Chapter 19 Chapter Nineteen

In terms of management, Xingyun Apartment advertises a rather luxurious and peaceful living environment.Therefore, every visitor must first notify the reception counter, and kill the visitor first. The clerk behind the counter was in his early thirties tall, thin, discreet, and well-dressed.He stood behind the counter with no expression on his face, watching Ke Baisha, who entered the door, move her 165-pound fat body, walk through the gorgeously equipped front hall, and approach the counter. The administrator's hair was combed to a glossy finish.When Baisha stepped in front of him like a battleship, he bent his neat eyebrows into an angle that just made the opponent want to take a defensive position.

Good morning, he said.The tone of voice was as if Baisha was called by his manager to make curtains.He didn't deal with Baisha in the same tone as he would deal with a businessman, but it definitely wasn't in the tone of receiving distinguished guests. Baisha is not here for the purpose of socializing.Is there a Miss Xu living here, Miss Xu Taolan? Yes, Miss Xu.Who are you? I am Mrs. Ke. Sorry, Mrs. Ke, but Miss Xu has suddenly moved out of her original apartment. Where did you go? Sorry, I can't tell you. Do you have a forwarding address? Someone will pass it on to her.

Where to go? If you write her a letter, I promise she will get it. Baisha looked at him angrily.You listen to me.I have a very important matter to find Xu Taolan.If you know where she is now, tell me the address.If you don't know the address, tell me how you can find her. Sorry, Mrs. Ke, I have already told you all I can tell you. When did she leave? Sorry, I can't tell you.All I can tell you is that she moved out suddenly. Has anyone found her tail?Baisha asked. What did you say?I don't understand. After she moved out, did anyone ask her where she went? I can't tell you that either.

The administrator looked over Baisha's shoulder to a man standing behind Baisha. He was wearing a baggy suit and held a bunch of contract-like documents tied together with rubber bands. Good morning, said the administrator.The tone was colder and more distant than when he spoke to Bai Sha earlier. The man who came didn't even bother to return a polite word.With his stubby thumb he flipped through the papers he had brought.When he found the one he wanted, he just clamped his left thumb over one of them, still holding the bundle of papers in his left hand.Two dirty nails clipped on top of the file.Best piano rental company.He said: It's time to pay the monthly rent for the piano that Xu Taolan rented.Will you pay for her, or should I go up and collect it?

This time, the administrator was embarrassed.He looked at Baisha and said to the bill collector: Miss Xu will contact you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. She moved away and left. The contract stipulates that we must be notified in writing if the piano needs to be changed. But she moved away and didn't believe she could ask him. The man turns to the administrator.Is she still here? she she wants me Is it there or is it not? The administrator said angrily: I will pay the bill, and I will also be responsible for your piano. Five yuan.The cashier took out a printed receipt and slapped his palm on the counter not too loudly.It would be a serious breach of contract if she hadn't informed us that she had changed the piano herself.

Make sure you have no damage, and she will contact your company immediately. She just couldn't move the piano away from the address.Five yuan. The administrator opened the safe drawer, took out a five-yuan bill, squeezed it, pulled it across the inside, made a snapping sound, put it on the counter, and said: Sign your receipt.Looking at Ke Baisha again, he said: Goodbye, madam. Mrs. Ke did not move, her elbows were still resting on the counter, watching the man sign and date the top sheet of a receipt, tore off the receipt, put it on the counter, and handed over the five-yuan bill Put it in your pocket.He said: Tell her to look at the contract again.Rented things cannot be moved casually.

The administrator wanted to say something, but stopped automatically, and looked at Bai Sha angrily. The cashier left the counter, passed the ornate vestibule, and walked out the door. The administrator took the receipt and turned to the key compartment where the guest keys and letters were kept.After taking a step, he stopped.Turning around, he put the receipt in the cash compartment of the safe drawer. Almost forgot.He said. Think more, Baisha said: you will think of more things. He was really suspicious.Mrs. Ke, I think you should go too. Baisha hesitated for a moment, then suddenly, she turned around and walked out of the gate.

