Chapter 10 chapter Ten

I drove to the apartment where Deng's family lived. Deng Shandi opened the door and held out her hand.I heard her mother Deng Yiling's voice say, "Sandy, who is it?" "Mr. Lai." Sandy's mother walked up to me. "Oh, Mr. Lai," she said with tears in her eyes. "What's the matter." I asked. "You did us a favor from the grocery store...you didn't have to. We...I can hardly tell you how grateful we are. You are so generous and kind..." She was a little weeping. I said, "Don't mention it. Any news from Guyamor?"

"The strangest thing happened. I don't even know what to do," she said. "Tell me." "A notice was given to me, saying that a certain Wang Yamo wired me a sum of money and asked me to go to the telecom bureau to get it. They asked me who Wang Yamo was... Fortunately, I didn't tell them that I didn't know any Wang Yamo. Yamo. I told them they might have mispronounced the name. They asked me if I had any idea how much Wang Yamo would remit to me. I said it should be 30 yuan, and they laughed and said it was 300 yuan, and they don’t need to answer Article. They said that for safety reasons, I still need to sign my name."

"When did it happen?" I asked. "Yesterday afternoon," she said. "And after that?" I asked. "Then they took out a money order, asked me to sign on the back, and gave me three hundred yuan in cash...Mr. Lai, this must be Gaiamo, not someone else..." "Where did it come from, do you know?" "I don't know, I... wait a minute, I know. It's a place in the desert... the main city, the name of that place." "Oh." I said vaguely. I took out the photo of Bai Daifen in a bikini and her husband in swimming trunks from my pocket, and showed it to Deng Yiling.

Yi Ling took a deep breath and said, "Who is this woman? Mr. Lai, do you think she..." "It doesn't matter," I said. "Who is this man?" "The man is of course Gaiamo." "Let me take a look." Sandy pushed forward and said.Her mother held out a palm to cover what she thought was an undressed woman. Sandy said: "Mom, this man is really Uncle Yamo! I've never seen him wearing swimming trunks!" I gently pulled the photo out of Mrs. Deng's hand. "Can you tell me where you got this picture?" she asked worriedly.

"Not at the moment." "I...I was wondering when this photo was taken." "I think," I said, "it's a parody. Is this guy really Guyamor? Surely he can't be wrong?" "God, no. There's a little bit of...you know the pictures are like this. But..." "Of course, pictures can sometimes be wrong. I just wanted to ask if you knew him?" "Of course... I'm almost sure he's Gaiamo, but I don't know, he's with such a woman..." "What girl?" Sandy asked. "Honey, I mean the woman in the picture. Her bathing suit is bold."

"Can I see it?" Mrs. Deng hesitated, then nodded to me: "I don't think there is anything wrong with it." Sandy looked at the photo carefully.She said, "Mom. This kind of swimsuit is much more expensive than normal ones. Uncle Yamo has no money for this kind of life." "We don't know where he took the photo." Mrs. Deng said. Sandy thought deeply. "I have questions, Mom." "what?" "I can't be sure this is Uncle Yamo. Those eyes... don't look like Uncle Yamo's." Mrs. Deng took the photo and looked at it carefully.She turned to me and asked, "Is that Guyamor?"

"Honestly," I told her, "I don't know. It kind of looks like it to me, so I'll show you." "It's so similar," she said, "but...do you have reason to believe that this isn't Gaiamo?" "Yes," I said. "There is every reason to believe that the man in the picture is not Guyamo. At least not the Guyamo you know." She sighed and handed the photo back to me. "The Gaiamo I know wouldn't be photographed with a woman like this," she said. No one spoke for a while. "Mr. Lai, what should we do with this large sum of money?"

"Flowers." I said, "You can spend it with confidence, and now go buy more daily necessities, food, cans, etc., and buy more of the ones that won't break. Buy all the eggs and milk that will be used next week. Qi, spend what should be spent, as long as you don’t waste it.” "Why? Do you have any news about Uncle Yamo?" "It can be said that there is." I said. "Can you explain to me clearly what you mean?" I said: "I believe that your Uncle Yamo can't help you every month at present. So he sent a sum of money so that you will not be too short of money when you need it."

"But why do you tell me to spend a lot of money on food?" I said, "I don't know, it's just my opinion, I hope you do." "when?" "Now." "But I don't see why. Mr. Lai." I said, "Someone may feel that the money was sent to you by mistake and want to go back. They can withhold the money, but not the food." "Why would anyone withhold banknotes?" "Oh, it can be said that this is a special situation... Let's put it this way, if Yamo thinks there is no problem, why should he send you money under a false name?"

