan: "Brother Feng wouldn't do that. But you, Aunt Zhang, will definitely find someone to cling to when you go to the new school. You'll forget about us after clinging to them for so long."
"Pfft, pfft, pfft." Zhang Mai hooked his arm around Fang Chengxuan's shoulder and yelled, "Brother, are you the kind of person who gets bored easily? You're just talking bullshit."
The three of them were drunk and their true feelings were revealed, with tears in the corners of their eyes.
Meiguo put down the skewers, grinned, and said to Feng Ci, "Brother, they have turned into little cats."
Feng Ci: "This is what happens when you drink too much."
"Then quickly get some tissues to wipe their faces."
"It's on the table, don't worry about it."
The enthusiastic little chubby boy lowered his head and rummaged through his bag, pulling out a thick stack of things. He jumped off his chair and handed them to everyone one by one: "Don't cry, don't cry. I'll wipe your faces for you."
Zhang Mai took it with tears in his eyes, wiping his eyes while wailing, "Wow, thanks, Xiao Guozi. I won't be able to see you again."
Feng Ci glanced at it casually, and his eyes widened: "Where did you get these?"
Berry seemed to have done something great. She blinked proudly and whispered, "I took it from Mom's room. Mom hid it in the cabinet. I took it secretly. You have to keep it a secret for me."
After saying that, she generously handed Feng Ci a sanitary napkin, "Brother, this tissue is so soft and smooth, feel it."
"This isn't a tissue, you can't use it to wipe your face." While no one else at the other tables noticed, Feng Ci quickly stuffed the hot potato back and whispered, "Don't bring anything out of your home!"
Meiguo was puzzled and criticized him seriously, "Don't be so stingy. Xiao Zhang and the others are your good friends. You should be more generous to your good friends, otherwise they won't play with you anymore. Don't cry to me."
Feng Ci was just a teenager after all. He had never been in a relationship and was shy. He felt embarrassed to educate a little baby about sanitary napkins in public.
Never mind, I'll confiscate it first.
When he turned around, the three drunk people opposite him were already wiping their tears and noses with sanitary napkins.
“…” Feng Ci covered his forehead, unable to bear to watch.
They couldn't drink any more in this situation, so Feng Ci called the driver at home, stuffed the three of them into the car, and sent them home one by one.
After sending the last person out, the clock just passed eight o'clock.
Berry tugged at his sleeve: "I'm going to go catch some small fish."
There is a square similar to an amusement park nearby. At night, there are various small stalls that make money for parents, such as fishing, coloring clay figures, trampolines, balloon shooting and other common activities.
Feng Ci smelled the scent of soil mixed with grass in the air, held Meiguo's hand tightly, and shook his head: "No, it's going to rain, we have to go back quickly."
"It's not raining, not at all."
"It's about to rain." Feng Ci knew that Berry would still be stubborn, so he praised her. "As the most powerful little witch in the world, how could you not be able to tell whether the weather is good or bad? You can tell it's impossible just by listening to it, right, great little witch Berry?"
Feng Ci successfully coaxed Meiguo into a happy smile. Yes, yes, she is just that awesome.
Then Berry looked up at the sky and shook his head.
Feng Ci: "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to shake the sky so it forgets it's raining."
A smile flashed in Feng Ci's eyes: "I don't know if the sky will get dizzy, but you will definitely get dizzy."
Meiguo stopped moving and stared at Feng Ci. Suddenly, her body swayed as if she was drunk, and she fell to the ground with a dazed expression on her face.
"Hahahaha, you're so funny."
"Don't laugh at me!"
"Bye, I don't want to play with you anymore."
*
At dawn the next day, Feng Ci's bedroom door was slammed open. Feng Ci turned over and buried his head in the pillow, trying to reduce his presence.
"Brother." A small, fleshy hand, smelling of meat buns, patted Feng Ci's face. "Hurry up and get up. Something big has happened."
Feng Ci sat up like a spring: "Meiguo, you ate buns without washing your hands again and slapped grease all over my face!"
Meiguo didn't respond at all. She pointed outside the door and said, "There's an uncle in green clothes looking for you. Did you do something bad? He wants to take you away."