Baisha walked across the street and saw a newsstand.She said to the newsstanders: A day or two ago, yesterday or the day before yesterday, someone moved out a piano from the apartment across the street.I would like to know which moving company it is. The man said: Can't help. Didn't you see the name of the moving company on the car? For one or two days, I didn't see any trucks moving.Of course, I have my own business, and I won't watch the scenery all day long. Ke Baisha went to four or five other shops.No one saw a moving truck or anyone moving a piano.She went into the phone booth to call back to the office.It was Bu Aiqian who answered the call.Baisha said: Is the kung fu still available for fishing?

What do you mean, Mrs. Ke?Elsie asked. Bai Sha said: Xu Taolan used to live in Xingyun Apartment 15B.The gatekeepers here are deadly rigid.Do yourself a favor and give the young man behind the counter a kick.You say you want to rent an apartment and ask him if he has any for rent.When Kaizi caught him first. When will we go out?Elsie asked. Immediately, and by taxi.Baisha said: I will wait for you on the street corner.You'll see me, but let's not talk.When you come out, walk towards me and I will follow. No matter how quickly Bai Sha hung up the phone, she would have to wait at least five or six minutes.She walked back to the newsstand and browsed through books, newspapers and magazines.Then, she went back to the street corner to wait for Elsie.She saw Elsie enter the apartment and hang out in it for fifteen minutes.Baisha was waiting at the corner, and Elsie came over to meet her.

How about it?Baisha asked. Good luck.Ai Qian said: That guy said that if a single woman wants to rent an apartment, she needs someone to introduce her.I asked him if a letter of introduction from the mayor or governor would be acceptable.He called an assistant to show me the only two unrented units.One of them is Fifteen B. is empty?Bai Sha asked anxiously. Bu Aixi nodded. Baisha frowned and said: Elsie, suppose you rent a piano.And you want to move, what should you do? How do I know what to do.She laughed out loud. Bai Sha suddenly said: Of course you will call the rental company to ask, right?

