The next morning, Hao Dong got up at seven o'clock and rushed out of the house immediately to the business office of Feiying Taxi Company. There were many taxis parked in front of the garage, and many drivers gathered there, including the driver on duty the night before and the driver preparing to take over this morning. The dispatch supervisor who had contacted Hao Dong yesterday also arrived. He asked the driver next to him Someone said: "Call Xiong Ao over immediately."
Xiong Ao is a slightly fat man about 29 years old. Hao Dong took him out of the office.
"Did you indeed drive a female passenger to that place around 1:30 in the morning the day before yesterday?"
"Yes, it can't be wrong."
"Do you remember the other party's clothes?"
"She was wearing dark clothes, a mask, and a scarf. She looked about 25 or 27 years old."
"Where did she get on the bus?"
"On the main road near Guangming Shopping Mall. I kept an eye on the customers along the street, and when I saw her waving, I asked her to sit on her. She asked me to walk forward about five hundred meters, then suddenly turned into an alley, and then directly arrived at my destination. The female guest was very familiar with the nearby terrain, and she even pointed out the fast way to me. Instead of taking the main road, take a dark alley with few vehicles..."
"Can you tell me the route in reverse order?"
The driver told me a few street names, but later I found out that we were not going straight, but rather winding around main roads and alleys.
"Do you think there's anything weird about that woman?"
"Well..." the driver tilted his head again, "She seems to be holding something wrapped in cloth."
"Cloth bag?"
"It's not big, but it feels like I'm holding a tube rolled up with a cloth."
"What kind of tube?"
"About this big."
The driver used his hands to show the shape, which was about the size of a wine bottle.
"what is that?"
"Uh... I don't know."
Detective Hao Dong thinks it's probably a bottle. If it's a bottle, what's inside? It's possible that it was filled with something when I went there, but it was empty when I came back. He guessed that the bottle should contain gasoline...
"Did you notice she looked nervous?"
"No, she didn't panic. Occasionally I peeked in the rearview mirror and saw her quietly leaning on the corner of the back seat, her head lowered as if sleeping."
"Really?" Hao Dong actually still had many questions to ask the driver, but he had mostly answered all that the driver could answer.
"Thank you!"
After finishing the questioning, Hao Dong left the taxi shop with satisfaction. In the morning, he rushed out of the house without eating. He was already ravenous at this moment. People are most likely to feel hungry when they are satisfied. He hurriedly ate at a nearby snack bar and walked to the roadside to make a phone call.
"Is this 'Fangxian Hotel'?"
Detective Hao Dong dialed the phone number written on the notepad, and a female voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Yes."
"I'm sorry, could you ask your waitress Cheng Mingxiang to answer the phone?"
"Are you talking about Cheng Mingxiang?" The woman immediately replied, "She has resigned."
"Huh?" Hao Dong couldn't help but hold the phone tightly, "Resigned? But were you still here yesterday?"
Yes, she was still in the hotel yesterday, and Detective Hao Dong knew this very well.
"Well, she took leave last night and left."
"Where did she go? No, where did she move?"
"have no idea."
"Don't know? Aren't you an employee there?"
"It's impossible to know what happened to employees who left the company."
Cheng Mingxiang must have escaped, or did she know that the police intended to pursue the case and hide her whereabouts? He spat regretfully on the dry road. It was a waste of time to get the key clues from the driver!
On the first night after Cheng Mingxiang left "Fangxian Hotel", she stayed in a room in the New World Hotel. Xiao Long arranged everything on his behalf. This single room is on the sixth floor. When Xiao Long led Cheng Mingxiang into the hotel, he said, "Please don't worry about the landlady of Fangxian Hotel."
Seeing Cheng Mingxiang's worried look, Xiao Long replied: "All the necessary procedures have been completed, and I have fully explained everything."
This sentence means that he forcibly brought Cheng Mingxiang here and paid the money to the proprietress of "Fangxian Hotel".
