novelraw Chapter 922: Gains and Losses (8)
Chapter 922: Gains and Losses (8)
Chapter 922: Chapter 922: Gains and Losses (8)
Old Mrs. Xiao seemed to be recalling everything just like her, trying to confirm the causes and effects of everything.
It seemed that one could imagine she would, like an old crocodile, place all the blame solely on Gu Nuan.
However, Old Mrs. Xiao’s gaze ultimately had some differences from an old crocodile’s.
Gu Nuan thought for a moment. If she had to say what was different, it was probably because Old Mrs. Xiao, like her, was also a woman, also someone who had lost her husband, with no man suddenly in the house, and could only rely on a woman to hold the family together.
Old Mrs. Xiao’s eyes were on her face, going from astonishment to doubt, and then to some other complex emotions, making her aged eyes seem increasingly murky and unfathomable.
Gu Nuan gently tried to pull her hand away from the grip on her wrist.
Suddenly she heard a faint cracking sound, as if it was from the old lady chewing.
Gu Nuan turned her head back.
Old Mrs. Xiao’s other hand suddenly reached into her own mouth. Thus, just now it mistakenly seemed like she was clenching her teeth.
"Old Madam—" Gu Nuan had to remind her.
Isn’t she afraid of choking herself by putting her fingers in her mouth?
What’s she doing? Could it be that being locked in the secret room for too long has muddled her senses, causing her to do some crazy, incomprehensible actions?
However, the old lady seemed determined to do this.
Gu Nuan had to support her chin to prevent her jaw from being dislocated or deformed by the fingers in her mouth. Older people’s bones are inherently fragile.
Old Mrs. Xiao’s fingers rummaged around in her mouth for quite a while, finally seeming to have found what she was looking for.
She squinted her aged eyes, her fingers trembling and shaking as elderly hands do when holding something, bringing out the treasure she took from her mouth, delivering it slowly.
Gu Nuan watched as she pulled out a gold ring from her mouth.
This was certainly something Chairman Hong and others who kidnapped Old Mrs. Xiao never would have thought of.
In times of danger, these elders, just like in the chaotic past, would definitely hide their most valuable possessions, gold, and jewels in some place. Nowadays, hiding them in shoe soles wouldn’t work anymore as they could be searched, so they had to put them in their mouths. Exactly, older folks usually have dentures; take out the dentures, put the ring in, and the mouth won’t bulge. As long as they don’t speak, pretend to be mute, others wouldn’t detect it.
This is why, just now, Old Mrs. Xiao was looking at her, whether she wanted to scold her or express gratitude for being saved, she couldn’t open her mouth to speak because there was a gold ring hidden inside.
Gu Nuan knew, of course, this was definitely not just an ordinary gold ring.
Consider Old Mrs. Xiao; through her son, she had seen and enjoyed all the wealth and luxury. A regular gold ring couldn’t compare to the valuable things her son normally gave her.
It can only be said that this gold ring can’t be measured in monetary terms.
Old Mrs. Xiao coughed a few times, spewing out the saliva that choked her while taking out the ring, finally catching her breath.
Next, she meticulously examined the ring taken from her mouth with her own eyes for any damages.
Gu Nuan told her, "It looks fine; there’s no damage."
Old Mrs. Xiao’s eyes glanced at her face again, the apparent meaning being: you’re so clever; you should have guessed what kind of ring this is by now, right?