I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 939: Come and play hide and seek with Ah Piao

Chapter 939: Chapter 939: Come and play hide and seek with Ah Piao

"Jingting, are you pulling my leg?" Liu Xi didn’t believe it.

"Why would I tease you? My family has a tradition of performing big rituals to suppress all kinds of ’ghosts’."

Suizi listened on the side with a wry smile.

After Yu Jingting hung up the phone, Suizi chided him.

"You’re so busy with work every day and still have to deal with household matters, yet you have the energy to join in on this commotion?"

"Then you’re underestimating me, you’ve left out one big thing—my performance in bed—!"

Suizi covered his mouth, looked around cautiously, glad that no one else heard.

She slapped him on the chest.

"Don’t talk nonsense at home, there are children!"

Their home wasn’t only home to the two Little Luobos, but also to Jiaojiao, who had already grown into a big girl, and Ma Dong, who was about to enter puberty.

Suizi was really worried that he’d lead the kids astray.

"After catching the ’ghost’ tonight, I’ll show you just how impressive your man can be!" Yu Jingting made a gun shape with his hands and ’biu’ shot towards Suizi’s heart.

"...Impressive my ass? Dongdong keeps having nightmares these past two nights, and tonight you’ll have to check on his room too."

"Let Dad roam around tonight then. By the way, are you guys really planning to change the kid’s name?" Yu Jingting asked.

"Mom is trying to persuade Grandma, telling me to wait until Dongdong’s headache is gone, and then ask him if he wants to change his name."

Since returning from the hospital, Ma Dong has been drowsy, sleeping intermittently and restlessly, always dreaming, suffering from severe headaches.

The doctor said there was no other solution, and couldn’t find any other issues.

Wang Cuihua brought out a tortoiseshell and shook it all over, eventually concluding that the two men with the strongest yang energy in the family should keep Ma Dong company often.

And in between the lines, there was the suggestion to change Ma Dong’s name; Wang Cuihua calculated it again and again, and felt that the name Ma Dong was not good, both in terms of meaning and from a horoscopic perspective.

Although Suizi didn’t understand metaphysics, she remembered the meme "Ma Dongmei" from future generations; with Ma Dong gone... so she also had the idea of letting the child change his name.

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law agreed, they were just waiting for Wang Cuihua to take advantage of Grandma’s lucid moments to persuade her.

This child had lived a hard life for ten years. Once guardianship was transferred to Yu Jingting, it was the perfect opportunity to change a name and turn the kid’s luck around.

"Aren’t you an atheist? You believe in changing names and all that?" Yu Jingting asked.

He claimed to go and catch ghosts, and Suizi wasn’t scared even though she was such a scaredy-cat; she probably didn’t believe that Liu Xi’s family really had ghosts.

But when it came to changing the child’s name, she was enthusiastic.

Suizi coughed dryly twice.

"Well, I am a layperson, after all, better safe than sorry..."

When it comes to children, most parents share Suizi’s attitude—they may not be superstitious, but they still give it some thought, at least to choose a smooth, taboo-free name, lest they wonder if something goes wrong because the name was unfortunate.

"Having a bit of conventionality is good; too ethereal, and you’ll ascend to heaven, unable to be my wife—but, I think even if you were a fairy from heaven, I could still pursue you, making it so I don’t want to sleep night after night," Jingting swayed his hips and gave Suizi a series of suggestive glances.

"Why don’t you want to sleep, huh?" The cabinet door opened by itself, startling Suizi.

Luoluo jumped out, followed by Bobo.

"!!! Why are these two kids here?! Suizi’s eyes were about to pop out of her head.

She felt she might have PTSD; every time they discussed something children shouldn’t hear, Little Luobo would emerge from some nook or cranny.

Bobo looked suspiciously at his dad, suspecting his parents locked themselves up every night to secretly eat delicious food.

"Running under the cupboard, what for? Wait till I finish the big job and come back, I’ll deal with you one by one!" Yu Jingting didn’t need to look back to know his wife was angry, and he could only point at the kids with a stern exterior but inward apprehension.

