Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

When I arrived at the office, Bu Aiqian had already typed the letter. Tang Nuo, she asked: Who is Ge Dafen?We don't have her file in our office. I know, she contacted me outside, and Baisha knew about it. oh. I asked for five thousand yuan back for her.He also asked for three hundred yuan in cash for her.These have to be put in envelopes and mailed to her by the post office. I said: Tomorrow morning, you go to the post office to check in, and I will tell you that you are Ge Dafen.Leave an address for them. What address should I give them?I produced a card on which I had already printed in pen the address of my rented sham apartment.

That Miss Ge has an apartment at this address? I nod. In her own name? Well, I said: She may be using someone else's name.It is of course in my opinion that she is not convenient to meet people publicly at present, but this letter must be handed over to her.I'll tell you what we do: we don't send her by regular letter.We will send this letter to this address by taking advantage of limited time delivery.However, you added that Lai Tangnuo handed it over to Miss Godafin.Then, leave a copy of the letter as before at the post office, still by ordinary mail, and keep it in the file.For letters to be sent, you go down now to post them, and post them at the post office.

Do not vote in the mailbox of the building? No, drop it in the post office directly and fast. I know that the building mailbox will be picked up at ten o'clock. Are you absolutely sure? Of course, this is my habit, remembering the time when each batch of mail is received. Great, Elsie, I'm worried that going to the post office will be too dazzling, and it will be even worse if Mi Shanlou catches up with us. Officer Mi Shanlou?Did he have anything to do with this too? There was nothing I did that he didn't notice.I said: Whenever he has trouble with any case, he always sneaks up and tries to get some clues from me.

Now he has a bad case? I nod. Tang Nuo, is that the lawyer murder case? Possibly, I said: God only knows what's going on with his case.Anyway, when something happened, the first thing Officer Mi thought of was, where was I? Now we can surprise him, we put the letter in the mailbox and send it out for a limited time.Then you can take me out for a midnight snack.In case anyone is following, it looks like we just went out after an office tryst. good.I told her. You don't think I'm forcing you to take me out for a midnight snack, do you? I have a standing invitation to you.I said: You just need to tell me when you are free at any time, and you will be fine.

Tang Nuo, you are so kind. We sealed the envelope and stamped it with a limited-time only rubber stamp.We put it into the mailbox of the building when there was no one on this floor.We went out for a midnight snack. After midnight snack, I took Bu Aiqian back to the apartment. Tang Nuo, would you like to come in and sit down? I looked at my watch, and I said: It seems that I don't need it, and I won't have too little work tomorrow. Promise me, don't get yourself into trouble. Be as careful as possible. She pursed her lips and waited for me to kiss her goodnight.I took the car down Hamme Street to look around.

Lawyer Fei lives at 1771 Hammi Street.I just walked along the street one street at a time. 1369 was somewhat like the house Duffin had described.This is a big two-story house.During the construction period, it was not difficult for people to find helpers, so the rooms are very large. There is a sign for sale on the lawn in front of the house. The whole house was dark and without lights. I climbed up the doorstep to try the lock, and it was locked. I went to the front window, looked around, and shot a powerful flashlight through the glass beam into the room. I saw no furniture in the living room.I walked back to the car and memorized the contact number on the sale sign.

Fortunately, the sign says the owner is selling it himself, no brokers please. I call the owner. A man's voice came to answer. I'm sorry I called you so late and I said, but I know you have a house for sale at 1369 Hamm Street.Can you tell me what the price is? Who are you? Most likely I am your buyer. Can you tell me your name? Don't want to. Then I am not in a position to quote for the time being. Don't be silly, you put up a sign with the intention of selling the house.I'm thinking of buying such a house, but of course the price is too high to negotiate. How much are you going to spend on buying a house?he asks.

Price is not a big issue.This house has four bedrooms, right? Four bedrooms, three and a half sets of sanitary equipment. How much? I'm going to ask for 41,000 yuan in cash.The land is huge. Is there furniture included? No, it's completely empty. Sorry I called you so late.I said: But I'm very interested.Can I see the house?Give me the key, and I can see it myself. Not tonight.How did you call so late? I have to work during the day.After work, I only have a little time to go out and look for a house.The location and the house are very suitable for me.I also like to deal directly with the homeowner, so that both parties can save a lot of commission.

certainly.Absolutely.The man said: However, I hope this transaction will be all in cash, so I will come forward myself.The real estate agent told me that no one in this world buys a house with cash. I want to fancy a house and I want to pay in cash in one lump sum.I said: In fact, I prefer to pay in cash, but the price must be reasonable, as you know. Then you can rest assured that the price of this house is absolutely no problem.In terms of installments, it can be sold for more than 48,000. I said: I want to see another house tomorrow night, is there any way I can see your house tonight?

