Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Orus was waiting for me in front of my apartment.She was looking in the opposite direction when I pulled over and pulled over to the curb and parked at the gate. Sensing a car stopped, she turned around, frowned and saw me. "Tang Nuo!" she shouted. I moved my body to the front right seat of the car and opened the door.She reached out and took my arm so tight I felt her nails pressing against my flesh.She said, "Oh, I'm so glad to meet you." "How long has it been?" I asked. "Not long, ten minutes. But each minute seems like a century. Tell me, am I doing something wrong?"

"Have." "However, Tang Nuo. That package is in a place that no one knows. I can get it whenever I want it. It's in a place that no one thinks of looking for." I said, "I could have come earlier. But I talked to Cai Keer." "Who is he?" "Mr. Cai," I said, "is the younger brother of Mr. Bao's first wife." "Oh." I said, "But it was also the person who followed you after you took that bag of poison from Dr. Gui's office last night." "He...he followed me?" "yes." "But Tang Nuo. He can't. I...I mean..."

"Yes, there are two people following you. One of them is Mr. Cai. The other is the person I hired to follow Mr. Cai." "But, does Mr. Cai know... what is this bag?" "I think he knows." "Have you talked to him long?" "yes." "What did he say?" "Nothing. He's tight-lipped." "Maybe he doesn't know who I am. Maybe he..." I said, "Don't be stupid. He followed you from Dr. Gui's office all the way to the station to watch you put your things in the automatic locker." She stood on the sidewalk as if she was about to collapse.

"It's useless to talk now. But if you had done what I said last night, the situation wouldn't be so complicated today. With you like this, I don't even know what happened. I don't know what will happen soon. " She said, "If he calls the police...if he tells..." "exactly." "But Tang Nuo. That paper bag has never been opened. No one has touched it at all." "how do you know?" "It's exactly the same as when I got it from the pharmacy." "how do you know?" "I opened the packet, looked at the vial inside, and sealed it up as it was."

"Wipe clean?" "Wipe what?" "Your fingerprints." A look of panic appeared on her face again: "No. But the bag really hasn't been touched." "You didn't put it on the balance and weigh it?" "No." "When you went to buy it, how many weights of arsenic did you buy?" "Doctor Gui asked me to buy 2,000 mg." I said, "If there's two thousand milligrams in the bottle, you never know if a little bit has been taken." "Can I go get it back now?" "What are you going to do with it?"

"I don't know either. Throw it away? Throw it away? Or call the police like you said?" I said, "You don't know if Mr. Cai called the police. Maybe Cai has already called the police. The police are waiting for you. They may be sitting there waiting for you to get the arsenic. You just opened the door of the cabinet and were about to reach in to get the packet. , they patted you on the shoulder, showed you his service card, and said..." "Tang Nuo, stop talking, my nerves are already tense enough." "But," I said, "that's exactly the truth. We're kept in the dark. What's going on outside, we don't know."

"Oh, Don Nuo. It's all my fault. I can see the poison is still on the shelf, I can see that it really hasn't been touched. I just want to remove it, throw it away, and..." "How do you explain it when they find in the register that you bought poison?" "I'll tell them all about what happened. Do you think we can do that now?" I shake my head. "Because now it's kind of like a story you made up. You made it up to give yourself an alibi." "I don't understand." I said, "Suppose you poisoned. You got fired. You suddenly remembered that the poison you used was still on the laboratory shelf. If the police found out, they would find that some of it had been taken. You want to take that little Refill it. You may be ready to refill it today, but you got fired yesterday and you don't have a chance. So before you hand the key back, you go back to the office at night, and you go and remove the poison from the shelf. You Take the poison to the station and let it stay there overnight. The purpose is to go back today and make up the weight of the poison to make it the same as when you bought it, and then call the police.

"As soon as you admit that you know the existence of poison, as long as you admit that you think the poison you bought may be related to the Bao family poisoning case, you are locked up. You can no longer explain why you have to go to the doctor's office at night , take the poison off the shelf, and keep it in your own possession for twelve to fifteen hours before you call the police. "Get in my car, sit down and put your hands and feet easy, we've got things to do." I got into the driver's seat and let Ruth get in next to me. "What else can I do?" "There is only one thing that can be done. I want others to find you for a period of time. During this time, we will try our best to dig out some information."

