Chapter 9 Chapter nine

I took a night flight to San Francisco, registered under my name, asked the hotel switchboard to wake me up at 7:30 in the morning, and went to bed. In the morning, I shave and eat breakfast.At nine o'clock I arrived at the San Francisco branch of Electronic Detective Instruments. The company just opened, and I bought a pair of electronic car trackers, including a small beetle-like transmitter, and a receiver that can be tracked in the car, just like the one I use on the Duhamber. I hired a taxi to take me to the airport in Auckland.Passing the center of the Bay Bridge, I tossed the receiver out the window of the taxi and into the San Francisco Bay, leaving only the beetle-shaped transmitter that attaches to the bumper in my pocket.

At the Oakland airport I got this thing worn out, scratched it up a bit, put some mud on it, put it in my suitcase, and took the Airbus back to LA. In the airport parking lot, I retrieved the company car, put the things I bought specially from San Francisco into the whole car tracker set I used to track Duhamber, wrapped it in a grease-stained cloth, and I went back to my office. It was one o'clock in the afternoon. Bu Aiqian put down the scissors she was cutting the newspaper in her hand and looked up, seeing me go in. Tang Nuo!she cried. It is Xiaosheng.I said. Tang Nuo, you didn't reciprocate, we never know where you went.you

I'm working on a case.I said. Betha has been telling the ladies to try and find you and she is yelling that your client is in her office now. Surnamed Sun?Sun Mengsi?I asked. Bu Aiqian nodded and said: She took care of it, and you will notify her when you come back. All right.I said: I'm back, just let her know, forget it, I'll go there by myself. I'm going to let her know anyway. OK, let her know.I said. Bu Aiqian picked up the phone, pressed Ke Baisha's call button, waited a while, and said: Mrs. Ke, Mr. Lai just came back, I already told him that you want to see him

She held the receiver a few feet away from her ear so she could protect her eardrums from being traumatized by Betha's yelling.Then she said: He has come to see you, Mrs. Ke, yes, he has come to see you. Elsie hung up the phone. I pat her on the shoulder.Thank you.I said, walking to Baisha's office. Ke Baisha sat in the squeaky swivel chair behind her desk, her lips were tightly closed angrily, and her eyes were as cold as diamonds. Sun Mengsi was sitting in the client's big chair, and he was sitting upright, so Bai Sha couldn't open his mouth to growl. You died until she said, "Where did you go?" She stopped herself, took a deep breath and said, "Tang Nuo, I've been looking for you all morning."

I was handling a case, and I relaxed and said indifferently: Mr. Sun, how are you? Mr. Sun nodded in greeting, and Ke Baisha was obviously dissatisfied with my indifferent attitude.Said: Tang Nuo, have you heard the news? what news?I asked. Regarding the surname Du, Du Hanbo. What's the matter with him? He was murdered. what! Yes, murder.Bai Sha said: What's more, police officer Mi Shanlou has been looking for you.He called three times, and he said that you will contact him as soon as you come back. Well, I said: Should I contact you, or should you contact me? Bai Sha turned on me angrily, picked up the phone, and said to the office switchboard: "Pick me up to Officer Mi."

Just after Baisha finished speaking, the door of the office was slammed open, and police officer Mi Shanlou stood at the door, assessing the situation in the office with stern eyes. I told you about this kid once Bai Sha threw the phone to the phone and said: I was calling you, damn it, you just rushed in. That's just a coincidence.Shanlou said: It's purely a coincidence. Baisha said: His grandma, I will not lie to you, you know it.Get out and ask our switchboard, who do I want her to call, I won't lie to you, the surname Mi, I don't have to lie to you. Shanlou pushed back his police officer's hat and moved the half-bitten unlit cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other.Everyone, I want to talk to you.He said.

