Chapter 10 chapter Ten

I went back to the hotel, went to my room, opened a pack of unopened cigarettes, and started thinking. Ke Baisha in New Orleans on the way back to Los Angeles.Bu Aiqian was alone in the office.This is the best time to inquire about the news I want. I picked up the phone and asked for a number to call long distance.Five minutes later the call came through.I heard Bu Aiqian's crisp and very formulaic voice: Hello. Hello, Elsie.It's Tang Nuo. She changed her tone happily and said: Oh!Hello Don Nuo.The operator said New Orleans, which I thought was Baisha.What's new? I was about to ask you.

How to say? Betha told me she was running a war-related business. you do not know? Before she told me, I didn't know. She's been doing this for six weeks.I thought you knew that. I don't know, what the hell is it? She smiled and said anxiously: I think it's all about money. Elsie, listen to me.The two of us have been with Baisha for a long time.I'm against paying for long-distance calls, and I'm here to listen to your ramblings.What is it? Tang Nuo, really, please ask her. Elsie, I really get angry and lose my temper.I said. Think about it, she said suddenly, aren't you the best thinker?Why did Baisha go into the war business?If you were Baisha, why would you do it.You figured it out yourself, don't make a sound, don't ask me, don't tell me.I need this job, I can't be unemployed.I'm not like you, you're half the boss.

Is it because she does this kind of work that she can apply for me not to serve in the military? There was no answer on the other end of the line. Yes or no?I asked seriously. The weather in Los Angeles has been fantastic for the past two days.Elsie said: Maybe I shouldn't tell you, because it's a military secret. Is it confidential? of course.The weather news is completely blocked and can help win the war.But what no one has noticed is that the Los Angeles City Chamber of Commerce often reports the climate of the forest in a large number of printed materials.In a forest of 9,687 acres, the trees averaged eighteen inches in diameter.The distance between each tree is more than ten feet, which is measured from the center of the tree.The average height of these trees

Three minutes is up.The operator interrupted. You are great.I told Elsie: goodbye. Goodbye, Tang Nuo. Let's all hang up the phone quickly. I put my feet up on another chair and continued to think. The phone rings. I picked up the phone and said: Hello.I heard a man say cautiously: Are you Mr. Lai? Yes. Are you a detective with an office in Los Angeles, a member of the Curry family of private investigators? correct. I want to see you. Where are you? downstairs. Who are you? He said: We met. Your voice is familiar, but I don't remember where I've seen it. You'll know it when you see me.

I smiled and said sincerely: Come on up. I put down the phone, picked up my hat, windbreaker, and suitcase, made sure the room key was in my pocket, walked out, locked the door, and ran up the hallway.When I got to the elevator exit, I slowed down, walked past the elevator exit, turned a corner, and stopped to wait. I heard an elevator door opening.After waiting a few seconds, I peek cautiously around the corner into the aisle. There was only one person, walking hurriedly towards the aisle.The back view is very familiar, especially the movement of the shoulders, which surprised me.I thought the call was from the police. They wanted to know I was in the room and block off the entire hotel.Now all I see is a man, a man I've seen before, which is surprising, but I don't know who he is until he turns left and looks sideways.

It's Gamaco. When Mr. Ge knocked on my room door for the second time, I stood beside him.Oh, Mr. Ge, good afternoon. Confused, he said with a little bewilderment: I thought you were in the room. I?Why?I just came back. He looked at my hat, trench coat, suitcase and said: I swear I knew your voice, that's why I called your room. Wrong number? No, I carefully told the switchboard who I wanted. I stepped back and said in a low voice: Someone answered the phone? He nodded, and I could see his sudden heightened alertness. I said: the problem may not be simple.I grab his elbow and leave the doorway: we go to the hotel security.

