Chrysalis

Chapter 1032: That’s Impolite

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Jiang Xiuran pondered over his words and found it reasonable. The man’s face was already exposed under the light. She didn’t know him, so she didn’t dare to open the door.

However, he said that he was there to save Anan. What if that was real? She didn’t dare to take the risk, but didn’t want to give up on the hope either.

While Jiang Xiuran was hesitating, the man was pushed away by a woman. “Move, let me talk to her,” said the woman to the man.

Through the peephole, Jiang Xiuran saw an average-looking woman in a camouflage suit.

“Hi, I think you should open the door and let us in so that we can talk about your daughter, Jiang Anan. Let us in if you want her to live.” The woman didn’t introduce herself, but the last few words she said pointed out exactly what Jiang Xiuran wanted.

Jiang Xiuran clenched her teeth and slowly opened the door. She opened the door slightly first. As the two people didn’t rush up and push her away, she opened the door wide with doubts.

The man and the woman looked at her quietly and expressionlessly.

“Who are you?” said Jiang Xiuran.

“That is not important. There is one thing that is important for you and your daughter—some people are planning on murdering you two. Do you know that?” Duan Juan looked at Jiang Xiuran and said.

On hearing that, Jiang Xiuran changed her expression and let the two in. She closed the door and locked it behind them, then turned to the two and said, “Who on earth are you people? Do you know anything about my daughter? Are you really here to save her?”

Duan Juan pointed at the man and said, “Oh, who I am isn’t important. You only need to know who he is. He works for Chief Wu. He has some questions for you about your daughter. We are here to save your daughter, but you need to let us see her first.”

Hearing Duan Juan say that the man worked for Chief Wu, Jiang Xiuran had her pupils shrinking slightly. Then, she dropped her head and moved toward the bedroom door.

“My daughter is in there. Go and see her if you want.”

…

At that moment in Wu Chengyue’s house, Lin Qiao was secretly observing his face. She wasn’t sure if he believed what she said earlier or not. Perhaps, she really should make a meal to prove that she was Lu Tianyu. However, she wasn’t lying about the fact that she might blow the kitchen up.

That happened a lot before when she cooked for herself. She didn’t need to cook when she lived with her family. After meeting her second boyfriend, she was trained to cook like how a soldier was trained to fight. Back then, the kitchen was her training ground.

Her cooking was average. The food she made wasn’t delicious, but it wasn’t bad either. At least, she had learned not to blow up the kitchen. Last time she cooked for Lin Hao, he complained about the food being too salty.

Based on the look that Wu Chengyue wore earlier, she figured that he had really started to suspect her. She wondered how he would feel when he found out that she was not Lu Tianyu.

Who, or what exactly did he like? Lu Tianyu? Lu Tianyu’s skin? Or Lin Qiao’s soul?

Lin Qiao was curious about that. Wu Chengyue might be into Lu Tianyu or Lu Tianyu’s pretty face only. He might be disappointed to know that she was not Lu Tianyu.

Thinking about that, Lin Qiao didn’t feel very comfortable. She curved her lips downward and got rid of that slight discomfort. She was now wearing Lu Tianyu’s skin and using her identity, but was still Lin Qiao.

Whether Wu Chengyue liked the current her or not, she didn’t need to think about that.

After dinner, the kids went back to their room to play. As the oldest one, Lin Xiaolu always took care of the three younger ones. At the moment, she was reading the storybook that Wu Chengyue provided for the three other kids. Of course, Teng complained from time to time about how silly the people in the story were.

Lin Xiaolu wanted very much to throw the book at his face. No wonder her Aunty always fought with the boy when she had to take care of him.

Lin Qiao went into her space and picked a large plateful of strawberries, then washed them clean and brought them upstairs for the kids.

“What is this? Who said that monkeys are smart? How can that monkey throw away the big watermelon and go to chase the bunny? Can he eat the bunny?” Teng yelled while rolling on the bed.

Lin Xiaolu looked at him with her brows knitted. Holding the book, she couldn’t help but say to him, “Alright, shut up! I’m only telling a story. If you want to listen, just listen. If you don’t want to listen, you still need to keep quiet!”

She felt so annoyed as the boy always interrupted her. She had to listen to the boy complain about how silly the monkey was. But, the real problem was that she found his complaint reasonable, and couldn’t argue with that.

Lin Qiao put the strawberries on the table and said, “Have some strawberries. You have lots of questions. Do you know why the monkey got nothing in the end?”

Teng rolled his eyes as he looked at her and said, “If I were the monkey, I’d go back to fetch the watermelon when I realized that I couldn’t catch the bunny. That monkey was just too stupid.”

Lin Qiao spanked him gently and then held him while sitting down by the bedside, “Yeah, yeah, you are the smartest kid ever! But, the story isn’t just telling you that the monkey is stupid. It’s also telling you that being half-hearted is not good, and that we shouldn’t neglect the valuable things that we already have. Also, do not interrupt others when they are talking. That is very impolite.”

Hearing the last part of her speech, the other three kids nodded together. Tongtong looked at Teng and said, “Emm, my Mama also told me that is impolite.”

“Very impolite!” Lin Xiaolu looked at Teng.

Wu Yueling also stared at Teng and nodded heavily.

Seeing that, Teng did not know what to say.

After spending a short while playing with the kids, Lin Qiao told them to get to bed, then went into the other room. She took out a stack of files that Shen Yujen delivered to her earlier at night and sat behind the desk, reading them and signing her name on them.

It was about midnight when she finished all the work. While she was preparing to absorb zombie nuclei until the dawn, she sensed that Wu Chengyue was coming at her door.

“Come in, don’t bother to knock,” she said when he stopped at her door.

Wu Chengyue opened the door, then walked in and slowly closed the door.

“How can I help you?” Lin Qiao turned her chair and crossed her legs, then raised her eyes to look at him.

Wu Chengyue stood by the door and spent a few seconds looking at her, then walked to her desk and lowered his head to look at her while saying, “Do you really not know how to cook?”

Lin Qiao shrugged and said, “Did I say that? I only said that I might blow up your kitchen. That doesn’t mean I don’t know how to cook.”

Wu Chengyue looked at her with confusion, “Normally, the people who blow up kitchens don’t know how to cook.”

Lin Qiao looked at him coldly and said, “So, you came here in the middle of the night to talk to me about if people who blow up kitchens know how to cook or not?”

Wu Chengyue looked at her as he narrowed his eyes slightly and said, “I’ve been thinking about what could make a person become entirely different from before after she died once. I understand the drastic change of personality, but even some of the small habits have changed too. That’s a little suspicious, right?”