Chapitre 30: Chapter 30: I Will Thank You Sincerely
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"Who are you people? What do you want?" Guo Xiang's voice trembled.
The person didn't say anything. He held the flashlight and shone it at Guo Xiang. Seeing that it was a girl who was trembling in fear, he didn't care too much. He just looked around the room.
When he opened the closet door, it was empty inside.
There was no one under the table.
Another person lay down and shone it under the bed.
Guo Xiang's heart skipped a beat.
"Nothing!" That person said.
"Next room!" The few of them rushed out like a swarm of bees.
Guo Xiang was about to heave a sigh of relief when she heard the sound of knocking on the door from outside. Her heart jumped again.
"Guo Xiang, Guo Xiang, are you okay?" It sounded like Yi Zichen.
Guo Xiang quickly got up to open the door. Yi Zichen stood outside the door with a worried look on his face. "How are you? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!"Guo Xiang shook her head and pretended to be oblivious of the situation. "Who were those people just now? They gave me a big scare."
"I don't know. They seemed to be looking for someone. It's none of our business. Don't mind them. Close the doors and windows. Be careful!" Yi Zichen said.
"Okay, got it!" Guo Xiang nodded.
After hesitating for a while, Yi Zichen said, "Do you want me to stay here with you?"
"Huh?" Guo Xiang was shocked and immediately said that there was no need. Not only did she not want to share her room with a man, there was also another dangerous person hiding in the room.
"Don't misunderstand. I didn't mean anything by it. I... I'm just a little worried about you..." Yi Zichen's face turned red and he stuttered.
Guo Xiang smiled. "It's okay. I'm not afraid. We still have something to do tomorrow. You should go back and rest."
Yi Zichen nodded and returned to his room. Guo Xiang quickly closed the doors and windows and sat quietly on the edge of the bed.
After the noise died down and the footsteps faded away, she finally heaved a sigh of relief.
"Come out. They're all gone!" Guo Xiang said.
A man stood up from the bed and walked out from the end of the bed.
No one would have thought that this man had been hiding in the room all this time.
When she saw the bed board, Guo Xiang had a flash of inspiration and thought of a good idea.
She dragged the bed 30 centimeters out and pulled out three bed boards to form a gap between the bed and the wall.
The man was lying on his side in the gap.
There was a straw mat on the bed. Without moving it, one would not know that there were three bed boards missing.
And there was a wardrobe at the end of the bed, so no one would notice that there was more to the bed.
In fact, Guo Xiang was still very nervous at that time. There was only one bed board on the bed. She carefully hid on the bed and did not dare to move. After the group of people came, she pretended to wake up and sat by the side of the bed to carefully cover it up. In fact, her heart was beating non-stop.
The group of people did not look closely. If one looked closely, one would be able to see that because the three bed boards were horizontal and blocked the gap of the bed, and the other wooden textures of the room were vertical instead.
However, those people did not think of this at all. They just used their flashlights to illuminate the room. When they saw that no one was there, they went out.
When that person walked out, Guo Xiang removed the straw mat and put the few bed boards back.
"Thank you very much!" That person said. His voice was much softer than before.
"It was nothing!" Guo Xiang said lightly.
That person was silent. He did not think that he would be able to escape today. He thought that he would definitely not be able to escape.
He did not expect this woman to come up with this idea. She was really a smart woman.
"If there is an opportunity in the future, I will definitely thank you sincerely!" The man said.
"No need!" Guo Xiang's tone was very indifferent. She did not want to have anything to do with these people. She was just an ordinary person and did not want to have any contact with these gang members.
The man was a little surprised. He did not expect Guo Xiang to have such an attitude. Wasn't she quite positive when she saved him just now?
In the dark, the man silently watched Guo Xiang tidy up the bed, said "See you later", opened the door and walked out.
Guo Xiang hurriedly closed the door and finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, she had helped the man to protect herself. Otherwise, she wouldn't have meddled in other people's business. If she hadn't helped him at that time, she might have been killed by him.
Therefore, she had no choice but to do it. She didn't want to have anything to do with him in the future.
The next day, the three of them got up and ate the local rice noodles at a nearby snack shop.
Yi Zichen took out a piece of paper and asked the owner, "Boss, how do I get to this place?"
The owner looked at it and said in a heavy accent, "This place is a little far. You can call a tricycle to go there."
"Thank you, Boss!"Yi Zichen nodded.
"Where are we going?" Guo Xiang couldn't help but be curious.
"We're going to find someone. He's an old friend of my father's. He used to be a professor at the University of Geology. He later came to the countryside and settled down here in southern Yunnan. He's very familiar with the local situation and knows a lot about jade. This time, we'll be relying on him," Yi Zichen said in a low voice.
"I see." Guo Xiang nodded. She knew it, a place like that should not be a place that could be easily visited.
After breakfast, they hailed a tricycle outside the door and showed the tricycle driver the address. The driver said that there was no problem, so he drove the three into the city.
After taking a roundabout route, they arrived at a relatively remote alley. Yi Zichen looked at the address. It should be here.
He went forward and knocked on the door. After a while, he heard someone dragging their slippers out.
An old man in his fifties with half-white hair came out. When he saw Guo Xiang and the other two, he was stunned. "You are..."
"You are uncle Xiao Binglin, right? I'm Yi Zichen, Yi Su's son. My father should have called you..." Yi Zichen quickly went forward and said.
"So it's Zichen. You've grown so much! I remember holding you when you were young." Xiao Binglin laughed. "Come, come, come in quickly!"
Guo Xiang and Huang Zhengli followed him in.
The courtyard was not big, but the environment was not bad. There were some flowers and plants planted around it. There were also stone tables and stone stools. Behind it was a two-story attic. It looked like a hostel.
In the later generations, many courtyards like this one were converted into hostels.
Actually, it was not bad to open a hostel here, Guo Xiang thought to herself. She had had this idea in her previous life, but it had never been realized.
"Let's sit outside. The air outside is better!" Xiao Binglin led the three of them to sit down on the stone stools. "Wait a moment, I'll go make a pot of tea!"
"Uncle Xiao, you don't have to!" Yi Zichen quickly stood up.
"Guests are guests. You came all the way here without a sip of tea. This is not the way to treat guests." Xiao Binglin laughed.
After a while, Xiao Binglin brought out a pot of tea and two plates of local desserts.
Yi Zichen took out a box of specialty products from his bag and handed it over with both hands. "I brought this from Shen City. Father said it's your favorite."
"Old Dragon's Mouth Baijiu? Your father really knows me!" Xiao Binglin laughed and reached out to take it. "Quick, sit down and have some tea."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Yi Zichen introduced Guo Xiang and Huang Zhengli to Xiao Binglin. He nodded and said, "Your father has already told me the purpose of your visit this time. I'll take you there in the afternoon. However, that place is filled with all kinds of people. You have to be careful not to cause trouble with your words and actions."
"Yes, I hope Uncle Xiao can give me some advice!" Yi Zichen nodded repeatedly. "And the stone gambling this time..."
"Don't worry, I'll try my best to help you with this. However, I'm not completely sure about this matter. There will be times when I'm wrong. You can't blame me for it." Xiao Binglin smiled.
"Of course!" Yi zichen nodded. "With Uncle Xiao around, we can still buy some things. If we go alone, the money we bring may only go down the drain." Yi Zichen said modestly.
The three of them had lunch at Xiao Binglin's house. In the afternoon, Xiao Binglin took the three of them to the underground gambling den.
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