Chapter 20 - Daddy Wants to Eat People Indeed

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Hearing the commotion at the door, Chu Wei turned around. Her sister-in-law looked at Chen Ji as if she had seen a ghost.

Zhao Jinli wanted to pinch her face hard to see if she was dreaming. In the past, Chen Ji was full of pent-up angst. He always looked like he could beat someone up with a brick at any time. When he was angry, he would make sounds like a dog wanting to bite someone. Everyone in the town said that he was a mad dog.

Now, not only was he good-looking, he even saluted others. How could Zhao Jinli not find it strange?

Ignoring her sister-in-law, Chu Wei turned around and asked, “Not at all. Is our mother asleep?”

After marrying Chen Ji, this was the first time in her life that she enjoyed such treatment. It made her shy, so she could only divert the topic to her mother-in-law.

At the mention of his mother, Chen Ji raised his eyebrows. How was she asleep? She was angry with her son. She didn’t look up or open her eyes. She was just pretending to be asleep.

Chen Ji was stumped by her question. The atmosphere in the small house was awkward. Chu Wei looked at her mother-in-law again and quickly said, “It’s not easy for you to come home. You can chat with Mom first. I’ll go home and prepare the food. When the food is ready, I’ll get our elder daughter to call for you.”

After the customary salute, Chen Ji put down his arm. A crisp sound rang in the small house again. Chu Wei really could not stand the man giving her the military salute all the time. She could only find an excuse to slip away. Besides, he had just returned and must have a lot to say to his mother.

Chu Wei was still in a state of shock. Her sister-in-law outside the hut had a gloomy expression. This man was indeed Chen Ji, but why was he completely different from the Chen Ji they knew?

Without waiting for Chu Wei to walk out, a small head suddenly popped out from the door. The little head had a high ponytail. Chu Wei was about to speak when another small head popped out. This small head had two pigtails, and the two small heads looked up and down. It was the eldest daughter, Chen Yan, and her second daughter, Chen Ying. The two little fellows were looking curiously into the small house.

“Mommy!” Chen Yan called out.

“Hehe…” Chen Ying giggled mischievously.

Looking at the two of them and thinking about the changes in Chen Ji, Chu Wei felt guilty again. That strange dream told her that in the future, she would try her best to give birth to a son, but she never did. Her two daughters caused her to completely lose her dignity. Any man would want a son. Although Chen Ji did not say it out loud, he thought so in his heart.

“Chen Yan, Chen Ying, quickly come over and say hi to Dad,” Chu Wei quickly said.

Although she and Chen Ji were childhood sweethearts and she knew Chen Ji very well in the past, she knew less and less about him now. Hence, she wanted to see how Chen Ji would react when he saw his two daughters.

Chen Ji’s expression froze when he saw his two daughters walk in. He looked at them with a complicated gaze. However, he didn’t feel turned off like he had imagined. He was more at a loss.

Looking at the tall and strong Chen Ji, Chen Yan was a little afraid. She hid behind Chu Wei’s thigh and secretly peeked at the man with her big eyes. She looked like she would run away immediately if the man wanted to eat her.

Chen Ying was bold. She walked to Chen Ji’s side and looked up at him curiously. Not only was she not afraid of men, she even treated him as her opponent. She wanted to compete with him to see who was the “Little Tyrant” in the town.

Her father was very fair and very good-looking. When he wasn’t smiling, his expression was very fierce and carried an aura that made people feel oppressed. He looked more intimidating than the hoodlum in town, Chi Degui, but he didn’t squint like Chi Degui. Instead, his gaze was filled with gentleness.

Afraid that he couldn’t tell, Chu Wei quickly said, “The one hiding behind me is our eldest daughter, Chen Yan. The one looking at you is our second daughter, Chen Ying.”

Chen Ji nodded and sighed in his heart. In the blink of an eye, six years had passed and he was already a father. His two daughters had reached the age where they should study and his wife was already 25 years old.

After being a soldier for six years, perhaps because of the change in soil, Chen Ji, who was already very tall, had shot up in height again. If he straightened his back, he could even poke a hole in the roof of the shed. Seeing that the light bulb was shaking a little unsteadily, Chen Ji reached out and twisted it. The shadow of his hand was projected on the wall. It was dark and huge, scaring the elder daughter, Chen Yan, into screaming, “Mom, Dad really wants to eat people. Look at how scary his hands are!”

His second daughter, Chen Ying, was jumping around and shouting, “Mom, quickly chase him out. I don’t like him. I don’t want him to be my father.”

Without waiting for Chu Wei to deal with them, the two little girls ran away one after another. They ran faster than rabbits. The sister-in-law who was cooking outside the courtyard curled her lips and threw some firewood into the stove.

Chu Wei was embarrassed. She looked at the man who was turning the light bulb and did not know what to say. Chen Ji had an indescribable expression on his face. He looked at his two daughters who ran away and was speechless for a long time..