Chapter 5 5. Oh look at you

I look at Xiaoduo, and she looks at me.Who will wake these two young girls from their nightmare? The door beat more and more urgently, and the knock became harder and harder.I bypassed Xiaoduo, walked over, and opened a small gap.There were four policemen with live ammunition outside, one of them pushed our door wide open. "Qin Duofang, Qi Huihui?" Both of our names were called out in a strange voice, and I nodded. The policeman looked at the cigarettes all over the place, swept away the impatience when he knocked on the door just now, and suddenly calmed down, and said calmly: "You two are suspected of being involved in a cigarette smuggling case, please follow us to the police station to assist in the investigation. You can delegate your defense, or you can defend yourself. From now on, every word you say will be considered relevant to this case."

Xiaoduo, who had already left the house, turned around and said, "It has nothing to do with her, she is my roommate." I was speechless and speechless. The two of us were watched downstairs by four policemen. The spiral black staircase was like a deep well without a bottom. As we walked down, we sank deeper and deeper. The landlord was downstairs, leaning against the door and watching us. The policeman behind urged: "Please go faster." Suddenly a young man in a suit and leather shoes came in from outside the gate, holding a square golden box in his hand.He had a face-to-face meeting with us who had just come downstairs, and immediately stepped aside to make way for the "prisoners" who were surrounded by the police.

When I was about to go out, I heard the young man mention my name, and he asked the landlord: "Which floor does Miss Qi Huihui live on?" I turn around. The landlord nunu mouthed: "Here, it's her." The young man looked quite disappointed. He held up the box with both hands for me to see: "Can you take this gift before leaving?" The policeman put his hand on my head and pressed down, and I was stuffed into the police car. In order to prevent collusion, Xiaoduo and I were separated in the police station.I was imprisoned in a small rectangular room less than five square meters, with no windows, and a door with iron bars, like a cage in a zoo.Next to the wall is a circle of long strips of wood, less than 20 centimeters wide. When a person sits on it, it can only support half of the buttocks. It is an extremely awkward posture.

In addition to me, there are two other people locked in this room: a young white girl with thick black eye shadow and a face full of brass rings and iron nails. The other was a black woman of indeterminate age, wearing a floral turban, with a bloated body and a strong smell. I woke up completely in the police car that brought us here, I was no longer in a daze, and my mind could not be clearer at this moment.It's just that I have never experienced such a thing, never sat in a class in any country, and I don't have my own lawyer, and I don't know what to do.So I began to recall my nineteen years of life, what did I do wrong that led to where I am now.Should I not come to France, or should I go to a good school?It seems that I should save my tuition and live in a cleaner or safer house, maybe this kind of thing won't happen.

As I was thinking about it, I heard a whining cry from the next door, and it turned out that Xiaoduo was right next to him.I stood up, walked a few steps towards the door, and heard her say, "This damn little Pei..." I said, "Why did you scold him?" Xiao Duo said over there: "He must have hurt me." The two of us whispered across the wall, the female police officer stood up from the opposite position, walked over here, put her hand on the baton at her waist, and looked at me majestically.Her meaning was clear: to be quiet or to eat dick? I don't know where the courage and strength came from. I grabbed the railing with both hands and said, "How could it be him? He is your boyfriend, how could he harm you?"

The female police officer waved the electric baton in her hand and said, "Back back! Shut up!" The white girl in the back laughed like a crow at the funniest thing. I looked at the officer and said, "I'm thirsty." She pointed her baton at my nose and said, "Back off! Shut up!" I don't know how long I waited, the white girls were taken, and the black women were gone.I sat on the ground until my stomach hurt, and the police officer from shift three came over and called my name: "Qi Huihui, come out." I came out and followed a policeman down a long, dark corridor to another room, a room with a table, a mirror, and two chairs, with dim blue lighting.A plainclothes man held a file in his hand and pointed to the opposite side: "Please sit there."

