Qi Jie's lips moved, wanting to speak, but seeing the little sister who was hugging Tang Yi tightly, she was finally deflated, hung her head, and looked sad, the little sister's method may be very stupid, but for Qi Jie, who has no ambition to compete with the little sister, it is very effective.

Looking at Qi Jie, the little sister was slightly stunned, and at this moment, the doorbell rang.

Qi Jie's body trembled, and immediately stood up quickly, and said to Tang Yi: "I ......" and immediately turned to the little sister: "Ning, Miss Ning, I, where do I hide?" ”

The little sister was stunned again, and said casually: "Whatever you want." ”

Qi Jie looked around, the doorbell rang again, Qi Jie went straight to a room, arrived at the door, pushed open the door, but saw that there was a bed and furniture inside, it was a bedroom, Qi Jie looked back at the little sister's eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Here, can you do it here?" ”

The little sister nodded in a daze, and Qi Jie flashed into the room and closed the door gently.

Tang Yi walked over to open the door, but it was Junzi, and when he came in, he saw that Xiaomei was there, Junzi was busy smiling and greeting, Xiaomei nodded absentmindedly, and was stunned, not knowing what she was thinking.

Junzi sat next to Tang Yi and whispered, "Brother, something is wrong with the fat man's family." ”

Tang Yi was slightly stunned: "Qi Maolin? What's the matter? ”

Junzi sighed and said, "I don't know whether to be happy or angry, Qi Fatzi has a daughter named Yanan, it seems that after graduating from college, wasn't he sent by Qi Fatzi to the United States to study for an MBA?" I heard that she is very capable, and found a part-time writer in a large company, who knew that the department head was a pervert, and one night she wanted to plot against her when she was working overtime, but this little girl was also tough, and she jumped directly from the third floor, as if she had fallen not lightly, and Qi Fatty's family was turned upside down, and just now Qi Fatzi and his wife went to the airport. Tang Yi frowned slightly, and the army waited for a while, but when he didn't see Tang Yi speak, he said, "Brother, I'll leave if there's nothing else!" ”

Tang Yi nodded, Junzi stood up, said hello to the little sister again, and turned around and walked to the porch.

Junzi left, there was silence in the living room, Tang Yi digested the information he had just gotten a little, and then focused on the little sister, but saw that the little sister didn't know when to make a cup of tea, holding the delicate small cup in a daze.

Tang Yi looked at the door of the room where Qi Jie was hiding, his heart tingled, and he slowly lit a cigarette.

He just thought about it, but he thought of many ways to alleviate the stalemate between Xiaomei and Qi Jie, such as pretending to be sick, such as bitter meat tricks, thinking that as long as something happened to him, they would definitely divert their attention, but looking at the door, Tang Yi didn't do anything, just smoked silently.

For a long time.

The little sister stood up suddenly, walked to the room, pushed the door, entered, and closed the door again, the room had excellent sound insulation, but Tang Yi couldn't hear a trace of sound inside.

in the room.

Qi Jie's lonely figure stood by the window, and in front of her was a tightly closed curtain.

Hearing the footsteps, Qi Jie wiped her face a few times, turned around, her red and swollen eyes, her face was stained with tears, and when she saw that it was her little sister, she immediately turned her head, as if the peony flowers on the curtains were so attractive.

The little sister walked to Qi Jie's side, stood side by side with her, quietly looked at the peony on the curtain, and after a while, the little sister took out a handkerchief and handed it to Qi Jie.

Qi Jie shook her head.

The little sister put away her handkerchief and stopped talking.

After a while, Qi Jie said, "I'll go back to Jiaozhou." ”

Xiaomei said softly: "You ask him." ”

Qi Jie was stunned, turned her head to look, the little sister's face was indifferent, but she couldn't see joy, anger and sorrow.

……

The cigarette butt burned to his fingers, Tang Yi suddenly realized, and hurriedly pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, at this time, the door was finally opened, and the little sister walked out, behind her, Qi Jie with red eyes.

"Here, wash your face." The little sister pushed open the door of the bathroom, and Qi Jie obediently walked in, and Tang Yi scratched his head for a while.

The little sister walked back to the coffee table, picked up the teacup, glanced at Tang Yi, turned around and went upstairs, Tang Yi's lips moved, and finally did not speak.

When Qi Jie came out, she had already made up light makeup, except that her eye circles were still a little red, but she was glamorous.

"I, I'm going back." Qi Jie smiled at Tang Yi and pointed to the guide.

Tang Yi stood up and walked to Qi Jie's side, but he didn't know what to say.

Qi Jie whispered: "Don't be depressed, I'm fine." She, she's better than me. ”

Seeing that Tang Yi was still listless, Qi Jie pinched him and whispered, "I'll come to see you in a few days!" ”

Watching Qi Jie slip out of the garage at the back door, Tang Yi sighed softly, was stunned for a while, and turned around.

