Chapter 8 chapter eight

I was busy using the phone, looking for people I knew well, trying to find the owner of the car number. The owner of the Osmobile with the JYJ 114 license plate is Du Hanbo. This is not surprising. The owner of the RTD 671 Chevrolet is Shi Yiling, and the registered address is 3064 Denning Street, apartment room 643.I have been a detective for a long time, and I have seen a lot of strange things. I never argue with the facts, so I don’t get used to strange things. I drove the company car to Denning Street, which was a very nice apartment building. The front door on the street side was open. There was no guard in the lobby. Get the bell ringing inside.

After pressing the two buttons, the door opened to the inside, and the young lady I met in the car said: You must have pressed the wrong doorbell. I shake my head.No, I'm here to see you, I want to talk to you. She would be even more beautiful if the shock hadn't faded from her face, clean-cut body, big blue eyes, chestnut hair, a little thinner, could add a few pounds without damaging her figure, but by no means flat, She is a beautiful woman. She said: Sorry, I don't know you, I don't want to You almost ran into me at the Sunset Motel.I said. I've never been to a day swim motel!she says.

Shall we discuss it here, or go inside to discuss it?I asked. There is no need to discuss it anywhere!I didn't know you were saying oh you're the one driving she stopped trying to take back what was said. I smiled at her admission. Come in, she said, and open the door. I went in and closed the door with my heel. Time may be running out.I said: Tell me about you and Mr. Du. how dare you Save it!I interrupted her and said: You don't have time to act, you might as well confess quickly. who are you I may be able to help you, but in any case I need to know the facts first. Why should I tell you anything?

why not?The police could be here at any moment, so I'm giving you a rehearsal. Who are you? You can call me Tang Nuo, I am a detective, my surname is Lai. So it's not the same as being a policeman! No, I'm a private eye and I just want facts. I have nothing to say to you. Well, I told her: I'll give the police my information and definitely get what I want in exchange. I go to the phone. She looked at me, then suddenly gave way: Tang Nuo!Don't do this, I'll tell you whatever you want, but even if the police can't ask you three questions, I can't make everyone know that I will kill myself.

I said: I can give you a chance to confess, but you must fully cooperate.Yi Ling, don't hide anything from me, otherwise you will regret it too late. I really want to speak out, and I also want someone to discuss it.she says. Start with Du Hanbo.I said. Is that his name?She said: "I never knew his real name, I just do not lie.I told her. I'm not lying, I never was I picked up the phone and dialed nine, and she kept watching and knew I was answering the switchboard. I said to the phone: Switchboard, please answer the Police Headquarters, this is Lai Tangnuo, a detective, I want to report a witness to a homicide

Surprised and angry, she snatched the phone out of my hand and dropped it on the phone. Can't!She said: You can't! She starts to cry. I said: I told you that pretending is no good, you wasted a lot of precious time yourself. What the hell do you want to know? What were you doing in the motel, what do you know about Duhamber's death, and how long was your relationship with Duhamber? I have nothing to do with him, I I know I know.I said: You want to ignore this section. You think that if you don’t say it, no one will know about it. This is a murder case, and you can’t get away with a murder case. I will give you a preview now. Chance, you can't fool me, how can I fool the police?

I am answering your question.she says. Then answer well.I said: Answer the same thing as before, before midnight, you will be arrested for murder and locked up, of course I know, a lot of reporters will surround you to record every word you said, and the camera will be taken Smile and be sexy, because this is one of those cases, and it's bound to be on the first page, and the headlines are like: Millionaire Killed on Tryst, Mistress Arrested. I'm not his mistress, and I won't be arrested. I understand.I said: You went to the motel to study with him how to mine because of a gold mine you owned.

I said I wasn't his mistress, I was there for a job. Of course, I said: You have two shares of Du’s company, and he wants the proxy rights for the election of these two shares. You know that the next shareholders’ meeting election will be fiercely contested, so he told you where he is, and suggested that you come to him yourself. , in the name of Mrs. Whitehouse, you can discuss this matter for one night, so that no one will disturb you, so that you will never mistake your commissioned stocks. You are dirty.She said: think of Go on!She stopped, and I urged, "Remember, you are practicing. The police will formally come to question you soon. According to the way you answer now, it will be of no use except to send yourself to jail, but If you are determined to do this, I will not be able to save you.

