"Who exactly are you?" Suizi asked.
"Who I am isn't important, remember, do not call the police, and be there at nine o'clock sharp tonight. Do not be early, and do not be late."
The call was hung up.
Suizi's world spun, but she quickly calmed down.
Something wasn't right about this; there were too many oddities, and she needed some time...
When Wang Cuihua saw that Suizi had brewed a large pot of bitter nail tea, and added a lot of ice cubes to cool it down quickly,
she gulped it down with a tilt of her head, glug-glug-glug.
"Tiegen's about to be back; why are you still drinking that stuff?"
"Mom, the ice reduces the bitterness, creating a unique flavor, want to try?" Suizi offered a cup to her mother-in-law.
Wang Cuihua cautiously took a sip, her face crumpling.
"Suizi, this still tastes awful to me. Is there any difference between this iced one and the lukewarm one?"
Suizi patted her mother-in-law on the shoulder, with sincerity in her voice:
