Chapter Twelve The Black Cat
There was a strange atmosphere at the dinner table, and the comforting voice of "Nana, don't cry" was repeated over and over again.
The spring equinox has passed, Junsha's restaurant is not too hot, and Feng Wuli wipes the sweat from his forehead.
Today's mood is a roller coaster.
The little granddaughter stopped sobbing. She jumped off her brother and tried to get the phone, but her father snatched it away.
"It's grandma! It's grandma, Xiaoxiao wants to talk to grandma!" She widened her eyes stubbornly.
"Don't make trouble!"
The little girl has a flat mouth, a small and delicate nose, and a red nose, and her eyes are full of water.
The middle-aged man had a decisive attitude. Seeing that the guests at the nearby tables did not pay much attention to this area, he lowered his voice and said to his daughter seriously:
"Grandma has passed away."
"No!"
Wang Xilou was stunned for a moment at first, but then she understood. She glanced under the table and sighed: "Mr. Liu, can you give me your cell phone? I'll talk to the 'old lady'."
"Oh, Boss Wang, yes, I almost forgot that you are here, then, then you follow this, oh, help me find out what is going on."
No matter how you put it, the voice was indeed his mother's, and every time he called, it was always when his daughter was crying and fussing, as if he had been watching them, and Mr. Liu's lifelong materialism was shaken at this time.
Wang Xilou took the phone, and everyone at the table watched this scene nervously.
Her voice was sweet, she put the phone to her ear and said calmly: "This will scare others."
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and then Mrs. Liu's voice came out again, replying:
"The last time."
"If you call me again, I will take action and get rid of you."
"……knew."
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
"Can you please give me a smile on your phone? She is her granddaughter."
"good."
"Thank you."
"You are Welcome."
Wang Xilou handed the phone to the little girl. Her parents wanted to stop her, but Wang Xilou shook his head at them and gave them a reassuring look.
Xiao Liuxiao happily took the phone, wiped her tears, and sniffed back the snot: "Milk, grandma?"
"You're not good at smiling. You're a grown-up girl and you still cry. Are you ashamed?"
"Grandma, why aren't you back yet? I miss you so much."
"hehe."
The voice on the phone was kind and warm, and said slowly: "Grandma also wants to smile, but grandma has to go to a place, very far away, and can't go back for the time being."
The little girl held the phone tightly in her little hand and bit her lower lip to prevent herself from crying: "Then, can I call Xiaoxiao often? Xiaoxiao will be good."
"I can't make a call, there's no signal there."
The little girl panicked, stumbling over her lips, and continued on the other end of the phone: "But grandma will always be watching Xiaoxiao, so Xiaoxiao should be good."
"Smile and you'll be good!"
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The child was tired after the fuss, and his brother fell asleep holding him beside him.
Wang Xilou returned the phone and told them that they would not receive any more calls in the future. If they did, they would contact her and there would be no additional charges for subsequent processing.
"Is this really done?"
"'They' can't lie."
Wang Xilou didn't explain what 'they' were, but he didn't intend to.
But it looks like that's what happened.
The eldest grandson frowned, but he just held his sister and was worried about waking her up. Father Liu hesitated several times, but finally lowered his voice and asked:
"Boss Wang, so... what is going on? Is it really my mother who called back?"
Wang Xilou didn't answer, but suddenly noticed the black cat at his feet and said, "You go out to eat and you take the cat with you?"
The black cat glanced at her lazily.
Father Liu explained: "This cat was raised by my mother during her lifetime. It has been around for about ten years. It is also an old cat. Every time Xiaoxiao goes, it will follow her."
"The old lady likes small animals."
Father Liu knew that Wang Xilou did not intend to answer what he had just said, but he was still convinced by the other party's questions and answers during the phone conversation and the previous inquiries.
After his business grew, he became dubious about some things.
Now that he has experienced this again, he has some certainty in his heart.
"Speaking of which, my mother used to like raising cats, and she especially liked raising black cats. But every time when she was about to die of old age, my mother's cat would leave, and after a while she would raise another one."
