Chapter 142 The fate of the tadpole (seeking a monthly ticket)
After Liu Changqing returned home with Liu Xiazhi, he found no trace of Liu Zhiyue at home, which made him stand at the door stunned for several seconds.
I quickly took out my phone and looked at the time on it.
20:21
His heart suddenly sank. Liu Changqing did not put on his slippers and enter the house. He immediately picked up Liu Xiazhi who was carrying a small schoolbag beside him and rushed downstairs.
He was very worried about his son.
However, when Liu Changqing had just walked downstairs and ran a few steps, he suddenly spotted Liu Zhiyue walking towards him slowly.
Similarly, Liu Zhiyue also discovered his father holding his sister.
The pace did not stop, he continued to walk forward, and asked as he walked.
"Dad, what are you doing downstairs?"
"You brat, you scared me to death!"
After saying this, Liu Changqing took two steps forward and stood in front of Liu Zhiyue, raised a hand and touched the back of his head.
"Where did you go at night?!"
Holding the back of his head where his father had slapped him with both hands, Liu Zhiyue couldn't help but take a breath and kept rubbing his head with both hands.
"I didn't do anything!"
"It's past eight o'clock. Do you know how dangerous it is for a young man not to go home at this time..."
As he spoke, Liu Changqing closed his mouth.
After thinking about it carefully, it seems to be an extremely common thing for a boy to go home at this time.
"It's not too late for me to come back! I'll be back right after dinner!"
Liu Zhiyue couldn't hold back and retorted to his father like this. Then he realized that he had let something slip.
Liu Changqing obviously grasped the key point. He stared at Liu Zhiyue with eyes full of scrutiny.
asked in a deep voice.
"You came back from dinner? Where did you go to eat?"
"It's a small restaurant nearby. I saw that you and Xia Zhi didn't go home, so I just dealt with it casually and ordered a rice bowl."
"You lied."
Liu Changqing said this.
"Although you don't seem guilty at all, your eyes don't look around, and your hands don't make any meaningless movements, but... based on my intuition, I think you are lying."
"..."
Seeing Wu Yan looking at his son, Liu Changqing slowly placed Liu Xiazhi on the ground, and then held his daughter's little hand.
After staring at Liu Zhiyue for a while, he turned around and walked towards the entrance of the corridor.
Said softly in his mouth.
"Next time you go to play with Zhao Xuanwen, tell him in advance and don't just run over without saying a word."
"I'm not looking for Zhao Xuanwen!"
"Yeah."
"Her mother was worried that she would not be safe at home alone, so she sent her there after the summer vacation!"
"I see……"
Liu Changqing's footsteps stopped.
Holding her daughter's hand, she turned around and looked at the son in front of her who had lost weight much faster than herself because of losing weight and growing taller.
The fat face he used to have has lost too much weight. Now, he can only be described as strong instead of fat.
Because of losing weight, Liu Zhiyue looks obviously much more handsome than before.
Looking at his son's serious expression, Liu Changqing sighed slightly.
Turned around and continued walking.
"Come back earlier next time, it's too dark here at night..."
Liu Zhiyue was stunned for a moment, then responded and quickly followed.
The three of them returned home. After Liu Xiazhi changed into small slippers, she happily carried her small schoolbag to the window sill. Then she took out a plastic bottle containing tadpoles from the small schoolbag and placed it on it.
Liu Changqing, who had also changed into slippers, looked at his daughter's behavior and suddenly became thoughtful.
He shouted to his daughter.
"Xia Zhi, go put your schoolbag in your room, and then go take a shower!"
"good!"
In response, Liu Xiazhi went back to the house first, and then happily ran into the bathroom with a change of clothes.
Close the door.
At this time, only the father and son were left in the living room.
After Liu Zhiyue also changed into his slippers, he prepared to walk past Liu Changqing.
But Liu Changqing chose to grab his wrist.
This made Liu Zhiyue look at his father in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
"You come with me."
After saying this, Liu Changqing dragged Liu Zhiyue, who had a puzzled face, to the window sill, released his son's hand, raised it and pointed at the plastic bottle that Liu Xiazhi had just put on it.
Liu Zhiyue looked along and found this plastic bottle.
Before he could ask, he heard Liu Changqing's low voice.
"Do you think these two tadpoles are frogs or toads?"
"Frog or toad?"
After repeating it, Liu Zhiyue first glanced at his father in surprise, and then focused on the plastic bottle.
Muttered to himself.
"According to the description I accidentally read in a book before, the body is approximately round, and the tail is long. The one with the lighter body color is a frog. If these two..."
Liu Zhiyue moved his head forward and saw the two tadpoles in the bottle more clearly.
The tail is relatively short, and the whole body is darker. It looks a bit long overall...
Standing upright again, Liu Zhiyue looked at his father aside and came to a conclusion.
"This is a toad."
"Why do you read all kinds of weird books?"
Liu Changqing was very puzzled that his son could easily distinguish them. Then he took a closer look and was surprised to find that, as his son said, the two tadpoles were obviously darker.
I knew the riverside was unreliable!
Liu Zhiyue didn't know what was going on in his father's mind. He frowned slightly, thinking.
"It feels a little strange. I remember I saw it when Xia Zhi first brought it home. She said it was a foreign breed of frog named... Haohao that was given to her. It was quite precious. When I think about it, these two
It is indeed different from the first time I saw it, and...the legs grow too fast!"
"..."
Liu Changqing fell silent.
Then he looked at his son.
Liu Zhiyue noticed his father's gaze and looked at Liu Changqing.
"Dad...what's wrong?"
"Actually, your sister's two tadpoles were already dead. When I got up that night, I saw both tadpoles floating."
"Ah? He's dead!"
Quickly reaching out his hand to cover his son's mouth, Liu Changqing lowered his voice.
"Don't let your sister know. She would be so sad if she knew her tadpole was dead. Also... keep your voice down!"
After saying this, Liu Changqing released his hand covering his son's mouth.
He gave a pretentious sigh.
"When I found out, the two tadpoles were already dead. I had no choice but to run to the river and fish them out for more than an hour before I found two replacements. It looked like I had missed them, but I didn't expect them to be toads..."
"dad……"
"The boy named Haohao has four tadpoles in total, right? Then he gave two to your sister, which means that the boy also has two tadpoles on his hands. Just in case when school starts, that brat takes his own tadpoles.
Showing those two frogs to your sister would be such a heavy blow to your sister!"
"..."
Liu Changqing reached out and patted Liu Zhiyue on the shoulder, and said with sincerity.
"The task of killing the tadpoles is left to you."
"ah?"
"It will be dealt with without anyone noticing, do you understand?"
"No, why me..."
"Can I do this?"
"I……"
"I believe you, the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. When you really turn into a toad, think about how sad your sister will be!"
Looking at his father who said this, Liu Zhiyue's expression became a little dull.
Then he looked at the two tadpoles in the plastic bottle.
He seemed to have imagined that when the two tadpoles were fully formed, they would not be the beautiful frogs that his sister had expected, but two toads...
Liu Changqing moved closer, lowered his head slightly, and came close to his son's ear.
Like a devil whispering.
"Use salt...it is colorless and cannot be seen..."