How did you know I was going to meet him at the motel? Because you are the one who leaked the secrets of Sun's Comprehensive Guarantee Investment Company to Du's Company, Du Hanbo wants to get information from you, and he relies on your information to invest It's ridiculous! What's absurd?At that time, when the police clean up Du Hanbo's company's books, they will also find that this is the case. Once they clean up Du Hanbo's private office, they will know how many investments he has made and how many businesses he is thinking of investing in. The company knew that these inside information must have been leaked to him by Sun's traitor.

Then the police found out that you were pretending to be Mrs. White, and Du Hanbo registered under the name Whitehouse. Then they check your past and find out when you first met Du Hanbo no!She yelled: No!no! Where is it not?I asked. She said: God, they really know Really what? Will you really check my past and find out when I met Mr. Du? certainly.I said. She said: Mr. Lai, I Just call me Tang Nuo.I said: the two of us have to get along for a long time within half an hour before the police arrive. Don't be too rigid. Okay, Tang Nuo, I'll call you Tang Nuo, I'm not Mr. Du's mistress, I mean it happened a long time ago, and I didn't visit him this time as his wife or mistress.

I started yawning emphatically. Mr. Du is the father of my child.she said solemnly. I stopped my half-yawned yawn, and unexpectedly sat down on the chair. What? Yes.She said: "I have a three-year-old son in nursery. Du Hanbo is his father? Yes. Does he recognize the son? I don't know what you mean by admitting, he never denied it, at least not to me. Who will pay for the child's upbringing? he. You said he pays alimony every month. Of course, at the beginning of each month, he deposits the check into my bank for the child's monthly expenses. Well, I told her: this is very important, whose check is it? The check is a different passenger ticket, issued by a different person, and it is written on the back that it is only for me to deposit in the bank. Since the check book can be withdrawn, the drawer does not want me to withdraw the cash, but only allows me to deposit it into my account. So the bank didn't have any difficulty collecting it by collection, I think the bank was a bit curious, but they never asked. Did you write a separate check for the child's living expenses?I asked. Yes. In your own name? Yes.She said: In my own name, the boy only knows that his father died in a car accident, and I have already prepared an excuse for this background. God, anyone can look up the tail you left behind. How do I know that one day someone will come and check?she says. Well, I said: let's start over, I need to know every detail. I must first explain one thing to you.she says. No need to explain.I said: Just tell me the facts, and it's not too late to explain after you've told the facts. You don't listen to the explanation and the whole thing becomes nasty. I said: You have an illegitimate child, and you don't want people to think it's wrong, do you? That's it.She said angrily: How many people in the world do not live the way they originally imagined, and how many people have been constrained for a lifetime because of traditional moral values, but in real life, everything is fake when it reaches a certain point. It is fate. go on.I said: You speak out. She said: I worked for Mr. Du at that time, I thought he was very attractive to me, he thought I was very attractive to him, and I sympathized with him. Why? His wife has a heart attack, she can't handle any psychological agitation, she's not a wife, she's just a woman, she can't even be considered a woman, just a sick person, a heart cripple, Du can only protect her until , can't give her anything, can't make her worry about anything, and can't have a normal relationship between husband and wife. So he is with you. No, Tang Nuo, don't think it's a dirty thing, it's really a beautiful thing if it's like this forever. What happened?I asked. I am pregnant. Why does pregnancy change this? He was afraid that his wife would die if she couldn't stand the excitement if she found out about it. In fact, her life was really tied on a spider's thread. He was really loyal to her, very generous, and very human. He was willing to sacrifice anything. Things as long as they can protect her. You mean he is very generous, generous enough to sacrifice you. It's okay if you want to say that, but I don't like other ways, he can't get a divorce, that would be tantamount to killing her, if she knew that he was having an affair, how exciting it would be, if she knew When a child is born, it must die, he knows it, and I know it too. So what? So I leave. The money he gave you? He gave me funding because I had to leave for a year, and when I came back, of course, I had been away for too long, and he was really lonely. He has a new love again, doesn't he?I asked: Someone is missing your position, isn't it? Yes.she says. His wife died too, didn't he?I asked. Two weeks before I came back, she died. so what? I don't want to bend my knees, I don't want to cry, I don't want to use this incident to catch him, I just leave him, find another job by myself, and never see