That's it.He said: My surname is Han.Han Aoneng.If you're really interested in this house, I'll come over now and we'll meet. I really mean it. Are you near the house now? I'm not far away, the public phone booth at the gas station. I'm coming down now.See you in front of our house. great.I said. I drove back to the house, parked the car in the driveway, and within three or four minutes, Mr. Han arrived in his car. He was a slumped-shouldered honest man, wrinkled and indigestible. My surname is Lai.I told him: Since you are willing to tell me your name, and you are willing to send the key down by yourself, we should be good friends.

He took out the key and put it in the keyhole of the front door.You will love this house.He said. Don't have furniture? No.After a while, he said again: How can there be furniture at this price? How about hydropower?I asked. The water and electricity are complete without stopping.He said: "I also often take people to see the house after dark.I also have the same difficulty as you.I also work during the day.Usually I don't come out that late. He opened the door, went in, and turned on the light. We pass through the echoing doorway and enter the drawing room.Enter the dining room again.I stopped suddenly at the door. What is this?I asked. His brows frowned, and he agreed that that person would remove all these before the daytime!He said. What the hell are these things?I asked. A person wants a temporary office for the purpose of making photocopies of some documents.He temporarily rented this place to me for 24 hours, saying that within 24 hours, he would move everything out. Jesus, I said: These are the best photocopiers ever.And there are many.Strange how someone would choose this residential area to photocopy a lot of stuff. I have no idea.He said: The person who came to see me was called He Long.He also has an office in the office block, he said a batch of documents was going to be printed here, and he paid me good short term rent. Great, I said: but it sounds kind of weird. have no idea.Han Aoneng said: There is no other place vacant around here.This person wants a completely empty room.You see here is the kitchen and there are two bedrooms downstairs.I told you that the house has four rooms, but there are actually five.There is a servant's room in the basement, and that small room also has a bathroom. The other two bedrooms are upstairs?I asked. Two bedrooms and a large living room which can also be turned into a bedroom.The people who lived here used to have a father who lived with him. The father occupied the bedroom and living room upstairs, and the couple lived downstairs.Father later passed away.This house is just too big.Mr. Lai, do you have a family? I'm trying to start a family.I said. He looked at me and I said: I am about to marry a divorced woman with five children. Oh, oh he said. I quickly followed up and said: I have known her for a long time, she is divorced, and I am determined to take care of her. Then this house is just the right size for you.He said. I said: Of course I have to decorate it well. This house can be renovated without spending too much money.The upstairs room could make a large living room for the kids. How old is the house? For the houses in 1939, building materials were available at that time, labor was easy to find, and the recession made workers work hard.Whoever owns this land happens to be rich.He decided to build a nice house. I nodded in agreement. We went upstairs to come upstairs.Take the stairs again to the attic. I said, I want to ask the secretary to take a closer look at the land rights. This is as it should be, Mr. Lai. I'm also going to ask my future wife to look at a possible new home. Of course, this is certain. She also has a job.I said: can you give me the key He shook his head and said, "If I don't pay Dingyang, I won't hand over the key." Well, I said: I will pay you one hundred yuan, if you are willing to sell me the house for thirty-eight thousand and five thousand.You hand over the key to me for 24 hours. If I don’t want the house, one hundred yuan will be yours. If I want the house, after deducting one hundred yuan for the settlement, I should give you thirty-eight thousand four hundred yuan immediately. cash. He thought for a while, and he said: 38,500 yuan is absolutely not acceptable, no matter how you say it can’t be sold, this house is definitely worth it I know.I said: The market price of the house has nothing to do with me.I want to organize a family, I only have how much money, I know it myself. This is your ideal house.He said. possible.I said. How about forty-one thousand yuan?cash.I will not bargain. I also don't haggle.I said: I don't know the market price, and I don't know the price in your heart either.I can only come up with thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars, and it depends on whether the little woman I love agrees, and whether the children agree. You haven't seen the grass yet, have you?he asks. Before you came, I looked at the front and back.I told him. He hesitated.He said: How about 39,500 yuan? I shook my head and walked towards the door. Thirty-nine thousand yuan.He said. Sorry, Mr. Han, 38,500 yuan is indeed my limit. I have no intention of selling this house so cheaply.If I sell it to a real estate