"In short, it won't be detrimental to you. Please trust me on this." Xiao Long said this again and again in order to eliminate Cheng Mingxiang's uneasy mood, "You know me well, and it is impossible for me to behave strangely. Although it is not completely I’m doing this for you, but I promise it won’t be detrimental to you.”
"I don't know yet, because you never told me the whole thing."
Cheng Mingxiang believes that he should be able to act according to Xiao Long's instructions now. Since that incident, she felt emboldened than before. The strange thing is that I thought my mood would become brighter after my husband died, but now I am filled with loneliness. At this point, she was shocked to realize that Zhao Kuan was to some extent the focus of her life when he was alive.
However, she still didn't know Xiao Long's specific plan. Xiao Long seemed to have a good impression of her, but when the two were alone, he completely maintained a gentleman's demeanor and did not treat her rudely. His upright face always maintained Business-like expression. Cheng Mingxiang could roughly guess Xiao Long's plan, and 80% of it was related to the old Mr. Xiao he met in the basement bar before.
Xiao Long seems to be planning to make Cheng Mingxiang the woman who takes care of Mr. Xiao. This purpose is easy to guess. However, she knew that this was not just simple care, Xiao Long might have taken the opportunity to carry out some plan. If the plan succeeds, he will also be able to profit from it. Although she still couldn't guess whether this benefit was in the form of money or other forms, but Xiao Long had abilities that were different from ordinary people, and the so-called benefit was definitely not just money.
Xiao Long is taking advantage of Cheng Mingxiang's certain charm. Xiao Long may be extremely cautious about this plan, so he is unwilling to reveal his trump card easily. Is it because he still cannot believe that Cheng Mingxiang can shoulder this important task? Even if Mr. Xiao likes Cheng Mingxiang very much, Xiao Long may use other methods to test her.
Xiao Long told Cheng Mingxiang that he would protect her interests and leave all matters to him. Cheng Mingxiang felt as if she was being judged by others. She wondered where this woman would go in the eyes of others.
That night, Cheng Mingxiang spent the night in the room arranged by Xiao Long, and she locked the door specially. Although it was already midnight, Cheng Mingxiang still had trouble falling asleep. Whenever footsteps were heard from the other side of the corridor, she would sit up in shock. However, the footsteps either entered the next room or disappeared into the opposite room. Cheng Mingxiang even doubted whether Xiao Long would give Mr. Xiao the spare key to her room and let him sneak in? She was particularly nervous about the footsteps, but in the end nothing happened. At three o'clock in the morning, she finally fell asleep.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Cheng Mingxiang woke up.
There was a newspaper stuffed under the door. After she put on her makeup, changed into clothes, and dressed up, she ate breakfast. She sat drinking a drink and reading the newspaper. Before yesterday, she was still a waitress serving the tenants. From today on, her situation is completely different. Of course, she no longer needs to worry about money, because from now on, her destiny will be rewritten.
She found this change interesting. The woman who killed her husband is here. No matter what happens, there is no fixed ending.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, the phone in the room rang.
"Are you awake?" It was Xiao Long calling.
"Well, I've changed my clothes and am sitting in a daze."
"Really? I'll come find you right now."
About ten minutes later, there was a gentle knock on the door.
"Good morning!"
Xiao Long was well-dressed, wearing a suit and leather shoes. He has broad shoulders and a tall build. He looks very stylish in a well-fitting suit. Whether it is the collar of his white shirt or the white handkerchief exposed from the breast pocket of his black suit, they are all dazzlingly white.
"Did you sleep well last night?" Xiao Long asked in a gentle tone as usual.
"I finally slept...I'm not used to this kind of place yet."
This time, Cheng Mingxiang's makeup was more meticulous and thoughtful than usual.
"That's true, but I can't tell you didn't sleep well."
"Didn't you notice that I was sleepy?"
"You have very good eyesight."
Xiao Long sat down and crossed his legs.
"I'll take you to that person's room now."
Xiao Long's plan was fooled by Cheng Ming.
"Go to Mr. Xiao's room?"
Xiao Long nodded.
