When Tang Xi woke up, all she saw was white.
It took a long time for her to realize slowly that this was a hospital.
"Cut!" Raising a hand to cover her eyes, she couldn't help feeling a little weak.
How many years has it been since he has been in the hospital? It really became too weak.
"Are you awake?" A voice came from beside him.
"Captain Chu?" Tang Xi blinked her eyes to clear her sight, and slowly sat up on the bed.
"Yeah." Chu Li walked over.
The serious crime team leader who was not at the scene of the crime still looked lazy and harmless, and he didn't know what he was doing before. The sleeves of his shirt were rolled up, revealing a few fine scars on his forearms that had scabbed over. .
"Captain Chu actually has time to take care of me?" Tang Xi wondered.
"Forced to take a vacation, work-related injury." Chu Li said expressionlessly.
"Oh yes." Tang Xi nodded, but immediately realized, "What's right? Your injury is not just a holiday, you should be hospitalized! Who will allow you to visit?"
"It's not that serious, a little skin trauma, and it's not Miss Jiao." Chu Li looked indifferent.
"You said I was Miss Jiao?" Tang Xi glared at him.
"No, no, you're a woman!" Chu Li shook his head quickly. Just kidding, if Tang Xi was so tough, Miss Jiao, every woman in the world would die.
But he didn't have the guts to say the latter sentence, otherwise the female man might let him experience the thrill of bungee jumping without insurance again.
"Speaking of which, I'm considered a work-related injury, right? I don't pay the hospitalization fee." Tang Xi said.
"Of course it won't let you pay for the hospitalization yourself." Chu Li blacked out.
Only then did Tang Xi look at the environment of the ward, inexplicably feeling that... the arrangement looked familiar.
"By the way, you've been sleeping for three whole days, what's wrong with you?" Chu Li asked, "If Yun Qi hadn't said that you'd be fine after the blood transfusion, I'd have to call the doctor for consultation."
"Sleeping for so long?" Tang Xi was taken aback, "But I'll be fine when I wake up. Doctors are useless for this kind of thing."
With a wave of her hand, she lifted the quilt directly, and was taken aback when she saw the hospital gown on her body.
"I wanted to call a policewoman to take care of you." Chu Li touched his nose, "But your sister Su Huang is too fierce."
"She's older than you, so she's called sister." Tang Xi rolled her eyes, got out of bed with slippers on, and opened the curtains.
The warm sunlight immediately filled the ward.
"This is... Linjiang Private Hospital?" Tang Xi saw the scenery outside the window clearly, turned her head and said in horror, "I said, why is it so familiar, this is the same as the one where Xia Shuang lives! The medical expenses, your bureau will pay to reimburse?"
"How is that possible?" Chu Li sneered, "You were still awake the next day after your blood transfusion in the city's first hospital, but your vital signs were stable, so Pei Qingzhi transferred you here. I thought about your situation, it's shameful There are too many, and the VIP wards here are highly private, which is appropriate. Anyway, Mr. Pei will pay for it."
"Oh." Tang Xi replied, not too surprised.
"So calm?" Chu Li muttered.
"It should be alright?" Tang Xi sneered, "I have saved him twice, and he deserves to pay for the medical expenses!"
"That's right!" Chu Li thought for a while, nodded, then glanced at her, hesitant to speak.
"Just say what you want." Tang Xi said angrily.
"It's not... after all, hospitalization is not a trivial matter." Chu Li looked away a little guilty, "Anyway, you are still a minor, I will call your home according to the information left by the school—"
"It's not my house. You have been to my house." Tang Xi corrected.
"Okay, okay, call your legal guardian's house, in the name of the school I use, and say that you fainted from anemia and sent to the hospital—" Chu Li immediately changed his words.
"No one came, right?" Tang Xi was not surprised.
Chu Li opened his mouth, as if he wanted to comfort her, but he had never done anything to comfort others, and he didn't know where to start.
