Chapter 6 Chapter Six

At 3:15 Bei Fude called Ke Baisha's office. Ke Baisha heard his voice and immediately asked, "Is everything settled?" "Mrs. Ke, I think this matter is much more complicated than I expected." "what happened?" "Mrs. Valley came down for a special reason. I think the consequences of this letter are much more serious than I imagined. Sally seems to have gone, and my wife may have decided to leave. She may have seen the writing of this letter. Believers. I—I can't go into details—" "And your mother-in-law really doesn't know where Mabel is?"

"I don't know, and she stared at me and refused to leave for a minute. I can't do anything. I'm tied up!" "Where are you?" "In my house." "Is the mother-in-law here?" "Also, she won't leave for a minute." "Why don't you stay in the office and kick her out?" "I can't get away—she has decided not to let me go one step away." "Hey!" Bai Sha scoffed, "Your mother-in-law knows where her daughter is, and she's playing with you. You kick her out and go find your wife yourself."

"You don't understand, Mrs. Cole, if Mabel has met the man who wrote this letter and has heard more lies. If she has decided to leave me, do you understand? I must wait in this room. She will If you come up with any ideas, you have to go home and get your clothes... Now we must find Nan Qiaoqi and ask him to give him a little time. I haven't been doing well recently, and this is just one of the bad things... You call Nan, Or go to his office once and tell him you're going to put it off for 24 hours. He might not—but you've got to try—" Suddenly his voice changed.Betha heard the falsely courteous voice he used to speak to his mother-in-law: "Oh! Teri, you're here, I was wondering where you were hiding... I just checked with the office, that's all... No, She hasn't been in touch with the office. They haven't heard from her... Take it easy, she'll be all right. She's off to dinner and bridge—"

Mr. Bei changed his voice and gave an order: "Put all the letters on my desk. If someone calls me and asks, tell him that I may not come back to the office at all this afternoon. Mrs. Bei called and asked if she forgot. Her mom is coming from San Francisco today. Tell her everyone is home waiting for her...bye, Zombie." Hang up the phone. Ke Baisha pressed the intercom and called Bu Aiqian out. "Ai Qian, put Nan Qiaoqi on for me." Kebetha sat back in her chair, brooding and waiting.The phone rang, she picked it up, and heard Nan Qiaoqi's cautious and cold voice: "Yes, Mrs. Ke, what's the matter?"

Bai Sha said: "You pushed me a little tighter." "Mrs. Ke, what do you mean?" "I mean I'm having a little trouble getting that money ready by 4 o'clock this afternoon. I'm sure I'll have another 24 hours." "impossible." "I hope you can be lenient." Baisha tried hard: "I hope to get the cash before 4 o'clock this afternoon, but it may take another 24 hours." "Mrs. Ke, you made the suggestion yourself, and you said cash." "It's still cash!" "That's not my definition of cash."

"That's my definition." Nan Qiaoqi said coldly: "As long as you can deliver the cash before 4 o'clock today, it counts. If it exceeds 4 o'clock, it will be fine." Baisha wanted to find something to answer, but the other party turned off the phone and sealed Baisha's mouth. She cursed angrily at the phone: "Hang up my phone! How dare you hang up on my phone. After this matter is over, I don't want to find a way to fix you!" Baisha stood up, went to the reception room and instructed Bu Aiqian, "If this guy calls, I don't want to talk to him."

"Surnamed Nan?" "it's him!" "Did I tell him exactly what you said? You don't want to talk to him?" "No, tell him I'm busy and I won't be disturbed by anyone. In case he insists that I'll talk to him; just ask him if he's the Mr. Nan who hung up on Mrs. Ke. Sweet, as if he was just confirming his identity." Bu Aiqian drew a few shorthand strokes on the draft paper, and wrote down Baisha's instructions. "It seems that this is the best way to deal with this kind of person." Baisha said: "If he is not in a hurry to ask for the money, I have something to do now, and no one should bother me."

Baisha went back to her office, locked the door, cleared away the clutter on the desk, took out the letter Mr. Bei gave her, and started working.She used a magnifying glass to study the character of the typeface of the first letter of the letter, pausing repeatedly to compare it to a detective booklet that contained the characters and characters of every typewriter make and model. In the end, it took Betha more than an hour to come to the conclusion that the letter was typed on a Remington, an early type of portable typewriter.But it only took a few seconds for her to know that the memo attached to more than 10 personal letters of Mr. Bei came from the same typewriter as this anonymous letter.

Betha went downstairs, had a cup of coffee and a sandwich at the fast food stand in the same building, and was back in the office within ten minutes. "What's the matter, Elsie?" Baisha asked. "Mr. Nan is calling." Unexpectedly, Baisha said with satisfaction: "What did you say to him?" "As you said." "Did you tell him I wasn't home?" "No, just tell him that you are busy and don't talk to anyone. He said you will make an exception to talk to him. I asked him if he was the Mr. Nan who hung up on Mrs. Ke earlier."

