Chapter 1009
Father and son held each other and trembled unconsciously for quite a while . Father Wang then weakly asked in a soft voice, "Mom? Mom… are you still there…"
After a long moment, there was still no reply .
His mother had stopped smacking him, but Father Wang unexpectedly felt a sense of loss .
"She probably left…" Old Man Wang gave a long sigh . "Your mother's spirit comes and goes as it pleases: sometimes it'll suddenly show up, and sometimes it'll suddenly disappear . Who knows where it goes…"
"Dad, how long has this been going on for?" Father Wang couldn't help asking .
"At the end of the seventh day after your mom passed away…"
"It's been almost twenty years…" Father Wang was astonished .
"That's right… Your mother has visited me from time to time in the last twenty years . " Old Man Wang smiled wryly . "But she doesn't go anywhere else, and only haunts this house . Now do you know why I moved in with you? It wasn't just to avoid the matchmaking interviews arranged by your Aunt Wang…"
Father Wang's nose stung and he was close to tears . "Don't say anymore, dad, I understand how you feel…"
Being henpecked was a trait of the men in the Wang family…
Actually, in the Wang family's small villa, Father Wang was also pretty scared of Mother Wang…
The two men huddled together like two stalks of grass crying in a storm and bending pitifully in the wind .
Mother Wang: "Then… shall we get Ling Ling to check for us?"
"We can't do that… What ghost hunter would catch their own grandmother?"
"So what should we do now?"
"Since mom wants to stay here, then let her… besides, I'm sure she isn't some vengeful spirit or other . " Father Wang said, "Those two slaps just now were pretty strong! Just like when I was being naughty back then . It hurts the most in the first second after the slap, and a red handprint is left on the cheek . It won't leave a scar, and will fade very quickly . The most important is how long the slap can last for: your cheek will feel like it's burning slightly, which can last up to forty-eight hours at the most . "
Old Man Wang and Mother Wang: "…"
Father Wang said a little nostalgically, "No one in the world is better than mom at slapping . " (At that moment, Father Wang didn't know that Wang Ling had already inherited from his grandmother that which had skipped a generation…)
After learning why Old Man Wang was afraid of the matchmaking interviews, Father Wang stopped asking questions about the matter that night .
Mainly because he didn't dare to…
God knew if his deceased mother was watching him from a corner . What if he opened a cupboard to find her squatting inside like Toshio in The Grudge? How scary would that be?
Old Man Wang went to bed early that night . Weary from a long day of travel, and coupled with Aunt Wang harassing him about the matchmaking interviews, he was already overwhelmed . The sea village was peaceful enough at night and public security here was excellent: guards from the village committee patrolled the village every night . The crime rate was practically zero, and the number of criminal cases that had happened in the sea village in the last few decades could be counted on one hand…
Mother Wang got the bed ready and started to do her skincare . This was something she had grown fond of after becoming a housewife . When she was still a writer before, she hadn't paid much attention to her skin . Now that she was no longer writing and had bailed on her readers, she had more time to take care of herself .
Mother Wang squirted some skincare lotion onto her palm and spread it evenly before gently patting her face . "What do you think we should do about dad's matter?"
"What else can we do? We can probably forget about the matchmaking . With mom coming by now and then, dad will definitely spend his last years single . " Father Wang smiled bitterly as he scrolled distractedly through the news on his phone . He was glad that he had finished a stockpile of chapters before coming back here; with all these pesky things cropping up in his hometown, he really wouldn't have been able to type even a single word .
After taking a look at local news, Father Wang put the phone down absent-mindedly .
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login