flstandardbreds Chapter 183 My Dad is a Master of Hide-and-Seek
Chapter 183 My Dad is a Master of Hide-and-Seek
As Ying Li's housekeeper, Sister Zhang has the most say in the family besides the housekeeper Ye Lan.
Without Zhang Jie's obstruction, Li Xi arrived at the master bedroom on the third floor without any hindrance, which was also Ying Chengfeng's bedroom.
Ying Chengfeng's bedroom decoration style is surprisingly warm and cozy.
The furniture in his room was mainly black and white, and two glass-shaded wall lamps hung above the bed, casting a warm yellow light.
A light gray casual sofa was placed against the wall, with a pale yellow bean-patterned rug scattered on it.
On the glass side table next to it was a comic book, Li Xi's "Seven Days of Nightmare".
Li Xi picked up the comic book and flipped through it, but didn't notice anything unusual, so she put the book back in its original place.
Turning around, Li Xi's attention was drawn to the painting on the wall behind her.
It was a picture of a sunset seascape.
In the painting, a little girl sits on the shoulders of a man in white with her arms outstretched.
The father and daughter stood under the lighthouse, facing the wind, gazing at the boundless sea.
The layers of clouds were burned into a magnificent orange-red by the setting sun, and the figures of the father and daughter were also gilded with a dreamy gold.
This is a photograph that evokes endless longing in the viewer.
Li Xi approached the wall, drew near the painting, and saw a word in the lower right corner of the photograph—
wind.
The photographer of this painting is Chen Feng.
Li Xi picked up her phone and called Chu Xu, saying, "Help me check out this place and send someone to search it."
Li Xi took a picture and sent it to Chu Xu.
Less than a minute later, Chu Xu called Li Xi and said, "Miss Li, the lighthouse in the painting is located in the southeast harbor of Dongzhou City. We used to take a boat from here back to Wuyai Island."
Li Xi: "Send a few people to take a look."
"Ok!"
Chu Xu sent Chu Ying with a group of people to the southeastern port.
Li Xi went to other rooms to search for clues.
She searched the entire third floor but found no other useful clues, except for Ying Chengfeng's study.
Li Xi stood at the door of the study, staring at the keypad lock. Just as she was about to reach out, a short man suddenly appeared in the corridor behind her.
"Miss Li." It was Ye Lan, the head butler of the Ying family.
Ye Lan came to Li Xi's side, put his hand in front of the combination lock, and politely but forcefully told Li Xi: "This is our master's study. There are important documents inside. You can't go in without permission."
"Please cooperate with my work."
Li Xi's face turned cold. "Your employer kidnapped my fiancé."
Are you sure you want to stop me?
Ye Lan remained calm and said politely, "I am deeply surprised and shocked by what you have said."
"Regardless of whether this matter is true or false, even if it is true, what Miss Li should do is call the police, not waste time here."
"and..."
Ye Lan looked at Li Xi suspiciously and said, "Right now, my husband's phone is switched off. I can't contact him and can't confirm his safety, so naturally I can't verify whether what you said is true or false."
"To protect my employer's rights, as the housekeeper of this house, I cannot let you in."
After a pause, Ye Lan said gently yet stubbornly, "If you really want to go in and see, please have the police come in person with a search warrant."
Ye Lan's words caused Li Xi to lose his desire to explore the study.
She said confidently, "The clues aren't in there."
Since it's a game, there must be clues.
Ye Lan, with his fastidious nature, would obviously not let her into the study.
Ye Lan was Ying Chengfeng's trusted housekeeper, so he must have known about Ye Lan's meticulous way of doing things. Knowing that Ye Lan would not allow her to enter the study, he would not hide the clues where she could not see them.
Thinking of this, Li Xi turned around and went downstairs.
Ye Lan was somewhat surprised.
He thought Li Xi would continue to make things difficult for him.
Watching Li Xi go downstairs, Ye Lan picked up his phone again and called Ying Chengfeng.
As before, Ying Chengfeng's phone remained unreachable.
Ye Lan frowned slightly, thinking to himself: Could it be that what Miss Li said is true, and Mr. Ying really kidnapped Mr. Gu?
Why?
Ye Lan felt a vague unease.
As soon as Li Xi arrived on the second floor, she heard the sound of a door opening at the end of the corridor.
She looked over at the sound and saw Ying Li running barefoot out of the bedroom.
