Chapter 49: The Speechless Old Lady

  After the man was taken away by the bailiffs, Sumo still saw the viciousness in the man's eyes, while Ji Lan buried her head very low and couldn't see what her gaze was like. She could only feel that her muscles were tense all over her body.

  Squinting her eyes as she watched the man leave, Su Mo felt a sense of helplessness in her heart. It seemed that she had gotten herself into trouble again.

  "Today's events must have made you laugh." After a while, Ji Lan slowly raised his head and looked at Su Mo Ruo, with a hint of apologetic smile in his eyes.

  "Is he the reason you were so out of it that day?" The tone was questioning, but his eyes were absolutely certain.

  Upon hearing this, Ji Lan's face stiffened for a moment before she nodded slightly, "Yes."

  She has no right to say anything about others since she hasn't experienced emotional things, let alone it's her private matter. Today she came over because Ji Lan first told her the address. After coming over and seeing all this, she naturally had to stop it. As for other matters, since she doesn't speak of them, she won't ask either. Everyone has their own right to privacy.

  “……”

  "After a long silence, Ji Lan broke the silence again, 'You found me today, is there something going on?'"

  "Uh, just wanted to ask you if your mindset is ready and if you can handle this job. The time I predicted is almost here, I'll try my best to raise funds, but I don't understand finance very well, roughly get it, details will definitely need your help."

  As soon as Su Mo mentioned work, Ji Lan's demeanor changed in an instant. Her eyes gleamed with a fervent light that belonged to a workaholic. Although she had left the stage for many years, her aura remained undiminished. "As long as you say so, I can enter working mode immediately. You can rest assured, since I promised you, this lifetime, as long as you need me, I will definitely do my best to get things done."

  "Okay, you rest first, we'll schedule another time to talk." Although Ji Lan seemed to be in a better state of mind at the moment, anyone who had just experienced an emotional blow would still feel pain deep down inside. Despite her sudden enthusiasm for work, she wanted to gather her thoughts before they could have a proper conversation.

  After leaving the residential area, Sumo walked out of the residential area and stood on the side of the road to take a look. There were fewer pedestrians here, so taxis were even rarer. After taking a look at the bus stop sign not far away, he stepped towards the bus stop sign.

  As soon as I arrived at the bus stop, an ordinary old lady in her sixties or seventies caught my eye, walking slowly towards me, seemingly also waiting for the bus.

  The bus slowly pulled up to the stop, but the old lady was still tens of meters away from the bus. Subconsciously, she said to the driver, "Driver, can you wait a bit? There's another old lady behind me."

  "Wait, wait, wait, can't you see that time is running out? I'm almost off work. If you want to wait, then just keep waiting." The bus that had just stopped suddenly closed its doors and sped away with a roar of the engine.

  Staring blankly as the bus disappeared from her line of sight, Su Mo Ruo couldn't believe what she saw and heard with her own eyes and ears. Is this how bus drivers treat people in this era?

  The old lady walked up to her and said kindly, "Little girl, I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've inconvenienced you from getting on the bus."

  "It doesn't matter, you need to take a bus, right?" Walking around here, it looks like taking a bus is the way to go.

  But it wasn't so, because the old lady replied vaguely, "No, I'm just taking a walk."

  "...". Hearing this, Su Mo was completely speechless, his throat stuck with a thorn, and he felt that the old lady was not taking the bus at all, so why did she still look so anxious.