company, it may sell better. I pay cash, all cash. when?he asks. At twelve o'clock tomorrow night, if the one hundred yuan is not confiscated, or you will get a check for 38,400 yuan, which can be cashed after the transfer is successfully endorsed.Adding the one hundred yuan I gave you first, it is exactly thirty-eight thousand and five hundred yuan. Where is the one hundred yuan?I took the wallet out of my pocket and handed him a hundred dollars. Han Ao returned to the dining room.There are still many photocopiers in the dining room. He leaned on one of the photocopiers and wrote me a receipt with a pen. I took the receipt, looked at it, and reached out to him for the key. He put the key in the palm of my hand. Twelve o'clock tomorrow night.He said. Twelve o'clock tomorrow night.I said. Of course, twelve o'clock is just talk.It doesn't have to be that punctual either.He said: It seems that before twelve o'clock you should know whether you want it or not.Once you know, please let me know first.I don't like being woken up by others at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. Will not.I said: I said twelve o'clock, but I just said it a little longer, so that I can have more time.Girls are slower to decide things. I see.He said.After a while, he said vaguely: This is also a big deal. I put the key and receipt in my pocket. I don't really know much about you, do I?He suddenly remembered to ask. I told him where my bank account is.I said again: how to deal with these wastes?Will anyone move out? In fact, it should have moved away. I have to declare that I am not responsible for these things. Of course you are not responsible.They moved to use it, and they should have moved away by now. What do you think that person's name is He Long? Yes, He Long. Is there any information about him?I asked. There's some kind of office in the Monador Building.I have his phone number at home.That call was answered by a woman who said that He Long had no problem 100% Honestly speaking, these machines seem to be worth thousands of dollars there. At least, then He Long also has a set of keys, right?I asked. Oh yes.He said he was going to bring the documents in for photocopying, so I gave him a set of keys. You said you have his information? Surely it wasn't enough that the office was in the Monador Building? I said: It must be a big business. As far as I can see, his office is not small.Han said. that's for sure.I said: If these machines were originally in his office, the office would definitely not be too small.Mr. Han, for the sake of safety, I think we should check the brand and quantity of the current machines to avoid future disputes. Han Aoneng said: I will not have any disputes.On the receipt for his short-term temporary rent, I wrote it clearly.Counting is of no use to you. It would be bad if He Long said that I stole some of his machines in the future. He needs proof first. He could tell the machine was gone. I don't see any use.You have to prove that you got it. I said: No matter how you say it, I can never go wrong when I make a list. You can do what you want, Han said: I won't wait for you so long.This matter has nothing to do with me, and it is so late.If He Long doesn't come back to pick up the machine tomorrow, I will ask him another hundred yuan a day, and maybe find someone to estimate the price and sell the machine at a low price. Well, I said: I will write the list tomorrow. A list is useless without witnesses.Han said: He Long would say that you made the list after you took one or two machines from him. That's true too.Is there any hope? Please wait a moment and help me order these things. It's really good for both of us, Mr. Han. Alright alright!He said: You really know how to wrap things up. In this way, we only order the number of large pieces, and we don't look at the model.You see, there are two on the left, and one in the middle. There are five in total here, and they are all photocopiers. That's right.I said: Regardless of the model, there are five photocopiers here. Well, I remember, he said: Actually, that's enough.These things, anyway, someone will come and remove them early in the morning. I hope by the time my fiancée arrives, the oddities will have been removed.I said: These things are too out of place in the dining room. OK, OK, tell her what you want, I'm going home. How did they move these things, a truck?I asked. It should be, this kind of thing can't be put in the car. With Mr. Han leading the way, we walked out of the house, and the front door had a spring lock that would automatically close the door.He walked to the corner of the road, got in the car and left. I went back into the house, turned on all the lights, and searched the house carefully. There was nothing in the house but five photocopiers, each mounted on a shelf, each with a cabinet door full of photocopier paper.I wrote down the models and factory numbers of the five machines in a small notebook. As soon as I finished these things, I heard the siren of the police car, and the police car was approaching quickly. I quickly put out the light and slipped out of the house. I just got to the gate when a car passed me fast.The car was going so fast that I only had the impression that it was a dark car, and I didn't know anything else. Behind that car, about forty or