Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

When Bai Sha opened the door of her detective agency, the woman who stood up looked about 30 years old at first glance, but she was in good shape. I believe she could still wear it into her wedding dress, and even her graduation at school. dress.Only when Baisha's sharp eyes penetrated the veil in front of the hat brim and saw through the powdered, eyelined and rouged face, could she see the wrinkles around her eyes and mouth. Bu Aiqian basically estimated that she was forty years old. There is nothing wrong with getting ahead. You're Mrs. Ke, aren't you? Yes. I can see it.The way you open the door, and the way you tell me about you, fits perfectly.

Bai Sha nodded, and cast a questioning glance at Bu Aiqian, who nodded her head slightly. plz follow me.Betha gave way to her private office. Baisha asked casually: Did you tell my secretary your name? No. However, this is the procedure we stipulate here. I know. So I will tell you my name and address later.The first thing to find out is whether you still have restrictions on taking my case? Which kind of restriction? You're working for Mr. Bei, aren't you? His case is closed.Baisha said. Is there anything left unfinished in this work? Bai Sha frowned and said: I don't think so.Are you trying to hire me to do a job that is not good for Mr. Bei?

No, on the contrary, it was a job that was very beneficial to him. So why ask these questions? Mrs. North may not like it. Mrs. Bei doesn't care about me. Mrs. Cole, I see that you are just the man who can do the work I want you to do for me. Bai Sha just sat there waiting for her to speak. Of course, Mr. Bei told you that his family background includes Mrs. Gu and Jialu. Bai Sha didn't want to waste time, but nodded vigorously. Have you seen them? Just a quick meeting, that's all. The woman's black eyeballs fixed on Baisha's eyes, even though most of the daytime sunlight was blocked by the blinds in the room, Baisha saw her eyeballs as if they had been painted black.

Go on, Baisha said. I am Jialu's mother. Whoa whoa! Now you understand why I had to hide behind the scenes until I was absolutely sure you could work for me. What do you want me to do? Before I tell you what I want you to do, I must first tell you where I stand. Before you spend any more of my time, Baisha said seriously: I should also tell you my position first. Please speak first. I work for money.It is best to find me during off-duty hours in an industry like ours that looks at money and strives for sympathy.Someone told me an unlucky thing, I can't use it as a meal, because I can't fill my stomach.

I totally understand that. If you're here to complain, I'm not interested, and I don't want you to misunderstand. There is no misunderstanding, Mrs. Ke. Well, then please go on. I want you to fully understand my background and why. You said that already. I just want to emphasize. You also emphasized it. Mrs. Ke, you are really serious, I am really embarrassed.In fact, your office here is too serious, and it is not very suitable to talk about a very romantic matter. Bai Sha said: Romantic things are going to be brought into the private detective agency, and it has already lost its taste.The wives who come here want evidence, the women want compensation, and the men want to let go.

I also understand. That being the case, Baisha said: You don't need to describe his personality in detail, just tell me how Jialu's father seduced you. A smile appeared on the visitor's lips.Laughing like a mockery, she said: I seduced him. interesting. Before I came here, I had already decided not to keep anything. I have no opinion. I was wild when I was young.As far back as I can remember, I was restless with the status quo and distrusted customs.I am against going to school, I am against elders.Whenever my mother mentions Santa Claus, I call her a liar.So my mother never taught me anything, but I taught her a lot of things she didn't understand when I grew up.But she's already given up on me.

Baisha was noncommittal. This has a lot to do with the development of my life.The woman continued: Tell you so that you can understand what happened later. I heard. Not necessarily, Mrs. Cole.You must know that I am not a woman who loves a man when she sees it, nor am I a poorly educated, nympho woman.I'm just a young man who doesn't like the older generation to control me with etiquette.I object to them being too self-disciplined and being hypocrites.I love thrills, and being against these old people is a thrill in itself.Opposing etiquette, doing things that others dare not do, makes me satisfied.So there was Jialu.

After I found out about it, I wasn't afraid, and I wasn't embarrassed.I was curious, and in a daze why this kind of thing happened to me.I left home to find a job in another state to earn my own living.Before Jialu was about to be born, I found an agency to ask for assistance, but I refused to sign the waiver of rights, and they were not allowed to freely adopt the baby.My children are my own and I know it is impossible for me to keep them, but I have a strong desire to keep them.I want my kids to be with me for the rest of their lives.You know, Mrs. Ke, it was very difficult to find a job at that time.Even I myself have to go hungry from time to time.

