Chapter 37
Until the day before the Dabao Sen Festival, Yue Zhi did not come back.
Qing Li let go of her expectation of spending the festival together, and also put those photos away properly, and never bothered to contact each other.
As a result, at ten o’clock in the evening, Menggema suddenly came to knock on her door, “Qingli, are you asleep?”
“Not yet, why?” Qing Li limped over to open the door, her wound basically healed almost, but can’t be completely stressed, although the surface looks only stitched scars, but if she is stressed, there will still be stinging pain coming from the inside.
“You go to bed early, tomorrow we are going to Penang.” Montgomery said, “I’ll talk to you in advance, meet us at the tarmac at nine o’clock, pack your bags.”
Qing Li nodded, “Okay, got it, who else is coming along?”
“Well …… no more, and the pilot.”
That task should not be difficult, Qingli did not ask more questions, but also habitually pack up all the messy mind, go to bed and go to sleep.
The next day she was on crutches, twenty minutes early to the tarmac, ten minutes later, Montgomery pushed a wheelchair late, very speechless to her, “I say this ironclad little beauty, what do you want to do with this look?”
Qing Li looked at herself, special warfare pants and black t-shirt, vest-style gun belt, left and right each loaded with a gun she was used to using, the military knife on her back waist was also her most handy, except for the crutches, she didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with her, “What’s wrong? Not going on a mission, the crutches are more convenient and can be used as a weapon when it matters.”
“Is Yue going out of business, wanting you to go on a mission as a cripple, hurry up and throw it away.” Menggema said, “Let Yue Zhi see it and think I’m treating you harshly.”
Qing Li caught the key, “Sir?”
“Yes, it was he who suddenly asked me to take you to Penang in the middle of the night, it is definitely not a mission, before you did not say it, you two are going to go to the Dabao Sen Festival together, today the streets are sure to be crowded, you a cripple on crutches, surely you will be touched by a person to fall down, and then stomped into a piece of thin film, hang up and be able to directly use as a kite to fly to the sky kind of thing. ”
Green Pear had moments when she really admired Mongoma’s ability to speak English in such a graphic way, “Anyway, you go ahead and apologize to everyone in the world who has a leg disability and is still on crutches.”
Mongkolma kicked the wheel of the wheelchair and folded it up to put it on the helicopter, then came over and racked Qingli from under his armpit and stuffed it into the helicopter as well, “Hurry up, don’t waste any time.”
The straight line distance from the manor to Penang was nearly six hundred kilometers, and the helicopter they rode in was a non-military helicopter under Yue Zhi’s name, with a speed of around two hundred and fifty kilometers per hour, so it ended up taking two and a half hours to get to Georgetown.
Penang was forty percent Chinese, and Georgetown was the capital of Penang, the second largest city in Malaysia after the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, located on the island of Penang across the strait from the main island of Malay, and a popular tourist city in Malay.
Because of the Dabo Sen Festival, the population flow had increased significantly, and the streets appeared dense and chaotic.
“Having fun?” Mongkolma asked as he just woke up after a short nap, looking at her with an amused expression on his face, even though Aonashi had no expression whatsoever, he could just feel it.
Aonashi turned her head, “Did I?”
“You’re almost floating in person and you’re still saying you didn’t.” Mungma snorted, “But I can understand, when it comes to long vacations I go back to my hometown, the thought of seeing my wife soon makes me want to sing a song on the flight.”
Green Pear: that’s really not necessary ……
They landed on the top floor of Yue’s branch in Georgetown, and the branch manager waited to greet them, “Miss Qing Li, Mr. Meng Gemma, Mr. Yue is still in Wei Province, I don’t know when he will be able to make it back, so that you guys can be free to go about your activities first, I’ll be in charge of the hospitality.”
Menggema and Qing Li looked at each other, tacitly making a choice, “No need, you find me a motorcycle to come, I’ll just take her around the streets, no need for people to follow.” Driving today would probably get stuck in traffic.
The manager was also very busy and couldn’t wait to do so, and quickly arranged it.
Montgomery helped Qing Li into the car and handed her the cane, “I didn’t realize you had to bring it, it’s kinda useful, just go around with me until the boss comes back.”
In fact, Montgomery is not familiar with Georgetown, just picking less crowded places to wander around, to a place, see the roadside stalls are not bad, stop the motorcycle to go to buy some food for Qingli.
Qingli sat on a street side chair, looking at the people on the street, just then, an old woman suddenly accidentally stepped on her walking stick, the whole person immediately lost balance and fell towards the curb, letting out a shriek of fright.
“Be careful.” Qing Li immediately got up and pulled the other party, bracing the other party’s thin body, her calf burst with a sharp pain, but her face did not change, looking at the other party’s typical Chinese looks, she hesitantly spoke in English, “I’m so sorry, it’s me who didn’t put away my crutches, are you okay? Do you need to go to the hospital for a checkup?”
The old woman was a bit flustered and confused, she glanced at Qing Li before starting to look around again, her English was stuttering and her grammar was raw, “It’s okay, it’s me who didn’t look at my feet.”
Qing Li hesitated and spoke directly in Chinese, “You’re looking for someone?”
The old woman heard the familiar Chinese, even if it is a little less standard Chinese, but also very excited, a hand on the hands of Qing Li grabbed, “I and my old companion to come, there are too many people got separated, can you help me look for him!”
