Mo Yan in the Book 151 - 155

 

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151 Slow: 

When they landed, the men emerged from the plane. As they walked to the car, they asked the lined-up attendants,

‘Have you found her?’

The men had their heads bowed without reply.

Anger bubbled over, ‘What the fuck are you still doing here?’

One of the men spoke up, ‘Boss, we have the surveillance footage from the mall.’

‘We will watch it in the VIP lounge.’ Ye Hanyu said indifferently, tiredly rubbing his forehead.

‘Is there any news about Chu Jinxu?’ Situ Yi asked as the watched the footage.

‘At present, no.’

‘Stop there. Rewind. Play.’

In the footage, as group C was tailing Mo Yan, another woman in the same outfit was overtaken by Situ Yi’s men. A group of elderly women stood in their way, and the woman vanished into the crowd. Ten minutes later, a woman in a plain dress appeared. She looked left and right, and walked slowly into the crowd. Without careful observation, the woman would not be noticed. (Zuben: I can’t believe Jinxu nor Mo Yan didn’t think to disrupt surveillance cameras)

‘That little fox didn’t even change, it’s just that those rubbish didn’t see her.’ Finally seeing a trace of her, Muchen relaxed.

‘It seems she got into a car registered to a homeless person.’ Qiye told them, his lips were tight and his facial lines looked even colder.

Hanyu picked up his phone, ‘Get the footage from street cameras along the road.’

The car took a circuitous route and finally ended up at an abandoned factory. (Zuben: It seems there are cameras at abandoned factories should it be convenient.)

‘Boss, we found Miss Mo.’ The retainers finally could put down the nervous fear in their hearts.

‘Hold on,’ Mu Zeyuan said, ‘there is something wrong about the way she walks. Even though it looks like Yan’er, there is something rebellious…’

The door to the lounge opened and everyone turned, ‘Boss, we received word that Miss Mo purchased a plane ticket.’

‘What time?’

’12 midnight to France, terminal 1.’

‘Get the airport security to go to the gate and check.’ Situ Yi said to the airport manager who was wiping sweat from his head.

‘Boss,’ another retainer appeared, ‘Moss Mo just bout a train ticket for A City at midnight.’

‘Boss, Miss Mo rented a car to go to C City.’

‘Boss, Miss Mo bought a plane ticket to the US.’

Xiao Muchen stared the agitated retainers in anger, ‘Go to all the gates and terminals and check. Go now!’

Zeyuan was rewinding the footage and watching it again.

‘She got off earlier. The car stopped at a crossing, and she got off in the crowd. If you don’t look carefully, you won’t notice. ‘

Hanyu watched the footage. She entered a fast food restaurant, and then re-emerged in a casual dress and jeans. The front and back of the outfit were different. It would be hard to guess who they were without familiarity. (Zuben: Those city cameras are god level of detail aren’t they?)

 

152 Hours:

‘She’s on a train to D City. Contact our people in D City.’ Xiao Muchen said to one of their retainers. (Zuben: Where do they get this people, henchmens ‘r’ us?)

‘Yes, sir.’

Time went by, and their hearts were like ants on a hot pot. They watched as she ducked in and out of places changing clothes, merging in crowds, using ingenious methods to evade their pursuit. It seems that she has been plotting this for a looked time.

Suddenly, the door burst open, and the man said excitedly, ‘Boss, we just saw someone that fits her description in the airport departures.’

‘I’ll go, you keep watching.’ Yi said rising out of the chair. There was urgency and anxiety in his eyes.

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Situ Yi’s bright eyes were now dull and bloodshot. His eyebrows lowered with deep fatigue. ‘How many hours?’

‘Fourteen.’ Qiye sighed. He looked at the airport staff who were trying not to fall asleep standing.

‘You go back first. You’re no help. But make sure the staff on the morning shift are on stand-by.’ Qiye said to the airport manager.

The staff filed out of the VIP lounge. When they were out of sight, one of the staff said to his colleague, ‘Don’t you think it’s strange? It’s been fourteen hours and she hasn’t stopped. Doesn’t Miss Mo need to rest.’

‘Shh, keep your voice down. We’ve been finally allowed to leave.’ The colleague said.

‘Repeat what you said.’ The VIP room took on an oppressive air.

The staff hesitated before speaking, ‘Er I- I was just saying that Miss Mo has been on the run all this time, doesn’t she need to rest?’

A phone rang cutting the tension startling Muchen, ‘Boss, we caught up to the person, but it was not Miss Mo.’

‘It seems that we have reached an impasse. We’ve been tracking her every move on the footage, but be can only judge it is her from the way she moves, but we haven’t personally seen her to confirm whether it is her.’ Hanyu sneered, then suddenly a thought dawned on him.

‘Wait a minute, with Yan’er running around along, Chu Jinxu would not be calm. Find out where Chu Jinxu is.’

Yi immediately called and then when he heard the news, ‘They went up to Chu Jinxu, it wasn’t him. But someone who could be his twin.’

‘Damn it!’ Qiye swore, ‘What are we missing.’

‘If Yan’er wants to run away, where is the best place for her to escape to?’ Zeyuan asked as he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

‘She won’t go to another city, she can only go abroad. But she wouldn’t know that we now have deep connections into other coutries.

