Ma Yunfei asked in surprise, "Sir, do you mean that the tycoon and your wife communicate using written language?"
"Yes, if the tycoon wants my wife to do something or cook something, he will write her a note. Every time the tycoon comes to stay at this villa, he will make a list and have my wife cook for them according to the list."
Ma Yunfei thought: Although the old lady can't speak, she can communicate with words. So, he rekindled the flame of hope.
After finishing lunch, the old lady cleaned up the dishes and then sat in the yard weaving bamboo baskets.
Ma Yunfei took out a pen and paper from his pocket and wrote a sentence: "Auntie, you must be very tired working in such a big villa."
The old woman looked at the note and wrote on it: "I'm used to it, so it's not tiring anymore. I come from a working family; I've been working since I was a child, so I'm used to it."
Ma Yunfei noticed that the old lady's handwriting was beautiful and her sentences were fluent, indicating that she was a cultured person.
Ma Yunfei further wrote: "When the tycoon wasn't living there, was the villa guarded?"
The old woman glanced at the note, then looked up and sized up Ma Yunfei and Ye Ya.
Ma Yunfei noticed something unusual in the old woman's eyes. Clearly, she had misunderstood him, believing they were after the villa. It seemed she suspected him of being a thief.
The old woman thought for a moment and wrote on the paper: "There is a gatekeeper in the villa, and there is also an emergency phone number. In the past, thieves have tried to get in, but they were all caught."
Ma Yunfei covered his mouth and laughed when he saw the old lady's answer.
Ma Yunfei wrote on the paper again: "Auntie, we are not thieves. You can tell from the two of us that we are law-abiding citizens."
The old woman wrote on the note: "You can know a person's face but not their heart."
Clearly, the old lady had already begun to suspect Ma Yunfei and Ye Ya, and that they weren't good people.
It seems impossible to continue talking to the old lady.
Ma Yunfei realized he had spoken out of turn and couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
He wrote on the note: "Auntie, is there a young lady living in the villa?"
The old woman glanced at the note but didn't reply. She simply lowered her head and began weaving a bamboo basket.
It seems the old lady has already decided that Ma Yunfei and Ye Ya are bad people.
Ye Ya also read the notes. She was getting impatient, so she picked up her pen and wrote: "Auntie, if you are a good person, you should tell us the truth. We came here to rescue a girl in the villa. This girl has been held captive by a rich man. You have to help us."
After reading what Ye Ya had written, the old woman picked up her pen and wrote: "There are no girls in the villa."
Ma Yunfei sighed and said to Ye Ya, "Let's go. It seems we won't get any information from this old lady."
The two said goodbye to the elderly couple.
It was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
Ye Ya said with dissatisfaction, "Brother Ma, I think this old lady is definitely in cahoots with the rich man. She won't tell us the truth. Maybe the boss's daughter is locked up in this villa."
Ma Yunfei frowned and thought for a moment, then decisively said, "Girl, let's go to the villa now, knock on the door, and I think there should only be one guard inside. As soon as the door opens, we'll go in, tie him up, and then search the villa."
"Yes, this is the most efficient method. If the boss's daughter is in the villa, we'll rescue her. If she's not in the villa, we'll think of another way."
The two went to the villa.
Ma Yunfei knocked on the door, but no one answered.
Ma Yunfei knocked harder and shouted, "Is anyone there?"
Finally, a man inside answered, asking, "What do you want?"
Ma Yunfei said, "Master, please open the door. We want to ask you something."
"Ask whatever you want right outside the door."
Judging from the voice, the gatekeeper is an old man. He is cautious and unwilling to open the door casually.
Ma Yunfei found it a bit strange. When the old lady came in the morning, she only knocked on the door a few times before the small door opened.
Is there a secret code behind this knock?
There must be a code, otherwise, the old lady is deaf and mute and can't speak.
Ma Yunfei said, "Master, we'd like to ask: Is the owner of this villa surnamed Wang?"
The person inside the villa remained silent for a long time before finally replying, "I'm the gatekeeper. I don't know the owner's surname. The owner isn't here right now."
"Master, please open the door. I have an envelope here. It's a letter from the owner of this villa. He asked me to come here to see him."
“I told you, the owner of the villa isn’t here. They’re all in the city. Go look for them in the city.”
"Master, the owner of this villa wrote me a letter, and there's only this one address on it. Where am I supposed to find it in the city?"
"The owner of the villa is the boss of Qiankun Trading Company. Go to the company and find him."
Obviously, the doorman couldn't possibly open the door.
Ma Yunfei and Ye Ya had no choice but to leave the villa.
He frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Let's come back tomorrow morning with a pair of binoculars to see how the old lady knocked on the door. I think there must be a secret signal."
Ma Yunfei and Ye Ya returned to City A.
He immediately went to the store and bought a pair of binoculars.
As soon as they got back to Xiaojie's house, Xiaojie asked anxiously, "Did you find out where Xia Tian is?"
"No, we went to Wang Xiaobian's villa in the suburbs. The villa has an electric fence, so we didn't dare to climb over the wall. We knocked on the door, but the doorman refused to open it. We found an old lady who was the villa's housekeeper, but she was deaf and mute. When we tried to communicate with her in writing, she misunderstood us and refused to say anything."
Xiaojie sighed and said, "What should we do then?"
"Tomorrow, Yeya and I will go to that villa again. We suspect that the old lady made a secret agreement with the gatekeeper when she knocked on the door. So I bought a pair of binoculars to figure out the secret signal. Then, we'll trick the gatekeeper into opening the door so we can rush in."
Xiao Jie said, "Today, Xia Tian's father called me again. He still suspects that you kidnapped Xia Tian and gave you three days to hand her over. Otherwise, he will call the police and have you arrested."
Ma Yunfei sighed and said helplessly, "It seems like this CEO Xia and I are born to be enemies. Why can't he stand me?"
“Brother Ma, I think it’s all your fault for getting married. If you were a single man, President Xia would gladly accept you as his son-in-law. The problem is that you are already a married man and it’s impossible for you to marry Xia Tian, which makes President Xia wary of you.”
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