Chapter 237: Faceless Man
The square of Yangcheng Railway Station is full of people, and everyone's faces are tired and a little happy, because next, they will meet the people they want to see, whether they are friends, relatives or lovers.
Lin Yu originally thought that the old man who came from afar was the same, she would soon be able to see her son in Yangcheng, and she didn't have to wait until the Chinese New Year to have a short time to get together, the old man would know the fact that he was deceived, and her son would also make proper arrangements for the next things.
But Lin Yu didn't expect such a result, and after repeated inquiries, the old man really couldn't tell where her son was and his contact information, she kept shaking her head and said with an embarrassed face, "Child, grandma, grandma really doesn't know." ”
"I don't know, or, I don't remember?" Lin Yu finally asked tentatively, he could only attribute all this to the old man's old age, isn't there a disease called Alzheimer's disease, maybe she also suffers from this disease that makes memory loss.
The old man patted his head, "Whether you don't know or don't remember, kid, don't ask me again, tonight, I'll stay in the hotel tonight." ”
Seeing the old man say this, Lin Yu had no choice but to stop asking, but when he looked at the old man and said this, his eyes clearly flashed with wisdom. Lin Yu couldn't help but wonder in his heart, what the hell is going on?
Since the old man decided to stay in a hotel, Lin Yu simply took her to the vicinity of Yangcheng University, at least she could take care of something, and the prices of the hotels near the university were relatively affordable.
Lin Yu took the old man back by subway, and because the old man did not have a Yangcheng Pass that could take the subway, Lin Yu helped the old man buy a one-way ticket at the automatic ticket vending machine.
The old man seemed to have forgotten the previous unpleasantness very quickly, and she did not seem to be in a hurry to find her son, but seemed to regard this search for relatives as a trip. The modern subway network made the old man feel fresh and playful, and he almost exclaimed when he learned that all of these modes of transportation, which are similar to trains, were walking underground.
In this process, Lin Yu always observed the old man silently with puzzled eyes, compared with the confusion in the square of the railway station, the old man's consciousness at this time seemed very clear, and she could still recognize the name of each station on the subway line, which was undoubtedly rare for people of her age.
She shouldn't be an ordinary rural woman, at least she went to school when she was young, Lin Yu flashed such an idea in his mind, he remembered that when he first entered the old man's wooden house, he found that the furnishings, furniture, and illustrations in the hall were very tasteful, and she was not an old lady who didn't understand anything at all.
Until the subway drove near Yangcheng University, Lin Yu still couldn't figure out why the old man had such a contradictory performance, and he could only suppress the doubts in his heart at the moment, and quietly helped the old man out of the subway station.
The man always follows behind the two, just like the faceless man in "Spirited Away", he always keeps his hands silent, whether on the subway or when walking, he always keeps a distance from the old man.
The man really wants to atone for his sins, but there is still too little he can do, and he can only follow the old lady in an invisible way until the day when he can really help her. The man didn't know when the day would be, or how long his atonement would last, but there was no way for him to leave the world until the old man had settled down.
How could the old man not know where his son was? The man had been thinking about this all the time, so she would return to her residence directly after handing over the ransom to herself that day? She couldn't even remember her son's phone number, and the man couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, no wonder he could let her be deceived so easily, there was really too little contact between the old man and her son.
The man even began to wonder if his voice was really exactly the same as the old man's son? Maybe it was just because the old man hadn't talked to his son for a long time, and anyone who called her to call her mom might think it was her own son.
The man followed the two in front of him to a hotel, the decoration of this hotel is very simple, if it were not for a few eye-catching large characters written on the signboard, I am afraid that passers-by would only think of it as an ordinary residential building.
"Grandma, do you think it's okay here? The conditions are a little simpler, but the inside is quite clean, and basically the surrounding students are living there," Lin Yu stood at the door of the hotel and asked, he knew that the old man didn't have much money left, so he couldn't take her to a place that was too expensive, and if it was here, it wouldn't be a big problem to help her pay for the room by himself.
"Son, have you lived here?" asked the old man, surveying the building in front of him.
Lin Yu's face showed a little embarrassment, he told the old man that the people who live here are basically students, just to dispel the old man's concerns about safety, but another implicit fact is that ninety percent of the people who will open a room here are college student couples, and they want to do something inconvenient in the school. But the last time Lin Yu came to open the house, he was absolutely pure and flawless, because the person he brought was a little white rabbit in the state of soul.
"Uh, count, count it," Lin Yu replied hesitantly, "If you think it's okay, then tonight, stay here first." ”
The old man is not very picky about where he lives, after all, it is good to have a place to stay outside the home, not to mention that the price here is indeed not expensive. After opening the room, the fat owner of the hotel asked for a deposit of 200 yuan and the first night's room fee, a total of 280 yuan.
Lin Yu went out of his pocket without thinking about it, the room fee of eighty yuan was nothing to himself, and he didn't want the old man's financial situation to be worse after being defrauded. However, this move was quickly stopped by the old man, and she said with some seriousness, "Child, you have helped me a lot, and grandma still has this money." ”
The old man took out a folded handkerchief from his pocket, which was carefully folded into a square, and needless to say, the old man's private money must have been hidden in it.
Sure enough, after the handkerchief was unfolded little by little, Lin Yu found that there was a stack of hundred-yuan bills inside, and the old man took out three of them and handed them to the fat boss.
Seeing this scene, Lin Yu was still a little relieved, at least the old man didn't give all his savings to the man, and she still had some urgent money by her side.