Chapter 54: The Arrival of the Female Demon

  On December 18th, I finally managed to buy train tickets and squeezed onto the crowded train from Northeast China to Hubei. Unexpectedly, the seductress also wanted to accompany me home for New Year's. Under the pretext that Wudang Mountain was too cold and deserted, she wanted to go out and take a walk!

  "This is terrible!" We finally squeezed onto the train and found our seats. The demoness covered her nose, scrunched up her face, and clung to me, complaining.

  "Is this the Spring Festival travel season? Isn't it always like this?" I shifted my body a bit, reached out to open the car window a crack, so that the air nearby wouldn't be so murky.

  "It's really good for farmers to stay at home and farm, and workers to go to work on time. What's the point of going out unnecessarily? It's comfortable to squeeze twice a year!" The witch took out a sour plum from her pocket and sucked it, muttering to herself!

  "This needs to be said from two perspectives, of course what you said is not wrong. Everyone does their own job well, the country's grain reserves are also guaranteed, and the workers in the factory don't have to worry about someone coming to snatch their rice bowl. But on the other hand, neighbors, fellow villagers, they all go out to make money, and in three to five years, they build a new house. If it were you, wouldn't you be envious? Being envious means you have to do the same as others, go out and find work! In the end, won't everyone leave their hometown?" I unbuttoned two buttons on my cotton-padded jacket, letting in some air while chatting with the demon girl.

  "Older brother, this is not a lie. If we could make money at home, we wouldn't be willing to leave our hometown either! Older sister, you'll get used to it after squeezing in a few more times!" A man in his 50s behind me picked up the conversation and said.

  "Actually, the number of people on today's bus is not the most. At its peak, even in the luggage rack and under the seats, some people can squeeze in. To be honest, when it's the most crowded, you can't even find a place to take a dump. The toilet is packed with at least 6-7 people, how can you just drop your pants in front of others? Every time I go home, everyone is almost suffocated to death! This old man must have been holding it in for too long and finally found an opportunity to vent his frustrations!"

  "I asked Shifu, are you really going to spend New Year's at my place?" I turned my head and asked the demon girl after that old man finished his rant.

  "Where else can I go if not to your home? It just so happens that I'll represent Old Man Mao Liu to pay a New Year's visit to your family. You've been his apprentice for so many years, and he's never done this before, has he?" The demon girl spat out the pit of the sour plum and threw it out through the gap in the car window, asking me casually!

  "But where will you sleep when you go to my house?" My home only has two rooms, one for my parents and one for me! The only other places left are the living room and the bathroom. Can't let a demon girl sleep in the living room, can we? What? You guys think it's okay if she sleeps in the bathroom? Do you still want to see this book finished?

  "Sleep with me!" The seductress batted her eyelashes and said coquettishly.

  "Cough, cough! Ah, to say that the times have really progressed! Think back then, we didn't have such good things at that time! Big brother, you were born in the right era!" The moment the seductress finished speaking, I was fine, but it was the old man behind us who was choked by his own saliva. After a fierce bout of coughing, almost spitting out his lungs, the old man patted his chest and said to me with envy, jealousy, and hatred!

  "Hmph!" The seductress, hearing this, couldn't help but throw a smug glance my way, as if saying: How's that? Isn't the feeling of making people jealous just great?

  I gave a subtle glance, indicating that I indeed enjoyed this feeling! However, playing ambiguous with my master's uncle, this forbidden feeling made me both love and fear it!

  All the way, I had a ambiguous conversation with the witch from time to time. And the old man behind us was stimulated by us all the way. When we arrived at Wuhan Railway Station, the old man still had some lingering feelings.

  After transferring from Wuhan, I returned to my hometown in the late afternoon. In order to surprise my parents, I didn't call home. The little demon insisted on buying some gifts for them, and I couldn't persuade her otherwise, so I accompanied her to the mall to browse around. It was clear that she had no experience giving gifts to people, and after picking and choosing, she still didn't know what to buy.

  In the end, I made my own decision and bought two packs of cigarettes and two bottles of wine for my dad, while for my mom, I bought a whole set of skincare products. As expected, I paid for all the gifts myself. As for the girl, she only reached out to take the things from me when I was walking downstairs with them in hand, and then put on a shy and delicate act.

  "Knock knock knock!" Since I decided to give my mom a surprise, I didn't even open the door myself, despite having the house key with me. Stretching out my hand, I knocked on the iron-plated anti-theft door at home that was welded together with angle steel.

  "Who's there!" The voice of my mother came from the house soon! I suppressed the urge to answer loudly and stood outside the door, speechless. The little demon also cooperated with me, standing beside me, giggling and making a face at me.

