After finishing a cigarette, Li Jia looked down at the green jade gourd that had emerged from her shirt, took it off, and gently stroked it in her palm. She tried her best to imagine her younger sister's face. After a moment, Li Jia put the jade gourd back around her neck and turned on her computer to search on Baidu.
Image search for "jade gourd" only yielded 574 results. He scrolled through them one by one, but ultimately couldn't find one exactly like the one he was wearing. Shaking his head at the computer screen, he shut down the computer, took out his phone, and called Hong Guang. "Any news?"
Hong Guang answered crisply on the phone, "Not yet. The entire city of B is almost searched. Notify the instructors as soon as you have any news!"
"Okay, hurry up, the sooner the better." After saying that, Li Jia hung up the phone and leaned back in her chair to relax. Just then, her phone rang. It was Li Xiaotong.
"Xiaotong, what's up?" Li Jia picked up the phone and pressed the answer button. A somewhat noisy voice came from the other end of the line. "Nothing much, it's just that your uncle misses you and wants you to come here for a couple of days."
"Hehe, tell Uncle that I'll go as soon as I finish my business. I've been dealing with a lot of trouble lately, so I'm afraid I won't have a chance for a while," Li Feng explained with a smile.
"Yeah, it's nothing! By the way, Xiaoyan wants to talk to you." After Li Xiaotong finished speaking on the phone, Li Yan's voice rang out, "Big brother, when are you going to pick me up?"
"What's wrong? Were you unhappy over there?" Li Jia asked calmly upon hearing Li Yan's voice.
"No, Xiaofang can't keep up with me in school. She's always bothering me, it's driving me crazy. I want to go home and be alone." Li Yan's voice made Li Jia smile slightly. It seemed that besides Zhou Xiaoyu, there was someone else who could control him. "I'm afraid you won't have time. Big brother might have to go out tomorrow. You can play at your uncle's house for now. I'll pick you up when I'm done. That's all." Li Jia was about to hang up when Li Xiaoqing's voice came from the other end of the line, "Big brother, don't hang up yet!"
"Xiaoqing, do you have something to do too?" Li Jia asked softly, holding the phone to her ear.
"Nothing special, just wanted to say a few words to my brother. We haven't seen each other for days. I've been missing him a bit, haha." Xiaoqing finished speaking before Li Xiaotong snatched the phone away. "Alright, brother! We're going out to the night market. You hurry up and finish your business, and remember to pick us up early!" Before Li Jia could reply, Li Xiaotong had already hung up. Hearing the busy tone, Li Jia smiled, closed her phone, and put it aside.
Nothing happened overnight. The dry cleaners started a new day in the morning. Yesterday's unpleasantness had faded away with the smiles of the customers and the busy work. The only thing that remained unchanged was Li Jia's still-faint smile. After arranging the day's work at the shop, she got in her car and drove away.
"Li Jia, could you come with me to the airport at noon?" In the car, Li Jia received a call from Jiang Ling, whom she hadn't heard from in a long time. "No problem, I'll pick you up from your police station at noon. Okay, that's all." After hanging up, Li Jia's car headed towards the Blue Tianda Shopping Mall.
Li Jia wandered around the mall, especially the jade counters, examining them meticulously in hopes of finding some useful clues. Unfortunately, she visited seven or eight jade shops that morning, including Blue Tianda, a jade and jewelry distribution center, but found absolutely no information about the jade gourd.
Looking at the time, it was time to get off work. Li Jia drove to the entrance of the Municipal Criminal Investigation Team. After waiting for a few minutes, Li Jia saw Jiang Ling in a police uniform, her face rosy and her smile happy. Upon seeing Li Jia, she immediately ran a few steps to the car, opened the door, and got in. "Let's hurry up and leave, or my grandfather will be picked up by someone."
"Are you in a good mood lately? But you look like you've lost a lot of weight. Are you on a diet?" Li Jia said, starting the car and leaving the police station.
"Tch! Dieting? I don't need to diet. I've just not had much time to eat properly lately, so I've lost a little weight." Jiang Ling reached out and smoothed her short hair behind her ear, looking at Li Jia with a smile as she retorted.
"By the way, you mentioned your grandfather? I've never heard you mention him before," Li Jia suddenly remembered that Jiang Ling had said earlier, "Her grandfather was taken away by someone else if she arrived too late." So she asked with some confusion.
"Yes, my grandfather loves me very much. Unfortunately, he went to Canada for treatment two years ago due to poor health. This year, I don't know why he stopped his treatment and returned to China. I only found out about it by chance from my mother. So I thought I'd sneak off to see him." Jiang Ling'er's face was filled with happiness as she spoke of her grandfather.
"Okay, fasten your seatbelts, I'm going to speed up! The flight from Canada to City B should land at 12:45 PM, we still have more than half an hour, we should be able to make it." Li Jia didn't ask any more questions and increased the car's speed to the maximum in the city. After entering the airport expressway, the white Passat suddenly let out an extremely loud roar and sped towards the airport.
At 12:40, Li Jia pulled Jiang Ling'er into the airport arrival hall, anxiously waiting for the plane to land. Finally, five minutes later, the landing information was announced in the hall. Jiang Ling'er pulled Li Jia to a corner to sit down, saying, "Let's wait here. I don't want my dad to see me."
Seeing Jiang Ling's somewhat impatient expression, he became increasingly puzzled by her thoughts. "Why don't you want to see your father? Don't you like him?"
"I don't like him! I really don't like him! I even hate him a little. I'll tell you about these things later when I have the chance. Keep an eye on things for me. My grandfather is very tall and has a very long beard. I usually love to pull his beard. I wonder if I'll have a chance to pull it again today." Jiang Ling's face brightened, and when she mentioned her grandfather's beard, a hint of longing and happiness appeared on her face.
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