Rebirth of the King of Waves

Chapter 22 It’s getting dark, close your eyes (Part 1)
"Uncle, where have you been just now..."

Xiao Taotao opened the door and was obviously relieved to see Ning Bishu come in. She was feeling quite complicated. She felt a little awkward being alone in such a small room, but she was also afraid that Ning Bishu would leave her and run away.

When Ning Bishu saw Xiao Taotao's anxious look, the bad mood he had just felt when he called home disappeared in an instant.

As expected, a beautiful girl is the best way to soothe the anxious soul of a middle-aged man...

"I bought some medicine."

Ning Bishu pulled out a box of cephalosporin and cold medicine he had bought on the way up from his pocket and placed them on the table. He had been feeling a little unwell the previous night, but in his quest to pick up girls, he had completely forgotten about his physical ailments.

So I stayed up all night, and just as I finished my phone call and went upstairs, I bought a box at the pharmacy in the building.

"Are you sick?" Xiao Taotao was very concerned.

"Well, maybe I didn't get enough rest. I'm too tired." Ning Bishu sat down, his eyes involuntarily drifting to the clothes that Xiao Taotao had hung behind the door.

Xiao Taotao's face instantly turned red, and she said shyly, "Don't look!"

"What are you looking at?" Ning Bishu pretended to be dumb.

Xiao Taotao jumped up and said, "My... clothes!"

"Oh..." Ning Bishu smiled calmly, "It's okay, just hang it up. You can change it after it dries."

The completely indifferent tone made Xiao Taotao dumbfounded.

Her ears felt slightly hot, and she wondered if she was being too pretentious.

The room is so small, if you don’t hang the clothes here, should you hang them outside?
I can't ask my uncle to go out and occupy this private room alone...

but……

But now she is so shy...

"Uncle, how long are we going to live here?" Xiao Taotao asked in a low voice with a red face.

"us?"

Ning Bishu smiled again, "Taotao, I came here to stay to do some business. I booked it for ten days at a time. You can leave anytime you want."

"I'm not leaving~" Xiao Taotao's face was twisted again, "I already said that I won't go back until school starts. I'm going back now. Even if my mother doesn't scold me, I will..."

Xiao Taotao spoke hesitantly.

Ning Bishu smiled and blurted out a few words in one breath, "Embarrassing, embarrassed, ashamed, unable to raise your head?"

"Hmm..." Xiao Taotao nodded hesitantly.

Ning Bishu said generously, "It's okay. You can live here peacefully for now. The conditions are a bit harsh, but at least you have a place to stay and I'll provide you with a few meals. I can still afford that. By the way, go get me a cup of hot water so I can make some medicine."

"Okay." Upon hearing Ning Bishu's order, Xiao Taotao hurried out.

After a while, a paper cup of boiling hot water was brought to Ning Bishu from the water room next to the bathroom.

Ning Bishu looked at the real-time box office of "Nezha 2" on the computer screen. He slowly made himself a cup of cold syrup, then pointed at the piece of cake that he had just given to Xiao Taotao for his birthday but had not yet eaten. "Can I save this cake for you for dinner?"

"Sure..." Xiao Taotao was clearly not picky and nodded obediently. Then he looked at the screen curiously and asked Ning Bishu, "Uncle, did you really invest in this movie?"

"Yeah." Ning Bishu replied shamelessly, "I invested everything I had in it. If I lose money, I'll be in big trouble."

"Total assets? How much is it..."

Ning Bishu turned his head to look at her, smiled, but did not answer.

Xiao Taotao didn't dare to say anything more.

Ning Bishu turned back again with a serious expression and continued to look at the box office.

In just over half a day, the first-day box office of "Nezha 2" had already exceeded 200 million yuan. After a moment of silence in the room, Ning Bishu suddenly said quietly, "If this movie is a good hit, my profit will probably be around 30 million yuan."

Xiao Taotao's eyes widened when he heard this, "30 million?!"

"Well, 30 million RMB." Ning Bishu nodded slightly, took out two cephalosporins and put them in his mouth, picked up the slightly cooled powder, blew it gently, and drank it in small sips.

Xiao Taotao stared at the middle-aged man in front of him, but his eyes had completely changed.

