Chapter 039: Eyes Like Pomegranate Flowe
"Really?" Chen Duo muttered, but thinking about it, it made sense.
"Then who do you think this pervert could be?" Chen Duo asked tirelessly.
"I really don't know." Xu Lai was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Could it be that Master Qingyang? This guy is very suspicious!" Chen Duo said seriously.
"I don't think so."
"Could it be Pei Xueqing, Pei Xueyi's sister? Didn't you say that the pervert might be a woman?"
"Sister, I really don't know..."
"What about Pei Xueyi's mother? Have you ever seen her?"
"It's getting late, landlord, you should go to bed. I need to take a shower."
"Okay then, I'll take a shower too."
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After finally sending Miss Chen away, Xu Lai closed the door and found a set of clean clothes. He took a hot shower and stayed in the balcony for a while. When his hair was almost dry, he returned to the living room.
Just as I was about to go into the room to sleep, I heard knocks on the door.
When I went over to open the door, I saw it was Chen Duo. Her hair was disheveled and a little wet, and she had obviously just taken a shower. She was wearing pajamas and holding a blanket in her hands. She squeezed in as soon as the door opened.
"I already have a blanket, no need to send it to me." Xu said.
"Who said it was for you!" Chen Duo kicked off her slippers while hugging the blanket, then sat cross-legged on the sofa.
"You are..." Xu Lai was puzzled.
"Watch TV!" Chen Duo took the remote control and pressed a few buttons, turning on a romantic drama.
"Why aren't you sleeping so late?" Xu Lai sweated.
"Go to sleep." Chen Duo waved her hand.
Xu Lai was also at a loss for words: "Then I won't care about you anymore."
"Go ahead." Chen Duo waved her hands randomly and curled up on the sofa with a blanket in her arms.
"Keep your voice down." Xu said, then went back to his room, closed the door and went to sleep.
I slept until dawn.
When I woke up the next morning, the TV in the living room was turned off. There was a bag of breakfast on the table with a note: "Leave me alone to watch TV, and I'll bring you breakfast."
Xu Lai smiled, washed up, and then sat down to eat breakfast.
He checked the time and found out that today was the weekend. He did not go out in the morning and stayed in the house. At noon, he received WeChat messages from Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu, both of which were greetings.
"How are you guys? Are you okay?" Xu Lai replied.
"My back hurts!" Gao Xiang sent an emoji with tears streaming down his face.
"I can still hold on!" Sun Muyu insisted.
"Good!" After Xu Lai replied to them, he was about to go downstairs to find something to eat when the phone rang.
When I picked up the phone, it was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello...um..." It was a gentle voice, a little timid, "Um...I'm Xu Chengcheng."
Xu Lai was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's Cheng Cheng, how come you have my phone number?"
"Well, I...I picked it up from the trash can." Xu Chengcheng said softly.
Xu Lai understood immediately after hearing this and praised: "Smart! What do you want to talk to me about?"
Then I heard the other end of the phone say, "Something's up... um... can I come see you?"
"Where are you? I'll come find you." Xu said.
"Okay." Xu Chengcheng said, "How about I add you on WeChat, okay?"
"Of course." After Xu Lai hung up the phone, he saw Xu Chengcheng sent him a friend request. After it was accepted, Xu Chengcheng sent him his location.
This place is not far away, just over Hudong Road. Xu Lai went downstairs and took a taxi, and arrived in about half an hour.
When I got off the car, I saw a girl in a white lace ruffled skirt standing at the door of the Weiwei milk tea shop with her hands behind her back. Her long hair was neatly combed and hung in front of her chest. She looked at the road from time to time.
"Cheng Cheng." Xu Lai walked forward.
When Xu Chengcheng heard his voice, he turned around, saw that it was him, and lowered his head.
"Have you eaten?" Xu Lai felt a little hungry.
"No." Xu Chengcheng said with his head down.
"Let's talk while we eat." Xu Lai saw a restaurant nearby and took her in.
After ordering the dishes, Xu Lai asked, "How have you slept recently? Is there anything wrong at home?"
Xu Chengcheng's eyes were fixed on the dishes in front of him. When he asked, he quickly shook his head and said, "Everything is fine at home. I have slept well these days since I brought the amulet."