The little sister was not in the living room, Tang Yi went upstairs, but saw that on the big bed in the bedroom, the little sister was covered with a thin quilt, her eyes were slightly bright, and she actually fell asleep.

Xiaomei came in a sports car, even at the speed at which she drove a Ferrari, Yanjing would have to run for five or six hours from Anton, right? In other words, she set off at one or two o'clock in the morning, just to accompany herself more, not to mention how the work at hand was completed overtime in order to spare time in the past two days.

Tang Yi sat on the edge of the bed, made a cup of tea, and slowly waited for the fragrance of tea to overflow.

When the little sister woke up, it was already noon, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Tang Yi silently watching her, and the little sister didn't squeak, just grabbed Tang Yi's hand and shook it gently.

When Tang Yi wanted to leave the little sister's hand, he grabbed it hard and held it very tightly............

Qi Maolin looked at his daughter on the hospital bed, and in her sleep, she still had a frightened look on her face. Qi Maolin was extremely angry in his heart, lit a cigarette, and the blonde nurse immediately muttered in English, with an extremely unfriendly attitude.

Qi Maolin was at a loss, but saw the nurse impatiently pointing to the cigarette in his mouth, and then he understood, and hurriedly handed the cigarette to the nurse, seeing a trace of contempt flashing in the nurse's eyes, it seemed that he felt that the yellow-skinned person was of low quality, right?

Qi Maolin sighed, he, who held the power of the organization in Anton, was not as good as a white homeless man here, and even if he was a homeless, he was rarely looked down upon in the hospital.

Although he paid a lot of money to live in a single room, it is clear that some doctors and nurses treat Qi Maolin very perfunctory, perhaps because Qi Maolin often behaves in a way that is incompatible with Western etiquette, such as spitting in the hallway, smoking in the hospital room, or because he does not speak a word of English.

Translator Xiaolin walked into the ward with a bag of food, came to the window, put the food on the round table, looked at Secretary Qi who was looking out the window, his lips moved, and finally he didn't speak.

Qi Maolin quickly turned his head and asked, "How is the case?" ”

Xiao Lin hesitated, Qi Maolin was angry, but looking at his daughter sleeping on the hospital bed, he still lowered his voice and said, "Say it quickly!" ”

Xiao Lin's face was ugly, and he lowered his head and said, "The police said that the evidence is insufficient, and Smith has been released." ”

"What?" Qi Maolin roared loudly, "Insufficient evidence, what is insufficient evidence, will my daughter lie?" ”

Xiao Lin didn't dare to say anything, and said in a low voice: "Secretary, first, let's eat first." ”

Qi Maolin lifted the white cloth on the round table, the soup flew around, the meat pieces and vegetables rolled everywhere, Qi Maolin scolded his mother: "Damn, a fair and just Western Ming Cook country? Bullshit! ”

I had never seen the Maitreya Buddha-like Secretary Qi who had always smiled like this, Xiao Lin hung his head and didn't dare to squeak.

"Dad?" A small voice came from the side, Qi Maolin turned around, but saw his daughter's pale face and looked at him with a frightened expression, "He, has he been released?" ”

Looking at his daughter, who had always been as tough and strong as a boy, with a frightened face, Qi Maolin's heart was like a knife, he walked over, touched his daughter's head lovingly, and whispered, "Don't worry! I'm here! Father was like a majestic mountain in Qi Yanan's eyes, her fear subsided slightly, nodded, and Qi Maolin helped her pull the quilt upward.

At this time, the door of the ward was pushed open, Qi Maolin turned his head to look, and saw a tall white man swaggering in.

“well，well，well！” The white man clapped his hands and walked to the bedside, muttering English.

Xiao Lin greeted him and said something loudly to the white man in English, as if he wanted to reach out and drag the white man out, but the white man pointed to Xiao Lin's hand, as if he said something threatening, Xiao Lin did not dare to make contact with him with his hand.

Qi Maolin said in a deep voice: "Xiaolin, turn it over to me, I'll talk to him!" Xiao Lin turned around and said, "Secretary, he is Smith, I'll drive him away!" ”

"I told you to turn it over to me!" Qi Maolin's tone was indescribably gloomy.

"Yes," Xiao Lin didn't dare to disobey, "He came in and said, you can't frame good people, and said, and said that he hoped that Miss Qi would recover quickly and go back to work as soon as possible." ”

Qi Maolin squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Tell him, I will make him pay, I will!" ”

Xiao Lin hesitated slightly, then turned back to Smith and repeated Qi Maolin's words loudly, Smith laughed as if he had heard some incredible joke, spread his hands and said a few words, and made a kiss gesture to Zi Yan, laughing and walking out of the ward.

