Chapter 248: Race Against Time
Wang Shui'er's wish to drink water could not be fulfilled, and the stranger unceremoniously interrupted Yago's words and said to the waiter: "None of them are hungry, they don't need to eat, only I eat alone. Give me a black pepper steak, five ripe, and a bottle of one of your better wines. ”
Ignoring Ya Ge and Wang Shui'er's astonishment, after ordering, the stranger knocked on the table: "Don't look at me unkindly like that, you still have a very important thing to do." ”
Standing at the door of the restaurant, letting the rain drench his whole body, thinking about the ugly face of the stranger just now, Wang Shui'er held Yago's arm, and felt sad.
Yago clutched his wife's cold fingers, and his heart sank into the abyss. He suddenly found that the FBI's years of study and training could not provide the slightest help to everything that happened today, and strangers cut off their every plan and thought.
In fact, the stranger's force value was not taken into account by Yago. The stranger himself did not punch or kick him and Wang Shui'er, but the other party's speculation and mastery of human nature and human hearts reached a limit.
Several times, Yago's rising sense of resistance was either dispelled by Wang Shui'er, or he still didn't dare to act after thinking about it.
When they were in the car, they took away their wallets and burned all their savings, and the stranger actually knocked on the water glass and shamelessly ordered them: "Someone has to pay for this meal, well, let me see, this bottle of wine is a little more than $200, and it should probably add up to no more than $300." ”
gave Yago and Wang Shui'er 30 minutes, only 30 minutes, no matter what method they used, they had to find 300 dollars, and they hadn't given the couple the keys to the off-road vehicle, otherwise, there was nothing else, and everyone knew the consequences very well in their hearts.
The rain ran down their hair and into their clothes, and soon the couple was soaking wet. Yago looked at his surroundings, this block was far away from his home and work, and he rarely came except for dinner.
"What shall we do, Yago, what shall we do? Where to find $300 now? Wang Shui'er grabbed her husband, the time was only 30 minutes, and there were very few taxis on rainy days, and the few cars that passed by were all fully loaded.
Looking for someone to borrow the $300? Even if Yago goes to the company, it takes 1 hour to go back and forth, not to mention that it is a weekend, and there is no one in the company at all. What is usually easy is now as difficult as the sky.
Gritting his teeth, Yago broke free of his wife's hand and ran to a Mercedes that had just stopped in front of the restaurant, where a middle-aged man was opening the door and getting out of the car, throwing the key to the waiter in charge of parking at the door.
"Hello, my name is Yago, I am a former FBI employee, and now I work as a director for a planning company. Is that so, can you lend me $300? I promise to give it back to you, please trust me......" Stopping the middle-aged man, Yago kept talking.
Seeing her always proud husband's low voice and numb expression, Wang Shui'er, who was a few steps away, finally didn't hold back her tears.
The middle-aged man pushed Yago away and walked directly into the restaurant without saying a word. Yago yelled at his back, "Please, trust me, trust me." ”
The wet clothes were clinging to her body, Wang Shui'er cried and hugged her husband who was blocking another passerby: "Yago, Yago, don't say it, don't say it, let's think of other ways, okay?" ”
Pushing Wang Shui'er away fiercely, she stumbled, she fell into a puddle, Yago yelled in despair: "Method, what way, where to find $300 now, where to find it......"
The clothes were full of muddy water, and her hair was wet and sticking to her face, Wang Shui'er had long lost her former beauty. With one hand propped up in the mud, she didn't hate Yago, because in this case, Yago's reaction was all from his love for Zola, which Wang Shui'er himself had, or even stronger.
Picking up the palm of his hand from the mud and washing it with the dirty water on the ground, Wang Shui'er's eyes lit up, she got up as soon as she got up, turned around and ran, shouting to her husband as she ran: "Yago, come quickly, I have thought of a way, come quickly." ”
looked at his wife who ran out a few meters away, Yago came back to his senses for a long time, there was no way to ask, Yago hurriedly took a big step and ran to chase Wang Shui'er.
Wang Shui'er ran very fast, no matter if it was a puddle on the ground or something, she wouldn't look at it at all, she just stepped on it in one step, and at the same time, her eyes were scanning around, as if she was looking for something.
After running through 2 blocks in a row, Wang Shui'er's eyes lit up, and she ran into an open shop, Yago understood his wife's intentions, and not only slapped himself hard, but he didn't expect such a simple way.
It's a private jewelry store, and there are few people on rainy days, and there is not a single customer in the store. Wang Shui'er rushed to the black man in his 60s standing behind the counter, touched the bracelet on his wrist, and handed it to him.
"I bought it for $2,000, and I bought it for less than 2 months, and now I'm getting it for $300, and we have an urgent need." Yago helped his wife, who was about to collapse from exhaustion, and explained to the old man.
