Secret 1

Chapter 13 The Beauty and the Wolfdog (1)
2006年9月25日，中午12点30分。

At the agreed return time, the sky in the mountains was still gloomy, and the door of the residential building was silent.

In a certain room on the second floor, Jian Cheng paced anxiously. He deliberately opened the door, waiting for the three groups of people to return.The wounded Frenchman Henry was half lying down, and Irene was talking to him in English.There was a bottle full of liquefied petroleum gas in the kitchen. After cleaning the iron pot, Huang Wanran was thinking about what to make lunch for everyone.And her 15-year-old daughter, Qiuqiu, stood alone in front of the window, her preoccupied appearance always worried her mother.Tang Xiaotian kept switching on and off her mobile phone, hoping to receive the signal from outside, but it was always in vain. She could only quietly wait for her groom, Yang Mou.

After returning to the kitchen, he watched his 38-year-old wife prepare the dishes.Her body is mature and plump, but she is not yet fat and out of shape. Her face is still fair and tender, and she exudes a rare temptation for a woman of this age. Even a boy in his 20s will be tempted.He felt a little regretful, why had he neglected the beauties around him these past few years?This sense of guilt has been lingering in my mind since the moment I arrived in Thailand.He couldn't help putting his hand on his wife's waist, and said softly, "Wan Ran, you've worked hard."

But his wife immediately broke free from his hand and replied disgustedly: "Don't touch me!"

"I know you won't forgive me."

Huang Wanran turned around and said to him, "If it wasn't for my daughter, I wouldn't have come to Thailand with you."

"Slow down your voice! Please give me some face outside, please?"

However, the voice from the kitchen still spread out, and Cheng Cheng turned his head nervously, and saw the face of his daughter Qiuqiu.

This 15-year-old girl's face has completely inherited her mother's inheritance, which always makes him feel a little uncomfortable.He said sternly, "Qiuqiu, you're eavesdropping on adults again! How many times does Dad have to tell you to behave yourself?"

But the daughter only replied with one word: "Cut!"

This contemptuous "cut" was like a sharp knife, deeply "cut" into the father's heart.But Cheng Cheng didn't attack his daughter, but turned to Huang Wanran and said, "Is this the good daughter you raised?"

"What do you want?"

Huang Wanran pulled Qiuqiu to his side, but the kitchen knife in his hand hadn't been put down yet.

The posture of his wife made Li Chengli sigh: "It's really a crime in the previous life!"

He reluctantly exited the kitchen, walked through the living room with an extremely ugly expression, walked outside the door alone and lit a cigarette.The 555 cigarette between his fingers ignited sparks, flickering like will-o'-the-wisps in the dark corridor.The eyes of his wife just now floated in front of his eyes, as if he was looking at a stripped thief-he admitted that he was sorry for his wife, but it was not a big deal in this society.He is 43 years old, and life owes him too much, and he needs to make up for it all, while he is still rich——

Founded by an engineer from the Electric Power Bureau, he jumped out of a state-owned enterprise to start his own business ten years ago, and now owns a large private enterprise.He is the company's largest shareholder, employs thousands of employees, and is considered a figurehead in the industry.At the end of the year, he plans to hold a controlling stake in a hydropower station, and then he will be able to enter the Forbes China [-] Rich List, although he himself does not want to be on the list.

While he has billions of dollars in wealth and a luxury house and sports car, he also has a lot of women—even if his wife is already pretty enough.In addition to the little lovers scattered all over the place, he also raised young and beautiful "second wives" and "third wives" in his villas in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and recently bought a "fourth wives" in Shenzhen.

Huang Wanran found out about her husband's cheating two years ago, but she couldn't stop her husband, and she couldn't cry like other women.She also thought about divorce, at least tens of millions of property can be divided.But for the sake of her daughter Qiuqiu, she could only endure it. On the surface, she still maintained the integrity of a family, and she could only swallow all the tears.Establishment of course also understands all this, the family has long since died.He didn't want to quarrel with his wife, and she protested with a cold war.It is rare to go home several times a year, and everything waiting for him is silent. Even the daughter who was closest to him in the past hardly talked to him anymore.

Every time he sees his daughter's eyes, Cheng Cheng feels a deep fear. Does her daughter really hate herself?No, he didn't want to lose his daughter's love, and the debt he owed could not be repaid by his daughter.Therefore, he decided to take his daughter on a trip abroad.

