Cuizhu shook her head. "Cheng... Miss Su appreciates your kindness, but the girls in the building all live in a room with six or seven people. I'm afraid there is no place for you to hide. You should go back first."
Su Xin didn't say anything, just sat down on the round stool, determined not to leave.
Tiancheng had never seen such a naughty boy asking for a beating before. His fists were hardened and he missed his sensible commander even more.
It is definitely not possible for both of them to stay, it is not possible for only one to stay, and it is extremely difficult for both of them to leave.
They sat and stood like that for a long time, and finally Cuizhu, who was watching, smiled faintly and sighed.
"Alas... Miss Su." She stood up and touched Su Xin's head, "Thank you for worrying about me, but... why is it so?"
Su Xin curled her lips, "...I know Sister Cuizhu is a good person."
Cuizhu glanced at Tiancheng, who had a complicated expression, and helped Su Xin tidy up her hair.
"...You know what? If I hadn't experienced those things, I would have a child by now."
"As soon as I came in and saw you, I felt close to you... I also thought that if I had a child, he would be as pretty and well-behaved as you, right?"
"Haha... It's funny that someone like me is still fantasizing about what a child looks like..."
Su Xin opened her mouth to say something, but Cui Zhu raised her hand to cover her mouth, "How about... this."
"You two are old acquaintances of Sun. I don't know how she entered the garden, but her background is clean. Staying one more day will be dangerous."
"Over the years, I have saved up some money. Although it is not much to redeem myself, it should be enough to redeem a maid."
"As for me... I am just a prostitute. One more day or one less day will not make much difference. I will wait for you two to get the money and redeem me tomorrow night. I will never forget your great kindness."
Su Xin looked up at the kind-looking green bamboo, then looked at the sun hiding in the corner, ignorant of the world, and she felt sad.
Tiancheng was also surprised. He thought that someone who had just met him by chance was willing to give his savings to him at the risk of losing all his money. It was already a big favor.
She also felt sorry for Cuizhu's situation and didn't want to accept the money, but she also understood that this was probably the best option.
Cuizhu hardly gave them time to think. She turned around, lifted the latch and went out to get her savings, leaving the three of them in silence in the room.
Su Xin realized later that she had been in a bad temper for a long time. Tiancheng had done nothing wrong and he had not even said he would not save her. He just wanted things to be safer.
It's really not rational for her to push it again and again.
They became rash and easily irritated, probably because there was something wrong with their brains, as they usually rarely even had a quarrel.
Su Xin rubbed her forehead and was about to apologize, but Tiancheng sighed first.
"...Oh, sorry Susu, I should have thought it through more carefully. If I had not been so cautious and only taken two diamonds, the money for my redemption might have been enough."
Su Xin shook her head vigorously, "No, no, I, I am the one... who has been holding us back... It was obviously you who was thinking of a solution, but I was complaining about this and that..."
Tiancheng smiled apologetically, "Cuizhu's life was miserable, but there really was no better way."
"Her ransom may be high. Let's ask her later. If Ken wants the diamond, he can take it along with it. If he doesn't want to... we can only wait until tomorrow to collect some money."
Su Xin nodded sullenly, waited for Cuizhu to come back, stuffed the small packet of banknotes into her hands, and called the madam to express her desire to redeem Taiyang.
Perhaps because he saw that the offer was a lot and the fool would only get into trouble and lose money if he stayed in the building, Old Duck agreed readily, but he refused to give in to the offer of diamond in exchange for Cuizhu's freedom.
Tiancheng knew that Su Xin was too eager, giving the other party room to adjust the price.
But she didn't mention it. She just asked the price and left with the two of them, thinking about how to pack the out-of-stock clothes in Su Xin's space at expensive prices tomorrow.
If someone was willing to buy it, she would probably be able to satisfy the little commander's request.
As for what to do after redeeming it... I can only make plans later.
Chapter 1183 The Strange and Beautiful Flower
After leading the group back to the inn, Su Xin, still worried, turned around and ran to keep an eye on them.
It was now late at night, and they had only stayed in Furong Garden for less than two hours. When they left, the building was still very lively.
Given the old duck's money-loving personality, he might give Cuizhu to someone else, so it's better to take care of her at night.
