Chapter 834: Vanish Into Thin Air
Peng TouSi also couldn’t tell what medicine they were researching with my blood.
“That said, there’s no need for Ai ShuQiao to make a deal with me at all, right? If she’s so ruthless, why didn’t she just kidnap me and imprison me to draw my blood, wouldn’t it be more convenient?”
“Maybe she’s worried about Miss Ai Mi’s reaction.” Peng TouSi speculated, “If you suddenly disappeared, Miss Ai Mi wouldn’t let it go, would she.”
It seemed to make some sense, but it wasn’t enough to explain all of Ai ShuQiao’s odd behaviors.
Wasn’t Ai ShuQiao an expert at using other people’s family members to threaten them? That’s how John’s police friend was forced out of the country, right? If you think about it calmly, there are millions of ways to force me to donate blood on a regular basis, there’s absolutely no need to ask me nicely, or even ask me if I need extra money through Dr. Yu. Basically, there was no need for her to put on these disgusting performances.
I couldn’t figure it out, so I could only leave it aside for the time being.
It was already late, so after exchanging information with Peng TouSi, I excused myself and went home.
I was quite bold as I took a shortcut through a remote alley while carrying my schoolbag on the way home.
“What a powerful black man.”
I suddenly heard someone say from behind.
“Who…” I was startled and turned around. I realized that there was a thin elderly woman with a cane standing not far behind me. Her face was full of wrinkles and she was smiling at me like she was a ghost.
It was already dark and we were standing in the darkest area between two streetlights, so I couldn’t see their appearance clearly, but she felt a little familiar.
“Hehe, that black man isn’t an ordinary bodyguard. I tried to tiptoe closer and he almost discovered me. I couldn’t even get close enough to hear your private conversation…”
What, you stalked me and Peng TouSi in Qing Zi Academy? It wasn’t strange for me to not notice you since I didn’t even realize you were a meter behind me until you said something. However, I can’t believe Peng TouSi didn’t notice you. Even if you kept your distance, it means you aren’t an ordinary person, where did you come from?
Ah, I remember now! Is she the old lady that Ai Mi ran into a few days ago at the supermarket to buy (steal) potato chips? She was the old lady who spanked 004 and 005’s a.s.s, and before she left, she also told Ai Mi to not bully other people or something like that…
Even Xiao Qin could tell that the old lady was a martial artist, but she had never heard of such a powerful elderly female martial artist in Dong Shan City, and she couldn’t tell which school she belonged to.
Regardless of which school she was from, it didn’t change the fact that she was following me and trying to eavesdrop on my conversations with Peng TouSi. If those conversations get leaked, it will be detrimental to the “Anti Ai ShuQiao alliance”. Whose side was the old lady on, and why did she approach me?
I suddenly realized it wasn’t a coincidence that she got entangled with Ai Mi a few days ago, but she was already monitoring Ai Mi.
Holy s.h.i.t, it’s fine that you were stalking me, but you’re doing it to my sister too? Since you showed up in front of me, I have to find out exactly what you plan on doing.
I was mad, but I didn’t show it. Although the old lady in front of me was short and looked like she couldn’t stand steadily without a cane, I had a strong feeling I wasn’t her opponent even if I didn’t have heart problems.
“Eld- elder.” I asked her as politely as I could, “What exactly are you looking for from me?”
The old lady raised her eyebrows, and the resulting wrinkles that formed moved across her forehead like dominoes.
“Hmph, I didn’t expect a young man like you to still respect the elderly. It’s a lot better compared to that little girl who pushed me onto her bodyguards… how come there’s such a large gap between brother and sister?”
My heart trembled after I realized the old lady knew about me and Ai Mi’s sibling relationship. Although it’s not really a big secret, and by “brother and sister” she could be referring to the fact that we were “cousins”. However, it felt like the old lady belonged to the group of people who knew more insider information.
“Elder, may I ask how to address you?” My martial arts spirit kicked in and I cupped my hands in my fist as a salute. This time I finally cupped my right hand with my left hand and didn’t make a mistake like the last time.
The old lady slammed her wooden cane onto the ground, “Boy, don’t try to get information out of me. Tell me where you hid my granddaughter?”
I was confused.
“Elder, who is your granddaughter? Although I don’t dare to label myself as a good person, but I’ve never done any human trafficking.”
The old lady stared me down and pointed a dry finger at me and asked, “Even if you haven’t done it, can you guarantee that your mom hasn’t done it.”
Huh, why are you coming to me for the bad things Ai ShuQiao has done? I’m not bragging, but my mom is someone who would commit any crime including arson and murder. If I have to pay for all the crimes she’s done, then it wouldn’t be enough even if I die a hundred times.
So I cautiously asked, “Elder, do you know who my mom really is?”
