The sergeant shook his head and looked at the traces of spilled tea on the ground. He also saw some broken pieces of tea cups. Although the waiter had cleaned them up before, there were still some clues left behind.
"Were you not drinking tea alone just now?" Sheriff James asked.
"No, but I am alone now. Commander James can sit down and have tea with me." Ren Dahua said with a smile.
"Thank you for your kindness. I still have business to do. By the way, Mr. Ren Dahua, Chinatown has been a bit chaotic recently. I hope I don't have much to do with your circle. Otherwise, no matter what our private relationship is, we will
Keep things official.
Ren Dahua smiled and said: "Slow down, Sir James, I look forward to having tea with you next time."
James pretended to be ready to take the people away. Before leaving, he said, "I'm looking forward to it too, but I hope it's not in the interrogation room of the police station. Mr. Ren Dahua, please take care of yourself." After saying that, the policemen all walked out of the teahouse.
Lu Xiaobei found the villa at No. 304 in the East District of Chinatown according to the address given to him by Ren Dahua. In Chinatown, where Chinese people are densely populated, or where poor people are densely populated, such luxurious villas are rare. Lu Xiaobei stood there
In front of a typical North American villa and manor, I was a little surprised.
A row of white wooden fences divides the garden inside the villa and the complicated streets outside into two worlds. The inside is situational and the outside is complicated. It is really wonderful to have such a peaceful place in such a busy neighborhood of a metropolis.
Fascinating.
Lu Xiaobei stood in front of the exhibition door and rang the doorbell twice. A woman's voice came from inside and asked politely in English: "This is the Kang family. Who are you?"
Lu Xiaobei said into the intercom: "I am Lu Xiaobei. Boss Ren Dahua asked me to come here."
The woman did not speak. Instead, the lock of the electric fence door outside opened, and then an electronic voice came out: "Welcome, please come in."
Lu Xiaobei walked in. From the fence gate to the villa, there was a path paved with pebbles. There were green grass on both sides of the path. There was a large banyan tree five meters away. There were a few birds on the tree that Lu Xiaobei had not seen many times.
The birds were chirping non-stop.
"Before we reached the door of the villa, the door of the villa had already opened. A charming woman in her thirties stood at the door, wearing comfortable home clothes. When she saw Lu Xiaobei, she smiled and said:
"Welcome. I heard from Dahua that a man named Lu Xiaobei will come to live at home. The room has been packed for you. Please come in."
Lu Xiaobei nodded politely and walked into the house without saying anything else. The room was spacious and bright, with a typical European home style, showing the heroism and generosity of the owner everywhere.
"Follow me, your room is on the second floor." The woman said, then took Lu Xiaobei up to the second floor, opened a door, and said, "This is your future home."
Lu Xiaobei nodded, but did not walk in. He said, "Miss, what do you call me?"
"I am Ren Dahua's sister. You can just call me Sister Ren or Mrs. Kang from now on. My husband's surname is Kang, but he passed away five years ago."
"I'm sorry to remind you of something sad."
"It doesn't matter. I have long been used to living alone. Now that you have a child in the house, it doesn't seem so deserted. At this time, a little girl of four or five years old ran out and stared at Lu Xiaobei with her big eyes.
He blinked very cutely and asked in English: "Mom, who is he?"
Mrs. Kang smiled at the child, with maternal love in her eyes. He introduced to Lu Xiaobei: "This is my daughter. I was pregnant with her when my husband died. The child was born ten months later."
, my poor husband has never even seen his daughter. She is four and a half years old this year." Then Mrs. Kang picked up her child and said: "Jenny, call me brother, he is a guest in our house and wants to stay with us.
How about living together?" Mrs. Kang spoke in Chinese, which Lu Xiaobei understood completely.
The child was very polite. He looked at Lu Xiaobei with a pair of big bright eyes, and then said in a childish voice, "Hello, brother." The child's Chinese pronunciation was very marked.
Lu Xiaobei smiled at the child and touched his head. Mrs. Kang said: "Xiaobei, please rest first. We will call you when you have dinner." After that, Mrs. Kang picked up the child and walked back to her room.
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Lu Xiaobei entered the house and closed the door. The facilities in the house were complete and much better than the staff dormitory in the maintenance factory. Looking out from the window was the streets of Chinatown. There were crowds of people on the streets, which made Lu Xiaobei
Foreign countries also feel that the Chinese population is large.
There was a refrigerator in the house. When he opened the refrigerator, Lu Xiaobei took out a beer, opened it, and sprayed out water mist. He raised his neck and took a big sip. His throat was a little dry and he was too thirsty. Drinking can quench his thirst. Lu Xiaobei continued
I drank for two hours and felt a little drowsy after drinking...
He slept on the bed until the night, until Jenny went upstairs to call Lu Xiaobei for dinner. Lu Xiaobei went downstairs still wearing the same clothes when he came and walked to the restaurant.