The old black man grinned, slowly took a monocular magnifying glass, and carefully examined the string of delicately made gold jewelry.
While the couple was nervously waiting, the old man put down the bracelet and took off the monocular glass: "I'm sorry, it's fake." ”
The bracelet was bought by Yago for Wang Shui'er to wear on the wedding day before the wedding, because she liked the retro pattern on it, Wang Shui'er never took it off.
Hearing the words of the black man at the counter, Wang Shui'er was furious and turned to Yago: "You ......"
If it was usual, even if Wang Shui'er knew that it was a fake, maybe it could only be worth $20 of the bracelet, she would only laugh it off, and saving was also a good thing, although her husband's behavior was cheating.
However, in this life-saving situation, when Zola's life and death were unknown, Wang Shui'er's anger could no longer be contained. Yago was stunned at first, and then shouted angrily at the old man, "What did you say? Why is it fake? ”
"Hehe, I'm kidding you." The purpose of the cunning old black man was nothing more than to tempt the couple: "But I can only give you 200 dollars, if you don't want to." ”
Eager to shoot away this old fox who took advantage of the fire to rob, the corners of Yago's mouth squirmed a few times, held back the anger, took off the watch in his hand, and stuffed it to the old man: "My watch is very expensive, give it all to you, 300 dollars, hurry up and give us 300 dollars." ”
Before walking out of the store, Yago glared angrily at the old man who was happily trying on his wrist: "You have to keep it for me, I will come to redeem it." ”
When I went back to the restaurant, Ya Ge ran in front with a gun, Wang Shui'er was tired, hungry and cold, and he really didn't have much strength.
It seemed like it was almost 30 minutes, Yago ran with all his strength, the rain obscured his vision, and when he passed the last intersection to reach the restaurant, a taxi did not have time to brake and collided with Yago as he rushed through the intersection.
Fortunately, due to heavy rain, the taxi speed is not too fast. In this way, Yago was also knocked out of half a meter and lay on the ground.
Holding back some pain in his lower back, Yago had to thank the mud on the ground, thanks to the cold and biting muddy water, which made him sober up in an instant.
Reluctantly getting up and pushing away the scrambling taxi driver, Yago limped and continued to run towards the restaurant, time was running out, maybe he had been more than 30 minutes, Yago gritted his teeth and kept himself from thinking about it.
All this was seen by Wang Shui'er, who was left behind, and her tears and rain mixed together and flowed down her cheeks. At this time, she missed the dead fat man very much, missed Julie, Yang Qian, and even missed Coleman.
Rushing into the restaurant with muddy water, Yago's eyes widened, the table where the stranger was sitting and eating was empty, he took a step back blankly, and began to look throughout the restaurant, looking around, there was still no stranger, he was late!
There was no way to think about it anymore, Zola's sweet voice echoed in Yago's head: "Daddy, Daddy, I love you......", Yago was about to collapse.
The restaurant was not allowed to enter, and the waiter at the door, who confessed to being negligent, also chased in. He stood cautiously behind Yago and greeted politely: "This gentleman, our restaurant ......"
Quickly turned around and grabbed the waiter's clothes, Yago seemed to meet a savior: "What about this person?" What about the guy sitting at this table? Where did he go? ”
All the guests in the restaurant put down the utensils in their hands and looked at this scene in bewilderment. The manager of the restaurant also walked briskly to this side, and with him were two tall kitchen handymen from the restaurant.
The stranger walked out of a passage inside the restaurant, and he smiled and stopped the restaurant manager: "This is my friend, it's okay." ”
Since it was the guest who dined and spoke, the restaurant manager naturally did not have any opinions. The other guests didn't see the argument or the brawl and stopped paying attention.
"Pay the bill, I'll wait for you outside." The stranger patted Yago on the wet shoulder and walked away with the half-bottle of wine he hadn't finished.
The car started again, and the couple sat in the back seat, leaning on each other, neither knowing where the stranger would take them.
"We want to hear from Zola, and we want to make sure you don't kill Zola." Wang Shui'er suddenly thought of this, and forcefully mentioned it to the stranger who was driving.
did not disappoint Wang Shui'er, the stranger happily picked up the mobile phone on the seat and dialed a number: "804." It's me, kid, what are you doing, bring your phone closer. ”
Holding the mobile phone in his hand, the couple listened quietly, the mobile phone was the sound of cartoons, and occasionally there were one or two exclamations from Zola.
For the first time, in the ears of the couple, little Zola's voice was even more beautiful than the angel's song, and they wanted to listen to it forever. The stranger coldly took the phone, hung up the phone, and threw it back to his seat.