Huóqǐ walked with great pleasure. He had attended junior high school and knew the police didn't hit people.
Píng'ān, his stomach full and his injuries gradually accustomed to, no longer felt aggrieved. Naturally, he didn't need a troublesome disciple by his side. Since the case had a lead and wasn't solely targeting him, these matters should be handed over to the police.
As night fell, Sū Táng, hands in her pockets, walked out of the hospital indignantly.
What taste, throwing a bowl after eating his fill! I'm fair and beautiful, wouldn't it be nice to keep me around for care? He'd rather have Old Fāng than me, Master is truly old! I'll have Old Fāng tell you stories later – that'll drive you crazy! Sū Táng thought, her face grim and her anger simmering.
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When the boss is unhappy, Dà Shù and Lǎo Yuán have to bottle up their unhappiness. For two years, they'd seen enough of this young lady's temper. When she was happy, she'd clap you on the shoulder and call you brother; when she was unhappy, she'd curse at anyone. Over the past two years, she'd gradually earned the nickname "Mad Dog," and besides Píng'ān and Ānjìng, she wouldn't defer to anyone.
"Boss, the three of us didn't drive here. Should I hail a taxi to take you back?" Dà Shù said obsequiously.
Sū Táng stopped abruptly, turned around with imposing authority, and stared fiercely at Dà Shù!
"Hmph!"
Having found the key person, why didn't they inform their boss first? What kind of good lackeys were they? Sū Táng's mouth pouted high, her face a picture of displeasure.
"Boss, don't dwell on the matter of Huóqǐ. That was purely a side job done on the way. Knowing you were in the hospital room, we were planning to report it all together," Lǎo Yuán was more eloquent. "We all know Master is the most important to you, so whether we told you in advance or not, you wouldn't have been focused. This time, it's one of our own who got hurt – an extraordinary situation calls for extraordinary measures, right?"
Lǎo Yuán's words eased Sū Táng's anger by half.
"Let's go to Flower Street. We'll walk, no car!" Sū Táng wasn't happy; this meant shopping.
Dà Shù and Lǎo Yuán exchanged glances and sighed helplessly.
To be fair, this young lady, despite her bad temper, was just like her master's childhood personality of retaliating against any perceived wrong, as Fèi Kěqīng put it. However, she treated her own people well. For example, shopping was something only very close friends did, but Sū Táng often dragged the three of them along for endless shopping sprees.
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"Alas, Dà Shù, we agreed, if this ancestor drags us to any more lingerie stores this time, I'd rather die than go! You go! I'm not going!" Lǎo Yuán said stubbornly.
"Go where? Didn't we take on a job this morning?" Dà Shù glanced at Sū Táng walking ahead and grinned slyly, "It's just a case of checking if a partner is cheating. Let's let our boss have some fun?"
"Good idea!" Lǎo Yuán gave him a thumbs-up.
"Boss, please slow down. I have something to report to you," Dà Shù hurried to catch up and blocked Sū Táng. "This morning, a young man came to the shop, suspecting his girlfriend of cheating. He wants to hire us to investigate. Oh, we haven't discussed the fee yet; we're waiting for your decision."
"We're open for business?" Sū Táng was overjoyed at the news.
"We're open for business!" Dà Shù took out his phone. "Shall we head to the shop now? Should I call that young man?"
"While you're calling, Lǎo Yuán, hail a taxi. We're going back to the shop, we have a case!" Sū Táng said with a smile.
Wāi Táng's Odd Jobs Agency occupied the entire second floor of the milk tea shop, over a hundred square meters. Dà Shù's original plan was to have a north-south layout, with a raised platform in the center of the north wall, a high table and seat on the platform, rows of clubs, steel pipes, and nunchucks on the east and west sides, and a small chair in the middle. As clients came up the stairs from the south, the guys would shout...
Unfortunately, Sū Táng crumpled this proposal into a paper airplane and looked at Dà Shù as if he were an idiot. "I run a detective agency, why are you setting up a court? Are we going to administer caning?"
The first plan was rejected. Lǎo Yuán proposed the second plan: still north-south, with a boss's sofa in the middle of the north wall, and several rows of tin seats facing it. When there was a case, Sū Táng would be seated high above, with everyone sitting below to listen...
This plan confused Sū Táng for a while before she finally understood. Wasn't that the layout of a classroom? No, no!
Old Fāng, being clumsy with words, directly vetoed it.
Finally, Sū Táng took charge herself. She bought a set of used round conference tables at a low price from her godfather, Gāo Xiǎofēi, and that was that.