"Come on, I don't care, who is your expression for." Tang Xi couldn't help laughing.
Seeing that she really didn't care, Chu Li said: "The Tang family is indeed in a state of distress recently, not just about expired vaccines."
"Oh? What else is wrong? Tell me about it to make me happy!" Tang Xi suddenly became interested.
"..." Chu Li choked for a moment, and continued, "Tang Zhan had a car accident and fractured his right leg. The strange thing is that even Tang Zhao in the passenger seat and Yang Wenqiu in the back were unscathed, but sat behind the passenger seat Tang Jing, who is theoretically the safest seat, was scratched in the face by broken glass, and there is a high probability that she will be disfigured."
"Aha." Tang Xi raised his eyebrows, secretly feeling the power of the unlucky ghost. But Tang Jing actually hurt her face? Well, it doesn't matter, that's the heroine of the original book, the hero Han Zhen loves her to death, not to mention hurting her face, even if she is disabled and crazy, this love will last forever, otherwise How do you call the hostess.
"Are you happy?" Chu Li asked.
"Shouldn't I be happy?" Tang Xi asked back, "You can't hide the bad things about the Tang family from you. You should know that I'm kind-hearted if I don't hurt them. If I were a girl from a real mountain village, I'm afraid To be bullied to death by them."
Chu Li sighed, and said helplessly: "But you are underage now, and you cannot leave the Tang family. Even if you become an adult, the law of our country does not recognize the severance of parent-child relationship. No matter how indifferent the Tang family is, they have not abused you now. It is impossible for you not to support them in the future. The Tang family is unlucky, and neither will you. "
"Captain Chu, you are a policeman, so you must know more about the law than I do." Tang Xi looked at him seriously, "Is there a way for me to completely have nothing to do with the Tang family?"
"Unless you are not their daughter." Chu Li didn't think about it, "Otherwise...it can prove that the Tang family abused you. But I don't think you can suffer from this."
"Aren't you a daughter of the Tang family?" Tang Xi stroked her chin, and said after a while, "If it proves that I am not a daughter of the Tang family, and my adoptive parents have no relatives within five generations, then what will happen to me?"
"This..." Chu Li thought for a while, "Since you are underage, the government can't let you fend for yourself, and will usually find you a reliable guardian or guardian institution. But you are almost seventeen, right? Just over a year."
"Can I choose the guardian or institution?" Tang Xi asked.
"For guardians, it should be a two-way choice, and there are certain requirements. However, with your social relationship, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find such a person. It is more likely to be registered in the orphanage." Chu Li said, "In the final analysis, the key How can you prove that you are not the daughter of the Tang family?"
"It's not easy, just do another paternity test." Tang Xi said.
"Have you done it before?" Chu Li was stunned.
If the paternity test is in doubt, the Tang family will not just recognize a daughter and go back.
"Even if it is, I will make it not." Tang Xi said expressionlessly.
Chu Li looked at her in astonishment.
"Dong dong dong." There was a knock on the door.
"Here we come." Chu Li glanced at the clock on the wall, got up and opened the door.
"Who?" Tang Xi was puzzled.
"You can't be shaken, the guy who comes to report three times a day." Chu Li said, and he had already opened the door.
"Heard your voice, Miss Tang woke up?" Pei Qingzhi walked in carrying an exquisite three-layer insulated food box.
"Well, I'm awake." Tang Xi stared at his hand and rubbed his belly.
It seems to smell the aroma, so hungry!
"It's just right, I brought food." Pei Qingzhi put the food box on the table familiarly, and took out everything.
Baby vegetables in high soup, tomato fish fillet, loofah egg soup, celery and lily, plus a bowl of colorful multigrain rice, which makes people's index fingers move.
"Boss Pei is so virtuous!" Tang Xi's eyes lit up, and she took the chopsticks over without any hesitation.
"As long as you like it." Pei Qingzhi smiled.
