Chapter 240: The Baby’s Cries
“It’s said to be made from Tai Sui meat.” Feng Jingcheng said, asking curiously: “Perfection, is this Tai Sui meat really that magical? Can it bring the dead back to life?”
“If it’s used in medicine, then those terminally ill patients wouldn’t they have a chance to live?”
“Of course—” Nan Yuanman drew out her voice, spreading her hands: “It’s not that magical!”
“Tai Sui meat in our line of work is an outright evil entity. Ordinary Tai Sui meat grows in places with extremely heavy yin energy, and the Tai Sui meat that can be used by the evil path must have been stained with quite a bit of human blood.”
“Moreover, birth, old age, sickness, and death are the rules of the world. Everyone has a fixed lifespan. Forcibly keeping them would only make them suffer.”
“However…” Nan Yuanman asked puzzled: “Didn’t Sister Zhong and the others find Tai Sui meat in that big bad guy’s lair?”
“No, they only found a few pills. She said she’s temporarily only figured out one main medicinal ingredient; the other ingredients are still being investigated.” Feng Jingcheng shook his head.
“She asked me to pass on the message that if you go to kill evil path members and evil entities in the next couple of days, pay more attention to whether they have Tai Sui meat in their bodies. She suspects… this Tai Sui meat was imported from another country.”
Nan Yuanman nodded: “I got it.”
A flash of inspiration struck her mind, and her body, which had been comfortably nestled on the sofa, instantly straightened: “Eh! Right, Second Brother forwarded me a shop selling Tai Sui meat earlier. Let me check if that shop has Tai Sui meat for sale.”
Nan Yuanman busily fiddled on her watch following the steps Feng Congqian had taught her before. Feng Jingcheng leaned over to watch, occasionally reaching out to tap for her: “Tap here to enter, yes yes, that’s it…”
The shop was finally opened by her. The items listed inside were only some very ordinary mountain delicacies like dried mushrooms and such.
Nan Yuanman scrolled up and down repeatedly, not finding any trace of Tai Sui meat at all.
Feng Jingcheng couldn’t hold back and scooted closer to her side: “Come on, let Sixth Brother try this shop.”
He opened the chat window with customer service.
pddnick-a98: Why is there no more Tai Sui meat? I used up the last one I bought. Why aren’t you selling it anymore? Answer me!
Mountain Delicacies Pavilion: Dear, our Tai Sui meat is imported from overseas, and we’re out of stock recently!
pddnick-a98: Overseas? Imported from which country? Which country’s Tai Sui meat could be better than our own country’s? You’re not trying to scam me, are you?
Mountain Delicacies Pavilion: We’re an honest shop, dear. How could we possibly scam you, dear?
Mountain Delicacies Pavilion: If you need it urgently, dear, you can try our other mountain delicacies. Absolutely great value for money.
Mountain Delicacies Pavilion: Link/ New arrivals preview, dear, will you be the first to try?
Feng Jingcheng furrowed his brows and continued typing rapidly: If you don’t tell me which country this Tai Sui meat is imported from, I won’t feel secure buying your goods!
Nan Yuanman raised her little hand, watching her own Sixth Brother typing away furiously, finally grinding the customer service into an impatient reply: /rose/ It’s imported from R Country, guaranteed authentic, dear.
Mountain Delicacies Pavilion: /smile/ Dear, are you reassured now?
“R Country?” Feng Jingcheng turned his head to meet Nan Yuanman’s gaze: “Does R Country have Tai Sui meat too?”
Nan Yuanman looked at him bewildered: “I don’t know.”
Feng Jingcheng: “…” He forgot that Perfection hadn’t been overseas yet.
Arrange it, arrange it all!
Only by letting the child see the world will she not be tricked away by a little boy with some petty gain!
Feng Jingcheng screenshot the chat record with the shop, opened the chat window with Zhong Xueliu, and sent it to her along with the shop’s link.
Then he took out his own tablet, opened the school pictures and introductions he had looked at with Feng Congqian before, and asked her: “Perfection, take a look. Which school do you like?”