I too have been hungry.Bai Sha simply answered. Mrs. Ke, today, I have another view on etiquette and customs.Etiquette is the product of civilization and the norm of life. If you live according to etiquette, there will be people who share weal and woe with you. Once you break away from etiquette, you will be alone. Baisha said impatiently: If you want to preach in front of me and ask me to sympathize with you, then don't talk about it.Don't waste energy.As long as you have money, I have time, and I can do whatever you want.If you don't have money, I don't have time. Don't forget that I also have my own difficulties, and I have to eat.

No, the woman said: I'm here to give you the background you must know. Well, you refuse to accept the waiver of rights.Then how did Mrs. Gu adopt your daughter? This is what I want to explain to you. Then explain quickly and don't torture me! Mrs. Nagu, even twenty years ago, was already a scheming and stubborn character. I understand this. She went to the agency where I left the baby to ask for adoption.There are far more people requesting than children available for adoption.Mrs. Gu already has a child, the woman who is now Mrs. Bei.She couldn't get the baby.Her reason was to find a sister for the child, which would take a long, long time.Then she saw Jialu.She becomes interested in Jialu.The organizer of the organization told her that Jialu’s board and lodging expenses have always been sent by me on a monthly basis, but they lost contact recently, but I never received the document of waiver of rights.They are very troubled by this matter.