should. Bai Sha made up her mind and said: You go back to the apartment.Tell them you have another friend, and be sure to tell them that there is another vacant unit in the apartment waiting to be rented out.Ask them why they don't show you all the empty units.Then ask them if they have rented out a unit recently, within one, two, three days.Put on airs and deal with them.They will be fooled.Otherwise they will ignore you. look at mine.Ai Qian said: He has been very obedient to me.Do you want to wait here? I wait. Bu Aiqian went back in, and came out with news within five minutes.Room 12B was vacant until yesterday.A Mrs Smith moved in yesterday. Baisha bared her teeth.Good guy, this admin.Mostly it was a trick in his head.Well, Elsie, you can go back to the office. Baisha went back into the phone booth and called Xingyun Apartment.She said: A Mrs. Smith left a message asking me to call Twelve B. Is this true? Wait a minute. When the phone was connected, a woman's voice said cautiously: Hello? Bai Sha said: This is the piano company.The person below paid the monthly rent and said you moved an apartment. Oh yes.I'm glad you called.I was looking for you.Yes, thank you. Are the apartments in the same building, at the same address? Yes. Bai Sha said: This situation is really rare, I want to have a look, maybe you need to pay 50 cents. It's okay, I'll pay you. I am near you now.Baisha said. OK, I'll wait for you.twelve b.I know, I should have informed you first. Baisha went back into Xingyun's apartment.The administrator took a deep breath and looked at her, about to speak, but Baisha ignored him and rushed straight to the elevator.The administrator hurried to catch up in a businesslike manner.Sorry, he said: outside guests are not allowed to go upstairs without notice. Bai Sha smiled sweetly at him.Mrs. Smith from 12B, please go up by myself.She said: "I just spoke to her on the phone. The administrator stayed there not knowing how to answer.Bai Sha said to the boy driving the elevator: Let's get on. When Ke Baisha knocked on the door, she heard someone talking on the phone inside the door.After a moment, the phone conversation is terminated.Kebetha knocked louder at the door. There was no sound in the room.Bai Sha raised her voice and said: Taolan, will you let me in, or should I wait outside for you to come out? The door opens.A woman in her thirties, with an angry face, stared at Baisha hostilely from the door.Someone told me she said: you've been downstairs I know.Baisha said: The administrators below don't like me.I don't necessarily like him either.But for now, you'd better let me go. With just a sweep of Baisha's powerful upper arm, she swept aside the women whose weights were quite different, walked into the apartment room by herself, nodded to the piano, chose the most comfortable chair to sit down, and lit a cigarette. The woman who was still at the door said: There is a rule for this kind of thing.do you know? I know. The administrator said that you can call the police and kick you out. He could tell. Yes, I believe him. But won't do it. Why? Because I'm with the police all the way.If I say a word, they will arrest you.They'll drag you to the D.A.'s office to ask you questions.News reporters will come rushing to snap your shots.and What do you want to do? Nothing but I want to talk to you. Tell me next, you are Mrs. Ke, Yes. He said you might be a detective. Stupid people get it right sometimes. Mrs. Ke, may I ask, what exactly are you going to do? Yes, Baisha said: close the door, come and sit down, let go of the heavy burden in your chest, and talk to me about Beifude. I don't want to talk about Bei Fude. Then talk about his wife. I heard she suffocated to death. correct. I never had a chance to meet her. She has received a letter from you.Baisha said. Mrs. Xu Taolan didn't make a sound, as if she didn't respond to this sentence at all. Bai Sha said: It seems that the idea of ​​changing an apartment comes from that pig head downstairs.But, good man, if you ask me to be you, you won't move like this once.Because others seem to doubt you.As you can imagine, when your photo appeared in the newspaper, the line attached to it said something about Mrs. Xu Taolan. The police claimed that after she learned of Mrs. Beifude's death, she immediately moved to an apartment under a false name.Mrs. Xu Taolan had an affair with Bei Fude when Mrs. Bei was still alive. Betha flicked the ash into an ashtray. Mrs. Xu Taolan suddenly looked like she was about to cry. What do you want to know? what can you tell me nothing to say. very good.Baisha agreed with her sincerely, saying: The reporter likes you to have such an attitude the most.Continue your state of crying and say nothing, and then they will take another picture and add a sentence below: The girl who sent Beifude to the execution platform said: There is nothing to say. Xu Taolan suddenly sat up straight and said: What are you talking about, how could I send Bei Fude to the death penalty platform. Baisha took a deep drag on her cigarette and said nothing. Mrs. Bei threatened to kill me.Xu Taolan suddenly removed the pitiful look on her face and said. How long before she died threatened you? the same day. What did you do to make her want to kill you? Nothing is done. Bai Sha said: Good man, if I didn't show interest, you don't have to blame me.We have seen this set too much. It's totally real this time. How did you happen to run into her?Baisha asked. I didn't run into her, she called to find the apartment and honestly, that's why I had to change rooms.I hope that when she wants to do something, she can't find me. Ke Baisha looked down at her cigarette butt, lest the other party see the excitement in her heart from her eyes. This is the first time she called you on the phone? Yes. What did she say? That's the most vicious and creepy thing I've ever heard a woman say. I think there is progress now, if you are honest, maybe I can help you in many places. What can I do for you? Bai Sha raised her head and met Xu Taolan's eyes.We need to understand each other first, she said: I will only help you when it is beneficial to me.I am a detective.I've been asking about this for a long time.I know many things.For you, this would have been a horrible thing.It's