"I understand." "So, according to him, there is nothing wrong with investing all the money in food." "But Yamo would never do anything illegal. He wouldn't use money that didn't belong to him. If he gave us money, why would he..." "Of course, of course, if you knew 100 percent that there was something wrong with the money, you wouldn't use it. So I suggest you use it up." "But, Mr. Lai. If there is something wrong with the money... I don't want to use it. I want to keep it and return it." "Return it to whom?"

"Give... to Yamo." "Amo wants you to spend the money on food." She watched me carefully. "You want to tell me that you know Yamo's mind?" "I want to tell you that I know what Yamo is hoping for." "You must have seen him." I said, "I came here specially to give you some advice. You put on your clothes and go shopping. Spend a hundred dollars to buy canned food, staple food, and things that can last. Buy more meat and eggs. The extra money will be paid to The hospital pays for the hospitalization fee, and the operation should be performed earlier. Go and pay today. Let’s go now.” Deng Yiling thought about what I said, stood up suddenly, and said, "Go now?" "Go now...and pay for the hospital stay later." Sandy came over and held my chair.She asked: "Have you seen Uncle Yamo? How is Uncle Yamo?" I said: "When adults are talking, children can't interrupt casually, Sandy. But I imagine that he is in good health now, and he may have some difficulties, so he can't come to see you for the time being." "For business reasons?" "You can say that," I said. "He's in the mining business, and no one wants to know where he is, is he?" she asked. "I'm not sure about your words." I said, "If I were you, I wouldn't discuss this matter. I would go shopping with my mother and urge my mother to have surgery earlier." "Will you contact us again?" Yi Ling asked. "Of course," I said, "and you know where I am. It's just that when you call, you must find me in person. If I'm not there, don't tell me who you are. Don't tell anyone but me." Do you understand this matter?" She nodded. "Okay." I stood up, stretched my body, and yawned.I said, "I'm leaving. I've been so busy with work that I haven't slept in a while." "For the case." I laughed and said, "We have a lot of cases." "Mr. Lai, can I use this money to pay you a little?" Yi Ling asked. I said, "No. And you should forget that you have ever met me and that you have come to our detective agency." "But I won't lie." "Of course not, and no one told you to lie. Just forget about it. Unless someone specifically asks about it by name, you don't have to take the initiative to answer. If anyone asks, you answer truthfully. You didn't hire We'll do any work for you. Sandy tried to convince a private eye to go to Uncle Yamo. My partner, Mrs. Ke, turned her down, saying we couldn't help. Remember, Sandy." She nodded. "So, anything I do is a friendship. So, if anyone asks you if you have a private eye, you can safely say no. In fact, you don't hire anyone." "But why are you so mysterious? We have nothing to hide." "Sometimes," I said, "it's best if you don't give information too much to people, because those people may end up being enemies of Yamo. They will also take things out of context and twist what you say to hurt Yamo. I think this is You have to be extremely careful not to unsolicit the reason for the news. Don’t forget to get to the hospital as soon as possible.” Sandy looked at her mother in bewilderment.Yi Ling thought about my words and said, "Okay, I think you're right." "Mom, I don't understand." "Remember what Mr. Lai told us, Sandy. We're not talking to anyone. We're going out now, and we're going shopping." "I'm leaving," I said. "You're going back to your office, aren't you?" "It's going to the office." "You didn't tell your partner about... us?" "What partner?" "Mrs. Ke." I said, "Oh, Mrs. Ko is my partner at work. I'm here as a friend. Anything I do for you is as a friend in my spare time. There is no charge, and neither does the partnership. No records. Remember, you never hired a private eye." I smiled at them, got out, and drove back to the office. I went straight into Kebaisha's private office. Kebaisha sat behind her desk, holding a postcard I had sent back from Cavan. She looked up, saw me, and was startled suddenly. "What the hell idea?" "What do you mean?" "Send me a postcard from Cavan Town?" "I thought you wanted to know where I was." "Where are you going is none of my business. What I want to know is, what are you doing?" "Well, I'm sending you a postcard to tell you what I'm doing." "Why postcards?" "Because it's free." Bai Sha snorted: "Don't be greedy. Is there any progress in the case of the Bai family?" "We found him." "With the blonde?" I shake my head. "died?" "yes." "How did you die?" "Someone popped his head out with the handle