Compared to the old lady's aggressive attitude, I used 200% of my sincerity and tried my best to convince her that I wasn't in cahoots with Ai ShuQiao. I didn't know anything about Su Qiao's disappearance, nor did I know where her granddaughter was.
From the acrobatic hometown of Hebei Province, Wuqiao, to Dong Shan city alone to track down her granddaughter's whereabouts. The old lady on crutches was surprisingly efficient. I don't know how or where she got the information, but she already found some clues. She even understood my relationship with Ai Mi and Ai ShuQiao.
I told her the truth with the utmost sincerity, confirming some of the things she knew beforehand, and greatly reducing her hostility towards me. Gradually, her tone softened, and she no longer looked at me coldly.
"According to what you said, your mom really isn't a good person!"
If it was someone else, it would definitely be an insult. But when Su Qiao's grandmother made such an evaluation, I could only nod in agreement.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. After she confirmed that Ai ShuQiao and I were enemies, she rolled her eyes and pointed at the light at the end of the alley behind me and said:
"I'm hungry after following you and the black man for so long! Treat me to McDonald's! "
I frowned and thought about the last time we met, you didn't have a single tooth in your mouth. I do have money in my pocket to treat you to McDonald's, but what can you eat there?
As if she guessed my thoughts, the old lady opened her mouth and let me see her shriveled lips and two neat rows of dentures.
"Hmph, I forgot to bring my dentures last time! I can even chew on things from McDonald's! Spicy chicken wings, double cheeseburger, and that bacon mashed potato double beef … whatever you have! "
Damn! Are you talking about the 'bacon mashed potato double beef burger'? I haven't even tried that new burger from McDonald's! Old lady, you're pretty trendy! Last time you casually said you watched 'Full House of Romance'. It seems like you're not only interested in watching Korean dramas, but you're also not willing to fall behind when it comes to other young people!
I didn't know why, but I felt that the old woman's fake teeth reflected a cold light under the streetlight. It seemed that once she found the culprit who kidnapped her granddaughter, she would use her fake teeth to bite the culprit to death.
Thus, at the moment, the most important thing was to feed the old lady. Otherwise, she would be in a bad mood due to hunger. If she was in a bad mood, first, it would be bad for our communication, and second, my neck would be in danger of being bitten by the fake teeth.
There wasn't much to say. I led the old lady down the alley and into the McDonald's on the corner. When we entered, I carefully pushed the glass door open and let the old lady in first, leaning on her cane.
Su Qiao's grandmother was wearing a brown gown with a pattern of orchids and auspicious clouds. Her sparse silver hair was gathered on top of her head, coiled into what was commonly known as a "Taoist nun hairstyle". She even had a sharp hairpin in her hair. From afar, she looked like an old lady with small feet from the last century.
But if you observed her closely, you would notice that the old lady's eyes and expression belonged to this era. Her old appearance and retro clothing couldn't hide the truth. The vitality and creativity contained within her was no less than a young person's. Moreover, after experiencing the baptism of time, she had an aura of an expert that no young person could compare to.
After meeting Peng TouSi and gramps Ren, I had a deeper understanding of the aura of an expert. Therefore, Su Qiao's grandmother was definitely an expert on the same level as the two of them. Actually, even if it was someone else, they would be able to see evidence that the old lady was an expert. She was wearing a brown gown. If you ignored the faint orchid pattern, all that was left was the pattern of the auspicious clouds. No matter how I look at it, it looks like the uniform of the villain Akatsuki in Naruto.
This McDonald's wasn't able to get a location in a busy area, so there weren't a lot of people at this time. Su Qiao's grandmother and I found a window seat on the second floor, then I went downstairs to order.
"Don't forget to add an egg drop mushroom soup for me." The old lady said to me, who was about to go downstairs.
I nodded blankly. Along with the egg drop mushroom soup, the food the old lady ordered was enough for four dishes and one soup. Her appetite wasn't small.
A slightly chubby mother and daughter were sitting near the stairs. The mother said to her daughter: "Look at how filial they are. If you have the time, you should bring grandma out for fast food, don't just eat with classmates. "
The daughter said unhappily: "Grandma lives so far away, even if it's out of filial piety, I can only bring grandma out to eat."
"Hmph, your grandma doesn't need it. Didn't she say her own cooking is good? Let her eat the food she cooked herself! "
It seems like this mother doesn't get along with her daughter's grandmother and daughter-in-law. However, it didn't make me feel uncomfortable that they misunderstood Su Qiao's grandmother as my elder.
Soon, she came back with a plate full of fast food and placed it on the table.
It was mainly for Su Qiao's grandmother. I only ordered a cup of iced coke and fries for myself. I wasn't hungry since I already ate dinner.
Su Qiao's grandmother nodded when she saw me maintain a respectful attitude from start to finish. Then, she opened her mouth and started eating.
Fuck! That's scary. In American zombie movies, Su Qiao's grandmother ate hamburgers just like how zombies eat people. The way she ate with a deep hatred towards food was something that could never be forgotten. The mother and daughter were also shocked.
