Chapter 13: Found It

Lin Cheng's landlord, Aunt Lin, is a middle-aged woman from Guangdong, although she is a little babbling, but she is a very good person, because she is from the same surname, she also takes care of Lin Cheng, and even treats her as a son.

Lin Cheng disguised himself as a Chinese who came to the United States to work, and he also rented a cheap room from Aunt Lin.

Usually, Aunt Lin will also chat with Lin Cheng and teach him some differences between the United States and China, and it is precisely because of this that Lin Cheng will have a comprehensive understanding of Chinatown, and can better blend in this foreign land, as well as ...... Learn how to keep a low profile.

Even Aunt Lin's private room, in this decades-old apartment, also shows a little old atmosphere.

The furnishings in the room are also in the style of the last century, and they can even be called antiques, and Aunt Lin will often wipe these old furniture clean as if they were treasures, which are very babyish.

Lin Cheng also suggested that Aunt Lin renovate the apartment, which could also increase the rental income, but Aunt Lin said that she was not short of money.

No renovations, no price increases, just so that the children who came to the United States from their hometowns to work in Chinatown have a cheap place to call home.

Lin Cheng sat on the edge of the old coffee table under the windowsill, the small round coffee table was polished, and there was a dim sum gift box he brought on it, and Aunt Lin did not hesitate to disassemble the Pu'er tea he brought, as if she wanted to show her hand in front of him, and was boiling water for boiling tea.

Looking at her effortless movements, Lin Cheng wanted to speak several times, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"You kid, you left without saying hello, I thought something was wrong."

"Nothing, got a good job, accommodation problem solved, so ......"

The elderly who live alone, no matter what, love to nag a few words in front of the young people.

Hearing Aunt Lin's words, Lin Cheng hurriedly nodded, and briefly explained the reason why he didn't come back to live, and then Aunt Lin stopped what she was doing and turned her head to look at him.

It wasn't until she saw Lin Cheng's specially customized, well-made suit from the Assassin Alliance, and remembered what she saw in the corridor when she opened the door, the BMW car parked at the door of the apartment, Aunt Lin nodded with satisfaction and believed Lin Cheng's words.

"I can see that the car parked at the door is yours, it does look good."

After greeting each other for a while, Lin Cheng finally couldn't help but take the initiative to open his mouth, ready to get to the point and inquire about the news he wanted.

"Aunt Lin, when I came back this time, I actually wanted to trouble you with something."

"I know that it will be a good thing for you kid to come back - let's say, what's wrong, your Aunt Lin doesn't have any other skills, it's just a group of old sisters, as long as it's in Chinatown, there is nothing I can't do."

Hearing Lin Cheng's words, Aunt Lin couldn't help frowning and set her eyes on Lin Cheng.

This is a manifestation of love, if it is a person with a shallow relationship, how can he be peaceful for the other party, Lin Cheng suddenly felt a little warm in his heart.

"No, Aunt Lin, it's not that I'm causing trouble, it's mainly because I want to ask you for some news."

Lin Cheng hurriedly laughed, grabbed the kettle and served the tea.

"Inquire about the news, what do you want to know, I will tell you if you know, I don't know...... Big deal, I'll help you ask. ”

Hearing this, Aunt Lin nodded slightly, she took the tea that Lin Cheng offered with both hands, blew lightly, took a sip, and then her eyes relaxed.

As far as she is concerned, as long as Lin Cheng is not causing any trouble outside, then everything is easy to say.

"Well, that's right, Aunt Lin, I want to know if there are any suspicious unfamiliar faces in Chinatown recently?"

The expression on Aunt Lin's face suddenly froze.

"Xiaocheng, you didn't tell the truth to your aunt, did you, shouldn't you...... Go and be a police informant?! ”

Chinatown, as the most densely populated area of Chinese, has a large number of black households, the so-called smugglers, who are smuggled into the United States, without formal visas, no identification, no medical insurance, and no livelihood security.

Although they are in heaven, their daily lives are like hell, because they have countless reasons why they must stay in the United States, but most of them are a bunch of miserable people.

In Chinatown, all Chinese with a conscience are willing to extend a hand to these compatriots and build an invisible protective barrier.

The New York police have done a great job of cracking down on smuggling, but it is difficult to get their hands into Chinatown, but that doesn't mean they don't want to enter Chinatown, and they are always looking forward to catching all the smugglers, no matter what country they come from.

Lin Cheng's words stepped on Aunt Lin's sensitive nerves.

"Xiaocheng, Auntie advises you, Americans can't be trusted, you can't do anything to betray your compatriots."

"Aunt Lin, you misunderstood, what I want to ask is...... Is there a group of strange Japanese people who appeared in Chinatown? ”

Lin Cheng hurriedly clarified the facts.

"Those Japanese people who have a good life, in our Chinatown, this kind of thing?"

Aunt Lin was stunned.

"Hmm...... I recently worked in a detective agency and am now investigating a group of Japanese gangsters who have infiltrated Chinatown, they are dangerous, and I suspect that they may be going to attack Chinatown, so Aunt Lin, you must help me find their news. ”

After thinking about it, Lin Cheng decided to use a white lie to prevaricate this matter, but selectively replaced the killer organization with a detective agency, and disguised his killer identity as a detective assistant, just like Watson of Sherlock Holmes.

Hearing this, Aunt Lin realized how anxious Lin Cheng was.

"Xiao Cheng, wait for me, Auntie doesn't know very well, but I can help you ask my old sisters."

Aunt Lin turned around and went to another room, she took out her mobile phone and exchanged messages with her old friends in the WeChat group.

Soon, this private intelligence network belonging to Aunt Lin was launched, because all the sisters thought that the group of Japanese in Lin Cheng's mouth had bad intentions towards "their" Chinatown, and they told what they had seen and heard on weekdays, and some began to ask others.

Lin Cheng sat on the edge of the glass coffee table, drinking hot tea and eating traditional Cantonese custard buns, waiting for Aunt Lin's reply.

A few minutes later, Aunt Lin walked out of the room.

"There is indeed a group of strangers who have never met before who came to Chinatown, they hardly communicate with outsiders, and the limited communication is limited to buying things in the store, using English instead of Chinese, which is very suspicious, it should be the group of Japanese people you are looking for."

Aunt Lin came to Lin Cheng's side, sat back in her chair, and gave Lin Cheng the intelligence information she had gotten.

"Great, it's supposed to be them, do you know where they are?"

"Their old apartment at 640 South Broadway, which is being renovated, is directly across from a Korean restaurant."

Hearing this, Lin Cheng's eyes immediately widened, because he knew that this was the group of people he was looking for.

New York's Chinatown is very close to Broadway, and the Japanese are also black-haired and yellow-skinned, as long as they don't speak, no one knows whether they are Japanese, Korean or Chinese, this is simply their natural haven and safe house.

"Thank you, Aunt Lin, I'm leaving!"

Lin Cheng immediately got up and walked in the direction of the door.

"You kid, be careful, I'm afraid this job is not easy to do, protect yourself."

Aunt Lin advised.