Chapter 57 (2/2)

While he was hiding in the dark he heard so Tan know that the younger brother of the van driver planned to marry For the past few days he had some ht so some appliances back

The wedding was on the day after to yard for the feast in open air, but the kitchen wasn't big enough so they had to cook in the yard By nowin the yard, when it becaht and continued their work

This way, there were no one in the roo, itTan rather satisfied

The elderlies lived on the first floor, the phone wasn't in there and there was nothing in the hall, Zheng Tan didn't spare another look

Next to the two story house was anotherTan used this car shed to climb into the second floor

There was indeed a phone in the second floor bedroom, like other households, the landline telephone was placed on the bedside table Zheng Tan observed around, there was in fact no adults on the second floor, they all went to the yard to lend a hand In the rooirl, appeared to be around the age of kindergarten, she lay on the foa a book

As long as there were no adults it was fine, even if he was seen by these kind of young children who don't even kno to count Zheng Tan couldn't care less, adults never take children's words seriously

Zheng Tan jumped in from the , dashed excitedly for the phone, he hopped onto the bedside table, scooped up the receiver and dialed the number that he could reot to add a 0 in front of theTan couldn't quite recall what the area code for Chuhua city was, so the nu was Papa Jiao's mobile phone

The Jiaos were probably hoht? Papa Jiao should be at home as well

Zheng Tan waited joyfully after he finished dialing the number, however, his mood suddenly darkened when he heard the tone from the speaker

Sht! This landline didn't even unlock interstate calls!

He needed to find a key to unlock!

Where could he find such a key?!

Zheng Tan searched the drawer, but the keys that were used to unlock interstate calls on landline phones were nowhere to be found He became puzzled, was it necessary to lock the interstate calls on this landline phone? Weren't these places suppose to frequently make interstate calls?

Discouraged, Zheng Tan placed the receiver back and squatted there pondering Not every phone in these villagers' houses were locked, should he tried them all out? However, the best solution was to steal that driver's phone or anyone else's phone, at least mobile phones won't be as complex as landlines

He looked around the bedroo, there was a lot of stuff such as candies and other snacks on the table, probably to treat the guests

Zheng Tan fumbled a pack of beef jerky and dried shredded squid out of a big bag, after he took theain, then jumped onto the sill and planned to leave with two packs of snacks in his arms

While he was standing by the , Zheng Tan used the posture of holding the snacks in his ars on the sill, prepared to ju Tan felt solanced over

The girl that was reading a picture book next door was hiding outside the door of this bedroo at him She didn't call out, her eyes were filled with curiosity

Zheng Tan paused, then taking no heed of her, he juhtaway It wasn't that convenient to ju for telephone it worked fine when he tried Zheng Tan illing for that to working, since he could free up his hands and hold so else Anyhow, no one else saw hiirl, ould he be afraid, besides he's not going to stay in this place forever, if he was found out then he can just flee

Zheng Tan left in a hurry, but he had created a quite serious impact on the child

At night, when the mother came with picture books to teach her how to count from one to ten To incorporate with her memory, she even used some real life objects to instruct her

”How s does birdy use to walk?” Her mum asked

”Two” The little girl held out two fingers

”Howuse to walk?”

”Four!” The little girl counted the nu in the illustration of the picture book and said

”That's right, you're so ss does kitty use to walk?” Her mum asked with a smile on her face

The little girl recalled the cat that she saw today, bending he fingers she counted, then held out two fingers, ”Two legs!”

Her mother:”…”

Zheng Tan had no idea of the i towards the big PaGoda tree with two packs of snacks in his arms There was no one in the fields, over by the orchard was a few dogs guarding, no one could see that there was a cat walking rather naturally on two legs

While Zheng Tan alking, he also worked on the ideas to ”borrow” the phone Suddenly, he heard a wave of faint hu Tan could identify fros

Setting down the snacks in his hands, Zheng Tan headed to the source of the noise If there was to be any danger, four legs would run much faster than this state he was in

Over by that side was an indented pit, so there Now the pit was covered in weeds, in the center of the pit was an iron cage Inside the cage were three puppies, two lay there , constantlynoises