Nan Yuanman flipped through them and selected one that looked like it had the best feng shui from the pictures: “This one. It looks like it has the best feng shui.”
“Alright, tomorrow I’ll contact the principal and let you go for a trial. If you like it, we’ll officially enroll.”
Nan Yuanman’s eyes lit up: “Then can I have a pretty schoolbag and stationery?”
Back when she was in Batang Village, she had seen little brothers and sisters from the village coming home from kindergarten, carrying really nice-looking schoolbags on their backs, with nice pens, and little red flowers on their foreheads!
She was so envious. She secretly put the big white flower Grandpa made on her head, but Grandpa caught her and spanked her little buttocks.
Nan Yuanman rubbed her little buttocks that seemed to still hurt. This time if she had a little red flower, Grandpa probably wouldn’t spank her buttocks again, right?
“Of course. Come on, while we’re free now, let’s go buy some. After contacting the principal tomorrow, you can start trial classes the day after.”
Feng Jingcheng said, picking up Nan Yuanman from the sofa in one swoop, tucking her under his arm, and heading out the door.
Right now, he was the idlest in the entire Feng family. Everyone else was busy with their own things, so only he could take care of Perfection.
Feng Jingcheng brought Nan Yuanman to the big mall and went straight to the best stationery store, where the siblings went on a big shopping spree.
Until Nan Yuanman had bought nearly enough stationery to last her two lifetimes, she finally stopped reluctantly and sat with Feng Jingcheng on a rest bench in the mall, eating ice cream.
While eating, Nan Yuanman spotted a familiar person. She let out an “Eh” and pointed at the woman who was tilting her head and saying something to the man beside her: “Sixth Brother, Sister Xie!”
Xie Shuyao was asking her boyfriend what to have for lunch when she faintly heard a child’s voice that was especially familiar to her. She instinctively turned her head to look.
Seeing one big and one small sitting casually on the bench, surprise appeared on her face: “Perfection, Young Master Feng.”
The man standing beside Xie Shuyao heard this and looked over following her gaze. When his eyes landed on Nan Yuanman’s delicate and cute face, his gaze flickered slightly, and he asked mildly: “Yao Yao, do you know them?”
“Yeah, perfect timing. You just got back to the country and don’t recognize everyone in Shangjing yet. Let me introduce you.”
Xie Shuyao nodded slightly, pulled the man toward Nan Yuanman and Feng Jingcheng, and greeted them smilingly: “What a coincidence, Perfection, Young Master Feng. Let me introduce—this is my boyfriend, Zhou Baiyu.”
Zhou Baiyu smiled and greeted: “Hello.”
“Is this your daughter? She’s very cute.”
Feng Jingcheng chuckled: “She’s my cousin.” He sure wished he could effortlessly have a daughter as cute as Perfection, but unfortunately, he didn’t want to get married yet.
Xie Shuyao hurriedly explained: “Sorry about that. Baiyu just returned from abroad and isn’t familiar with things here yet.”
Feng Jingcheng shook his head: “It’s fine.”
“What did Perfection come to buy? Did you get it? Want to grab a quick lunch together?” Xie Shuyao bent down slightly, asking softly, and winked at her: “I happen to have something I want to ask Perfection for help with. Is that okay?”
Nan Yuanman looked at Xie Shuyao, then at Zhou Baiyu, and nodded: “Sure.”
Since Nan Yuanman agreed, Feng Jingcheng didn’t find an excuse to refuse.
Xie Shuyao’s eyes curved slightly. She took Nan Yuanman’s hand and led her to book a table at the mall’s famous Western restaurant.
As soon as they sat down, Zhou Baiyu said: “Sorry, I need to use the restroom.”
As soon as Zhou Baiyu left, Xie Shuyao asked Nan Yuanman: “Perfection, are there really ghosts in this world? Lately, I’ve been hearing strange noises at my boyfriend’s house.”
“Like… a baby’s cry.”
End of this chapter