Qing Li is not used to physical contact with people, some awkwardly avoided back, “Don’t be anxious, speak slowly.”
The old woman took out her cell phone, opened a photo, some trembling fingers could not stop pointing at the photo on the screen, Hyun sobbing, “This is my old partner, we just got separated in that store over there, I went back to look for it, but he wasn’t there, and I came over this way, there are too many people …… ”
She rambled on, and then suddenly noticed that this beautiful girl had little expression, and her look was cold and detached, and immediately became uneasy, “I’m sorry, but I don’t speak the language and I’m not familiar with the area, so I really have no choice, please help me.”
“No need to say that.” Qing Li helped her to sit down first and gave a raw smile, “I don’t mean to say no, when my companion comes back, I’ll ask him to help you.”
Just as they were talking, Mongema came over holding two cones, looking at the old woman next to Qing Li in surprise, “What’s going on?”
Qing Li made things clear to him, “Help look for it.” She is not a nosy person, but listening to the old woman’s Chinese, her heart couldn’t help but be sour and soft, unable to refuse.
“Then you two wait here, don’t move around, I’ll go look around.” Menggema was two meters tall and really stood out in the crowd, it was much easier to find someone, “What’s your old man’s name?”
Qing Li translated his words, the old woman immediately took out a small A4 sized white cloth flag with three black characters embroidered on it, neat and showy, “Li Yushan, we were afraid of getting lost, so we made this in advance when we were at home.”
Menggema sighed, waved the small flag and went to the street to look for someone, walked two steps and turned back, “Qingli, you have your tactical watch and soldier’s license plate with you, right?” The situation has been strange lately, don’t want him to leave for a while and Aonashi to be abducted by someone else.
Receiving Qingli’s affirmative reply, Menggema then continued to look for someone.
“Don’t worry, it will definitely be found.” Qing Li comforted the old woman, although Malaysia was not considered absolutely safe either, but the risk of a sixty to seventy year old with gray hair being abducted was almost non-existent except for being targeted by thieves.
The old woman nodded with a worried expression.
Qing Li handed out the cone in her hand, “Here, to prevent heatstroke.”
The old woman forced a smile, “Thank you, you and your friend are both European and American right, you speak Chinese really well.”
Qing Li felt troubled and didn’t explain her lineage, “Work requires it.”
After ten minutes or so, she suddenly felt her hand being held, looking down, it was the old woman’s hand with dry skin, she stiffly resisted the urge to pull out her own hand, looked up and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Girl ah, I see that your face is red with heat, why don’t you go over there under the wall for a while, you don’t have to sit here with me.” The old woman looked at her worriedly and took a handkerchief to wipe the thin sweat from her forehead.
Qing Li had never received such care from such an older elder, her whole body was very stiff, but she still shook her head, “It’s okay, my skin is already prone to redness.”
She looked around and stood up with one hand on her cane and the other assisting the old woman, “Let’s go to the shade together to take shelter.”
Probably because she had been sitting for too long, and her body had not completely recovered, she suddenly got up, and suddenly a white light appeared before her eyes, and uncontrollably she fell forward, and was gently taken into the arms of a pair of long and strong arms.
Qing Li smelled the familiar flavor, heard a sigh coming from above his head, “The body obviously has not yet recovered, I should have known that this time even if, Da Baosen Festival every year.”
“No way.” Qing Li rubbed unconsciously in front of Yue Zhi’s chest, and her hand also loosened the old woman’s grip on Yue Zhi’s hem, “Don’t wait for next year.”
Yue Zhi laughed lightly, the vibration of his chest made Qing Li’s face burn, “Ah Li, long time no see.”
Qing Li finally lifted her head and looked at Yue Zhi’s face, only then did she realize that her movements were too intimate and immediately loosened her hands, “Sir, I am relieved to see that everything is fine with you.”
Yue Zhi, however, naturally pulled her hand over and half-helped her towards the store entrance under the pergola, not forgetting to instruct the old woman, “This madam, please follow closely.”
“Sir, how did you know I was here, aren’t you still in Wei Province?” Qing Li asked Yue Zhi.
“I put down my work first when I heard you were here and came over, business is unfinished, there’s nothing to see after the Dabao Sen Festival tonight.” Yue Zhi grabbed Qing Li’s hand and tapped her tactical watch, “Relying on this to find you.”
After saying that, he pinched and compared Qing Li’s wrist, very dissatisfied, “Too thin, have you eaten properly?”
“Eat.” Qing Li explained, “I’ve gained back five pounds.”
Yue Qi then did not say anything else.
“Girl, is this your man, I didn’t expect you to look so young and already married.” The old woman’s mood seemed to have lightened up a bit as well and asked Qing Li with a smile.
Qing Li calmly clarified, “No, you misunderstood, this is ……”
The words were interrupted by Yue Zhi, “Ah Li, Menggema came and found the old gentleman.”
Qing Li looked up and saw the tall Menggema pulling a nervous, clear and elegant old gentleman over.
The old woman immediately rushed up and took her own old man’s hand, the two spoke in the dialect of an unknown place, Qing Li didn’t understand a word of it.
“Let’s go, it’s almost time, take you to the parade, they’re going to start smashing coconuts, we’ll go too.” Yue Qi helped Qing Li up.
Qing Li obediently followed, walked away and looked back, the old couple was already out of sight.