663 I Miss You (1/2)
”My younger brother!” the man in his 40s yelled.
”Sorry, couldn't help it,” the man in his 30s said with a grin.
”Don't leave any traces here,” the older man said.
They didn't find anything after searching for a while.
”You can't find it here?” the older man asked.
”No, but there are other places we can search,” the younger man said.
They left the area and searched elsewhere using a special method. Since Xishan Hill was not big, they soon found the broken stone.
”Look, here is their home,” the older man said as he pointed at the dead bodies of the insects on the ground.
”What are these insects?” the younger man asked.
”I've never seen them before,” the older man said.
Both of them squatted to study the dead insects.
”What a shame! They are all dead,” the younger man said.
”Not necessarily. I believe some of them have survived,” the older man said.
He could tell from the scene that someone had set fire to the insects. Most of the insects were burnt. A small proportion of the bodies were still complete. However, the fire couldn't kill them all. He had studied insects for over 10 years, so he knew their general nature well. These insects wouldn't be killed so easily.
”So, where are the ones that survived?” the younger man asked.
”Calm down, we'll find them.” the older man said.
Om! It seemed like something trembled in the air. The two men stopped after walking for short distance.
”The noise came from underground,” the older man said.
”Let me do it,” the younger man said.
He was wearing a unique tool on his finger. It was a dark iron fingernail that wrapped around his own fingernail. The tool was very sharp. Crack! The man inserted the iron fingernail into the stone and broke the stone.
Actually, Wang Yao had broken this stone earlier, but the man didn't notice it. There was another stone behind the broken one, which was about three feet away.
The hard stone was like chips to the man. It broke into pieces and dropped. A moment later, more than half of the stone was broken. The man could see what was inside. As he expected, the stone was hollow. It contained the same insects, which looked like mole crickets but much smaller. The insects were black and looked creepy.
”I found you,” the younger man said.
Hush! Hush! The insects seemed to have smelled food. They started to move and were ready to attack.
”No need to hurry,” the older man said. He took out a black cylindrical wooden box with strange patterns on it. ”Come inside here.”
He opened the lid of the box. A unique smell came out of it. The insects all went inside cooperatively.
”Good,” the older man said.
After all the insects had entered the wooden box, he sealed the box and put it back into his bag.
”Done,” the older man said.
”Where should we go next?” the younger man asked.
”Let's go to another village,” the older man said.
The two of them left Xishan Hill and went back to the village.
Woof! Woof! A local dog barked at them.
Shh! The younger man showed his teeth to indicate that the dog should stop barking.
”Don't cause any trouble,” the older man said.
”He barked at me first!” The younger one complained.
”Let's go,” the older man said.
The two of them left the village in the rain and headed north. A taxi was parking at the north end of the village.
”I thought you guys were not coming back. Where are you going next?” the taxi driver asked.
”Li Family Creek,” the older man said.
”Are you visiting the hot spring resort?” the taxi driver asked.
”Yes,” the older man said.
”That resort is a nice place. I've been there once,” the taxi driver said. He was a middle-aged man in his 40s.
He drove the taxi toward the other side of the hills in the rain.
Wang Yao's village remained very quiet.
…
It was also raining in Beijing.
A young woman, who looked like she was out of fairy tale, was standing next to a lake at Pecking University. She looked at the raindrops hitting the surface of the lake, causing circles.
She thought, Is it also raining where Dr. Wang is.
”What is on your mind?” her friend accompanying her asked..
”Oh, nothing special, I was just thinking about a person,” the young woman said.
”A person? Your boyfriend?” her friend asked.
”Yes,” the beautiful young woman admitted.
”Really?” her friend asked with surprise. Her friend was a cute and nice young woman.
”Yes,” Su Xiaoxue said with a smile.
To her, Wang Yao was her boyfriend because she liked him, and he had admitted that he liked her, too. The next step would be spending some time together.
”Do you know how many people will be disappointed to know you have a boyfriend? What does he do for a living? When are you going to introduce him to me?” her friend asked.
”He is a Traditional Pharmacist,” Su Xiaoxue said.
”Traditional Pharmacist? Same as a doctor?” her friend asked.
”Not really. He's a Traditional Chinese Pharmacist,” Su Xiaoxue said.
”What does that mean?” her friend asked.
”I can't tell you. Anyway, let's go,” Su Xiaoxue said.
The two young women were walking in the rain and laughing like two pleasant fairies. A lot of people stopped to watch them.
”Those girls are so pretty,” a person passing by said.
There were no lectures in the evening.
”Xiaoxue, would you like to catch up with us in the evening?” her friend asked.
”Sure,” Su Xiaoxue said.
As it started to get dark, the rain continued.
The girls went to a restaurant near the university. They were all wearing nice clothes. They had booked a private room in advance.
Outside the restaurant, a car was parking in the rain. A man sat in the car and stared at the restaurant.
”What would you like to eat?” one of the girls asked.
”Whatever, I'm happy with anything,” Su Xiaoxue said.
These girls were good friends from the same class. They didn't expect Su Xiaoxue would come since they knew her background. After all, people were very informative in Beijing. They admired Su Xiaoxue. She was easy-going and nice. She was not arrogant at all, which was not a common character of rich kids.
After the dishes had been served, the girls started to chat. The topic naturally moved to boyfriends.