We have another client here.Baisha said. Your customers can go out and wait outside.Shanlou said: Our police work cannot wait. Sun Mengsi said: I am a taxpayer. Shanlou looked at him and said thoughtfully, "What's your name?" Sun Mengsi.Mr. Sun said hostilely: Maybe you will accept a card from me. Shanlou came over, stretched out a big hand, took the card, looked at it, and stuffed it casually into his trouser pocket. I said to Baisha: I believe that Mr. Sun will not care about going outside, just wait outside for a while nonsense.Bai Sha interrupted: He is our client, Mi Shanlou, if you have something to say, say it here, and then leave.

Shanlou turned the cigar to the other side, looked at me thoughtfully, then at Baisha, and said, "Okay, I'll say it here."Duhambo died last night, murdered, shot in the back of the head with a . Sun Mengsi started to say something.I said: We saw it from the news, Shanlou. Shanlou said: "Not yet in the newspaper." I say with absolute certainty: it was broadcast on the radio. That's not what you said just now. I mean that. Shanlou said: Well, let me tell you something. There was a private detective agency working on Du Hanbo when he was killed. We need to talk to that detective.

I looked at Bai Sha.Surnamed Du?Du?I said, as if looking for someone in my mind. Sun Mengsi started to say something again.I said: Officer, how do you know that a private investigator is working on him? Well, I'll tell you how I know.Shanlou said: Because someone put an electronic tracker on his car. This kind of thing is a controlled product. We have registered the store that sells it. I contacted the retail store here. Guess what?They sold twelve together, and you are one of the customers.My subordinates went after the detective agency that bought this brand of car tracker.As for you here, since there is a little guy here, I decided to come and see for myself.

Why?I asked. Because, he said: I was born to be your nemesis, and you were also born to torture me. It is only natural for me to doubt you, and you do not follow the right path.You always go astray Now let's not argue, I want to know where the car you bought is tracked.I'm going to look at it, and you all know there are two parts to this thing, and I'm going to look at both.Do you understand?Little one, you have to watch both parts! I said: In the company car. Where is the company car? Parking lot below. Well, Shanlou said: Let's go down and have a look together, I just want to see if both parts are there.We don't ask questions, we don't waste our time, the police are very busy, it seems that you are also busy, you just take me down now, to your company car, and show me the car tracker you bought, two parts I want to watch it all.If both parts are there, I'll fuck off and you do your business.