just a routine for me.You can say everything now, or you can say nothing.You say it, and I say it too.If you don't tell me, I'll call the police. You are forcing me to speak.Xu Taolan laughed nervously. I didn't do that.Bai Sha retorted: I say whatever you want. Xu Taolan thought about it back and forth.Kebaisha gave her plenty of time. Well, I would like to speak. Bai Sha just came forward to squeeze out the cigarette butt. Mrs. Ke, you are also a woman, I can tell you what a woman cannot say to a man.A friend of mine told me that a woman can only be truly happy if she marries a second time. Unfortunately, many people don't grasp the opportunity twice.My friend is a mine, and he said that a good mine is actually a mine with a large amount of medium-valued ore.He said that a good husband is also moderately satisfied, but there is constant happiness.He said many women went to great lengths to find what everyone thought was a gold and steel diamond mine, and most of these veins were never opened.Are there any good mines in the world that can't be mined? What kind of mine is Beifude?Baisha asked: Diamond ore? no.Beifude is my mine of happiness.He is a mine that is a little better than the average mid-level ore. Baisha lit another cigarette. I want to see him again, Xu Taolan said: Fortunately, I am here. You won't let him go this time?Baisha asked. Xu Taolan shook her head.There was mature wisdom in her eyes.She said: He has changed. What changed? I told you, he's just a slightly better than average mid-grade ore mine, but somehow he thinks he's a full-fledged gold steel diamond mine.He's done more than he can handle, and has been for years, so he's hurting himself. I think you'd better use less metaphors.Baisha said. Xu Taolan smiled. Bai Sha said: Look at you, it's much easier to say it.Now we can talk about Mrs. Bei. On Wednesday morning, Mrs. North called me.She never gave me a chance to speak.Like a machine gun, what she has to say may have been planned in her mind.She said: Mrs. Xu, I know you very well.Don't try to escape, and don't deny it.You think you can go back in time, but there is no way.He is mine, and I won't let it out anyway.I tell you, I am very dangerous.I'll show you the colors if necessary. Did you say something?When Xu Taolan stopped, Bai Sha asked. I want to say it, but I'm a little scared, so I can't say it.She didn't ask me to tell anyway.She just paused to take a breath.Then, I said something that made me really afraid of her.She said; I am a very thorough woman.There is another woman in my house who pretends to be a servant here and has sex with my husband behind my back.You can ask her, if you want to take advantage of me, what will happen. Xu Taolan's lips were tightly closed because of trembling, and she stopped talking. That's all I said?Baisha asked. There are only so many words.A whole lot of laughter ensued.The laughter was grotesque, half-nervous, and creepy.You didn't hear it, and you couldn't imagine its viciousness. Who hung up the phone first, you or her?Baisha asked. she. And after that? For a moment I didn't know what to do.I gradually felt that the first thing to do was of course to hang up the phone.I was shaking all the time. If you are really as innocent as you say, Baisha said: Even if you knock on the door in the middle of the night, you shouldn't be so surprised. Mrs. Ke, I'm telling you the truth.Beifude once gave me a lot of happiness. If I had decided to stay with him at that time, I would have watched him and not made him do too much flamboyant business.I know his strengths and I know his weaknesses. What does this have to do with this matter?Baisha asked. It's just that, Mrs. Ke, I know this is a world where the strong prey on the weak and the winner is king.I decided to come back and take care of Beifude again. I know he's married, but I've got to get him back anyway. Conscience found out, huh?Baisha asked. Maybe. After a while, Bai Sha said: Of course, what you said just now that woman said was just what you thought of what she said.In fact, it was a little different from what she said. I learned them for you almost exactly as she said them, and in the order in which they were spoken.Those words seemed to be engraved in my mind, unmistakable. Ke Baisha carefully selected a cigarette, lit it slowly, took a deep breath, and exhaled the smoke into the air of the room. She talked about the other woman, she said what happened? it's that scary laugh Never mind the laughter, she said what happened to the other woman?Baisha asked. She said to ask the woman who wanted to take advantage of her behind her back, what was the result? I read the newspaper later and found out that the maid died in her basement. Kebetha said casually: You messed yourself up, didn't you? Tao Lan regretfully admitted: Who said it was not. If you tell everyone this fact, it seems that you are purposely breaking up Beifude's family.If it wasn't for you forcing Mrs. Bei to commit suicide, or Baisha stopped and looked at Xu Taolan with reproachful eyes. How else?Tao Lan asked. Or else you murdered her. Xu Taolan sat up straight from the chair, she was surprised and angry at the same time.Mrs. Ke!What are you talking about? Bai Sha said: Famous paintings.If you killed her, you'd do it anyway.If you didn't kill her, it's no use arguing.I ask you, when you heard she was dead, did it ever occur to you that she might have been murdered? Xu Taolan looked straight at Bai Sha's eyes.have.she says. Betha turned to look at the rising smoke in her own hand.She said: I regret that I came to see you and listened to what happened to you. Why? I had to tell Officer Mi about such things.And now I don't want to see that unreasonable person. Baisha stood up from the chair worriedly.If it is a mine, the current value of each ton of ore is less than 20 yuan.But, if all goes his way, he will soon become a diamond mine of gold and steel. Mrs. Ke, Xu Taolan said: Men are just men, so what about men with flaws? Bai Sha, who had already walked out, turned around and looked at Xu Taolan carefully.You played the role really well.Sentimental, struggling for their own future happiness.I don't care if you pretended to show it to me, if you think I will really believe you, I will commit suicide to show you.