Chapter 119 – Poisonous Mosquito

The idea of spending the night in an old mansion where there was nothing was a total head-scratcher.

Cheng Ming woke up with a start and was so uncomfortable that he was more nauseous than knocking out code all night.

Arms and face are red marks left by the straw mat, there are mosquito bags of different sizes, want to wash your face to clear up a bit have no water.

In the courtyard there was a stone sink of the same type as Zhao Ren’s house, but instead of the mountain spring water that came down from the mountain with a hose, the stone sink was full of weeds and accumulated sludge.

Zhao Ren’s grandfather should have gotten up by now, so go to his side and whittle some water.

Passing by a vegetable field, I saw Zhao Ren, who was carrying a basket of vegetables on her arm, bouncing along the country road, humming a little song that I hadn’t heard before.

“Rei, good morning.”

“Eh eh eh, Brother Cheng Ming ……”

Hearing the sound, Zhao Ren turned back to her head, and the one who had been moving like a cunning rabbit just a moment ago immediately settled down, embarrassedly reddening her small face, and said in a trembling voice, “Good morning.”

“What a coincidence, was just about to go to your house to wash my face.”

“Brother Cheng Ming, what happened to your face? It’s swollen in so many places?”

“Ah, being bitten by mosquitoes is pretty bad, isn’t it?” Cheng Ming said with a bitter smile as he touched the large bag on his forehead.

Zhao Ren stood on her tiptoes and reached out her hand, but she still couldn’t reach Cheng Ming’s face.

Cheng Ming thoughtfully bent down and let Zhao Ren touch the mosquito bag.

“Does it tickle?”

“It’s okay now, it was really itchy when I got bitten last night.”

“So Cheng Ming’s brother’s blood is also sweet, it’s a bit happy.”

Is that where the focus is actually?

Cheng Ming washed his face, then rinsed his mouth briefly, and said in a soothing manner, “Come alive, come alive.”

“Brother Cheng Ming, want to stay for breakfast?”

“Oh, good, then I’ll be respectful, Rei’s breakfast, ah, I’m still looking forward to it.”

“That, although it’s not as delicious as Brother Cheng Ming’s cooking, I’ll try my best.” Zhao Ren said with vigor.

“Ren, I’m going to head back and come back later.”

Gotta go back and check on Dad’s condition, so if he’s up for it, let’s have dinner together at Cho Rei’s house.

Dad was already up and with his mouth full of the stench of booze he was smoking a cigarette to fight the poison.

“Didn’t sleep well last night, did you? I’m going to the village headman’s house next to dabble in a meal, do you want to come with me?”

“I’m going to my classmate’s house for dinner.”

“Okay, be back in half an hour and I’ll take you back.”

He would rendezvous on time after breakfast, but Cheng Ming was really uneasy watching his dad drive and took the initiative to say, “It’s better for me to drive, dad, you had a hangover yesterday, so don’t drive.”

“Didn’t see that coming, you’re a pretty steady driver.”

“Dad, are you going to the construction site today?”

“No, I’m sitting in the office today to deal with paperwork.” Cheng Hongyuan rubbed his eyebrows and said.

Although Cheng Ming is very curious about how his dad is going to part ways with Ye Binsong, whether it is to collect the evidence of his business crimes, or to part ways peacefully. But even if he asked, he didn’t see that his dad would say anything, so it was better to wait for the good news.

“Why don’t I drive you directly to the office? Dad it’s really unsettling to see you driving in this state.” Cheng Ming proposed.

“So you’ll pick me up when I get off work?”

“This one is even.”

Cheng Hongyuan patted Cheng Ming’s shoulder and said, “Don’t worry about it, I’m not at the point where I need my son to worry, I know better than you in my heart if I can drive.”

Is it really okay?

Cheng Ming dutifully drove downstairs to his home, where Li Ying happened to be carrying her satchel downstairs to get ready for work.

Mom and Dad locked eyes, and there was that hint of awkwardness in the atmosphere.

Cheng Hongyuan opened the car door and said, “Li Ying, I’ll take you to work.”

“You only knew to send me to work after the divorce, and when you were married? Is your brain eaten by a donkey?”

“It’s not like I don’t usually send you to work, I’ve been busy so far this year, and I just happen to have some free time today, so it’s okay to take the long way around to give you a ride. Anyway, I’m the boss, no one dares to dock my pay if I’m late.”

“Smells like alcohol and cigarettes, stinks to high heaven, why is your shirt so dirty, Cheng Hongyuan! You’ve revealed your true nature after the divorce, haven’t you? So sloppy, I’m afraid Xiao Ming will follow your example, and you’re still driving a farting car, you don’t want to live long enough, take the bus with me.”

