Chapter 22 Chapter Twenty Two

I didn't have time to dispose of the company car, I just parked it in the Pine View Hotel parking lot and let it go. I went into the hotel, found the butler, and took some banknotes from his pocket. Is there anything I can do for you?he asks. I want news worth two dollars. explain. This afternoon, a guest here, named Ge Yina, moved out of the hotel. Lots of women move in and out every day. You'll remember this woman because she was brown and curvy.I recalled her moving in, but not her moving out. She didn't have much luggage, and there was another woman with her, also with brown hair and light brown eyes.She wore a black dress, a red belt, a red hat, and

I remembered, they took Xiaomi's taxi and left. Where can I find Xiaomi? He's probably out there now, he's the charter car here. I handed the binary to him, and he said: Come on, let me introduce Xiaomi to you. After hearing what I said, Xiaomi narrowed his eyes and recalled the place where he took the two of them. Yes, I remember these two women.He said: "I was just thinking about where I took them.It's a small apartment on Thirty-fifth Street.I can't remember the house number, but I can take you there I opened the door before he was ready to accept another passenger.

Don't be too concerned about speeding.I said. He asked: Are you a policeman? I take out my purse: I am cash. sure, no problem. The car rushed forward.We just started, and the light signal on the street corner changed, but Xiaomi made a left turn. Although he ran through the red light, he had already slanted to the direction he wanted to go before the car came on the side street.A green light all the way was good for us, except for running another red light, we only stopped once for a traffic signal. He parked the car in front of a small apartment building.The exterior of the apartment is unremarkable, it is a two-story building, the bottom is only fifty feet wide, and it is long and takes up a lot of land.It is an ordinary brick room, with red bricks and white gray walls in front of the door for decoration.

Here it is.Xiaomi said. I gave him a five-dollar bill. Should I wait? No, no need. I look at the nameplate at the door.All apartment rooms are full.Most of the name tags are old, and some are still engraved. None of the name tags resembled Geyna's in the slightest.Not a single piece was newly put on. I rang the manager's bell and she came out and answered the door after a while. I gave her the most flattering smile.The two young ladies who just moved in said they needed car insurance.I'm from the Auto Club of Southern California.They asked me to help them get their driver's license and insurance.

You mean the ladies from New Orleans? Yes. Why don't you call the door yourself, they are in Room 271. I said: I'm sorry, because I didn't ask the name, and I remembered the wrong number. I remember Erqi, but no one answered when I rang the bell. I gave her my best smile again and sprinted to the stairs while she was studying my answer. The corridor was quite dark, but a bright light could be seen through the crack under Erqiyi's door.I took the handle with my hand and turned it lightly and silently, and when the handle was turned all the way, I gently pushed the door with the other hand.

The door is bolted from the inside. I took the handle in my hand and started knocking on the door.No one answered the door. I knock on the door again. There was the sound of movement behind the door.The sound of shuffling footsteps.Then came Ge Yina's low and calm voice: May I ask who it is. The power company checks the condition of the circuit. You can't come in now. I said: This is the arrangement of the city government. Before you can use the electricity, we must first check the condition of the circuit. Aren't we using it well now? It only takes a minute or two to check.You won't let me check, so I have to temporarily cut off the power.

She said: Come back in an hour.She could be heard walking away. I knocked on the door three more times with no answer. As I walked, I looked, and there was a fuse box halfway down the aisle.I took a closer look and tried a few more times.Unscrew a fuse from the box and put it in your pocket.I went back to 271 again.This time there was no light in the crack under the door. I held the doorknob with my hand again, turned it to the end, held it and waited. For a full minute, there was no sound from inside the door.Then the voice approached the door. Ge Yina was saying: Unexpectedly, this scoundrel!I thought it was just talk, I bet he cut off the power for us.

I heard the sound of a latch being opened on the side of the door. I wasted no time, I shouldered the door and when it opened I heard the voice of a woman screaming. It was dark in the room.The open window shone in on the neon lights advertising some nearby store, flashing so that everything in the room could be faintly seen, and it was all an eerie rose red. Ge Yina was knocked off balance but did not fall.She was upright when I stepped into the room.She was wearing a pair of mini shorts and a bra top.There was another vague figure in the far corner of the apartment room.I knew it was Fang Ludai.

I said to Fang Ludai: I told you not to contact Ge Yina. I, Tang Nuo, you don't understand, I must find her. Ge Yina said: God, is that detective again? Still the same person.I said. What are you doing to our lights? The fuse was removed. Go put it back on. When you came back, the door closed again?can't do it. what would you like? I said: you know what I want, I You keep staring at us, what exactly do you want?When I stopped talking suddenly, Kayna whispered to herself almost in a whisper. Don't be nervous, I said, I'm afraid he will track you down. There are footsteps coming this way in the aisle, very slow and firm, a bit like the unrepentant footsteps of patriots being arrested and going to the guillotine.

Ge Yina said: I have nothing Shut up! I stared at the door, trying to go over and close it.As soon as he moved, he tripped over an ottoman, staggered and wanted to move forward. Footsteps came closer. I heard footsteps a little differently, a lame man! He got to the door before I did, a man in a coat with the collar turned up, and a hat with the brim pulled down.He is neither tall nor thick.The coat concealed his shape. Fang Ludai cried out. Before I could do anything near him, the man started shooting.The first shot was shot at Fang Ludai, and she immediately pointed the gun at Ge Yina.I was very close to him by then and he knew there was no time to waste attacking Geyna.He pointed the gun at me and I heard the sound of firing and felt the flames explode in my face, but he missed me.I ran straight for his gun hand.

I grabbed his gun. The judo I learned was immediate reaction to the shot.I rotated so that my back was facing him, and my other hand joined in and grabbed his wrist, twisting his upper arm and pulling it forward over his right shoulder.I suddenly lowered my body and threw him over my shoulder with all my strength into the middle of the room. There was commotion in the aisle.There are women screaming.In the room, Fang Ludai was crying softly, and Ge Yina was cursing. His gun fell into my hand as he was rolled over his shoulder. Behind him, a man's voice asked: What's going on, what's going on!I scuttled past the unconscious man lying on the ground.Put your head and hands out of the open window.Looking into the darkness from the flashes of red neon lights. The commotion outside the door grew louder behind them, because they didn't dare to enter rashly because of the gunshots.Sirens were rapidly approaching several streets away. A more daring man has entered the room. What happened, he said, what happened here. I looked back over my shoulder and said: Someone is going to kill these two women.The lights were out.I think the killer blew a fuse in the walkway.Can you help me get some light? I put my head and one hand out a little more and looked up. There is a protruding horizontal bar on the front of the window, about 3 inches wide.It is to block the dripping rainwater, and it is above the window.I climbed on the window sill, put my hands over my head, and carefully placed the gun on top of the protruding rain brick strip.I slid back into the room, and within a second, the lights came back on. The voice of the man who entered the room earlier called, "Is the light on?" I shouted: OK, it's fixed. The man lying on the ground was still lying on his back clumsily with his hands and feet stretched out.His hat fell a few feet away from the limp body.The hem of the coat covered half of his face. It's Gamaco.