Although Tang Xi had nutritional injections when she was in a coma, it couldn't compare to the delicious food, especially the cook from the Pei family who was a descendant of the royal chef. His skills were really good.
"Eat slowly, be careful not to choke." Pei Qingzhi hurriedly said.
"It's okay, I'm not sick, I'm just hungry." Tang Xi said vaguely.
Although the stomach has been empty for three days, these dishes are light and easy to digest, and the rice is cooked softer than usual, obviously specially made for the patient.
Tang Xi only remembered Chu Li's words after filling his stomach for three minutes: "Three times a day?"
"I'm afraid you won't be used to the hospital food when you wake up." Pei Qingzhi said.
"Uh..." Tang Xi blushed, "I slept for three days, what a waste."
"No." Pei Qingzhi said.
"Why not?" Tang Xi was puzzled.
"Someone eats, don't waste it." Pei Qingzhi added.
Tang Xi was silent for a while, raised her head, looked at Chu Li, and said sincerely, "Do you need to order another takeaway for you?"
"Fuck you." Chu Li scolded with a smile, took an apple from the fruit basket, wiped it on his shirt, and walked out while biting, "Since you're awake, I'll go back to the game to see if something happens to me. Phone, you don't have to worry about Lu Meihua, Fang Tianchen will take care of the aftermath, and the rest will wait for you to leave the hospital."
"Understood." Tang Xi waved his hand.
Pei Qingzhi closed the door, sat opposite her, took out the tablet and started to process the mail.
"Boss Pei is so busy, I really don't need to work so hard, Yun Qi should tell you, I'm fine." Tang Xi said seriously.
"Even if it's okay, it's definitely not a good thing to be asleep for three days?" Pei Qingzhi said.
"Why, do you want to offer your life to Boss Pei for saving your life? Isn't that how it's done in dramas?" Tang Xi laughed.
Pei Qingzhi was startled, his eyes fell on her face, and he didn't speak for a long time.
"Why, Mr. Pei has such high eyesight that he doesn't like me?" Tang Xi was a little angry.
"No, you are too young." Pei Qingzhi replied seriously.
"..." Tang Xi was suffocated by him so much that he choked on a mouthful of blood that stuck in his throat, and he almost suffered internal injuries.
Well, she was joking. By the way, she wanted to see how this man who didn't even lose his composure changed, but she didn't expect to get a serious answer of "You are too young".
Your sister is too young! If it wasn't for time travel, I would be the same age as you!
Seeing her swollen cheeks, Pei Qingzhi burst into a smile, picked up the spare chopsticks, and put a piece of fish fillet into her bowl: "Eat it, the fish will become fishy when it's cold. What you want to think about now is to study hard, Get into a good university, don't be led away by Chu Li all the time."
Tang Xi... chewed the unlucky fish to vent her anger.
"I've taken care of everything that happened that day, and there will definitely be no video data coming out." Pei Qingzhi said again.
"Of course I'm assured of President Pei's ability to handle affairs." Tang Xi bit her chopsticks and asked, "By the way, does President Pei know where I can get a paternity test?"
"I know a research institute that can do it, who will do the paternity test?" Pei Qingzhi said immediately.
"Me." Tang Xi raised her hand without blinking her eyes. "Given the Tang family's attitude of throwing me in the hospital, I have reason to suspect that I am not their daughter. I request a new paternity test."
"..." Pei Qingzhi was stunned, and it took him a while to say, "This is not possible. Your current household registration relationship is with the Tang family. If you want to terminate the relationship, the paternity test done secretly will have no legal effect."
"Then what should we do? Tang Zhenying will definitely not agree to do another paternity test with me." Tang Xi was distressed.
"If you're sure, I can help you find a lawyer to sue." Pei Qingzhi hesitated before saying, "But, this is not a joke. Are you sure you are not Tang Zhenying's daughter?"
"Sure!" Tang Xi answered firmly.
She is Tang Xi, she is from another world, she has half a dime relationship with Tang Zhenying? And Tang Zhenying's real biological daughter, for some reason, no longer existed when she passed through.
