Lin's mother was not at home, her whereabouts were unknown, and the phone was not answered.
Lin Bing went downstairs to ask Mrs. Zhou, but Mrs. Zhou just shook her head and said she didn't know. Lin Bing called her father again.
"Dad, where is Mom? Why can't I get through on the phone?" Lin Bing asked worriedly.
"Your mom went to your uncle's house. She took a flight this morning. She asked me to tell you. I was in a hurry to go out this morning, so maybe she forgot." Father Lin on the other end of the phone said lightly, thinking for a moment, and added: "Don't go out for these two weeks. Stay at home obediently. It's not stable outside."
Lin Bing was stunned when she heard her father's words. Her mother went to her uncle's house, and she didn't say hello? Which uncle? She has three uncles. Mom is the youngest daughter of her grandfather and has always been spoiled.
Lin Bing was surprised when she heard her father say not to go out. "Dad, didn't grandpa find a boxing master for me? I still have to go find him. Aren't we going to train?"
"It's only these few days. What can I learn?" Lin's father said sternly, but with some concern. "I'm already looking for bodyguards for you. I'll notify you when I find a reliable one. Don't go out and make trouble. Also, clear out your things. You may have to take a plane to leave H City in a few days. I'm very busy these days, and your mother is not here. You have to take care of yourself. Do you hear me?"
"Yeah." These ordinary words from his father made Lin Bing feel warm inexplicably.
"Okay, that's it." Lin's father hung up the phone calmly.
Lin Bing held the phone with a darkened screen, and had a lot of thoughts in her mind. Since her father dared to let her mother leave, it meant that her mother was safe, that is, her uncle's family had already started to deploy. It seems that she had missed a lot of things when she stubbornly lived in a small apartment.
When the end of the world came, she took her mother and followed a group of people. They stumbled all the way. When they finally arrived at the nearest Chaoyang base, they had already suffered heavy casualties and only a few people were left. After that, she took her mother there to settle down and stayed for three years.
Just as she was thinking, a voice interrupted her.
"A Bing, why didn't I see you this morning? Did you go out?" The clear male voice was smiling.
Lin Bing turned her head and saw someone. It was her second cousin, Lin Zenan, the eldest son of her third uncle's family, who was older than her. Her third uncle was a playboy back then. He had children early and had a lot of illegitimate children outside. Her third aunt was worried about this.
"Well, look, I cut my hair short. Does it look good? There are so many people in that store, and there is a queue. Otherwise, I wouldn't go so early. But, brother, why are you the only one at home? Where are the others? I didn't see anyone when I got up in the morning." Lin Bing answered easily.
Lin Zenan told Lin Bing all of Grandpa Lin's decisions in the morning, secretly observing Lin Bing's expression, and finally casually mentioned, "Where is the second aunt? Why didn't I see her?" The second aunt mentioned by Lin Zenan was Lin Bing's mother.
"My mother went to visit my uncle." Lin Bing said with a smile, "But, second brother, why are you still at home? Didn't Grandpa tell you something? This is impossible."
"Well, I'm very busy. I just came back to get something." Lin Zenan showed Lin Bing the file bag in his hand, "I have to go out now."
After Lin Zenan finished speaking, he walked towards the gate. Just when he was halfway through the gate, he suddenly stopped and slowly turned back to Lin Bing and said, "A Bing, are you going out for 'shopping' this afternoon?" No emotion could be heard.
Lin Bing's heart tightened, but her expression remained unchanged. She raised the corners of her lips and smiled, "No, I was originally planning to go to Liu's martial arts hall. Grandpa told me to go there, but I just talked to my dad on the phone and he told me to stay at home."
Lin Zenan looked at her with a smile, his eyes unpredictable, but in the end he spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, with an expression that there was nothing he could do, "It's just not convenient for girls." After saying this, he left.
Lin Zenan's words made Lin Bing feel a strong sense of crisis, and her intuition told her that she couldn't go out.
After Lin Zenan left, she called Master Liu of Liu's martial arts hall and said that she couldn't go there in the afternoon. She also apologized solemnly and made an appointment to notify her in advance if she had to go there next time.
Just after hanging up the phone, a voice rang in Master Liu's ear, "Who's calling? Why do you look like that?"
Master Liu said in a muffled voice: "The granddaughter of my boss's old boss, I wanted to teach her some self-defense skills. Now the world is too chaotic, there are many bad guys, and as a girl, I want to learn some kung fu. However, the appointment was at 4 pm, and now she said she can't come because of something. From the sound of her voice, she seems to be a well-educated child."
"Oh." Han Li responded casually, not interested in the topic Master Liu was talking about. What he was thinking about was how to kidnap Master Liu. His senior brother had another case on his hands, and the situation was a bit strange. He was about to leave H City, so he chose Master Liu to help.
He and Master Liu met in the army, and they hit it off at first sight. There was a big age difference, but it did not affect their friendship.