him unless it is for the important decision of my uncle . You call your son Uncle? It was his name. like him? It came out of the same mold, and the longer it grows, the more it looks like him. Anyone who looks at it will understand. Has Du Hanbo seen him? Yes, this is the main point. Uncle thinks that Hanbo is his real uncle. Hanbo has met him many times. The two of them are too similar, too obvious. Mr. Du is a famous and successful person. Any scandal would be very bad for him and ruin everything for him. I think he must have told you to take care of the child for a while, and he will marry you once his wife dies. That's what he thought at that time. Did you change your mind later? Changed opinion. Don't think about getting married now?I asked. Instead, she said: He asked me to marry him several times, but I refused. Why? Because, I know he is for responsibility, not for love. You also have to think about your son. I know that things can't go on like this, and this is something I want to discuss with him. So he agreed to see you? Yes. Is he going to pick up his old love again? of course not.She said: "There is no such thought now between the two of us. But he registered as a couple. Of course he has to register as a couple, you can’t go to a decent motel and wait for a woman to meet up, don’t put on a show and register, besides, Du Hanbo must be more careful at this time, some shareholders who are dissatisfied with him are trying to find a way to He takes control away. Why don't you find a place to talk, instead of driving everyone to a motel? This is his idea, but I can't decide for a long time, maybe he thinks that I will change my mind in that kind of place, I have decided not to change, but I have to talk to him, so tell him to ask him Check in at the Day Swim Hotel. So you went after that? Yes. What happened? he died. Are you sure? I can confirm Tang Nuo, it's scary. Tell me what happened. Fortunately, I didn't go into the office. I wanted to go in and ask them. I said I was Mrs. Bai. Did Mr. Bai come to register? We agreed to be here Will this set work for the hotel keeper?I asked. Of course it’s useless, but this move can give them a chance to know what kind of person is waiting for a certain room, and let them know that they are not the trouble-seeking type. They don’t care what you rent the house for, they are afraid of noise Neighbors or other troubles. This time you are not looking for an administrator. No, I went to find the car, and I saw Mr. Du's car in front of No. 12.I parked with his car, walked up the steps, and went to open the door. You didn't knock on the door? Of course not, knocking on the door is a disguise, I pretend to be his wife, I want to go up, open the door, and go in by myself, as if this is my own home. Is the door unlocked? No, he opened it on purpose, we both agreed. You open the door and go in. Yes. so what? He fell on his side and was shot. How do you know it was shot? There is Tang Nuo there, I can't go on talking. She starts to cry. I said: Save your tears, girl, I'm asking you, how do you know he was shot? There was a pile of blood, bullet holes one after another on the rear window, I ran over and bent down to look at it, I touched his head, and I knew he was dead as soon as I touched it, of course, before I touched it, I knew it by looking at his face died. Are the lights bright or dark in the room? bright. Is there anything else that stands out in particular?Do you know who went to see him first before you went? I didn't read much.I was so scared that I fainted. It happened so suddenly and completely unexpectedly, but I still felt the pulse on his wrist and forced myself to calm down. Why? I'm thinking about my son, I can't let him get involved in this scandal, he'll grow up to be a normal, well-behaved boy, he has a future, has his own friends, will be accepted by society, everyone just sympathizes with him when his father died in a car accident when he was young That's all. If the news comes out, everyone knows that he is an illegitimate child, and his biological father was murdered again, Tang Nuo, this will be a lifetime shadow for him, he will be rejected by his friends, he will be ridiculed, despised, and finally he will become lonely. The children are the most terrible, and the injuries are the heaviest during this period. We talked about going back to the motel, what did you do? I couldn't bear to see him ignore him like this, so I pulled down the curtains of the back window, at least to make him less exposed, and I wanted everyone to come and visit if I couldn't die. I looked at her carefully and deliberately said: You can also cover others from seeing you bending over to search for things on the dead. Tang Nuo, I didn't search him for anything. But you once bent over. Yes. Was it after you lowered the curtains? Before. You have no way to prove it was before? No but as I said, it was before. What did you do again? I looked around the room, and then I left the place, and as soon as I backed up the car, I drove out as quickly as possible. Did anyone see you? I was just about to drive out of the hotel when a car came in and the hotel lights shone right in my face, and I saw you driving that car too. Yes, I said: I also saw you