Lu Wei was worried that the man in black would chase him into the house, so he got closer to the German uncle while looking for something that could be used as a weapon in the house.
Seeing Lu Wei's disheveled clothes and his eyes wandering all over the place, the German uncle couldn't help but become more vigilant and his tone became serious: "Please show me your ID, madam."
To Lu Wei's dismay, there was no furniture at the front desk that could be used as a weapon. But what comforted her was that the man in black did not chase her into the motel.
She was about to take out her passport and hand it to the German uncle when she suddenly remembered the behavior of the old German woman just now. She reached into her bag and quickly let go of the hand holding the passport, and the passport fell back into the bag.
The German uncle didn't know what was going on with her and looked suspicious: "Your ID?"
"I, I was robbed just now." Lu Wei said pitifully.
"Robbed?" The German uncle looked at her clothes, as well as the sweat stains and scars on her face, and asked in a gentle tone, "Who was robbed by?"
Lu Wei said with a mournful face: "It's a bald man dressed in black and with a red armband on his left arm."
"It's these people again." After hearing her description, the German uncle's expression became very serious. He frowned and asked with concern, "Then you are not injured, are you? Do you need to call the police?"
Lu Wei immediately thought that if this matter alerted the police, they would have to investigate again. If the police asked her why she came here so late, I'm afraid she would have to find an excuse to make up for it, which would be really thankless. And if you work like this all night, you will definitely not be able to prepare for the exam.
"No, there's no need to call the police," Lu Wei refused hastily. "He didn't steal anything valuable, but I don't know where I lost my passport. Can I register with my student ID card?"
As she spoke, she handed her university student ID card to the German uncle while making a pitiful look.
The German uncle took the student ID card, looked at it carefully, and said with some embarrassment: "But, we usually need to register the tenant's passport information."
"I'm sorry to bother you," Lu Wei begged, tears streaming down his face. It's not that she deliberately acted miserable, but that after a fright, shedding tears is indeed a human's instinctive way to relieve emotions and release stress.
The German uncle sighed, opened a blue register on the table, and copied Lu Wei's student ID information onto it.
Seeing that the other party allowed her to stay in the hotel, Lu Wei's heart dropped.
"Excuse me, how much does it cost for one night's stay plus breakfast the next day?"
"150 marks." The German uncle replied while writing the receipt.
150...Mark? Lu Wei took a breath, it's so expensive!
"Well, please tell me, I am a student, can I get any discounts or discounts?"
"The rent of a motel includes a parking space, so it is more expensive than an ordinary hotel." The German uncle smiled and shook his head, "Our prices are the same for everyone, both Germans and foreigners. One price." He joked, "There is absolutely no price discrimination."
Lu Wei smiled bitterly and thought to himself that he had brought it upon himself. If he had stayed directly at the International Youth Hostel opposite the university, this trouble would not have happened. Moreover, the accommodation was cheap, only 30 marks a night.
But the matter has come to this, and there is no point in regretting it. She would definitely never leave the motel and go to the International Youth Hostel.
Taking the key from her uncle, she walked into her room on the second floor.
The layout of the room is very simple: a bed, a TV, a desk, a chair, and a small independent bathroom. Small but complete.
Lu Wei texted the address of the motel to Yu Jianghai's mobile phone, and within ten seconds, Yu Jianghai's call came after him.
He asked in a face-to-face manner: "Why did you shut down your phone just now?"
"Oh," Lu Wei originally wanted to explain to him what had just happened, but then he thought that one more thing would be better than one less thing. Anyway, he has nothing important to do now, so he changed his mind and said, "The phone's battery ran out just now."
"Is this your address? A tel?" Yu Jianghai was confused, "Why do you live there?"
"The environment is good and it's close to the university." Lu Wei didn't want to explain more and just made up his mind.
"Someone will contact you shortly." Yu Jianghai explained, "Pay attention to your mobile phone."
"Well, tell the other person not to come in and wait for me outside the hotel." Lu Wei didn't want the German uncle to see someone looking for him, so he hurriedly ordered before Yu Jianghai hung up the phone.
About twenty minutes later, Lu Wei's mobile phone screen suddenly lit up, but the screen only showed that the call was coming through the Internet, without any numbers.
"Hello?" Lu Wei grabbed the phone.
"Come out." A deep male voice said and hung up the phone.
Lu Wei cautiously passed by the front desk. The German uncle was still drawing pencil drawings with his head down at the counter, and did not notice that Lu Wei had slipped out of the door.
But there wasn't even a ghost outside the door. Lu Wei waited for more than ten minutes, but still no one had a phone call.
Lu Wei had no choice but to call the other party back, but the voice prompt "Wrong number, please redial" came from the phone.
The temperature gradually dropped at night. Lu Wei felt a little cold and wanted to go back to the house and put on a coat before coming out.
When she walked back to the door of her room angrily, she saw a light brown envelope tucked sideways in the crack of the door. Lu Wei immediately looked around, but found nothing.
Lu Wei took off the envelope and quickly opened the door and entered the house. He opened the envelope and threw it on the bed, and a dark red passport fell out.
As soon as Lu Wei opened his passport, Yu Jianghai's call came: "Did you get the things?"
"Um."
"Take a good look at her photo tonight, and try to dress up as she does in the passport tomorrow." Yu Jianghai warned uneasily, "Remember not to panic."
"Then how can I give it back after the exam? I didn't see who put it on my door just now." Lu Wei asked worriedly.
"Someone will contact you as soon as you walk out of the examination room. Just give him the things. Don't ask about anything else."
"Okay." Lu Wei looked at the girl's photo on the passport and felt that he looked a bit like her at first glance.
Yu Jianghai seldom chatted on the phone and always hung up after finishing speaking. Lu Wei was used to his speaking style.
Lu Wei slept very poorly that night, with one nightmare after another: one moment, she dreamed of her mother calling her, crying that Lu's father's condition had worsened, and her younger brother didn't want to take the college entrance examination; the other moment, she dreamed of the man in black. He ran to the motel to catch himself again, but he had nowhere to escape. One moment, he dreamed that he was caught in the exam room, and the next moment, he dreamed that he failed the exam. Finally, he dreamed that there was money in his account. She also had a work contract, but the State Administration of Foreign Exchange ruthlessly rejected her application for extension.
Before the alarm she set for 6:30 in the morning went off, she woke up from a nightmare. She was lying on the bed sweating profusely, feeling scared.
The morning light shone on the wall through the gaps in the blinds. Lu Wei stared blankly at the gratings on the wall, with only one voice in his mind: I want to go home.