Qi Maolin turned around, but saw that his daughter seemed to be relieved, and collapsed weakly on the hospital bed, his hands clutched the quilt tightly, and slowly covered his head with the quilt.

……

During this period, when the nurse came in to clean the ward, she saw a mess in the room, and she couldn't help but complain loudly to Qi Maolin, but Qi Maolin was no longer in the mood to care about her attitude, took out her address book, and rummaged through people who could help her.

One phone call after another, in vain, during this period, Qi Maolin even found the Consulate General of the Republic in New York for help, but the answer he got was very cold, and he would help you investigate, and Qi Maolin, who had been in officialdom for a long time, didn't know that this was just a polite dismissal.

In the nineties, the embassies of the Republic had not yet really established the concept of helping the diaspora.

Qi Maolin even looked for Sun Yuhe, he knew that Sun Yuhe had a wide range of connections, after picking up Qi Maolin's Gu Xinming and transferring away, Qi Maolin had already decided to fall to Sun Yuhe, if he was really favored by Sun Yuhe and became a member of his system, he might be able to go further, Qi Maolin was very much looking forward to going to the level of the main hall before he retired.

It is precisely because he knows Sun Yuhe's connections that Qi Maolin was still full of confidence when he called, Sun Yuhe listened to Qi Maolin's story, and immediately became indignant, and said that he would help Qi Maolin contact the embassy in the United States, and he must bring that Smith to justice.

Two or three days later, Qi Maolin received a telephone call from a certain diplomat stationed in the United States at the hotel, who was very cordial and said that he would help Qi Maolin and urge the New York police to thoroughly investigate the case.

The next day, Qi Maolin received a call from Sun Yuhe again, but Sun Yuhe's words made Qi Maolin's heart cold, "Maolin, I heard that Yanan studied in an aristocratic school in the United States, and now he is hospitalized in an expensive private hospital, I see, this matter should be handled in a low-key manner, do not attract the attention of the media, and now the central government has repeatedly ordered and reaffirmed that it is very concerned about the study abroad of the children of cadres, and our Anton team is a sensitive period for the replacement of the old and the new, I see, keep a low profile!" ”

Before he could be relieved of the disappointment of Sun Yuhe's reply, Qi Maolin was taken to a police station in New York to assist in the investigation, but it was Smith who accused Qi Maolin of threatening his personal safety.

Coming out of the police station, looking at the busy traffic on the street, towering buildings, and bright sunshine, Qi Maolin's mood was indescribably depressed, sighed, and walked to the side of the road to wave for a taxi.

With a "quack", a black extended Lincoln suddenly stopped in front of Qi Maolin, and a sturdy black woman jumped on the co-pilot, trotted two steps, opened the back door, and made a gesture of please.

Qi Maolin was stunned, and looked into the car, on the sofa, there was a blonde and blue-eyed Western woman, with a tight black leather coat, black pencil jeans, prominent curves, and a dizzying sense of surname.

The surname of the Western girl smiled at Qi Maolin, looking innocent.

Although Qi Maolin was a little disheartened, his mind was still sober after all, how could he casually get into a stranger's car? I just wanted to refuse, but I saw the black woman pull open her trench coat and smile at him, and faintly saw that she seemed to have a firearm hanging inside her trench coat.

Qi Maolin chuckled in his heart, and he didn't know how to get into the car, the door was gently closed, and after a while, Lincoln slowly started.

The car drove smoothly and abnormally, and the Western girl handed the hot coffee to Qi Maolin and said with a smile: "Mr. Qi, I will take you to see a play, you will definitely like it." ”

Qi Maolin didn't take the coffee, stared at the Western girl and asked, "Who are you?" When he turned around, he saw that Xiao Lin, the translator who had just come out of the police station, was shouting in the back, and he felt a little relieved, thinking that he would call the police when he saw the license plate number.

The Western girl smiled sweetly: "Don't be afraid, I have absolutely no malice, you can call me Bes, it is your friend in China who heard that you are in trouble and entrusted me to help you." ”

Qi Maolin sighed, only then did he notice that Ruth's Chinese is very fluent, a friend in China? Help me?

Qi Maolin had thousands of questions in his heart, but people refused to say more, and at this moment he couldn't help himself, so he had to take one step at a time.

"Where do you want to take me?" Qi Maolin still couldn't hold back and asked.

Ruth shrugged: "You'll know right away." ”

Lincoln's car slowly drove into an underground parking lot, stopped in the vacant seat, Ruth took out a long pack of ladies cigarettes, smiled and gestured to Qi Maolin, Qi Maolin quickly waved his hand, Ruth took out one, and lit it very elegantly, in a trance, Qi Maolin felt that her action of picking up a cigarette was very familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

The black woman in the front row got out of the car and leaned against a cement pillar in the parking lot, not knowing what she was waiting for.

