Chapter 3 third chapter

Begeeorge's name was in the phone book.I call him. Sorry for being so presumptuous.I said: I have a private matter and I want to see you. I don’t know if I’m driving here now, can you see me? May I ask who are you? Lai Tangnuo. Well, he said: come if you want.I'll see you before deciding whether to talk to you. Fair enough.I said. He lives on the beach, and it took me a while to find where he lived.It was a very small apartment.Both Mr. and Mrs. Bei are in their thirties, and apparently they have no children. Well, he said: What can you do with me? Does April 15th hold special meaning to you?I asked.

He sneered, what special significance does it have to you?he asks. Yes, it means that I am investigating this case. All right!He said: I had a car accident that day. How did it happen? I drove along Jidong Street.I slowed down at the Crane Street intersection because of the lights.Since the green light was on at this time, I refueled and walked forward. A man named Feng Shanmiao sneaked over in a Cadillac.I saw him trying to grab a red light, and I saw that he couldn't succeed.I slammed on the brakes and couldn't stop fast enough.rushed up and hit him. What about a lawsuit? There is no lawsuit to fight.

What about your loss? paid. Are you saying that the surname Feng paid you? In fact, the insurance company paid for it.Begeeorge said: "Their investigators are impartial.He came to the scene and I explained the facts.He saw the damage to my car and asked me if I was okay.He took me to the hospital for a physical examination, sent my car to the depot, asked the depot to repair it, told me to replace it with a new one, and then sent the car back to ask me if I was satisfied. Are you satisfied? Drives like new. Is the car badly hurt? I have no idea.It looked bad at first, but the insurance company paid for everything.

Do you know what insurance company it is? certainly.He said: Metropolitan Insurance Company. Thanks.I said: I'm just checking the status of different insurance companies' operations.I'm going to see if they have credit for the claim.Are you sure you are satisfied with the insurance company? Of course, very satisfied. I thanked Mr. Bei and drove back to the apartment. Ge Dafen was dressed beautifully and looked brilliant. Don Nuo, she said: I'll move out of your apartment tonight as soon as I get the money.I am so grateful for everything you have done for me.I cleaned it up for you.Also tidy up the kitchen and shelves.It seems you haven't lived here long.

It's not long.I told her: not too long. You bought a lot of daily necessities without even opening the package. Yes, I wish I had plenty of food to eat without having to go out and buy it when I need it.But I often eat out. She looked at me and said: Tang Nuo, it was my luck to meet you.In fact, you're the most gentlemanly man I've ever met. You never told anyone my address, did you?I asked. God, no.Since coming here, I've been telling people that the hotel where you met me counts as the address.As soon as I got the money, I was going to get a room there. Does anyone know how to contact you?

No.It's just me connecting with them. What did they tell you to do tonight? They told me to be at the gate of the Monador Building at 9:50.They'll send for me to the lawyer's house.The lawyer will give me three hundred yuan.It is said that the place is somewhere in Hollywood. Duffin.I said: do me a favor. What? Don't go. do not go? Yes, don't go. But Tang Nuo, I'm completely bankrupt.You know it.I've started doing this and I've given them oral statements as well.As you said, they used my confession, maybe already mediating the crash.Why, Tang Nuo?Why don't you go, I need the money!

It is not a good way to make money in this way.I said. Do beggars have a choice? How much is still entitled.Besides, you are not a beggar. What's the meaning? you have a home.I said. where? here. Oh, Don Nuo, no.What's the matter with me, Tang Nuo, you won't be or else are you really? What? Want to move in together? Not at all.I mean you can make this your home.I have another place to live myself. She took a step forward and looked into my eyes, she said angrily: Tang Nuo, you want me to live here, you go out and live with other wild women. I have no other wild women.I said: I said I have another place to live.I live in this city and I have friends.You can live here until you can support yourself.I can give you pocket money, there is enough food in the kitchen.Enough to eat for a while.