From yesterday to today, she only felt that Ning Bishu was a good, friendly, gentle person who understood her.

But now, for some reason, she suddenly felt that the middle-aged man in front of her had an indescribable charm. Is this a mature and steady man?
Compared to those kids in her school who wanted to pursue her but didn't dare to say it directly, and only dared to show off in front of her, and would inexplicably jump up and make a shooting motion after walking a few steps, the impression Ning Bishu left on Xiao Taotao at this moment was simply shocking.

She was surprised for a while before she asked in a low voice: "Uncle, you are so rich, why do you live here..."

"What's wrong with this place? Isn't it nice here?" Ning Bishu said with a smile, "Besides, even if you have money, you can't spend it carelessly. Save what you should save and spend what you should spend! I just ran out here to find some peace and quiet, to be alone for a while."

Xiao Taotao agreed when he heard this, and couldn't help but whispered guiltily: "Uncle, I'm sorry for disturbing you..."

"It's okay, it's also a kind of fate." Ning Bishu said lightly.

Xiao Taotao hesitated to speak, wondering if they could get her a separate room.

But when the words came to my lips, I couldn't say them.

She felt that it was shameless for her to make so many demands when she was already living under someone else's roof.

And Ning Bishu naturally would not take the initiative to do such a stupid thing.

So the private room was silent for half a day.

After a long time, Ning Bishu finally picked up his phone and suddenly asked Xiao Taotao, "Do you want to play games?"

"Huh? What?"

"timi~"

"..." Xiao Taotao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Uncle, are you still playing this?"

Ning Bishu opened the game and said with a smile on his face, "You call me uncle, that's because of the age gap, but in my heart, I'm still young. I'm only 33 years old and not even married, how can I be called an uncle?"

"Ah? You're not married yet..."

"What else? If I get married, would I be brave enough to go out and spend seven days of New Year's holiday?"

"Hahaha..." Xiao Taotao chuckled, and his reserved mood relaxed, returning to the state he was in when watching the movie just now. He then inquired, "So you're not married, do you have a girlfriend?"

"What do you think?" Ning Bishu said, "If I had a girlfriend, would I dare to hide a beautiful girl like you here with me? I would be beaten and have my legs broken." As he said that, he picked up Xiao Taotao's mobile phone and helped her download the game.

Xiao Taotao didn't care at all about Ning Bishu's casual handling of her phone.

Instead, when she heard Ning Bishu praising her beauty, she couldn't help but feel sweet in her heart and a little confused.

This straightforward compliment from a wealthy 33-year-old man was so different from the vague, cheap admiration from the boys at school. Xiao Taotao felt very excited and replied shyly, "No, I'm not very beautiful..."

"No need to be modest," Ning Bishu said. "When I was young, if there was a girl like you in my class, I would have become a lapdog in a minute. There must be a lot of boys in your class who like you, right?"

"Well...but I don't like them!" Xiao Taotao hurriedly explained.

Ning Bishu smiled and said, "If you like someone, then you like them. It's no big deal. At this age, it's time to have this kind of psychological need. Don't be like me. When I was young, even if I liked a girl, I didn't dare to say it. Now that I'm older, I'm afraid that the girl is only after my money, so I dare not say it but dare not do it..."

Ning Bishu sighed.

Xiao Taotao looked at his uncle's vicissitudes of life and couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy and heartache. He asked softly, "So you have been single until now? I don't think all women are after money, right?"

"Yes, there are women like that, but I can't meet them." Ning Bishu smiled, glanced at Xiao Taotao and said, "Even if I really meet them, some are too old, and some are too young. If you're unlucky, you'll miss them."

Xiao Taotao seemed to understand what Ning Bishu meant and quickly avoided his gaze.

Ning Bishu was very calm. He handed Xiao Taotao's phone back and said, "It's downloaded. Wait for the installation."

"Oh..." Xiao Taotao felt like his heart was beating fast.

She lowered her head, suddenly feeling a little shy, not daring to look directly into Ning Bishu's eyes.

Ning Bishu saw it and turned his head to look at the time in the lower right corner of the computer screen.

It’s 4:44 pm…

In a while, it will be dark.

Everyone stayed up late last night.

Can't you go to bed early tonight? ...

(End of this chapter)