Chapter 656 - 652: Brother and Sister
Chapter 656: Chapter 652: Brother and Sister
"My surname is Zhao. Call me Zhao Qi," the young woman said with a smile. "How about it? Feeling a bit more at ease now that you know my name?"
Su Shengguo nodded and said, "So it’s Comrade Zhao Qi. How about this? My daughter’s body is still at the police station. My wife and I need to handle her arrangements first. After we’ve taken care of that, you can give us the deposit, and then we’ll go find Su Qing. Does that work for you?"
Zhao Qi grit her teeth, silently cursing Su Shengguo for being a greedy bastard. On the surface, however, she smiled. "No problem. Let’s set a time, then."
Su Shengguo thought for a moment, then said, "Half a month. We need to take our daughter back to our hometown for burial first. After she’s buried, we’ll return to Beijing. But... how will we find you then?"
’Another half a month!’
Zhao Qi cursed inwardly again, but since the task had to be done by Su Shengguo and his wife, she had no choice but to agree. "Fine, it’s a deal. In half a month, come back to this guesthouse. I’ll find you here."
"Alright," Su Shengguo nodded, then added with a smile, "Um, Comrade Zhao Qi, you see, for us to do this for you, we have to take the train back from the Northeast, and there are travel and accommodation costs... Don’t you think you could give us some money today?"
"Heh, you really are..." Zhao Qi didn’t even know how to describe Su Shengguo. ’Truly insatiable. No wonder he stole his own brother’s job back then and even withheld packages sent to his niece.’
Su Shengguo quickly said, "We can’t help it. Since you know about our family’s situation, you know we’re poor. We really don’t have any money. We’re not asking for much, just give us one hundred for now. When we get back, you can pay the rest of the six-hundred-yuan deposit. How’s that sound?"
"Fine. One hundred for now." Zhao Qi shot Su Shengguo an annoyed look, pulled ten ’Da Tuanjie’ bills from her pocket, and slapped them on the table with a sharp CRACK. "Satisfied now?"
"Satisfied, very satisfied." Su Shengguo’s eyes lit up as he snatched the ten ’Da Tuanjie’ bills. "Comrade Zhao Qi, don’t you worry. My wife and I will hurry back from the Northeast. We’ll definitely get close to that girl, Su Qing."
"Hmph. I hope you do what you say you’ll do. That’s the only way you’ll be worth the money I’m paying you." Zhao Qi snorted, said nothing more, and left.
After Zhao Qi left, Su Shengguo and Zheng Erlian exchanged a look without saying a word. After a long moment, once they were sure Zhao Qi was truly gone, Zheng Erlian whispered, "Good heavens, she really left a hundred yuan."
As she spoke, Zheng Erlian pulled one of the ’Da Tuanjie’ bills from Su Shengguo’s hand. She turned it over and over, feeling it carefully, and only let out a breath of relief after confirming it was real. "She’s really sparing no expense."
And it was no small expense. How much did an ordinary worker make in a month? Yet this woman, Zhao Qi, had actually promised over a thousand yuan just to deal with Su Qing. What kind of hatred was that!
Su Shengguo nodded lightly. "This Zhao Qi... she’s aiming to ruin that girl Su Qing."
Zheng Erlian pressed her lips together tightly and glanced at Su Shengguo. Knowing his wife all too well, Su Shengguo immediately whispered, "I’m warning you, don’t get any funny ideas. We absolutely cannot afford to cross that girl Su Qing. If you’re thinking about Lidong and Lifeng, then you’ll just quietly follow Su Qing’s plan. Otherwise, if you end up harming Lifeng and Lidong because of this, I won’t forgive you."
Seeing Su Shengguo speak so sternly, Zheng Erlian immediately dropped the idea and said hurriedly, "I didn’t say anything. Why are you so worked up?"
"I’m just giving you a heads-up, so you don’t get hot-headed and do something you can’t take back," Su Shengguo said sternly to Zheng Erlian.
"Alright, I get it. I promise I’ll listen to you, okay?" Zheng Erlian said, tucking a stray strand of hair back, a bit uncomfortable.
"As long as you understand."
What Su Shengguo and Zheng Erlian didn’t know was that Su Qing had heard their entire conversation with Zhao Qi.
Su Qing had only come tonight to try her luck. She didn’t know if the woman who’d contacted Su Shengguo and his wife would show up again. Fortunately, her luck was good.
But this Zhao Qi...