Master Liu was a special forces soldier when he was in the army. For his wife at home, he worked very hard in the army and was appreciated by his superiors. Later, after a big mission, he applied for a full ten-day vacation. He was thinking of going home to give his wife a surprise, so he didn't tell her in advance. When he got home, he ran into his wife cheating on him. The adulterer was someone he knew. He was young and hot-tempered at the time. In anger, he beat the adulterer so badly that he was hospitalized. After that, he was sued by the adulterer and was forced to retire from the army, and his future was gone.
After that, he divorced his wife and didn't have a child. He lived alone. He couldn't stand being a security guard. After a few years of confusion, he opened a martial arts school, which was enough to support himself. Because of his ex-wife, he always kept a distance from women.
"One of my senior brothers works at the police station. He has a difficult case recently. Old Liu, you are experienced and skilled. My flight tonight is urgent. My grandfather is urging me to leave soon. If you are free, you can go and have a look." Han Li looked at Master Liu and spoke slowly.
Master Liu was silent.
Han Li advised again: "You have closed the police station for the past few days because of your boss's old boss. I remember you said it was two weeks before. You see that no one is coming. You don't have anything to do. Why don't you go and have a look? There have been many victims in the crowd recently." Master Liu has been in the army for a long time. He is a man with a strong sense of responsibility. What he thinks most in his heart is to serve the people.
He has always been intolerant of the victims of the people. He is also a person who likes to help others. For this reason, Master Liu has also experienced many similar things of helping people to claim compensation. His family has never had much savings.
Han Li could see that when he mentioned the victims, Master Liu was moved.
Han Li hid the smile in his eyes and said lightly: "Old Liu, come and try your luck and see if you have backed down."
That night, Han Li boarded a plane to leave H City.
*
After that, Lin Bing stayed in the old house of the Lin family.
Zhang Shu was beaten up by his elder brother because he lost two important yellow talismans. He cried and swore in his heart that he must make the person who "cheated" his yellow talisman compensate him well!
As a stingy person, being cheated is a great shame!
On the fourth day of Lin Bing's stay at home, she received a call from the express company, saying that the goods purchased online had been delivered and asked her to come out to sign for them. The goods had been moved to the door of her house and were still being sent up.
Lin Bing hesitated for a moment, and then asked the express staff to ring the doorbell of Dr. Xu next door. Dr. Xu was at home, which made Lin Bing feel relieved. She asked the courier to pass the phone to Dr. Xu. After Dr. Xu took the phone, Lin Bing found that Dr. Xu's voice was hoarse and the cold seemed to have not healed yet.
"Dr. Xu, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm out of town recently. Can you sign for my things? There may be a lot of things. Can I leave them at your home first? I'll come back in a few days and move them to you, okay?" Lin Bing said earnestly on the other end of the phone.
Doctor Xu supported E Bing and felt a headache when he saw the pile of things at Lin Bing's door. The things were still being moved up. The door was full and slowly piled up towards the emergency exit of the corridor. Doctor Xu held the phone and asked helplessly: "Why did you buy so many things? I remember your living room was full of things."
"Yes." Lin Bing admitted very straightforwardly, "I met a charlatan named Zhang a few days ago. He told me a fortune. The fortune was not good. He said that I should prepare more things, otherwise my life would be in danger. I believed it at the time. Now, I regret it now that all the things have arrived." Some small lies still need to be told. Regret? Of course not.
Doctor Xu rubbed his temple and sighed, "Okay, move the things here for now. Ask someone to move them back when you go home. Are there any important or fragile things in these boxes? Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"
"No, they are just some small things. Doctor Xu, thank you so much. I will definitely treat you to a meal next time." Lin Bing thanked him again and again, "By the way, Doctor Xu, what is your phone number? I'll write it down so I can contact you next time."
Doctor Xu gave Lin Bing his mobile phone and home landline. After that, they chatted for a few more words for two days and then hung up.
Looking at the boxes piled up in the guest room, study, and living room, Doctor Xu felt his head hurt even more. Those young girls are really superstitious people.
However, he seemed to have touched Zhang's divine couch once. He said that he sold yellow talismans, a craft passed down from his ancestors. That day, he went out to take out the garbage without bringing money, saying that he would not give credit, and then the man left in a huff, and secretly said that he was a "poor guy" or something. Although he was more than ten meters away, he heard it clearly. Later, he saw that the charlatan surnamed Zhang dropped a few so-called yellow talismans when he left. When he came to his senses, the charlatan surnamed Zhang had disappeared. He picked up the talisman paper and planned to return it to him next time.
The so-called ancestral yellow talismans had too sloppy characters on them to be recognized. However, two of them were particularly different from the other yellow talismans. The characters on those two were so powerful that they almost penetrated the yellow paper, and the materials of these two felt different from the others.
He always liked Chinese calligraphy.
He carefully put away the two yellow talismans. Later, he never met the charlatan surnamed Zhang, so the things were always with him.
*
Shu Xue was surfing the Internet out of boredom, and a group of photos on Weibo caught Shu Xue's attention.
This woman is... Lin Bing.
Her eyes lit up. She knew she could get the bracelet this time.