Chapter 254 Someone Has DrownedThe travel agency of Fang Diandianâs family has organized a charter flight tour group to South Island during the Spring Festival. She hears that Yan Hua and her family are here and takes the flight to come over.
âDo you come alone?â Yan Hua looks around.
Fang Diandian answers. âYes! Sister Duo, you donât have to worry about me. The hotel and everything have been arranged. By the way! Where do you live? Iâll visit you tomorrow.â
âWhy donât you stay with me?â Yan Hua suggests. âHow boring it is for you to live alone in a hotel.â
âIs it inconvenient?â Though Fang Diandian asks so, her eyes glisten.
Yan Hua gives her a poke on the forehead. âThere is nothing inconvenient. Letâs go!â
Tang Cao sees that after sending Brother Ruoxian away, his elder sister brings back another person who is the silly Fang Diandian. He is glad. âWhere did you come from?â
âThatâs none of your business!â Fang Diandian hides behind Yan Hua and squints at him.
Yan Hua says, âTake Diandianâs luggage to the room, which is the one opposite you.â
âWhy will she live here?â
âI invited her.â
Bai Susu comes back from the back garden and is very happy to see Fang Diandian. âHey, Diandian is coming. Come to South Island to travel?â
âHello, Aunt! Happy New Year!â Fang Diandian hurriedly comes out from behind Yan Hua to say hello.
âMom, Diandian comes to play alone. I ask her to live here.â Yan Hua says and glares at Tang Cao. âWhy donât you move?â
Bai Susu takes Fang Diandian to the sitting room. âOK, welcome to stay here. More people, more lively!â
Tang Cao hears that the three women have already begun to say what seafood is delicious. He rolls his eyes and lifts the luggage upstairs. Gungun and Wuyou go downstairs to eat meal. When they see Tang Cao take the suitcase, they think that he is leaving.
âUncle, are you going back to Yanjing?â Gungun asks.
Wuyou looks at the pink suitcase and says, âItâs not uncleâs suitcase.â
âYou are clever. Itâs Fang Diandianâs.â Tang Cao touches the heads of the two little children and takes the luggage to the room.
Gungun knows Fang Diandian, who also came to their house before. He pulls Wuyou to run downstairs, approaching to the three adults. âAunt Diandian, happy New Year!â
âHappy New Year, Gungun and Wuyou!â Fang Diandian takes out two red envelopes from her pocket with excitement. She apparently comes prepared.
Gungun and Wuyou take over the red envelopes. âThank you, Aunt Diandian!â
âI almost forget that.â Bai Susu also takes out three red envelopes from under the tea table. âDiandian, take it!â
Fang Diandian is embarrassed to take that, so she hurriedly pushes it back.
âYou canât refuse what the elders give you.â Bai Susu stuffs the red envelope into her hand. âTake it, otherwise Gungun and Wuyou canât accept yours!â
Fang Diandian can only accept it, but she is still embarrassed. She gives out two, but receives three. So finally she earns oneâ¦
âDonât be embarrassed.â Yan Hua pats her. âIâll show you the room. By the way, you can change clothes for dinner.â
In the evening, Lang Ruoxian who has arrived in Yanjing makes a video call with Yan Hua. He says that he is going to Africa the day after tomorrow. Yan Huaâs expression changes after hearing this.
âDonât worry. Iâll bring more people there and I wonât go to dangerous places.â The man persuades her softly over there. âI promise to make a video call with you everyday so that you can see if I am safe, OK?â
Yan Hua nods, because Lang Ruoxian was kidnapped there before, so she always feels that it is not a safe place.
âThatâs a deal. We need to take a video call every day.â Yan Hua wants to ask him why on earth he is going there, but she swallows the words back before asking.
Lang Ruoxian knows at a glance that she has already been suspicious. He smiles. âIâll tell you when things get settled. Be a good girl!â
Yan Hua snorts with an expression how smart I am. The two lie chatting until Yan Hua falls asleep and then Lang Ruoxian hangs up the video call.
Fang Diandianâs arrival frees Yan Hua. Tang Cao and Fang Diandian take the two little children to the seaside to play every morning. They often bring back shellfish and crabs picked up on the beach. They take a nap after lunch and run out in the afternoon.
In fact, basically Fang Diandian plays with the children. Tang Cao goes to the beach but just lies there playing with his mobile phone. In his word, he just keeps up appearances. In case anything happens, women and children should be protected by him.
âWhat can happen?â At that time, Bai Susu laughed at her hapless son. âYou are just too lazy.â
But something really happens in a few days.
âMom!â This afternoon the four come back, looking pale. Gungun comes in and runs to Yan Hua to hold her.
âWhatâs the matter?â The three persons who are playing mahjong with Chang Peiâe all stand up and walk to the sitting room.
Fang Diandian looks pale. âThere is⦠a man died.â
It turns out that on the beach there was a drunken man getting drowned today, just near them. The corpse floated up and drifted past Fang Diandian. She screamed at a glance.
âHis face was swollen.â Fang Diandian shivers. âIt was too terrible!â
Tang Cao also shrinks weakly on the corner of the sofa. âWe will not go to the tourist beach to play in the future. I think I will have nightmares tonight.â
Previously, they all played on the private beach at the side of the sanatorium, but in the afternoon, there were many children on the public beach, which was lively, so they moved over there.
But such a terrible thing happenedâ¦
âGrandmaâ¦â Gungun in Bai Susuâs arms whispers, âI will never go to the seaside again.â
Seen from his little ghastly pale face, he is obviously frightened. Bai Susu hugs the little fellow lovingly. âNo, we are not going there again. Weâll play in the backyard pool.â
âHua, take them upstairs to take a bath and change clothes quickly.â Chang Peiâe sees that even Wuyouâs expression is not good, so she hurriedly asks Yan Hua to take them upstairs. Tang Cao and Fang Diandian also go upstairs to tidy up dizzily. Neither of them comes downstairs for dinner.
