Chapter 24 Section 23

Wang Qiming went upstairs to his bedroom.He took out a briefcase from under the wardrobe. He took the briefcase downstairs to the living room, spread stacks of cut newspapers in the briefcase, and after spreading out, spread a layer of banknotes on the top floor.That was the few hundred dollars he had. He closed the lid and locked it. Jerry lay on the sofa, watching him. He went to the desk again, opened a drawer, and took out his Italian-made revolver.He checked the magazine: seven rounds, glowing cold and eerie.He pushed the magazine on, closed the safety, and put the gun in his coat pocket.

All ready. Look at the watch, there is still half an hour. He took a deep breath, touched the gun, and walked out of the house with the briefcase. late at night.It's dark. No vehicles in sight on the highway. He drove the car to the designated place with a blank expression on his face.At this time, he didn't think about anything, and there was no expression on his face. He wants to rescue Ningning, even if he dies. The headlights of passing vehicles happened to pass by, across his roof and across his dull face. The car stopped beside the bridge hole.The long bridge hole was pitch black.On the other side of the bridge hole is the cemetery, so lonely that there are no will-o'-the-wisps, only a waning moon hanging far away in the corner of the sky.

Wang Qiming got out of the car, carried the briefcase, and wandered by the bridge opening, reckoning that the time was up, but no one appeared. He felt himself shivering, partly cold, partly nervous. He squatted down, fixed his eyes on the entrance of the bridge hole, and listened carefully with his ears pricked up, like a cat waiting at the entrance of the cave for prey.A voice came out of the hole. "Put the money down." It was the voice of the caller.The sound echoed in the bridge hole. "I want to see my daughter first!" Wang Qiming said firmly. "Put the money down and take ten steps back!"

An order came from the bridge hole. Wang Qiming could hear footsteps in the bridge hole. He ignored the order, and instead took two steps forward. "Did you hear that! Put the money down!" Wang Qiming still did not put down the briefcase. "Put the money down and take ten steps back, or I'll shoot you!" "No one, I can't put money!" The voice in the bridge hole: "I'll beat you dozens of times. If you don't give up the money, I'll kill your daughter first!" "How do I know, my daughter is here!" Wang Qiming shouted angrily. "Ningning—! Ningning—!"

"one two three four……" Wang Qiming hesitated.When he counted to "six", he couldn't help throwing the briefcase on the ground. Someone was walking out of the bridge hole. "That's about the same!" The gangster came out.Wang Qiming felt even more disturbed, the money in the briefcase could not be seen through by them. Kill the guy who came to get the money.Check, I don't know how many gangsters there are, Ningning is still in their hands... He reached into his coat. Suddenly, someone fell down in the bridge hole, followed by Ning Ning's shout:

"Dad—dad—! Leave me alone! Don't give it to them! Don't—" Immediately afterwards, there were two gunshots! There was another rush of footsteps, mixed with curse words. Wang Qiming pulled out his gun desperately and rushed into the bridge hole. "Ningning—Ningning—" He rushed into the bridge hole, and saw several shadows in a daze, disappearing at the other end of the bridge hole. He wants to kill these bastards! He ran a few steps to chase after him, but he was caught by something soft under his feet. In the darkness, he heard his daughter moaning. He bent down and groped.He called: "Ningning! Ningning! Where are you?"

Suddenly, his hand touched Ning Ning's chest and Ning Ning's face. He quickly squatted down.His hands were stained with Ning Ning's hot blood. He leaned against Ning Ning's ear and called softly: "Ning Ning! Ning Ning! I am Dad, Dad is here, Dad is here to pick you up." In the darkness, he heard Ning Ning's extremely weak voice: "dad." "Hey, Ningning." "Dad...I..." "what would you like?" "...I'm going back...home." "Hey, Dad is here to take you home." "No. Back... back to my hometown."

Wang Qiming's hot tears welled up all at once.He picked up his blood-covered daughter and staggered out of the bridge hole.He felt blood gushing out of the two gun holes on Ning Ning's chest. The blood flowed all over him and stained his pants. "dad!" "Ningning! Dad, listen!" "Take me...back to my hometown..." "Let's go, this..." Wang Qiming felt the body of the daughter in his arms tremble and became stiff.He saw his daughter's pale gray face in the light of the highway. She has closed her eyes.she will never... Wang Qiming was stunned, turned around after a while, and shouted in despair at the dark bridge hole:

"I fuck your ancestors!" His curse echoed in the bridge hole for a long time. He hugged his daughter's body and got into the car. On the expressway, occasionally lights flashed across his face, as well as the face of the dead Ning Ning.He held Ning Ning's head in his arms, crying and saying, "Ning Ning! Ning Ning! You go to bed first, you go to sleep for a while, we're going home now, back to our hometown, back to our hometown..." ... Although it was only two o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was completely dark, which was almost the same as in the usual evening.Cars on the road had to turn on their lights.