of a jack." "His grandmother's!" said Betha. "Good scolding!" I said. "Who did it?" I said, "You choose yourself. It could be either one of the two hitchhikers, male or female. Maybe the two conspired together. Or it could be a guy named Ai Tangmu. He works at a garage in Rome. Night shift. He probably drove a tow truck to repair the car. After repairing it, he wanted to extort money. He quarreled with Bai, and picked up the handle of the jack and beat him to death. Seeing that he was rich, he simply threw the body away. Anyway Anything goes. We're not hired to find the killer, we're hired to find the victim." "We found him." I nod. "Is there any problem? Is the identification confirmed?" "I think there is no problem, because there is still time to get fingerprints." "Did you tell our client?" "I told her." "Did you get the bonus?" I said, "Not yet. It won't be too late for us to wait for the police to announce that there is no problem with the identification. Anyway, we found the body, and our mission has been completed." The phone rings.Kebaisha made a semicircle with her diamond-ringed hand.She picked up the phone and said, "Hello... yes, I'm Ke Baisha... Lai Tangnuo... ︰ Tribune ︿? Okay." She gave me the phone: "It's from the Tribune." "Lai?" Jia Kefa's voice. "yes." Jia Kefa said: "Lai, you gave me a big favor, so now I want to repay it." "Very good," I said, "what is it?" "The police have already caught a suspect, who they say is involved in the Bermakai case." "Is the clue reliable?" "The evidence is solid. According to the police, everything is in place." "Who is it?" I asked. "This guy's name is Gaiamo. He hitchhiked in Mohoff trying to get back to Los Angeles and got caught by the police. They were supposed to be just doing routine interviews. His answers raised suspicions. He was taken back to identify himself." "Where is he now?" "On the way to Bergfeld. There's going to be a commotion, so I'll tell you first." "Thank you." I told him and hung up the phone. I turned to Baisha, and I said, "From now on, you will take over the case of the Bai family, Baisha. The only thing left is to collect the money." "where are you going?" "Begferfield, then to Renault." "Why?" she asked suspiciously. "I'm going to Bergfeld to return a rental car and then to Renault to drive the company car back." "A rented car?" Betha yelled. "yes." Baisha said, "My God! We have so much time, why don't you take the bus and drive yourself? Besides, you shouldn't have a car and rent a car." "It saves time!" "Where's the company car?" "Reno, Nevada." "What are you going to Reno for?" "Investigate the case of the Bai family." Bai Sha asked angrily, "How much money was spent?" "Almost all," I said. Bai Sha was paralyzed on the chair. "I knew it." She said, "I have always disapproved of you taking out all the expenses and putting them on your body at once. I know that you have money on your body that you can't even sleep peacefully. You always say you have to pay me the expense report, It’s like I’ve never seen one until now.” "If you can't use up the expenses, you can keep it yourself or return it to Mrs. Bai." "Don't be stupid," she said, "Why should the expenses be returned to her?" "Why not return it?" "It's up to you to spend, there is never an endless supply!" I said, "You won't give it back to Mrs. Bai anyway. Mrs. Bai hopes that we will not be stingy with expenses for the smooth handling of the case. Fortunately, we have nothing left." Baisha was so angry that I didn't know how to refute the crooked reasoning given to me.She asked, "You're going to Bergfield, and then to Reno?" "yes." "And drive the car back from Renault?" "uh-huh." Baisha said: "Even if you get the bonus, the case will not be too oily." "When you check out, don't forget that from the time I leave the office to see Mrs. Bai until I return to the office, I have to pay for business trips every day, and one day counts as one day." Baisha said: "I can't forget anything. You don't need to spend any more money on this case, and don't gamble when you get to Renault...I bet you spent a lot of wrong money on Renault." "I didn't," I said. "You see so many gambling games, don't you try your luck?" I said, "Of course. I only pay money to see the beauty of the desert." "What's that?" I said, "You throw in twenty-five cents. From a diorama you see the dawn, dawn, and sunrise of the desert. You see a beautiful woman lying under a cactus, wearing nothing but a red scarf. A gust of wind Blow off the red scarf, and the lights go out." "You spend twenty-five cents to see this." Bai Sha asked. I said, "I tried four times and spent a dollar to see if they would forget to turn off the lights in a pinch." I walked out of the office gently, leaving Baisha to sit there speechless.She was so angry, but she couldn't find the right words to vent it for a while.