Chapter Fifty-Four: Leisure

  To cultivate my sword energy, I spent the whole afternoon in a daze...

  I remember when I was in school, we used to call lessons that we didn't understand "listening to heavenly books". The teacher's words were all clear, but when they were strung together, it was like a complete fog. Now I have the same feeling about terms like "inner vision" and "dan Tian", it's all just a bunch of nonsense to me. Whenever Su Jingyi talks to me about this stuff, I start to feel drowsy, and in the end, whenever she speaks, I just want to fall asleep.

  "Alright, let's just leave it at that for today, I think you're too tired."

  As soon as she said this, I suddenly came to - I had slept enough for the whole afternoon.

  The phone rang at this time, I took a look and the incoming call was Tie Jili, it's a bit strange how he would think of calling me proactively. I picked up the phone with a smile and said: "Anything going on, Officer Tie?"

  "That was done by the mole." Tie Ji Li's voice was quite hoarse, and I didn't know how long he hadn't rested. Last time he stayed up for two days and two nights at my place, but I had never seen him like this before.

  When it comes to the mole, I actually have a number in my heart. I said: "Congratulations, you've made a great achievement, this kid won't be killed so easily, will he?" I still hope that in the future, I'll find an opportunity to get back my speed without much effort. Thinking of this, I suddenly remembered my dad who is still in prison. It's been over ten days since the last visit, and if nothing unexpected happens, the old man will be out in a little over a month.

  Who would have thought that Tie Ji Li weakly spat out three words: "Didn't catch it."

  "How could you not catch him? Didn't I tell you to bring more people?"

  "I brought over 100 armed police, and even when catching murderers, we didn't make such a big fuss. But he... still managed to escape." Tie Jili's voice was filled with endless anger and frustration.

  "How come he can run and you won't shoot?"

  "I opened fire, at that time we had the little guy surrounded in a dead end alley, he saw us and didn't run or move, I thought he was scared stiff, just as I was about to go up and grab him, this little guy suddenly jumped up and ran over our heads, I fired two shots at his legs..."

  "What's next?"

  "Then..." Tie Jili's eyes glazed over as he said, "This kid somehow managed to dodge the bullets, ran around in circles on the wall, and by the time we thought of looking for him again, he was already gone."

  I slapped my thigh and said, "I told you to be careful!"

  Tie Jili asked: "What I want to ask you is: how did you know that Jin Lvyu stole the golden jade clothes?"

  "I've told you before, I was just guessing. Once when I was on a bus, I ran into this kid." I could only casually brush it off.

  Tie Jili gritted his teeth and said: "What else do you know about this situation?"

  "It's gone."

  "If you know, be sure to tell me, it's my first time asking someone for help."

  "It's really gone." I could tell that the special police captain was quite shocked this time, and the notorious iron thistle had finally taken a big fall.

  "Alright, feel free to reach out to me anytime you think of something."

  I said: "Don't be discouraged either. There are many things in this world that go beyond our understanding, especially in your line of work, you must have psychological preparation."

  "What do you want to say?"

  "Uh, I'm just giving you a heads up, if Xu Shi Zhong's chrysanthemum doesn't work out, then someone will have to escape from your gunfire, be more careful next time."

  "Thank you, I absolutely will not allow such a situation to happen again."

  I hung up the phone and Su Jing asked, "Is there any news from Di Shu?"

  I said: "Ran away, ran away in front of more than 100 police officers with great fanfare."

  Su Jingdao said: "I'm not surprised, probably no one in this world can catch up with him by speed - except me who can barely try."

  "It's too late for you to say these things now. This kid has been frightened by this incident and will be hard to find again."

  Su Jingdao said, "I don't think so. The ground mouse should have run away early. Do you think that with his current speed, setting up a few cards can stop him? He probably didn't run because he was fearless and didn't take those who wanted to catch him seriously. We need to find a way to catch him, otherwise it will be difficult if he runs away."

  "What's wrong?"

  Su Jing smiled slightly and said: "Don't you have subordinates?"

  "You're really good at being the boss, anything difficult just leave it to your subordinates." I thought for a moment, this matter indeed needs to be resolved through special channels. The police's wanted notice will definitely be posted soon, and Di Shu won't easily reveal his whereabouts even if he's stupid. Now he should only be on high alert against one type of person - those in the underworld.

  I found Erzi's phone number, hesitated for a moment before dialing it, and Erzi answered immediately with enthusiasm: "Long Ge!" We had exchanged numbers after meeting at Wang Erfu's place last time.

  "Busy?" I politely asked.

  "Not busy, what's up, Dragon Brother?" He also guessed that I couldn't be bothering him for no reason.

  "Help me find someone called Groundhog."

  "Groundhog?"

  "Have you also seen the news these past two days?"

  "Even if you don't watch the news, you'd know about it anyway, it's such a big deal! The police seem to suspect that this thing is related to Di Shu, and they've been looking for him everywhere in the past few days." Erzi's information is indeed very well-informed.

  "Is there something wrong?"

  "Since it's Big Brother Long's orders, we'll have to do it even if it's difficult. But the difficulty level is definitely not small."

  "Ah, found it? Fine, if not, don't let it delay important matters."

  The two sons were even more puzzled by my intention, and carefully said: "Dragon brother, you wouldn't be interested in that golden silk jade dress, would you?"

  I laughed and said: "Nonsense, what would I use that for? As a sexy lingerie?"

  They didn't ask much and just chatted for a few more sentences before hanging up.

  The day passed like this. Before going to bed at night, Su Jing washed a bath and came out in a bathrobe, with dripping hair and eyes that said: "Let's try again?"

  "I said with a sigh: 'Not today, tomorrow then.'"

  "Just this once!"

