Chapter 111
Nangong Iren
A few minutes later, they had finished their meal. Iren put all the trash in a plastic bag. He threw the plastic bag into a nearby trash can.
"What do you think Mr. Shiuander would say if he find out we were using his car hood as a dinner table?" Iren smiled at Yihshyong.
The friend just shrugged. "I don't know. Let's hope he never finds out." Yihshyong, who was wiping the hood of the car, answered Iren's question while laughing. He rubbed the hood of the car with tissue paper. Apparently, he wanted Shiuander's hood to stay clean after they turned it into a makeshift dining table.
"Eh, apparently Shyongge bought some tissues too." Iren looked at the roll of tissue in Yihshyong's hand.
"This is toilet paper, and I didn't buy ut. So, earlier, a kid gave me this toilet paper roll."
Iren laughed. "Why did that kid do that?"
"Long story. I'll tell you next time."
"All right! Next week, I'm going to ask you about that."
Yihshyong nodded while laughing. "All right. I'll tell you next week. But that's if I still remember."
Iren laughed. His laughter was quite loud.
"Don't be so loud. It won't be good if they can hear it." Yihshyong pointed at the house in front of them."
Iren shook his head. "No way. A house that big has to have a perfect acoustic system."
Yihshyong also shook his head. "It's not like that. It's almost impossible for us to hear voices coming from inside. However, there's still a chance they can hear us."
Iren almost laughed even harder when he heard Yihshyong's answer, which he thought was a bit unreasonable. "So you're saying the soundproofing system is one-way only?"
"I didn't say that. I just wanted us to be more careful."
"Okay." Iren nodded. "There's no harm in us being more restrained."
Yihshyong smiled. "Regarding the dish we just had, what do you think?"
"Maybe not really that great. Can't say it was delicious.. But because we were hungry, of course it tasted okay." Iren rubbed his stomach. As usual, all the food was gone, went into their stomachs. "Dahge taught us to always respect food by eating what is served until it's all gone."
Yihshyong gave a thumbs up. "I don't know where Dahge got words like that."
"I'm also surprised. It can't be that he made up all those lines?"
"It doesn't matter where he got it. I think we should collect Dahge's magic words and make them into a book."
Iren totally agreed. "That's right! Who knows that thousands of years from now, the book will become a sacred book that people worship?"
They both laugh. Even so, this time Iren kept his voice not too loud. After that, the atmosphere became quiet. They both seemed lost for words to spill. The silence lasted for nearly three minutes.
Suddenly, Yihshyong opened his mouth. "Have you been standing here all this time?"
Iren gasped. He felt the words that came out of Yihshyong's lips so sharp. A concern flashed in his mind that Yihshyong knew that earlier, before they had dinner, he had entered a house that was nearby. For a moment, Iren's body stiffened. He didn't know what to say.
Previously, he was sure that no one had seen him enter the house occupied by his friend, whom he called the "Red Goat." When he came out of the house, there was also no one outside. He was sure because he had looked left and right before stepping out of the courtyard of the house.
Then, it occurred to Iren that Yihshyong actually saw everything. There was a possibility that the friend who was several years older than him, with whom he had just casually chatted, had already noticed all of his whims. Iren remembered he had been in the house long enough. So, it wasn't impossible that Yihshyong actually had returned to the car when Iren was still in the house. There was always the possibility that Yihshyong decided to feign ignorance. Maybe he was hiding somewhere before, and reappeared right after Iren left the house.
Now what should I do? Should I just be honest?
Iren was so panicked. In such a short amount of time, he couldn't possibly consider everything properly.
"What are you doing?" Yihshyong stared with suspicious eyes. "Is that question really that difficult for you to answer?"
In confusion, Iren shook his head. He chuckled to hide the panic that was welling up in his chest. "It took you so long to go buy food. It's only natural that I would be bored. But if I were to go after you, things would only get more complicated. So, I have no other choice but to stand here. And so that my back won't get sore, I have to lean against the body of this car."
Yihshyong stopped what he was doing, namely wiping the hood of Shiuander's car. "During that time, was Mr. Shiuander always in the living room?" He stared at Iren with a sharp gaze.
Iren felt relieved. It turned out that Yihshyong was not suspicious of him, but of their kind-hearted neighbor.
"I can't say that Mr. Shiuander wasn't hanging around the house, but he certainly didn't come out of the house at all."
"Are you sure he hasn't left the house at all?"
Of course Iren couldn't be one hundred percent sure about that. When he visited his friend's house earlier, Shiuander might have left the house.
"I'm pretty sure." Iren answered emphatically.
Yihshyong nodded. He smiled. "Okay then. Maybe I was thinking too far."
Iren, who had felt relieved earlier, suddenly panicked again.
Maybe this is just a trick question. Maybe Shyongge just wanted to test my honesty.
"Actually, I shouldn't say that I'm one hundred percent sure about that." Iren let out those words with such a slow tempo. "Earlier, I had a sudden urge to urinate. So I looked for a quiet place with lots of trees and bushes around. So if at that time Mr. Shiuander came out of the house, then it is certain that I did not see him."
Yihshyong raised his eyebrows. "If you're dying for it, wouldn't it be better if you went back inside the house? I think the toilet behind the living room is great." His tone conveyed disbelief.
"You're right. It's much more comfortable to use the toilet in that house. But if I do that, then it means I have to meet Mr. Shiuander again. If I met him, chances are he would engage me in a long conversation. Earlier, I was too lazy to talk. Plus, I'm very hungry. So I decided to pee outside."
Iren realized that the reason he put forward was indeed a bit unreasonable. But that was all that came to mind.
"You are so weird." Yihshyong shook his head.
"Ha… ha… ha…" Iren laughed to cover up the nervousness he felt. "Does Shyongge suspect Mr. Shiuander?"
"I don't know. I just felt something was off," Yihshyong said.
"I feel the same way. But we'd better put those thoughts aside for now. What's important now is getting the item."
"You're right," Yihshyong said. "We have to remember what are our priorities right now."
Iren nodded. Little by little, his confidence grew again. Yihshyong seemed to be telling the truth.
"About the incident. What do you think?" Yihshyong again did something that might be a little annoying. Namely, suddenly put forward something completely unrelated to the things they were previously discussing.
"Which incident? What are you talking about?" Iren looked up quickly.
"The incident that happened to the deputy manager at the warehouse earlier."
"Ah! You mean about the phone?"
"Yes." Yihshyong nodded vigorously. "Someone called the deputy manager's house at the warehouse. It was as if that person wanted the deputy manager to come to see us and tell us where the items that were sold yesterday were."
"I thought it was weird. Coincidence like this made little sense."
"Did you notice how Mister Shiuander reacted?"
"I didn't pay much attention to him. But at first glance, I saw he was acting normal."
"Now that's what I mean. Shouldn't he be surprised and a little suspicious?" Yihshyong lowered the volume of his voice.
"It's possible that he also had suspicions. But he kept quiet because he didn't want to add to the burden on our minds."
"Let's hope your guess is right," Yihshyong said.
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