Chapter 22

Meng Zeyan came back very late and there was no light in the house.

The moonlight shone brightly on the ground. He did not go back to the house. Instead, he sat down beside the grape trellis, looking up at the sky in a daze.

Tang Huan in the room couldn’t sleep. She had to move out tomorrow, so she tossed and turned with her eyes closed.

She could hear the noise in the yard very clearly. Her uncle was not there during dinner, so she guessed that he had returned.

Tang Huan felt a little urge to pee, so he waited for almost half an hour after the noise in the yard had passed before he got up from the bed.

Holding a flashlight and wearing slippers, I walked slowly towards the toilet.

To go to the toilet, you have to go around the vegetable garden and through the yard. The toilet is in the corner to the left of the gate.

I don’t know if it’s because of the different times, but Tang Huan feels that the moon is a little different. At this time, the moon is very bright and you can see the road clearly without a flashlight.

Walking around the vegetable garden, I found a person sitting on the bench! Tang Huan was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and the light of the flashlight in his hand shone on the person sitting in the yard.

Uncle, do you know that scaring others can kill them?

If she hadn’t had a flashlight in her hand and hadn’t seen who was sitting there in time, she would have shouted out loud.

“I’m thinking about something.” Meng Zeyan’s deliberately low voice sounded under the moonlight, “Did I scare you?”

Tang Huan had to go to the toilet, and replied in a low voice: “No, I’m not scared. Think about it slowly.”

After saying that, he quickly walked around the grape trellis and went to the toilet.

Who would have thought that she would meet him by chance while going to the bathroom in the middle of the night? She waited for half an hour longer for fear of running into him.

Meng Zeyan watched her walk quietly past the grape trellis, then stood up and walked back to the main house.

I wanted to calm my mind, but it only made things more chaotic.

When he came out of the toilet, there was no one in the yard. Tang Huan breathed a sigh of relief quietly and trotted back into the house.

Now she was not so afraid of Meng Zeyan, but she still felt a little restrained when the two of them were alone together.

And at a time like this, I really don’t know what to say.

After a sleepless night, Tang Huan had dark circles under his eyes when he woke up in the morning.

She really couldn’t sleep and only fell asleep at four or five o’clock. Not long after she fell asleep, the crowing of the big rooster from Aunt Wu’s house next door woke her up.

After getting up, washing, and rolling up the bedding on the bed, Tang Huan’s things were completely packed, including a bundle made of three sheets and a bedding roll.

I’ll go out and call a rickshaw later, it should be able to take it away in one trip.

It was rare that Meng Zeyan was here this morning, and he bought breakfast, which included steamed dumplings and soy milk.

Xing Cui likes to dip her dumplings in a sauce made of vinegar and roasted chili powder. After Tang Huan discovered her way of eating, he learned it once and became completely obsessed with it.

“Mom, I’m going to move out after dinner.” Tang Huan pressed the steamed dumpling into the vinegar bowl until it absorbed enough of the vinegar and chili sauce, then picked it up with chopsticks and took a bite.

Wonderful flavors mixed in the mouth, incredibly delicious.

Xing Cui hurriedly looked at Meng Zeyan. Does this kid still remember what he said?

Meng Zeyan was chewing a bun in his mouth. Hearing this, he looked up at Tang Huan, then looked at Comrade Xing Cui and gave her a reassuring look.

“If you’re not in a hurry, let’s move in the afternoon, okay?”

Chewing the steamed bun in her mouth, Tang Huan blinked and wanted to refuse. Didn’t he say he would help her move this morning? Why is it afternoon again?

Tang Huan swallowed the bun in his mouth, picked up another one, lowered his eyes and dipped it in the sauce, and whispered: “Actually, if you don’t have time, I can move it myself.”

Last time she hit Li Feng with a brick, he would definitely come to find her after he recovered. They really couldn’t waste any more time.

Meng Zeyan nodded, “Then we’ll move in the morning.”

“Thank you.” Tang Huan had already decided to move by himself, but he didn’t expect Meng Zeyan to be so easy to talk to.