She was wearing a French-style long-sleeved nightgown, her chestnut-brown curly hair falling messily, making her face look somewhat innocent and adorable.
Ying Li held her beloved dog Qiuqiu in her arms, her small, snow-white feet resting on the soft carpet.
Their innocent and carefree nature almost melted Li Xi's heart.
Ying Li looked up and saw Li Xi standing between the third and second floor corridors. Her beautiful gray-blue eyes immediately sparkled.
Ying Li, carrying Qiuqiu, strode towards Li Xi and gave her a tight hug.
Li Xi was almost knocked down by her.
After regaining her balance, Li Xi gently patted Cai Yingli's shoulder and said to her, "Lili, haven't you rested yet? Why are you running around outside so late?"
Ying Li didn't bring her phone, so she kept using sign language with Li Xi.
Seeing that Li Xi didn't understand, Ying Li quickly ran back to her room to get her phone and typed a message to Li Xi: "I'm waiting for Dad!"
Ying Li added: "Dad promised to put me to sleep tonight, but I've been waiting for so long..."
Ying Li frowned and typed again: [I can't get through to Dad either.]
[Sister Li Xi, what are you doing at my house? Do you know where my dad is?]
“Your dad’s phone is broken and he’s being sent for repairs. He’s playing with your brother Huaizhou right now.”
Li Xi plopped down on the stairs.
Seeing this, Ying Li followed Li Xi's example and sat down next to her on the steps.
Ying Li smiled and stared at Li Xi for a while. Then, as if she had thought of something, she tapped one side of Li Xi's cheek with her index finger and then showed a worried expression.
Li Xi asked uncertainly, "Are you asking me if my tooth still hurts?"
Ying Li nodded.
"It doesn't hurt anymore. The rotten tooth was pulled out and replaced with a new ceramic tooth, and it's completely healed."
Ying Li then smiled.
She unlocked her phone again and typed to Li Xi: "After Dad found out you had your tooth pulled, he said he'd take me to get my teeth checked."
Upon hearing this, Li Xi could not laugh.
She asked Yingli, "After your father found out I had my tooth pulled, didn't he say anything else?"
Ying Li shook her head subconsciously.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, Ying Li quickly typed: "Dad said you didn't like sweets when you were little, so how did you get cavities?"
Li Xi doesn't really like sweets.
Throughout her life, she has only eaten candy a handful of times, and the candy she has eaten the most is the mint candy that Gu Huaizhou loves the most.
But Ying Chengfeng knew that she didn't like sweets.
How did he know?
Because there are always a few candies in that therapy room to comfort the children who have mental illnesses.
But Li Xi just doesn't like to eat that.
Li Xi remembered everything.
Actually, when Xie Mingzong took her to do hypnosis back then, they went to Zhao Feng's psychological clinic.
But when the psychotherapy actually began, Ying Chengfeng appeared instead.
But Xie Mingzong was completely unaware of these inside stories.
From that time on, Ying Chengfeng began cooperating with Zhao Feng.
As for why Zhao Feng was willing to go to such lengths for Ying Chengfeng, Li Xi was still unaware of the truth.
But she had a vague idea.
Zhao Feng may genuinely be a cross-dressing enthusiast, and he may have been subjected to countless bullies during his school years because of his feminine traits.
The 'mentor' he referred to was not Carlos at all, but Ying Chengfeng.
Ying Chengfeng cured Zhao Feng and helped him out of his predicament.
Zhao Feng was grateful to Ying Chengfeng, and even admired him, so he was willing to be Ying Chengfeng's scapegoat.
Seeing that Li Xi remained silent, Ying Li gently nudged Li Xi's arm, trying to get her attention.
Li Xi lowered his head.
Meeting Ying Li's concerned gaze, she shook her head before saying, "Sister Li Xi has encountered a problem."
Ying Li typed: "What's wrong? Can I help you?"
Li Xi said, "Your father and Huai Zhou are playing hide-and-seek with me. I came here tonight to find clues."
"Lili, have you ever played hide-and-seek with your dad?"
Ying Li nodded vigorously.
Li Xi's heart raced slightly, and she couldn't wait to ask, "When you play hide-and-seek, where does your dad hide?"
Ying Li wrote: "[Dad never plays the little mouse. When we play hide-and-seek, he's the cat, and I'm the mouse.]"
Ying Li: [No matter where I hide, Dad always manages to find me.]
Ying Li wore a proud expression as she wrote: "My dad is a master of hide-and-seek!"
"That's it..."