I noticed.She said thoughtfully: "A lot of canned food that I bought recently, even the pockets were not opened and lay on the ground Tang Nuo, tell me, that girl, do you really love her?" I laughed and said: You girls are all the same.Think of wind as rain.Now I want you to forget about tonight's date, and from now on, never have any relationship with this group of people. I will pay attention to see what these people are thinking. However, Tang Nuo.They already have my testimony.They used me to compromise with the insurance company, as you said at the beginning. I said: That office in the Monador Building is just a small hole in the wall.Anyone can walk in and rent a small office for a day, a week, a month, or even just an hour.You can use it from twelve o'clock to one o'clock, and the office is just like your own.

After your work is over, another person enters, and the office becomes that person's.Of course, some people count on a weekly basis and rent for a few weeks.Anyway, this is a bluffing office, and the girl in the front controls all the business.She has to collect the rent, she is in charge of the reception, and when necessary, she is also in charge of the clerical and secretarial work. Daphne thought for a moment, and she said: You know, they only need an office temporarily to investigate a car accident, you don't expect them to get a permanent office, do you? why not.Suppose they are an insurance company with status and reputation, and there is a lawyer who pays so much attention to respecting lawyers' ethics.Of course there should be a decent

No way, Tang Nuo.She interrupted me to say: I've come so far.I'm going the whole way.I am a woman who wants to fend for herself.I appreciate what you've done for me; but I don't want to depend on you, and I don't like taking over your apartment and pushing you out. Besides, she added: I have no reason to depend on you for the rest of my life. All right!I told her: You have your way of life.I'm just a little more skeptical about it.I think this is very, very abnormal. Tang Nuo.She said: What position did you occupy in this matter, you never told me. What do you mean, what position do I occupy?