"Okay, I'll help you arrange it." Pei Qingzhi nodded.
"The sooner the better, I want to settle this matter before the end of the year, otherwise I have to celebrate the New Year with a group of idiots, it's a waste of my time." Tang Xi said.
"Okay, you write a written entrustment, and I will let the lawyer handle other matters for you." Pei Qingzhi said.
In Pei's huge company, the legal department has a team of lawyers. If Tang Xi is really not Tang Zhenying's daughter, then this matter will be easy to handle.
Tang Xi ate up the rest of the meal in a few mouthfuls, smashed the empty bowls and chopsticks into a pile and pushed them to the side, took out a piece of A4 paper, and swept it away.
"Good writing." Pei Qingzhi's eyes lit up as he stared at the flamboyant signature.
"Mr. Pei said the same thing." Tang Xi smiled without humility.
A celestial master who draws talismans every day, if he can't even write cursive script well, he will really laugh out loud.
Pei Qingzhi took out a box of ink pads from her bag and asked her to press her fingerprints, and solemnly put away the power of attorney: "Don't worry, there will be a result within a week."
"Thank you." Tang Xi said generously.
"Do you need to go through the discharge procedures for you?" Pei Qingzhi asked.
"Yes, I'm fine, who wants to be hospitalized." Tang Xi said immediately.
Pei Qingzhi got up, opened the cabinet, and said, "I'm going to go through the formalities. Your things are here. I've let someone clean your clothes. You can clean them up."
"...Okay." Tang Xi looked at the unopened package of the dry cleaner, feeling a little embarrassed. Could it be that... even her underwear was washed
Pei Qingzhi opened the door to go out, and she hurriedly slipped into the bathroom with her bag in hand like a thief.
Really washed it... Although it was sent to a dry cleaner, didn't you get treated as a pervert
She changed her clothes as quickly as possible, and put on her sneakers when she came out. She still felt the heat on her face hadn't gone away.
"Okay." In less than ten minutes, Pei Qingzhi came back, neatly packed the bowls, chopsticks and food boxes, and carried the fruit basket.
"Who gave it to you?" Tang Xi took a bite of a fragrant pear and asked casually.
"You didn't inform your classmates about your hospitalization." Pei Qingzhi said, "It was sent by a lady surnamed Fang the next day."
As he spoke, he rummaged through the fruit basket and found a handwritten note from the bottom: "She left a phone number for you."
Tang Xi was stunned for a moment, then smiled, wrote down the number, tore up the note, and sent a text message to Fang Tianyun with her mobile phone: Thank you, the pears are very sweet, where did you buy them
Ten seconds later, a reply came in: The Xianfeng store on the left of your City Bureau.
Tang Xi's brows and eyes were stretched, and she replied "Please next time", and stuffed the phone into her bag.
"Shall I take you home?" Pei Qingzhi asked.
"Okay." Tang Xi replied.
Pei Qingzhi didn't ask any more questions, and put the fruit basket and food box in the back seat.
"Is there anything wrong with your right eye?" Tang Xi asked suddenly.
"Probably not." Pei Qingzhi smiled indifferently, and said relaxedly, "Anyway, I don't see it often."
"If you see something, remember to tell me immediately." Tang Xi said solemnly.
"Okay." Pei Qingzhi replied.
All the way back to Fengya Jiangnan, Pei Qingzhi parked the car downstairs and did not get out of the car.
"Boss Pei is busy, so I won't keep you for tea." Tang Xi waved with a smile while holding the fruit basket.
"You haven't come home for a few days, so I don't want to disturb you." Pei Qingzhi lowered the car window to say goodbye, saw her walking in, remembered something, and quickly asked, "Will you come tomorrow night?"
Tang Xi was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that because she had been in a coma for three days, tomorrow would already be Saturday.
Pei Qingzhi's birthday party.
"Don't worry, I will go." Tang Xi replied.
