Chapter 17: I don't know how long it was

A cold wind blew, and Shujie suddenly woke up from the darkness. At the moment, he was still drowsy. Shujie moved his head, but his cheeks were painful. Only then did he realize that he was lying on a cold hard concrete floor. The empty hallway was dark, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses lay upside down in front of him, and there was still a faint smell of sweetness in the air.

After a short break, Shujie opened his two heavy eyelids again. He put on his glasses and turned his head to look behind him. One door was ajar, and Roc, Ed, and another person lay inside, motionless.

The man was...

After a short headache, Shujie finally remembered who Han Ming was and what had just happened. Despite his weakness, he struggled to his feet and opened the door wide. Then, he looked down at his watch and saw that it was past ten o'clock. Depend on! The market is already open. Shujie hurriedly approached the two brothers and patted their faces. But neither Roc nor Ed moved at all.

What to do? Shujie slowly dragged the two into the hallway, then found the mineral water he had brought with him, and poured it on their faces while whispering, "Hey! Feed! Wake up! It's past time to open the market, wake up! ”

The Roc woke up first. He held his head and looked like he had a splitting headache. After a while, Ed woke up slowly, but it was a long time before he could barely sit up from the ground. In the dimly lit corridor, the three of them look at me, I look at you, and look at each other.

"What time is it?" Dapeng asked.

"Ten thirty-eight." Shujie looked at his watch again.

"Damn! It's been more than an hour. Dapeng cursed Han Ming angrily: "It's all to blame on this cunning old bastard." ”

"The live broadcast can't be done, they may be looking for Han Ming everywhere." Ed worried: "If the call from the stock exchange has already reached the hotel, it will be a real problem." ”

"What should I do?" Dapeng asked.

"I don't know." Ed shook his head and said, "Shujie, what do you say?" ”

"How do I know?" Shujie scratched his ears: "Slip out of the media channel again?" ”

"Slip out?" Dapeng asked.

"yes, just go back to Hanover Street and blend in with the crowd and we'll be safe." Shujie explained: "Nothing here is as if it never happened. ”

"What about Han Ming?" Roc asked, "Throw him here?" ”

"Hmm...," Shujie was speechless for a moment.

"Thisβ€”" Ed couldn't come up with an idea.

"We really can't throw him here," Shujie suddenly remembered something: "Han Ming has seen our faces, and something will definitely happen to him if he is released." ”

"Then what do you mean..."Dapeng glanced at Han Ming on the ground, "Wouldn't it?" ”

"Dapeng, it's like this in police movies." Shujie explained.

"Then you do it!" Dapeng sneered: "I thought it was killing chickens." Chicken, have you ever killed it? ”

"I..." Shujie really didn't even kill a chicken.

"Don't lift the bar, Roc. We're going to have something happen anyway. Ed suddenly slammed his palm with his fist and said in annoyance, "At the Hyatt Hotel just now, we looked high-spirited. Fingerprints, footprints, and tools, nothing was cleaned up. ”

"Damn! So what to do? ”

"Hmmβ€”" The three of them couldn't discuss anything.

"By the way, why was there a dead man upstairs just now?" Roc suddenly mentions the unexpected discovery in the utility room that completely unfolds the operation.

Hearing Dapeng's words, Shujie immediately fought a cold war. Although killing people is easier said than done, there is indeed a security guard in this stock exchange. The blood fingers at the door of the utility room must have been stained on the soles of his shoes. If the police come, none of the three will be able to get out of it.

"Holy!" Ed was also anxious, but still couldn't think of anything. Nothing here can be explained by common sense at all. "Let's get out of this place quickly." He said in a trembling voice, "What to do, let's go out and talk about it." There's nothing better than staying here and getting caught. ”

"Okay." Shujie couldn't think of any other ideas, but the same problem came again: "What about Han Ming?" ”

"What else can I do?" Dapeng replied, "Wake up and take it away." We have his handle, and I don't think he dares to mess around. ”

"That's all it can be." Ed agreed: "But I still have to scare him again, so that I don't have to make trouble later." ”

"Yes!" Shujie added: "Anyway, we haven't messed up the listing of New West. After we get out, let's get Han Ming back to the Fuxing Hotel, and then negotiate a mutually acceptable deal with him. ”

At this point, the three of them don't care about revealing the truth, and the most important thing now is to get out safely. On this point, they agreed. Dapeng picked up the mineral water bottle from the ground, returned to the room, poured all the remaining water on Han Ming's head, and shouted, "Get up!" Get me up! ”

"Ahh Ahh He looked at Dapeng's face and trembled vigorously.

"Run, give me back!" Dapeng immediately held Han Ming down, scolding while beating.

"Don't run! Don't run anymore! Han Ming begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Who called you dishonest." Dapeng stopped and ordered, "Get up!" ”

Han Ming struggled to his feet. The corner of his left eye was swollen high, and he muttered, "Beat my face like this, how can I be on TV later?" ”

"It's also on bullshit TV! Walk! ”

"Where to go? Oops! This eye is out of sight. Han Ming groaned.

"Well deserved!" Dapeng scolded: "Do you want to go? ”

"Wait." Ed picked up the sunglasses on the ground, pulled the deformed glasses legs, and put them on Han Ming's face, then turned to the two and said, "Isn't this okay?" Maybe I'll have to use this face again later! With that, he reached for the stock exchange building in his pocket.

"I can't see anymore, it's so dark." Han Ming complained quietly.

"Then follow us, don't run around." Shujie replied angrily.