Go there and ask for the three hundred yuan.They ignore you, do you know why? have no idea. Tang Nuo, tell me did you see that car accident? I smiled at her, and I said: I saw that ad. Tang Nuo, do you need banknotes so urgently? I'm the one who sharpened his head and drilled from east to west.I told her: I can always get some money here and there and spend it.When I saw such an advertisement, it was a challenge for me. Tang Nuo, I have a strange feeling that besides what you have told me, there are many things you haven't told me. But you won't do what I say. No, I must go. Well, I said: I'll take you a corner or two from Monador right now.Go a little way by yourself; you'll stay here tonight.When you come back, you come in by yourself and leave the key with you. Tang Nuo, where will you be then? I tell you.I have another place to live. Tang Nuo, you can say this, I mean Tang Nuo, let me simply say, I can't lock you out.So I'm not staying here tonight, I've tidied it up for you, you move in, everything will be comfortable.I'll get the three hundred dollars, and I decide to save some money, and I'll find a little hotel near Monador and book a room, I hope it's cheap and a decent hotel. I follow you.I said. She said emotionally: It seems that I will not see you again after tonight.We are like a Yangguan Road, a single-plank bridge, each going its own way.Anyway, the big city swallowed us all at once.I don't know when the two straight lines will cross again. But it has always been an honor to meet and get to know you.I told her. She said: "I don't want to say goodbye to you in a car parked on the street. When and where do you want to say goodbye to me? Now?here. You don't want me to drive you there Of course, I'm not referring to this incident. I'm saying goodbye to you. After finishing speaking, she wrapped her arms around my neck, hung me with half her strength, and leaned her face closer, she said: Tang Nuo, you are a good person, you are a good person that can no longer be found in this world!I want to thank you. She moved her lips to mine and gave me a thankful kiss, but because the desire level of both parties turned to a higher level and stayed at that higher level, it took longer than expected. When we parted, she stared closely at me and said: Tang Nuo, you are still very strange to me, you What do you mean by stranger?I asked. I don't know, you never take the initiative to fight for it, you never take advantage of others, you won't anyway, you kid can't pick up girls! Should every man be a pony? Of course it should!Men should take the initiative, and women should stand in the position of choosing to come and flirt.A woman can say no, or accept it. So you are a stranger to me, as if I were another person or animal? She laughed and said: I'm afraid you are the kind of man who doesn't like women. Now what do you think? God, Tang Nuo, I was almost suffocated by you, but you also revived me!Let's go, it's impossible not to go.We still have business to do.I just said goodbye to you just now, and I will formally say goodbye to you when I have the opportunity. My current work here has come to an end. Tang Nuo, you take that suitcase, and I take that leather bag and coat. Things are left in the hotel. You won't let it go. No, since we have come so far, how can we give up halfway. Now that you've made up your mind, let's go.I told her. I took the suitcase and she took the other things and went down to the front of the car and I put the things in the backseat and drove to the hotel and told the luggage boy we were leaving our luggage here for two Hours; I drove to the back of the hotel again to drop Godafin off. She said goodbye to me one more time, totally oblivious to the fact that our car was parked right in front of the fire hydrant, totally oblivious to all the people on the side of the road staring, and totally oblivious to the fact that the car's engine was still revving.It was a much warmer goodbye, and at the end she parted from me for lack of air, and she took a deep breath and looked at me. She said: I always feel that something is wrong with you. I asked: What's wrong? You hold back, you're afraid to start anything yourself.You want me to take the initiative instead. Since that point know I hold back? You see what's between you and me as a business agreement.I also once thought that you were their nest, and the insurance company was an arrangement for the whole incident.But I thought about it again and thought not.I just know that for some reason you hold back and don't get yourself involved in anything. Does this bother you? Of course it bothers me.Girls don't like men who shrink back.And besides shrinking back, you still have a lot of hidden thoughts in your head.Maybe you can't tell me what you have, your habits are not habits, anyway, I once thought you were gay. Don't you think so anymore now? She laughed and said: It's been a long time since I've tasted such a passionate goodbye. God, I promised to arrive at the door at 9:50, exactly every second.There is still a road and a half to go in the past!Goodbye, Don Nuo. She kissed me hastily again, opened the car door, jumped onto the road, and ran quickly to the building. I let her run across the street, and I moved the car to a position where I could see the entrance gate of the Monador Building. He Long stood at the door waiting for her.Seeing her half-running over, He Long looked at his own watch impatiently.I saw her walking towards him, leaning in, talking quickly. He Long held her elbow with his palm and led her to the parking lot. I started the car, parked next to a fire hydrant, and waited for them to come out. I didn't wait too long. The car that came out was driven by He Long. It was a Lincoln. She sat on the seat beside him. I followed the car, first saw the license plate of the car, and then immediately slowed down and followed from a distance, so that he would not know that someone was following. I know that the other party is a very careful person, and I also know that if this matter is discovered, the whole incident will really be ruined.However, this is also the only way to understand the whole incident. I feel that this follow-up work is done very decently.Sometimes I turn my headlights down and drive sideways, sometimes closer to him, sometimes farther away. Just when I was a