Pei Qingzhi's heart suddenly fell back to its original position, and he watched her back enter the elevator before reversing and leaving.
Tang Xi entered the house, and immediately threw herself on the sofa and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Xiaoxi is back, are you hungry? Thirsty?" Aunt Zhang hurried out.
"Aunt Zhang, I want to drink orange juice." Tang Xi acted softly.
"Okay, Aunt Zhang will squeeze it for you right away." Aunt Zhang happily entered the kitchen.
"Is there anything good? Aunt Zhang is very happy today." Tang Xi asked curiously.
"Watch the news." Yu Mingfan said indifferently.
Tang Xi took out her phone and swiped, um, nothing special.
Yu Mingfan took her mobile phone and operated it and handed it back to her.
"No wonder." Tang Xi laughed.
This is a very inconspicuous piece of news. According to the police report, the principal culprit in the previous steel wire beheading case turned back. The real mastermind has been transferred from the mental hospital to the police station. However, due to the mental state of the mastermind, it is likely that he will be detained in the mental hospital. Now the family members are actively compensating, hoping to seek the understanding of the victim's family members and strive for a mitigation of punishment.
Tang Xi couldn't help laughing lowly.
The vocational high school student was under the age of 18, and it was not a deliberate murder. If he had actively compensated, had a good attitude, and operated properly, he would not have received multiple punishments. But now he bribes his classmates, covers up the mastermind, refuses to compensate the victims... After all, even his parents will be implicated.
As expected, evil comes with evil. However, for Aunt Zhang's family, this compensation is really important and a good thing.
Soon, Aunt Zhang came out with a glass of fresh orange juice: "By the way, the courier delivered a big package two days ago, and there was no one at home. Xiaofan thought of a way, wrote a note and stuffed it through the crack of the door." Go out and have someone leave the box at the door, and we'll bring it in later."
Tang Xi was ashamed, the courier probably thought that the person living here was abnormal.
It doesn't matter if someone in the room doesn't open the door, don't say anything, stuff a note or something...
After taking a few sips of orange juice, she got up and took the fruit knife from the fruit tray on the coffee table, and opened the huge box with a few strokes.
After opening the layers of packaging, the ghosts were shocked to find that there were actually two life-size dolls inside, a man and a woman, so lifelike that they looked like living people at first glance.
"This is..." Yu Mingfan's expression was shocked.
"I promised to give you a body." Tang Xi moved the two dolls out, "In order to avoid trouble, I asked the puppeteer not to paint the makeup too beautifully, so that it is closer to ordinary citizens and will not appear in the crowd." It’s too conspicuous. It’s like putting on clothes when you use it, and you’ll get used to it after a few tries. Aunt Zhang will be able to go shopping in the doll in the future, and she can only order the supermarket to deliver it when I’m not around.”
"Xiao Xi, you are so kind." Aunt Zhang was very moved.
Ever since she became a ghost, she never imagined that one day she would be able to walk on the street in a fair manner and speak like an ordinary person.
Tang Xi cast two ghosts into the puppet's body with a spell: "I'll help you for the first time, and you can put it on and take it off after you get used to it. Clothes... let's get rid of that one first, and I'll buy some later."
"This is too..." Yu Mingfan shook his hands, his face full of shock.
Perhaps because of the entry of the soul, the joints of the doll are hidden, and it is no different from human skin with the naked eye.
Tang Xi clapped his hands twice to attract their attention, and said seriously, "Listen to what I'm going to say next."
"I have imposed a restriction on you. It is an absolute, absolute iron law that cannot be violated."
"Your name is a taboo. No matter who it is, as long as someone calls out your name and you respond - the contract will take effect immediately, and you will be wiped out on the spot, understand?"
"When a person is dead, he is dead. The dead should not disturb the lives of the living. Letting you take a look at your family from a distance is the limit. Don't cross the line."
"The price of disturbing yin and yang, you can't afford it, and I can't afford it either."
