Business was slow at the barbecue stall. Ours was the only table occupied.
The owner and his wife were in no hurry to look for Su Qian.
But we were getting anxious. After all, Su Qian was just an employee, and with things having gotten this bad for her, she wouldn't dare slack off.
She had been gone so long. We were afraid something had happened...
Without a word, all three of us got up and walked over to the owner to ask where the storeroom was.
The owner looked us over curiously and smiled. "What's wrong? Why are you asking about the storeroom? That's where we keep our ingredients."
I told him to just point us in the right direction.
"Hang on, why should I tell you?"
The owner put his hands on his hips. "You're just here to eat. Why are you asking about the storeroom?"
"Where's the storeroom?" Song Xiaotian's temper flared. He looked so fierce that the owner dropped his hands on the spot.
"Answer the question! Where's the storeroom?"
"O-over there! The fourth door!" the owner stammered in fright, hurriedly pointing out the way.
Song Xiaotian tossed down two hundred yuan and hurried off with Meng Yifan and me to find Su Qian.
The storeroom was behind the fourth door in an alley.
We soon found the fourth door. It was open, and there was no one inside.
Just then, a scream came from the far end of the alley. A woman's scream.
"Fuck! Go, go, go!"
The three of us shot out of the storeroom like rabbits and sprinted toward the far end of the alley.
Soon, we saw Su Qian. She was slamming herself into the wall like she'd gone mad, and her head was already bleeding.
She cried as she struck the