Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

I walked into our private detective agency of the Curry II.Bai Linan jumped up from a chair behind the filing cabinet, it seemed that he was talking to Yan Yihua, Yan Yihua blushed a little, she smiled softly, and kind of replied that I was nice to her. Bai Linan strode towards me from a corner. Hello, Renan.I said. What do you mean!He angrily said to me: Why do you force me and Huangfu Youtian together? I put you with him? You know it yourself!As soon as Huangfu hired you to retrieve the stolen things for him, you immediately came to my office like a dog, looking as if I was the thief, Huangfu would think so, and Ni Maowen would think so.You know, I should punch you on the nose and give you a lesson.

I took out the cigarette case, opened it, and reached out to him.Want a cigarette?I asked. Fuck you, he said. I took one myself, put it in my mouth, lit a match, and said: I start working, does it make a difference whether I look at the photo first or the person first? I saw Yan Yihua approaching us slowly, looking at Bai Linan with a second look, his eyes were filled with the look of a girl admiring a man who is bragging. do you know?He said: You make me lose face in front of all my friends, you add to my troubles so much, I really want to drag you out I said: You don't even know how big your troubles are right now.

He said to me contemptuously: How dare you make trouble for me? Not me, I say: someone else. who?he asks.Seeing Yan Yihua coming out from the corner, he stretched his chin forward and pushed his chest out an inch. police.I told him. He couldn't understand it for a while, and then his chest slowly flattened like a deflated tire.What do the police have to do with this?he asks. Many things are involved.I said: They are looking for you now. Why? They are going to question you. What are they going to ask me? I said: I want to ask if you know that on the day of the banquet, Mr. Huangfu stole a blowgun and a jade Buddha.

Of course, I know. Does it have nothing to do with you? Should it matter? You know there's a blowgun missing? of course?This is not a secret at all, Huangfu called this matter so that people in the world don't know.He also told me yesterday afternoon that he asked you to find these things for him, and he asked me why you wandered around my office, did I know something and didn’t mention it to him? I got the blowgun back.I said. so what?why tell me I thought you might be interested. No interest, I'm not interested in you or what you're doing, as long as you don't go to my place anymore.

The police have some questions for you. Let them ask, and I will naturally answer them. The police want to know what you are doing in Huangfu Feili's studio? His tone is still loud, but his chest has been flattened a lot. What do you mean by Huangfu Feili's studio? Don't you have a key? He didn't answer my question. I asked: Did you spend some time in the studio yesterday? I don't have to report to you what I do. That's exactly right, I told him: You don't have to, actually I don't ask you to answer, I just tell you what questions the police will ask you, of course you have to answer them.

I have work to do in the studio. Of course, of course.I said: You have the key to the studio apartment from which Huangfu Youtian was murdered. He stepped back, eyes widening.What?He said. murdered. what are you saying? I said: shortly before being murdered, you met him once, you grabbed him by the collar of his jacket, and he gave you a hard push with the palm of his hand, halfway across the office.He is blaming you for being familiar with yourself, for being too close to him and his wife, and the police are very interested in your actions after this incident, because Huangfu Youtian was murdered not long after this incident. , if you don't mind, I still have a lot of work to do, I'm sorry.

I left him standing there alone, and walked to my private office, and when I opened the door I caught a glimpse of him, and he stopped there with a sad face on his face. Yan Yihua was watching him, and now there was no taste of a female deer watching two bucks fight each other. I left my hand on the doorknob and opened the door halfway to see what would happen. Yan Yihua turned and left Guan Bai Linan, walked directly to the filing cabinet, and started to do her work. I walked into the office, said hello to Elsie, walked to the desk, and sat down by myself. Bu Aiqian said: Bai Sha called her head off.

Let her call, there will be a call immediately, and the operator will say that Bai Linan wants to see me.You tell her to tell him to sit down and wait. Psychological tactics? Yes, let him cool down first. What about Baisha?I looked at my watch and said, "Okay, make a call." She wants you to see her as soon as you arrive. give her a call. Elsie called Ke Baisha and nodded to me, I picked up the desk phone and said: Hello Baisha, I'm back. When she came back, she yelled at me: You have been there for the past two days. I came to the office to find you. No one knows that you have been there. You didn’t come to work at all. You are like a company chairman on vacation. Those who rely on work to eat, we will starve if we don't work.

What job? Come here and I'll tell you. No, I said: There is someone waiting for me in the office. Let him wait.Baisha said. That's exactly what I mean.I told her to hang up the phone. I just hung up the phone, and the phone rang, and the receptionist said: Mr. Bai Linan wants to see you. Make him wait, I'm busy. I leaned back in my chair, put my feet up on the table, and blew smoke rings at the ceiling.In less than five seconds, the office door slammed open in a gust of wind, as if the hinges had been knocked off, and Ke Baisha strode in. You listen to me!Bai Sha said with seriousness and fury: We are office workers, and no one knows what shift you are on. Someone has to write a report. I promised Huangfu to give him a report every day.