After a long time, Aunt Zhang said: "Xiaoxi, don't worry, I just... see if my husband and daughter are doing well, I hope the compensation will make their lives easier."
"Same, I just want to take a look at my parents." Yu Mingfan was calmer, but there was a trace of regret and relief in his tone.
"That's good." Tang Xi restored the smile on his face, "There are still some minor issues to remember. You only look like living people, but you are actually dolls. Try to keep as little contact with people as possible. Visual effects are easy to confuse, but How about the touch, hugging a person is definitely different from hugging a puppet. Also, you can’t eat, the puppet can’t digest, don’t get hurt, there’s no blood to bleed, especially don’t get too close to people, you don’t breathe The pulse and heartbeat will wear out."
"Got it." The two wrote it down solemnly.
Tang Xi nodded with satisfaction and let them get used to the dolls themselves.
That's great, fortunately the courier arrived in time, Yu Mingfan actually forgot to ask her about her homework! It's so rare!
As for why only two dolls were ordered, she would never rest assured that Yueyue and her daughter would leave before the celestial master who arranged the seal of the haunted house showed his feet. Fortunately, they have no other relatives, and they have no worries.
Finally, she released Lu Meihua.
Lu Meihua's face was full of sadness, as if she had matured and become sophisticated all of a sudden.
"You already know what happened, what do you think?" Tang Xi asked.
"It turns out that it's all fake." Lu Meihua sighed faintly, and smiled wryly after a long while, "At first, I thought that my life was like a joke—working hard, climbing up step by step, going outside People look bright in their eyes, but all the money they earn subsidizes the family. I am not even willing to buy a better lipstick. I finally found a man who treats me well, but he is a beast with a face and a heart. I just... died .”
Tang Xi didn't speak, she understood that Lu Meihua just wanted to talk and didn't need her to answer anything.
"Xiaoxi." Lu Meihua looked at her solemnly, "Can you send me away?"
Tang Xi was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "One hundred and fifty years ago, the gate of ghosts was closed, and no ghosts could enter the underworld. Now your obsession is gone, if you don't want to stay, I'm afraid it will just dissipate."
Lu Meihua was silent for a while and said, "How long do I have?"
"Probably, seven days." Tang Xi thought about it.
"Seven days... that's okay." Lu Meihua thought for a while, then smiled brightly, "Xiao Xi, I want to go out and have a look. I didn't live for myself when I was alive, I died, I want to see The outside world. I want to see the sea, ride the Ferris wheel, learn to draw, and do all the things that I don’t have time to do when I’m alive, and count as much as I can until I disappear.”
"Okay." Tang Xi patted a magic talisman into the depths of her soul, "The power of the contract I gave you may make you last longer, but I don't know how long."
"Xiaoxi, thank you." Lu Meihua floated over and hugged her gently.
"Wait." Tang Xi turned around and ran back to the room. When she came out, she handed her a delicate lipstick, "This is for you."
Lu Meihua was stunned, and took the lipstick with trembling hands.
"Go all the way." Tang Xi said with a pun.
"Well, goodbye." Lu Meihua squeezed her lipstick, bowed to her, and went out through the door.
"Brave again." Yun Qi appeared beside her with a dissatisfied face.
"It doesn't take much spiritual power to transform a lipstick," Tang Xi comforted.
"It's usually nothing, but do you know your current situation?" Yun Qi asked angrily.
"Okay, okay, let's not take this as an example." Tang Qiqian laughed twice, suddenly rolled his eyes, and changed the topic, "Yun Qi, I'm going to a banquet tomorrow, you see, it's fine if I go alone Poor, isn't it?"
"What do you want?" Yun Qi frowned.
"Be my male companion!" Tang Xi clasped his hands together and stared at him sincerely.
Yunqi: ...
The author has something to say: I modified the chapters and added the title of each short story to make it easier to find the text. After all, some stories are very short, and the table of contents page will be ugly if you use volume labels.
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