Mrs. Guan grabbed her hand tightly with both hands and said, “Thank you.”.
The sobbing, while giving thanks, caused Ye Jian’s eyes to redden; the pain of losing a loved one was the most unbearable pain.
Mrs. Guan’s crying stabilized after crying for around five minutes. Her hand, filled with calluses due to hard labor, wiped the tears on her face.
“Girl, my family’s Old Guan said that I must give thanks. I am not capable; I can only kowtow to you. Girl, our family will never forget your kindness.”
Mrs. Guan, who had been crying until her eyes were swollen, insisted on getting out of bed to kowtow to Ye Jian, but Ye Jian was startled and directly hugged this simple middle-aged woman, “Auntie, you cannot kowtow. I was not the only person at the scene; there were many people; you must not kowtow. I was passing by and saw it, and I would definitely help in any way possible.”
Two of Old Guan’s friends by the side said: “You deserve it, we’re unable to think of a way to repay you, we can just kowtow. Both of us will represent Old Guan’s family to kowtow to you!”
She could still stop a single person, but how could Ye Jian handle three people, she immediately winked at Captain Feng before barely able to stop both of Old Guan’s driver friends.
“Auntie, Uncle, I came over because there’s Something I need to trouble you three. There’s really no need for any thanks, but I need to get some information from you three.”
Ye Jian’s appearance could stabilize the emotions of Mrs. Guan and the other two friends.
“Something that happened in the afternoon? Nothing, the three of us were together, we’re together even when dining, the truck is loaded with goods, and we don’t dare go far away from it,” Old Guan’s friend was surnamed Tian and Driver Tian recalled the things that happened yesterday afternoon. “We had fast food during our afternoon break, then delivered the food to the staff in the truck, there was nothing else.”
“Did Uncle Guan leave halfway? Or traveled alone? For example, to fetch water or to the washroom?” Ye Jian’s questioning was not weaker than a policeman, everything she asked was in detail: “Or perhaps someone talked to him, asking for directions or Something like that? After having lunch, was there anything unusual about Uncle Guan?”
Driver Tian and another driver who was also surnamed Guan shook their heads at the same time, “We didn’t see anything unusual, he seemed to be the same. Old Guan usually doesn’t talk much; we’re unable to tell if there’s anything in his heart.”
Mrs. Guan gave some thought, she was slow at recalling due to her sadness, but she was Old Guan’s wife, the person closest to him, what she said was rather comprehensive, “That’s not right…… Something’s not right about Old Guan……”
She was still uncertain; her tone dragged on as she still recalled, enough to stir up Ye Jian’s spirits. She did not urge her and only watched quietly, waiting for her to move on from her sadness and recall the warmth of yesterday.
“A little, a little unusual. After Old Guan came out of the washroom, he pulled me towards the truck,” Mrs. Guan recalled, recalling what happened yesterday, recalling the interaction with her husband.
She recalled Something unusual about Old Guan, “After coming out of the washroom…… he dragged me to the truck, I didn’t even finish eating the steamed buns, I didn’t even take the can of pickles before I was dragged to the truck.”
The first time, she said, ‘pulled me towards the truck,’ the second and third time, she said, ‘dragged me to the truck.’
The latter focused on urgency, speed, and rushing; it could even be said to be in ‘panic.’
