American comics: May the Holy Light deceive you

Chapter 90 "The Zhang Family" - 5

Before we knew it, an afternoon had passed, and the quiet little town had become bustling with activity, the rich aroma of cooking and various delicacies filling everyone's nostrils.

Xiao Shengxi was very excited and dragged the two of them from one end of the street to the other, then back from the other side, and then to the next street to continue eating.

Fortunately, Vega used his mental power to reduce the attention of the three people, otherwise the whole county would have come to see the little glutton with a belly that looked like a bottomless pit.

In the US, people go to school or work during the day; in the East, they take their wives and children to visit places where they used to live.

Time passed slowly, and before we knew it, more than half a month had gone by.

Fortunately, Vega is no longer an ordinary person; otherwise, after working tirelessly for so long, he could have been laid to rest long ago.

"Ding-dong, ding-dong." That noon, Vega was cooking in his newly bought house by the lake in the county town when the doorbell suddenly rang.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." Xiao Shengxi thought the donkey meat sandwich and rice noodles she ordered on the food delivery platform had arrived, so she quickly slid off the sofa and ran to open the door.

"My... wait, Uncle, who are you?" Xiao Shengxi opened the door and found that it wasn't the deliveryman uncle outside, but an uncle in a black suit who looked very unusual.

Zhang Ruixuan bent down, a kind smile on his face: "Little friend, is your father home? I'm a staff member from the neighborhood committee, and I'd like to ask him about something."

Little Shengxi turned her head and shouted towards the kitchen on her right, "Dad, someone is looking for you."

"I heard you." Click, the kitchen glass door was pushed open, and Vega, wearing an apron and holding a shovel, came out.

Vega glanced at the person outside the door and smiled, "Please come in. I'm sorry, I'm cooking right now. Could you wait in the living room for a moment? It'll be ready soon."

Zhang Ruixuan: "Hello Mr. Li, my name is Zhang Ruixuan, and I am a staff member of the subdistrict office."

"I should be the one apologizing. It's very impolite to bother you at this time, but I can only confirm that you are home, Mr. Li, at this hour."

Vega: "Haha, I can't help it, I'm just too busy with work. Honey, take Uncle Zhang to the living room."

Little Shengxi: "Oh, Uncle, please come with me."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, little one." Zhang Ruixuan entered the room, closed the door, changed into slippers at the shoe cabinet on the left, and followed Xiao Shengxi to the living room.

"Uncle, please sit down. Uncle, please have some tea." Xiao Shengxi threw a few toys on the sofa to the ground, then asked Zhang Ruixuan to sit down. She then ran into the kitchen and brought over a glass of water.

Zhang Ruixuan: "Thank you, little friend. What's your name?"

Little Shengxi: "Uncle, my name is Li Shengxi. Sheng means saint, and Xi means dawn. This name means that one's heart is holy and one's future is like the morning light."

Zhang Ruixuan: "Li Shengxi, meaning 'a wise and virtuous heart, a future as bright as the morning sun'? Hmm, this name sounds wonderful, and the meaning is also excellent. It's many times better than my daughters Ya Nan and Ya Lin's names. Who named you this?"

"Hehe, Daddy gave me this name." Little Shengxi was overjoyed by the praise. She ran back to her bedroom and soon came running back with a fruit platter full of candy: "Uncle, I'll treat you to candy. Can you praise me again?"

"Huh? Hahaha," Zhang Ruixuan chuckled, then feigned a troubled expression and said, "Uncle's tongue is clumsy; I don't know any other compliments. Can I still eat candy?"

"Okay, sure." Little Shengxi is very clever; she knows this uncle is teasing her and doesn't fall for it at all.

"Oh my, Shengxi is so cute. Uncle really wants to take you away and raise you for a few days." Zhang Ruixuan smiled and patted little Shengxi's head. He hadn't seen such a cute child in a long time. One of his two girls was very career-oriented, and the other was always playing and he never saw her.

Little Shengxi: "No way, it's illegal to snatch children. Besides, I eat a lot, uncle, you can't afford to feed me."

Zhang Ruixuan: "Hehe, that's right, snatching children is indeed illegal."

As for Xiao Shengxi saying that he couldn't afford to support her, Zhang Ruixuan didn't refute it. His annual salary probably wouldn't even be enough for this little girl to eat for a day.

This little girl, single-handedly, increased the county's daily food consumption by one percentage point.

Little Shengxi: "Uncle, you're not from the neighborhood committee, are you?"

Zhang Ruixuan was startled by this, but he calmly asked, "Why do you think Uncle isn't from the neighborhood committee?"

Xiao Shengxi: "You know Dad is home at this time, and Uncle has a very unusual demeanor."

Zhang Ruixuan: "Uncle, what's so special about your demeanor?"

Little Saint Xi: "Hmm~, just like Uncle Coulson who often comes to our house, he is a senior agent of an international organization."

Zhang Ruixuan: "Really? What organization does Uncle Coulson belong to?"

Xiao Shengxi: "S.H.I.E.L.D. has more bad guys than good guys."

Zhang Ruixuan: "S.H.I.E.L.D.? The organization from the Avengers movie series? You're not talking about Phil Coulson, a Level 7 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., are you?"

Little Shengxi tilted her head in confusion: "Yes, it's him, Uncle. You don't seem surprised at all?"

Zhang Ruixuan chuckled: "Should Uncle be surprised?"

Xiao Shengxi: "Shouldn't that be? They're characters from a movie!"

Zhang Ruixuan: "That's right, so what?"

Little Shengxi: "Uncle, aren't you surprised that movie characters often come to my house?"

Zhang Ruixuan shook his head: "Not surprised."

Little Shengxi: "Uncle, don't you believe me?"

Zhang Ruixuan: "Uncle believes you, but Uncle is really not surprised."

"Why?" Little Shengxi asked, confused.

Zhang Ruixuan: "Hehe, because Uncle knows that Agent Phil Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D. are real entities."

Little Shengxi's eyes widened in surprise: "Oh my god, Uncle, how did you know?!"

Zhang Ruixuan: "Because we personally sent people to verify it."

"Huh?!" Little Shengxi's mouth was agape this time.

"Hehe, you can travel through the universe, but we can't?" Zhang Ruixuan chuckled and reached out to lift Xiao Shengxi's chin, helping her close her little mouth.

Little Shengxi: "Wow, Uncle, you can travel through the universe too? Are you going to our universe to investigate?"

Zhang Ruixuan: "Yes, after all, your father's spending is very large, so we have no choice but to investigate."

Xiao Shengxi frowned, worriedly asking, "Has Dad's scheme to make money using his abilities been exposed?"

"What?!" Zhang Ruixuan was stunned. How could this involve money? Why didn't the investigation team find out? How could those people be so useless!