That's fine.I said. Jade Bodhisattva has always been with me.I said, while opening a drawer in the office, I took out the Jade Bodhisattva and put it on the table. What about the blowgun? Now in the hands of the police. Baisha said: It seems that it is almost time, can the police?In the hands of the police? Your friend, Officer Mi Shan Lou Mi.The last time he saw him, he was very interested in this blowgun. Mi Shanlou?He's not in the theft group, he's in the homicide group. yes. Why did he want to see you recently?Baisha asked. Investigate a murder case. What murder? your employer.I said.

What's the meaning? Huangfu Youtian. You said he was said to be dead? Into the funeral home, yes. Someone killed him. they do not know. How did you die? Die from our efficiency, Betha.I said: Someone killed him with the blowgun we recovered. At least this is the current view of this matter, and it is also the current view of Shanlou. Baisha kept fanning her eyelids to look at me, as if she wanted to cut the information I told her into pieces with her eyelids to help her brain digest it. When did you die?Baisha asked. Last night, the body was found this morning. What are you up to?Baisha asked. murder. Who are you busy with? the widow. Why? She may be sued by others. Did she do it? I have no idea. What does Mi Shanlou think? He didn't say. She said: Let me tell you, Lai Tangnuo, if Mi Shanlou thinks she killed the person, and you force yourself to save this pretty widow, you will be in big trouble. Who's in trouble? You're going to be in trouble, our company is going to be in trouble. A lot of people are giving me trouble. I do not like. Mrs. Huangfu didn't like it either.I said. What is the cost? I haven't talked to her yet. Then you should talk to her.Baisha said: Bring her here, let me talk to her, this is your old problem, Lai Tangnuo, you trust others too much, you can say anything, I told you thousands of times, you have to start Before working, you must get a deposit first. According to your tone, this woman may be locked up at any time. Once she is convicted of murdering her husband, she will not get a dime of her inheritance. What else are we playing? Yes.I said: So we can't let her be convicted of murdering her husband. A deposit should be charged in advance for each case.Bai Sha said: Then there is nothing to be afraid of. How much money did you get from Mr. Huangfu? Bai Sha said solemnly: For a man of status like him who promises everything, you can't, what are you thinking?To embarrass me on purpose? No, I said: You are the one who said that a deposit should be charged for each case. Of course, it also depends on the situation. Why is there a change? He is a millionaire.He said it must count. His words are worthless now. Baisha gasped and wanted to say something, then turned around and left my office quickly. I waited another five minutes and told Bu Aiqian to tell the receptionist that I can see Bai Linan now. When he entered the office, it was completely different from when he first came in. All the anger and hostility were gone. Lai, he said: I want to know what the police have done to me He suddenly stopped talking because he saw the Jade Bodhisattva sitting on the glass plate in the middle of the table. What is this? The stolen Jade Bodhisattva.I don't care to say it. You got it back? The thing had no legs, so of course it didn't walk in by itself. Where did you find it? Oh, I got it back. when? yesterday. from there? from the person it is in. Mr. Lai, I have reasons to know.I want to know where the Jade Bodhisattva was. You need to know why.I said.Light another cigarette by yourself. He wanted to jump up from the chair with a dignified attitude, thought about it, changed his mind and said: What do you mean by that? I am talking about you, and I am talking about Jade Bodhisattva. You didn't find it from me. Found it in one of your cameras.Wrapped in cotton and placed in a Speed ​​Graphic camera that only has a wide-angle lens. You are crazy. I do not know either.I said: My partner Ke Baisha has the same concept as you from time to time, so I will not argue with you on this point. However, Jade Bodhisattva was indeed found in that camera. I do not believe. You don't have to believe it.Mi Shanlou would believe it. Who is Mi Shanlou? A very tough police officer in the homicide unit, and he's the one who will come to ask you questions. Does he know? what do you know? You said you found this Jade Bodhisattva from one of my cameras. not yet. Would you tell him that? certainly. Bai Linan squirmed uneasily in the chair: Lai, I actually think you have a good conscience. Thanks. There's no reason you and I can't get along well. no. How do you think this Jade Bodhisattva got into my camera? How would I know.I don't want to know either.It's up to Shanlou to find the reason.That's what the taxpayer pays for, and he'll find out why. Do you think he figured out why? I know he will. Bai Linan seemed a little nervous and pulled his chair closer to me.He looked towards the small reception room that was half open to Bu Aiqian, and said in a low voice: Tang Nuo, we can cooperate.Bu Aiqian was in my private reception room outside, in the office that was only used by her when no one was actually waiting to see me, busy arranging newspaper clippings and pretending not to pay attention to us. I raise my eyebrows. Let me tell you how I think it