"Can't you just wait for me to get better?" Feng Ci threw back the quilt, got out of bed, put on his shoes, picked up the child and walked to the bathroom, "Wash your hands before you talk."
"I'll send a few."
"Squeeze hand sanitizer into the palm of your hand and rub the palm, back of your hand and between your fingers clean."
Berry ran her hands under the faucet, "I can do it. Don't treat me like a three-year-old."
"You're just a three-year-old kid." Feng Ci's face was unwashed and his hair was sticking up, making him look very sloppy. He stroked his hair and urged impatiently, "Wash quickly and don't play with the water."
"Xiao Ci, your express delivery has arrived."
Qiao Tong walked in.
It was a postal express. Feng Ci took a glance and understood.
He took it with both hands and opened it carelessly. The bright red acceptance letter made him stunned, and then his expression went blank for a moment.
!!!
A City Agricultural University?
He was admitted?
He murmured, "I am not dreaming."
Meiguo climbed onto the sink, found the soft flesh on his chest and pinched it hard: "Brother, are you awake?"
Feng Ci shuddered in pain, rubbing his chest and grimacing, "...I'm awake, I'm awake."
Affected by multiple factors such as enrollment expansion and major adjustments, the admission score line of City A Agricultural University was lowered this year, and Feng Ci was admitted with just the passing line.
Although he knew that his score was not high enough, he still chose Agricultural University as his first choice. He had actually prepared to repeat a year, but he did not expect such a sudden turn of events.
After receiving the fresh and hot admission letter, Feng Ci felt dizzy as if a pie had hit him on the head.
Feng Chen and Qiao Tong had no hope at all, and they fully respected Feng Ci's decision to repeat the year or go to Lin City University.
Now that they have received such an unexpected surprise, they are naturally happy as parents.
Meiguo didn't know what the adults were happy about, but she just followed their joy and said, "Brother, I'll give you your birthday present."
After saying that, Meiguo ran into the greenhouse, waving her little hands. When she came back in, there was a big purple eggplant in her arms, which she stuffed into Feng Ci's hands generously.
"Here you go, a gift!"
Feng Ci looked up blankly: "You want to treat me to charcoal-grilled eggplant?"
"This is Star Dew Fruit." Meiguo stamped her foot and gave him a look that said, "You really don't know what you're talking about." "This is good for your eyes. Don't wear that invisible dumpling wrapper anymore."
Qiao Tong also nodded: "Xiao Ci, this Star Dew Fruit can improve your eyesight. If it works, you won't have to wear contact lenses."
After all, Feng Ci looked so embarrassed when he was fighting with his contact lenses that even a dog would shake its head when seeing it.
Feng Ci was both moved and nervous. He held the Star Dew Fruit in both hands and asked hesitantly, "Do you want to eat it raw? Or..."
"Whatever you want." Berry gave a reassuring answer, "This is delicious."
That's good.
Feng Ci washed it clean and took the first bite. It was crispy, sweet and juicy. Was it actually produced by the little witch?
Tsk, I can’t believe it. Feng Ci was so happy that his eyes were curved with joy, as if he had won a five million lottery ticket.
*
Feng Ci went from being a blind man to a lucky guy with super vision of 5.2. He woke up laughing for two consecutive nights, so his patience with Mei Guo increased dramatically. Even if she wanted to go out to play in 34-degree weather, he would accompany her without hesitation.
Human cubs always have such strong endurance in certain aspects that adults are even more impressed.
For example, Meiguo was wandering around in the park under the scorching sun at noon, and Feng Ci, who was following behind her and was scorching hot as a dog, looked around and saw that they were the only two fools in the huge park, while everyone else was at home enjoying the air conditioning.
Oh, that's not right.
There's another one ahead!
Meiguo obviously saw a fellow like him, and ran over with his short legs. When he got there, he saw a strange child holding a dog.
The child must have taken the dog down to the toilet. He was holding a feces-collecting device in his hand, ready to poke it into the Corgi's peach buttocks at any time.
The appearance of the brother and sister made the child alert.
"Wow, fat puppy."
"Can I touch it?"
"Can't."
"Okay, okay."
The child dotes on the newly bought puppy and is very possessive of it. He doesn't want others to see the puppy poop.