Tiancheng knew that even if Su Xin went, it would be useless. With empty pockets, she could not control Cuizhu's fate.
But she still let the little commander go out, and only reminded him to come back around four in the morning.
Because no one would point fingers at anyone during this time period, especially an "old man" who is nearly 30 years old.
To put it bluntly, except for Su Xin, the "shy and immature" "sucker", very few visitors would give up on young girls and instead look for women who would be demoted to maids in a few years.
But it’s not easy to say this.
Firstly, it hurts people and makes people seem cold-hearted and inhumane. Secondly, judging from Su Xin's current personality, she will probably start quarreling again after hearing it.
Tiancheng was also very distressed. She always remembered the purpose of their coming here, but Commander Su seemed to have forgotten.
They should have gotten more information and used the remaining money as travel expenses to find Enterprise and Helena first.
Then he would ask about the condition of Su Xin's brain, find a way to cure it, and take the lost little octopus away before leaving.
As a result, after half a day, a girl whom the wife did not know appeared in the single room of the inn.
This girl isn't even a person.
"Your name is... Sun, right?" Tiancheng had no choice but to call her in a gentle voice.
The soft white sun shivered, looked up timidly, hesitated for a moment and nodded obediently, but still did not open his mouth.
Tiancheng understood that they didn't know each other before, and if he wanted to get the other to open up by being very familiar with him, it would probably be useless even if he talked all night.
But in the long night, we must sort out the clues and conditions before we can do anything
Besides, it is still a question when Su Xin will come back. I just hope she won’t be so confused as to do something like robbing a woman.
"...I heard from Susu, Huanchao, that she helped you before and lived with you for a while, right?"
Different from the thunderous argument not long ago, the gentle and soft voice soothed Yang's tense nerves a little, causing her to slowly raise her head and hum.
Tiancheng chuckled and continued, "That must be very worry-free, right? Is she the one who sweeps the floor and tidies up?"
Indeed, not only was the room cleaned, but every corner of the hotel was swept by Huanchao with a broom.
At that time, the sun was still very dim, I didn't know how to break the plastic fork when eating instant noodles, my clothes were often stained with toothpaste, and I always put on my socks the wrong way around.
It was Huanchao who helped her with a sullen face, taught her how to tell the inside and outside of socks apart, and taught her to rely on the sewing seams to determine the front and back of clothes and pants.
She likes to call the tide very much, and thinks that although the other party looks cold, it is actually always warm.
"...It's different...from now..." Taiyang muttered quietly.
Tiancheng heard it, and half out of curiosity and half as a prelude, he asked her what her previous tide calling was like.
He stuttered when describing the sun because he had a very limited vocabulary and all he could say were "good-looking", "smart", "warm" and "pleasant voice".
Seeing that she was more relaxed than when she first arrived, Tiancheng told her that this was because Huanchao was "sick" and we should understand her.
After Taiyang nodded obediently and was willing to tentatively move closer to the wooden table where he was sitting, Tiancheng pushed the snacks and herbal tea over and began to understand the situation seriously.
"My name is Tiancheng, and I am the closest person to Huanchao."
Sun chewed his cake and looked at her blankly, as if he didn't quite understand what she said, but he was listening carefully.
Tiancheng continued: "It means someone who will never hurt...will never intentionally hurt her.
"Well...the sun...kiss me too."
"Yes, you are also someone close to her, so can you tell me what the sun knows? Maybe we can help call the tide?"
The stomach seemed like a bottomless pit. The sun swallowed the food and thought hard about the things he was good at.
Tiancheng saw that there were a lot of flour crumbs on her lips, which fell off easily without any water, so he wanted to use his sleeve to help wipe them off.
Taiyang stared vigilantly, and saw that the elder sister deliberately slowed down her movements. In the end, she just brushed her mouth, then stepped back and patted her clothes to sweep away the residue.
Safe and warm.
Due to the connection with the tide summoning, the sun, whose vigilance had been mostly eliminated, finally let down its guard against Tiancheng and its expression became soft again.
"The sun...can be eaten...transformed."
Tiancheng guessed what the other person was referring to, but she needed a more detailed description, so she asked, "What will you become if you eat it?"
The sun tilted his head, "Eat people... and become... a human."
