Chapter 1638: Chapter 1638: Testing the Waters

"A gift for my good friend?"

Lu Ying froze for a moment, a hint of hesitation flashing in her big eyes.

"Yeah, you said it yourself, didn’t you forget?"

Mu Dongcheng nodded, smiling as he asked.

"I..."

Lu Ying furrowed her brows, paused for about two or three seconds, and then suddenly remembered. She quickly said, "I remember now, yes, that uncle said he would give me two identical new footballs, and I even said I would give one to a good friend!"

"Phew, you finally remembered!"

Seeing this, Chen Feng let out a long sigh of relief.

Otherwise, it would take forever to explain.

"So... uncle, where’s my new football?"

Lu Ying looked at Chen Feng, blinking her big eyes, and reached out her little hand as she asked.

"Uh... this uncle can’t give it to you right now. You’ll have to wait until tomorrow!"

Chen Feng said with a smile.

"Tomorrow?"

Lu Ying furrowed her brows, then shook her head and said, "Tomorrow won’t work. Yingying still has to play football tomorrow!"

"You’re playing by yourself?"

Chen Feng asked tentatively.

Lu Ying was stunned at first, a hint of panic flashing across her little face, then she quickly nodded and said, "Yes, Yingying’s playing alone!"

Seeing this.

Chen Feng squinted his eyes.

Children are children, after all.

When telling a lie, they tend to reveal flaws.

The change in Lu Ying’s expression just now was clear to Chen Feng.

His intuition told him that Lu Ying must be hiding something.

Thinking of this, Chen Feng continued, "Yingying, don’t worry. Your mom already told me you go to play football around four o’clock in the afternoon every day, right? So, by four tomorrow afternoon, you’ll start playing, and before that, I’ll definitely give you two brand new footballs!"

"Really? That’s great!"

Lu Ying said happily.

"Then can Yingying answer a question for uncle?"

Chen Feng asked, looking at Lu Ying.

"Of course!"

Lu Ying nodded.

"To which good friend are you planning to give the other football that uncle is giving you?"

Chen Feng asked tentatively.

"I can’t tell you, uncle!"

Lu Ying pouted, shaking her little head.

"What kind of good friend is it? Can’t even tell mom?"

Zhao Fang looked at Lu Ying, puzzled.

"I’m not telling!"

Lu Ying shook her head, her attitude very firm.

Seeing this, Zhao Fang wanted to press further.

Chen Feng quickly gestured to Zhao Fang to stop asking.

Because he was afraid that if Zhao Fang asked too much, it might alert the other party.

Zhao Fang naturally listened to Chen Feng, nodded, and did not continue asking.

"Alright, if Yingying doesn’t want to say, then don’t say. Uncle will make sure to get you the footballs before four tomorrow, so you can happily go play football, okay?"

Chen Feng said, smiling at Lu Ying.

"Okay, thank you, uncle!"

Lu Ying said happily.

"You’re welcome. It’s what uncle should do, after all, it was uncle who broke your football, so it’s only right to compensate you!"

Chen Feng shook his head, smiling as he spoke.

"Mr. Chen, that’s very kind of you. It’s just an old football, no need to trouble yourself!"

Zhao Fang said.

"It’s alright, it’s my responsibility!"

Chen Feng said with a smile, waving his hand, and then turned to Mu Dongcheng, saying, "Shall we go?"

"Okay!"

Mu Dongcheng nodded.

Seeing this.

Chen Feng turned to Zhao Fang, smiled, and said, "Well, Ms. Zhao, it’s getting late, and we need to find a place to stay, so we’ll be leaving first. We’ll come by again tomorrow!"

"Mr. Chen, I’m really sorry. You see, my place is too small, I can’t accommodate you!"

Zhao Fang said, somewhat embarrassed.

After all, Chen Feng saved Lu Ying.

In principle, she should be taking good care of Chen Feng and arranging a place for him to stay.

But there’s no way, the house is only this big, and it can only fit one bed.

There’s simply no space for Chen Feng and Mu Dongcheng to stay.

It’s a bit awkward.

"It’s okay, we’re two grown men, we can find somewhere to manage. There should be places to stay in the town, right?"

Chen Feng said, waving his hand and smiling.

"There’s a guesthouse, but it’s very small and old. You know, this town is quite remote, and we usually don’t get visitors, so there are no hotels or anything like that!"

Zhao Fang said.

"No worries, a guesthouse is fine, we’ll just stay for a night and make do!"

Chen Feng said, smiling.

He then inquired about the address of the guesthouse and was about to leave with Mu Dongcheng.

Zhao Fang initially wanted to invite the two to have dinner at her place before they left.

As a gesture of gratitude.

But Chen Feng really didn’t want to inconvenience Zhao Fang.

After all, being a single mother and child is not easy.

So the two left directly.

Exiting Lu Ying’s house.

They returned to the main street.

Dusk had fallen.

The town, already not very bustling, now had even fewer people on the streets.

Moreover, this mountain town didn’t have streetlights.

So the entire street appeared dark.

Only a few houses near the street cast their lights through windows onto the street.

This brought some light to the street, just enough to see the road clearly.

"Xiaofeng, did you notice something?"

Walking along the road, Mu Dongcheng looked at Chen Feng, puzzled.

"Yeah, that little boy is a bit suspicious, but we’ll have to wait until I investigate tomorrow to be sure!"

Chen Feng nodded, saying.

"Little boy? But didn’t Ms. Zhao just say that the little boy hasn’t appeared for over two years, how will you investigate?"

Mu Dongcheng asked, puzzled.

"What if I said that little boy might not be human?"

Chen Feng smirked slightly, saying with a light smile.

"Not human?"

Mu Dongcheng was taken aback, then quickly realized, shocked, "You mean... he’s a ghost?"

"Most likely, it’s the only explanation why little Lu Ying can still consider him a good friend and why Ms. Zhao hasn’t seen him for two and a half years!"

Chen Feng nodded, speaking calmly.

"You mean because he’s a ghost, Ms. Zhao can’t see him, but little Lu Ying can, and he still comes to play football with little Lu Ying every day like before?"

Mu Dongcheng widened his eyes, looking at Chen Feng, and asked.

"Exactly!"

Chen Feng nodded with a smile.

"Hiss!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Dongcheng couldn’t help but take a deep breath, feeling a bit eerie.

After all, as long as they’re normal people, mentioning ghosts would naturally invoke a sense of fear.

Even someone as experienced as Mu Dongcheng felt a bit scared.