Do you think there are thieves inside? I said: Maybe the police are searching my room.I didn't sign up for you, did I? This time I saw the muscles in the corners of his eyes twitch: no, let's get out of here. I'll listen to you.I said: let's go. Let's go.He said: I mean your voice is kind of weird. I asked: how did you find me. He said: "It's also a long story. I will listen to it. He said: I found the landlady of that apartment and told her that after you moved out, I would rent that apartment.I told her I wasn't in a hurry to evict you, but I would pay twice the rent if I rented it.I know you're only renting for a week, and

Go on, it's okay. I told the landlady that my wife, Ina, had lived in this apartment.She said that Yi Na lived there for a few months three years ago.She said that she could take a look, and she would be sure to rent it to me from a certain date.I told her that I might need her as a witness.I showed her the photo of Yi Na and asked her to identify her.She actually said that the woman who lived in this apartment was not the one in the photo.This time she wondered what the hell I was doing.We were talking, and I know that when you went to find her a few days ago, you showed her some photos.These photos are the real people who rented his apartment before.

He took a breath, and continued: This is of course very unexpected to me, and I think you will understand.I went upstairs again at once, hoping to find you.You are not there, I am more anxious.I knock on the door desperately.A man inside told me to fuck off.I told him I had to see him, it was a matter of life and death, and in the end he reluctantly opened the door.I thought you or that fat woman would still be in there.The man I had never seen before, I would never have imagined how it could be inside. what did you sayHow much did you say? I told him that my wife lived in that apartment for a while three years ago.I made a special trip this time to prove that there was a court summons that was officially delivered to her.I also told him I talked to you.I must see you again.

How did he say? He said that if he wants to find you, he can come to this hotel.He said you never mentioned it to him.He also said that if you want to investigate something, you are a very good private eye.I think he's going all over the place to get you business, he thinks highly of you, but when I think about it, it's kind of weird.By all indications, you Am I playing tricks on you?I asked. It's kind of like that. So what? So I come to see you. that's all? Not enough? The elevator stops at this floor.The elevator doors open.I said: Let's talk in the lobby. Will there be too many people in the lobby?Too public?

Will do. So why talk in the lobby? Just because there are more people there, it is open. What about the guy in your room? I said: Let's go to the security personnel of the hotel first. Mr. Ge was not very keen on contacting the security personnel of the hotel, but he still waited to see me get the security personnel.I told the security at the hostel that a friend of mine called my room and a stranger answered the phone.I think someone may be stealing from my room.I handed him the key and hoped he would go upstairs and have a look. Turning to Mr. Ge, I said: Well, we can talk. Mr. Ge began to fear.He said: Lai, what if the police are in your room? It doesn't matter if it's the police.Metropolitan police are sensitive to private investigators.From time to time they check the actions of private investigators.We're all used to it.You can't decide whether you like it or not, it's just a part of life. But if it's the police, they'll come down for you.ask you questions.In case they see me with you, they I laughed out loud on purpose, and interrupted him: You know so little about this business. How to say. If it is the police, they will ask the security personnel to leave and report that no one was found in the room.everything is normal. What are the police doing? They're away for now, and they don't want taxpayers suing for private searches. Mr. Ge said hesitantly: I hope you are not wrong. Absolutely not.I've come across this many times before.This is the order of the day. He used his brain to filter what he wanted to say, and said: I don't want the police to get involved in this matter.This is a completely private matter and I hope to resolve it in my own way. Of course.I say it appreciatively. But there are things that I don't want to be made public that are not easy to keep secret as soon as the police ask questions. Like what kind of things? Like that divorce case. I said: Don't worry, that divorce case is very formal.The entire case has been recorded by the court, but the last step is waiting to be confirmed. I know that too.he said uneasily. Let's talk about it, what's so scary about going public? my wife. how is she.Didn't you say you don't know where she is? Not that lady. oh!You are married again, aren't you?I asked. Yes. Then your situation is a little more complicated. It's more than complicated. I said: Interesting, talk about it and study it. Ina left me for New Orleans.I was tried in absentia for her failure to attend the court summons, awaiting the final verdict.This kind of thing takes a long time to wait, but love cannot wait.I met my wife now and we went to Mexico to get married.We should have waited for the final judgment.Now it's a mess. Does your current wife know about this? I don't know, she would be furious if she found out.Gordon What would happen if the summons were sent to the wrong woman and you knew the details of the case? Nothing works in your favor. I'd pay a lot of money to hire you to find evidence in my favour. sorry. He stood up and said: Remember, when you investigate your own case, if you find evidence that is useful to me, I will reward you generously. I said: If the Colley's Detective Agency can do something for you, you don't have to be generous, and the bill will not be cheap for you anyway. He smiled and said: That's it. We shook hands and he left the hostel.