go on.Bai Sha said: "What about Mrs. Gu?" Mrs. Gu may have persuaded them to violate the regulations set by their institution.Otherwise, it is more likely that they gained their trust and took the opportunity to steal all the records about Jialu. It looked like she would do such a thing.Baisha said. So she came to me and forced me to sign a document giving up my rights! forced? Yes. What kind of coercion? The black eyes stared at Baisha provocatively, and she said: I told you, as long as a person violates the etiquette once, there is no way to stop it.you Don't do that again.Just tell me why you signed it. Besides, the woman ignored Baisha's interruption and continued: It is impossible for one person to challenge the whole world.It has nothing to do with whether public opinion is right or wrong.No one can stand up to fight against public opinion, and in the end not be ashamed, Mrs. Ke, have you ever fought with a man who is bigger than you? Bai Sha really scratched her head and thought about it seriously.No, she said: even if there is, I can't remember it for a while. I have had, and the woman who visited said: Fighting against public opinion is like fighting a man who is much heavier and fatter than you. alright.Baisha was impatient again.She said: Even if you can't fight public opinion, you've said it four or five times. The woman said: Let me tell you why Mrs. Gu got the document signed by me when I was serving my sentence in prison. Whoa whoa! Do you understand now?She was kind to me and it was a peaceful blackmail.I'm short of money in prison.I can't send money to support my daughter.Mrs. Valley can make my daughter enjoy everything she deserves.Even a home.My only hope is that my daughter grows up enough that she understands.Tell her that I am her mother and live together again, or before she is sensible, I will have a way to have a decent home, take her back, and let her forget all the unpleasant things.It's as far away as a dream.I was sentenced to five years in prison.It didn't really have to be five years, but I didn't know that at the time. Baisha asked: Why did you go in? She straightened her lips.She said: Mrs. Ke, it is not polite to say that this is none of your business. Don't be too polite, dear.I'm not a polite person myself.Baisha said. That's the best way to help us. All right.Baisha said: What do you want me to do? The woman smiled.Don't forget, I'm kind of tied up.Mrs. Gu has something against me. What handle. She knows everything about my past, so it is like a thread leading my actions.If Jialu knew that her biological mother had been in prison, she would be too surprised.Otherwise, I would have come forward and made things clear.At present, my situation is much better than what Mrs. Gu can provide Jialu.Mrs. Gu spent almost all of the insurance premiums left by her husband when he died.I am rich now. Baisha asked curiously: How could you come out of prison and become a Mrs. Ke, I'm afraid I'm going to be rude again. Oh, that's ridiculous, Baisha said: I know it's none of my business, but I'm more and more interested in you, so Of course, the female visitor said: I can also see that it is money that interests you more and more, not romance. Baisha seriously examined herself, and I think you are right.she says. The woman went on to say: In the current situation, the only chance for Mrs. Gu to compete with me financially is when her daughter, Mrs. Bei, dies, and her daughter has a will to leave all her property to her mother.As far as I know there is such a will, and I also know that Mrs. Bei is missing. Baisha tugged at her earlobe.This is absolutely unmistakable, a symptom of intense concentration.What do you mean Mrs. Bei is missing? Murdered a man and slipped away.Sooner or later it will be caught.What's the point, it's just a bit of a stimulating addiction, just like that.The woman snapped her thumb and middle finger to show how quickly Mrs. Bei disappeared. Ke Baisha didn't say anything, and continued to pull her earlobe with two fingers. You can imagine my situation in this case.The woman said: Mrs. Gu only wants to get Mrs. Bei's inheritance so that Jialu will not leave her. You mean Jialu's feelings can be bought with money?Bai Sha asked teasingly. Don't be stupid, Mrs. Ke, Jia Lu is not that kind of person, and she is not a fool.Let's look at it another way.I am her biological mother.My background has black dots, a lot of black dots.So if I only use the innate relationship of my biological mother to impress her feelings, she will basically try to refuse.I think you understand this, don't you? Bai Sha nodded. Now, Mrs. Gu has used up all the money in her own name.Unless she remarries a rich man, it will not be easy for her to maintain the same lifestyle as before.Jialu is her age, now is the time to realize how wonderful it is to marry a suitable husband.In order to do this, a woman must be in and out of places where the right man will be.Mrs. Gu's money is no longer enough to sustain this investment for thirty days.She was almost bankrupt and seemed to have nothing left. It was a big shock to Jialu to suddenly understand such a fact.It is impossible for Jialu to bear her complete change of lifestyle, from a frequent high-level social circle to abject poverty.Jialu has no idea where the money comes from, nor its true value. Do you really know that Mrs. Gu's financial situation is so poor? I know.Keeping an eye on her is now a part of my life.You know, Mrs. Cole.This time, Mrs. Gu came here specially from San Francisco to see if she could divorce her daughter Mabel and Bei Fude, so that the mother, daughter and Jialu could live together. Of course, she hoped that Mabel would provide financial support and pay for them. all expenses. Jialu won't go to work by herself? If this continues, of course she will have to go to work.In the environment where she grew up, all the people she met were only interested in golf, tennis, and horseback riding.These people are not born to work.She also tried to accept a job or two, but she left after a short time. If you ask me, Baisha said: It will be good for Jialu to suffer once and let them go bankrupt once. I also know this.The visitor said: This is what I have been waiting for.I'm not from a wealthy background either, do you think I would enjoy seeing my daughter raised in such an environment?I've been following them for at least five years.There was little hope for her.But I have been waiting, waiting for them to have problems, and then the real biological mother can come forward and prepare her a warm home.Enough money, a sense of security, a chance to meet the right man Let her play golf, tennis, and horseback riding?Baisha said.He stepped up and asked: Are you capable of giving your daughter so many benefits? OK. Including meeting the right man? Yes. Will the right men know your background? Don't be fake, how could it be? Mrs. Gu knew it. Yes. If you take Jialu away, won't Mrs. Gu tell these people about your past? possible. But you don't seem to care. I'll take a precautionary approach. What kind of prevention method? Baisha's visitor