Chapter 45: Household Affairs(1/2)
"I never thought I would meet you again. Oh my god, your appearance has changed so much that I can hardly recognize you."
Strolling along the street path, Nancy and Xiuyi walked side by side, Xiuyi holding little Paddy in her arms, followed by Xu.
"I'm sorry for this, but I think you understand that pretending not to know you is actually more beneficial to you." Xiu Yi smiled helplessly.
In fact, he didn't expect that Little Paddy would recognize him. Even if he disguised himself ingeniously, for the children, their way of recognizing people is sometimes more direct, simpler, and more effective.
"It doesn't matter, I can understand your hardship."
"Aren't you afraid that I am a wanted murderer?" Xiuyi asked curiously.
"I was afraid of it once, but now I'm not afraid." Nancy shook her head. She stopped and placed her hand on Xiuyi's face, looking at him with a gentle look, as if her sister was looking at her younger brother: "I was scared when I first learned that you were Xiuyiglare, but when you gave me a gem, protected me and my children, and let us leave the terrible place safely, I had no need to be afraid of you. I don't know why the Empire wanted you, but I know that the world was never fair. Instead of letting me believe the rumors about the world, I would rather believe my own eyes. I believe what I saw and the Shuyiglare I knew, he was a smart, cute, handsome, kind, helpful big boy, and I believe what Paddy believed. He liked you, so did I."
This touched Xiu Yi a little.
Since he came to this world, no one has ever seen him with the simplest and simplest eyes as Nancy. Heines, Andrew, once regarded him as a tool of value; the hunting dogs who pursued him listed him as the most dangerous prisoner; the bandits in Locust town regarded him as a rare cunning criminal in the world; Christine regarded him as an ally, and the merchants regarded him as a machine for making money, and even the girls of the singing and dancing troupe's fascination with him was limited to his handsome appearance and graceful demeanor.
Only Nancy, who regards him as a big boy, looks at herself from the perspective of her younger brother, no matter how bad his reputation is.
In fact, this is exactly what Xiu Yi wants. Many times he also longs for that kind of warm care, but unfortunately it is too far away from him.
"I remember when you came back to visit your relatives?" Xiu Yi asked her.
"Yes, take my children to visit my parents, but I didn't expect that would be the last one." Nancy said sadly: "Their health is already ineffective and has been waiting for me to come back."
“It’s really regrettable.”
"It's nothing. After my parents went there, I left a shop to hand it over to me. My husband had just lost his job before coming, so I suggest that we don't go back to Xiangye City for the time being, and live in Royo City for a while. Keeping the shop can make life better."
"It seems that he is not satisfied with this arrangement."
"He is more in a state of mind than the sky, and always thinks that he will be able to make a name for himself one day in the future. Royo City is not as prosperous as Xiangye City. He is more willing to go back to his own place to work hard, but he has nothing to do now. He can only blame the heavens and hate people, and complain about everything he can complain about... Everything here makes him very uncomfortable."
"No wonder he would go out in anger and leave you and the kids behind."
"It's not the first time." Nancy's voice was full of helplessness.
"My house is not far from the front, go in and sit down." Nancy invited Xiuyi.
This made Xiu Yi hesitate, but seeing the other party's encouraging and trusting eyes, Xiu Yi finally nodded.
Nancy lives in an ordinary residential area.
Compared with the bustling northern area of Royo City, most of the houses in civilian areas are short and simple, with narrow roads and difficult to pass through horse-drawn carriages.
This area is a bit dilapidated, with rotten vegetables and garbage dumped everywhere, which forced Xiuyi to walk carefully to prevent sewage from dirtying his clothes.
Nancy's house is a small white building fenced with wooden vines, and there is also a lawn around it. It is a family with a good environment in a slightly declining civilian area. This may be related to the outstanding business of her ancestors for a period of time. This small building and shop are the legacy left by Nancy's ancestors.
