Chapter 100 Children
Twenty minutes later, Chiba walked out of the bathroom.
"What's the date today?"
"The 11th." Si Lei replied. During these days in the wasteland, the way of counting days in habitable land has become distant. Sometimes he needs to think about it to recall the specific date, "...are you going back tomorrow? "
"Yes," Qianye nodded, "How long are you going to stay here? Will you go back with me tomorrow?"
"No, I have to stay for two more days." Si Lei was still writing furiously in his notebook.
Qianye lay on her side on the bed, supporting her head with her right hand, her voice a little sleepy, "Can I ask you a question, Si Lei."
"explain."
"Why are you involved in this case?"
"...Why why?" Si Lei raised his eyes and glanced at Qianye inexplicably, "The task was assigned to me——"
"The assassin is already dead, is it so important to find out his background?"
"How can he be considered dead if he didn't see the body?" Si Lei asked.
Chiba was noncommittal.
Si Lei laughed and said, "Are you trying to tell me that I should learn from Paul and Avinash?"
"...That's an idea," Chiba also smiled, "I think the attitude of the headquarters was a bit ambiguous from the beginning. If the higher-ups really wanted to investigate, then they should have sent Team Victoria over from the beginning, not you. A man comes here to organize work.
"In this situation, even if the assassin is not dead, as long as it stops moving from now on, the matter should be over -"
"It doesn't matter, this is not a problem that I should be concerned about." Si Lei closed his notebook with a snap, "You can accompany me to Short Ming Alley tomorrow, and then return to a livable place."
"OK." Chiba smiled, "Sometimes I can't understand your sense of responsibility."
Si Lei blew out the candles and went back to his single wooden bed to lie down. Qianye talked about what he would do after the mission. Si Lei listened with interest. When he heard the other party mention the fourteenth district At that time, she suddenly murmured: "When this case is over, I will also go to District 14."
"Really, you're going on vacation too?"
"I'm going to see the child." Si Lei closed his eyes.
Qianye was startled, and suddenly remembered that Si Lei had mentioned that she had a sixteen-year-old son before, "Your child is in District 14?"
"Um."
"what is it call?"
"Si Yu."
"Why don't I live with you?"
"There are good doctors over there." Si Lei replied vaguely, "Go to sleep, Qianye, it's very late."
…
On November 12, Tan Yi woke up in a cold rain.
The assassin has been silent for a week. Victoria received new orders. Her team will continue to observe Tan Yi for five days. If everything is still calm, the mission will be settled as "Completed".
This “observation” task is everyone’s favorite part of the job, and it’s almost as good as a well-paid vacation. Victoria took her own camera and took many photos in Lao Tan Yi. This pace of life was luxurious to her, and therefore very precious.
Everything is moving in the right direction: both Rishi and Schmidt passed the dangerous period smoothly, especially Schmidt. At first, everyone thought that he would not last more than three days in the hospital bed, but the explosion in the Golden Crow Palace Afterwards, Victoria has arranged to send him to be treated with Rishi, and both of them are now slowly recovering in a safe place.
Obviously, all the bad things are over, and now life will turn to the good and bad parts.
At least that's what many people believe.
This morning, Victoria got up early. She received an invitation from Stella to attend an indoor sculpture exhibition of a new generation of artists - Stella always seemed to have a way to find some weird exhibition information.
Before going out, the phone in Victoria's apartment rang.
"Hello."
"Victoria, are you convenient now!" Zoe's voice came from the other end of the phone, "I have something very important to tell you!"
Victoria glanced at her watch, "What's the matter?"
"Rich's two illegitimate sons organized a dozen gangsters to cause trouble outside the reserve base. It was so violent, and there were reporters at the scene - the base said it was not convenient for them to directly conflict with the citizens, and Pauler had another I don’t really want to take care of it…can we intervene?”
"Trouble?" Victoria suddenly felt a headache, "...where are you now?"
"Endai and I are at the north gate of the reserve base. If we can intervene, we can drive these people away now."
"Beat them hard!" Victoria replied, "beat them until they don't dare to do it again next time!"
"okay!"
After hanging up the phone, Victoria picked up the red scarf hanging on the sofa and checked in front of the mirror whether her attire was appropriate. However, soon, she held her forehead and kicked the cabinet next to her hard.
She picked up the phone and quickly dialed Stella’s number.
"Hey... um, it's me... I may not be able to come today... um, it's work related... I'm not sure how long it will take. I'll go find you if it's late. You don't have to wait for me, go and see you first... OK Bye Bye."
Then, Victoria pulled off her scarf a few times, put on her old brown jacket, and ran quickly to Tan Yi Police Station.
…
"That's what happened," Pauler said with a smile on his face, "After all, from the last time the old police inspector had an accident to now, Viscount Richy has been in your hands. The two children are also worried about their father's safety. Just want to meet - they may not know where you live, and they think that the various departments of AHgAs are connected to each other, so they went to the reserve base to trouble you."
"What does it mean to be held in our hands?" Victoria's expression remained normal, "Please tell me."
"I'm explaining it to you from their perspective, so of course I know that you wanted to protect Viscount Richie's safety, so you hid him in an unknown place - the problem is that they don't know, right?"
"Why didn't you call the police?"
"They are the family members of the victim... It is normal for them to be emotional now. They should focus on comforting them. It is not easy to force them."
"Do you think that since the assassins are dead anyway, it doesn't matter if they are allowed to cause trouble?"
"No, absolutely not." Pauler laughed, "Hey, let me tell you honestly, Li Xi only has two sons. Logically, all his property should be inherited by these two children. Now that he is so old, The Golden Crow Palace will be gone if it is gone. It is human nature for them to have anger in their hearts. Just let them go——"
"Okay, I understand." Victoria stood up, "They'd better pray that the assassin is really dead - oh, I think they are the ones who most hope that the assassin is still alive."
"...You, what are you talking about?"
"Because Rishi and Schmidt are really lying in the underground hospital of the reserve base right now." Victoria patted the folds of her clothes, "They are causing trouble now, which is a direct reminder to the assassins. "