happened.He said. Tell me. But I want you to keep it a secret for me. I said: I work for the client.I protect no one but my clients.My clients are the only people I have to protect. But, you can protect sources from exposure, can't you? I put a fisted hand behind my head and yawned big.I said: I don't need any sources.I will find everything I need.Ha Xuewei went to your office and found that the Jade Bodhisattva was missing. Did she tell you? Xuewei!he yelled. I nod. It can't be Xuewei. Why do you think it's impossible? because she she She came to your office yesterday afternoon, didn't she? Before she went to work as a model at Huangfu's, she stopped by for a while. uh-huh. But she's okay, she's a good person. Have you ever made an excuse to hang out alone in your outside office?The room where you put all kinds of cameras? She was already out there alone, she didn't have to make excuses.I work in a darkroom.She stayed with me for a while, but she was not comfortable with the sour smell of the fixer, so she went to the office first and waited for me to come out. Did you notice a change in her attitude after she turned on the camera and found that Jade Bodhisattva was gone? He looked at me like I punched him on the temple. understand?I stood up and stretched myself: I must go.Come play again when you have time. I walked past Bu Aiqian's office.open the door. Bai Linan walked out of the door I opened for him like a sleepwalker.The jacket seemed to be two sizes too big for him. Yan Yihua watched him leave.There was only confusion on his face. When I was about to go back to the office, Yan Yihua took out some information from the file, and she said: Information about the case of the Wang family. Oh yes.I said, take the file. She looked at me with very calm eyes. What did you do to him?she asked. To whom? She swung her head out of the door.Bai Linan.she says. I expressed surprise and said: No, why? He seemed very discouraged. real?I did not notice. He is here waiting for you to come in.He said he was threatening him. Have it? He said he wanted to give you a good look thoroughly. Really?Yihua, how long have you been working here? It's only been two months together. If only you worked here longer.I said: You will learn a lot easily.Big talk can only fool the rookie data administrator. What does that guy want from you? What do you mean? You know what I mean.What does he want? Oh, she said timidly: He wants that, why do you have to ask? Of course I want to get to the bottom of it.I told her: I'm not asking what he wants from you, I'm asking you what he wants from our file? What?She said in surprise: He didn't ask for anything in our file. I think he has.I said: Look at him standing next to you, right next to the filing cabinet. Why?No.He was just chatting and rambling for a while. She paused for a moment, and said with a silly smile: "Tentative." I'm still wondering what he was aiming for in our file. His only general interest in the archives was of a casual nature. She thought for a moment and said: Yes, I think there is nothing wrong.I didn't pay special attention. For the case of Huangfu, you have a special file. Yes. What information is there? There is only Mrs. Ko's record of the protection of the treasures in that house. If he comes again.I said: Don't let him go near that filing cabinet. Oh, he's not coming back.she says. This is uncertain.I told her. Mr. Lai, she said suddenly excitedly: I think you are very kind. Yeah? Yes. Why? You are so so utterly fearless. I am not fearless.I told her: I am letting nature take its course and resigning to fate. The door of my private office opened, and Bu Aiqian came out.I saw her looking around for me, but didn't see me for a moment.Yan Yihua and I stood very close.She looked up at me with admiration for the opposite sex on her face.She was about to say something when Bu Aiqian saw me. Elsie came over and said calmly: I'm sorry to disturb you, but there is a young lady who called and must speak to you, Tang Nuo, she said it was very important. Did you say your last name? No. good.I said. I gave Yihua a slight smile, so that she could explain that it was a guarantee that I would come back to continue the conversation just now. Bu Aiqian walked by my side as I walked back to my private office. I'm sending her a copy of the rules of the hunt.I said. To the woman on the phone? To Yan Yihua. Why hunting rules.she asked. Teach her what open season is; trespassing on property and hunting licenses. I smiled at her and picked up the phone. A frightened female voice said: Tang Nuo, I must see you right away. who are you Ha Xuewei. What happened?I asked. A lot is going to happen, and I want you to be here before it happens. Here is where? my apartment. over there? Vision Apartment, 319, can you come? I don't know, I said: depends on what happens.I'm working on a case and my time belongs to my employer. Tang Nuo, please come, no matter what.She said: Very important, important to you and me.Especially important to Feili. I hesitated for an opportune time, in order to let her know that I was in no rush about the matter.Then say: ok, I'll do it. The sooner the better, Tang Nuo. All right, I said, and hung up the phone. I said to Essie: If someone is looking for me, just say that I will go out for an hour. Be careful.Elsie said. Why be careful?I asked. Because I know you like playing around.she told me.