Taking a taxi back to the milk tea shop, Sū Táng saw a shy boy waiting outside the shop as soon as she got out. Needless to say, this was the client.
"Hello, I'm Sū Táng. How can I help you?" Sū Táng shook hands with the boy seriously and then warmly greeted him, "Come upstairs to talk. Lǎo Yuán, make two milk teas."
At the conference table on the second floor, Sū Táng sat nervously in the center, with the client on her left and Dà Shù, responsible for recording, on her right.
"My name is Qiáo Wěijiā. I'm a sophomore at Shānhé University. Last winter, I discovered my girlfriend kept going to Flower Street. I thought she was just hanging out with friends, but one time I went looking for her and saw her get into a black Audi," Qiáo Wěijiā spoke somewhat cautiously, likely unaccustomed to detective agencies.
"Later, I asked her whose car she rode in that day, and she said it was the car of a modeling agency boss, who was a woman and liked her figure, and took her for an audition that day," Qiáo Wěijiā said. He didn't believe her at first, but his girlfriend took the initiative to suggest he could accompany her next time. A few days later, his girlfriend really did ask him to go with her to the modeling agency.
At the modeling agency, Qiáo Wěijiā found that the boss that day was indeed a woman, and his girlfriend was only there for an audition. Later, still uneasy, he searched the company online and found it was a legitimate company. This put his mind at ease, and he was even happy that his girlfriend could achieve her dream of becoming a model.
"After the new year, my girlfriend told me the company had arranged a week-long training session for her in another city. The training was closed-door, and she couldn't even make phone calls. I had completely trusted the company by then, so I let her go without worry. But unexpectedly, after a week, she still hadn't returned. I was terribly anxious and went to the company. But to my surprise, the company's boss stated that my girlfriend had already quit before the new year, citing academic pressure, and hadn't been back since." Qiáo Wěijiā said, "Since she quit, where did my girlfriend go for training? How did she go missing...?"
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"Ahem! Young man, excuse me, didn't you say the commission was to find out if your girlfriend was cheating? Why are we talking about a disappearance?" Dà Shù, hearing Qiáo Wěijiā's words, acutely felt that this was becoming troublesome and quickly interrupted.
"That's right, you should go to the police for this. We can't handle this kind of thing," Lǎo Yuán, who was smoking by the stairs, chimed in.
"It's alright, please continue. This case greatly interests our agency!" Dà Shù and Lǎo Yuán were trying their best to keep Sū Táng away from trouble, but Sū Táng was getting hooked. She waved at the two of them, signaling Qiáo Wěijiā to continue.
"After that, I reported my girlfriend's disappearance to the school, and the school called the police, but there were no leads. After all, a week had passed, and the best time to find someone was missed." Qiáo Wěijiā said that his girlfriend's family came to the school, crying and making a scene. The school used him as a scapegoat. It was only recently that they managed to pacify his girlfriend's family and send them back. He also took leave and searched for her everywhere. A few days ago, while posting missing person flyers in Flower Street, he happened to see this shop and came to seek help on a whim.
"My family is wealthy, and I've brought enough money this time. As long as you can find my girlfriend, I'm willing to pay any amount," Qiáo Wěijiā said.
"What's your girlfriend's name? How old is she? Do you have a photo? What's the name of that modeling company? Did your girlfriend say anything else before she left? What kind of transportation did she take? Can you remember where she went for training?" Sū Táng thought for a moment and asked a string of questions.
"Her name is Nián Xiǎoběi, she's 21 years old. I have a photo on my phone; I'll send it to you via WeChat later. The modeling company is called 'Ai Tiānshǐ' Entertainment Co., Ltd. Before she left, I gave her a coat, but she said she wouldn't need it where she was training. I wonder if it was in the south? She didn't mention the transportation, but according to her dorm friends, she was picked up by a van. That's all I know," Qiáo Wěijiā said.
"Okay, if that's the case, I will take action as soon as possible," Sū Táng said seriously.
"Oh, that's great! Please tell the detective to find her no matter what," Qiáo Wěijiā said, on the verge of tears.
"Mmm, I said, I will take action as soon as possible!" Sū Táng reaffirmed her commitment once again.
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"You? Aren't you the receptionist?" Qiáo Wěijiā asked curiously, wiping his tears. "Are you even eighteen yet?"
The Wāi Táng's Odd Jobs Agency was suddenly plunged into an awkward silence.
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"First, we express our deepest sympathy for your predicament."
"Please rest assured, we will do our utmost to help you uncover the truth."
"Don't look at me like that! Although I'm only 17, I am the esteemed disciple of the famous detective Píng'ān!"
