C13 (1/2)
Who is it? Come in …” I hesitated for a moment before I pushed open the door and entered. ”Master Tang, why aren't you resting?” ”Tang Guofeng was sitting on a chair with a cigar in his mouth. His face was somewhat pale, much older than when he was in the village a few days ago.
”Little Tian, why haven't you slept at all?”
”I'm used to sleeping on a pallet in the countryside. I have to choose a bed somewhere else to sleep.” I picked up the sandalwood incense and lit it with three sticks of incense. Tang Yufeng's figure appeared before me.
Tang Yufeng stood beside Tang Guofeng, squatting down and leaning on his shoulder, ”Father … Your daughter is unfilial. ”
”Xiao Feng... is it Xiao Feng? ” Tang Guofeng looked at me in surprise before I nodded my head and left. There was no need to disturb me at this time. I'll just leave it to the father and daughter pair.
I returned to my room and lay on my bed. It wasn't until dawn that Tang Yufeng came back.
”Your dad went to rest?”
Tang Yu Feng's expression was also ugly, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, ”I'm tired, I'll go back and rest first.”
I yawned, got out of bed, and washed myself in the bathroom. I went out of the house, and the butler had breakfast ready. Even though it was a large family, it was different. They were not used to having servants waiting on them at the side of the table.
”I say, can you not stand here? Look at me, I can't eat.”
”This is the order of the lord …” If you need anything, you can always tell us. ”
”Are you the housekeeper here?” ”My surname is Hu, you can call me Steward Hu.” Housekeeper Hu was about fifty years old, his eyes were bright and his body was strong and healthy. Tang Guofeng came down from upstairs. He looked much better than last night.
”Master, breakfast is ready. Please have some.”
Tang Guofeng sat down on a chair and whispered to me, ”Little Tian, I'll call someone to take you to the house later. I don't have any work for you to do here, nor do you have any work experience.”
”But since you and Old Master Liu are doing this for free, I found a place for you in the city center.”
I was slightly taken aback before I asked curiously, ”Open market?” There are people who make coffins in your city, aren't they all being cremated?! ”
Housekeeper Hu smiled and said, ”There are red and white happenings everywhere. No one uses this coffin anymore, but we can manage the funeral and interment business.”
I chuckled and let me go to the city to advertise the Old Master's culinary skills. If I knew earlier, I wouldn't have come. I left the village and came to the city to avoid the business of the dead.
I went back to my room to pack up my things and brought Tang Yufeng's spirit tablet along with me to the bridal chamber. I stopped at the entrance of the villa and saw Brother Song driving over.
”Brother Liu, get in the car. I'll take you to the bridal chamber to have a look.” I opened the door and jumped in, leaving my bags in the trunk.
Brother Song started the car and said slowly, ”Brother Liu, you had a good night's rest. It's like this in the city. Young people like nightlife. You need some time to get used to it.”
”Where are we going? Is that new house far away?!”
Brother Song said softly, ”We'll be there soon. After we finish looking around the house, we'll go eat. Brother will treat you to a good meal.”
The new house was in a high-end district called ”Xu Jing Yuan”. The car slowly drove to one of the buildings and stopped in front of it.
”Here it is. The eighth floor is a hundred meters away, which is enough for you to live here by yourself.” Brother Song and I got out of the car and went straight to the residential building. We took the elevator to the eighth floor. As soon as I stepped out of the elevator, I smelled a faint scent. There were two residents on the eighth floor, one of them with its door open, and a young girl carrying a trash can walking out of the house.
The girl hit me so hard that my bag fell to the ground.