Chapter 9 Chapter nine

As I expected, the lock on the front door of the apartment building on Lux Creek Road is very ordinary, no special tricks are needed, and any key that fits in the keyhole can open the door.I went in like this, climbed upstairs, walked down the aisle, and knocked on Olus' door lightly. Behind the thin apartment door, I heard the rustling of someone moving.But no response.I tapped again lightly with my knuckles. who?Olus asked through the door. is for your car. Didn't you drag it into the garage? I do not speak. She opened the door a crack.I saw a pair of cautious eyes, and then my whole face turned into surprise: Oh, Mr. Lai.She began to open the door as she spoke, then stopped suddenly.I have no clothes on.

Then wear it. No, why are you coming back? I said: very important. She hesitated for a few seconds, must have weighed all possibilities before opening the door.She was in nightgown over a robe, and slippers with wool fringe on her feet.A newspaper was beside the chair, and of course she was just sitting in the chair and reading it before going to bed.The wall bed has been pulled down.The whole room has not much space.The chair under the lamp was the only comfortable position.Everything else that could sit was moved to the wall, making room for a bed that had been pulled down from the wall.

She said: What's going on?I thought we were done talking about the car accident.Are there any difficulties? Sit down, Ruth.I want to talk to you. She glanced at me and sat down on the bed. I moved the vertical light a little, and sat down on the chair: you don't like Mrs. Bao Dafen, do you? Did I say that?she asked me back. I said: Please don't take offense, don't go around in circles, I want the real situation. do what? Because it's very important, to you and to me. Want to know what? How you really feel about Bao Dafen. I hate her, I loathe her, I hate her.I'll tell you the truth, if anything happened to her husband, especially poisoning, it must have been done by her.

who? she. I suppose you don't say that because you particularly hate her, Ruth? no. Are you jealous of her? Why?What do you mean?Why am I jealous of her? Because your boss is taking too much care of her. You think I'm in love with George George? Do you have? God, no! But you're still jealous of her. She hesitated, as if she was asking her conscience, and then said: It depends on your definition of jealousy.If you say she swaggers in and out of the clinic, completely disregarding my authority, the answer is yes.If I want to be jealous because Dr. Gui is good to her, then I am not.

She has a clinic is her taste? Exactly, she came running in and brushed me aside as if I had absolutely no power, not part of the office.Others looked like I was a piece of mud on the sole of her shoe.If it gets in your way, just push it away.The waiting patients were all watching with open eyes, which annoyed me the most. Angry enough to run out and buy some arsenic for her to eat? Lay Donno!what are you saying? I'm talking about someone giving Bouderfin a huge dose of arsenic. You said she was also poisoned? Yes. Was Mr. Bao Qile poisoned? have.She looks at me and I look at her.

How did that happen?she asked. Yes, how could this be?I asked her back. I? you. I don't know anything. You didn't put arsenic in their food? Are you crazy? What did you not use arsenic for? No, of course not. I said: Ruth, listen carefully.I think of everything for you.I am now asking you a question as a friend.If the police come to ask questions, they will not be friendly and the questions will be different. Why are the police asking me questions? Because, I say, you went to the drugstore to buy arsenic.What did you buy it for?Speak!Quickly answer this question. I have never bought arsenic!

Register in the register! Where? Top pharmacy. She shook her head: not arsenic. What did you buy? I bought something for Dr. Gui, written in Latin characters. do you remember? I copied it down.I think it must still be in my purse. I said: Let's take a look. She fumbled in her purse for a while, and took out a cardboard, marked: ARSENITRIOXIDUM. I said: Yes, this is the most poisonous of the arsenic compounds.It is also the poison that Mr. Bao and Mrs. Bao were poisoned, most likely because it was mixed with anchovies sauce. But this is impossible. Why is it impossible? Poison cannot get into the hands of others.At least what I bought is unlikely to go into anyone's hands.

why? Because, I went back to the office and told Dr. Gui that I had bought the medicine he wanted, and he told me to put it on the shelf in the laboratory.At that time he was busy with a patient.It's a small paper bag. That was yesterday? It was yesterday morning. What did you do with the paper bag? I put it on the lab shelf. Did you unseal the paper bag? No, the paper bag was not opened.I put it on the shelf as it is. And after that? I don't know maybe a little bit.I saw it again later, at least I think it was the same paper bag.When I was packing my stuff tonight, I saw once, at least what I thought was the package, still in place.

