Chapter 240 The golden cicada escapes from its shell
Chapter 240 The golden cicada escapes from its shell
If Ning Zhe had the chance to open Xia Yubing's head and take a look, he would probably find that it was full of color waste, which was quite stuffy.
It was probably because he had been suppressed by the family rules for many years and his temper was really pent up. Once the spring that had been taut for many years was released, it was out of control and even Ning Zhe was unable to cope with it.
Xia Yubing was extremely energetic and had amazing physical strength. His fighting spirit and endurance were even more astonishing. His fighting power alone was stronger than that of Zhang Hanying and Zhang Yunwen combined. His needs were frighteningly great, and he tossed and turned until the late night before he fell asleep contentedly, hugging Ning Zhe, who looked like a broken rag doll.
Ning Zhe slept until almost noon, opened his eyes blearily, and felt a little chest tightness.
He tried to push the long leg that was on his stomach, but it didn't move away. Instead, the arm under his neck held him tighter. He actually fell asleep with his head resting on Xia Yubing's arms.
"Hmm..." Xia Yubing hugged Ning Zhe's head, squinted her eyes and rubbed her head against his face, murmuring: "Is it dawn yet?"
"It's already noon." Ning Zhe pushed her shoulder: "Get up."
"No, my legs hurt, my waist is sore, my body is numb... I don't want to get up." Xia Yubing whispered coquettishly, refusing to let him go.
"How dare you say that? I've told you to hold back a lot, but you still don't know how to exercise self-control." Thinking of the humiliation he suffered last night, Ning Zhe was somewhat helpless: "Now you feel your waist is sore?"
Xia Yubing lowered her head and pecked his ear gently, and couldn't help but humming: "I'm happy even if it's sour..."
In this regard, she is like a child who has never seen the world. Once she tastes something delicious, she can't stop eating it and won't stop until her stomach is full.
But it's not bad to indulge yourself like this occasionally. It can relieve some of the mental pressure on your head and make you feel a lot more relaxed.
The life of an upgraded person is so bleak that every bit of half-true warmth is precious.
The two of them stayed together for a while before getting up to wash up. Xia Yubing muttered that she was hungry and wanted to eat Italian food. Ning Zhe asked her why not French food, and she said that the more she ate French food, the hungrier she got.
Xia Yubing has had a good appetite since she was a child, but she has a physique that is prone to obesity. Her meat-to-feed ratio is higher than that of a piglet. If she eats a little too much, her face becomes round, and if she eats a little more, her waist becomes round. Because of this, she has been nicknamed by her classmates since she was a child, and "Fatty" is a relatively mild name.
"…That day, the boys in my class teased me and called me a fat woman. I went home crying and complained to my aunt, but instead of comforting me, my aunt said it was my fault for not exercising, that’s why I’m so fat, and that no man would want me when I grow up."
As Xia Yubing spoke, she picked up a juicy little radish with chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth, making a crisp crunching sound. One thing that is better about Italian food than French food is that you can eat it with chopsticks.
"Later, I asked my aunt if I could eat whatever I wanted as long as I kept exercising and not worry about gaining weight. She said perfunctorily, 'Yes, yes, you are fat because you are lazy.' I wanted to prove that I am not lazy and I also wanted to eat delicious food to my heart's content, so I started exercising and have been doing it ever since."
She eats a lot, exercises even more, and is born with a large frame, which is why she has grown into her current tall and strong appearance. Her barefoot height alone is almost two meters.
"Later I found out that my aunt was actually fooling me. No matter how much I exercised, I couldn't really eat whatever I wanted. Because I was too strong, my nickname among classmates changed from fat girl to female gorilla, but I didn't think it was a big deal anymore."
Xia Yubing looked at the appetizers on the plate and frowned visibly: "Why haven't you served the main course yet? I'm so hungry, so hungry, so hungry..."
The relationship between the two became much closer after the in-depth face-to-face communication yesterday. Xia Yubing was willing to talk about the trauma of his childhood as a joke, and he was also willing to sit in a chair and listen quietly.
There may not be love between them, but they can be close friends and respect each other like guests, which is already a very good marriage and relationship state.
Love is a luxury in a relationship between the sexes. Love does not exist between most couples on earth. Looking at Xia Yubing, who was lying on the table and biting her chopsticks with hunger, Ning Zhe smiled slightly and took out his cell phone from his pocket to check it.
A lot of things happened yesterday. After his grandparents passed away, he was in a mess and couldn't get motivated to do anything. After returning home, Xia Yubing squeezed him all night and he had no time or energy to look at his phone.
Now that I feel a little better, I remembered to unlock my phone and saw a long list of missed calls and unread messages.
Most of the calls were from Chen Yaming and her father. They had just learned about the death of the two elderly people this morning and they wanted to help plan the funeral, and make it a grand affair.
The rest were mostly from Feng Yusu, who kept calling from yesterday afternoon until late at night, as if there was something urgent.
What's the matter?
Ning Zhe edited a message and sent it. Almost immediately, he received a reply from Feng Yusu:
【Bai Fugui is dead】
"Ah?" Ning Zhe sat up straight, opened his eyes wide, and couldn't believe what he saw.
"What's wrong?" Xia Yubing looked at him with some confusion.
"Something happened. I'll make a phone call." Ning Zhe left his seat, went to the terrace of the restaurant, put on headphones, and answered the call from Feng Yusu.
As soon as the call was connected, Feng Yushu's voice rang out in the headset: "You finally answered the phone. I couldn't get in touch with you yesterday..."
"What happened? Why did Bai Fugui die?" Ning Zhe asked straight to the point.
There are too many mysteries and unknowns surrounding Bai Fugui. Ning Zhe once suspected that he was Fen Wu, but after he came out of Chenyu Valley Prison, he felt that he might be Tu Yu. No matter what his identity is, Bai Fugui is undoubtedly a difficult guy.
"It's like this..." Feng Yushu's voice trembled a little, and he lowered his voice and said:
"The day before yesterday afternoon, I asked Azhi to come out from home to accompany me to the mall to buy things, but I didn't expect that she was not at home at the time, but at school. Azhi didn't want to take a taxi, so I planned to drive to the school to pick her up. At that time, Bai Fugui was in Yundu to discuss business, so he asked me not to drive. He happened to be passing by Yundu University and could help me pick up Azhi on the way..."
"After picking up Azhi, on the way to the mall to find me, their car had an accident."
Feng Yushu's voice was already choked with sobs as she spoke: "They were hit by a cement mixer truck on the road. Bai Fugui died on the spot. Azhi, who was sitting in the back seat, luckily survived, but her spine was fractured and her lower body may be paralyzed for life..."
Feng Yusu spoke with sobs and burst into tears.
Ning Zhe looked down at the potted dragon blood tree on the terrace, its dark green leaves were deep in color.
"He discovered that I discovered him." Ning Zhe whispered to himself.
(End of this chapter)