at that time. you go in?she asked. If you don't all go in, I'll turn around and chase you right away. Why are you so interested in the motel thing? I'm following Du Hanbo. oh.She replied in a low and frightened voice: Then you Tang Nuo, who are you hired to follow him? Not entirely so.I said: I am hired by someone to do something, and in order to achieve this, I think it is best to follow this person. How long have you been following him? Just tonight. Then you may realize that he is very, very poor, he is hooked by another woman, he can't let him off the hook, when I'm not around, he got into this trouble and now he can't get out up. Does that woman have anything against him?I asked. She was a beautiful, scheming, cruel devil, and Duhamber had taken her across the border to Mexico several times, and she had copies of hotel registration records, letters, tapes from hidden tape recorders, and so much more. Blackmail? Advanced methods of extortion.She said: You have to know that in his current situation, nothing that affects his reputation must happen, otherwise some ambitious shareholders will take away the business he founded by himself. I don't know if you know it, but he Currently going through a life-and-death battle for control of the company, some hostile businessmen want to use his company's shareholders to legally kick him out. Do you know who is his rival businessman?I asked. He's been careful not to talk to me about it, but I've been thinking to myself Come on, what are you thinking? I was thinking that Mr. Sun, my current employer, might be his great enemy. Would Mr. Sun treat him like this? Business is business. But you're not sure yet? Can not be sure. You and Du Hanbo have obviously met many times, and he has discussed his personal difficulties with you many times. He has talked to me more than once.She said: "I agree that the reason for the tragedy of this incident is that when he was the loneliest, I had to leave him for so long, he was a normal man, he was so lonely, he told me that after I left him, he had a period of time. She didn't even look at other women, but this woman was smart, she caught his shortcoming when he was most lonely, and hooked him all at once. what is her name?I asked. I don't want to say her name, and now that he's dead, it's unnecessary. It's because he's dead that you're saying her name, and it doesn't matter anyway. She shed tears. I tell you.I said: I want to cry, now is not the time, tell me, what is the name of the woman who gnawed on Du Hanbo and refused to let go? Her name is Ling Peizhu. I think carefully about the cause and effect. Do you know where she lives?I asked. Don't know, he never talked about it, but I know he got her an apartment and kept her there, and that she had great taste. Expenses quite a lot? Yes, it wasn't for the cost that he had recently decided not to supply her. for what? Why did the other men hide their beauty in the golden house first and then want to quit?He himself said that he didn't see clearly what kind of woman she was at the beginning, he saw my shadow from her, and she came to him on her own initiative.At one point he was hot, but At that time his wife died, and he and Ling Peizhu were warmly arguing, why didn't they just marry her? Because he discovered her true personality. So Du Hanbo wants to come back to you? He wants me, she said: but I don't want to go back, I respect him as the father of my child.But when I was away for a while, he got another girl, I don’t know what to say, Tang Nuo, something died in my heart, he is just a friend to me, I sympathize with him, I admit I know him better than any woman and I like him.But once I want to go back to the relationship problem, I can no longer accept it. I have experienced it, and I am discouraged. When I first came back, if he had been free enough to marry me, I would have married him right away.But he's drawn into another situation just as desperate as before.I don't like this kind of secret meeting at all, fraudulent behavior, undisclosed relationship, or another pregnancy. Tang Nuo, it's no longer fun when relationship issues are complicated. It's hard for me to explain to you his opinion of me, and it's not easy for me to explain my opinion of him. Did he ask you to live like before? Yes, of course, he is a normal man, you should know what he thinks.But I only give him friendship, I only give him sympathy, knowing that I won't be sneaking with him again, that I can't have another illegitimate illegitimate child. In other words, you are telling him that if he wants to get you, he must abandon Ling Peizhu and officially marry you, right? That's about it, yes. You are the perfect scapegoat for a murder case!I said. do you think they will Of course they will. I sat there thinking silently, watching her quietly.Think about the contradictions in this case, and see what changes she has in her emotions. She hated me staring at her silently, she suddenly said: Tang Nuo, I hate it when you look at me like this, as if you are dissecting me with your eyes, I don't like it. I was wondering what scruples you must have, and I now know that your scruples are your son. Of course, my son is what I want to protect most.She said: I live for him. I think so