There was Mrs. Kang at the dining table, and two Filipino maids stood next to her. Filipino maids are very popular abroad, and their salaries are very high, and not ordinary families can afford them.
"Xiao Bei. Why are you still wearing these clothes? There are house clothes in the closet in your room. You will change into them after dinner, and then give me these clothes and I will wash them for you."
"Thank you for your kindness. I can wash it myself."
"Don't be so polite. We are all in a big circle. We should help each other when we live under the same roof. Come and sit down and eat first. I haven't cooked for a long time. I just made a few simple dishes today. You
Try it and see if it tastes like Chinese food. These Filipino maids can’t cook Chinese food, they can only cook Western food, so if you want to eat Chinese food, I cook it myself. It may not be delicious, so you can make do with it.”
"Mrs. Kang, if you want to eat Chinese food, I will cook it for you next time. I have been cooking since I was a child."
"I can't tell. Okay, I will ask you to do it next time." After Mrs. Kang said the word "do", she felt a little inappropriate and her expression became awkward.
Lu Xiaobei sat at a table with Mrs. Kang and Jenny, and finished the meal in silence. The Filipino maids cleared the table, and Mrs. Kang held Jenny in her arms and told her a story on the sofa. Lu Xiaobei looked at this scene,
Suddenly I felt the urge to start a family and start a business.
At this time, the phone at home rang. Mrs. Kang answered the phone, asked a few questions, and then said to Lu Xiaobei: "Xiaobei, the person who is looking for you is Dahua."
Lu Xiaobei quickly took the phone.
"Xiao Bei, come hang out at the door of the bar. I'll wait for you here."
"Oh." Lu Xiaobei agreed, put down the phone, and then said to Mrs. Kang: "Mrs. Kang, Brother Hua is looking for me, I have to go out first."
"Oh, go ahead and give you the key. There is a house key and a garage here. You can drive my car first. There is a navigation in the car, which is in Chinese. You won't get lost wherever you go."
Lu Xiaobei took a bunch of keys, said "Thank you." and then hurried out. When the boss called him, he didn't dare to neglect.
Following the directions from the navigation system, Lu Xiaobei's car drove to the Shake Bar. The signboard was in Chinese. In Chinatown, almost all the signboards are in Chinese and English, and the names are full of Chinese characteristics.
Lu Xiaobei got out of the car and saw Ren Dahua standing next to a Mercedes-Benz, waving to him and shouting: "Xiaobei, come this way."
Lu Xiaobei crossed the road and came to Ren Dahua. Ren Dahua got into the car and asked Lu Xiaobei to follow him.
The two of them got into the car and closed the door. Ren Dahua said to the driver in front of him: "Come out for a moment. We have something to say." The driver was obedient and got out of the car.
Ren Dahua lit a cigarette himself and gave another to Lu Xiaobei. It was a cigar. An authentic Brazilian cigar.
Ren Dahua took a sip and asked: "How is it? Is living in the new environment okay?"
Lu Xiaobei nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Hua, for taking care of me."
"You have joined the big circle and are all brothers. Now you have no place to eat or live. It is my duty as the eldest brother to arrange a place for you to eat and live."
"Thank you, brother, and thank you, Mrs. Kang."
Ren Dahua nodded, then lowered the electric window of his car, pointed the cigarette butt at the Shake Bar opposite, and said: "This place belongs to the Dragon Head Gang. In the East District of Chinatown, there are a total of 108 shops, and there are 107
Everyone is a place in our circle, but this Shake Bar has people who have joined the Longtou Gang. Their pills are cheaper than ours, and the prices are too low. It has suppressed the pill business in the East District of Chinatown, which means we have been suppressed.
The pill business in Daquan is suppressed. I didn’t understand them before because they are all Chinese groups. But this morning, that boy Xue Xian didn’t drink my tea. He made it clear that he wanted to have trouble with our Daquan. He wanted to fight with the Longtou Gang.
Sooner or later, start building the wall first, today I will step on his place!"
When Lu Xiaobei heard this, he thought that this was going to cause trouble. He didn't expect that Daquan would do the same thing as the young and Dangerous boys. Lu Xiaobei must be involved in this trouble, and then he said: "Brother Hua,
Any orders?"
Ren Dahua handed Lu Xiaobei a hard object wrapped in newspaper. Lu Xiaobei knew it was a machete at a glance.
Ren Dahua said: "Brothers will come soon, you take the lead and rush in. It's your first time helping the club, so you have to perform better so that you can convince the public. I will promote you to a higher position in the future. Also, remember
Stay safe and don't kill anyone here. The police in the United States are difficult to deal with. You can't just pay them. If a police officer chases you, remember to throw the thing in your hand. If you are caught with the thing in your hand,
, I can’t bail you out!”
"I know, Brother Hua, I'll give you this machete. I have my own guy." With that said, Lu Xiaobei got out of the car...