"Do you think my follower called the police?" I told her, "How would I know? He's very smart and up to something special. Don't be careless." "But where should I go and hide?" "That's what we're looking at right now." She held my hand and said, "Tang Nuo, no matter what you say, I will do it." I heard a child shouting and selling newspapers.I listened for a moment, took her hand away from mine, and reached into my pocket for a coin. The boy came from the corner of the street, shouting: "Poisoning case! Poisoning case! The latest news. Read the newspaper! Read the newspaper!"

I leaned lightly on Ruth's lap, waved the newsboy over, and bought a newspaper with coins. The big headline on the right side of the newspaper: "Bao Dafen died of poisoning".Ruth saw the title and choked out half of his voice. I flattened the newspaper over the steering wheel so both could see it. "Tang Nuo," she said, "here..." "Save your energy," I said, "I don't have time to perform this now." Obviously the news is the latest news.But most of the content is fried rice.The manuscript paper was written long ago.If you want to die, you have to change a few words and print them out to grab business.The newspaper news is as follows:

The sudden turn of events and even death of Mrs. Bao Dafen this morning made the police face the most bizarre poisoning death case in the past ten years. Bao Dafen was sent to the hospital by the police last night due to arsenic poisoning. He was already out of danger, but suddenly relapsed this morning, and died because of a weak heart. Her husband, Bao Qile, is a successful real estate developer. About an hour before Mrs. Bao was found poisoned, she was also sent to the hospital for arsenic poisoning, although the police firmly believed that the two were poisoned at the same time.Because Bao Qile was able to receive treatment earlier after being poisoned, the doctor declared that he had recovered quickly. According to the latest news, Mr. Bao has already got up and moved, and can use the phone to direct his office to conduct all business as usual. Later, after Mr. Bao learned of his wife's death, he contacted his secretary by phone and instructed to close the office until the funeral was held. As for the real cause of Bao Qile (34 years old) and his wife (32 years old) being poisoned, although the police have launched an investigation for more than 12 hours, they have not clarified yet. After returning home, Bao Qile ate the small snacks made by Mrs. Bao Dafen, and suddenly suffered from abdominal cramps, and was immediately sent to the hospital for treatment. (The fourth edition continues below) Obviously, the full text has already been written, and due to the death of Mrs. Bao this morning, the previous paragraph has been rewritten.I folded the newspaper, stuffed it into the backseat and said, "That's it, now it's murder." "Tang Nuo." I reached past her, opened the car door, and said, "Get out." She stood silently on the sidewalk.I followed her out of the car door and closed the door. "what should we do?" "Let's go for a walk first." I said. I gently took her arm, walked across the sidewalk, walked up the four concrete steps, opened the door with my key, walked quickly with her through the aisle, and entered the escalator. "To your apartment?" she asked. I nod. She looked at me thoughtfully and moved to the corner of the elevator. I pressed the button on the third floor, and the elevator doors closed automatically.The elevator moves up. Ruth said nothing. The elevator stopped, the door opened, I lightly held her arm, opened the door of my apartment with the key, and quickly pushed her into the door. I said, "This place is a mess. I didn't ask anyone for help. The maid comes only once a week. Nobody here will bother you. Don't answer the phone when it rings. If someone knocks on the door, don't make a sound. "I'll give you a code. If I'm looking for you, I'll make this call, hear the phone ring, and do nothing but look at my watch. "I'll let the phone ring four or five times. Hang up. Call back in exactly two minutes, hang up again. You wait two more minutes and answer my third call. "You have to pay attention to the watch. If the three rings are exactly two minutes apart, you will only answer the third time. Do you understand?" She nodded. I said, "There is another trick that can save you. Whether it works depends entirely on whether you can act as a female star." "How do you want me to act?" "We can only do one thing at the moment, and do it quickly." "What's up?" I said, "You can't automatically report to the police now because you can't explain why you didn't call the police last night." "You said that." "I'm just reminding you one more time. I'm going to get the poison and hand it over to the police." "why?" I said, "I'm going to Union Station, and I'm going to make sure no one's coming with me. I'm going to keep an eye out for anyone peeking into these lockers, and wait for someone to come get the poison. Then I'm going to get the poison out." "But, how can you tell who is guarding, there are so many people in the station..." I told her, "I just can't see it. I just have to do what I can, and there are no