"How did he say?" "He cleared his throat twice and finally said: 'I thought she was done. I'm sorry.'" "And after that? Did he beg you?" "No, he just said thank you and hung up." Bai Sha frowned and said hesitantly, "No! He should be begging desperately." "At least he called." Ai Qian said, "Isn't this interesting?" "I said it's reasonable to make a desperate request." Bai Sha said, "What's his tone like, is he anxious?" "No, quite educated." "Well, leave him alone. I—"

The office door opened suddenly, Bei Fude rushed in and said, "God, Mrs. Ke, I don't know what we should do?" "Don't panic," Bai Sha said, "Is there something else going on?" "What happened again? God. It was connected. You know what? My wife's gone—everything I own is in her name. Every minute of me, every deed. Even my The office furniture is all hers." Baisha stared at him for a while, then turned to her private office: "Come in, let me hear how miserable it is." Beifude started talking without entering the room. "She's been brainwashed and now she's gone." "You even took the clothes?" Bai Sha asked. "Mrs. Ke, she came back and took the clothes away." "Oh! Oh!" Bai Sha said seriously. "I only found out about half an hour ago." Mr. Bei said, "I checked the closet to be sure. I saw that her clothes were all hanging, so I didn't pay attention to see if there was anything missing. But Mrs. Gu was alert Some, she and Jialu checked and found something was missing. A blue suit, a checked shirt and coat, two pairs of shoes, and—” "Toothbrush?" Baisha asked. "Yes, a toothbrush in the bathroom shelf." "Cold Frost?" "I don't understand that, Mrs. Cole. Her cold creams and hand oils are still in their proper places on the dresser." Bai Sha said to herself: "I saw when she left, but she didn't bring a suitcase. These things must have been taken back later." "Absolutely. She went out to meet the person who called her. She was going to meet the person before going to the station to pick up her mother. But what the person said changed her original intention. Mabel came home and threw a few limited One thing in the trunk and slipped away - maybe completely forgot about her mother, maybe another thing is more important - I can't do anything without her. Have you heard from Nan Qiao Can it wait until tomorrow?" Baisha said: "You are too excited. You don't have to do anything at the moment anyway. It is possible that your wife has not left you. She just believed in many things temporarily, and she will leave for a few days to teach you a lesson." "How did you see that?" "A lot of evidence. You listen to me. Your wife arranged to scare you. Her mother also participated in the co-acting. Your wife will come back when she thinks that she has achieved her goal. She will keep in touch with her mother now. She knows all about it. That's why she called her mother down." "Listen to me, you go back now, put on a gesture, your wife wants to leave you, she has her own privileges. You don't want her to leave, and if she must leave, you don't have to. There are many people in the world. Woman. Don’t act too much, just express it clearly to your mother-in-law. After I’ve said that, you can go out for half an hour and let your mother-in-law have time to contact your wife by phone. When your wife hears that you are not in a hurry, she thinks again If there is no other woman, your wife will return quickly—” "That's not the only thing, that thing is here again." Mr. Bei shook his mouth and said. "What that thing?" "Letter, here comes another letter." "show me." Northford handed over an unopened envelope addressed to Mrs. Northford. Betha studied the envelope, flipping it between her fingers, she looked at the stamps, the slightly smudged postmarks. "How did you get it?" she asked. "It was delivered by the postman this afternoon." "The postman gave it to you?" "No, damn it. The postman gave it to my mother-in-law." "What did she do with the letter?" "On the little table where we usually put our letters. But she read this letter carefully. In fact, she reads every one, but she read it carefully. You see, it says 'confidential , dear'." "How do you know this is another anonymous letter?" Baisha asked. "Look, this is the same style as the previous one, and it's also typed." Baisha picked up the magnifying glass to check, nodded slowly, indicating that she was right, and asked, "How are you going to deal with it?" "I don't know, that's why I came to see you." "What will be written in the letter, do you know?" "have no idea." "Why don't you just throw it in the stove and don't even need to look at it." "No, my mother-in-law has seen it. If Mei Bao comes back, Mrs. Gu will remind her to open the letter. She was very interested in this letter." "What if the letter is not found then?" "Of course she will blame me for taking this letter, plus various other circumstances—even if Mabel wants to come back, you see what will happen." "She will come back," Baisha said. "As for this letter, I think we can use steam to open it." "It's a federal crime, isn't it?" Baisha said: "Probably." She pushed back the swivel chair, walked to the door of the office, opened the door and said to Bu Aixi, "Aixi, plug in the electric board, put a small teapot on it, Baisha will open a letter with steam letter." Bu Aiqian brought over an electric board, plugged it in, and brought in a small teapot half filled with water, and put it on the