After Breaking Off the Engagement, a Cold Military Officer Spoils Me Endlessly

C42 - C44

The old man shook his head and put the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, "Now your legs are better, it's time to go back to the army." After his son ate the ginseng, his legs got better day by day. After the doctor's acupuncture during this period, he can now walk freely.
　　
　　Ji Yanting pursed his lips, picked up a chess piece and put it on the chessboard, "I'm going to Yuncheng." He was going to find Xiaomei and his daughter. He was unwilling to not see them.
　　
　　"Didn't Yuanming go to find them? The mother and daughter are no longer in the world." Old man Ji slightly clenched the chess piece in his hand, with a touch of chilling in the depths of his eyes. Fortunately, he had already made arrangements. He would not let his son take the mother and daughter back. Their status was not worthy of his son.
　　
　　"Then I must see their graves." Ji Yanting threw the chess piece back into the chess box, stood up and walked outside, "Dad, you should rest early." He didn't want to talk more about his wife and daughter with his father. Every time they talked about this, they would quarrel.
　　
　　Old Master Ji threw the chess piece back into the chess box angrily, stood up, walked to the table with a gloomy face, picked up the phone on the table and made a call.
　　
　　"How is it going?"
　　
　　"She has agreed to move out of the village."
　　
　　"Okay, you arrange other things, and don't let Yan Ting find them." Old Master Ji put down the phone.
　　
　　Ling Yao asked for leave from school and took Ling Xuemei to find a house near the school. She wanted to find a house closer to the school so that she wouldn't have to take the bus to and from school.
　　
　　Seeing a few aunts chatting under the big tree at the entrance of the alley, Ling Yao walked over.
　　
　　"Auntie, please ask, is there a house for rent nearby?"
　　
　　Hearing this, several aunts looked at Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei.
　　
　　"You want to rent a house?" One of the fat aunts asked.
　　
　　Ling Yao nodded.
　　
　　"There is a vacant house next to my house for rent, but..." The aunt's eyes flashed with a trace of hesitation.
　　
　　"Just what?" Ling Xuemei was a little curious.
　　
　　"It's not very clean inside. Someone died there before. There are often strange noises at night. Why don't you go somewhere else to have a look?" said another auntie. That place is a bit chilly and eerie even during the day, not to mention at night.
　　
　　Ling Xuemei hesitated. She turned her head and asked Ling Yao with her eyes.
　　
　　"Let's go and have a look first."
　　
　　"Yes." Ling Xuemei nodded.
　　
　　Ling Yao looked at the auntie, "Auntie, can you take us to have a look?" She was not afraid of ghosts. She herself had died once.
　　
　　"Aren't you afraid?"
　　
　　"Where do ghosts come from in this world?"
　　
　　"Okay, follow me." The auntie stood up and led the way. The house was next to hers. If they hadn't been unable to move, their family would have moved away long ago.
　　
　　Walking deep into the alley, the auntie stopped and pointed to a small courtyard in front of them, "This is it."
　　
　　"Then how do we get in?" Ling Yao saw that the gate was locked.
　　
　　"Wait a minute, I'll go call someone." After the auntie finished speaking, she walked forward.
　　
　　After a while, she came over with a middle-aged man.
　　
　　"Do you want to rent this house?" The middle-aged man looked Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei up and down. This house belonged to his uncle. Five years ago, his uncle's family suddenly died, and the house has been vacant since then.
　　
　　Someone also came to ask about renting this house, but the person moved out after just two days. After that, the rumor that this house was haunted became more and more true.

"We want to go in and take a look first, and then decide."
　　
　　The middle-aged man took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, walked forward to open the door, and let Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei in.
　　
　　The yard was overgrown with weeds, like a wilderness, and the house was dilapidated due to years of disrepair, and there was a smell of corruption everywhere.
　　
　　"Why don't we change to another place and take a look." Ling Xuemei frowned and retracted her gaze. The house and yard here are quite large, but she just felt a chill on her back. I don't know if it was because of the words of the aunties that she had an illusion.
　　
　　Ling Yao also felt that this place was not suitable for living, so she nodded.
　　
　　The two looked for many places again, but there were no houses for rent.
　　
　　Seeing that it was getting dark, they could only find a guesthouse to live in first.
　　
　　"Yaoyao, why don't we rent that yard." Ling Xuemei thought about it. The yard was only a dozen minutes away from No. 2 Middle School, and it was convenient for Yaoyao to go to school. There were many rooms there, and she could open a clinic at home to continue to treat and save people.
　　
　　Ling Yao turned over and looked at Ling Xuemei, "Mom, aren't you afraid?"
　　
　　"What's there to be afraid of? There are no ghosts in this world."
　　
　　"Okay, let's go and have a look tomorrow."
　　
　　"Okay." Ling Xuemei reached out and gently patted Ling Yao's back, slowly closed her eyes, and soon fell asleep.
　　
　　Ling Yao smelled the faint fragrance coming from Ling Xuemei's body, and her heart was at ease. Soon she also closed her eyes.
　　
　　After breakfast the next day, Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei came to the alley again and found the old lady from yesterday.
　　
　　"Have you really decided to rent this yard?" The old lady looked at Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei in surprise.
　　
　　"If the price is right, we will rent it." Ling Yao said.
　　
　　"Then wait a moment, I'll go find Huang Xi."
　　
　　After a while, the old lady came over with the middle-aged man from yesterday.
　　
　　Huang Xi walked up to Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei, "I heard from Aunt Ma that you want to rent this yard? I'll be frank with you, you can rent this yard, but if you move out midway, I won't refund the rent."
　　
　　Ling Yao nodded, "Tell me the price first, see if it's suitable."
　　
　　Huang Xi thought for a while, "Ten yuan a month."
　　
　　"Five yuan." Ling Yao bargained directly.
　　
　　Huang Xi frowned, "That's too much, let's each take a step back, eight yuan."
　　
　　"Six yuan is the most."
　　
　　Huang Xi lowered his head and thought for a while, "Okay, okay, six yuan." Anyway, the house is empty anyway, and it's good to get an extra six yuan a month.
　　
　　"Then let's sign a contract first." Ling Yao took out the contract she had prepared and handed it to Huang Xi.
　　
　　Huang Xi took the contract, looked at it carefully, and felt that there was no problem. He took the pen handed over by Ling Yao and signed his name.
　　
　　Ling Yao waited for Huang Xi to sign, and then signed his name.
　　
　　Ling Xuemei watched from the side, feeling relieved. Her Yaoyao has really grown up.
　　
　　Ling Yao handed Huang Xi one month's rent and deposit. The contract clearly stated that if they moved out within a month, the rent would not be refunded, but the deposit must be returned.
　　
　　After Huang Xi and Aunt Ma left, Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei got busy.