Chapter 37: A Woman in Sunglasses
Walking into the teahouse, I found that the space inside it is much larger than I imagined, and the decoration is very textured, there are a large number of scattered seats and partitions on this floor alone, and there should be a lot of single rooms inside. I have a rough estimate of at least a hundred people, and there is a staircase spiraling up to my left, apparently a second floor. This Tan family's teahouse is really not small.
I was going to go to the second floor to have a look, but I was about to go up the stairs when a young waiter next to me immediately stopped me, "I'm sorry sir, there are guests upstairs today, you can choose a place on the first floor." ”
I looked up, and although the lights were bright upstairs, I could tell that it was quiet and it was clear that the guests had not yet arrived. On other people's territory, I couldn't mess around, so I had to nod and retreat.
The waiter led me to a window seat, where I could see the doorway and the staircase, which was exactly what I wanted. But when I opened the tea recipe handed to me by the waiter, I was immediately shocked, I didn't expect the tea here to be so expensive! An ordinary pot of pain costs hundreds of yuan, and some of them are even thousands! I couldn't help but secretly scold, and secretly scolded in my heart that the Tan family's teahouse was dark enough! No wonder there are no other guests in such a large teahouse except me!
But since you're here, and you're all seated, you can't just get up and leave now. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, and you have to break the bank! I thought to myself, so I found the cheapest one on the tea recipe. However, even the cheapest one is several times the price of an ordinary tea house.
When the tea was served, I poured a cup and tasted it carefully. I really can't taste anything special.
I just sat there and just went to the toilet twice. In fact, my body is still not very comfortable, but I feel better with cups of hot tea and a slight sweat on my body.
Before I came, I originally thought that there would be some tea customers here, and some of them might know about the Tan family, and maybe even meet the Tan family's guys, maybe they would be able to find out the news. I didn't expect it to be so deserted here, and the waiter was very polite, but he wouldn't say a word. I didn't have the opportunity to communicate with anyone at all.
Towards noon, I was already sitting a little impatient. Just as I was about to get up to leave, I noticed that the waiters suddenly moved, and they all walked to the door of the teahouse, as if to greet someone.
I came to my senses and looked intently at the door, and soon the door opened, and a woman walked in. She wears a large pair of sunglasses on her face, and she can tell that she is fair-skinned, but she can't tell her age. This woman has an extraordinary temperament, and the clothes on her body are not gorgeous but they look very graceful.
The woman, accompanied by several people behind her, walked straight to the second floor. She glanced around, but when she saw me, she paused, and although the woman wasn't looking at me in her sunglasses, I could feel that her gaze stayed on me for a few seconds.
I quickly withdrew my gaze and pretended to turn my head to look away.
I heard the woman ask the waiter, "Is anyone else coming?" ”
The waiter whispered, "Not yet." The woman said no more.
I seemed to feel that gaze linger on me again, and it made me feel like I was on my back. By the time I turned my head to look over, the men had already gone upstairs.
I think this woman's identity must be unusual, it is very likely that she is a member of the Tan family, even if she is not, she must have a great relationship with the Tan family.
I was thinking about it, when suddenly a few more people pushed the door and walked in, led by a bald person, this person looked fierce, and there was a terrible scar on the top of his head, he looked about forty years old, and this person came in without squinting and went straight to the second floor.
This made my heart move, it seems that there is something special on the second floor, and if I can sneak up to the second floor, I may be able to find out useful news. But since these two groups of people went up, the waiter watched the staircase more closely, and even had a special person guarding there. I'm really powerless.
I was a little anxious, and at the same time, the pressure on my lower abdomen was increasing due to the excessive amount of tea. I got up and motioned to the waiter, then went to the toilet again. After releasing the water, I breathed a sigh of relief and accidentally looked up to see two vents in the ceiling.
It occurred to me that the ventilation ducts are relatively closed, and the sound waves in them are more slowly transmitted and attenuated, so in general, sound can travel farther distances in such places. I thought maybe I could use my sensitive hearing, with a little luck, so that I might be able to hear something useful.
Having made up my mind, I stepped into the compartment below its vent and locked the door. After listening to the movement outside, I stepped on the toilet tank and climbed up.
I took out a key to pry open the aluminum alloy grille of the vent, slowly poked my head in, and listened carefully, There will be some sound of air movement in the vent, I noticed that there is also the sound of people talking in the slight wind, which makes my spirit can't help but be a burst, and my heart beats a little faster.
I noticed that it was a woman who was speaking, and that the voice was probably the one I had just seen.
The sounds I could hear were staccato and somewhat indistinguishable. But for now this is the only way, I can only hold my breath and listen as best I can.
Gradually, my ears became accustomed to the sound environment, and I was able to distinguish some of the conversations. "Where are the people?" The woman said.
The bald man smiled and said something, but his voice was thick and reverberated, so I didn't hear what he said.
The woman's voice came again, this time she said it quickly, and I only heard the word "Guizhou". However, these two words made my heart suddenly tighten, Guizhou? The second uncle is there, could it be that they are calculating my second uncle?
I listened again with all my attention, but all I heard was the woman saying, "Bring him tomorrow." These words. And the bald head only responded with a "yes". Immediately after, I heard the sound of chairs moving upstairs.
I also quickly got down from above, closed the vent again, and walked out of the toilet.
As soon as I returned to my seat and sat down, I saw the bald man walk down from the second floor, push open the door and walk out.
I sat for a while, but I never saw the woman come down. I was still thinking about the information I had just heard, and I thought everything else was fine, but the word "Guizhou" I heard made me particularly worried. Will it have something to do with the second uncle? I even thought of several worst-case scenarios, which made my heart pound again and again.
Based on what I've just heard their conversation, they should have an appointment tomorrow, and I think I'll have to come here tomorrow. If tomorrow they are going to bring the person just mentioned, I can just find out the identity of that person, whether it is the second uncle or not.
Thinking of this, I decided to come back tomorrow, but as soon as I wanted to get up, suddenly a question came to my mind, that woman seemed to have noticed me today, and if I sat here alone tomorrow, it would surely attract her attention. I came to one of these teahouses twice as a single person, which is really too eye-catching. The people who do this are extremely vigilant, and I am very likely to arouse their suspicion, and not only will I not be able to find out the news, but I may get into trouble.