"You don't know Píng'ān? Do you know about the wind power case from two years ago? That was a successful case of mine!"
"You don't know that either? Oh well, don't worry about the details."
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"Alright, my grandfather is the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, my godfather is the director of the Hé Dào District Bureau, and my uncle-in-law is the captain of the Major Crimes Unit of the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Detachment. This connection..."
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"No need for gifts, no need for banquets. Yes, yes, it's exactly what you think. This is my capability, right? Hahaha!"
"The fee? Oh, do you need an invoice? If you don't need an invoice, I can give you a 20% discount!"
"Okay, please go slowly. Please wait for my call!"
In the milk tea shop, Dà Shù and Lǎo Yuán stifled their laughter watching Sū Táng successfully conquer, oh no, successfully take on her first case.
"Alright!" Sū Xià sent the client away, hands on her hips, and said majestically to Dà Shù and Lǎo Yuán, "Old guys, get to work. We have clients now."
"Boss, are you sure you're only charging 3,000 yuan for this job?" Dà Shù calculated for a moment and asked cautiously.
"Don't care about the money. He's a student. Even if his family is rich, we can't be greedy. Besides, he just spent tens of thousands of yuan in lucky money to find someone. You want me to raise the price now? Isn't that bullying?" Sū Táng said with a sideways glance. "My master solved so many cases, when did he ever charge a fee?"
"I recall that case three years ago, the country awarded your master a million yuan..." Lǎo Yuán blurted out, touching on a sensitive topic.
"I was young back then, and every beginning is difficult. If this case is successful, we'll eventually get big jobs. How about this: I won't charge for this case, and you three will each get a thousand." Sū Táng said generously.
"Ancestor, Old Fāng spends over a thousand yuan a day just on foot baths, smoking, and mahjong. We old brothers aren't short on money, it's just that this case has too many weird aspects, not suitable for you who are just starting in the novice village," Dà Shù spoke the truth. "In my opinion, you should just beg your police relatives to handle it. Oh, and our client doesn't really expect anything from you; they expect people behind you."
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"No! I've already accepted this case, which means Pòshìguǎn has accepted it (Isn't it Wāi Táng's Odd Jobs Agency? – Lǎo Yuán interjected). We must handle it!" Sū Táng said, then narrowed her eyes and stared at Dà Shù and Lǎo Yuán. "Dà Shù, is the young Qiao at 'Grandma, I'm Here' massage parlor across the street tender? Lǎo Yuán, Flower Street recently opened 'Lè Zi Duō Foot Massage City.' There's a technician there named Mèiniáng, as old as your daughter. Are her hands soft? Oh dear, it's been so long since I went shopping with your auntie, Dà Shù, and your elder sister, Lǎo Yuán. What if I were to..."
"Ancestor, my dear ancestor, please don't let your auntie know. You have no idea, your auntie has recently learned to polish walnuts and often crushes them because her grip is too strong, and she does it right in front of me. I'm old, I can't take this," Dà Shù immediately surrendered.
"Look at you, kid, why can't you joke? Your sister is busy with lawsuits every day; don't distract her." Lǎo Yuán's daughter is a lawyer, naturally suppressing her father.
"Alas, I don't know if Old Fāng will agree. Among you three, he's the closest to my master..." Sū Táng slumped onto the counter ungracefully, enjoying the flattery of Dà Shù and Lǎo Yuán.
"Hey, hey, let me tell you something. Old Fāng has recently taken a liking to the mute cook at Old Gāodá's bun shop. He goes there every day, exchanging glances with her, and can eat a basket of buns all morning. Old Gāodá is so angry he chases him away with a rolling pin, but he won't leave," Dà Shù didn't hesitate to sell out Old Fāng.
"Mute cook? Oh, that's Old Gāodá's cousin. I call her Xǐniáng. She's only 40 this year..." Sū Táng pondered the cook's voluptuous figure, then nodded heavily. "She fits Old Fāng's aesthetic. I can help him set them up."
There! It was settled. The three of them, who had been under so much pressure, had faced mountains of knives and seas of fire, but this time they bowed their precious heads.
With a unified plan reached, Sū Táng launched into a fiery offensive on how to investigate the first case.
While the discussion was heated in the milk tea shop, outside, a handsome young man sat on a red motorcycle, curiously observing the scene inside. If Sū Táng had come out at that moment, she would have immediately recognized him as the handsome guy she'd bumped into that afternoon.
The old ones hide and don't act, while the young ones rush forward? Fine, let me see how much Píng'ān has taught you.
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The handsome young man raised his right hand, forming it into a gun shape, and aimed it at Sū Táng inside the milk tea shop. With a "bang," he fired a "shot."