fifty yards, followed a police car with its red lights flashing and its siren blaring. The car in front suddenly turned into a cross street.It almost rolled over, the tires brushing the edge of the sidewalk; two tires left the ground, and when it touched the ground, the left tire scraped the opposite sidewalk again, and one turned left into another alley.I couldn't see it when it turned into that alley, and it swerved to the left from the car, as I imagined it would. The driver of the police car was an old hand. He turned right, turned more sharply, and the tires squealed more fiercely, but the car was much more stable. I took two quick steps forward to see if it turned left. I didn't hear the tires turning left again, but I heard three gunshots. My car is parked by the side of the road.I moved the car half a street away and sat in it with no lights on to see what would happen. It wasn't long before more police cars arrived.They patrol the neighborhood. More cars of various colors appear nearby.Suddenly, a light shone in my face and a police car pulled up beside me. what are you doing hereasked a police officer. I'm waiting.I said. What are you waiting for? What are you waiting for?What are you waiting for?I said: I was driving well, a police car pulled me over, and then so many police cars came, I was waiting for you to finish your business, I can drive home, so as not to be involved in your business. I want to see your driver's license first.said the officer. Reluctantly, I showed him my driver's license. Suddenly, the officer became alert.rely!He said: You are Lai Tangnuo!You've been involved in this case, haven't you? Which case? You're an old friend of Officer Mi, aren't you? I know him, right. You, don't move, you wait here, don't go. The officer returned to his car and spoke on his radio.Four or five minutes later, he came over with a completely changed attitude. what are you doing around herehe asks. Take a case. The case made it necessary for you to come here? Yes. What case? Officer Mi he knows.I want to receive a compensation. Shanlou said that you have received the compensation. That's only half the job, I have the other half. The officer said: Sorry, Lai, I'm going to do a search. Check what? You, come out for me and face the car.Put both hands on the roof of the car. Are you trying to search me? That's right, I want to search you. You have no right! I must search.You are fooling around in this case. Which case? You know, murder. I'm just representing my client, and I said: And I'm being led around by your police.You have no right to search me anyway. The police officer said: It's okay to tell you, someone broke into Lawyer Fei's house.Tear off the District Attorney's seal, which is a big criminal offense, and search the inside of the house.A neighbor reported the incident to the police.The occupants of the house fled in their cars before the police car arrived a step away.If it wasn't for a flat tire on the police car later, we would have caught him. The officer fired a warning shot, then fired one shot at his tire and one shot at his gas tank. No one ever shot me.I said. That's your word.We see you parked here as if innocent.Old friend, have you appeared too many times in this case? The police officer still searched me, but he didn't check the inside of my wallet or the small notebook in my pocket.He did, however, find the key to the house at 1369 Hamme Street.The keys didn't say which house they belonged to. You have quite a few keys, boy.He said. Mendo, there is no way. You have a key pouch with keys in your right trouser pocket, another set of keys in your left trouser pocket, and a single key in your right top pocket. guilty? These are the keys to those doors? I said: I have an apartment; I have a big office; I have many different places where I can meet clients.I have no reason to tell you which key goes with which door.If you want to take these keys to the gate of the matching lawyer, you go ahead and I have no objection. We mean it too.The police officer said: You go with my car, don't try to slip away. I followed his car to Lawyer Fei's magnificent residence.The officer carefully tried each of my keys, trying the locks on the front and back doors of Lawyer Fei's house, and finally he gave up. Well, he said: you can leave now.But most likely, Shanlou himself will come to you.Shanlou has always believed that you are involved in this case. You also told Shanlou for me that his talent is still a little bit short for this kind of well-designed murder case. The officer is angry. I said: OK, I'll go now, okay? Wait a minute, he said: I will contact the headquarters again, maybe they still have opinions on you, I agreed to contact them. How long do I have to wait? Ten minutes!I get it, he sent someone to follow me. How the man following me reported to the officer that he was in position, I don't know.Anyway, twelve minutes later the officer said: You can go now, we don't want you to appear in this case again. I knew they would have at least two groups following me, so I went straight back to the apartment and didn't come out. In fact, there is nothing to do, except to see Daphne, I don't know how she is doing.But I can't go, the police will know as soon as I go. I know that Ge Dafen is Shanlou's favorite interviewee right now.