Chapter 33: Dusk, the Story of the Bird Tower (4)
"It's it!It's it!" Zhiqiu cried out in surprise, "Found it! Finally found it!" His eyes flashed with tears of excitement, and his body seemed to be full of strength again.
"Thank you, old man, you helped us find it, you have been waiting for us to come back!" Ziyun was so happy that she also burst into tears, and she ran to the old man with joy.
"Hehe, no thanks, no thanks," the old man said with a smile, "Little friend, it's been a day of searching, and you're tired, come, come here, sit and rest for a while." ”
"Eh, okay, grandpa, how did you help us find it, you are such a kind person, I don't know how to thank you!" Zhiqiu was so happy that he didn't know what to say, his hand reached over, ready to gently take his baby over, "That's it, we'll go home and send you a pennant later, a big pennant that is fun to help others!"
"Little friend, you fool my old man!" the old man retracted his hand and held the olive meteorite in his hand, "Such a big olive meteorite, don't you make people happy to use a pennant to entertain me!"
Hearing the words "Olive Fall", Zhiqiu was stunned all of a sudden, Ziyun was also stunned, in the bus, the air seemed to freeze all of a sudden, and in the light from the bright and dark bus dispatching venue, the double-decker bus suddenly fell silent.
"It's... It's you!" Finally, in the flashes of light and shadow, Zhiqiu recognized the gray-haired old man in front of him, wasn't he the old man who praised Ziyun at the Ancient Capital Observatory! Zhiqiu remembered that they had a conversation at that time, and the old man gave him a business card, which seemed to be the director of the "Mountains and Rivers Research Institute", and he threw the business card in the trash bin without taking it seriously.
"Remember, kid, I wasn't angry when you left my business card in the trash!" said the old man slowly, his chin had a light beard, but it was also white, and it looked more white than black, and his beard trembled as soon as he spoke. The old man's hair was very fluffy, as if he hadn't been cleaned for a few days, and he was wearing a navy blue Tang suit, still sitting there, motionless.
"It, how can it be in your hands?" Zhiqiu's eyes suddenly turned red, as a marketing manager at work, he didn't know how many customers he saw on weekdays, and when he saw the old man sitting there standing still, chatting slowly, he immediately felt that things were not so simple.
"You, you're following us!" Ziyun regretted that the words of praise that day had made people with ulterior motives pay attention to them.
"Little girl, it should be said that I am protecting you, if you didn't suddenly have a situation today, I wouldn't have taken this bus, waiting for you here for so long!" The old man still spoke unhurriedly, his hand was raised, supporting the armrest of the bus seat, and he got up slowly, but his eyes were staring at the two of them with blazing eyes, like a mouse aperture, which made Ziyun feel locked, and he felt very depressed all of a sudden.
This is the legendary aura?Zhiqiu also felt very depressed, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and felt that his throat was a little dry, "This is what we lost, please return it to us." ”
"To tell you the truth, it's the first time I've taken a double-decker bus," the old man waved his hand, "Oh, don't worry, I'll pay you back this olive meteorite, it's something you got, I'm a legal citizen, how can I take advantage of your treasure?"
Soon, the footsteps of "bang bang bang" were heard, and a woman rushed in outside the bus, her face was very white, her hair was shawl, she was wearing a pair of dark blue denim shorts, and a tight camouflage T-shirt on her upper body, "Grandpa, nothing was found!" The girl said loudly to the old man, carrying a canvas bag in her right hand, bulging. Ziyun felt very familiar, and looked at the turquoise pendant hanging on the zipper again, confirming that it was his canvas bag.
"You guys, go to my dormitory and get my things!" Ziyun was a little anxious, she rushed up to get her canvas bag, "How can you go through my things without permission?"
"What a dormitory! There's a couple of men and women in it in broad daylight!" said the girl in denim shorts, and at the same time flashed her canvas bag, Ziyun rushed to the bus door diagonally, but did not want to collide with a man who was walking inside.
"You little girl, what are you doing!" came in a short man, with a round face and a small flat head, he pushed Ziyun away, wiped a handful of sweat with his left hand, and shook his head at the old man, but his right hand was carrying a big blue suitcase, Zhiqiu recognized at a glance that it was the big suitcase he had placed in his residence.
Zhiqiu wondered, what were they going to do at their and Ziyun's residence, what could two renters who were struggling in the workplace have anything valuable!
Suddenly, Zhiqiu's eyes lit up, he remembered his olive meteorite, and finally understood the intentions of these people, "You have all turned over the homes of the two of us, we are a meteorite lover, and we don't have what you want!" Zhiqiu suddenly calmed down a little, and he said to the old man sincerely.
"Little friend, you finally understand, what you get is important to us", the old man sat down again, still speaking unhurriedly, while motioning for the other two to sit down. "Well, you give us the stuff and we'll pay you at the market price, okay?"
"Grandpa, what you want is already in your hands, we are this stone, I really don't know what else you want. Ziyun said to the old man seriously.
The girl in denim shorts next to her suddenly stood up, "This olive fell from the rough stone at first glance, how can you not know, say, where did you get this stone?"
"We are flying ......" Ziyun didn't want to put herself and Zhiqiu in danger, she didn't hesitate to say the "Flying Bird Tower", but was suddenly interrupted by Zhiqiu: "I picked up at the airport, I didn't see any other stones at that time, only this one." Zhiqiu held Ziyun's hand tightly and felt the power coming from his hand.
"The airport?" the denim shorts girl repeated confusedly.
"The time, the place, the location, let him write it down, and you can find it as he says!" the old man's tone was suddenly very fast, and he gave a hard order to the short man.
Zhiqiu didn't think about it, and quickly wrote two lines of words on the piece of paper handed over by the denim shorts girl, handed it to the short man, and the three of them passed it around and looked at it, and the short man went out.
With a "clang", the door suddenly closed, and the four of them sat in the slowly darkened bus, waiting quietly.
In the twilight, Ziyun could clearly hear Zhiqiu's breathing and heartbeat getting heavier and heavier.