Xu Lai looked at the girl and was still quite surprised. He thought, his second uncle was so powerful and his second aunt was not an easy person to deal with either, so how could they raise such a shy and introverted daughter?
"Were you scared last night?" Xu Lai asked after pouring water into her cup.
"Ah?" Xu Chengcheng seemed surprised.
"You attended the birthday party at Pei's house last night, right?" Xu Lai said with a smile.
"Did you see me?" Xu Chengcheng raised his head and glanced quickly at Xu Lai, saying happily.
"Of course. Among the group of girls, our Cheng Cheng is the calmest." Xu said.
Xu Chengcheng hurriedly said: "That's impossible. Tian Tian is the bravest. She even went out to stop you!" However, she was still very happy to hear Xu Lai's praise.
"Tian Tian is the fat girl, right?" Xu Lai had a deep impression of the fat girl.
"Yes, she and Gao Wen are both my good friends, but Tian Tian went out to stop you and was scolded to death by Gao Wen!" When the little girl said this, she was not as nervous as at the beginning and started talking more.
"Did Tian Tian scold me to death?" Xu Lai said with a smile. He even scared the girl once that night.
"No, they all think you are a good person." Xu Chengcheng said hurriedly.
Xu Lai couldn't help but laugh. Judging from the way they looked last night, like bandits, it would be strange if those little girls had anything nice to say.
At this time, the dishes they ordered came up. After saying these words to Xu, Xu Chengcheng was not as reserved as before. Although she was still a little shy, she finally stopped keeping her head down and her voice became more lively.
"I've been busy these days and haven't had time to take care of your matter." Speaking of this, Xu Lai felt a little embarrassed. He was so busy these days that he forgot about Xu Chengcheng's matter.
"It's okay. After I put on the amulet, I slept well , and even the nightmares disappeared." Xu Chengcheng said hurriedly, but when she said this, her delicate eyebrows slightly frowned, as if she wanted to say something but stopped.
Xu Lai smiled and asked, "If you have anything else to say, just tell me."
Xu Chengcheng bit her lip, put down her chopsticks, and mustered up the courage to say, "Can I...can I have another...amulet?" As she spoke, she lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.
She heard Xu Lai laugh and said hurriedly: "It's not what I want, it's... it's a friend of mine..."
"What's going on? Eat while you talk." Xu Lai pushed a plate of stir-fried eggplant in front of her, "This is delicious."
Xu Chengcheng raised his head and peeked at Xu Lai. Seeing that he didn't seem angry, he breathed a sigh of relief and obediently took a bite of the eggplant and ate it. He nodded and said, "It's really delicious."
Xu Lai couldn't help but laugh. This girl was really a good girl. He said, "You came to me today just for your friend. Tell me."
"Yeah." Xu Chengcheng nodded, put down his chopsticks, thought for a moment and said, "I...I used to dream about this every night...dream about..."
When the little girl reached this point, she bit her lip and couldn't continue.
"Well, I know about this. Did your friend encounter this too?" Xu said.
"Yes!" Xu Chengcheng said immediately after hearing this: "My friend almost committed suicide. Luckily we met her. I asked her and found out that she was also depressed because of this!"
"Is she okay?" Xu Lai didn't expect such a thing to happen.
"Luckily we stopped him, so...so I thought of asking you..." Xu Chengcheng's voice became lower and lower.
In the first half month after Xu Lai came to her house, she was tortured by nightmares every night and almost lost consciousness. Later, after she wore the amulet that Xu Lai gave her , all her problems disappeared and she slept very soundly every night.
It can be seen that this amulet must be an extremely precious treasure, but she is now shameless enough to ask for another one. It is really wrong, for fear that Xu Lai will be angry with her.
"How about this, let's eat quickly and I'll go with you to take a look." Xu said.
"Okay!" Xu Chengcheng didn't expect him to say that. He was immediately very happy and quickly picked up his chopsticks to eat.
Xu Lai asked her friends if they had eaten yet, and Xu Chengcheng said they probably hadn't. Xu Lai called the waiter and ordered some more food to take away.