electric board. "Is there anything else? Mrs. Ke." "Not currently." Baisha touched the electric board to make sure that the fever had started. She walked over and sat back on the original chair, facing Mr. Bei, "This matter has locked you up, hasn't it?" she asked. "Of course. If it wasn't for that letter, but, now—Maybo is gone, Mr. Nan's matter can't be solved, Mrs. Gu is staring at me—and I don't know if my wife really left. Just not sure That's why it's so troublesome, if she stands up and says she's gone, she can make other plans instead." Baisha stood up, bent down and reached into the wastebasket to fumble, then straightened up suddenly and took a piece of paper with pictures and words on it. "What is it?" Bei asked. "A promotional advertisement for a leather goods store—it says that you can buy cheap leather goods at a reduced price, or pay in installments, and store the fur goods in their store, and you can take them back and wear them at any time." "I do not understand you--" Bai Sha grinned and said, "There's no need to understand." They sat opposite each other without speaking, and Northford squirmed.Baisha is peaceful and quiet. The teapot began to hiss from the steam.The sound grew louder and turned into a siren. Baisha put the seal of the letter on the steam with experience. Bei Fude asked: "Is there a way for others to check the letter opened by Xun like this?" "After I read the letter, I put him back to his original shape so that I can't see it." "You're much more optimistic than I am." Betha carefully inserted the tip of the pencil into the paste seal. "I have to be optimistic," she said. After opening the envelope, Baisha took the letter out of the envelope. "It's all typewritten, like the last one," she said. "It's not signed with a pen, it's just typewritten, 'Your friend, good luck man'. Do you want to read it yourself or should I read it to you?" listen?" "I think I'll take a quick look." Bei Fude said and stretched out his hand.When he touched the letter, his hands trembled violently.The letter fell from the tip of his nervous thumb and index finger, zigzag a few times, and landed on the floor. "Read it," he said to Baisha. Baisha cleared her throat and said: Bai Sha raised her head and looked at Bei Fude through the reflective glasses. "Who is that woman?" she asked. "My God! Who would know her?" "Who is she?" "Xu Taolan?" "Who is Xu Taolan?" "An old friend. I almost married her. We had a fight—and then I married. Maybe I meant to show that she wasn't necessarily dependent. She married after a while." "Where is she now?" "Do you have her address?" "I—um—" "Yes or no?" "Yes I have." "where?" "Ningyun Apartment, 15B." "What about Monday?" "She came to me." "Do you come here often?" "That's not the case. This is the first time I've seen her since I got married." "She's been living in Los Angeles?" "No, New York." "what happens?" "She came to Los Angeles and wanted to see her. She's not in a happy marriage. She's divorced. She doesn't know if I'm still married to Mabel. She's coming to see. She found my office and came in by herself." "What is your secretary doing out there?" "I had a big accident myself, and I couldn't speak for a while. Ms. Peng followed me in and closed the office door. Taolan——Taolan was very happy to see me." "That was after Miss Peng went out and closed the door?" "yes." "So you decided to walk into the time tunnel and turn back the days?" "Not quite." "Hug and cuddle?" "No, that's not the case." "Have you seen her again since?" "this--" "Meet or not?" "I've seen it." "How many times have we met?" "twice." "Go out and play together?" "Have a meal." "How did you tell your wife?" "Office overtime." "Hey," Betha said. "You don't have to frown. In my opinion, you are just an ordinary husband." Bai Sha casually folded the letter, threw it into her purse, and folded the colorful advertisement of the leather goods company she just pulled out from the wastebasket and put it in the envelope.Added some glue to the seal, sealed the letter again, and handed it to Beifude. "Okay," she said, "if you find a chance, put the letter back on the small table where the letters are placed, and mix it with other letters, that's all." Bei Fude breathed a sigh of relief. "Mrs. Ke, you saved my life. I really—" There was a quick knock on the door of the external office. "What's the matter?" Baisha asked. Bu Aiqian asked: "Mrs. Ke, may I come in?" Baisha looked towards the door and asked, "What's the matter, Elsie?" Bu Aiqian opened the door a crack, slipped in through the crack, and closed the door carefully. She said softly: "Mr. Nan is here, outside." Mr. Bei clasped his hands nervously. "God, what to do?" he said. Bai Sha pushed back the seat and stood up, she said: "Leave it to me, he is my flesh." "Don't let him see me here." Bei Fude said in a low voice like a whisper: "If he knows that we two know each other, it will be miserable." "I said I'd do it," said Betha.She turned to Ai Qian and said, "Tell him that I'm very busy, anyway, I don't have time to see him today. In case he must see me, he can make an appointment first. The earliest time I can see him is 10:30 tomorrow morning after." Bu Aiqian nodded, and quietly slipped out of the door to the outside room. Bai Sha turned to Bei Fude and said, "As soon as he leaves, you should go home quickly, do as I tell you, and tell your mother-in-law to worry about it."