Chapter 41: Searching for Someone a Thousand Miles Away

  His face suddenly turned pale, and his eyes also began to panic, "You... don't mess around."

  The man didn't even bother to respond to Ji Lan's words and walked straight towards her, step by step.

  At this time, Ji Lan looked like a small chick, with no strength to resist the strong man in front of him.

  But at this moment, Su Mo Ruo, who was ignored by both Ji Lan and the man, stood up, pulled Ji Lan behind her, and faced the man with a sinister expression.

  "Leave now, or I'll take you to the hospital." From some of the conversation earlier, she had already guessed the possible relationship between the man and Ji Lan. What she hated most was men bullying women, and Ji Lan's vulnerability at this moment gave her the idea of beating the man down.

  The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and after a while, he said, "Who are you?"

  "It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that the master of this place doesn't want to see you. Please leave, the farther the better." Looking into the man's eyes, not intimidated by the aura he emitted at all, his voice was calm and firm.

  "I'm busy and can't waste time with you here, please leave. I have family matters to attend to with Ji Lan. If you don't leave now, be careful or I'll call security." For a girl like Su Mo Ruo, men think the most effective method is intimidation.

  But he misjudged, without any warning, Sumo suddenly made a move, one foot directly attacking the man's lower body. Because there was no anticipation or defense, his tall figure became unstable and heavily fell onto the solid floor, a dull sound echoing in several people's ears.

  With this crash, the man's anger was burning, and his five internal organs felt like they were about to split apart. His whole body ached so much that he gritted his teeth, looking at Su Mo with eyes that changed from discontent to sinister fury, "You... you..."

  "Call security." he reminded Ji Lan who was standing still beside him.

  Ji Lan finally came back to her senses and hastily walked over to the phone on the desk to make a call, asking the security guard to come over and take the man away.

  After the man was taken away by the bailiffs, Sumo still clearly 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 at all. She could only feel that her whole body muscles were tense.

  With her eyes narrowed, Su Mo watched as the man left, feeling a sense of helplessness in her heart. It seemed that she had gotten herself into trouble.

  "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 the gaze was unmistakably affirmative.

  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 didn't ask, she also won't pry into them. 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 whether you can handle this job. The time I predicted is almost here. I will try my best to raise funds. As for the financial aspect, I don't understand it very well, roughly get it, but details definitely need your help."

  As soon as Su Mo mentioned work, Ji Lan's absent-minded expression changed instantly. Her whole body exuded a different aura, her eyes gleaming with the fervor of a workaholic. Although she had left this stage many years ago, her aura remained undiminished. "Just say the word and I'll immediately get into work mode. Don't worry, since I've promised you, for as long as you need me, I'll do my best to make things happen."

  "Okay, you rest first and we'll schedule another time to talk." Although Ji Lan seemed to be in a better state of mind at the moment, her heart was still hurting from the emotional turmoil she had just experienced. Despite being fully engaged in work now, 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 glance at the bus stop sign not far away, he stepped towards the bus stop.

  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.

  Time was getting late, and the sky was also getting darker. It seemed that there wouldn't be any more buses coming from behind. I took a look at the old lady, and my good intentions towards her had disappeared. After all, she said she was just taking a walk, so it didn't seem like she had anything else to do by staying here.

  Thinking of these things, he turned and left.

  But unexpectedly, the old lady's movements were quite quick. She walked to her side, stretched out her hand and grabbed her sleeve, "Little girl, although I don't take buses, but you have a good heart, misunderstanding me also made me miss the bus, giving this old lady an opportunity to apologize to you, okay?"

  "Looked at the sincere old lady with a glance, and looked again at the black sedan that slowly had shadows behind it, 'Is that your private car?' It was hard to tell from her plain clothes that this simple-dressed old lady would be a rich woman."

  She also followed Sumo's line of sight and took a glance at the car that was slowly driving up beside her, nodded and smiled: "Yeah, I'm getting older, my body is getting worse, there's no one at home to keep me company and chat with me, so every day I'll walk this section."

  "Is your home around here?" An old woman who looked like she was only in her sixties but must have been over seventy, didn't think she could walk much further.

  "Hehe, it's not possible anymore. In the past, I could walk dozens of miles alone to deliver coats to the troops, but now, I'm old and can't walk far. When talking about these things, the old lady's eyes were full of nostalgia, with a smile on her face, more than before."

  Nor was he interested in listening to her say these words, but instead said: "Since you're kind enough to see me off, then I'll trouble you." As he spoke, he had already walked over to the open rear seat and gotten in.

  Looking at Su Mo, the old lady's eyes were also filled with smiles. "Hehe, this child is very much like me when I was young." As she spoke of her past, her eyes involuntarily reddened. The memories of years gone by were both painful and happy for her, a bittersweet taste that she had savored in her heart for nearly a lifetime.