Like snow meeting the scorching sun, the black smoke was instantly swallowed up by the golden light under the strong light that could illuminate all the darkness in the world.
Then, everything returned to silence.
Ning Zhongguo rubbed his sore eyes. When he came back to his senses, he regretted wiping away the water droplets.
The hall returned to how it was when he first walked in. Nothing seemed to have changed.
Except...
Zhang Hongyuan.
He stood in front of the fireplace with his hand on his chest. He kept coughing up blood, as if he had suffered a serious internal injury.
Seeing him in pain, Zhang Jiade couldn't care less about his fear. He immediately shouted, "Hongyuan, you …"
Seeing this, Chen Xi looked back at Zhang Jiade and explained with a complicated expression, "I didn't hurt him. I just destroyed the spirits he collected over the years..."
"You're not sick. The reason why you have cramps, headaches, and chills is actually because these spirits invaded your body under his control."
"And he himself, because of the Spirit Control Spell that he learned from somewhere, he forcibly controlled these spirits in an inappropriate way. He wasted his energy for nothing. I think..."
Chen Xi did not finish his sentence, but his meaning was obvious.
The room quieted down. No one spoke again.
Zhang Jiade breathed heavily and hurriedly, as if he was still digesting what he had just seen.
Ning Zhongguo also looked at Zhang Jiade and his son in shock.
At this moment, a phone suddenly rang at a very inappropriate time.
Chen Xi looked down and saw that it was his phone.
He wanted to hang up immediately. After all, the atmosphere now was much more serious than the meeting.
But when he saw that the caller was Mr. Wang, his eyelids immediately twitched. He quickly walked to the side and picked up the phone.
"Hello? Mr. Chen? "
"Yes, it's me. What's the matter, Mr. Wang?"
"Mr. Chen, we found that Niannian's behavior today is a little strange..."
Hearing this, Chen Xi was stunned.
He couldn't help but raise his voice and ask anxiously, "What's wrong with her?!"
"Calm down … It's like this. Niannian was fine in the morning, but after her afternoon nap, she started crying when she woke up. We asked her several times, but she didn't say why."
"The child's personality is very good, and she is also very outgoing. Two days ago, she would play with the other children, but this afternoon, she sat alone at the side and played with her toys. Her mouth is muttering something, and I don't know what she is saying …"
"Out of my responsibility and intuition as a teacher, I feel that it is necessary for me to tell you about this matter. I hope that as parents, you can pay attention to this matter. After all, a child wouldn't cry for no reason or even do a series of abnormal actions …"
After listening to Mr. Wang's words, Chen Xi let out a deep breath. Then, he solemnly said to the other end of the phone, "Thank you, Mr. Wang. I think I know what happened to her. I'm coming to pick her up now. Sorry to trouble you."
"It's fine. This is what I should do."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Xi immediately made a decision.
Go to Chengdu!
It was urgent!
Niannian had been with Auntie Zhang since she was born. Over the years, Auntie Zhang had painstakingly raised her. The relationship between them must be far more than that of a father who had appeared halfway.
Now that Auntie Zhang had left without a word, it must have been a big blow to the child.
Although he could temporarily calm her down through video, it was ultimately a way to treat the symptoms and not the root cause.
After all, for the little girl, all of this came too suddenly.
Mr. Wang also said that a child would not do a series of abnormal actions for no reason.
Many children might have experienced a situation like Niannian's, and their parents would always use a reason to convince the child, or to convince themselves.
The child would eventually get used to it …
In fact, they had to get used to it.
Habit was a very scary thing.
It was precisely because you were so used to this world that you would not be surprised by anything.
Chen Xi put away the phone, then turned to look at Ning Zhongguo and said, "Mr. Ning, I have to go first. Can you ask the driver to give me a ride?"
Hearing this, Ning Zhongguo nodded, then looked at Zhang Hongyuan, who suddenly knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
He reached out and patted Zhang Jiade's shoulder, then said in a low voice, "Old Zhang, I'll go with Mr. Chen first. You … Forget it, I'm leaving. Call me later."
After that, Ning Zhongguo did not wait for Zhang Jiade's reply. He turned around and made a gesture to Chen Xi.
Ning Zhongguo had seen and heard too much about this kind of feud between rich and powerful families. Although he did not know the specific details, as long as he put things together and thought about it, he could guess most of it.
It could only be said that every family had its own difficulties …
After getting in the car, the driver drove steadily on the road back. Chen Xi was finally not so anxious.
After adjusting his state of mind, Chen Xi half-jokingly said to Ning Zhongguo, "This kind of thing … Does it happen often?"
Of course, Ning Zhongguo knew what Chen Xi was referring to, so he smiled helplessly and sighed, "Not often, but there are always one or two cases a year. For example, you know the gambling king, He Hongshen, right?"
"I know a little."
"It's okay in the mainland, but the He family is the real deal. Four houses and seventeen heroes, tsk tsk …"
Speaking of this, Ning Zhongguo shook his head as if he was sighing with emotion. He sighed and said, "Boring, boring."
Chen Xi nodded in agreement.
…
When he returned to the kindergarten, it was just three o 'clock in the afternoon.
Chen Xi could not wait, so he went straight into the kindergarten, ready to pick up the little girl and ask for a few days of leave.
He did not consider whether his education method was right at all.
Because in Chen Xi's mind, he only cared about one problem, and that was whether Niannian was happy or not.
As long as Niannian was happy, then OK, everything was fine.
He was so capricious.
When Chen Xi came to the class where the little girl was, she was alone in the corner of the class, stacking building blocks.
Because she rarely went out to play since she was a child, Niannian always longed for the outside world.
She was never afraid of strangers or new environments.
But today, she was silently hiding in the corner alone.
She looked like the last time when Chen Xi did not pick her up on time.
Chen Xi felt a little guilty, so after quietly saying hello to Teacher Wang, he went directly into the class.
The little girl seemed to notice that there was someone behind her, so she turned her little head and just happened to meet Chen Xi's eyes.
She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around and threw herself into Chen Xi's arms.
Because her movement was too big, her leg accidentally kicked the building block castle on the ground, and the castle fell to the ground in an instant.
The little girl put her little head on Chen Xi's waist, and without saying a word, she just hugged Chen Xi tightly.
Chen Xi touched the back of her head and whispered softly in her ear, "Let's go, Dad will take you to Grandma now."
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