Li Ying flung her bag and slammed it on Cheng Hongyuan, shutting the car with one foot and tugging him towards the nearest bus stop.

These two, they’re both going to be late today, aren’t they?

Whatever, hurry up and take a shower, change into clean clothes, and get a good night’s sleep.

Cheng Li just sat on the stairs, his hands resting on his cheeks and froze.

Listening to the sound of footsteps, Cheng Li stood up as if he had chicken blood, and pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

The footsteps were getting closer and clearer, they were footsteps coming up the stairs with no sign of stopping.

Immediately, the moment he saw Cheng Ming around the corner, Cheng Li rushed down the stairs, and the last few stairs were even lazier, so he directly swooped up.

“Brother, welcome back!”

“Waaaaaahhh ……”

Cheng Ming panicked and opened his arms to hug Cheng Li, scaring him, so exciting early in the morning.

“Be careful, what if I don’t catch you?”

“Brother will definitely catch me!” Cheng Li said with certainty, “The big deal is falling into a ball.”

“Leigh, can you get off of me now?”

“Can’t! Hold me tight.”

Cheng Li wrapped her arms around Cheng Ming’s neck, her legs clamped around his waist, and Cheng Ming gently supported her back.

“Weren’t you the one who kicked me out last night?”

“That’s why I regret it now, to be tightly subwayed with my brother.”

Cheng Ming had to carry her up the stairs, walking the last few steps and slamming his shoulder into the hidden door of his home.

Cheng Li looked at the red marks on Cheng Ming’s neck and stammered, “Brother, what’s on you is a kiss …… kiss ……”

“Oh, it’s a mosquito bite.”

“What the heck, it’s a mosquito bite ah, scared me to death.” Cheng Li said with a sigh of relief, concerned, she was a bit of a grasshopper.

Cheng Ming said dumbfounded, “Otherwise, what kind of poisonous insect do you think it is?”

“Where did brother sleep last night? A hotel? Or a hotel?”

“Oh, I’m exhausted from spending the night in Mingei Village.”

“What! Shouldn’t have slept with your friend’s sister! Brother, that’s a criminal thing to do.”

And tired of doing something so exhausting?

I’m sure it’s not mosquitoes, but hickeys.

Big blunder, I didn’t realize that Zhao Ren was so capable of stealing from her family, even though she was the one who took the initiative to send the crystal to someone else.

“How can that be, it’s sleeping with drunken dad, stinks, lives in an old deserted mansion that you should never have seen, but I heard from dad that you were actually born in that place.”

That place has been known for a long time, but did nothing really happen between brother and Cho Rei?

Suspicious.

Cheng Ming bent down and threw Cheng Li on the bed, because Cheng Li’s whole body was hanging on his body, not letting go, this position looked rather like he pushed Cheng Li on the bed.

“I’m going to take a shower first, my body stinks.” Cheng Ming said as he forcefully grabbed away Cheng Li’s hands and feet.

“Eh, wash it together, let’s be Siamese twins for a day today …… No, Siamese siblings.” Cheng Li pouted and said.

Cheng Ming took off his watch and red string, put his keys and wallet on the bed, and carried a change of clothes to the bathroom.

Cheng Li chased after him and tried to open the bathroom door, but it was locked.

Cheng Li returned to his room with his head hanging down, picked up the red rope and put it on his finger, and passed the fingers of his other hand through the red rope.

Cheng Li just rolled around on the bed and played with the rope to pass the time.

Cheng Ming, who had a towel draped over his shoulders, yawned as he walked back inside, and after taking a shower, his tiredness came up like a tidal wave, and after rubbing his hair haphazardly, he directly fell back to sleep.

“Brother? Your hair isn’t dry yet, you can’t sleep yet.” Cheng Li shook Cheng Ming’s body and shouted.

No reaction.

“Really asleep?”

As a repeat offender of pretending to be asleep, Cheng Li was a little afraid at this point that his brother was not pretending to be asleep to test himself.

Whether it was yesterday, or the day before, in the matter of her parents’ divorce, her behavior was a bit abnormal, was she revealing the horse’s feet of a born-again person?

This was of course Cheng Li overthinking it, not like she found out on her first day that she and her brother were both reborn.

As things stood, even if Cheng Li slightly behaved abnormally, as long as it wasn’t too out of the ordinary and roughly in line with her age group, Cheng Ming would convince himself.

“Seems to be really asleep.”

Then I can do whatever I want to my brother, and make up for last night’s missing share today.

Freshly showered brother smells so good.

“Chirp ……”

Cheng Li’s lips landed on the mosquito bag in front of Cheng Ming’s forehead.

This is to suck the toxins out of my brother’s body, yes, in case it’s a poisonous mosquito.

This way, and this way, so many mosquito bags, it looks like it’s going to take forever to suck.