When I heard this, my heart thumped. After Xiao Hua hung up, I sat across from Uncle Two, who asked , "Are you still leaving?"
I shook my head, "No."
I started one-handedly typing out a text ssage asking about Black Glasses, but decided against it when I was halfway through. I sighed, suddenly feeling very restless. I knew what Black Glasses problem was, but Xiao Hua coming to talk to about it ant that there was probably sothing he couldnt handle.
I was already very skilled, but basically no one in this world could hide anything from Uncle Two. He imdiately gave a look, but didn't ask any more questions.
While we continued to eat, Fatty started asking Uncle Two what they had found out during this period. Uncle Two didn't say much, just told Fatty to wait and that news was on the way.
Xiao Hua arrived less than five minutes later. He was wearing a gray T-shirt instead of his signature pink shirt and had a pink ring snugly wrapped around his finger. He had lost a lot of weight and looked younger than . I sighed, its good to have money.
Xiao Hua nodded to Uncle Two, "Uncle Two."
Uncle Two looked at the ring on Xiao Huas finger and said quietly, "Wu Xie has sothing to do tonight, so keep it short."
Xiao Hua gave a aningful look and then glanced at Fatty and Poker-Face before saying to Uncle Two, "The investigation finally has so results. This thing was so deeply hidden that we wouldnt have found it if soone hadn't sold it. Uncle Two, you guessed right. Soone wants us to investigate this matter."
I didn't understand at all. Uncle Two seed to be thinking things over and then saw my confused look. "You tend to get obsessed with certain things, he said to . Many people are also aware of it. Thats why, when I heard what you were up to, my first reaction was to think that soone was using you to check sothing for them."
"Hmm." After thinking about it, it really did seem possible.
Uncle Two continued, "At that ti, I was very puzzled. For a while there, you could see through these kinds of little tricks in an instant. But this ti, you didn't react and even seed to believe it. I initially felt that you hadnt been tricked for so long that you were no longer wary of such scams. But later, I discovered that you wanted to be tricked."
I was stunned. People like didnt like to be tricked, so I didnt know why Uncle Two would say such a thing. Uncle Two continued, "Think about it. Its true, isn't it?"
"What you said is right." I didnt have the strength to argue and there wasnt any point in doing so, either.
I looked at Xiao Hua and he continued, "I found soone to trace the text ssage that was sent to you. This kind of little trick generally isnt perfect and they usually don't expect us to look into it seriously, so theres very detailed information when we do bother to check."
Xiao Hua took a piece of scrap paper from the side and wrote a location on it. "The text was sent from this area." I looked at the na but didnt recognize it at all. It was called "Yabalao" (1). Xiao Hua continued, "This is a mountain village close to Fujians coast. The villagers there have a high probability of being mute. I think soone sent the information from there. Its the only village in that area, after all.
"And then what?" I didn't know Xiao Hua could trace a text back without a source, but I felt that I really had wanted to be tricked at that ti. In the past, my first reaction wouldve definitely been the sa as Xiao Hua's, but I didnt know why I had ignored this possibility at the ti.
"Then I hired Black Glasses and told him to go and take a look," Xiao Hua said.
Isn't Black Glasses busy with his own affairs? I asked myself. But after Xiao Hua's previous phone call, I didn't dare ntion this information.
Xiao Hua continued, "He sent back so photos and videos, saying that soone was staying in the village to find out why all the villagers were mute. You can look at the videos yourself. Ill send them to you."
I took out my phone and Xiao Hua sent a video on WeChat. When I clicked on it, I saw an old man using sign language, a girl with a ponytail on the side taking notes, and a strongly accented voice in the background translating the sign language, "The children here are normal at birth. They beco mute after their first thunderstorm."
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TN Notes:
(1) Yaba ()=mute. Lao()=flooded
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