It's getting windy. Gloomy dark clouds pressed down on the roofs of New York skyscrapers. After a while, the top floors of the buildings were completely shrouded in dark clouds and difficult to see. The wind is getting stronger and stronger.It rolled up the old newspapers on the ground and swept them across the road without pedestrians. Some newspapers hit the street lamps, rattling and rattling; People who drive all know that a heavy rain is coming, so they step up the accelerator and get home before the heavy rain pours down. The rumbling thunder exploded overhead. Wang Qiming was driving his new car and had just passed the subsea tunnel when the heavy rain poured down like Niagara Falls.

The rain hit the roof of his car heavily, making a "bang bang" sound. The wipers are busy in third gear, quickly wiping away the rain.However, everything in front is still covered by the rain curtain, and nothing can be seen clearly. The car splashed two waves, like a speedboat speeding through the water. The car was constantly hindered by standing water, so it was difficult for him to hold the steering wheel, and the car swayed from side to side.But he didn't slow down at all, and his right foot never took off the accelerator. The car was rushing, fighting, and speeding in the storm. A bunch of white flowers placed in front of the driver's platform was thrown to the ground by the violent swing of the car body. Holding the steering wheel with his left hand, he freed his right hand and bent down to pick up the white flower.His eyes were still fixed on the front, and his right hand was groping on the ground. Finally, he touched the bunch of small white flowers.He held it between his fingers and was about to put it on his chest when he suddenly noticed a pair of red brake lights flashing ahead.It's too late to fight for the brakes. He turned the steering wheel quickly to the left.But the highway wall on the left rushed towards his car's nose. He turned the steering wheel to the right again, and the car scraped against the concrete wall, splashing a series of sparks, and rushed over. On the body of this new car, there was a deep scratch from the beginning to the end that could never be repaired. Wang Qiming remained calm and was still speeding up, allowing the injured car to rush through the rain barrier like an arrow. In the cemetery, there are usually few people, and in today's bad weather, there are even fewer people. He opened the car door, and as soon as he stuck his head out, the heavy rain hit his face, making him unable to lift his head. He bent down, tightly guarding the bouquet of white flowers, looking for his daughter's tombstone in the heavy rain. In the heavy rain, he was looking for it.The rain made it hard for him to open his eyes, and the writing on the tombstones became blurred, making it difficult to read for a while. A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky. As if relying on the reminder and guidance of the lightning, he found Ning Ning's tombstone at a glance. Every time she appeared, it was so sudden that he was caught off guard. He stood in front of his daughter's tombstone. engraved on the tombstone CATHY WANGEEB1969-DEC1988 (Kath Wang, born in 1969, died in 1988) He recognized the tombstone, as if studying his daughter's face. With trembling hands, he took out the bouquet of small white flowers and placed it in front of the tombstone. That delicate little flower, how could it withstand the blowing of the storm, was beaten and paralyzed on the grass in front of the tombstone in the blink of an eye. boom. Another long series of huge thunder, like a hundred cannons, bombarded here. He felt that it was his own skin that had been peeled off and turned into a drumhead, and drumsticks weighing more than a dozen pounds were beating his back. Shocked his heart. He wiped the water on his face with his arm and the back of his hand, whether it was rain or tears.He wanted to take another look at the little white flower.However, the white flowers have disappeared in the rainstorm. "Ning Ning." He said that only he could hear that voice, but he firmly believed that Ning Ning heard it too. "Daddy is here to see you." He paused for a while... "It's Dad who made a mistake, Ningning! It's Dad who is sorry for you!" Having said that, he ran in front of the tombstone involuntarily, resting his head on the tombstone, his shoulders twitching uncontrollably. He cried so sadly that his sentence was already incoherent, but he was still talking to his daughter, and he firmly believed that Ningning would hear his confession under the nine springs.Suddenly, he found a petal of a white flower.He put the petals on his lips like he found some treasure, kissed, kissed... "Ningning, I was wrong, I was really wrong!" What is wrong? Did you hit your daughter? Is she not allowed to be independent, or is she allowed to be independent too early? Should I go to that hellish bridge hole, or should I go there? Should she be allowed to come to New York?Or should I not even come here? What is wrong? Wang Qiming himself could not explain clearly.He just let tears pour out everything in his heart—what he understood, what he didn’t understand, what was right and what was wrong—to his daughter. My daughter will definitely understand. After Wang Qiming got home, he changed into a suit of clothes.He remembered that the CAAC flight would not arrive in New York for another two hours. He has to pick someone up. But just as he was about to go out, the phone rang.He decided not to answer the phone. The phone was still ringing when he locked the door.He changed his mind, opened the door, and answered the call. The call was from Anthony.He told Wang Qiming that his financial situation had improved, and he would pay off the previous debts for those goods in the near future. "Once again, I