"Don't tell me she experienced three years of natural disasters." The mother commented quietly.
Because I watched too many wuxia movies, I felt that a master must have a unique way of doing things. So even though I was a bit scared, I didn't show it on my face. I still said with a smile:
"Senior, eat as much as you want. Tell me what you like and I'll buy it downstairs."
After sweeping away all the food on the plate, the old lady started to eat the fries in front of me. I quickly pushed all the fries closer to her to show my respect.
Instead of using ketchup, she dipped the fries in sweet and spicy sauce and slowly ate them one by one. The old lady propped up her chin thoughtfully and looked out of the glass window, as if she was thinking about the waning moon in the night sky.
When I was ordering food downstairs, I already called my dad and told him I would be home a bit later. My dad didn't ask me for the specific reason, he only told me to be careful.
Su Qiao's grandmother's expression changed slightly after I treated her to McDonald's and her wariness towards me dropped another level. I'm guessing she wasn't hostile towards me in the first place. Otherwise, there would be no reason for her to appear in front of me and continue hiding in the dark. Wouldn't it be better to kidnap me and ask Ai ShuQiao to exchange hostages with her?
After Grandma Su calmed down, she shared some of her information with me.
First of all, Grandma Su called herself 'Su Qin Shi'. She was almost ninety years old, which was even older than gramps Ren. She had a total of seven sons and Su Qiao was the daughter of her youngest son.
As for her occupation, she obviously came from a family of acrobats. But unlike Su Qiao who practiced spinning and trapeze, what Grandma Su practiced was highly dangerous — — acrobatics. For example, she would use a quick sword to cut an apple in half, then use another sword to skewer it, or use a throwing knife to knock down a persimmon on top of her partner's head … In short, she would use sharp objects to go against the fruit. I couldn't help but think of Fruit Ninja.
It's said that practice makes perfect. After Grandma Su became proficient in acrobatics, she gradually developed an interest in martial arts. That's why she became the disciple of a martial artist living in Wuqiao and learned a lot of weaponry skills. According to computer games, Grandma Su was a 'weaponry specialist', which was different from gramps Ren's' Yin Yang Sanshou specialist '.
Unfortunately, Grandma Su only knew how to learn and not teach, so she wasn't able to pass down her skills in her own family. So Su Qiao only had a foundation in acrobatics and wasn't good at fighting.
As for Su Qiao's disappearance, it was like this:
It was true that Su Qiao took the train back home, but she got off halfway. Shijiazhuang Station had her departure record.
For some reason, Su Qiao, who got off at Shijiazhuang Station, stayed for three days in this city where she had no friends or family, then disappeared without a trace.
Her family couldn't contact Su Qiao at all, so they called the police. Then the Shijiazhuang Police conducted an investigation and discovered that during the few days Su Qiao went missing, a few girls from other provinces also went missing. A human trafficker who appeared in the surveillance video at the train station was a major suspect.
Su Qiao's last place of disappearance was Shijiazhuang, so the police's attention was naturally focused on Shijiazhuang, as well as the province where the human trafficker might have gone. Su Qiao's father and two uncles put down their acrobatics troupe to try their luck around Shijiazhuang, but they didn't find anything.
Most of the time, the difference between an expert and an ordinary person could be determined by their 'intuition'.
"Hmph! My granddaughter isn't very smart, but she wouldn't be sold by a human trafficker! "
Grandma Su said hatefully.
"That girl Su Qiao watches too many Korean dramas! It's fine if I watch Korean dramas, but don't believe it even if you watch it! Where are there so many handsome, rich, and rich second generations who only treat you well! "
Grandma Su's words hit the nail on the head. I really wanted to nod in agreement, but then I remembered that Su Qiao was bewitched by Ai ShuQiao, and there was a period of time where she treated me as a rich second generation that she could entrust her life to. So I could only smile bitterly.
"This is great, she thinks acrobatics is too hard, and she doesn't want to marry a local, so she ran to another province to dream of becoming a star! She was tricked! She pissed off someone she shouldn't have, and now she doesn't even have her freedom anymore! "
Grandma Su said with a tone of exasperation, but the concern for her granddaughter in her eyes was still hard to conceal.
"I told my sons that Su Qiao is definitely still in Dong Shan city, and we won't be able to find her in Shijiazhuang — — they didn't believe me! Not only did they not believe me, they also didn't let me come! What happened? Didn't they still let me slip out? Didn't they still let me find a clue? "
Huh? So Grandma Su is the same as my granddaughter, they both ran away from home and came to Dong Shan city! Is your family really an acrobatic family? I think it's more like 'ran away from home'!
"Grandma Su, can you tell me about the clue you found?"
If Su Qiao was really locked up in Dong Shan city by Ai ShuQiao, then I can't just stand by and watch. After all, Su Qiao washed my clothes, cooked for me, and lived under the same roof as me for a while.
Grandma Su's throat was a bit dry after saying so much. I observed her expression and bought her a bowl of egg and mushroom soup. She drank the soup with satisfaction and told me how she found the clue.
It actually had something to do with the Science of Happiness.
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