Chapter 78 Temptation (23)
"Uncle, look at this photo. This is a photo my dad took with other colleagues after the rescue mission in West Africa four years ago."
Huang Zhitao sat next to Chen Tao, pointing to the photos on her phone and telling him about her parents' experiences.
"Four years ago, West Africa... was probably at the height of the Ebola virus. Your parents were really brave."
One thing to say, people like Father Huang and Mother Huang who have great dreams and actively put them into action are really amazing.
"I didn't understand why they abandoned me before. But when I saw the tired but happy smiles on their faces and the eyes of those patients, I couldn't say anything to blame them."
"What about now, have you begun to understand them, and even want to be them in the future?"
"I have this idea..."
Before Huang Zhitao finished speaking, the doorbell rang.
What rang at the same time was her cell phone on the coffee table.
Caller: Qiao Yingzi.
"Is Yingzi outside?!"
Huang Zhitao's mind went blank for a while, then he woke up again and urged anxiously:
"Uncle, please find a place to hide quickly. I don't want Yingzi to know that you are here."
Chen Tao was as stable as Mount Tai and made suggestions calmly:
"Why don't you stop hiding? Yingzi may be coming for me. If you fail to hide and are found by her, it will be even more inexplicable."
Huang Zhitao disagreed. She was still a little lucky and thought she could hide it.
"Go to my cloakroom. There is a big cabinet at the end... Oh, come here with me!"
With that said, he took Chen Tao's hand and took him to his room.
Seeing her persistence, Chen Tao had no objection.
After entering the room, Chen Tao didn't have time to take a closer look before he was pushed into her cloakroom by Huang Zhitao.
There is indeed a vertical cabinet with double doors on the innermost side against the wall.
"Hurry in! Don't look around or touch my clothes!"
Huang Zhitao opened the cabinet door and warned with a blushing face.
Although she had stored all her close-fitting clothes in drawers in time, in this vertical cabinet, in addition to a few coats that needed to be hung, there were also her various dresses, including close-fitting nightgowns.
So, of course she would be shy.
When Chen Tao got in, she added in a low voice before closing the door:
"You're not allowed to smell it either."
‘Are you afraid that I will get addicted to it? how could be! I can often smell Miss Lin's body fragrance, but I don't think I'm addicted to it! ’
Chen Tao stayed in the pitch-black confined space, pricking up his ears and trying to eavesdrop on what was going on outside.
But couldn't hear it at all.
After Huang Zhitao left the bedroom, she did not open the door. Instead, she put away the tea cups and hid her uncle's shoes. Then she went to the bathroom to dress up, pretending that she had just washed her face and had no time to answer the phone.
After everything was ready, she followed the doorbell and went to the entrance to open the door.
"Yingzi, why are you here? I was washing my face just now and didn't hear the doorbell."
Huang Zhitao said with a look of "surprise".
"I'll help my mother get the express delivery and stop by your place to sit for a while."
Qiao Yingzi said with a natural expression while changing her shoes.
When she was outside the door, she had already prepared herself mentally.
And now it seems that what she was most worried about did not happen.
After changing her shoes, Qiao Yingzi followed Huang Zhitao and walked to the sofa in the living room.
Huang Zhitao felt strange because Qiao Yingzi was looking at her from behind.
"Taozi, you still have some foam here, so go ahead and wash it again."
Qiao Yingzi sat on the sofa, touched her left temple and said to Huang Zhitao.
‘I didn’t wash my face just now, don’t try to lie to me. Do you want to wait until I go to the bathroom and then go to my room to find someone? ’
Huang Zhitao's academic brain was also running at high speed, and he saw through his best friend's plan in an instant.
She declined politely: "Just wipe it with paper. I will wash it again before going to bed."
Qiao Yingzi knew very well that her father had been hidden by Tao Zi.
After thinking about it, she didn't plan to search by force.
Anyway, she must be the one to leave first. Wouldn't it be easy to wait for her father when the time comes?
Why not take this opportunity to test Tao Zi’s views on his father:
"Taozi, what do you think of my father?"
Huang Zhitao pretended to be puzzled: "Uncle is a very nice person! Haven't we talked about it before? Why do you ask me this suddenly?"
Qiao Yingzi explained: "What I really want to ask is, if my dad is only eighteen years old now and is still our classmate, would you like him?"
‘If I say no, are you willing to believe it? ’
Huang Zhitao cursed in his heart, but pretended to think about it on his face, shook his head lightly and said:
"No, I don't have time. I have to review and prepare for the college entrance examination."
Qiao Yingzi continued to test: "If you increase the age by one year and you both go to college, will you like him?"
Huang Zhitao still shook his head: "After I go to college, my uncle will definitely go to Sister Lin. How can I like him?"
What she meant by this was to tell Qiao Yingzi that your father has Sister Lin, and it is impossible for me to have anything to do with your father as you feared.
But Qiao Yingzi was preconceived, and to her ears, these words sounded like she was jealous of Sister Lin.
Qiao Yingzi persisted: "Sister Lin doesn't like younger boys. If my father was only nineteen years old, he would definitely not be able to pursue her, so Tao Zi, you still have a chance."
"Uncle is so popular, even if there is no Sister Lin, I may not get my turn, right?"
Huang Zhitao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She wanted to call her uncle out for a showdown, but after thinking about it, she decided not to do so.
After all, she hid her uncle in her closet. Even if she was in a hurry, it was too intimate and it was not good for others to see it.
It would be better to explain it later.
Seeing that Tao Zi was guarding everything, Qiao Yingzi stopped pressing questions and chatted with her about other topics.
About a quarter of an hour later, Qiao Yingzi said goodbye and left.
Huang Zhitao sent her out, and then hurried back to the room to release her uncle, so as not to bore him to death and explain to Sister Lin...
Well, actually I was afraid that he would mess around in my closet.
However, Chen Tao is not a crazy person, so why would he act recklessly? Besides, with just a few pieces of clothing, how could he be allowed to raise and lower the flag?
He is not such an easy person to get rid of.
"Eiko has left?"
"Well, if she doesn't leave, I won't dare come over and open the door for you."
"Does she know I'm here?"
"should know."
"Actually, just let me go. There is really no need for me to hide."
"When Yingzi asks about this, you have to explain it to me. I'm embarrassed to tell her."
"Okay, keep it on me."
"..."
"What's wrong?"
"Uncle, why don't you come out of my cloakroom?"
"Sauri, I forgot."
After walking out of the room and into the living room, Huang Zhitao refilled Chen Tao's cup of tea.
And Qiao Yingzi is downstairs.