guarantees." "What if you can't see it?" "If I don't see it," I said, "someone tapped me on the shoulder when I got the poison. I'll tell them, you come to me, and you say you think Dr. Gui sent you out, to buy A little arsenic. You just remember, and you don't know what to do. You also say you don't want to go straight to the police unless you talk to me first. You say you tried to find me last night and couldn't find it. So you go back Go to the office, get the poison, put it in the automatic locker, and keep looking for me. Then you find me, give me the locker key immediately, and ask me to call the police on your behalf. "Let me tell you, I'm going to do a little research first. Let me tell you, if there's that package in the locker as you said, and it's the same package you bought for Dr. Gui and put on the shelf I will definitely call the police once it is packaged. But I don’t want to call the police without even looking at it, and finally let the police make a false alarm. "Do you understand all this?" She nodded. "In other words," I continued, "I delayed calling the police a little bit because I had to find out what you said was the truth before sticking my head out and being a joke. I'm going to investigate before calling the police. .” "Will the police believe it?" she said. "No, but the jury will believe it." "It's too dangerous, Tang Nuo." "But it's the only way." "I'm a little scared, Tang Nuo, the whole thing is wrong. I'm scared." "In order not to show my feet," I said, "I have to act like I'm pretty annoyed at your interruptions. And you have to act like you have complete confidence in me, enough to hold your interest. You're a withdrawn, shy, expelled Nurse. You dare not go to the police, but you still want justice to be done, so you come to me. Do you understand? You must be crazy and worship me. Understand?" She nodded again. I said: "The success of this matter depends entirely on your performance this time. If you miss it, I will be involved. If I can't see you, you will have to perform alone. You have to perform in such a way that you are willing to do things for me. I die. I don't care about you, I don't like your type at all. Can you act?" A wise smile appeared on the corner of her lips: "Tang Nuo, leave it to me, I will act so that they will be convinced." She said softly, "Actually, my part doesn't need to be too pretentious." I said, "Remember, there can't be any negligence. You come to me and dig out your heart. I'm calm and practical. I'm not even going to call the police until I've proven these things. But I put you in the apartment I told you not to leave. If what I found was really poison, I would go straight to the homicide unit to find Officer Mishanlou, and bring Mishanlou to the apartment to hear your story. Do you remember this?" "certainly." "That's good." "But Tang Nuo. You took too much risk for me." "If everything goes as I want, I don't have to take a big risk." "What if something goes wrong?" "Then I'm taking a big risk." "Why are you willing to take such a big risk for me?" I said, "I wish I knew. I think it's because of the kiss you gave me last night." "Tang Nuo, I think this is unfair." "why?" "As if I were tempting you to take risks." "I volunteer." "I like you, you are a good person." "thanks." "I just hope you don't get stuck because of me. That's not good." "You didn't ask me, I'm willing to do it myself." "I think you're taking a lot more risk than you say." I shook my head and said, "Give me the locker key." She opened her big leather bag, took out the coin purse, fumbled for it, and frowned.Then he smiled and reached into his pocket. I saw the sudden look of panic in her eyes, and I hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" "I left it in the pocket of another dress, I changed clothes this morning," she said. "Where is the one I wore yesterday? It's for washing." "No, it's in my closet." "The key is in that pocket?" She nodded and said, "Do you want me to get it back?" I shake my head. "You don't even go near your own apartment. Give me the apartment key." She handed me the keys to the apartment from her coin purse. "Where is that dress?" "You come into my apartment. The closet door is first on the left. Clothes are on the rack and keys are in the left pocket." I said: "Okay, you wait here for my return. Don't forget to listen to the phone." "Tang Nuo, I..." She stood up from the chair and walked towards me with teary eyes and parted lips. "Tang Nuo..." She choked up and said. Then, she turned around suddenly. "What's the matter?" I asked. She turned her back to me, looked out the window, and shook her head. "Ruth, what's the matter?" She said, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have last night. Now you risk it for me. Just because...just because..." I said, "Last night was last night, and today I've decided to take the risk. A visit to your apartment doesn't add much danger." Still looking out the window, she turned her back to me.From the shaking of her shoulders, I knew she was crying. I took a step forward and put my hands on her shoulders, trying to turn her back. "Don Nuo, don't. You don't understand, I was sincere yesterday."