Chapter Thirty
-Deng Xiqi-
I anxiously stared at my phone.
The text at the top of the chat box kept changing, sometimes showing Xiao Lan's nickname, and sometimes showing "typing".
What on earth is she up to? Can she come now or not? Give me a straight answer, or I'm storming in!
The text at the top of the chat box quickly changed back from typing to Xiao Lan's nickname. I gritted my teeth, thinking to myself, "Never mind the two of them," and just as I counted to 3, 2, 1 and rushed in, the phone suddenly rang.
I was so startled I almost dropped my phone. I took a closer look at the number on it—it looked like Xiao Lan's call.
...I think so?
Okay, I absolutely can't tell Xiao Lan that I didn't recognize her phone number at first glance, otherwise I have a feeling I'll be in big trouble.
I answered the phone, and Yu Shaohan's voice came through the receiver. I was stunned for a moment—wasn't that Xiao Lan's phone number? But I quickly realized: of course, the two of them were always inseparable.
"Did you find Guyu?" Yu Shaohan asked abruptly.
"Almost there," I whispered. "Anyway, hurry up and get here!"
"I'm speechless," Yu Shaohan cursed. "We've been searching everywhere for so long without any clues about her, and how did you find her so quickly?"
Actually, I'm not entirely sure about this either, but there's no time to discuss that now. I gave a perfunctory reply: "Oh, anyway, you two hurry up and come over. It's the location I posted. Can we discuss other things after you two get here? I'm going in now."
I hung up the phone—damn! This is the first time I've ever hung up on either of them, awesome!
It wouldn't be good to wait for them to arrive slowly any longer—although I think it wouldn't take long for Xiao Lan to come by sword, Xiao Lan's sword-flying ability is very powerful, and I'm sure Yu Shaohan would absolutely refuse to race with him. As for Yu Shaohan's Shrinking Earth a Thousand Miles technique, she seems to be preparing to improve it these past few days, turning it into Shrinking Earth Ten Thousand Miles. She absolutely won't use it until it's been improved.
I took a deep breath.
Actually, finding Gu Yu was a complete accident—if it weren't for Yu Shaohan and Xiao Lan's request, who would want to see her? She's a good person, and she hasn't done anything particularly annoying or repulsive... it's just that our values clash. Values clash, you know? Sigh, things are a bit complicated between us, and I can't explain it all in a short time.
Actually, I think it's not just that our values don't align; I suspect that if Xiao Lan and Yu Shaohan were closer to her, they would probably think the same way I do.
Sigh, no, no, no, I seem to have gone off-topic. Anyway, let's get back to the point. Finding Gu Yu was actually a bit of a coincidence. Because Xiao Lan and Yu Shaohan are always traveling around the world, I've lost two close friends who I could mooch meals off. I still have a little bit of the money they gave me last time, but I don't know when they'll be back, and I don't want to ask them for the money directly on my phone—even though I know they'll definitely give it to me.
So, in this situation where I was about to go hungry, I made a great decision—to take the little money I had left, buy a train ticket, and wander around a backward mountain village to see if I could find some randomly fallen tomatoes, cucumbers, or other vegetables.
No kidding, I did the same thing when I was broke in the cultivation world.
But I overlooked this point: this isn't the cultivation world. You can tell by how expensive vegetables are here. Even if you wander around a backward mountain village 100 times, you won't find any randomly fallen rotten vegetable leaves.
I still have my doubts. Where did all the rotten vegetable leaves go?
I wandered around, starving. I didn't know where I was; I just bought a ticket randomly, thinking I'd just go wherever it took me, and then somehow I ended up here.
Oh no, we're completely lost now.
It'll be terrible if Xiao Lan and Yu Shaohan can't find me when they finish their mission and want to come back for a meal.
I've completely given up on picking up rotten vegetable leaves—this was a complete loss. My immediate priority is figuring out how to get back to my lovely little warehouse. As for going hungry… well, forget it. It'll only be a few days of hunger. My stomach will feel empty and uncomfortable, but it won't cause me any real harm.
Having already made my plans in my mind, I held up the translator on my phone and decided to find someone to ask where I was and how to get back to Tokyo.
"Excuse me." I randomly approached an elderly woman who seemed kind and easy to talk to. "Grandma, where is this? Do you know how to get back to Tokyo?"
The old woman seemed to have hearing problems. She stared at me for a long time and said, "Ha—who are you—are you here to see Miss Gu?"
What does Miss Gu have to do with me? I patiently repeated, word by word, "No—do you even know where Tokyo is? Tokyo—"
Mother-in-law: "Tokyo? Miss Gu isn't from Tokyo."
I was practically spitting blood: Who is this Miss Gu? What does she have to do with me?
"I'm not looking for—Miss Gu—"
"Oh, is someone in your family sick?"
They were talking past each other.
It was a complete misunderstanding.
I had completely given up, so I simply said goodbye to the old woman and went to find the next person to question. But for some reason, there wasn't a single person in this village, except for the old woman sitting at the gate fanning herself.
Oh, saying there wasn't a single person was a bit ambiguous. Let me correct it: there wasn't a single person on the street.
So I wandered around this run-down village for more than a week. When I got tired, I would just lean against a tree and take a nap. When I was thirsty, I would find a well and get a ladle of water. When I was hungry, I would just endure it or chew some grass leaves.
Overall, things are going alright.
But it certainly wouldn't be as comfortable as sleeping in the warehouse.
However, I didn't do nothing for the past week or so. I practically explored every nook and cranny of this village (like a criminal scouting operation). During the day, I carried my phone's translator with me, approaching everyone I met and asking, "How do I get to Tokyo?" The responses were either, "Miss Gu went to the back mountain to gather herbs today," or "Miss Gu said these herbs need to dry for three days." At first, I patiently explained, "I'm not looking for Miss Gu," but later I simply gave up arguing and just followed their lead, asking, "So, is this Miss Gu from Tokyo?"
I didn't really want to know anything about this Miss Gu; I just wanted to ask her some questions to see if I could manage to appease them and get them to tell me where this place was.
Upon hearing this, the villagers, who had been stammering, seemed to have opened a floodgate of conversation. The uncle selling groceries pointed to the tiled house covered with morning glories at the east end of the village: "Miss Gu lives there. She came from Tokyo a few days ago, saying she was here to provide free medical care for us." The aunt squatting at the village entrance, seemingly pulling weeds, added beans to the stone mill while muttering, "That girl is kind-hearted, always smiling at everyone. The other day, when Old Wang's grandson had a fever, she was the one who prescribed the medicine."
I:"……"
Even the little kids who happened to pass by would chatter and say a few words. "Miss Gu is just like a fairy!" a child's voice came from beside me. "I love her cheongsam, and her hair is up in a bun, she looks so beautiful!"
"Yes, Miss Gu has a very outstanding temperament... she must be very charming."
I have to say, the more Miss Gu described her, the more familiar it sounded. I blinked and tentatively asked, "Is her name Gu Yu?"
"That's right!" The old woman who had just arrived in the village and asked for directions immediately ran to my side. "Old woman, I knew it. You also asked her to come and help you with your medical treatment, right?"
I:"……"
Me: "No way, it really is Grain Rain!"
I almost jumped up and rushed over, then grabbed the sleeve of the person next to me and demanded to know where Gu Yu was. Thinking about this week and a half of non-verbal communication, I was starting to feel a bit exasperated. Well, when Xiao Lan and Yu Shaohan get here and find out what happened this week, they'll laugh themselves to death. Since Gu Yu is here, there's no need to go back to Tokyo. I'll just send them both a message and ask them to come over.
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