He asked her to move in the afternoon. Doesn’t that mean he had something to do in the morning?

The words Tang Huan said most to Meng Zeyan were probably thank you, thank you for finding the school, thank you for taking me on the bus, thank you for going to the hospital together, thank you for helping me move…

Saying thank you one by one sounds very polite, but it actually shows alienation.

Meng Zeyan didn’t say anything like “you’re welcome”. She should thank him and he should accept it calmly.

Xing Cui was so anxious that she kicked Meng Zeyan under the table. What’s wrong with this kid? Didn’t we agree not to move away?

Meng Zeyan silently moved his foot away, and his mother kicked him hard.

Unable to kick anyone, Xing Cui secretly gave Meng Zeyan a look that said “wait for me”.

After dinner, Tang Huan went to the street to look for a rickshaw. There are rickshaws that carry people and there are rickshaws that carry things.

After wandering around for a long time, she finally found an idle uncle who let her sit in the truck bed and showed her the way.

“Girl, your area is not peaceful!” This job destined the uncle to be a well-informed person, and he was very keen to tell customers everything he knew. “I heard that there was a fight in the wasteland in the west last night, and both groups of people were arrested by the police!”

Tang Huan wondered if she should say something, but she really had nothing to say.

Fortunately, the uncle didn’t need Tang Huan to talk to him, and he continued to talk on his own: “They are all young kids, there is nothing else to learn but to be gangsters. When they were caught, they were holding knives and sticks. If the police were a little late, someone would have died! Tsk~, they won’t be able to get out for seven or eight years!”

Holding knives and sticks, gathering together to fight!

The two groups of people gathered to fight, and Tang Huan felt that the seven or eight years he was sentenced to were not unfair.

That’s the underworld!

The uncle followed the path Tang Huan pointed out, turned several times into the alley, and stopped at the gate.

Tang Huan jumped down from the truck bed and walked into the yard with the uncle, ready to move things.

Meng Zeyan was sitting in the yard. When he saw Tang Huan coming back, he stood up. The bag was a bit heavy, so the uncle helped her carry one, Meng Zeyan carried one, and Tang Huan was ready to carry the other one out by herself.

After trying twice to carry her but failing, Meng Zeyan looked at her and didn’t go forward to help. He just walked out carrying a bag.

The uncle had just put the bag in the truck bed and was about to go back to get it again when Meng Zeyan raised his hand to stop him and took him to the gate to talk for a few words.

The same price, why don’t you ask him to deliver it?

The uncle thought Meng Zeyan was joking at first, until he took out two cents for the fare and handed it to him.

It’s not that I haven’t met suckers before, but this is the first time I’ve met one who came right to my doorstep.

Tang Huan couldn’t lift the bag, so he simply sat on the edge of the wooden bed and waited for them to come back and get it.

The uncle walked into the house, carrying the bag he had just carried out, “Girl, uncle just remembered that I promised an old customer yesterday to help him transport goods at this time today. If I don’t go now, I will be too late! How about I come back this afternoon for this job?”

“Ah? Can’t you deliver it to me first and then go?” Tang Huan felt that the uncle was not doing it right. How could he do other work while delivering something halfway?

The uncle looked a little embarrassed, “Girl, this is really not possible! Can I give you a discount this afternoon?”

“I…I…” Tang Huan hated herself for having a mouth that wasted. She couldn’t speak when she was anxious. She didn’t want to do that!

Meng Zeyan walked into the house at some point and said to Tang Huan, “It’s okay. I’ll find you another one later.”

After that, he turned to the uncle and said, “You have something urgent to do, so go first~”

The uncle put the bag back on the bed and trotted away as if he had received a pardon.

Meng Zeyan also put the bag back on the bed. Tang Huan stomped his feet in anger. He felt very aggrieved but couldn’t say it out loud.

Meng Zeyan suppressed his smile and watched her movements. “I’ll go get you another rickshaw. You wait at home for a while.”