Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

I was in a daze and had a little hazy hallucination, as if I saw a white light shining at the door of a single bungalow.I heard Lu Bilian's voice say: My husband came back from the tropics, thank you for the extra blanket for the two beds. I vaguely felt water running, and then I knew I was on the bed, and the hot, wet towel calmed my nerves a little. I gradually opened my eyes a little, and Lu Bilian bent over to look at me. sleep well. I'm going to take my clothes off. Fool, already off. I close my eyes.My whole body is warm, and I forget everything. When I woke up, the sun was already shining on the bed.The aroma of coffee fills the room.

I blinked away the sleepiness. The door opened quietly.Lu Bilian came in.She was glad to see that I had woken up. Hello.She said: Is everything all right? I think it's all restored.I said: Did you pass out last night? You are not sick, but your body is too weak and you are too tired. Where's the coffee? I went out shopping.There's a little shop just around the corner. what time is it? how could I know?She said: I don't wear a watch.you forgot?Last night you pointed out that I didn't have a watch, so you were going to charge me with murder. Almost immediately all the details of the Soubry murder came back to my mind.

I said: I must call back to the office. She said: You are not allowed to work until you have eaten.The bathroom is empty now, don't take too long, I'm making a quiche. She goes into the kitchen.I went into the bathroom, took a comfortable hot bath, got dressed, combed my hair with the comb I brought with me, and went to the kitchen.Bilian has prepared the food, and I feel hungry too. She looked at me with large, pensive eyes: Tang Nuo.You are not bad. What did I do again. She smiled: because you didn't do what you didn't do, so I count you as a gentleman. How are we registered?I asked.

She didn't speak, just smiled. I ate quite a bit until my appetite suddenly stopped when I was biting hard. I move the plate forward a little. Bilian said: Go outside and sit in the sun.If the landlady comes over, there is no need to be embarrassed.We had no luggage and she knew what was going on.But she has a son who is in the Navy. I went out and sat in the sun. The motel was quite far from the city, on the edge of a valley that stretched all the way to distant mountains, peaks with white snow caps against the dark blue sky. I seat myself comfortably and try to relax as much as possible.

The landlady came over and introduced herself.She has a son on a destroyer in the South Pacific.I told her I had served on a destroyer myself and had probably met or spoken to his son, just not by name.She sat beside me in the orange-blossoming sun, and we remained silent, respectful of each other's own musings.After a while Lu Bilian came out of the house and sat next to us. Bilian said we should leave.The landlady found a reason to resign, and I knew she didn't want us to see that she knew we had no luggage, lest we would be embarrassed. Bilian sat in the driver's seat of our company car and started the engine.I sat next to her and headed back to town.

cigarette? I don't smoke while driving, Dono. Oh yes, I forgot. We were almost at the same place when she suddenly asked: Everything I told you, how much do you want to tell your friend Mi Shanlou? I didn't hear what you told me! She pulled over and found a spot to park. The soft and gentle hand squeezed mine powerfully and she said: You are a good person, Tang Nuo.Although Although what? She opened the car door: Although you will talk in your sleep when you are asleep.Goodbye, Tang Nuo.