little away from him once, I lost him.I hurried forward, but still couldn't find him. I went around in circles, and I searched side by side street by side street. I tried all the methods I knew, but I couldn't find that big Lincoln anymore.I underestimated He Long, he must know that he was being followed, he was teasing me, he saw the right time to get rid of me. I have to think about it with my heart, but my brain is not enough. It is impossible for that car to go straight from the avenue.He must have turned left or right probably right when I wasn't looking.Of course, he might have swerved backwards; but most likely he turned into a side street.If He Long really knew that someone was following him, once he got rid of me, he would make several moves in a row, and it would be impossible for me to find him anyway.In case, he didn't know that someone was following him, then he must have stopped the car somewhere nearby. If the car hadn't stopped, but was driving towards its destination, I would have no hope of finding him anyway.The only hope of finding him now is that the car stopped, where it was parked.So I went along the side streets and drove to see it again.Twenty minutes passed and suddenly I heard sirens and I pulled over to the side of the road and turned off my headlights. A police car passed by my car quickly, and the sound of sirens tore through the silent night sky. I hate myself for letting her go with those scoundrels.I hate myself for being so careful that the car I'm following slips out of my hands.I also hated myself for letting my detective agency take on such a dead-end case. I wanted to see where the police car was going, and I chased it from behind, driving very fast. After walking three streets forward, the police car in front suddenly braked suddenly and turned into a lane. Now that I am faced with a test, the only way, of course, is to keep going. As I passed the driveway the police car turned into, I slowed down and looked at the street numbers of the houses in the driveway.I think it was about 1771; but the time is only a blink, so I can't be sure.I also caught a glimpse of the police car parked in front of the house, and two officers got out of the car, one was approaching the front door, the other apparently wanted to go around to the back door of the house. My car has crossed the driveway. The two officers in the police car that had pulled into the driveway must have been so focused on getting to the scene quickly they didn't notice my presence. I breathed a sigh of relief.He refueled the car and moved forward. Suddenly, the siren sounded again, and another police car two streets ahead turned into the road and drove in the opposite direction from me, driving very fast, with the red light flashing and the siren whistling. I moved the car slowly to the side of the road again. We are in a residential area.This road usually has a lot of traffic.The lights and sirens of police cars are used to warn other vehicles on the road.I moved the car to the side of the road and stopped the car. In fact, there is a rule that in this case the car facing the oncoming car must pull over and stop so that the police car can pass.But there aren't many cars tonight, and I've become a target. I could see a police officer in the back of the car, watching me through the window.Then, the police car that was moving forward suddenly braked suddenly. I pretended not to notice it, and as soon as the police car passed my side, I pulled the car off the side of the street and started walking normally.These affectations have had little effect.The police car made an emergency turn.The sirens sounded again.The flashing red lights turned the inside of my car red. I moved the car to the side of the street again. The police car pulled up to my car. Check it out, sorry.A police officer said: "Look at the vehicle license and driver's license. Did I do something wrong?I asked. Just to check it out.said the officer. That's when the rear doors of the police car opened.It was Officer Mi Shanlou who came out.He glanced at me.Hey.Isn't this our great detective?He said. Hello, officer.I said. Xiaobudian goes out in person!Shanlou said. The police officer who asked me for a driver's license asked Shanlou, "Do you know him?" Oh, of course.Shanloudao: He is a private detective, and he has handled many more murder cases than our homicide police officers.Little boy, what the hell are you doing here? I'm not playing tricks, I'm working. What a coincidence.What kind of work do you do here? I'm here to meet someone. What's that person's name?live there? I have no idea.He told me to walk slowly along Hamilton Street between about 1700 block and 1000, he would come to me. what name? I don't know, it was a phone call. Oh, someone told you to come to Hammy Street at this time, walk down the street, he will come out to find you?He won't give you your name, so you jump in the car, come on? Not exactly, but roughly the same. I do not believe! I didn't ask you to believe it. To tell you the truth, Officer Mi said: There was only one murder case at 1771 Hammi Street.It's just two streets behind you.Someone shot a top and famous lawyer.We came here on the radio call and saw you kid messing around here.It just so happens, doesn't it? Are you calling me a murderer? no.Officer Mi said: You are not stupid.But I don't rule out the possibility that the murderer is your client, anyway, you must have something to do with this case. I have nothing to do with this case.I told him. You are now connected to the case.He told me: Get in the car for me and follow us to No. 1771; we were going to that place too.You go together, after I understand the situation over there, I have something to ask you.Maybe give you a moment and you'll think of a more convincing statement. Shanlou returned to his own police car; we each turned around and I followed his car to the big house where the first police car turned into the driveway. I saw that another police car had joined in front of the house, so Officer Mi's car became the third car to arrive. The nearby houses all turned on the lights, and people slowly gathered in front of the big house to join in the fun. Some timid neighbors also stuck their heads out of their windows to see what happened. If they couldn’t see clearly, they saw that there were too many people