HTDI Chapter 22

Just as he returned home, he saw Feng Ying leading the children in a game.
“You’re back?”
Seeing Su Mingfei approach, Feng Ying quickly said.
The two children ran upstairs.
Because he was wearing a raincoat, he wasn’t very wet.
“Thank you.”
Su Mingfei said to Feng Ying.
He was serious.
Now, he has no worries only because he has Feng Ying helping him.
He was truly grateful to Feng Ying for this.
He took the tea from Feng Ying, the lukewarm tea rolling into his throat, finally warming his cold body.
“I’ve been keeping warm tea waiting for your return.”
Feng Ying said with a smile, and then added:
“The two little ones in your family are quite lovely and very smart.”
As she spoke, Feng Ying looked up at the second floor, where she could still hear the children talking and laughing.
Su Mingfei also heard the conversation between his daughter Su Baihan and Su Qing, and said to Feng Ying:
“The scientist? How is she?”
Hearing that Su Mingfei and her uncle had picked up the scientist, Feng Ying hurriedly asked.
He told Feng Ying about the situation, and Feng Ying understood the whole story.
“Who does the scientist live with?”
Su Mingfei thought of the woman he saw at the scientist’s place today.
The one Xiao Zhuang likes, the one with the disability.
“The scientist, Sophia, lives with her adopted daughter, Lan Jieyi.”
As soon as Feng Ying finished speaking, Su Mingfei felt a dizziness in his brain and quickly supported his head with both hands.
“What’s wrong?”
Feng Ying looked at him with some concern.
“It’s nothing.”
Su Mingfei felt much better after holding his head for a moment.
Then he quickly poured himself another cup of tea.
“Thank you for today’s matter. I will definitely help you if I have the opportunity.”
After pouring tea for himself, he poured a cup for Feng Ying.
Feng Ying took it, and the two drank the warm tea.
“Wait a moment, eat here, I’ll go change.”
Su Mingfei said.
He got up, and Feng Ying nodded.
Su Mingfei returned to the bedroom and changed into new pants and clothes.
He quickly washed the clothes from today in the bathroom and then took them out to dry.
This appearance made Feng Ying blush, and she quickly turned around.
Su Mingfei ran to the kitchen and began to work.
Thinking of the urgency of time, he quickly felt a sense of urgency.
Cooking rice and preparing dishes were done in one go.
He opened the refrigerator to take out the meat and cut it.
In about 30 minutes, he brought the food out.
“Hey, come out and eat.”
He said loudly.
The three girls in the family rushed over.
Tonight’s meal was also simple, just a simple stir-fried meat.
However, this meat came from ferocious beasts in the mountains, and it was very nutritious and delicious.
The four of them ate without speaking, probably because they were all hungry.
Su Mingfei ate two bowls, and Feng Ying also ate two bowls. The remaining two children ate more, three bowls each.
Just then, the bell rang.
This was the bell that told everyone to go home.
“Oh no, I have to go back.”
Feng Ying quickly put down her bowl and said.
At the same time, she looked outside worriedly.
“Then I’ll take you back.”
Su Mingfei also quickly put down his bowl.
“It’s okay, my house isn’t far from here, I can just run over, you stay and take care of the children.”
Feng Ying said to him, and then picked up her backpack.
The two children were in a hurry to say goodbye when they saw her leaving.
Su Qing couldn’t speak, so she gestured with her hands.
“Goodbye, sister.”
“Goodbye, children.”
Feng Ying greeted the two children, nodded to him, and went out.
Su Mingfei said to the two children:
Su Mingfei said to the two children.
Then he hurriedly followed.
After Su Baihan watched her father leave, she said:
“Qing Ya, let’s wash the dishes, it’s time to do housework.”
Su Qing nodded.
However, Su Baihan remembered something and quickly went to close the door.
“Dad said the doors and windows must be closed, and he has his own key.”
Su Qing understood and nodded.
The two little ones began to do housework.
As soon as Su Mingfei went out, he saw Feng Ying not far away and quickly called out:
“Wait, Feng Ying.”
Feng Ying was wearing a green floral dress. Hearing the sound, she turned around and saw Su Mingfei.
Su Mingfei followed in slippers and said to her:
“Let me take you back.”
Feng Ying thought for a moment, then nodded.
The two walked neither fast nor slow. At this time, the town bell rang again.
The people around also retreated into their houses to open the door.
“By the way, Feng Ying, I just saw that the doors of every household here are pasted with dragon and tiger patterns. Is there any reason for this?”
He asked, breaking the silence.
Feng Ying also looked at the dragon and tiger patterns on the doors of the households next to her and said:
“That, those are your local door gods. They are pasted every Chinese New Year. The people in your factory make them themselves.”
“Then why not use those legendary gods?”
“I don’t understand this either. The scientist ordered it. She said that using these patterns can ward off evil.”
Feng Ying had also wondered about this question, but since the scientist said so, she had no objections.
“By the way, Feng Ying, which year was it when I went to this town?”
Su Mingfei asked.
“I forgot.”
Feng Ying scratched her head and said embarrassedly.
“Huh?”
Su Mingfei thought of something and quickly thought, what year and month is it this year?
At that moment, he was also confused, he also forgot.
Feng Ying led the way, and Su Mingfei thought about this question even more.
Soon they arrived at Feng Ying’s house. Feng Ying pushed the door open and said:
“It’s nothing.”
“Then you’re back.”
“Yes.”
Su Mingfei watched Feng Ying come back with his own eyes, looked at Feng Ying’s house, and memorized it silently.
Then he ran back home, took out the key and opened the door.
Then he locked the door. The two little friends on the second floor turned back to look at him when they heard the movement, and then continued to read the comics.
They laid out a large space on the second floor.
The bottom was the carpet scavenged from outside the house.
Su Mingfei ignored the two and returned to the bedroom, opened the cabinet, opened his backpack, and found his and his daughter’s ID cards.
This look scared him enough.
Because on the identity, there were only the two people’s gender, household registration address, and head portrait.
As for the words of what year, month, and day, they all disappeared.
He sat down on the bed in despair.
He was now sure that there was a god-like power in this town that was erasing some things.
He put away the ID card and took out the Buddha statue from under the bed.
It was only from the big house he took today.
The Buddha statue was an angry-eyed Vajra, holding a thunderbolt in his hand, wearing a colorful cloud coat, and stepping on clouds.
At this look, he was so startled that he almost threw the stone Buddha out.
Just now, he clearly felt a sense of fear, like an electric current, passing through his body.
Now, looking at the stone Buddha again, that feeling was gone.
He carefully hid the stone Buddha under the bed.

Download Chapter as TXT