Chapter 118 There Is a Lover on the Mountain (2/2)
”Sir Nine, don't mention it. It's quite good here. At least we don't have to get wet in the rain!”
Hearing what A Miao said, Sir Nine grinned. ”Hey, I actually underestimated you! When you are ready to eat, I'll have the villagers kill a local chicken.”
When Sir Nine left, A Miao took the quilt into another room. ”What? Not used to it?” Seeing Jiang Hua silently following behind her, she could not help quipping.
”You comforted me just now!” A Miao spread the quilt well. ”Look, it's quite clean, you can rest assured.”
Jiang Hua smiled helplessly. ”Thank you, I thought you would find such a kang too dirty.”
”It's not dirty.” A Miao jumped down and kicked the kang. ”These black markings are left by their fires from winter.”
Touching his nose and knowing that he had lost someone, Jiang Hua followed her to the big room in front with a smile. In the end, A Miao froze as soon as she entered.
”Why are you here?” she asked in surprise.
The hoarse voice was more surprised than she was.
”Miss A Miao? Why did you come here?”
The big-bearded cleaner stood there, stiffly looking at her.
”I'm working.” A Miao's eyes flashed warily. ”What about you?”
”This is my aunt's home.” The big-bearded guy pointed at the middle-aged woman who came in with a bowl of delicious chicken.
The woman exclaimed, ”Lil Qi, since when do you know this city girl?”
”Auntie, this is a resident of the place where I work.” The big-bearded man moved the stool to the table. ”Miss A Miao, sit down.”
Lil Qi's aunt went out to serve a few more dishes. The staple food was white-flour cake rolls and roasted meat, and a large pot of hot mutton soup.
”The girls in the city are just different. Look at their skin. They are all as tender as a newborn lamb at the head of the village!” When setting out the chopsticks, Lil Qi's aunt paid A Miao a big compliment.
In the end, A Miao blushed and swallowed back what she had wanted to ask.
”Here we are. Take your time and have a few drinks with your big brothers, Lil Qi!” His aunt finally pushed Lil Qi onto the stool before turning to leave.
”Won't your aunt eat?”
Lil Qi saw A Miao ask him and he looked up and seemed to be smiling, but because he had such a huge beard on his face, A Miao could not tell.
”She is in the other room with the children. There are too many of us.”
A Miao nodded, fearing to frighten the child.
Jiang Hua never said a word, but A Miao knew he was watching Lil Qi. After all, it was too much of a coincidence.
”Are you from this village?” Jiang Hua filled a bowl of chicken soup for A Miao. Sir Nine and his men were at another table.
Lil Qi gave him a look, nodded slightly, and pushed a plate of fried bamboo shoots to A Miao. ”There were freshly dug out in the mountains.”
”Thank you.” A Miao and Jiang Hua looked at each other, then asked him, ”Why did you suddenly come back? Did you quit your job?”
”It's just a temporary decision.” Lil Qi seemed to have the patience to answer her question. ”My uncle fell from the mountain two days ago. My aunt called me back because she was afraid of him.”
Suddenly, Jiang Hua quietly raised his glass and handed it to him. ”Have a drink.”
”I don't drink.” Lil Qi pushed his hand away.
A Miao followed up with a sentence. ”Didn't your aunt ask you to accompany them to drink? As it turns out, you can't!”
”Eat slowly, I'll go to work.” Lil Qi put down his chopsticks and stood up.
Jiang Hua scowled. ”Does he seem angry?”
”He seems to be...” A Miao sighed. ”Did we say something?”
She still felt very strange. The person she saw in her doorway yesterday unexpectedly ran 1,000 miles away and met her again.
”Don't think about it. Block the door at night.” Jiang Hua told her to eat quickly. Anyway, she slept in the inner room, so if anyone really wanted to come in, they would have to pass through his room first.
A Miao nodded, thinking that she would go back and trouble Le Yi to investigate this person, in case he was aiming at Shen Xinglan... ”Pah, pah!” Why was she thinking about him again?
Outside the house, Shen Xinglan stood under the canopy with a calm face, when suddenly in front of the water tank a head appeared.
”Boss, have you seen miss A Miao?” As soon as Shen I finished speaking, he regretted it. A burst of lightning flashed in front of him, making him see that his Boss's eyes were almost red.
Shen Xinglan gave him a quick look. ”Is the news you received this afternoon accurate?”
”There must not be any problem. Shen II checked it out himself.”
”Pay attention to A Miao's room, any movement...”
Shen I said immediately, ”I will rush in as soon as there is any movement!”
”Do you want to die...” Shen Xinglan gave him a sinister look.