Chapter 15: Encounter with a Killer
According to Sister Fei's instructions, Li Xiaoning drove to a rich man's villa residential area, where the houses were relatively spaced apart, and when they came, they happened to see a middle-aged woman opening the door.
Li Xiaoning drove straight over, and the middle-aged woman heard the voice, stopped moving, turned around and saw the Lincoln sedan stop a few meters in front of her.
Li Xiaoning and Sister Fei got out of the car, walked up and asked, "Tess?" Richard? ”
The middle-aged woman nodded lightly and did not speak.
"I'm James? Quincy, this is Elizabeth? Gold. I'm the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Vice-Presidency, and we need to talk to you! Li Xiaoning said in standard American English, and at the same time took out the fake documents made in advance, and Sister Fei also showed her documents very cooperatively.
Tess? Richard glanced at the two people in front of him, Li Xiaoning was wearing a half-worn dark suit, a white shirt, a blue tie, a gray windbreaker, meticulously combed hair, and black-framed glasses with thin edges; Sister Fei was dressed in a coffee-colored suit, a black shirt, a beige windbreaker, and long blond hair pulled into a bun. Both men were dressed as standard U.S. government officials, and there was no sign of a problem with their documents. The demeanor of the two of them is also polite, with a hint of arrogance hidden in it, which is also the usual posture of typical high-ranking officials and staff. She turned her gaze to the license plate of the Lincoln, which was supposed to be the number plate of the Vice Presidential Palace.
After looking around and finding nothing unusual, Tess? Richard nodded and said, "Okay." What do you want to talk about? ”
Li Xiaoning said in a tone full of sincerity: "First of all, the vice president would like to thank you for what you have done today!" He deliberately said that the vice president thanked Tess? Richard, instead of saying they thank Tess? Richard, in addition to making the other party feel valued, also has a purpose of imposing a psychological cue on the other party, so that Tess? Richard had the feeling that he was talking to the vice president.
Tess? Richard really felt flattered, and hurriedly said modestly: "I'm just doing my part!"
"Tess, can we talk privately?" Li Xiaoning once again applied a psychological cue, calling each other by their first names, instead of calling each other's surnames like ordinary Americans do when they meet, immediately narrowing the distance between the two parties one step closer.
"Absolutely!" Tess? Richard nodded repeatedly. Li Xiaoning's low profile made her feel very happy.
"That's right." Li Xiaoning changed his tone and said in a slightly anxious tone, "We have also dealt with political crises before, but this time it should be the extreme of political crises, like today, there will be a lot of misinformation or rumors, and our duty is to ensure that the vice president understands the real situation." ”
"We are questioning everyone in secret to make sure that the information about the president is accurate." Sister Fei wasted no time in adding.
"I understand. The president is good, he will pull through. "Tess? Richard is also a smart person, and immediately heard the meaning behind Li Xiaoning and the others.
"Very good, we are very relieved to hear this news!" Li Xiaoning smiled. His smile is not pretending, he is really relieved, really happy. This is the best news I heard today, so it's no wonder I'm not happy.
In addition to being happy, Li Xiaoning did not forget the aftermath work, he changed his expression and said: "We very much hope that you can guarantee that this conversation will be absolutely confidential, and we don't need to add any political color to today!" ”
"I understand, it must be kept secret!" Tess? Richard nodded repeatedly, with a really understanding expression.
"You can contact us at any time, someone will write down a message for us, if there is any change, or if you have something to tell us, please give us a call!" Sister Fei opened her mouth and handed over a business card at the same time.
"yes, okay." Tess? Richard took the card and said.
Before saying goodbye, Sister Fei took out another brooch and handed it over, saying, "This is the brooch of the vice president's office, thank you!" ”
Tess? Richard happily took it.
On the way back, Sister Fei praised sincerely: "You are really blind if you don't come to be a spy." ”
"It's actually nothing, it's the Americans who are too easy to deceive, hehe." Li Xiaoning said with a smile, then said with a long sigh of relief: "I hope this matter can end here." ”
"yes. Hopefully, that's the end of it. Sister Fei echoed.
"I need to go back and report to the ambassador right away." Li Xiaoning said, "Where are you going?" ”
"I'm a field agent, and when the crisis is over, I'll have to continue to lurk." Sister Fei said.
Li Xiaoning removed his disguise in the car, and then got out of the car at an intersection, intending to take a taxi back to the embassy.
Li Xiaoning waited for a while, the taxi did not come, but a black Ford Mustang stopped across the road, and two people got out of the car, one of them wore gold-wire glasses and a beige windbreaker, looking polite. The other was tall and strong, wearing a black trench coat with a gleam in his eyes.
Li Xiaoning didn't know why he noticed these two people, maybe it was his instinctive sixth sense, he felt that these two people were a threat to him, because when the gold wire glasses looked at him, he had a feeling of a poisonous snake crawling on his back.
The two of them glared at Li Xiaoning, walked over, and at the same time put their hands into the huge pocket, Li Xiaoning could even be sure that there must be a pistol hidden in that pocket.
But now that they are in a downtown area, can they swagger over and kill him like this in full view?
After a little thought, I immediately understood that the other party would definitely be! It's noisy here, so it's a good time to take advantage of the chaos. In broad daylight, in a crowded crowd, with a pistol equipped with a silencer, three or four shots fired at close range, you can secretly kill a person without even realizing it. It's a very effective method of killing, and it can be easily escaped in the chaos that follows.
Don't let them get close to you! Li Xiaoning immediately turned around and ran away. Behind him was a hotel, and he ran straight in, and after entering, he had several options, including elevators, entrances and exits, corridors - he could run to the roof, or to the basement, and there were more than a dozen ways to escape.
However, can it really? At this moment, the two killers were cautiously weaving through the crowd, could it be that they had already been deployed, and he could only speculate on the possibility of escape? This hotel is not familiar to him at all, how many exits are there? Two? Or three? All they had to do was send a handful of men to block all the exits. In this way, the exit can easily become a trap, and they can easily wait for a lone escaper.
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