I said to Baisha without any need and no interest: Excuse me, both of you. Baisha started to say something, I said to Shanlou: Officer Mi, is this the only thing?You need to see two parts of the tracker. That's all.Shanlou said, after thinking about it, he added: At present. let's go.I told him: let's go. I turned to Sun Mengsi and said: Mr. Sun, please forgive me for a moment. He cleared his throat as if about to make a manifesto. I passed by Shanlou and walked towards the door. Hi!Shanlou said: You can't do this. What can't be done?I asked. I'm a guest, you should be polite, open the door and let me go first.Don't think that you can go down first and do what the hell. What the hell can I do?I asked. Who knows what the hell you're up to.Shanlou said: Anyway, if I take my eyes off you for a second, I won't realize it in my heart. He took my hand, the two walked out of Baisha's office, and he kicked the door shut with his heel. We went down from the elevator to the parking lot.I opened the door and said: I put this thing in the space under the seat. I took out the dirty cloth bag, unwrapped it, and showed him the two parts of the tracker. Shanlou grunted in a low voice, and said, "Okay, little one, put it back, I just checked it, nothing else." Who is Du?I asked. A rich man, agreed to wait for some kind of woman in a motel.Shanlou said: Someone put a tracking device on his car, of course I hope to find out who put it on. Can you find out? Of course we can find out.Shanlou said: There are only a very small number of trackers sold in this city, and every set that is sold will be investigated within two or three hours. Whoever is missing one of the two pieces is the transmitter, and he is The person I'm looking for. Aren't you going to ask me about the person surnamed Du? He laughed, took the wet cigar out of his mouth, held it with three fingers, and used the wet end as a tool to accentuate his tone. No need, little one.He said: I don't want to ask you, you are a very interesting little bastard, you like to pretend to be stupid, you ask questions, you get answers when you ask questions, and you get news when you get answers, and you can use the news to make money.You have a way to turn any news that reaches you into profit. If I tell you everything I know, you will know as much as I do, that would be too much.If I ask you a question, you ask me a question too, and in the end I am giving you information about whether or not you can get it.You go back to me now, go back to your office obediently, be a good boy, don't mess around in this muddy water.Otherwise Dad will spank you, and Dad will spank you much harder than I used to. Shanlou turned around and strode away. I walk back to the office. Mr. Sun looked at me and said reproachfully: I have told the police officer twice that you are interested in Du Hanbo. I didn't understand at all, looked at him in surprise, and asked: Am I interested in Du Hanbo? how?Of course. I don't know why you feel that way.I said. don't you? I said: You need to understand, Mr. Sun.Let's not mess things up, you hired us to find out who in your office leaked the news, I know you think Du Hanbo is the one to take the leak, but we definitely weren't hired by you to investigate Du Hanbo, you understand? This he hesitated to see. If you want us to investigate Du Hanbo, I say: That's not what we're asking you for. I think we should make it clear to the officer.Sun Mengsi had no reason and said stubbornly. Baisha said: Fuck you bastard!Tang Nuo, what nonsense are you talking about? I also think we should tell Shanlou the truth. Tell me, what is the truth?I asked innocently. you know. Of course I know.I said: Let me tell you, both of you are eager to spit out the news to Shanlou. He has no right to know the news. The police officer is investigating an important element of the case. In your case, Mr. Sun, you are the head of a company.You have responsibilities to those who own stock in your company.Any time you confided to Shan Louyi that you hired a private investigator to investigate Du Hanbo, he would have abnormal views on your entire career.Besides, he would tell the reporter that a police officer like Shanlou had to keep the news from the reporter, even if he wanted to keep it secret. Think about it, what would your shareholders think when they read in the newspaper that you hired a private eye to investigate a competitor of yours and that your private eye was following him when he was murdered? Sun Mengsi's expression changed from being airy to ridiculous embarrassment and panic.God!He said. Do you understand now?I told him: I was trying to prevent the two of you from talking nonsense about things Shanlou shouldn't know. I will never give a shit.Bai Sha refused to admit defeat and said: I object to your saying that I can talk nonsense. Sun Mengsi thought for a while, stood up from the chair, came over and shook my hand with his big and bony hand. Lai, he said: I should thank you. Now, I say: Since Du Hanbo is dead, there is no reason to invite us to investigate your company's loopholes.Therefore, if anyone asks you whether you have hired our private detective, Mr. Curry, you can say that you have not.Then you can say retrospectively that they have done some work for you in the past, and that if there is work in the future, you will probably give it to them.But at present, they are not doing any case for you. Ke Baisha said angrily: What do you want to do?Expelling ourselves? Sun Mengsi turned to her and said: Mrs. Ke, you have not been fired.You just finished