apologize," Anthony said on the phone. "I hope we will have more successful cooperation in the future." "Thank you." Wang Qiming said calmly. "When will I talk to you about your next steps?" Anthony asked enthusiastically. "Not now, I'm going to the airport to pick up my friend from China, sorry!" "That can't be delayed, you go, let's talk. By the way, Chineseboy?" (Chinese boy?) "yes." "Hope he's as lucky as you." "I think so." He hung up the phone, walked out of the room again, and drove to Kennedy International Airport. The rain stopped, and his car was driving on the washed-out highway. In the distance, the tall buildings in Manhattan have already lit up their lights. The lights were extraordinarily dazzling. Especially the two most famous buildings, the Empire State Building and the New York Cathedral, the tops of the two buildings, like two sharp points, were inserted into the sky. On the highway covered with rainwater, the reflection of the two sharp knives appeared. He suddenly felt pain in his chest, as if a sharp knife had pierced his chest. He made it to JFK in time. The CAAC flight had just entered the port, and a large number of passengers from mainland China were pouring out of the lobby. Each of their big eyes revealed undisguised curiosity and wonder. "Qi Ming - buddies!" At least Wang heard someone calling him, and looked up, it was Deng Wei.Deng Wei walked towards him quickly, carrying a big suitcase and luggage. Wang Qiming went up to meet him. Deng Wei put down the big suitcase and luggage, and hugged him warmly.Deng Wei burst into tears, extremely excited: "I can't thank you enough, man! I wouldn't be able to get out without you!" "Let's go on the road, Deng Wei." Wang Qiming wanted to laugh but couldn't, and had to force a smile. For sure, this smile is uglier than crying. "Qiming! Where's sister-in-law?" "She's too busy!" "No matter how busy you are, you can't stop picking up your buddies! If she puts on airs with your buddies, hurry up tomorrow, and I'll scold her, so don't stop her!" "Let's go!" "Where is Ning Ning? In fact, I miss her the most. You don't know how close she is to me since you left. Guess what, she has called me dad. This girl must see me better than you Still happy - I brought sachima too - she loves this!" Wang Qiming quickly covered his face with a suitcase. Deng Wei chattered excitedly while walking: "Unexpectedly, our buddies gathered together again in New York! Do you remember the night before you left ten years ago? The four of us, eating raw cabbage hearts and drinking Maotai? You must have forgotten it long ago!" Wang Qiming covered his face with a suitcase, and tears could flow down as much as he wanted. Deng Wei still said: guess what?Regarding the performance of the two of you in the United States, there may be rumors in the group that Haizi has gone.Big upstart, big boss, make a fortune!Who is not envious! " They got out of the airport, into their car, and onto the highway. "Brothers!" Deng Wei asked, "How much does this car cost? This car, if this car is driven in Beijing, it will knock down a lot of people!" Wang Qiming remembered that his daughter said the same thing when she first arrived in New York, and couldn't help feeling tense. "Hey! Look at this car." Deng Wei looked out the window, "Why are there so many of them! This road is wide and flat, yo, it is an overpass, it is called modernization! " Wang Qiming didn't speak, just looked forward.Say?what did you say? Deng Wei also noticed his silence, and asked: "Boys! Why don't you speak? Not happy to see me here?Afraid of causing you trouble?buddies!Don't worry, I will never trouble you.You can become a millionaire empty-handed, so can I. We follow your example and take the medicine according to the prescription, you! " "I'm not afraid of trouble," Wang Qiming said, "I'm not feeling well, I have a headache." "Why didn't you say it earlier." Only then did Deng Wei shut his mouth. The car drove into Manhattan, and he couldn't help it again. "Gaila, this place is so beautiful! Heaven..." He rolled down the car window and looked greedily at everything here. Wang Qiming drove through Manhattan and came to Harlem. "Boys! Where are you pulling me?" Deng Wei couldn't help it again, "What the hell is this place? Why is there such a fucking place in New York! Don't be funny Hey, don't be funny, why did you stop. " The car stopped in front of the house where Wang Qiming lived when he first arrived in New York. Wang Qiming got out of the car and took luggage for Deng Wei. Deng Wei asked suspiciously: "Boys, what's going on?" "Considering your financial problems when you first came here, the rent here is relatively cheap." He helped Deng Wei move his luggage into the small dirty and dark building. "What's the matter, you left here for the buddies?" "No. This floor is too expensive. I booked you the basement." "I said... buddies, what are you making fun of me for?" Wang Qiming turned around, took out an envelope and said, "Here is 500 US dollars, including the rent and deposit, the total is 900 yuan. You use it first, and then return it to me when you have money." Deng Wei was dumbfounded. Wang Qiming looked at his watch and said, "I have something urgent to go." After speaking, Wang Qiming opened the door and went out. From the small window in the basement, Deng Wei cursed: "This is really evil! When people come to the United States, how can they become such a naughty person! This...this is no place for people to stay, fuck it!" After Wang Qiming arranged for Deng Wei, he drove on the road.He is going to visit Guo Yan. Dark night, dark road.He drove forward by feeling. He found the tape recorder, and the song was still transmitted: if you love him, send him to New York, for there is heaven; If you hate him, send him to New York, because it's hell... December 25, 1990.Christmas