Chapter 345 Is He Kidding Her?
Fu Zhengzheng and Han Siqi reach the underground parking lot of Glamour Restaurant at 9:30 p.m. They park the car. After getting out of the car, Fu Zhengzheng wants to say something to Han Siqi. At this moment, a man pounces on her suddenly.
Han Siqi takes her hand and pulls her back. Then he stands in front of her and pushes the man away.
The man is pushed onto the ground. Then he staggers to his feet and bends his finger towards Fu Zhengzheng with his eyes narrowed, “Hey, baby. Go to play with me. I have enough money.”
There is a pungent smell of alcohol. Fu Zhengzheng can’t help covering her nose.
He turns out to be a drunk.
“Sir, you get drunk.” A guard runs quickly to hold the drunk back and signals with his eyes when he looks up at Fu Zhengzheng.
Fu Zhengzheng takes the hint. Without looking at the drunk anymore, she walks to the lift with Han Siqi.
The drunk behind them is moved away by the “guard”, and his mouth keeps grumbling.
The bar on the second floor is featured by flickering lights, a hubbub of voices and deafening music.
Han Siqi finds two seats casually and sits down with Fu Zhengzheng. The watch says 9:41, and it’s not yet the appointed time. He waves at a waiter for two pints of beer.
Fu Zhengzheng leans against the sofa back, lifts the beer glass, raises it to Han Siqi, puts it to her lips slowly and takes a sip of beer, while looking around with pretended casualness.
Han Siqi, who also holds the cup, holds Fu Zhengzheng with his other hand, then he takes a sup and turns his head, looking full of intimacy.
“Don’t look around. The person may be staring at us in the crowd.” Han Siqi whispers to Fu Zhengzheng.
“OK.” Fu Zhengzheng smiles at him and clinks glasses with him.
“Darling, shall we have a dance?”
Fu Zhengzheng puts down her glass, looks up slightly and strokes his face. She wears a smile but there is a hint of dissatisfaction in her eyes, “Are you still in the mood at this moment?”
Others can’t hear their voices. Judging from their expressions, they seem to be amorous lovers.
Han Siqi doesn’t want to let the chance slip, and he kisses her on the lips quickly.
It’s out of Fu Zhengzheng’s expectation. She can’t help leaning her head backward, but soon she realizes her action is not right, so she moves close to Han Siqi and responds to him actively.
Han Siqi’s lips stick to hers immediately like a gum.
Fu Zhengzheng wants to push him away, but she fails. Feeling anxious, she puts her arms around his waist with pretended cooperation while pinching it secretly.
Han Siqi feels painful and gets away from her lips, but he doesn’t loosen his hands on her waist. He makes eyes at her, “Darling, you taste as sweet as before.”
Fu Zhengzheng warns him to be serious and not to hold things up with her eyes.
Han Siqi holds her tightly and whispers to her again, “Darling, we’ll get the coffer soon. Shouldn’t we let the rival see our excitement?”
“Excitement? Isn’t it anxiety?”
“Both.”
Ignoring him, Fu Zhengzheng takes out her phone, which says 9:51. She opens Settings worriedly and sees ringtone at full volume and vibration. Then she puts her phone inside.
But before she loosens her hand, strong vibration spreads in her hand. She takes out the phone quickly.
Another unknown number!
Han Siqi signals her to answer the call outside. Fu Zhengzheng trots to the outside passage and answers the call. People come and go through the passage from times to times. Although it’s less noisy than the bar, it’s not quiet. However, it’s quiet at the other end of the phone and no other sounds can be heard. Obviously, the person isn’t in the bar.
Fu Zhengzheng comes straight to the point and says directly and slowly, “I’ve been here. Where are you?”
“I’ve also arrived – at Risheng Cinema on Zhongshan Road.” The person speaks fast. Fu Zhengzheng knows he is saving the conversation time.
“Risheng Cinema?”
“Right. There are many people I don’t like in Glamour Restaurant. I’m waiting for you at Risheng Cinema.”
Fu Zhengzheng guesses “the people he doesn’t like” refer to the policemen. She has expected that he would change the place, so she isn’t surprised at all and responds at once, “OK, I’ll be there soon.”
“Wait! Miss Fu, please check the mobile phones of you and Mr. Han temporarily.”
“Check our mobile phones? How can you contact me?”
“The password of No. 033 locker in the checkroom on the first floor is the original one, 111111. There is a mobile phone inside the locker. I will call it. Of course, you can check your mobile phones anywhere. See you 20 minutes later. By the way, I’ve copied the SIM card of that phone. I can see any function you’ll use.”
Then the person hangs up the phone.
There is a special checkroom on the first floor in Glamour Restaurant. People can set the passwords of all lockers themselves when they check something. A locker can only be opened with its unique password, and it’s very safe.
After Fu Zhengzheng makes a short call to Yang Tao, she comes quickly to the checkroom on the first floor with Han Siqi. After they find No. 033 locker and enter 111111, the locker is opened instantly. Sure enough there is a mobile phone inside.
Fu Zhengzheng doesn’t dare to use it casually. She puts it to her pocket and places the phones of her and Han Siqi into the next locker. Then they turn around and head to the parking lot.
Zhongshan Road isn’t far from Yangming Road where Glamour Restaurant is located. It only takes them about ten minutes to get to Risheng Cinema. After parking the car, they walk into the cinema.