Meiguo was so envious that without her owner's permission, she just kept her hands tucked in and stared with her round eyes.
But even so, the kid opposite refused to give in. He deliberately blocked Meiguo's sight and smiled at her provocatively.
Feng Ci narrowed his eyes in displeasure. What is the little bastard showing off for? Everyone has seen a dog poop.
But after all, the puppy belonged to someone else, and it was inconvenient for him to say anything if the other party didn't show it to him. However, the little guy's smile made him want to bite him.
"I won't show it to you."
Meiguo tilted her head, without a trace of grievance or anger at being rejected. She slowly stood up and proudly shouted, "It's just a puppy! My brother can give me ten thousand!"
Feng Ci: ...Ah???
he? ?
After yelling, Meiguo turned around and pulled Feng Ci away: "Let's go home and watch my brother give birth to puppies."
Feng Ci really wanted to shout: He is not, he can’t!
*
"Mom, that kid is so stingy. Is he afraid that I will steal the puppy's poop to play with?"
"He's a kid who judges people by their appearance." Meiguo wasn't as cool as she looked. As soon as she got home, she complained to Qiao Tong about the kid she had just met in the park, her little mouth pouting. "I'll never play with him again. He's not nice at all."
Qiao Tong first patiently comforted her, and finally said softly: "Baby, we can't talk about others behind their backs. This is wrong."
Berry looked around and said, "I wasn't standing behind that kid. I was saying this at home."
Qiao Tong choked.
"That's not what Mom meant." Qiao Tong felt the need to explain clearly, "What Mom meant was that we shouldn't talk about others secretly or say bad things about them."
"Mom, I'm not saying bad things." Berry immediately responded, "I'm speaking the truth. I love the truth from you, Mom."
Qiao Tong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "...Ah, thank you, baby. Mommy loves you too."
Feng Ci was still feeling the heat, so he opened the refrigerator, grabbed a can of Coke, clicked it open, and drank it from his mouth.
"Little words."
Qiao Tong cast a disapproving look over.
"You should drink less beverages. The saccharin and pigments in them are very harmful to the human body. Drinking them frequently is like chronic poison. Mom has made herbal tea and lemonade on the table. If you really don't want to drink plain water, try these two."
My brother was scolded by my mother. Meiguo covered her little mouth with her hands while laughing.
Qiao Tong turned around and said, "Baby, you too, you often drink soda, right? Don't do that anymore."
"Okay, okay, Mom." Meiguo, who was watching the fun and getting angry, admitted her mistake positively and said, "My brother and I won't drink anymore."
"good."
At this time, the doorbell rang twice.
Qiao Tong quickly stood up and saw that it was her former work partner outside the video doorbell. She welcomed him in without wasting a moment.
Feng Ci slipped back to his room early, leaving only Berry in the living room.
Qiao Tong guided Meiguo to greet the guests. The little baby was very sensible and knew the ways of the world without any teaching.
Meiguo attentively poured a glass of lemonade for the guest: "Auntie, this one is not poisonous. I'll give it to you."
The guest's hand holding the water glass froze. Miraculously, he suddenly didn't feel so thirsty anymore.
Qiao Tong's mouth twitched, and he immediately explained, "Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the water. Before you came, I was teaching them not to drink beverages, as they're poisonous if you drink too much, and she listened."
"Oh, so that's how it is."
After Qiao Tong returned to China, his circle of friends became active again. Most of the posts he made were about the daily life of Meiguo and Feng Ci, and his life was back on track.
My former work partner also came over again. After not seeing each other for a long time, the two of them started by chatting about family matters to liven up the atmosphere.
My work partner has only one child, a boy, who is very naughty. Once, he stuffed firecrackers in his grandfather's shoes and almost sent his grandfather away. His father hung him up and beat him for half an hour.
Qiao Tong was surprised when he heard this. Feng Ci was also naughty when he was a child, but he knew his limits.
She only said this in her heart, and on the surface she had to comfort her friend: "Boys are more stubborn and difficult to discipline. It will be fine when they grow up and become more sensible."
The friend sighed and was about to respond when Meiguo grabbed a handful of melon seeds and threw them into his mouth one by one, staring at him and asking:
"Did he kill her?"
“…”
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