In the evening, Yan Hua allows Gungun and Wuyou to sleep with her in a big bed. Gungun was frightened in the daytime. He grabs her hand without loosening. Yan Hua hugs the two children in her arms separately and pats them to sleep. After the two little children fall asleep, she goes downstairs quietly.
Chang Peiâe and other people are watching TV in the sitting room.
âLook, the local news channel is reporting it!â Bai Susu turns up the TV.
This is the first drowning accident in the local area this year. Journalists give follow-up reports. The man who drowned just got married, with a son who is younger than one year old. The family of three went out to play with their friends. He drank a lot of wine when eating meal at noon, and directly jumped into the sea. Finallyâ¦
âHow poorâ¦â Chang Peiâe pushes her glasses. âLook, his wife is so young. How poor!â
The reporter on TV interviews the manâs wife in the hospital. The young woman is holding the little baby and crying her heart out.
âItâs common sense that you canât swim after drinking. Who can they blame since he is an adult?â Tang Yao, as a man, is not as sentimental as they are. âHe is not responsible for himself and ignores his wife and child.â
Yan Hua sees the woman on TV cry and fall to the ground. The people around the woman are holding and persuading her. Yan Hua shakes her head and stops watching.
Because of this accident, Gungun really stops going to the seaside. Every day he plays with Wuyou in the backyard swimming pool, or goes to see the small animals in the sanatorium. Tang Cao enjoys the leisure and continues to play the game called âWinner, Winner, Chicken Dinnerâ with Chen Xiaopang and other people.
âWhy donât you play it?â Yan Hua asks Fang Diandian.
Fang Diandianâs recovery hasnât been faster than those of Gungun and Wuyou. It is estimated that she saw the body with her own eyes, so she has been listless for several days.
âTang Cao!â Bai Susu shouts, âYou can take Diandian to play together and let her divert her attention.â
Fang Diandian curls her lips. âHe thinks that Iâm not good at game operation and doesnât want to take me to play.â
âAs if he were good at it.â Yan Hua pulls Fang Diandian to sit down opposite Tang Cao. âDo you hear that? Take Diandian to play with you together.â
Tang Cao doesnât lift his head. âWait a minute. Wait a minute!â
âDeduct your pocket money!â Yan Hua threatens him.
Tang Cao trembles his hand, and the game character he is controlling dies.
âF**k!â Chen Xiaopangâs voice comes from the earphone. âLet you run but you donât move. Why are you standing there absent-mindedly? Is there any beautiful woman to watch?â
Before Tang Cao answers, Yan Hua leans in and says loudly. âIâm talking to him. You can take Diandian to play next round.â
âSister?â Chen Xiaopangâs tone immediately changes. âHappy New Year, Sister! When will you come back? Iâll give you a New Yearâs greeting.â
âI will go back soon. Are you still abroad?â Yan Hua talks with him.
When this round of game is over, Chen Xiaopang starts arranging for Fang Diandian before Tang Cao saying anything.
âCome on, come on, take another sister of mine to play. Diandian, add me as your friend to join the team!â
Two days later, Fang Diandian runs to Yan Hua mysteriously and says.
âSister Duo, Tang Cao seems to like a girl.â
Yan Hua is making dried pineapples, which she learns from a house maid in the kitchen of the sanatorium. There are many tropical fruits in South Island, and the dried pineapples are thick and big.
âWho does he like?â Yan Hua is surprised.
âThe female anchor who played the game with us.â Fang Diandian says as if she feels wronged and acts rashly. âShe is a game anchor and of course her skill is very good.â
Yan Hua glances at her. âAre you jealous?â
âI⦠I⦠I am not!â Fang Diandian is so excited that she almost bites her tongue.
Yan Hua sees that Fang Diandian looks like having had a very poor lie which reveals the truth. She says with a smile. âAbout our Tang Cao, I dare not say anything else. But if he really likes any girl, he will be serious, taking marriage as the premise. He will not have feelings with girls casually, or my mother will break his legs.â
âWhat does it have to do with⦠with me!â Fang continues to be excited. She sees Yan Hua looking at her with a foxy smile, blushing to her ears, stamping her feet and running away.
At the end of the meal, Yan Hua casually asks, âTang Cao, who are you playing games with?â
âJust a few people!â Tang Cao takes a look at Fang Diandian. âThis silly girl, and Chen Xiaopang. There are also two childes and an anchor.â
Fang Diandian stares at him. Tang Cao provokes her. âWhy? Donât you admit it? If it werenât for me to save you, your game character would have died at the beginning of the game.â
âIs that anchor male or female?â Yan Hua asks again.
âFemale!â Tang Cao says casually, âHer technology is really good. Chen Xiaopang introduced her to take us to play.â
Yan Hua exclaims. âHavenât you seen the real person?â
âIâve seen her live.â Tang Cao thinks and says, âI forget what she looks like. Iâve been watching her play the game.â
Fang Diandian who has been listening carefully suddenly fills another bowl of food.
Yan Hua holds back laughing. âThen the anchor played the game with you for free?â
âSister, you donât know this!â Tang Cao robs a crab from the Fang Diandianâs bowl. âThere are many skilled female anchors. She played games with us on live broadcast. Our appeal is much stronger than hers. At least I am recognized as Yanjingâs most handsome playboy!â
Tang Cao peels a crab leg but it is robbed by Fang Diandian when he is unguarded. He glares at her and continues to say, âBesides, we gave her a reward. In short, she took us to play the game but she took advantage of us.â
âHey! Fang Diandian, if you rob my crab again, I shall beat youâ¦â