After entering the room, she put Little Paddy on the ground and let him crawl around alone. Xuguan took good care of Little Paddy. Xiuyi followed Nancy to the living room. Nancy built a pot of hot tea for Xiuyi, and then she sat aside and looked at the boy in front of her with complicated eyes.
"So, now you should be a nobleman with status and status, right?" she asked.
"Yes, I've got myself a cover identity."
"It looks quite successful." Nancy smiled, "but you don't have to tell me what that identity is."
She walked over and stood beside Xiuyi, looked at him carefully for a while before continuing to gently say: "I still like the original Xiuyigra, handsome, handsome, fascinating. Can you let me see what you are like?"
Xiu Yi thought about it and finally took off the disguise. What appeared before Nancy was the handsome boy Nancy saw at first sight.
Looking at Xiu Yi's face in a daze, Nancy reached out to touch his face gently, sighing: "What's wrong with this world? Why do you want such a boy to become a wanted criminal?"
In simple words, with endless sighs, even Xiu Yi himself didn't know how to answer for a while.
The sound of the door opening suddenly came from outside.
"Nancy! Are you at home?" Mr. Black's dissatisfied cry came from the door.
"My husband is back, you can sit here for a while." Nancy squeezed a helpless smile to Xiuyi, and then walked outside: "Yes, I'm here."
Xiuyi quickly stood behind the door, and at the same time, Xu also turned into a little black dog and flew into Xiuyi's arms. The father and son were in touch with each other and responded quickly at the same time. Xiuyi didn't want Black to see him for the time being.
The noise of the couple came outside.
It sounds like Black is asking Nancy why she closed the store early. He may have drunk a lot of alcohol, and his tongue-tied voice was particularly disgusting.
The quarrels were getting louder and louder, and Mr. Black kept roaring, saying that he had married the wrong woman, Nancy was a devastating star, and that it was because of her that she would lose her job. But now, he still had to stay in this country city, and enduring it would be boring.
Nancy sobbed a few times, which made her husband even more angry and dissatisfied.
During the quarrel, Xiuyi noticed that a word gem was heard.
It sounds like when Shuyi gave them a gem in the Villas Mountains, Nancy hid it without using it. But Mr. Black hoped to sell it in exchange for a more prosperous life.
He outlined countless futures for himself, fantasizing about the wealth he could bring to build a huge business empire through the wealth he had brought to a gem.
Mr. Black is more aspiring and talented. Nancy is obviously aware of her husband's problems, so she gritted her teeth and insisted on not selling.
"We are not yet at the point where we sell everything, so we have to leave something for our children," she said.
The husband roared and yelled at his wife: "Super the gem quickly and let me sell it. We can use the money we sold it to make a big deal!"
"No, Black, I know you. You will buy wine with the money you sold until you spend them all." An unyielding voice trembled from the weak body.
What a strong woman, Xiu Yi thought happily.
The trivialities of life are endless. No matter which world it is in, such things are still the main body of the world.
What worried Xiuyi was that at the end of the quarrel, it was often a move. Men in this era had absolute control over women, and violence was an effective weapon they used to prove their authority.
And for men who drink alcohol, this phenomenon is even more common. The chemical effect created by this wonderful liquid can give the cowardly people the courage to do things they never dared to do before.
"Bang!"
A crisp and loud slap came, confirming that Xiu Yi's concerns were not unreasonable. Nancy's husband was obviously very good at exerting her husband's majesty in this situation.
Another surprise was that he found that his wife was not in pain, but instead advised him not to shout. He did not know that this was a manifestation of his wife's love for him, but thought that it seriously humiliated his majesty, so he slapped him again.
"Blake, stop. You're drunk too much!" Nancy shouted, "I don't want to cause interference from my neighbors!"
"Oh, is that? Neighbor? Which neighbor would interfere with us?" The husband did not understand the other meaning of his wife. He didn't know that even if he beat his wife, his wife was still trying to protect his safety...
This made Xiu Yi sigh, but obviously he had to respect Nancy's decision. At this moment, he was not suitable for showing up.
