Chapter 397 Can you change your habit of coming into the house in the middle of the night?

Although the incident at the restaurant was somewhat unexpected, no one took it too seriously.

Especially for Qiao Changdong and others, there have been too many strange occurrences involving Qiao Qiao in the past six months. After the novelty of the turtle incident wore off, they put it out of their minds and did not dwell on the turtle's strange behavior.

After returning to the courtyard house, Grandma Qiao, having undergone surgery, was exhausted from the day's work and went straight to sleep, even though she had recovered quite a bit.

The others watched TV together in Yan Xiaoqing and Wang Mingcheng's courtyard.

The three boys couldn't bear to part with their sister, so they stayed with her until nine o'clock in the evening, until Qiao Qiao fell asleep in Qiao Changdong's arms. Only then did the three of them reluctantly leave.

After the last episode of the TV series finished airing, and his daughter was sound asleep in his arms, Qiao Changdong carried her back to his room to sleep as well.

At 10 p.m., the lights in the entire courtyard were gradually turned off.

Unbeknownst to anyone, under the moonlight, a massive figure silently appeared in the Wang family's courtyard, slowly making its way towards the room where Qiao Qiao slept, marked by shimmering patterns on its back.

Qiao Changdong was woken up in the middle of the night.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw that strangely familiar figure standing by the bed.

He rubbed his forehead, his expression a mix of frustration and helplessness.

"Your room is next door, and I hung such a big sign for you above it: Chief Shen, are you blind? Can't you see such big words?"

"And can't you change your habit of coming into rooms in the middle of the night? Who are you trying to scare to death?"

Qiao Changdong was genuinely afraid of Shen Qingyan's bizarre behavior of entering his house in the middle of the night.

So tonight, before going to bed, he specifically asked Grandpa Wang for a piece of cardboard, wrote "Your room is here!" on it, and hung it on the door of the next room.

Who would have thought that even after all that, it still wouldn't stop the man from sneaking into the house in the middle of the night.

Faced with Qiao Changdong's irritating accusations, Shen Qingyan remained silent, only pointing to her side.

The beds in the Wang family's courtyard house are all high-legged spring beds, with carved crossbeams at each of the four corners supporting the bed canopy at the top.

Although it's only early spring and the weather is still cold, Qiao Changdong still lowered the bed curtains to sleep.

Shen Qingyan pointed to the side, and Qiao Changdong thought he wanted him to open the bed curtains himself. He frowned even more and said irritably, "This bed is too small to fit three people. Go to the next room."

As she spoke, she closed her eyes and turned to pull the small body beside her closer to her own.

Qiao Changdong thought that after he said that, the people behind him would have the sense to leave, but he didn't hear any footsteps for a long time.

Just as I was wondering whether I should say something more to shoo them away, I heard the person behind me ask, "Where did such a big turtle come from?"

Shen Qingyan certainly didn't want to disturb his precious daughter's sleep.

He originally came in intending only to glance at the sleeping Qiao Qiao and then leave.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I came in, I saw a turtle this big squatting by the bed.

This turtle is ridiculously big.

When he came in, the tortoise was still kicking its hind legs, its front claws climbing on the footboard of the high bed, stretching its neck to look at the bed, in a strange posture as if it wanted to climb onto the bed.

Seeing him come in, it didn't stop moving; in fact, it paddled even more vigorously with its four short legs.

Shen Qingyan couldn't possibly go back to the next room and sleep peacefully without finding out where this giant tortoise came from.

"turtle?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Changdong was taken aback.

Then, as if she had just thought of something, she suddenly sat up straight, incredulously pulled up the bed curtains, and looked down.

Sure enough, I met a pair of dark eyes.

"!!!" Qiao Changdong.

Qiao Changdong was both shocked and furious.

“It was almost climbing onto the bed, and you didn’t react at all. You were sleeping too soundly,” Shen Qingyan added.

As the two were talking, the large tortoise started stretching out its claws and crawling onto the bed again, so Shen Qingyan pressed down on its shell.

The giant tortoise that four waiters couldn't lift at the Jinping Hotel was now easily flipped over by Qiao Changdong and thrown under the bed.

To Qiao Changdong's surprise, the turtle didn't attack Shen Qingyan.

You should know that at the restaurant, no one except Qiao Qiao was allowed to touch this turtle.

Qiao Changdong didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing that the turtle wasn't attacking Shen Qingyan, he inexplicably reached out and touched the turtle's shell.

Then observe the turtle's reaction.

Good, it doesn't seem to intend to attack him!

Qiao Changdong was satisfied.

She looked at Shen Qingyan as if she had won the game herself.

Shen Qingyan watched his inexplicable actions, unaware of the many thoughts swirling in his mind. He only discerned another layer of meaning from the surprised look in his eyes.

"Didn't you bring this in yourselves?" he asked.

Qiao Changdong shook his head, about to say something, when he heard a soft humming sound behind him.

He quickly turned to look at his precious daughter, who seemed to be waking up because of his sudden movement. He bent down and simply pulled her into his arms, wrapped her in the blanket, and gently patted her back with his hands under the blanket.

Only after the little girl's furrowed brows smoothed out did he look at the big tortoise under the bed that was trying to climb back onto it. He lowered his voice and told Shen Qingyan about what had happened at the Jinping Hotel that evening.

Finally, he said, "Guai Bao said that it also has spiritual power, but I don't know how it found its way here."

Although the Jinping Hotel was not far from where they were staying, it was still about an hour's drive to and from there.

Especially since they live in a bustling urban area, the layout of the streets and houses in Jinshi is quite unique, with a lot of narrow alleys.

The road is winding and twisting. If he hadn't been a truck driver for many years and had his own way of memorizing the routes, even an ordinary person who had been there once might not have been able to remember the route.

How did this turtle manage to find its way here so precisely?

Most importantly, it's a turtle!

Turtles are generally perceived as slow-moving, so how do they manage to run so fast with those two extremely short, fleshy claws?

Qiao Changdong was completely baffled.

"Forget it, you should try to get it out first. It seems to be very close to Guaibao and doesn't seem to have any ill intentions. Let's see what to do tomorrow."

Qiao Changdong was exhausted after a long day and had no energy left to think about how the tortoise had survived.

After saying this to Shen Qingyan, he lowered his head again.

He said to the large tortoise that was scratching its big claws on the ground, trying to climb onto the bed, "I know you've become a spirit and can understand human speech, but it's our sleeping time now. My daughter also needs to sleep. If she doesn't sleep well, she won't be energetic the next day. Can you go out first?"

"..." The giant tortoise.

The giant tortoise raised its head and stared at Qiao Changdong for three seconds with its dark eyes.

Finally, it obediently lowered its claws, turned around, and left.