"We’re playing hide and seek."

"Nonsense, Auntie is doing her homework, who’s seeking you?" Yu Jingting tried to change the subject.

"The rule of creative hide and seek is, without telling mom and dad, grandpa and grandma, let’s see how long it takes you all to find us."

Luoluo was quite proud; it was her innovative idea.

And what a meaningful invention it was. The very first time they played, they overheard their parents plotting to eat late at night, and not just once but every night, eating so much they couldn’t sleep!

Suizi wanted to stab Yu Jingting with her gaze, which she couldn’t hide.

Now, even if she didn’t want to, she had no choice but to go ghost hunting. There was no staying in this house with any dignity, and the two kids, with their insatiable curiosity, were still waiting for their lousy dad to explain things.

Liu Xi’s house was more than ten minutes’ drive from Suizi’s, and it was a courtyard left to her by her parents.

After she started living separately from her husband, she moved out and started a brand-new life.

She tended to the small courtyard, making it vibrant with life; Suizi always had to admire her beautiful little garden on each visit.

Liu Xi worked in logistics at the university and had a lot of time on her hands. She indulged in her leisure, growing all manner of flowers and plants, and even designed the scenery, with a small rockery and a miniature pond that housed several plump fish.

"Once upon a time, when we first moved here, the Courtyard was quite picturesque, too."

Suizi reminisced.

When her family had first moved in, it was her parents who helped set it up, with lots of flowers, and it was very beautiful.

Wang Cuihua, thinking back, wanted to grow some vegetables; in the beginning, ornamental plants and vegetables could coexist in harmony, but later, any empty space was filled with vegetable seeds. The nanny they employed was also an avid gardener, and the two old ladies hit it off right away.

The homey feel was there, but it certainly didn’t match the poetic and picturesque charm of this garden.

Suizi used to rely on her artistic father to say a few words in favor, but ever since her mother got pregnant and her father discovered how great organic vegetables were, he was too appreciative to say anything less than praise. Where would he dare to speak now?

"This kind of place is nice to look at, but if we really had something like this in our Courtyard, do you believe our kids would bend sewing needles to go fishing?"

Yu Jingting knew his kids well; in a house full of clever people, all their smarts went into mischief making. These fanciful things were better off kept to a minimum.

Suizi thought it over and found it made sense.

"But then again, Auntie Xi is quite stubborn, you know. My mother told her several times that the Feng Shui of her courtyard wasn’t good. I’m not sure if the rockery would block wealth, but what if it hid people?" Suizi came to a rockery in the courtyard, about the height of a person.

This scenery was well made, but it wasn’t safe.

Many Feng Shui principles are the accumulated experiences of the ancients. For example, they say that seeing a stove right after opening the front door would lead to financial loss, because the stove flames, when exposed to the wind from the door, could be erratic.

Wang Cuihua had visited Liu Xi’s courtyard and shook her head, bluntly suggesting she remove the rockery, claiming it was inauspicious.

Liu Xi was completely attached to it and wanted to keep it. It was a work by a famous artist that she had managed to get, and she particularly loved it.

At the time, Liu Xi had declared confidently that she believed in nothing, but she was soon proven wrong and no longer dared to return home.

Suizi checked around the front and back of the house. Although she didn’t find anything out of the ordinary, there were indeed quite a few good hiding places.

Thinking of her two children, who loved playing hide and seek, she realized this place was indeed perfect for her Little Luobos.

Liu Xi said that she often felt like someone was watching her, and sometimes things in the house would move. Once, she even saw blood on the floor.

Because she was so afraid and believed the house was haunted, she had moved in with her boyfriend.

Suizi and her husband, fearless, brought a roast chicken for a late-night snack, and they ate and drank until midnight.

As midnight approached, Suizi gracefully wiped the corner of her mouth.

She walked to the telephone, just about to pick up the handset, when Yu Jingting suddenly grew serious.

"Wait a minute!"

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