Chapter 136 Candy is Bitter

Upon seeing the milk candy, the little one's mouth watered, and she completely forgot about her grandparents. She nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, sister! I promise to complete the mission!" After saying that, she took the note and the milk candy and ran out with her thin little legs.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, Qin Suisui closed the door again, but only fastened it from the inside with an iron buckle; she did not lock it.

While waiting for Pei Jiuyan to arrive, she treated the wounds on her arm herself. Looking at the several deep, bone-revealing scars, Qin Suisui was furious. She simply ran to the junk pile and put all the huanghuali octagonal table, zitan official's hat chair, rosewood dragon-patterned bed, and various mahogany and teak furniture that she had seen before into her space.

She also collected the blue-and-white porcelain vase and rare ancient books she had glimpsed while looking for someone. Noticing a purple clay pot lying alone on the ground, Qin Suisui guessed that it must have been chosen by Su Yunyi, but Su Yunyi had been knocked unconscious as soon as she picked it up, which is why it fell here. She put it away and planned to give it to Su Yunyi at an opportunity.

Consider these things as compensation from the old man to them!

Judging from what that little boy said, this old man has probably been guarding this scrap yard for many years. Who knows how many good things he has secretly embezzled over the years? It all belongs to him!

Pei Jiuyan arrived at the post office entrance ten minutes early, but strangely, he searched around inside and couldn't find Qin Suisui.

Thinking she might have gone out to buy something, I simply leaned against the car and waited for her by the roadside.

A little while later, a little boy carrying a schoolbag, his face flushed and his nose running, suddenly ran over, circled around him, noticed the palm-sized gauze on his forehead, gestured with his hand, looked him over again, and then timidly said, "Brother, there's a sister over at the recycling station who asked me to give this to you."

As if intimidated by Pei Jiuyan's imposing aura, the little guy's raised hand trembled, and in his palm, besides a small piece of paper, there was also a melting candy.

Pei Jiuyan frowned, took the note from his hand, unfolded it, and saw that it read: "The candy is bitter."

But he recognized it immediately – it was Qin Suisui's handwriting! Something must have happened to her!

He quickly stood up straight and looked at the little boy seriously: "Where is that sister now? What else did she say?"

He was already quite imposing when he wasn't smiling, but now that he frowned and spoke faster, the little boy was so frightened that he burst into tears.

But missing Qin Suisui's two milk candies, she sobbed and mumbled, "At...at...the junkyard, waaaaah...sister...sister said...if I take brother back...she'll...she'll give me back my two milk candies...waaaaah..."

Pei Jiuyan frowned, ignoring the crying, snotty little boy, and ran straight to the post office to make a phone call to the military region. When he came out, the little boy was still crying. He picked him up, put him on the back of his bicycle, and pedaled away at full speed towards the scrap yard.

"Candy is bitter" was a "secret code" that Qin Suisui insisted on when she corresponded with him as a child. At that time, she learned that he had joined the army, and I don't know what kind of messy novels she read, but her little head was thinking all day about what dangers might occur after she married him, so she insisted on setting a "secret code" with him.

"Candy is bitter" was the code she came up with.

After all, candy is supposed to be sweet. If it's bitter, then there's definitely something wrong with it. It means she's in trouble or has discovered something amiss and needs his help.

Back then, in her young mind, all she could think of was this inconspicuous yet memorable code, but many years later, she actually used it.

Since the incident occurred at a scrap yard, and Qin Suisui was able to get the little boy to deliver a letter to her, and even promised the little boy two more milk candies when he got back, it means that she was not in immediate danger. That means she had discovered something was wrong.

Remembering how she had discovered the spy hideout on her own, Pei Jiuyan was terrified. She immediately called the military region and rushed there.

At the scrap yard.

Qin Suisui crawled out of the junk pile and ran into the yard. Seeing two people lying on the ground like dead pigs, she kicked each of them a few times. Suddenly, she noticed a small, makeshift workroom in the corner of the yard, resembling a security booth, with a patched men's undershirt hanging at the door.

That might be that old man's workshop.

The workshop was indeed very small, with a very old coal stove by the door, and a kettle of boiling water on the stove.

You can see the whole thing from the inside. There's only a small bed made of some kind of board, and next to the bed is a small wooden table covered in scratches. On the small wooden table, besides a kettle, there are several bottles and jars, which, judging from the labels, seem to be common medicines like yeast tablets, painkillers, and anti-inflammatory powder.

But remembering that the old man knew how to use poison, Qin Suisui narrowed her eyes, picked up one of the bottles of painkillers and smelled it. Sure enough! This was definitely not a painkiller! But she couldn't say exactly what kind of poison it was. It should be a paralyzing or hallucinogenic type, and it didn't look like a poison native to China.

She suddenly remembered the poison that Pei Jiuyan and Chi Donglin had been given. Her master had told her that it wasn't a poison native to China, because while China was a vast country with abundant resources, its population was still predominantly inland. The poison they had been given was sea snake venom, which must have originated from some island nation.

An island nation? That coincided with what the old man had just read. After thinking for a moment, just in case, Qin Suisui simply put all the bottles and jars on the table into her spatial storage.

Besides these bottles and jars, there was only an aluminum lunchbox with a few dented corners and a pair of chopsticks on the table.

The table had no drawers or tablecloths, so there was no way it could be hiding anything. Qin Suisui then turned her gaze to the wooden bed beside her.

Perhaps because of the hot weather, there was only a thin layer of straw on the wooden board, and a tattered straw mat was laid on top of the straw. When Qin Suisui lifted the straw mat, she was surprised to find several Ming and Qing dynasty erotic novels such as "The Carnal Prayer Mat," "The Story of the Foolish Old Woman," and "The Story of Ruyi Jun" under it. Tsk tsk tsk, this old man is so old, I didn't expect him to still like reading these!

Qin Suisui flipped through the books again with a look of disdain and found several other classical novels such as "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" and "The Romance of the Western Chamber" below. There was also an illustrated "Jin Ping Mei". Qin Suisui put all these classical novels into her space. She would give the "Jin Ping Mei" to Jia Zhenzhen. She was sure Jia Zhenzhen would like it very much!

After flipping through all the books, Qin Suisui discovered that the bottom wooden board actually had two layers! And the bottom layer was even made of Phoebe zhennan wood! This old geezer is living the life of an "emperor" in the junkyard! He deserves to die!