Chapter 123 A Cat Has Nine Lives But One Heart (4)
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to arrive at N City Station. Passengers wishing to disembark please collect their luggage and be prepared to exit the train. Please exit from the left door in the direction of travel, and be mindful of the gap between the door and the platform."
10 a.m.
After more than three hours of high-speed rail journey, Shisui finally arrived at the station.
As a cat without a ticket, she cleverly hid in the most expensive but almost deserted business class carriage.
There was only one other passenger on the entire journey. As soon as he got on the bus, he folded down his seat and fell asleep. The crew rarely came to disturb him.
Tokiho jumped onto the luggage rack above the seat and took a good nap there.
It was not until the carriage announcement sounded, indicating that they had arrived at their destination, that she secretly slipped off the high-speed train and quickly rushed into the platform.
"Stowaway" successful!!!
The high-speed rail station in this small county town is extremely simple and desolate.
There are less than ten high-speed trains stopping here a day.
After getting off the train, Shisui counted carefully and found that for such a long high-speed train, there were only a dozen or twenty people getting on and off at this station.
Shi Sui climbed up the pillar, stood on the roof of the high-speed rail station, and looked down at this small county town that could not be more ordinary.
Backed by several big mountains, it has chaotic roads, buildings of varying heights, running tricycles and motorcycles, and sparse pedestrians in simple clothes.
City N has neither tourism resources nor is it an industrial center.
It is not the hometown of An Huairou and Luo Xiangfei.
Two outstanding college students left their hometown after graduation and settled down here after getting married. What on earth are they trying to achieve?
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No. 5 Courtyard, No. 198, Dadu Road, Western District, N City.
"Fresh oranges, pears, and strawberries!"
"Come on! Homegrown vegetables and sweet potatoes are on sale for a low price!"
On the side of the road in front of the self-built "small villas" in the suburban townhouses, several farmers were selling their vegetables on the ground.
It is said to be a single-family house, one household per family.
But in fact, it is just a pile of red bricks and cement, and the decoration is either the Syrian refugee style or the old hair salon style from ten or twenty years ago.
It's even worse than the handshake buildings in the urban villages in big cities.
Shi Sui had traveled a long way, taking cars, trucks, high-speed trains, and now a rickshaw, and finally...
Finally, we arrived near An Huairou's home. Just across a wall, we could see the gentle and smiling girl in Xiao Hei's memory...!
"Uncle, can you weigh me a handful of choy sum? I'll take it back and cook it for my wife later."
Shi Sui was just about to jump into Compound No. 5 where An Huairou lived when she suddenly heard a not-so-loud but familiar male voice coming from a vegetable stall.
She jumped onto the yard wall and looked down at the crowd buying and selling vegetables.
Among this group of middle-aged and elderly men and women, Shisui immediately saw a young and tall man squatting in front of a vegetable stall to buy vegetables.
It’s Luo Xiangfei!!
OK!
After a journey of more than 500 kilometers, Shisui finally caught him!
After four years of baptism, he is very different from the youthful appearance in Xiao Hei's memory.
Although Luo Xiangfei is still tall and handsome now, he wears a pair of black-framed glasses, his face looks a little more mature, his hair is a little long and messy, and there is some stubble on his chin.
She doesn't look like the 22-year-old she used to be, nor does she look like the 26-year-old she actually is. Judging from her dress and mental state, she seems to be in her early 30s...
The old man selling vegetables grinned, his teeth missing, and said to Luo Xiangfei in a thick accent, "Hey, young man! You're the one who loves your wife the most around here! It's not easy for you either. It's just two vegetables, so I won't charge you!"
"How can we do that? Our family is not so poor that we can't afford to buy food, haha."
Luo Xiangfei insisted on putting the money into the old man's hand, picked up the vegetables and ran to his own yard.
Shisui followed closely behind.
As soon as Luo Xiangfei entered the yard, he turned around and locked the iron gate.
There was a big wolf dog in the yard. When it saw its owner coming back, it wagged its tail obediently at Luo Xiangfei. But when Shi Sui got closer, it barked loudly and showed its teeth.
Luo Xiangfei looked in the direction of the wolfhound's barking and saw a large, jet-black cat squatting on the wall.
He and Shisui made eye contact.
Luo Xiangfei only felt that the cat's eyes were a little fierce and sharp. He frowned slightly, but didn't take it too seriously.
In his opinion, all black cats are similar to this and are not likable at all.
He shouted to the wolfhound, "Daben! Stop barking! It's just a cat, don't make such a fuss."
The wolfhound named Daben lay obediently on the ground and continued to track the whereabouts of Shisui, the black cat, with his eyes.
"Woof woof woof—woof oh—"
Translated from dog language, it means "What are you looking at? Hurry up and go!"
Shisui responded with a "Meow-woo-woo," which meant "What are you looking at? Shut up!"
Shi Sui was like an empty space, jumping high and climbing low to inspect everywhere.
The small house has two floors. The first floor is the living room, kitchen, dining room and other reception areas, and the second floor is divided into three rooms and a bathroom.
The total area of the upper and lower floors and the yard is only about 180 square meters. In the county town, this condition is not considered spacious.
Moreover, from the yard to the house, everything was in a mess, which had nothing to do with the word "living in peace and security".
As soon as Luo Xiangfei got home, he went straight into the kitchen to cook.
His wife, An Huairou... was nowhere to be seen...
Tokiho jumped onto the eaves of the second floor and walked around the house. She found that the windows of one of the rooms were closed and covered tightly with curtains...
Doesn't this clearly say "suspicious"?
Shisui swaggered into the window of another room and went into the house to find out what was going on.
When the big wolf dog saw this, he was so anxious that he turned around in circles and barked loudly.
"Daben! Didn't I tell you to stop yelling? If you keep yelling, you won't get lunch today!"
Luo Xiangfei yelled at his dog in the kitchen.
Daben felt very aggrieved. He lay on the ground with his head lowered and his tail wagging weakly.
Tokiho slipped into the house and came to a room with its windows and door closed.
She jumped up and tried to turn the doorknob to open the door, but found that it would not turn at all.
This door is locked! !
...Shisui looked up again and fortunately there was a small window above the door for ventilation.
She took a few running steps, jumped up, passed through the window which was only the size of an A4 paper, and landed lightly on the ground.
Not a sound was made.
It was broad daylight, but the room was pitch black because of the curtains.
There was a wooden bed against the wall, and on the bed was a woman sleeping, motionless and wearing an eye mask.
Tokiho quietly moved closer to take a look and recognized it.
This thin, frail woman...
It’s An Huairou!!!
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