In addition to the South Pole and the North Pole, the establishment has been to almost all corners of the earth.He has prepared four sets of plans for four Nordic countries tour, South Africa adventure tour, Argentine romantic tour and South Pacific style tour.But Qiuqiu mentioned the place name of Chiang Mai, Thailand—although Thailand is already a tourist destination for the common people, there are very few tour groups going to Chiang Mai, and I don’t know where my daughter knew about this place.

There is another condition for the daughter: she must bring her mother along with her—Chengli feels that she has been sorry for her wife, and she should make up for it this time. Maybe she will change her mind and accept her fate, admitting the right of a man to be careless outside, thus ending the cold war in the family state.

Huang Wanran didn't want to go to Thailand at first, and she didn't have any interest in traveling with her husband - because she often took her mistress to travel abroad.But she still thought of Qiuqiu, her daughter should have such an opportunity, and the mother must also be by her side.As for her husband, just pretend he doesn't exist, she won't sleep in the same bed with him anyway.

In this way, the family of three set off and set up a Thailand tour group including Chiang Mai tour.Recalling the last family outing, it was when my daughter was in the third grade of elementary school.

However, Huang Wanran still seldom talked to him along the way, and even Qiuqiu was even more taciturn.When I arrived in Chiang Mai this morning, I began to regret that I shouldn't have come here - my daughter was not happy because of this trip, let alone getting close to her father because of it, and the estrangement and indifference seemed to deepen.

What's next?What will my wife and daughter do to me?He had smoked three cigarettes in meditation.

Suddenly, there was a sound of chaotic footsteps downstairs, drawing Jiang Cheng's attention back to reality.He immediately retreated into the room, picked up a cast copper dumbbell, and was ready to throw it at the uninvited guest at any time.

When Ye Xiao's face appeared at the door, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, followed by the faces of Ding Ding and Tu Nan.They still looked intact, but Tu Nan's expression was a bit wrong.Elena was the first to ask, "What did you find?"

"It's nothing, the only thing of value is that we know the name of this city—Nanming City."

"Nan Ming?"

Ding Ding walked into the depths of the room and looked around, saying, "Have the other two groups not come back yet?"

Before the words finished, there was another sound of scattered footsteps outside the door, followed by Sun Tzuchu's voice: "We're back!"

The third group also came back here, Lin Junru and Li Shu followed into the room, but their faces were ashen.Li Shu pushed his glasses and said, "This is hell on earth!"

While everyone was chattering, Ye Xiao frowned and asked, "Why hasn't the first group come back yet? They were the first to leave, and Tong Jianguo was still driving a car, so shouldn't they arrive later than us?" .”

Tang Xiaotian also shouted anxiously: "Yes, what's going on? Will something happen to Yang Mou and the others?"

It seemed that she really couldn't do without her groom, Ye Xiao said flatly, "Don't worry, I'll wait for them at the alley first."

After finishing speaking, he walked out of the room, Ding Ding, Li Shu, and Sun Zichu all followed behind him, and Tang Xiaotian, who was eager to miss the king, was naturally indispensable.

The five people walked out of the quiet residential building and came to the alley shaded by green trees. The street outside was still as silent as death, and they could only look at the black mountains in the distance.

They waited anxiously for more than ten minutes, even Ye Xiao couldn't quite believe himself, did something happen to the first group?At this time, the sound of a car came from the other side of the street, and several people rushed to the street immediately, only to find a car approaching quickly.

It turned out to be a white German-made BMW 730!

The BMW car stopped in front of Ye Xiao, and four people got out of the car, namely Tong Jianguo, Qian Mozheng, Yu Ling and Yang Mou.

Tang Xiaotian threw herself into Yang Mou's arms, and the two almost fell to the ground. Tong Jianguo smiled slyly, "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting."

"Wow, where did this car come from?"

Li Shu looked around the BMW car non-stop. The car was covered with thick dust and dirt, and it could have been sent to the car wash long ago.Qian Mozheng also smiled wryly and said, "It's hard to explain in words. Our old Toyota ran out of gas, so the old boy found this BMW on the side of the road."

Sun Tzuchu sneered contemptuously and said, "He really knows how to steal cars!"

Tong Jianguo opened the trunk of the BMW and said, "Little brothers, come here and do me a favor. There are many good things inside."

Everyone gathered around and took a look, only to find that the inside was already a cornucopia - various brands of instant noodles, selected Thai basmati rice, canned meat and vegetables, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate and cooking oil, imported chocolate and Marlboro cigarettes... even There are Thai beer and European red wine!The entire trunk was full, and there was even a pile of washing powder, shampoo and other daily consumables on the back seat.

"My God, where did this come from?"

