Chapter 2 Nicole's Diary (Excerpt 1)

"I...were tired of the day-to-day work and routine...so I joined some kind of Freemasonry equivalent...and met Bob, who used to be a boxer...but now, just a testicled man Poor man... every time I will be in his warm embrace, pillowing his fat tits, weeping bitterly... until..." "Enough," I yelled at him, "Turn off that damn TV! You've put this on for the sixth time while I'm with you! I've had enough, turn it off!" I thought he would object hysterically, but unfortunately, he walked to the TV without frowning, turned off the fancy screen, and then quietly ejected the CD, saying: "Baby, you remembered wrongly, this is Seventh time, I thought you'd like it."

"Oh, well, well, the seventh time," I irritated by his lukewarm attitude, "is the seventh time, but please remember, you are the seventeenth! Well, now everything It's all over, do you understand? Get out of here, right now!" It was November 12, 2004, and I broke up with my seventeenth boyfriend after seeing the damned "Fight Club" for the seventh time.He was sixteenth to be exact, because I skipped "13" while counting. Now, life has returned to a level of calm.Maybe the older generation is right, we are the "crazy generation," and maybe only a violent movie like "Fight Club" can occasionally stimulate the tired senses-and only when watching it for the first time.

"Yeah, Crazy! (Yes, Crazy!)" My favorite phrase - people misunderstand that true madness is often a shot of tranquility. Like... as we saw in the prologue, Seth dropped the half of his cigarette, and the rain from his trampling, subtly hitting it... Peaceful, crazy, great couple, don't you think so? However, time, no one can control time, not even him-1999 was the most "brilliant" year of Seth's killer career. People cannot decide their fate!Who can imagine: that Chinese youth named Ai Lian came to the United States for his studies. At that time, almost the entire United States opened the door for him, the best school, smooth procedures, and then officially became an American citizen—— Yes, everything was so logical, even though it was a little difficult to understand, and the young man who changed his name to Seth Waller turned out to be a ruthless professional killer later on.A few years later, he seemed to have lost his memory, and he went to Portland, Oregon, to practice as a psychiatrist.Who would believe such nonsense?

I am no exception! Let's go back in time and start with my cousin.My father's youngest cousin and aunt who was only three years older than I was—Anna Williams, known as "Annie" to everyone who knew her—except my parents! My father, a counselor sent to China, whose name is not important, had the exact opposite view of Anne: according to him, Anne was an unattractive girl, not beautiful enough, and Silly, to apply the more popular saying now, it can barely be called "cute"!You know, if you want to be an official, no matter which country you are in or what era you are in, you must always be good at making money.And my father happened to be one of the best.When getting along with people, he never forgets to judge the value of that person, yes, the value!And Anne is just the most worthless person, even the fact that she was a virgin at the age of 26 just proves that her appearance also does not have the characteristics of "getting ahead".What annoyed my father the most was that his poor and stupid cousin would marry a yellow man and go to the Indian gathering place to live!On this point, too, my mother was uncharacteristically in my father's shoes.

But somehow, I get along very well with this cousin who has a bad reputation. Although I have to live with my father in China, the time between the two of us is pitifully small, but neither of us can get along well. Can't tear us apart.After learning the news of her marriage, I sneaked all the way to congratulate her.That's when I first met Seth Waller—Annie's husband and my cousin.There's no words to describe that guy, but there's something about him that fascinates me, like—crazy. After that, the second time I saw Anne was six months ago.She moved back to the city, but the reason for moving was that the man abandoned her and ran away alone.

Before knocking on the door, I had prepared words of comfort, but what greeted me was Annie's calm face, and she said, "You're here." Yes, I came, and I saw what I predicted long ago—madness: a woman who was abandoned by her husband can still be so calm? !I knew that he must have changed Anne. Annie led me into their bedroom—different from the scene when they were newlyweds, now it is full of papers, used papers, and there are two kinds of writing on them—something recorded in English and Chinese. I can’t remember what I said that day. I just remember that before leaving, Annie handed me two stacks of manuscripts, “Let’s have a look, maybe you will like it?”

I would like it?Forget it, the rambling sleepwalking of a low-level author?But because of face, I still had to pick up these heavy things.Annie told me that this is a story written by Seth within a year of marriage, and it is all his own personal experience. What kind of feeling do you think I should have, personally experience?Maybe!We've all fantasized about becoming some superhero, or pretending we've replaced a popular star — but dreams are dreams.It's as if you were digging in your backyard and suddenly found a treasure map from ancient times. Do you expect it to be real? !

There is another fatal flaw in Annie's statement.If I remember correctly, when Seth's clinic opened, he lost nearly ten years of memory, so how was he able to write a book about his past experiences?Isn't this too self-indulgent? But on the way back, when I was bored, I couldn't help but read the first part of the manuscript.Unfortunately, Mr. Seth the Liar apparently forgot to give it a name, so let me do it for you.In the story I named, I really like the black old man Samland and his young partner, and... Mr. Killer is also very attractive.But I don't like the projection of the author, Seth Waller, it looks too strong and fake.I suddenly warned myself very seriously: Don’t be stupid, little girl, the so-called Mr. Samland and that police officer Carlos are all fabricated?

I didn't know whether the manuscript was the work of a complete lunatic or a poor third-rate writer, but I put it on hold for the next few months. On November 12, 2004, when I broke up with my seventeenth boyfriend, the emptiness took hold of me again.At the same time, I will once again follow my father to the place where he works: China.I dug up the second manuscript and used it as a reading to relieve boredom during my travels. After staying in the embassy, ​​a good friend, police officer Yanke Ralph, called me and complained why I didn't go to him before leaving the United States.As I recalled his appearance, I used "it was all arranged by my father" to prevaricate.Yang Ke is tall and thin, his light-colored pupils have never been bright, and his expression is always dull-maybe this is because his neck is too long-people don't always say "animals with long necks have better reactions." "sluggish"—like a giraffe?Yang Ke is exactly like this, in my words, he looks like a cormorant!

At the end of the phone call, I mentioned the "magical" uncle and his books to him, but Yanke's tone became more serious, and he told me that Seth Waller was real. "Yes, that's right, of course he exists!" I hummed nonchalantly, "Otherwise, who do you think my cousin married to?" "No, no," he said, "I mean, the information he left could be true too! I've dealt with Seth twice! Both were criminal!" "Could it be..." "I mean, he might have really been a killer, and sometimes he also helped the police with cases. In short, he is a guy who hides and disappears. In addition, I also know General Jonathan mentioned in his book."

... How is this possible?Did the treasure map in the backyard become real?I can't believe it no matter what.Since I am already in China, and I happen to have the second manuscript at hand, I plan to find out according to the above content.The background of this story is China, and it is also not named. I call it "in China". Could it be that the case recorded in it that happened in 1999 is also true... By the way, my name is Nicole Williams and my Chinese name is Ai Wei... — Nicole Williams