But what happened next was a bit unexpected.
Perhaps because Little Paddy saw Xu, who was playing with him just now, suddenly disappeared, she crawled out of another room curiously and tried to find Xu.
Nancy hurriedly picked up Paddy and looked at her husband with a pleading look: "Child is here, don't let him see this, it's not good for him."
"Oh, do you want to use your child to take a shield?" The husband shouted: "Give me the child!"
He stepped forward and snatched the child.
Perhaps his hideous image scared his child, Paddy shouted, unwilling to let his father hug him, and tried desperately to get rid of it, wanting to return to his mother's arms.
The dignity of the man was humiliated, the already drunk Mr. Black was blinded. He actually raised little Paddy over his head angrily and shouted: "Bastard! It is because of you that my wife no longer loves me and that my property does not belong to me, and you are not willing to follow me! I want to punish you!"
Then he threw Little Paddy out...
"No!" Nancy screamed in surprise.
A shocking scene suddenly appeared.
The thrown little Paddy was floating and flying in the air like a fallen leaf, as if there were invisible hands holding him underneath, making him rise and fall in the air like a boat. The little guy even laughed happily.
Until it slowly landed, Little Paddy used his hands and feet on the ground and quickly crawled towards the living room.
Mr. Black was stunned by the scene in front of him, and he was a little more awake. While he was shocked and regretful of his behavior, he was even more dizzy about the incredible thing in front of him.
On the contrary, it was Nancy, the poor woman was almost completely frightened. She thrust her husband frantically: "You crazy man! You are a bastard, Black! I can't forgive you! You almost made our children!"
"Oh my god, what did I do..." Blake murmured.
At the end of the corridor, a slender figure was pulled out as Paddy crawled in. The slender shadow enveloped Paddy's shadow and slowly picked it up. Paddy's giggling laughter came, accompanied by a slight sigh.
"Mr. Black, I'm sorry to disturb your argument with your wife. If I could, I didn't want to do that, but I can't watch you turn your own children in the end."
As Xiuyi's words fell, and the young and handsome face appeared in front of Black again, Black was completely stunned: "Xuehuiglare? What are you doing in my home?"
Xiu Yi showed a helpless smile on his face. Although he was extremely disgusted with the husband who beat a woman, he also knew that the family affairs of his husband were not something outsiders could do easily.
So at this moment he could only say as calm as possible: "Just as a guest." As he said that, Xiuyi rubbed the cute little face of Paddy in his arms: "Of course, I didn't expect that this would happen. Mr. Black, as a father, you almost personally took your son."
"You don't have to worry about my affairs!" Black yelled: "I don't believe you. You are a wanted criminal. I didn't invite you to my house. What do you want to do? Do you seduce my wife?"
Then he turned to Nancy and shouted, "You are such a person!"
"Shut up, Black, that's not how things are."
"Is that?" Black sneered: "I don't think so. I think it was wrong when you met this guy. What did you like about him? He is handsome or rich? You, no wonder you stayed in Royo City and refused to leave. You have been waiting for him? Did you secretly give him any contact information? Then ask him to have a secret meeting when I was not at home?"
"Blake, you're too much." Nancy shivered with anger.
At that time, Xiu Yi suddenly said lightly: "Don't be angry, Mrs. Black, when people do something wrong, they usually have two reactions. One is good, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that you are, that you are, that you are, that you are better at conspiracy than him, so that he can deceive you, but that can't deceive me."
Nancy looked at Xiuyi in disbelief: "How is this possible?"
Xiu Yi shrugged: "The thoughts of big men make them unwilling to admit their mistakes easily, but the problem is that he ignores one thing, maybe I was so gentle that he forgot the target of his slander. He is actually a famous murderer."
When he said this, Black trembled all over and looked at Shuyi in horror.
A cold and cruel look suddenly appeared in Xiuyi's eyes. He opened his hand with one hand and pointed at Black from a distance, as if an invisible big hand suddenly grabbed the other person's neck.
To be continued...