"We found a hypermarket on the way." Yang Mou finally got rid of Tang Xiaotian, and said triumphantly, "Just like Wal-Mart and Carrefour, there are all kinds of goods in it-but there are no people."

Sun Tzuchu still couldn't lift his spirits: "What's the use of these? Do you want to live here for a long time?"

"Maybe, we really need these." Ding Ding said very calmly, and she turned to Tong Jianguo, "Are these edible?"

"I have checked the date of manufacture and the expiration date. The food on the car is within the expiration date, so you can eat it with confidence."

Li Shu and Qian Mozheng have already started to move hard, and Yuling and Yang Mou also help.A few people were holding big bags and small bags, and walked towards the residential building as if they were handing out New Year's goods.Ye Xiao patted Sun Zichu on the shoulder and said, "Everyone is hungry, let's go back to have lunch."

Tong Jianguo parked the BMW on the side of the road, since he was the only one who could drive a car without keys anyway.

Everyone hurried to the second floor, startling the remaining troops.They piled all their food into the kitchen. Fortunately, the kitchen was spacious enough, otherwise they wouldn't know where to put it.

Huang Wanran, who was worried that a good woman could not cook without rice, finally relieved her urgent need when she saw so many cooked food.Both Qian Mozheng and Yu Ling walked into the kitchen to help. The flames from the liquefied gas boiled the cauldron, and several packets of instant noodles were thrown into it.Huang Wanran didn't want everyone to eat canned vegetables, so he fried the cooked vegetables in a pan, and it looked like fresh vegetables.Qian Mozheng had been helping her all the time, and this rough field photographer was actually very careful, but he never said a word to Huang Wanran, such silence was covered by the sound of the frying pan.Yu Ling was also busy on the sidelines. It turned out that she took some high-quality curry from the store and was going to cook some Thai dishes for everyone.

Although they were already hungry and devoured this special lunch, they felt very uncomfortable after eating.It wasn't that Huang Wanran and the others didn't do well enough, but they thought of their respective homes - they hadn't contacted their family members in China for 24 hours, they must be very worried, probably the family has become a mess.Did the family call the travel agency?Have you notified the Chinese embassy in Thailand?Did the Thai police in Chiang Mai come out to rescue them?
But—now it happens to be a coup in Thailand, and the army and police are busy standing guard. Who has time to take care of these Chinese tourists?
"What a pity!"

Tu Nan wanted to eat a second bowl of noodles, but he pushed the bowl away.Ever since he came out of the business building in the morning, his mood became more and more depressed, and he almost shot and wounded someone.

"Why are you discouraged?" Sun Tzuchu looked down on his appearance and said contemptuously, "We always have a way!"

"Let's hear it?"

Sun Tzuchu seemed to have another idea: "We have found a lot at noon. Although there are no people in this city yet, all kinds of institutions and facilities are complete: Ye Xiao found the business building and the police station, and we found Hospital and Guandi Temple, and Tong Jianguo found a bank and a post office. There may be more to come - such as telecommunication companies, radio or TV stations!"

"TV?"

"Yes, whether it's a telecommunication company, a radio station or a TV station, they all have one thing in common—that is, information contact with the outside world!"

Yang Mou held up the DV and said to him: "I understand what you mean, but the phone here doesn't work, the mobile phone has no signal, and there is no power supply. How can I contact the outside world?"

"Maybe satellite TV or a telephone transceiver? Even international maritime calls? You know that better than I do. Even if there's no AC, we can use the DC from the batteries! We have batteries in every car here."

Yang Mou, who works as a documentary director at a TV station, thought about it for a while, and felt that Sun Zichu's suggestion was indeed reasonable, so he nodded and said, "Let's go quickly, there must be a radio station or a TV station here."

Ye Xiao kept silent, poked him quietly and said, "Aren't you talking?"

He still stayed for a moment before saying, "Okay, let's leave at two o'clock in the afternoon."

Nanming.

October 2006, 9, at 25 p.m.

According to the distribution in the morning, the tour group was divided into three groups and went out to find satellite communication equipment.Cheng Cheng, Huang Wanran, Qiuqiu, Yi Lianna, Tang Xiaotian and the Frenchman Henry still stayed on the second floor of the residential building—this was already their base camp.

The first group was still Tong Jianguo, Qian Mozheng, Yu Ling, and Yang Mou. They got into the BMW as if they were going for a drive, and Tong Jianguo drove to the road they walked in the morning.

