Chapter 21: Mom, There Are Ghosts Talking

At night, Bai Ruojiao was lying on her side, holding An’an.

Zhao Sihai suddenly leaned over and gently pulled her hand away from An’an.

His deep voice, with a hint of heat, whispered in her ear.

“Qiaoqiao.”

Sensing something, Bai Ruojiao’s body stiffened, and then a strange heat surged through her.

She was turned around and lay on her back, looking at Zhao Sihai towering above her. Her face flushed red, and she nervously pushed against his strong chest.

“What are you doing? An’an is still here. Don’t wake him up.”

“I’m not doing anything. I just want to kiss you.”

His calloused fingers brushed through her hair, gently stroking her cheek, sending a shiver down her spine.

Bai Ruojiao felt like her whole body was on fire.

She unconsciously swallowed, feeling a little thirsty, “Kiss, kiss what? It’s the middle of the night. What’s there to kiss?”

Zhao Sihai lowered his head, like a big lion, nuzzling her neck. His voice was low and magnetic, alluring.

“Qiaoqiao, I miss you.”

Bai Ruojiao swallowed.

This was unfair. This guy was actually acting cute.

“Then, then just kiss me.”

One kiss was impossible.

This kiss was like opening a dam.

The temperature in the room rose sharply.

“Ghost!”

A crisp voice suddenly rang out, startling the two of them.

The next moment, they heard An’an crying in fright, as if he had been scared by something.

Bai Ruojiao quickly pulled down her clothes and turned to hug An’an.

“An’an, An’an, it’s okay, it’s okay.”

“Mom, hic, woo woo woo, there’s a ghost, hic, talking, woo woo woo.”

An’an cried and hugged his mother tightly, hiccuping in fear.

Bai Ruojiao thought they had woken An’an up and quickly comforted him.

“There’s no ghost. It was Dad and Mom talking.”

But An’an cried even harder, “Woo woo woo, no, hic, Dad and Mom, it’s a ghost.”

Bai Ruojiao was stunned. She wondered if the little guy had had a nightmare after hearing about the house today.

“An’an, you’re having a bad dream. Don’t be afraid. There’s no ghost. Dad is here. No ghost dares to come.”

An’an finally stopped crying and blinked his wet eyes.

“There’s really no ghost?”

“Really not. Don’t you believe Dad? Dad is very powerful. He’s best at fighting ghosts.”

“Yes, no matter what ghost comes, Dad can drive it away. An’an, don’t be afraid.”

An’an finally believed it. After confirming that the scary voice hadn’t reappeared, he slowly stopped crying.

But he was still hiccuping.

Bai Ruojiao couldn’t help but laugh. She gently patted him and sang a lullaby, while softly humming a children’s song.

Zhao Sihai wiped his face, sighed heavily, and could only lie down and go to sleep.

The next morning, Zhao Sihai went to find a carpenter to make furniture.

Bai Ruojiao took a bag of rice to the kiln to exchange for some clay pots and bowls.

Then, she took An’an to Aunt Fang’s house and gave Fang Meizi a list, asking her to help notify the people on the list to come for dinner that night.

Then, she rode her bicycle to the commune.

The villagers saw her going to the commune again, with two large baskets tied to the back of her bicycle, and they felt a pang of jealousy.

How many times had the Sihai family gone to the commune since yesterday? How much stuff had they bought?

Some people were envious, while others were jealous.

They also gossiped about Bai Ruojiao, saying she didn’t know how to manage money. She shouldn’t have split the family. She was spending money like water. Even if they had a lot of money, they would spend it all.

They heard that she had eaten meat for a whole day yesterday. They didn’t know how many food coupons she had exchanged for it.

Just for a few pieces of meat, they wasted food coupons. It’s really not worth it.

Bai Ruojiao didn’t know how people were gossiping about her.

She rode her bicycle directly to the supply and marketing cooperative and parked it at the consignment point.

She then turned and went to the public toilet.

The public toilets at this time were just pits with simple brick walls on two sides, about half a person’s height, and no doors.

Bai Ruojiao covered her nose and mouth and found a pit to squat in.

When the other woman in there left, she immediately went into her space.

Her space was originally just a learning area given by the system.

At first, it was just a bare hall with nothing in it.

Later, she customized a mobile villa and put it in.

So now, it was a one-story villa of about 100 square meters.

She went to the bathroom first and took a shower.

The villa didn’t have running water, so the water was all pre-stored.

Everything was stored in the system backpack, so it didn’t take up any space.

After showering, she took out her makeup and started to apply it all over.

Her oval face became square, her fair skin became bronze, and after tying up her hair, she put on an old, faded army green five-star liberation cap.

She put on an army green vest, a faded red plaid shirt, a pair of army green People’s Liberation Army pants, and liberation shoes with inner lifts.

She looked in the mirror and drooped her eyelids and corners of her mouth.

In an instant, she transformed from a petite little woman into a tall, thin female soldier with a fierce aura.

When the public toilet was empty, she came out.

After leaving the public toilet, she turned into a small alley and, according to her memory from her previous life, came to the gate of a large courtyard. She knocked on the door, “Da da da.”

“Who is it?” A man’s impatient voice came from inside the courtyard.

Then, there were dragging footsteps.

After a while, the door opened.

The one who opened the door was a young man of about 20 years old, with dark skin, wearing a white tank top and gray Zhongshan pants, with bulging muscles.

The young man looked at the woman at the door, sizing her up, “Who are you? What do you want?”

Bai Ruojiao lowered her mouth and said calmly, “Someone told me to come find Tang Lao Da.”

The young man listened, glanced at her again, and stepped aside, “Come in.”

Then he closed the door and took her inside.

In the room, a bald, slightly overweight man was lying in a rocking chair, listening to the opera playing on the radio and humming along.

“Hua Ge, someone’s looking for you.”

The bald man opened one eye, glanced at her, and immediately raised his hand to turn off the radio. He sat up, squinting his eyes with a hint of vigilance as he looked at her.

It was because Bai Ruojiao’s aura was too strong, and her military bearing was hard to ignore. “Who are you?”

Bai Ruojiao also lowered her eyelids and looked down at him.

“Are you Tang Hua?”

Tang Hua was a driver for the 714 Transportation Brigade.

She knew him, but she had never met him.

In her previous life, Zhao Sihai was arrested, and she went to the Public Security Bureau to see him.

While hugging her, Zhao Sihai gave her an address and a code word, telling her to find Tang Hua.

But she was dazed at the time, and she was worried about An’an, so she went home first. Then…

Later, she was taken back to Beishi by Old Man Qin, and she completely forgot about it.

It was only later, during a collaboration, that she heard someone talk about Tang Hua’s rise to fame and remembered.

At that time, Tang Hua was already the CEO of a listed logistics company.

“Yes, what do you want?” Tang Hua reached for his teacup and took a slow sip of wine.

“The sun rises in the east.”

Hearing this, Tang Hua’s drinking motion stopped abruptly. He then frowned and looked at her again.

“Who are you?”

“I have some goods. Someone told me to come find you. Don’t ask who introduced me. We’ll split the profits 30-70. Are you interested?”

Bai Ruojiao didn’t beat around the bush. She got straight to the point.