45. Observe in the dark
"This is the upper corner, where rich people live, and this rent, of course, is slightly more expensive than other places." Mrs. Wu smiled and explained to Ling Yunpeng, saying that if you are a poor ghost, don't fight this house.
"Oh, Mrs. Wu, you see that the incident happened suddenly today, I didn't bring so much money with me, I'll give it to you tomorrow, okay?"
"Yes, yes. Then I'll come back to you tomorrow. After the landlady finished speaking, she turned to go downstairs.
"Oh, Mrs. Wu, let me ask, if I rent this house of yours, can I bring a few more people to live with me?" Ling Yunpeng asked with a smile.
"Oh, how many more people do you want to live? Yes, yes, but well, it's better not to have more than three or four people. ”
"There are four of us, plus me." Ling Yunpeng smiled embarrassedly: "Mrs. Wu, to be honest, the rent here is a bit expensive, I want to share it with a few other relatives and friends, so it is not too much to spread on everyone's head, and everyone can afford it." Do you think it's okay? ”
The landlady smiled slightly, but she was quickly calculating in her heart: when she was originally rented to Mr. Gu, it was thirty yuan a month, and now she is sitting on the ground and wants to knock on this Mr. Lin, but it is obvious that this Mr. Lin has limited financial resources, so she proposed to share a house, although four people will definitely be more complicated than one person, but if she does not agree, this Mr. Lin simply does not rent, then she will be in trouble, because Mr. Gu has not quit the rent, if she rents it out now, in case Mr. Gu comes back, everyone will not look good. And in the past, Mr. Gu was still very clear, and he paid the rent early. Besides, the three rooms on the second floor are currently rented out, and if this Mr. Lin quits the rent, the rent will be all in vain, and he can only rely on his old money to survive. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if you are looking for another tenant, you don't know when you will be able to rent it out, wouldn't it be a waste of months of rent, and even if you rent it out, the tenant may not be satisfied with yourself. And Mr. Lin in front of him still looks quite gentle, Mr. Gu was able to pay three months' rent at a time, so Mr. Lin, as his colleague, should have a salary similar to Mr. Gu, but this Mr. Lin is a little more scheming and shrewd than Mr. Gu.
Thinking of this, the landlady had already made up her mind, but she didn't want this Mr. Lin to feel that she wished he would move in immediately, she also wanted to be reserved: "The people who live in are all adults, right?" ”
"It's an adult, it's all an adult." Ling Yunpeng knew that the landlady's meaning was that she was afraid that there would be a lot of noise, especially children, and it would be unbearable to make noise.
Hearing Ling Yunpeng say this, the landlady readily agreed: "If they are all adults, then it's no problem, you let them come and live together." ”
"Then thank you, Mrs. Landlady."
"You're welcome, but I'll say it first, my house was originally going to be rented to two people, so I only have two sets of quilts, pillows and other bedding here, if there are four of you, then ......" The landlady is very good at calculating, she doesn't want to add extra bedding, pillows and other bedding because of two more people, which is another expense.
"Mrs. Wu, don't worry, we will prepare things like bedding ourselves." Ling Yunpeng interrupted the landlady's words to dispel the landlady's concerns.
The landlady immediately smiled on her face: "Okay, well, this is the best, and I can use my things satisfactorily." That's it, goodbye, Mr. Lin. Mrs. Wu twisted her waist and went downstairs.
"Goodbye, landlady." Ling Yunpeng waited for the landlady to go downstairs before closing the door.
After the landlady left, Ling Yunpeng came to the window again, he held a telescope to observe the opposite side, but the opposite side was still black rumbling.
Ling Yunpeng just wanted to leave, suddenly heard the sound of a car downstairs, hurriedly walked to the window, observed by the light of the street lamp, and saw a black Cadillac car parked across the road, out of the car came a well-dressed, forty or fifty-year-old tall foreigner, Ling Yunpeng immediately recognized, this is the Smith that Zhao Jinwen introduced to him just now, a seemingly businessman, but actually an agent of the US Army Intelligence Agency.
Smith walked to the other side of the car, pulled the door, covered the roof with one hand, and helped out the woman inside, who was wearing a blue lace tight-fitting dress and a sapphire necklace the size of a pigeon's egg around her neck. Ling Yunpeng knew that this was his target, the Countess.
"Thank you, Darling, for tonight's dinner, you made me have a really nice night." The Countess said to Smith in English.
It was the dead of night now, so the conversation between the Countess and Smith was clear, though not very loud.
Ling Yunpeng learned English in the church school, although it has been a long time and many words have been forgotten, but the basic skills are still there, and listening to some basic conversations is not a problem.
"My honey, won't you invite me into the house for a drink?" Smith took the Countess's slender hand and looked at her tenderly.
"Oh, no, no, no." The countess's eyes were full of emotion: "Darling, it's too late today, I'm tired, I want to rest early." “
Smith was a little frustrated, and he shrugged his shoulders: "Oh, Natasha, you do it every time. “
"Honey, do you know what you appeal to me the most?" Seeing Smith's depressed face, the Countess hurriedly comforted him.
"You're not going to say it's my money, are you?" Smith shrugged again.
"Oh, you're so humorous, Smith, and I want to say that what attracts me most about you is your gentlemanly demeanor. Your gestures make me feel that you are a very cultured person. Andrei was a very cultured man during his lifetime. ”
"Thank you, Madame, for the compliment, and I will continue to maintain the gentlemanly demeanor that Madame you admire, and only in this way can I match such a noble countess as you. Then let me deliver you to your doorstep. ”
Smith sent the countess to the door of the small bungalow, and by this time, the maid had already opened the door, and the bodyguard Ivanov stood at the door with a mighty Caucasian dog to greet the countess. The Caucasian dog suddenly barked at Smith, adding a little more violentness to the quiet night.
Smith was startled and hurriedly took a few steps back.
"Shut up, Warrior, don't you know Mr. Smith?" The Countess patted the warrior on the head, and the warrior immediately fell silent.
"Alright, I'm going to rest, thanks, Smith, good night." The Countess gave Smith a flying kiss and dragged her dress upstairs.
Smith returned to his Cadillac with some regret, and the car then left Anhesi Road.
Now that the Countess had returned, Ling Yunpeng dispelled the idea of leaving immediately and continued to stay and observe. He turned off all the lights in the room, then went to the window, lifted the curtain in a corner, clamped it with a clip, and then used the telescope to observe the movement on the other side. Although there was a thin curtain in the countess's window, which looked a little hazy, through the telescope, Ling Yunpeng could still vaguely see the countess's every move.