outside. , and simply followed out. Shanlou said: Lai, you wait here, don't even think about running away.Don't take the opportunity to ask three questions or four questions.Just wait here honestly for me. Am I under arrest?Please explain. Let’s put it this way, Shanlou said: You only need to take another wrong step, and you will be arrested. I asked sarcastically: The reason is that I happened to drive by here? Not only did you drive past the murder case, Officer Mi said: but also because you are the most private detective I have ever seen in my life who would get himself involved in a murder case.You're bold, you're talented, and you don't play by the rules.The most bastard thing is that you are now known throughout the city as a bold, talented, unconventional private eye.So for serious intractable diseases, people don't ask others to look for you, but you will take over. To tell you the truth, one day you will get your license revoked.There will come a day when you won't be so lucky every time. You said there was a murder here?I asked. I haven't seen the body yet.Lawyer Feidel, a very famous lawyer, have you heard of it? I shake my head. He's a great lawyer.But he doesn't appear in court much.He is a figure who hides behind the scenes.You could call him a political lawyer.Now I tell you his background.Give you another chance, do you know that there is such a number one person? Never heard of it. Shanlou said: Of course, if you know him, you will definitely tell me. Of course, absolutely.I told him. Shanlou gave me a gritty look, then walked into the house.I just sat in the car and waited. Officer, cops come and go.I could hear the radio conversations coming and going in the parked police car.After a while, Mi Shanlou came out.He walks to my car.Now do you remember what to tell me?he asks. I don't say anything. In this way, Lai.Let me ask you a few questions.This is an official, formal question.You know, I'm working on a murder case.Anyone who lies to the murder police is perjury.You should understand the consequences of perjury. I also tell you first.I said: Even if you're investigating a murder, the law doesn't give you the right to ask a whole bunch of irrelevant questions, let alone want a private investigator to violate his employer's interests or sell his privacy with his employer.Well, you can ask me about the murder now, and as long as I know, I won't lie to you. Besides, if you asked me a question that would discredit me with the client, or that had nothing to do with the murder, I might answer the wrong question. I'm going to ask you a question, and you can't answer the question.Mi Shanlou said: Let me try a question for you first.How long have you been walking around here? I just went down the street. I arrived at about the same time as the police car. I pulled over to let the police car arrive.What I thought I saw at the time was the first police car to arrive, and now it appears that one has preceded it. You are right about this question.Shanloudao: The driver saw you behind him.Now to ask you, are you alone in the car? I was alone in the car. What is your purpose here? I've come to meet someone. You said that person contacted you on the phone and asked you to meet here? I said: The story I told you was a bit shortened and edited.In fact, I'm doing a classified assignment for a gentleman.He contacted me with an unregistered number of the telephone company, and he also gave me a deposit. What form of work? It's about a car accident.At least that's what I know so far. Is Fedel involved in this case? I shake my head: I have absolutely no idea.But I believe it doesn't matter. Why? Because this car accident case has already been closed, and Case closed? Yes, settled out of court, case closed. So why investigate? Because my employer wants me to investigate. Why did he ask you to investigate a closed case? I said: This is the most troublesome part of the whole case.I believe, however, that my employer was interested in a series of similar cases, and that my investigation was only one of many.The case is about insurance.I think there is a group of people who have come up with a special method and want to eat the insurance company. I want your employer's name.Shanlou said. It is inconvenient for me to give you his name because he has nothing to do with this matter. But it has to do with geography as you wander around the area. I said: I didn't wander around here. So what are you doing here? I honestly said I was following a car and I believe I made the driver suspicious.We come to the main road, and I believe we will drive a long time along the main road.I made the distance on purpose because I was the only one following, but I lost him. Lost there? Five streets to the back of the avenue. How did you lose it? I was so far away from him that I didn't know how to lose him.Two or three cars were coming towards me, their headlights blinding me.The car passed by, and suddenly I couldn't see the person I was following.I figured he must have turned the corner, so I turned into the uptown to try my luck. What kind of car? I looked into his eyes: a sedan. You bastard, you know I didn't mean it when I asked you what kind of car it was.what brand?Since you are following this car, you must first look at his license plate. I said: If it can be proved that this has something to do with the murder, I will tell you.But the car didn't stop on Hamme Street; he didn't stop on any street around here.Now that I think about it, he didn't turn the corner at all, it just kept going.I figured the driver was suspicious, so pumped up the gas and kept going, dumping me. Officer Mi said: I will let you pass this time, because I haven't caught anything wrong with you yet.However, I've learned from people like you that every time you mess around, you put the customer first, and there's nothing wrong with that.But the police don't like it when you get involved in a murder case. You have the right to protect the client, but in this case the police have the right to know every detail. Get out now! So I go. I wasn't sure if the police had someone following me, so I just drove straight back to my original apartment just to be on the safe side.Even the vicinity of the newly rented apartment is afraid to go near.Officer Mi may have sent someone to follow me, my new apartment is not yet revealed.