  "Who's there? So late!" The inquiry from the old mother came again from inside the house. The sky had already darkened, and in her concept, as long as it was dark, no matter what time it was, it was always very late!

  "Clang! Clang! Clang!" I turned my head and playfully stuck out my tongue at the female demon, continuing to knock on the iron gate with my hand.

  "Squeak! I said... Ah, son is back! Old Lou, come out quickly, our son is back!" Mom opened the iron gate with a hint of dissatisfaction, ready to scold. She raised her head and saw it was me, then hastily put down the rice bowl in her hand and loudly called out to Dad who was sitting on the sofa watching TV while eating dinner.

  "Son, how did you come back? Didn't you say you didn't have time to come back? How long are you staying this time? Are you going to spend the New Year at home?" My mother asked me repeatedly, holding my hand and standing at the door. And Dad was closely united beside Mom, with great interest, his eyes darting back and forth between me and the demon girl.

  "Auntie is well, Uncle is well! This time Miao Miao has come back, just to accompany you both for the New Year!" The moment this demon girl called out "Auntie" and "Uncle", my body suddenly felt a chill run down my spine, and goosebumps fell to the ground. Auntie and Uncle? If we really talk about age, who knows who should be calling whom Auntie?! I secretly thought with malice in my heart.

  "Hey, look at my eyes. Hurry up and come in, hurry up!" At this time, the old mother finally noticed the existence of the demon girl, and after carefully looking at her for a while, she felt very satisfied. Afterwards, she warmly pulled the demon girl's hand into the house, still muttering to herself as she called the demon girl "daughter".

  "What's going on, Master Wu? Why is it so lively here? Have you got guests?" At this time, the neighbor next door heard the commotion and came over to ask. Everyone living here are workers from the same factory. Usually, if there's any noise at someone's house, the neighbors will come out to ask about it. So for now, the security in our neighborhood is quite good.

  "Hehe, look at this girl, isn't she pretty? My son brought her back!" The old lady enthusiastically introduced the demoness to everyone. Meanwhile, the demoness pretended to be shy and slightly nodded at them as a greeting.

  "Ah, Mengmeng, I thought you were clever since you were a kid. Tsk, tsk, tsk, where did you pick up such a pretty girl?" The aunt next door used an inappropriate word, "pick up"!

  Looking at the cunning glint that occasionally flashes in the witch's eyes, I seem to understand why she must follow me home for New Year. It turns out that she is preparing to take the initiative and leave an impression on my parents first, and then naturally devour this tender grass! My mother's usual sharp eyes were also deceived by the witch. She couldn't have imagined that the girl in front of her, who looks like she's around 20 years old, would be many times older than she thought!

  "Why?" After chatting with Lao Ma and the others, I closed the door and took advantage of the moment when we were changing shoes to ask her in a low voice.

  "What's wrong?" The demoness asked, pretending to be silly.

  "I understand!" I said in a low voice as I put the shoes from my feet into the shoe cabinet.

  "Master Uncle, I've taken a liking to you, what about it? I've spent half my life worrying about others, now I can finally worry about myself, hehehe!" The seductress had one hand on my shoulder and was taking off her shoes with the other, laughing quietly to herself. But did this count as a confession of love towards me?

  "How old are you?" I deliberately used honorifics to hint at the age difference between us!

  "Love knows no borders, no age, and no gender!" The enchantress replied with a very philosophical sentence to me!

  "Hey, girl, what's your surname and name?" The old lady quickly took the several vegetarian dishes from the table into the kitchen, tied up her apron, wiped her hands and sat down beside the young woman to ask her. Meanwhile, the old man got up to fetch his treasured tea leaves to make us some tea!

  "Auntie, my name is Shi Ying. You can just call me Xiao Ying from now on." The demoness replied to her mother's question while turning sideways and taking out the set of skin care products that Poor Way had bought for her mother from her bag and handing it over to her.

  "Oh my, this silly girl, why waste money like that?" Mom scolded with a smile on her face as she accepted the expensive skincare set. It's clear that whether it's mom or wife, they all need an occasional surprise.

  "Come, Xiaoying, try some of Uncle's treasured tea leaves!" Old Dad's timing for brewing tea was very skillful, and he appeared in the living room just as the demon girl was presenting her gift!

  "Uncle, this is for you. I don't know if you like drinking tea, but take these two packs of cigarettes and smoke them! Next time I come, I'll definitely bring you two boxes of good tea!" This seductress's mouth can charm people to death. Not only did she delight my parents, but also laid the groundwork for her next visit.