Time and Space Tavern

Chapter 406 Dilapidated Apartment
The white fish belly appeared on the horizon.

Su Min was awakened by the screams in the living room. She rubbed her eyes and shouted, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Yawning, she glanced around her body, feeling sticky all over, as if she had experienced a very intense exercise last night.

Suddenly there was a loud bang from the door, which startled Su Min and woke him up completely.

She squinted her eyes and was about to complain when she blinked in disbelief.

"Mom, the wrinkles on your face seem to be less." Su Min said with some doubts.

"It's not just like this..." Mother Su said in surprise, "Look."

With a light leap, she touched the roof with her right hand.

Looking at her energetic mother who seemed to be ten years younger overnight, Su Min's memories gradually connected together.

She stretched out her right hand, carefully feeling the changes on her body, with a smile on her face.

"That's why W can be worth more than 100 billion." Su Min's eyes shone with an inexplicable brilliance.

……

Qiao Mu opened his eyes and looked at the white ceiling above his head.

The side next to him was empty, and there was residual warmth on the quilt. It was obvious that Tang Wei had left not long ago.

Glancing at the phoenix-shaped imprint on his arm, he turned his gaze away and turned over to get up.

Tang Wei had already prepared breakfast, and her spirit was much better than last night, as if nothing had happened.

It's just that when she received a call from Tang Dejiang, her expression still showed a bit of unnaturalness.

"Don't think too much," Qiao Mu hugged her shoulders tightly, "Aunt Su may have some unavoidable difficulties, but everything is over."

Tang Wei nodded slightly.

The two went downstairs to Tang Dejiang's exclusive car.

Tang Dejiang didn't say anything about Qiao Mu and his daughter walking out of the same apartment. In fact, he already knew about this relationship and acquiesced.

His expression showed a rare hint of loneliness, and when he saw Qiao Mu, he just nodded without even a perfunctory smile.

Qiao Mu could feel that Tang Dejiang was in a very low mood.

He could understand that even though the two were separated, Tang Dejiang never gave up on Su Su.

He may know some secrets about the other party, and firmly believes that he can see the other party again.

However, reality gave him a hard blow, and the news of his wife's death completely crushed all his fantasies.

The three were sent to the airport and soon boarded the plane.

After more than ten hours of tossing and turning, I finally arrived in the United States.

This is Qiao Mu's first visit to this strange country, but he is not particularly unfamiliar with everything around him.

Many of the planes he has experienced are based on the United States.

For some unknown reason, Tang Dejiang did not bring any bodyguards.

After transferring to another plane, the three arrived at their destination until the evening.

This is a small city in the eastern part of the United States, named Kanastia, named after an American hero during World War II.

The city is very small, only equivalent to a county in the west of Huaguo in scale, and the population in the city is even smaller.

The three of them took the car back and forth, and finally stayed downstairs in a dilapidated apartment building.

The building looks like it was built in the 80s and [-]s of the last century. Many paints on the exterior walls have peeled off, and there are many funny graffiti on the lower part.

"She lived here before?" Tang Wei couldn't help frowning and asked.

Tang Dejiang glanced at the huge English letters on the apartment and nodded silently.

When the three of them entered the apartment, a choking musty smell came.

Looking along the long and narrow corridor, Qiao Mu saw a tall and round man with a bare back looking towards this side, holding a wine bottle in his hand.

A couple is arguing, and the noisy voice echoes in the corridor.

……

Under such circumstances, the three met the apartment manager.

This is a kind old Caucasian lady with a smile on her face. While leading the three of them to the room where Tang's mother lived, she told the three of them about each other's life.

"Su lived here more than 20 years ago. At that time, the place was not so dilapidated... She has been walking alone. If the police hadn't looked through her belongings, I'm afraid I would have thought that she had no relatives. How could it be?" I guess she still has a husband, and such a beautiful daughter..."

"Speaking of which, she owes four full months of rent."

With the sound of "click", the door opened, and the old lady's voice also changed suddenly, looking at Tang Dejiang.

Tang Dejiang ignored the other party, but pushed the door directly in and looked at the house which was less than ten square meters.

In addition to a bed, a small rear-projection TV, and a dilapidated desk, there is a low table with a stove.

Some of them here seem crude and narrow.

Tang Wei looked at the person her mother lived with before, and felt even more in disbelief.

She always thought that her mother left them in pursuit of a better life, but now it seems that she was wrong from the beginning.

If that's the case, she wouldn't live in such a house that can be described as "dilapidated", and their villa here is simply incomparable.

Her eyes moved and saw various papers pasted on the wall.

Most of the paper is cut from newspapers or magazines, and there are some pictures and the like.

Tang Wei approached quickly, her eyes moved, and she saw the content above.

Almost every piece of paper-cut is related to her or her father, including a composition she published in "Youth Monthly" when she was a child, and many photos she posted on the Internet, all of which were washed out and pasted on it. Has yellowed, and some look brand new.

The last one was sixteen days ago, a rumored report about her withdrawal from Down's Pharmaceuticals, which included a photo of her attending a press conference.

Next to her photo, there is a line of words that are a little crooked, which seems to be written with great effort: "Weiwei has finally grown up, so I can rest assured."

Qiao Mu stuffed a handful of dollars into the hands of the old lady who was the manager of the apartment, and also looked at the place curiously.

He had noticed before that this apartment was almost isolated from the outside world. There was no camera in it, not even a network cable. It was no wonder that Lolita had never found each other.

"Hasn't she been out for a long time?" Qiao Mu asked in a low voice.

The old lady received the money from Qiao Mu, and her attitude was exceptionally kind.

She nodded and said, "She used to work in a supermarket outside. Since the supermarket closed down the year before last, she hasn't worked anymore. She only goes out occasionally to buy some food or go to church to pray."

"She doesn't seem to be in good health. She often coughs violently in the middle of the night, and sometimes she can cough up blood. Many neighbors have complained, but she is an old resident, so I never drove her away..."

"I didn't hear her cough for three days in a row, so I opened the door. I didn't expect that she was already dead inside... The church volunteers helped organize her funeral. Bishop Cassadine was a good man..."

While talking, the old lady changed the subject, and Qiao Mu got a better understanding of the situation.

From the other party, she didn't feel a lie.

(End of this chapter)