“Hmph, isn’t it that bad woman who has the surname of Ai.” A fire rose in the old lady’s eyes and her hands squeezed the hardwood cane to the point it creaked.
d.a.m.n, that finger strength is incredible. I have to be careful with how I deal with her, or else if I p.i.s.s her off, I’ll end up with holes in my body.
“Elder, although it’s a common saying that children have to pay their parents’ debt, it also depends on whether they have a good relationship or not.”
I advised nicely.
The old lady looked at me strangely and didn’t comment.
I continued to say, “For example, look at Invest.i.ture of the G.o.ds. Nezha didn’t have a good relationship with his father and he cut off his own flesh to sever his relationship with his father, Li Jing. If Li Jing did something bad, do you think it would be suitable to go to Nezha?”
Actually, my example was nonsense because Li Jing was a good government official. It was his son, Nezha, who caused a lot of trouble and his dad was blamed for it.
First, he beat Yaksha to death, and Nezha even beat up the Dragon King of the East Sea.
The events above could be considered cause and effect, but then Nezha played around with the heaven and earth bow Li Jing left on top of the city gates. He fired it randomly and killed one of Shiji Niang Niang’s disciples.
What’s more, Nezha’s master, Taiyi, was too protective of his shortcomings. When Shiji Niang Niang came to avenge her disciple’s death, Nezha couldn’t beat her, so he called out his master who turned Shiji Niang Niang back to her original form.
However, Shiji Niang Niang’s original form was a divine stone. After Nezha became a G.o.d, the stone continued to absorb essence from the sun and moon. After many years later when it finally saved enough energy, the rock burst and out popped Sun Wukong.
Although Sun Wukong was ignorant and self-identified as the Earth’s child, he actually has a mother, his mother was Shiji Niang Niang. Later, when Sun Wukong wreaks havoc in Heaven, he beat Nezha to the point he was coughing up blood to avenge Shiji Niang Niang.
“That’s for hitting my mom.” Sun Wukong swung his golden cudgel and slammed it towards Nezha’s head.
Nezha barely blocked it with his fire-tipped spear and said angrily, “Who knows your mom? Why would I, the Third Prince Nezha, hit a female monkey?”
“Your mom is a female monkey.” Sun Wukong spat out, “I don’t remember clearly, but I seemed to have suddenly understood that Shiji Niang Niang is my mother. You and the old fool Taiyi not only killed my mother, but also killed my mother’s disciple, condom child…”
“His name is Biyun child…” Nezha spat blood, “How bad is your memory?”
By the way, I made up the above scenario. No one can say for certain on who is Sun Wukong’s mother. Some people online say he’s the illegitimate child between the Buddha of Sakyamuni and Guanyin, I guess they aren’t afraid of being struck by lightning…
“Kid, kid, what are you thinking about?”
While I was daydreaming, the flow of time in the outside world doesn’t stop. To the old lady, it looked like I had fallen into a state of delirium after I had cited the example of Nezha and Li Jing.
I shivered and returned to reality. I looked at the old lady’s skeptical gaze and was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to convince her, so I hastily cited the next example:
“Elder, if you look at Gaara from Naruto, his father sealed a demon in his son’s body simply to make him serve as the village’s defense weapon. That kind of father-son relationship definitely doesn’t meet the criteria of a son who would pay back his father’s debts, right?”
“What.” The old lady’s looked like she didn’t understand what I was saying at all.
I, however, cited many examples from anime continuously:
Gon’s father in Hunter x Hunter was also an irresponsible old man, he would make it difficult even when his own son wanted to see him. He also didn’t even care when his son was seriously injured and dying. In the end, it was his close friend, Killua, who saved his life…”
“There’s also Hayate from Hayate no Gotoku. His parents ran away after they acc.u.mulated one hundred and fifty million dollars of debt and left it for their son to pay off, these sc.u.mmy parents…”
“Okay, okay.” The old lady stomped the ground with her cane, “So you’re just trying to tell me that you don’t have a good relationship with your mom. I don’t care what kind of dirty things happened between you guys. In any case, my granddaughter disappeared in your hands, so I absolutely have to find who calls the shots.”
I scratched my head and said, “Elder, who’s your granddaughter? I’m afraid that you are looking in the wrong place, I might not have seen your granddaughter at all…”
The old lady’s gaze flinched as she angrily said, “Do you dare say that you’ve never seen Su Qiao, the one who ran away from home and came to Dong Shan City to become an actress?”
“Eh.” I couldn’t help but exclaim, “You’re Su Qiao’s grandmother? But Su Qiao left a long time ago and took a train back to her hometown!”
“Nonsense, she didn’t come back.” The old lady grunted, “That child called us a while back to tell us she was safe, but we haven’t heard anything from her in nearly two months. Hurry up and tell me where you and your mom locked up my granddaughter.”