I walked over, sat in the slightly more comfortable chair, and said, "I'm thirsty." The plainclothes poured me a glass of cold water, and I drank it down. The plainclothes said: "Some girls were used and smuggled for others. After cooperating with us, they stated all the circumstances they knew. Not only did we not prosecute them, but we also arranged opportunities for them to find jobs and go to school. Some people have been law-abiding until acquired French citizenship." I didn't say anything. He said: "Some people refused to cooperate. But what has been done cannot be treated as if it never happened. The evidence is solid, and they were sent to the classroom."

"..." "French movies are bad. Prison movies are comedies. It's not like that at all. Would you like to see them?" "What do you want me to say? I don't know anything." I said. "Tell where and by whom your cigarettes are obtained; tell how you resell them—tell all the circumstances related to these." "I don't know anything. I'm still thirsty." I know he called me a bitch in his heart.But whether I was crying or howling hysterically, he would never believe that I had nothing to do with this matter, and I didn't need him to watch.

I fought with the plainclothes for half an hour until he answered a phone call.The call lasted less than a minute. During the call, he looked at me through the mirror, and his expression changed subtly. Not long after, a well-dressed gentleman came in and said, "I am Miss Qi's lawyer. From now on, she will not answer any of your questions. I will handle the bail procedures for Miss Qi." Plainclothes has no comments.I later guessed that his boss should have told him on the phone just now what he should do. I signed some documents carefully reviewed by the lawyer, and then I was taken out of the police station. When I went outside, I realized that it was already night.The lawyer said: "My car is nearby, please wait a moment, I will take you home."

I wiped the sweat off my brow: "Where's my friend? What about her?" "She is a bit complicated because she is directly involved in the case. However, I will find a way to bail her out. How about it? Miss Qi, do you want to go home, or do you want to eat something? I can drive you there. " "I don't know who you are yet," I said. "I'm Lawyer Fourier, working for Mr. Hager." In fact, I guessed half of it just now, but my mood is so complicated—I hoped desperately to be rescued, and humbly hoped that it wasn't Danny Hagrid, but someone else, because I didn't want to be so embarrassed in front of him.I stood there watching the lawyer that Danny Haig sent, and I didn't move for a long time.

Mr. Lawyer's phone rang and he answered, "Yes, Miss Qi is with me now." Then he said to me, "It's Danny, and he asked if you would like to speak with him." I picked up the phone and held it in my hand. My nose and throat hurt, and I couldn't speak for a long time, choking.After a while, Danny Hagrid suddenly laughed on the other side, a very soft laugh, like a pair of partners playing cards, one made a mistake, and the other cleaned up the mess for her, comforting and embarrassing: " Oh look at you." He said in a friendly voice: "I was supposed to fetch you, but I have some urgent business in Geneva and I have to leave Lyons." "Ok." "Wei Wei, don't worry about your friend, take a good rest." "Ok." Later, when I became Danny Hagrid's lover, when we were in love in the room facing Lake Berge in Chambery, I would recall the events of this day for no reason, and many details could be verified. "You have friends in the police station? Put pressure on me from above, don't you?" "There was no pressure, just friends," he said. "France does this too? Why do you still say that China is corrupt?" "Oh." He pointed at my nose, "waiting for me here? Listen to me, we are not like this. Some French civil servants went to Italy on a business trip, and they have such an atmosphere after returning." I laughed.He pressed against me, ran his fingers through my hair, and kissed me on the mouth. "Wait," I said, "were you really in Geneva when I came out of the police station?" "...I'm across the street." "..." "I think you might not want to see me at that time." I turned over and turned my back to Danny: "Of course I don't want to. I haven't washed my face and brushed my teeth all day, my hair is sticky, and my body smells like sweat...I'm so embarrassed, I don't want to see anyone, the last thing I want to see you." "I don't care about that." He was behind, putting his hand gently on my waist, "I'm just curious, why does this child cry every time he sees me or talks to me ?” I buried my face in the quilt and smiled: "I was stupid and young at that time... Hey, but how did you know that I was unlucky that day and was taken to the police station?" "Let me think about it... Oh, the person who sent the gift came back to inform me, thankfully he was there." Oh, by the way, and that gift in a golden box.