I smiled and shook my head. What do you mean? I said: It must have been opened.Maybe the outer packaging is wrapped back as it is.But something must have been taken out.The contents were put into anchovies sauce, spread on top of soda crackers, and eaten by Mr. and Mrs. Bao.Tomorrow the police will go to pharmacies all over the city to find the sales registration of arsenic trioxide.They will also find your name.They will know that you work for Dr. Gui, and Dr. Gui gets along well with Mrs. Bao.You have reason to hate her.After you lost your job because of her, of course you hated her even more.In addition, you will face Dr. Gui's denial of asking you to buy poison, and you never knew that paper bag was on the shelf.That's what you're going to face.Think about it again, how could Mr. Bao and Mrs. Bao be poisoned?

She looked at me with pessimistic, helpless eyes: I can't answer this question. Think again. I really can't think of it, I don't have an answer. I said: I have an answer. what is the answer?she asked. I said: give Dr. Gui a head blow.Make him a defendant.Tell the police the two of us were together this evening.You heard me call back to the office and learned about Bao Qile's poisoning. You have to remember, you can't make a mistake.You have to pretend that you don't know that his wife is also poisoned, it's just the information Ke Baisha yelled on the phone, and you only know that Bao Qile is poisoned.do you know?

Yes, I understand. Remember, you want to be honest in everything.Just don't say anything about my second visit here tonight.The last time you saw me, I took you home, brought your things up, and left some money to fix your car.understand? Yes, I understand. You called the Police Headquarters, and I said, you said you wanted to talk to someone who knew about the Bao Qile case, anyone could, and said you had news to tell them.Then tell the person who answered everything. And after that? Then you hang up and do whatever you want, just don't get dressed.Just like now, pajamas, burqa, slippers. Why? Because you want to make the scene conform to a major principle, why didn't you call the police immediately when you heard that Mr. Bao was poisoned.Because at that time you have not thought of the connection.Then you think that Dr. Gui really has reasons to want Bao Qile to leave this world.Dr. Gui's relationship with Mrs. Bao is a bit more than the relationship between ordinary doctors and patients.You must pay special attention to not revealing your hatred for Mrs. Bao, or expressing your own feelings.The only dissatisfaction is that Dr. Gui fired you. She nodded. I said: You didn't think about it until you went to bed when you went to buy arsenic.So you think for a minute or twenty and decide to call the police. She nodded: They will come to see me? I said: their radio patrol car will be here almost immediately after you hang up.It doesn't take two or three minutes. And after that? I said: Then you tell them how to buy arsenic, how the doctor told you to put it on the shelf, you tell them you believe the paper bag has not been opened, but you can't be sure, and you can't be sure what the last time you saw the paper bag when.But you think the police should know something about these things. And after that? I said: Afterwards they will go to Dr. Gui's office.They will find the paper bag.They will find Dr. Gui.Dr. Gui must be busy defending himself.If Dr. Gui is telling the truth, you will be fine.If he insisted on not telling you to buy poison, he didn't know about the paper package on the shelf.The police will be suspicious of him, thinking that he is lying, they will put pressure on him, and the case may be solved.understand? She nodded. I said: OK.Forget about my visit this time.Give me five minutes to get away from here.Remember, you can't call until five minutes later.If there was a patrol car nearby, they would have caught me if I had called earlier. She nodded again. I handed her the address of my apartment and a phone number that wasn’t in the phone book on a piece of paper: here’s my address and phone number.If you have any difficulties, you can call me or come and see me. She nodded. I said: OK, I'm leaving. She got up from the edge of the bed, walked over to me, and said in a steady, confident voice, "You ran the car into me on purpose, didn't you?" I looked into her frank eyes and said: yes. I thought so.So you're going to pay the money, yes? Yes. You don't pay for your own money, do you?Would you ask the client to spend the money? Yes.After a while, she said again: This is better.Now why are you coming to warn me? because I like you.I think Dr. Gui may be a cunning fellow.I don't want you to be hurt. I saw her eyes sparkle with emotion.Suddenly, she stretched out her arms, hugged my neck, and pressed her lips to mine.I felt the warmth of her lips, touched her warm body in her thin pajamas, and smelled the fragrance of her hair. She just kissed me briefly and pushed me away. I step forward. That's it, Tang Nuo, she said, there is something to do now.goodbye. I turned around and walked towards the door. I said: This medicine is very strong. Thank you.Tang Nuo.Still that confident voice. Thank you.I told her.Open the door, go downstairs, and climb into the company car.