The sun was still not visible in the sky, and Yang Mou was sitting in the back row holding a DV, constantly taking pictures of the surrounding street scenes.Just now Tang Xiaotian pestered him not to let him go, but he still left the bride with regret.The BMW quickly drove to the bustling street, next to banks, post offices, restaurants and shops.Yu Ling always remembered the way to and from, so as not to get lost when returning.This spacious road is very long. After driving for more than ten minutes, we came to a huge intersection.

The intersection is a turntable like a garden in the middle of the street. Among the green trees and fallen flowers, a man in black is faintly visible standing inside.

Man in black.

Tong Jianguo also saw the figure, so he parked the car on the turntable.Qian Mozheng was the first to jump out of the car and rushed to the first person he saw here.

Yu Ling and Yang Mou also followed him closely, passing through the garden path in the middle of the street full of weeds, they had clearly seen the back of the man in black, standing there motionless like a sculpture.

"Hey, I'm sorry!"

Qian Mo greeted the man first, then turned to face the man in black.

The man remained motionless, with a frozen smile on his face like a sculpture.

In fact he is sculpture.

"Hey, we are really trying our best. It turns out that it is a sculpture in the garden in the middle of the street!"

Yang Mou shouted helplessly, the DV camera was still aimed at the sculpture - this is a life-size bronze statue, so it looks like a man in black behind him, the statue obviously has a Chinese face and wears an American hat He wore a large cap, a straight military uniform, and a pistol on his belt—it looked like the attire of Kuomintang officers during the Anti-Japanese War.

The black bronze statue seems to be old, and there is some copper rust from the wind and rain, but it is still difficult to hide the statue's air.Especially those copper cast eyes, staring straight ahead with piercing vigour, as if they might turn into real people at any moment.Looking at the age of that face, it looks no more than 30 years old, and it is indeed heroic and admirable.

At the foot of the bronze statue is a marble tablet with a line of words engraved on it——

Memorial statue of Ma Qianlong (89th year of the Republic of China ~ [-]th year of the Republic of China)
Apart from this, there are no other words. The statue is in the center of the big turntable, surrounded by green trees and paths, just like sculptures in other cities—at least not in cemeteries, no one will bury worthy figures in street gardens .

"Ma Qianlong?" Qian Mozheng read in confusion, "I've never heard of this name? Who is he, and is he worth commemorating with a statue here?"

At this time, Tong Jianguo was a little excited. He strode up to the statue, looked straight into the eyes of the bronze statue, and said silently: "Ma Qianlong——I finally found you!"

Holding the DV, Yang Mou immediately asked, "What are you talking about?"

"No, nothing."

"Do you know this Ma Qianlong?"

But Tong Jianguo turned around and left noncommittal, and said lightly: "There's nothing to see here, let's go find satellite transceiver equipment quickly."

Yang Mou and the others had no choice but to leave the statue in the garden in the middle of the street and return to the BMW next to the turntable.Tong Jianguo turned left along the turntable and drove west, saying, "Pay attention to the roofs of the houses on the side of the road, and see if there is a 'cauldron' of satellites."

This road is also very spacious, and most of the buildings on the side of the road are five stories or more.Vertical signboards hang on the outer walls, full of shop names and advertisements in traditional Chinese, most of which begin with the word "Nanming".

A few minutes later, Yuling suddenly called out: "Look, what's on that roof?"

The BMW stopped, and everyone jumped out of the car to look at a building on the left.It is actually twelve stories high, which stands out from the surroundings.On the top floor, there is a steel bracket like a launch tower, which grows more than ten meters high.Yang Mou was downstairs using a DV to shoot upwards, and the camera still had a bit of style.

Look at the two signs hanging at the entrance of the building: Nanming TV Station and Nanming Radio Station.

"Finally found!"

Qian Mozheng clapped his hands vigorously, and was about to rush into the building, but Tong Jianguo shouted: "Wait a minute!"

Yu Ling asked puzzledly, "Is this building dangerous?"

When everyone was in a daze, Tong Jianguo walked to the side of the road, where several cars were parked.He opened the hood and pulled out a square object.

"Battery!"

Qian Mozheng finally understood his intentions. In the absence of power, using the battery in the car was the only way.Then, Tong Jianguo unloaded the batteries of the three cars in a frantic manner, so that each of the four people held one in their hands.

"To activate the guy above, maybe more electricity is needed!"

Tong Jianguo looked up at the launch tower on the top of the building, and rushed into the building with the battery in his hand.The others followed closely behind, but the battery in their hands made everyone very careful, especially the petite Yu Ling, who was struggling a bit, so Yang Mou had no choice but to support her.

(End of this chapter)