Father Liu chuckled, looked at the black cat on the ground, picked it up and put it on his knees. The old cat didn't resist and was lazy.
"When I was a child, my mother had such a black cat. I called it Sister Hei at the time. Sister Hei was so fierce that she even dared to provoke the dog next door. We were chased by the big dog several times.
She screamed, and I carried Sister Hei and ran away all the way home, and my mother took a broom to drive the dog away... Later, Sister Hei also left, and a few years later, my mother came back with a little black cat."
He combed the black cat's hair, and his middle-aged face showed a youthful look: "Sometimes it's like Sister Hei has never left."
The black cat yawned silently, licked her paws, and lay quietly on the man's lap. She was an old cat, and the quality of her hair was very poor.
The food was served quickly, and nothing happened on the table. There were only two outsiders eating silently. Except for the little granddaughter of the Liu family, who was sleeping in a daze, everyone else had their own concerns.
But these have nothing to do with Feng Wuli. He is seriously dealing with the squid and fried beans in the bowl. The squid is very tough, and the child's teeth are not strong enough. It takes Wang Xilou a long time to bite a piece of it for him.
He even got a little angry after eating, and finally swallowed it, deciding not to pick up this tough-to-bite squid again.
"My disciple, eat a piece of squid."
Feng Wuli looked over calmly, and Wang Xilou looked at him with a smile on his face.
The little fist under the table tightened. He had a very bad idea. He secretly put the charm on Wang Xilou's forehead tonight while she was sleeping.
Then draw a turtle on her face.
Suddenly, he was shocked that he had such rude and unbridled thoughts. He felt that he was too unscrupulous. Looking up at that beautiful smiling face, Wang Xilou happily stretched out his hands to round out the baby fat on both sides of his face.
After the little sister of the Liu family woke up, she kept playing with him. The child would not be sad for long, and soon became heartless.
Feng Wuli is very stubborn. He needs some time to adapt to being awake all the time. He is more like a three- or four-year-old genius controlling the body of a five- or six-year-old.
However, Liu Xiaoxiao was very noisy and the two of them reconciled.
Feng Wuli quietly looked at how other children were doing.
He is more like a bystander.
"Honey, please drink tea."
They were playing house. Feng Wuli didn't understand what playing house meant. The little girl understood it once she explained it to him.
He is the father now, Liu Xiaoxiao is the mother, and the half-dead black cat is the baby.
He had a troubled expression on his face, looked at the tea, and then looked at Wang Xilou as he drank the drink "Hi~ha!"
"But I want to drink Coke..."
"No, adults can't drink Coke, adults have to drink tea."
It's so troublesome. Feng Wuli doesn't want to become an adult because adults can't drink coke.
"Hi~ha!"
Wang Xilou made a comfortable sound, she was serious about eating.
After eating, Wang Xilou took Feng Wuli's hand and left.
Little girl Liu Xiaoxiao sadly lost her husband and said goodbye to her little playmate.
In the end, Wang Xilou took pity on him and gave him some coke. Feng Wuli was very grateful to her and felt like he had found a treasure.
"Dad, can I play with my brother in the future?" She watched the big one and the small one disappear from sight, then turned to look at her father who was drinking tea.
Father Liu smiled and touched her head. There was a hot breeze blowing at the door of the hotel. The two people were no longer there. It was as if they melted into the warm sunshine of the spring as soon as they went out. Maybe all experts are like this.
Thinking like this, he saw a women's motorcycle passing by, one large and one small wearing helmets.
"Perhaps all masters are like this."
He smiled and shook his head, then said to his daughter: "Xiaoxiao, do you like playing with that brother just now?"
"like!"
"Then next time daddy will take you to play with your brother."
"Okay!" The little girl was very happy: "I want to bring the baby with me!"
She turned around to look at the black cat, but found it was gone. She looked down under the table and couldn't find it.
"Dad! Cat is missing!"
Father Liu looked out the door, thoughtfully.
Chapter completed!