Just when Qi Maolin was nervous, he saw a white man walking out of the elevator not far away, swaying towards a car, pressing it in his hand, and the "Didi" car lights were on.

Smith! Qi Maolin's pupils contracted suddenly, and at this moment, he even had the urge to rush up and beat him violently.

The black woman next to the cement pillar strode towards Smith, shouting something in her mouth, and Qi Maolin understood "**!" I thought he was scolding Smith loudly, but sure enough, Smith turned around and walked towards the black woman angrily, cursing non-stop.

The two got closer and closer, and then saw the black woman suddenly stretched out her hand, grabbed Smith's blonde hair, and slammed her knee between Smith's legs, Smith screamed, covered her lower abdomen and squatted softly, the black woman flew up again, and the hard, sharp black high heels kicked Smith in the face, Smith covered his face and rolled on the ground, blood oozing from his fingers.

The black woman grinned, turned and strode out of the parking lot.

Qi Maolin couldn't close his mouth when he saw it, but he didn't speak, he was waiting for Ruth to show his cards.

Ruth smiled and applauded: "Mr. Qi, you Chinese are always so calm, I admire it, continue to watch, in the words of you Chinese, the good show is still to come." ”

For a long time, Smith struggled to stand up, took out a tissue to wipe the blood from his face, cursed loudly in his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground.

At this moment, the elevator light turned on, and two men, one fat and one thin, walked out, saw Smith, the two looked at each other, and then quickened their pace to Smith's side, one of the men took out his ID and showed Smith, Smith immediately raised his voice, and gestured as if to say that he had just been beaten.

Ruth explained to Qi Maolin: "The people who talked to Smith were two plainclothes police officers, and Smith complained about the security of the parking lot. ”

The voices of the two police officers and Smith suddenly became louder, and Ruth Gege laughed: "The police suspect that Smith is hiding drugs and want to search him, but Smith refuses." ”

Then, a police officer was seen forcibly pinning Smith to the car, and another police officer searched for a large bag of white powdery objects from Smith's trench coat.

Ruth laughed happily, crossed her little white hand on her chest, and sighed, "Poor Mr. Smith, may the Lord bless you." Lincoln started slowly, Qi Maolin turned around, and Smith, who was still struggling under the control of the police, was getting farther and farther away.

Qi Maolin turned his head to look at this Western girl with a surname, Qi Maolin had thousands of questions, but he didn't know where to start.

Ruth handed the coffee to Qi Maolin and said, "I said it a long time ago, it was your friend who entrusted me to help, now, can you drink this cup of coffee?" ”

Qi Maolin took it and asked, "Friends in China?" Secretary Sun? ”

Ruth shook her white index finger, "No, no, no, I don't know who Secretary Sun you are talking about, the person who entrusted me to help you is surnamed Tang." ”

Tang Dynasty? Do any of the domestic friends you contact have the surname Tang?

Tang Yi? Qi Maolin's mind flashed this name very abruptly, and he also asked out loud: "Tang Yi?" ”

Ruth smiled and nodded. Qi Maolin was stunned, is it Tang Yi?

Lincoln stopped steadily in front of the hospital, Ruth smiled and said: "I have already helped Miss Qi transfer to the special care unit, you don't have to worry about the cost, I hope you forgive me for my presumptuousness, in addition," Ruth took out a business card from the delicate Kun bag and handed it to Qi Maolin, "This is my business card, after Miss Qi is discharged from the hospital, you can come to my company to help, I promise that no regrettable things will happen again, and at the same time, I can help her apply for settlement, and after graduation, she can also work in my company." ”

Looking at the luxurious Lincoln in the distance, Qi Maolin didn't know what it was like.

Sure enough, Qi Yanan was placed in the special ward, and Yanan's mother was even more surprised to ask what was going on, and Xiao Lin hurriedly called the police station, but he called the police.

When he was free, Qi Maolin called Xiao Lin aside and showed him Ruth's business card, Xiao Lin exclaimed: "New York Hotel Group, special executive assistant to the president?" ”

Qi Maolin asked in a deep voice: "This New York hotel group is a regular large company, right?" ”

Xiao Lin nodded and said, "I heard that the strength is very strong, the development is very fast, and now it is one of the most famous hotel chains in the world!" I'll find some information to show you. ”

Qi Maolin nodded slightly.

A few days later, Kobayashi learned that Smith would be prosecuted for possession and drug trafficking because a large amount of heroin was found in his office and with him, and according to the amount found, he was afraid that he would be sentenced to at least ten years in prison.

Qi Maolin called Sun Yuhe and said, Sun Yuhe laughed: "This is called the restoration of the sky net, and you can't live if you do your own evil, Maolin, it's good now, the sky is sunny after the rain!" ”

Qi Maolin sighed, said "thank you", and hung up the phone.

(To be continued)