too, or you wouldn't.I said: As soon as you come back, you will find a way to get Du Hanbo back. Why do you keep discussing this emotional issue with me now? Because, I said: I want to give you some advice, I hope you can be obedient. any suggestion? You are in a bad situation and have become a target.I said: If you go to the police yourself first and tell them what you know, you will be in muddy water.You will be in the headlines, and even your kids will be in the spotlight. She panicked.No, Tang Nuo, no.she begged. If you don't go to the police, I go on: You're playing their trick, and sooner or later they'll find out who that Mrs. Whitehouse was when she went to the Sunset Motel. The police will do two things: First, they will search the scene.Second, they would be anxious to find a woman to have a tryst with Du Hanbo. She nodded. I said: If you leave the scene suddenly and hurriedly, it means that you are escaping, and escaping is a kind of evidence of guilt, which can be used as evidence for the prosecution in the trial of major criminal cases. Tang Nuo, what are you going to do, drive me crazy? No, I said: I was emphasizing that I hope you will do as I suggest. But it is impossible for you to come up with a suggestion that is beneficial to me, she said: You have analyzed that I am currently in a dilemma.I can only be trapped here immobile, and sooner or later the police will dig me out.Once the news was released, even my son's life was ruined. I said: There is one thing you have to face reality, Yi Ling.Sooner or later your son's affairs will be drawn into this case, but whether it will become the murder suspect's bastard child is another matter. I want you to do one thing, you went to the hotel, you went to see Du Hanbo, you found Humber dead, like murdered, you rushed out to find a phone booth so you could call the police.But before you can find the phone, the police have already arrived.For some reason, you know they already knew about the murder. But how would I know? The police car passes by your car and enters the motel. However, I did not see The police car passed your car and entered the motel.I say firmly. She hesitated for a moment, then said: Yes, Tang Nuo. And, I said: In this case, you think your son is also in danger, where is your son? I never told anyone his address. What is the use.I said: It is useless to maintain this attitude, anyone can find out for twenty cents. He was in Mama He's home, a nursery run by Mrs. He Lilian, who took care of Mr. He alone after his death. Where? In the mountains, eleven miles from Bellington. Parents want to meet their children, what facilities are there nearby? There are motels in Bellington, and this is the closest they've been. What is your child's name? Du Xiaobo. Your name? Yes. You think your child is also at risk.I said: You messed up your hands and feet, you rushed to Belin, the purpose is to be in the nearest place to him.You set off immediately, his father was killed, and you think that the murderer who killed his father would also want to kill Uncle. Why? How unreasonable!I said: Don't argue with me, how do you know why Humber was killed?There are too many possibilities, the murderer is jealous and wants to kill his son, and at present the murderer is likely to drive fast and let Bellin want to Tang Nuo, stop talking!I You have to do it exactly my way.I said: you're terrified, you're out of your mind, you're hysterical, you're worried about your son, it's only natural that you rush to be with him, get in your car, and go straight to Bellingham .You register with your real name at the motel in Bellin, and you put your car number on it.Don't get a single number wrong, you live there because you want to be close to your son, and if the police find the right place, let them find it.I don't think they'll be looking for you within twenty-four hours unless someone tipped off.Even if he wanted to find you, he wouldn't have found Belin in the first place. In particular, you didn't escape at all.It is a mother's natural reaction that you want to be near and protect your child. In case you have to face a jury in the future to explain what you did this time, there will be women in the jury, they will believe your motives and psychological factors at the time, the police can’t insist that you escaped crime, and the female jurors will know the location Head, a cup of tears of sympathy. Shi Yiling thought about it: After what you said, Tang Nuo, I should go to him immediately for any reason. I think you are right, my son Xiao Bo is in danger now. I walked to the door and put my hand on the handle.Remember, I said: I told you that your son is in danger. She walked quickly across the room and came to me, reached out to my hand on the doorknob, held my hand and said, "Tang Nuo, why do you say that?" That way you won't forget that I told you.I said. Why must I remember that you told me? I can give you a good reason, a good explanation, why you left Los Angeles in such a hurry to see your son in Bellingham. She slowly understood the meaning of my words, and suddenly she moved closer to me, her eyes looked into mine.Tang Nuo, I thank you.She said, with tears in her eyes: I am stupid and can't speak. I opened the door and walked out.