"These glasses are crooked, and it's uncomfortable to wear." Han Ming then muttered.

"Shut up!" Dapeng glared at Han Ming angrily, raising his hand to make it look like he was going to hit someone again. Han Ming shrank back and quickly shut his mouth.

"You're not bad if you don't flatten! Don't ask for one after another! Dapeng scolded again, then turned to Ed and asked, "How to go?" ”。

But Ed didn't reply for a long time. Shujie looked back and saw that Ed was holding the blueprint in his hand, standing motionless like a stone. What's going on? Shujie leaned over to take a look, and he was dumbfounded. The printing ink on the paper has long been dissolved by chloroform, expanding in all directions. There are only clumps of color left on the architectural drawings of the past, and nothing can be seen clearly!

When chasing Han Ming just now, the three of them were spinning around in this underground maze, and they had already lost their way. Now that there is no map, how can you slip out silently? You can't just catch someone and ask, right? The three of them were at a loss, and finally decided to be led by Shujie with the best sense of direction on the left and right, to hide if they could, and to avoid if they could, to see if they could slip out of the stock exchange without being discovered.

Dapeng tied Han Ming's hands behind his clothes, and Shujie explored the way ahead. The three of them walked step by step, climbed the stairs, crossed the corridor, and carefully walked all the way. They had been heading towards the ground for a while, but they hadn't seen anyone, and there was no sound in the hallway. The huge stock exchange was empty, with no security guards or staff in sight. Shujie was very puzzled, but he didn't dare to guess, he just wanted to escape from this ghost place as soon as possible.

"Shhhh ”

"I don't remember walking up this staircase." Ed asked softly.

Shujie walked lightly to the staircase, and looked to the right, and the word toilet was written on a wooden door. On the left-hand side of the stairs is a passageway. He walked into the hallway and found that to the right of it was the entrance to the archives, at the end of which stood a tall, double-opening wooden door. Walking here, Shujie realized that he had stumbled all the way and actually came to the back door of the trading floor. He still remembers the stock exchange anecdote told by the tour guide last Friday.

"Visitors are not allowed on the trading floor." The tour guide led the visitors into the glass passage on the second floor and said, "Even foreign heads of state can only look down from here." You don't believe it, it's such a big trading hall with only one toilet. See! Just outside the double wooden door on the right. ”

At that time, there were hundreds of trading platforms in the hall. At the top of each platform there are computers and televisions that publish stock quotes. Countless brokers gather around the trading platform. Most of them have phones in their hands, some are gesturing, some are writing something, but their eyes are fixed on the changes in the market situation on the screen. Even through the thick glass, Shujie could hear the voices of people in the hall. But now, there is no sound in the whole building, what a hell.

Shujie hurriedly returned downstairs and said to the two: "We went the wrong way, we wasted half a day and actually arrived at the back door of the trading hall." ”

"How do you sneak out then?" Dapeng hurriedly asked.

"What's even stranger is that there's no sound at all." Shujie did not answer Dapeng's question, but expressed his biggest doubt: "It's only past 11 o'clock, should the stock market still be open?" ”

"yes, that's weird." Everyone's hearts were full of doubts, and Han Ming was no exception. "Classmate, can I say a word?" He asked quietly.

"Say!" Roc nodded.

"I don't know why it's so quiet here. But as long as you untie my hands. Han Ming proposed, "Let's go into the hall together, and everyone I see will say that you are my entourage." Nothing happened today. Not only that, I Han Ming will not be missing anyone who should compensate you. ”

is worthy of an old fritter, Shujie thought: Although this guy didn't speak all the way, he had analyzed the pros and cons of various situations clearly, and finally put forward a very acceptable plan. "How do you explain that?" He pointed to Han Ming's face and asked, "And the current situation." ”

"Trust me, classmate. I'm improvised. These old rice, it's so confusing. ”

The three of them discussed it briefly, and felt that Han Ming's talent for deception was indeed undoubted, but they still felt unsteady in their hearts. They returned to Han Ming and said that they basically accepted his suggestion, but there was one question: "If you regret it later, what will we do?" ”

"Cold salad!" Han Ming's answer startled Shujie.

"Take it easy... Schoolmate. Han Ming hurriedly explained, "Can't you see that we are already grasshoppers on a rope?" That dead man, I'm there too, right? Besides, do you have a better choice? ”

The three of them were speechless when asked, so they had to loosen Han Ming's hands. Han Ming moved his wrist a few times, and then said to Shujie, "I have to go to the front to look like it, right?" ”

"Yes, we are your retinue." Shujie replied in a low voice, thinking to himself: Damn! You, Hu Hansan, are really pretending to be an elephant for your onions.

Han Ming straightened up, straightened his hair and clothes a little, then straightened the sunglasses on his face, and walked upstairs with his legs. Go up the stairs, turn left, turn left again. After a few steps, the group came to the back door of the trading floor.

Han Ming pushed gently, and the door shook slightly, obviously unlocked. He looked back at Shujie, Dapeng and Ed behind him, smiled slightly, and at the same time stretched out his thumb and asked with a gesture: Are you ready to act?

After getting the confirmation of the three of them, Han Ming stretched out his hands and pushed hard. Two wooden doors retreated to either side, and the bright trading floor suddenly appeared before his eyes. Before the first step was completed, Han Ming's body suddenly froze, causing Shujie behind him to almost hit him head-on. Shujie's heart suddenly burned with anger: Old liar, you suddenly stopped and did it-

Before he finished scolding, Shujie was also stunned, and he was also shocked by everything in front of him and couldn't move.