  "I shook my head and said, 'I'm just not in the mood.'"

  Su Jing's face gradually lost hope, and his tone turned hard: "Don't forget your responsibility."

  "Alright... let's go."

  The above conversation is absolutely real and has no ambiguous meaning at all.

  "Close your eyes, clear your mind of distractions, let your breathing be smooth and natural, and after your heart is calm and clear, with the first breath in, bring..."

  The rest of the night went smoothly - I didn't even have a single dream and slept extremely well.

  The next day I actually had an arrangement, after getting up in the morning and having breakfast, I borrowed a pretext to say to Su Jing: "Do you want to go out for a walk? You've been cooped up at home for several days too."

  "Where are you going?"

  I scratched my head and said, "Let's take a look at what my dad is up to." This was my plan for today. With the old man coming out in another couple of months, I had to make the most of it now and get on his good side while also sounding him out to see what he had planned. I really feared that after this, I wouldn't have any more good days ahead of me.

  "Is your father in the big prison?"

  "Don't say such unpleasant things! Prisons, after all, are internal contradictions among the people."

  Hei Shan Lao Yao suddenly blew up: "What, Xiao Long's father is actually in prison?" She questioned Jin Cheng Wu and the others with her hands on her hips, "How can you friends be so useless? Watching someone else's father suffer and not doing anything about it." As she spoke, she patted my shoulder, "Xiao Long, don't worry, sister will help you get your father out of there!"

  I stammered: "Don't worry about it, Hei Jie, my dad will be out in another month."

  "Hei Shan Lao Yao said: 'How can you be so unfilial? Don't you have to suffer for at least a month?'"

  I smiled and said: "He hasn't suffered much yet. If you bring him out now, he'll be in trouble for the rest of his life."

  Su Jingdao said: "Being a dutiful son is what one should do, I agree."

  I took her out of the door and hesitated for a moment in front of the car: "Let's take the bus instead."

  Su Jingdao said: "This is great, and we can also take the opportunity to find the person we are looking for."

  Took bus 24, after getting off and walking another kilometer, we arrived at the entrance of the city's first prison. At the gate, registration was required, and without an ID card, it was absolutely impossible to enter. Fortunately, everyone here knew me, so I casually gave Su Jing a phone number, and no one checked the original document.

  It was still Prison Guard Xiao Wang who received us. The prison has a rule that only allows visits once a month, but of course, this rule doesn't apply to some people. Xiao Wang looked me up and down and asked in a low voice, "Girlfriend?"

  I could only nod: "Yes, take it and let the old man have a look."

  Xiao Wang nodded and said: "It's really beautiful, Mr. Long will definitely be satisfied."

  As we entered the meeting room, my old man came out again with a "guard" after a while and shouted loudly from afar: "Didn't you just come a few days ago? What are you doing here again?" His spirit was extremely full, and it could be seen that the old man's mood was also becoming more cheerful as his sentence was approaching its end. He was still vigorous and sharp, with a great world outside waiting for him to gallop freely, and the empire he had built with his own hands was waiting for him to return. Old Long had already prepared himself mentally.

  I smiled and said, "Didn't you miss me?"

  "Less nonsense!" The old man saw Su Jing, slightly stunned for a moment, but still calmly sat down before saying: "This is..."

  "This is Su Jing, just consider her as my girlfriend."

  The old man glared at me and said, "What kind of talk is this?" He nodded his head slightly to Su Jing in a polite manner and asked, "Where are you from, miss?"

  "Not local."

  "Oh, how did your parents make their fortune?"

  "She has a huge logistics company."

  "What about your father?"

  Su Jing said calmly: "My father is idle at home."

  "My dad said with a sigh: 'Good life!' Then he stared at me and said, 'When can you let me take it easy and worry less?'"

  I'm innocent, what's it got to do with me? You've been idle for years, haven't you? Besides, Su Jing's dad being idle comes at a cost, can you bear to be a Meng Longshi?

  The old man asked Su Jing again: "How long have you two known each other?"

  Su Jing thought for a moment and said: "No more than 10 days."

  "Oh, so you may not know this son of mine yet. He's a bit lazy, cunning, greedy and slippery, but he doesn't have any particularly evil intentions. Just scold him often when you're usually around."

  Su Jing smiled and said: "I've figured it out, I can do it."

  I: “……”

  The old man said a few more idle words and then said to Su Jing: "If you don't mind, let's wait for a while, just the two of us."

  Su Jingdao: "Okay." He stood up and pushed the door out, standing in the yard.

  The old man looked at me and said, "You're a good girl, although we haven't talked much, I can tell you're well-mannered. If you want to find someone, I won't object. But if you just want to play around, make it clear with the other person early on. Our Long family doesn't produce playboys."

  "I said gloomily: 'In your eyes, I'm simply good for nothing.'"

  The old man said: "Mainly because you are still young, later there will be many women who will make you dizzy, it's too early to make a conclusion, it's not good for you or the girl."

  I smiled and said: "Aren't you telling me in a roundabout way that I shouldn't give up the whole forest for just one tree?"

  "Don't be so cheerful, wait till I go out and investigate her background thoroughly. Although we are not some kind of high-ranking officials or wealthy families, after all, our identities are special - can you understand?"

  I thought that finding Su Jing would be a bit of trouble. Although her mother's logistics company is well-known in mainland China, it's not actually registered on the Chinese mainland...

  The old man scratched his short hair and said: "Right, you come see what's going on with me?"

  I also started scratching my head, it seemed like nothing was going on, I just didn't want to let Su Jingqiao learn from me while I was studying the heavenly book, but I didn't dare tell Dad - I couldn't tell him that I came to prison to avoid work, could I?

  Division line

  Once again entrusting the task to the young shoes, the monthly ticket is left to be spent.