Chapter 60: Missing Sister (5) Little Girl Xingxing
What kind of people have anti-reconnaissance awareness? According to Sang Luo's previous experience, only people with special experiences can have such a high level of vigilance. From this point of view, the uncle is very suspicious.
"Since he's suspicious, why don't we go check it out in the afternoon?" Ruan Yu glanced at the time. "It's only noon now anyway, and we still have half a day. Let's go find him in the afternoon and try to find out his personal information!"
Sang Luo shook his head: "No, although we still have time in the afternoon, we can't go anymore. Think about it from his perspective. If two strangers suddenly come to pester him with questions, he will definitely feel suspicious. If we alert them, we will lose more than we gain."
Ruan Yu frowned: "What should we do? We still have the whole afternoon. Are we just going to sit in the house?"
Sang Luo paced back and forth, she was also a little anxious. She wanted to hire a villager to help her find out, but she was afraid of alerting the man. When she was hesitating, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open -
"Hehe, I heard everything!" A little girl with twin ponytails ran in with a smile, sat on the bed without any courtesy, and squeezed in between the two of them.
The two of them suddenly became nervous and asked in unison: "What did you hear?"
The little girl pouted: "That's what you just said! What did you mean by investigation and detection, brother and sister? I guess you two are police officers, right?"
Sang Luo was horrified and hurriedly said to the little girl, "It's not like that, little girl. You think too much. We are actually actors from the city. We were just reciting our lines. Our play hasn't been aired yet. You better be good and don't leak our conversation!"
Ruan Yu also said: "Yes, little friend, you must keep this secret for us. If you leak this, you will be held legally responsible!"
If it were an ordinary child, she would have been frightened after hearing this, but unexpectedly this little girl was not afraid at all, and even put her hands on her hips and said:
"Stop fooling people. You adults just lie to children! My parents lie to me every day. They told me that they would never go to the city to work again, but they secretly left while I was sleeping and gave birth to my younger brother in the city! I tell you, don't treat me like a fool. I can tell at a glance whether you are lying or not!"
Sang Luo frowned. It seemed that this little girl was not so easy to deal with. They were going to the countryside to conduct a private investigation this time and had to keep a low profile. She didn't want anything to go wrong at this juncture.
"Then little boy, tell me, what can you do to help me keep a secret?" Sang Luo asked gently.
The little girl immediately stretched out her hand: "Money! I want one dollar! Give me money, and I will promise to keep it a secret for you."
Sang Luo and Ruan Yu looked at each other, both of them were a little helpless. They didn't care about the money, but they felt that the little girl's behavior was a bit excessive. Ruan Yu reprimanded in a low voice:
"How can you be so rude, kid? You stood outside the door and eavesdropped on our conversation, and now you're asking us for money. Do you know that this is blackmail?"
The little girl said as if it was a matter of course: "What's the matter? I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation. I was cooking with grandpa at noon and saw you guys coming back. This sister had grabbed several candy figures in her hand. I thought you guys couldn't eat so many candy figures, so I came to help you share. Who knew I heard you guys talking at the door, so I came in!"
Ruan Yu tried to reason with her: "Eavesdropping is wrong, and blackmail is even more wrong. You are still young and cannot get infected with this bad habit. If we give you the money, we will be harming you!"
The little girl didn't buy it at all. She crossed her arms and said, "Okay, you don't want to give it to me? Then I will spread this news now. I want the whole world to know that the police have come to our village!"
"You——" Ruan Yu was so angry that he stretched out his hand and pinched the little girl's face, "You are such a little bandit!"
Sang Luo held the little girl's shoulder and said, "I can give you money, but first tell me, what are you going to do with the money?"
The little girl opened her big eyes and said, "I want lucky money!"
Sang Luo was a little puzzled: "It's not Chinese New Year yet, why do you suddenly want lucky money?"
The little girl pouted angrily, "Because my brother has one. Last year during the Spring Festival, my parents gave my brother a one-dollar bill as a lucky gift, but I don't have one. I have never touched a one-dollar bill in my life! I also want to have one of my own!"
This sentence touched Sang Luo's heart at once. Because she had similar experiences, she could understand the little girl's feelings. Sang Luo no longer hesitated, took out a dollar from her wallet, and said to the little girl:
"I'll give you one dollar today, but you have to promise me that you will keep this secret for me and never do something like this again!"
The little girl suddenly became happy and kept nodding her head up and down. Sang Luo handed her the money and she ran out happily.
Ruan Yu looked out the window and saw the little girl rushing into the kitchen to help her grandparents carry the dishes out. He sighed, "This girl is really smart. She looks only six or seven years old, but she speaks and acts like a teenager."
Sang Luo also sighed. She took out the dollar as a way to make up for her childhood self. She hoped that the little girl could get out of today's predicament through her own efforts in the future.
After the dishes were served, the old man outside shouted that it was time to eat. Sang Luo and Ruan Yu walked out of the room one after another. The three of them, grandfather and grandson, were sitting at the dining table. From what the little girl had said just now, her parents had gone to work in the city, and there were only elderly and children left at home.
Although Sang Luo only came to stay for one day, the two old people were very welcoming and specially cooked a fish for her and gave her the fish head to eat. The little girl kept staring at the fish head in Sang Luo's bowl. Seeing this, Sang Luo simply picked up the fish head and gave it to her. The little girl was not polite and picked up the fish eyes with chopsticks.
The grandfather next to him said with a smile: "It's good to eat fish heads. Eating more fish heads will make you smarter. Our Xingxing should become smarter and get into college as soon as possible!"
The little girl named Xingxing shook her head and said, "No need to change, I'm already smart enough, Grandpa. Dad said that when I get first place in the class, he will take me to the city. I've already passed the exam, so when will he take me to the city?"
Grandpa and grandma were stunned. Grandpa said awkwardly: "Haha, I think he is busy. Besides, what's the point of going to the city? Xingxing, isn't it good to stay with grandpa and grandma?"
"That's good, but..."
Xingxing stopped talking and pouts like a deflated ball.
The little girl was trustworthy. After receiving the money, she really did not tell anyone about Sang Luo's affairs. The meal was completed without any incident. After the meal, Sang Luo and Ruan Yu went back to the house to discuss countermeasures.
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