a job.I was just trying to make this point to you myself.That's the main reason I came here this morning. Wait a minute, Baisha said: Don't think anyone can fool Shanlou.Once he finds out that one of the accessories of the car tracker we bought is missing, what should he do? Are you missing?I asked. How unreasonable!Baisha yelled at me: You can't deny it, what's the use of talking nonsense with me.How did he tell you. He said tell me to go back to the office and do my own thing.He said he didn't want me to ask anything about Du Hanbo, and he didn't want me to ask anything.He said that every time I talk to him, I always take advantage of him to get some news out.He told me to go away. Baisha opened her mouth wide and looked at me.You said that all our things are there, and we haven't lost them?she asked. If it wasn't both, do you think I'd be here, or at Headquarters? His grandma's!Baisha said. Sun Mengsi kept thinking.I can be sure that Mr. Lai is not wrong, Mrs. Ke.He said it carefully. You can't recognize Shanlou.Ke Baisha said coldly. Sun Mengsi put her ten fingertips together, looked at Baisha, and said: Shanlou can't recognize me either. I stretched my hands and feet, yawned, and walked towards the door, saying, "If you two forgive me, I'm going to do my own work." Ke Baisha said: Tang Nuo, no matter what you say, I will call Shanlou and I will tell him to tell him please.I said that I did see the cold anger on Sun Mengsi's face. Baisha said: I want to tell him that we have a client who is interested in Du Hanbo. Sun Mengsi said: I suggest you, Mrs. Ke, not to do such a stupid thing. You have to understand.Baisha said: If the police are not satisfied with us, we will not be able to survive, and if we do not conduct business in an orderly manner, we will not even be able to keep our licenses.Mi Shanlou is working on a murder case.He knows that there is a private detective agency working hard on Du How would he know?Sun Mengsi interrupted and asked. Because of that electronic tracker. Then let him find it by himself, someone lacks a tracker.Sun Mengsi said. Makes sense.I said.Nod. Baisha's lips were tightly pressed together.You guys have brain problems.she says. Sun Mengsi said: I'm sorry, Mrs. Ke.I'm not used to women using this type of vocabulary. Bai Sha was really angry now.It was you who came to us and asked for our services.She said: We serve you, you don't care what vocabulary I use to speak.Don't do this with me, and don't worry about how I do my business.I decided to call Officer Mi myself, and I must tell him the whole story. In doing so, you violate professional secrecy.Sun Mengsi said. This is a murder case, and it's not fun to mess with Mi Shanlou.Baisha said. Sun Mengsi turned to her.His small eyes were cold and unfeeling, and he said: If you break professional secrecy by telling the police anything about it, I'll sue you for breaking the code. He bowed to us and strode out of the office with the air of a company chairman finishing a board meeting. son of a bitch!Baisha said. I?I asked. he!Baisha said.After a while, she thought about it and added: You too!I feel that you are influencing Sun Mengsi's thoughts, and you can look fine.I don't know what tricks you did to Xiang Shanlou and what the hell you showed him, but I'll bet you that the beetle you found in Du Hanbo's car is our beetle.As long as it doesn't come over my head.Now you get out of here. I left her, walked to my own office, and said to Bu Aiqian: Aiqian, I want you to cover me. Why?she asked. I said: You have to remember that there was a young woman with a nice voice who called and came to see me.She said that she wanted to tell me important news related to my investigation of the case, and asked me to go to the same place where I met her last night to meet her. Bu Aiqian shook her head and said: It won't work, Tang Nuo. Why doesn't it work? They'd ask our own switchboard lady if they heard a Our switchboard lady won't know anything.I said: That woman just asked to be taken to my office.It was you who answered the call, and she told you why she wanted to see me, so I went to pursue this clue. Elsie said: There is no record of incoming calls. Yes, there will be.I said. how come? I said: you go down.Next you call and come in and say you want to find me.She won't remember that you're not in the office, especially if you go out the side door. She can hear my voice. You pretend and speak faster.It seemed tense, but she couldn't hear it. She will remember the line of how much time the line takes.Elsie said. Go ahead, I say: don't worry too much about these little places.I'll keep talking, and I'll hang up when the time is right. Elsie hesitated for a moment, then went downstairs through the side door. After a while, the phone rang. I picked up the phone and said: Hello. Bu Aiqian's voice said: Mr. Lai, I have an inside news for you.Please come right now to the place where I was with you yesterday. What important news?I said. It's incredibly important. interesting.I said: Have you heard any good stories recently? Tang Nuo, don't do this.She said: Sometimes they eavesdrop. We have a rule that those who eavesdrop will be fired. No, haven't heard any good stories lately. Alright, enough talking.I said: You can come back to the office.Remember, when someone asked, I heard an important clue and went to handle the case. Tang Nuo, have you fallen into the muddy water again? No.I told her: I want to get out of the muddy water.At least I hope so. I hung up the phone, picked up my hat, and walked out of the office.