Just as she expected, it was the special abilities of those "monsters". The underwater utopia was built on information asymmetry and surface image.
Sun is indeed an outlier, but in her circle of outliers, she may also be an outlier.
"Yiliu...will eat bad guys, but Taiyang...doesn't like to eat them."
"So what do you like to eat?"
"Instant noodles...hot meat...I like to eat hot food."
Very good. A tentacle monster that enjoys enjoying cooked food is indeed rare. No wonder there has been no murder in Furong Garden.
Tiancheng turned to look at the other person's beautiful mouth, "So... if there is a bad guy who wants to hurt you and you have to eat him... how would you eat him?"
The sun blinked its eyes, and the clothes on its body suddenly bulged, as if there was a giant python hiding in it, winding up from the back waist and sticking its head out of the collar.
It is a light pink, smooth-surfaced tentacle. Unlike the observer, it does not have large or small suction cups, but is a pure tentacle.
Tiancheng was shocked at first glance. After all, witnessing this existence beyond his cognition with his own eyes, the shock to his three views was very strong.
But she was mentally prepared before asking, so she didn't show any obvious fear.
The sun looked at her secretly, and when he found that she had no aversion, he continued to show himself without any worries.
The front end of the tentacle gradually splits into five petals, the inside is a darker pink with some fine, sesame-sized fangs.
Like a flower, scary, weird, yet with a strange beauty
"Yi Liu (the hotel owner) said... the way to summon the tide... is like this." The sun shyly closed the cracks of its tentacles, then opened them again, "It can... grow bigger and be eaten."
Tiancheng thought about it, "What if the bad guy is very powerful and burns you with fire or shocks you with electricity?"
The sun used its tentacles to pick up the cake, and took a bite of the plate and swallowed it whole. "I'm not afraid of... the pain, but... I can eat the bad guys."
With the help of the other party's live performance, Tiancheng also recalled the characteristics of the tentacle monsters: they have super self-healing ability and can eat everything, so he felt relieved.
It seems that there is no need to worry about the safety of the little monster. Maybe it can be of help in the future.
Chapter 1184 The Man Who Sawed Wood
I can't use the space, and I can't take out the phone inside. Tiancheng doesn't know the exact time.
Fortunately, Su Xin returned to the house at the sound of the rooster's crowing. Judging from her expression, Cuizhu should have had a good sleep.
Tiancheng and Taiyang went to bed early, and fell asleep before the little commander could finish rinsing his mouth and wiping his face.
One lost his ship suit and became no different from an ordinary person, while the other had eaten and drunk his fill and recognized a new sister, and he immediately leaned close to her and began to dream.
He slept until the sun rose high in the sky, and Tiancheng, who had been up all night, finally woke up quietly.
She lowered her eyes to look at the sun on her left, which was shrunk into a ball like a rice dumpling, then reached out to the right.
It's empty, no one is there.
Her lazy and relaxed nerves instantly tensed up, driving her to get up from under the covers, and turned to meet the eyes of Su Xin who was sitting quietly at the table.
"Good morning, are you ready to eat?" the little commander said softly.
The brilliant smile was really dazzling. Tiancheng rubbed his forehead and then noticed the clothes neatly arranged on the table.
It seems that he got up early to tidy up.
That's good. If you're in good health, you can save more time to work. Anyway, it's for the sake of saving people, and Tiancheng has no objection.
"Um, what time is it?"
Su Xin took out her phone and looked at it. "It's just nine o'clock, and it's getting busy outside."
The implication is that buyers have already arrived, so if not now, when will you set up a stall to sell?
Tiancheng thought about it and felt that he was quite funny. There was no need to get angry with the "patient". In the end, he still had to do what he had to do.
She stood up lightly and went straight to clean her teeth and wipe her face, then returned to her seat to look at the "ransoms" stacked into squares.
To be honest, it is really difficult to collect several hundred taels of silver from these casual clothes, sun-protective jackets, shoes, socks and underwear, let alone within a day.
But since we have agreed, we must do our best to complete it.
Tian Cheng was much more energetic after washing his face. "It's not easy to sell anything by setting up a stall randomly. There are more men on the street. If you want to sell, it's best to ask at a clothing store. It would be even better if there is one that specializes in women's clothing."