smiled and said: Mrs. Ke, I came here to hire you to do things for me, not to ask you to interrogate my private life. OK, you say you're all right.Baisha said: I asked too many questions that had nothing to do with me.I will charge for the time of the conversation, so the way of speaking is up to you.What are you going to tell me, say it yourself. From many points of view, the woman continued: Mrs. Gu is not a bad woman.But in some places she is very childish.She is a conceited person. She fished her first husband successfully. After her husband died, she still wants to fish in the same way. Of course, she is naive. Mrs. Ke, I am a man of the world.Maybe you too.When a woman reaches forty, fifty or even sixty, if she wants to get married again, pretending to be young, acting like a girl, or being coquettish on purpose is of no use at all, but it will have side effects.An older, rich widower might fancy a young woman with firm skin, but he might also fancy a well-mannered, mature, understanding and sympathetic half-mature.Only these two typical ones stand a chance.In other words, any woman who emphasizes a weapon she has lost is a fool.There is no hope if you go down this road. Baisha said: Very good philosophy.Does this have anything to do with this case? I mention it to let you know that Mrs. Valley is a fool, a hopeless fool.She spends the insurance premiums left by her husband's death in the hope of catching another husband before spending them all.She spends on clothes, on hairdos, on nice apartments, on fancy party venues.If you're interested, I can even tell you the sleazy facts. I've always been very interested in sleazy live action.Baisha said. Let me tell you, her insurance premium is 20,000 yuan.Mrs. Gu thinks she is very smart, and she will spend 4,000 yuan a year for five years. In her imagination, she will definitely find an ideal husband and remarry in five years.With this idea in mind, she would naturally not spend it exactly according to the budget.One thing I cannot deny is that she is very generous to Jialu.Of course, her supplying Jialu is tantamount to showing her background to others.Whether she has money or not, she has to survive until she thinks she can find a suitable husband. She made a consumption plan of 4,000 yuan a year in her heart.It cost seven thousand yuan in the first year.One of the reasons for this is that she travels a lot.She thought that she could meet a suitable man during a long-distance trip, and it would be easy to develop a relationship.If she hadn't made the mistakes many women make, maybe she would have succeeded. How to say? She's in love with a man who doesn't want to marry her at all.He wasted a year of her time and took away a lot of her money. When Mrs. Gu woke up, she spent double the money, hoping to make up for her lost youth.Have you ever played golf, Mrs. Ke? Not very refined. Then you'll know what I mean.Too much effort.You're on untouched grass and want to hit the ball far.You still have to swing the bar with full rhythm depending on your decision.If you are too anxious, you want to hit far and use too much strength, and if you hit too fast, you will lose your speed and become clumsy.Mrs. Gu was so stupid that she shattered her dream of remarrying. Mrs. Gu's reputation can only be maintained for thirty days.In fact, she was completely bankrupt thirty days ago, and she is currently relying on her previous good credit to maintain it.But when the checkout bill arrives, it's over.The purpose of her coming to Los Angeles is to persuade Mabel to betray Beifude, divorce him, and go back to live with her and Jialu, and Mabel will be responsible for the expenses, of course. You seem to know everything. I have to be clear about everything related to Jialu. All right!what I do?I mean what do you want me to do for you? The visiting lady smiles.Just a small thing, she said: but incredibly important. Come on, what's the matter? I want to find out some things. Which one is not coming to me? The woman smiled again, opened her purse, and took out a flat wallet. She opened the wallet and took out a fifty-yuan bill.She casually pushed the banknotes from the table towards Baisha.She said: How about paying first and asking you to do things later? Baisha glanced at the banknotes greedily, then raised her eyes.She asked: What is this for? Check the news. what news? I told you it would eat Baisha interrupted her impatiently.Listen, I work a lot.If you decide to take over the news you want me to check, the work will be even more.Stop mushrooming, what the hell are you looking for? I'm going to get Bei Fude's hair cut, the name of the barber's shop. Baisha was really surprised.His barbershop! Yes. God, why? With manicured, nail-polished fingers, the woman points to the fifty-dollar bill.With this, is there a reason? Baisha narrowed her eyes.I still have questions about whether I can accept your commission in terms of professional ethics.I accepted the entrustment of Mr. Bei before, and I am still working for him. I want to go out and see what the contract with Mr. Bei included.I The woman laughed.Forget it, forget it, Mrs. Ke.I thought you wouldn't come that way.Your purpose is to arrange for someone to follow me when I am away.I think the two of us need to get to know each other. If I give you money, you can find out the name of the barber for me. But I really don't know what you want the name of Beifude Barbershop for? Because I want him to cut my hair too.Of course, Mrs. Ke, you should keep this visit an absolute secret for me.Take this matter as an example, once you charge me the fifty yuan, I will be your customer.You can't tell anyone, including Beifude, that I came to see you.My request is not high, as long as this news, if you leak the news that I came to see you, I will sue you for violating professional ethics.Do you understand? If it is found, how can I notify you? Call this number and I'll pick it up myself.Bye now. As the woman stood up, the phone rang. Baisha picked up the phone, but didn't touch the fifty yuan. Bu Aiqian said very carefully on the phone.Bei Fude is outside. Ke Baisha pressed the receiver with her palm, and she said: Bei Fude is outside. Even though she was wearing a veil, she could be seen frowning at the sudden interruption, and she said: Mrs. Ke, your office really needs a private way out. Baisha said angrily: If you want to make it easier for you, you can rent an office you like, and I will move in.If you don't want to see Mr. Bei, I can ask my secretary to tell him that I'm not free, kick him out, and tell him to come back in ten minutes The woman walked to the door.Mrs. Ke, it's not bad if you think about it carefully. As for the fifty yuan, whether you will accept it or not, I will take it back. Bai Sha thought for a while, reached out and picked up the fifty-yuan bill on the table. Thanks.said the woman, opening the door. Ke Baisha hurried around the table to see Bei Fude's reaction when the woman went out. Bei Fude just glanced at the woman who came out indifferently, bent to stand up, and immediately walked to Ke Baisha's private office.