Even though she had taken on a new job, high school life had to go on. Her unlucky master was resting in the hospital, and an uneasy Ānjìng brought Sū Táng to her home.
Another sunny morning, Sū Táng, yawning, appeared in the school corridor.
"Alas, how's your master?" Jiǎng Tíngtíng caught up from behind, putting an arm around Sū Táng's shoulder.
"He's recuperating. Worried I'd starve to death, he sent me to my aunt's," Sū Táng said dejectedly. "When will this end? I really don't want to go to school anymore. I'm so bored I've started teaching myself calculus. What's the point of going to class every day?"
"Ring—"
The class bell rang. With a million points of reluctance, Sū Táng still entered the classroom and took her seat in the last row.
In other classes, students with poor academic performance or those just goofing off sat in the last row. But in Sū Táng's class, she was relegated to the last row by the helpless teacher because she was too academically brilliant, to the point of disrespecting her elders. She had no deskmate and sat alone in the row.
Not having a deskmate was actually a good thing, at least Sū Táng didn't have to worry about someone stealing her space. But this benefit ended today, because during the first class, the homeroom teacher led a tall, thin boy into the classroom.
"Class, this is our new classmate, a handsome young Mongolian boy from the grasslands. Come, everyone, welcome him with applause!" The homeroom teacher said with a smile, pushing the Mongolian boy standing behind him to the front of the lecture hall.
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Honest, simple, and unpretentious, the homeroom teacher immediately liked this transfer student. Although he had already been admitted to university, his academic performance was very poor. During registration yesterday, the school arranged a test and found that the boy's actual learning ability was only at the junior high level, and he knew virtually nothing in English and math...
The university hoped that the boy would have some basic academic knowledge, so he wouldn't be completely lost when he started university. Therefore, they arranged for this child to be exchanged through the provincial education department. After taking charge of this child, the homeroom teacher had already devised a plan. The teacher didn't have time to focus on him every day, but he had a ready helper in his own class, and the teacher swore that he had a way to make this helper willingly assist.
"Well, this is the situation. Given that Zhāng Xiǎo'ào, yes, we'll call him Xiǎo'ào from now on." The homeroom teacher carefully chose his words. "Well, given that the new classmate's learning pace is a bit different from ours, we need a student to pair up with him and help him catch up. This task will be assigned to our student, Sū Táng!"
What the heck! This is acceptable?
"I object!" Caught off guard by the teacher's arrangement, Sū Táng couldn't stand it.
"Objection overruled, you come out with me!" The teacher said decisively and left the classroom first.
Seeing the teacher leave, Sū Táng quickly followed—this matter needed to be clarified; she didn't have time to be a nanny.
"Teacher, I..." In the corridor, Sū Táng was eager to refuse.
"Don't speak yet, listen to me!" The teacher said confidently. "If you pair up, you won't have to come for the 7:10 AM morning self-study or the evening self-study. It won't count as truancy. In addition, the school's rule of a holiday every half month is invalid for you. You will attend school five days a week, with Saturdays and Sundays off. How about it?"
"Ah?" Sū Táng didn't expect the teacher could do this.
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"If you don't accept, it's okay. From now on, for every truancy, I'll call your master." The originally kind-faced teacher suddenly said through gritted teeth, "Girl, I grew up in the sports compound too. I've even beaten up your master, so think about it!"
It had to be said that this teacher had come up with a brilliant idea. Sū Táng was academically brilliant, a prodigy. Even now, she could get into Tsinghua or Peking University if she applied. However, as a student, she still needed to act like one, or else how would the teacher save face? Rather than watching this girl skip class every day with no solution, it was better to use her as leverage. With Sū Táng's tutoring, the new student could catch up a little, and with "a student," Sū Táng would be motivated to tutor him well, given the numerous benefits.
"Okay, I agree." After thinking about it, Sū Táng felt the teacher's proposal was too tempting. Just the point about not having to attend morning self-study was incredibly appealing. Not having to leave home at six in the morning and being able to sleep naturally until 7:30 was too tempting. And she didn't have to attend evening self-study either, and her weekends would be more plentiful. Sū Táng, who had been worried about not having enough time due to taking cases, immediately agreed.
The teacher and Sū Táng returned to the classroom with smiles, and the new student smoothly became Sū Táng's "partner" and naturally her deskmate.
However...
"Holy cow, brother, are you from the grasslands? Why do you smell like cow dung? Holy cow, you really are from the grasslands, so why don't you bathe?"
One sunny morning, the fragrant Sū Táng and the stinky Zhāng Xiǎo'ào successfully had their first chemical reaction.