Chapter 57 - 57 57 Lin Sisi

57: Chapter 57 Lin Sisi 57: Chapter 57 Lin Sisi Zhang Xiaoman’s expression froze for a moment when he heard Sixth Grandpa say that; then, as if he had thought of something, he quickly asked:

“Sixty thousand!

Really?

Sixth Grandpa, why would they give you that much money?

Is it the same for others?

And how did they get your phone number?”

“Sixty thousand?

Heh heh, the six I just gestured wasn’t sixty thousand, but six figures!”

Pei Laoliu laughed heartily and smugly said:

“A full hundred thousand in travel expenses, others don’t get this kind of treatment!

To think that I was just about to go sign up, and they already called me first.”

“As for how they got in touch with me, isn’t that easy?

I’ve been in this line of work for the better part of my life, after all.

Ask around among my peers, and they could easily find out my number.”

Zhang Xiaoman paused for a moment, then quickly understood.

After his last successful impersonation at the Su family, the title “Master Pei,” though still unknown to the public, probably gained some recognition within their circles.

Looking at Sixth Grandpa, who was still oblivious, Zhang Xiaoman felt conflicted about whether to reveal the truth to him.

“Um, Master Liu, do you think it’s possible that there’s been a legendary master recently, who’s used your name, going around doing heroic deeds, and as a result, the event organizers mistook him for you and thus offered a high appearance fee?

Could this all just be a misunderstanding…

Could there be such a possibility?”

Upon hearing this, Pei Laoliu looked at him with the eyes one would use to view an intellectually challenged person:

“What nonsense are you spouting?

Is there a second Master Pei in Qionghua City besides me?

Going around performing acts of chivalry, have you been reading martial arts novels again lately?”

Zhang Xiaoman gave an awkward smile and silently apologized to Sixth Grandpa in his heart, then he conveniently skipped over the subject.

After a hearty lunch, Zhang Xiaoman packed up his stuff and went out again.

Just like the last time, he planned to take the express to the small woods in the north of the city to see if there might be the existence of a “Space Node.”

Taking a different route than the one he took to get there, Zhang Xiaoman this time took a shortcut through the old city district, and just so happened to pass by the place where he used to set up his sushi stand.

But when he arrived there, he saw a familiar figure.

It was a girl in her late teens, dressed in a light yellow casual outfit; young and pretty, with an unadorned, natural beauty.

Zhang Xiaoman remembered her; she seemed to be the same girl who passed by with her dog last time, and he had mentioned to her that her dog seemed to have a tummy ache.

He wondered what had happened afterwards.

At this moment, the girl stood by the roadside alone, holding a small floral umbrella and a long stick in her hand, with no sight of the big golden retriever by her side.

Zhang Xiaoman approached, puzzled, and just as he drew near, he heard a vegetable vendor suddenly shout:

“Here he comes!

The young man is here!”

Zhang Xiaoman saw the vendor waving at him, so he walked over.

“Ah, Xiao Zhang, you’re finally here.

This girl has been waiting for you here for several days now; insistent on returning the money she owed you in person, and wouldn’t leave under this blazing sun…”

Upon hearing her say this, Zhang Xiaoman was instantly surprised.

This girl couldn’t possibly have been so stubborn as to wait here for me for four days, could she?

“I’m fine, I’ve got nothing much to do lately anyway.

Hanging around here has been pretty interesting.”

The girl said while turning her head towards Zhang Xiaoman’s direction, her large eyes staring at him intently.

“Thank you for the sushi you made for me last time; it was really delicious.

Oh, and there’s also Rabbit’s matter.

Thanks to you, the doctor said it has caught the parvovirus, but luckily it was discovered in time.

It’s currently in the hospital receiving IV treatment, I really can’t thank you enough!”

After finishing, she even gave a bow, though her direction seemed slightly off.

Seeing the girl like this, Zhang Xiaoman quickly waved his hands, saying it was nothing, while he finally understood what was going on in his heart.

“You…

can’t see?”

He asked cautiously.

The girl nodded and said, “Yes, I went blind a year ago.

Tutu is my guide dog.”

Zhang Xiaoman was genuinely shocked this time.

He hadn’t expected that the girl would be blind, which explained why he had felt something was amiss when he watched her earlier.

So, this was the reason!

Thinking about how this young girl had come here every day just to wait for the dozen or so dollars from him, a feeling that he was a terrible person began to grow in Zhang Xiaoman’s heart.

“Here’s your money back, and thank you for the sushi!

It was really delicious!”

As the girl spoke, she reached out and handed over a few crumpled banknotes that were slightly damp with sweat.

Zhang Xiaoman was tempted to refuse the money, but the girl was insistent, so he reluctantly accepted it in the end.

The young girl thanked him several times before slowly leaving with the aid of her guide cane.

Zhang Xiaoman watched her retreating figure and eventually followed her.

“Beauty, I can see you’re having a tough time.

Grab onto my shirt, and I’ll take you home,” Zhang Xiaoman said, walking beside her.

At his words, the girl stopped, turned in his direction, and “looked” at him.

The words of refusal she had been about to say subconsciously somehow remained unspoken.

“Thank you…”

The girl lowered her head and quietly responded, her voice as soft and fragile as a mosquito’s whine.

Feeling the girl’s hand lightly grasp his sleeve, Zhang Xiaoman felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

He hadn’t expected that his first attempt at striking up a conversation with a girl, after being single for over twenty years, would actually be successful!

Following that, the girl gave him her home address, and Zhang Xiaoman was surprised to find that she seemed to live quite close to Sixth Grandpa.

On the way, the two of them got to know each other a little better.

The girl’s name was Lin Sisi, nineteen years old, living alone in this old district.

She used to attend Qionghua University, but since becoming suddenly blind a year ago, she had been unable to continue her studies, and now the only one with her was her guide dog, Tutu.

“You live alone!?

What about your other relatives!?”

Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t help but be startled when he heard about her living situation.

In his opinion, it was hard to imagine how a blind person could manage to live alone.

“My parents were both raised in the Qidian Orphanage, and they died in a car accident a year ago…

It was during that accident that I hit my head and lost my sight…”

Lin Sisi spoke softly, her head lowered in a touch of sadness, but then suddenly raised her face with a bright smile:

“Actually, it’s not too bad.

I’ve grown up here since I was little, and I’m very familiar with the surroundings.

Plus, Aunt Wang, the landlord, often comes to take care of me, so my life isn’t as hard as you might imagine.”

The smile on her face was bright and cheerful, showing no sign of resentment, as if she was completely blind to the injustice fate had dealt her.

Zhang Xiaoman felt a sharp tug at his heart and for a moment, didn’t know what to say.

At this moment, Lin Sisi broke the silence herself, tugging at Zhang Xiaoman’s sleeve and whispering:

“Oh, by the way, someone was asking about you while I was waiting for you the other day.

It had me thinking your last name was Pei.”