A film has just ended, and many audiences come out of No. 1 hall.
Fu Zhengzheng and Han Siqi stand aside and stare at them, guessing if the caller is among them.
The phone rings.
One more unknown number!
She doesn’t know how many cards the person has bought!
Fu Zhengzheng takes a few steps backward quickly. When she is away from the crowd, she answers the call.
“I’ve got Risheng Cinema.”
“I know. Miss Fu, I’m really sorry. You and Mr. Han need to come to Hongji Teahouse in the west of the city.” The person says in an unprecedented polite voice and doesn’t say as quickly as before.
“Are you kidding me?” Fu Zhengzheng pretends to be angry.
“Miss Fu, please don’t be angry. I know it’s overdone, but it is to make sure we can have a more pleasant cooperation.”
“More pleasant? I think you aren’t sincere at all!”
“I took such a big risk to seek cooperation with you. It means I’m extremely sincere. Miss Fu, please be more impatient. The coffer is waiting for us ahead.”
“I suspect you don’t have the key and just want to get my trap map, right?” Fu Zhengzheng tests him in a suspicious tone, “You want to fool me? No way! Bye!”
“Hold on! Miss Fu, please trust me!” Hearing what Fu Zhengzheng says, the person becomes anxious.
Hearing his anxiety, Fu Zhengzheng snorts deliberately, “Trust you? You are so mysterious at your whereabouts. Maybe you will invite me to a desolate mountain. No, I won’t be fooled by you!”
The person asks at once, “How can you believe my sincerity?”
“Um…I have to see the key first!”
The person laughs, “When we meet each other, I will show you the key naturally.”
“How can I judge if the key you’ll show me is true?”
The person keeps silent for a few seconds and then says, “To show my greatest sincerity, you can hide your trap map somewhere. Then you take nothing to meet me. I’ll show you my key. You can judge if it’s true. After that, we’ll reschedule our next meeting. Let’s take our respective things and go to open the coffer at the scheduled time, OK?”
Han Siqi nods at Fu Zhengzheng. Fu Zhengzheng responds at once, “OK.”
After hanging up the phone, Fu Zhengzheng walks out of the cinema with Han Siqi. She stops by the parking lot and tells Han Siqi what the person just said.
Han Siqi thinks and says, “Now that he dares to say in this way, he probably has the key. You don’t need to hide the trap map. Let’s go there with it. If the key is true, you can say you believe in his sincerity. Then show the map and ask them to take us to the coffer. It can save trouble.”
“That’s just what I think.” Fu Zhengzheng smiles. They get into the car and drive to Hongji Teahouse.
As soon as they get to Hongji Teahouse, the person calls her, “Miss Fu, please get into the minibus by the roadside with the tail numbers 011. It will bring you here.”
“Why do you change your mind again?” Fu Zhengzheng becomes furious.
The person smiles leisurely, “Please don’t be angry. The realization of good things is usually preceded by rough goings, isn’t it? Don’t suspect my sincerity again – you don’t take your map, and what can I do to you?”
“OK, for the sake of the coffer.” Fu Zhengzheng restrains her anger, gets out of the car with Han Siqi and gets into the minibus by the roadside.
The driver is a woman with a pair of sunglasses and long hair. After they are in and seated, she starts the minibus without saying anything.
Fu Zhengzheng and Han Siqi exchange their glances and hold hands in silence.
Half an hour later, the minibus comes to the suburbs without streetlamps and stops in front of a house.
Once Fu Zhengzheng and Han Siqi get out of the minibus, the gate of the house is opened. A pale-faced man at the age of about 40 walks out of it.
The man seems to be not well. He coughs for quite a while and then ushers them in, “Miss Fu, sorry to have made you go such a long way.”
Judging from the voice, he isn’t the caller. Fu Zhengzheng looks at him carefully and doesn’t think he pretends to cough. She is confused about why such a man will be sent to meet her.
Han Siqi looks around. The man sees their caution and laughs, “Besides the driver that brought you here just now, I live alone with nobody in five miles around. Look at my weak body. Either of you can kick my ass. Besides, you don’t bring your trap map here, do you? What can I do to you?”
Fu Zhengzheng smiles and enters bravely. Han Siqi walks after her.
The man closes the door lightly. While coughing, he takes out a brocade bag and gives it to Fu Zhengzheng.
“The key.”
Hearing it, Fu Zhengzheng opens the bag at once and pours the key to her palm. A heart-shaped gold chain shines in front of her eyes. She looks carefully at the heart-shaped pendant and is sure it is the regained coffer key. She becomes excited instantly.
The man understands their expressions apparently. He coughs and laughs, “(a cough) Miss Fu, now do you believe…(a cough)…my sincerity?” Then he has more coughs.
Fu Zhengzheng raises the chain and looks sideways at him, “Now that you are here alone, aren’t you afraid that I will take the key away with force?”
The man laughs, “You still need my help to find the coffer. It’s useless to take away the key alone.”
Hearing that, Fu Zhengzheng laughs out, puts the key into the brocade bag and takes out her trap map.
“I believe you also hope to find the coffer as soon as possible. In fact, I’m as anxious as you, so I bring the map with me.” She hands the trap to the man.
The man takes the map and looks. Then he returns it to Fu Zhengzheng.
“The map is fake.”