‘it’s possible that they would not use their real names…’

Hanyu turned to the airport manager, ‘Get your personnel to search for any pair that look like these two.’ He said pointing at Mo Yan’s and Chu Jinxu’s pictures. When you find them, don’t stop them. Inform us immediately.

 

153 Lin Yuwei

‘Don’t worry, Girlie, I’m with you.’ A leisure coat hung on a strong figure. Chu Jinxu pressed down the brim of his hat over his eyes, and glanced cautiously left and right.

She was wearing thick framed glasses that looked old fashioned and a long dress. (Zuben: Erm, you ain't Clark Kent. What happened to a wig, contact lenses, a tan...?)

‘Thank goodness. I’m glad we were able to get here, but Xu-ge, what if the scrutinise our photos?’

‘There is no need to worry. I planted the person checking the passports. It will take some time for them to find us. By then we’ll be on the plane. Be careful, there is a camera.’

He blocked her petite body. From a distance, they looked like a pair of sweet lovers.

‘There is five minutes to boarding, just hang on.’

‘Why did we buy a ticket to Japan? Why not take a train?’

‘Silly girl, they will arrange people at every station. The most dangerous place is the safest because they know you will go to France, so it’s best to remain in Asia for now.’ He looked down her dotingly.

‘I’m so sorry Xu-ge, I have brought you a lot of trouble…’ Her eyes glimmered in apologies.

Jinxu glared, ‘There is no need for family members to say sorry.’

The tanoy rang and a voice called, ‘Passengers for XX Airlines Flight 259 departing at 10:55am please go to gate D.’

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‘Anything?’ Yi angrily shouted at the person on the other side of the phone, ‘keep looking.’

Qiye’s crossed his arms over his chest as stared down at the airport manager, ‘Have you been checking everyone leaving the country?’

‘Y-yes, sir.’

‘Excuse me, boss. One of the airport personnel is here, he says he saw them.’

Zeyuan’s eyes narrowed, though he looked calm, his hand trembled with the tension in his hear, ‘Let him in quickly.’

The staff entered the lounge to face the five men, and he was suddenly cowed. He gave a nervous bow,

‘Hello…’

‘What did you see?’ Muchen said crossing his legs. His aura was domineering.

‘My colleague checked in the couple in the photo, after which, he excused himself, but he hasn’t come back. And then, I heard the foreman and manager still searching for them, so I came to inform them.’

‘The foreman, is he? Bring him here.’ Hanyu’s eyes were full of frost.

The man appeared, ‘Pardon me, I heard you were looking for me.’

‘You staff told us you have news.’

‘We’ve checked the passport scans to make sure that they aren’t here.’

Situ Yi sat up, ‘Do you remember the names that was on the passports you saw?’

‘I’m not sure, but I think I saw a Lin Yuwei with the woman’s face…I’m sure that is it.

 

154 Breaking the Law

‘Find Lin Yuwei’s passport.’

‘Found.’

‘No, it’s not them!’

Qiye ignored the foreman, ‘Get the footage from the airport cameras in that area at that time.’

‘Stop there! It’s her. I’m sure it’s her. She’s wearing unfashionable glasses with a man next to her.’

Muchen rose from his seat, staring at the frozen figures on the screen.

They appeared on the monitor, but they quickly turned away once they noticed the cameras. They seemed natural, but in fact, were guilty. The oppression in the VIP lounge vanished as the men smiled.

‘What is her flight number?’

‘Um, it’s XX Airlines flight 256 to Japan. Wait! It’s already going, it’s about to take off!’

‘Stop that flight!’

‘But, it will not only affect that flight it will delay other flights as well.’

‘I’ll foot the bill for compensation. Stop that flight now!’ Muchen roared.

‘Call the captain of the flight and inform there is a runaway psychiatric patient on the flight. Her presence will affect the safety of the other passengers.’ Yi said. Though his eyes were calm, his clenched fists revealed his trepidation.

‘Yes, sir.’

‘A Yuan and I will go.’ Yi said, ‘You guys be ready to take care of the fallout.’

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‘Attention passengers, we’ve been asked by the control tower to stop because of an incident.’

Foreboding filled Mo Yan, she turned to Jinxu anxiously, ‘Why did they stop suddenly?’

Jinxu stopped a stewardess, ‘Why is the flight being held?’

‘I’m sorry for the trouble, but at present, we are unable to determine why control tower asked us to stop. We will be able to carry on shortly, please be patient.’

‘What how can this be? I’ve never had such a thing happen before!’

‘This is ridiculous, do you know how much money I’m losing with this delay?’

‘Compensate us!’

The cabin doors opened and two men entered. They looked so magnificent, the crowd’s noise died down at their appearance, sweeping through the cabins. Their sharp eyes finally stopped on a pair.

Yi went ahead, ‘It’s time to go home.’ He told Mo Yan lightly.

Her glimmering eyes flashed and she turned away, ‘I don’t know you.’

‘Sir,’ Jinxu said, ‘would you mind not harassing my sister?’

Yi smiled at them, ‘Oh, I was never informed that my patient had a brother. I am very sorry; I returned from Germany and learned my patient had run away. It seems that her good brother took her. Isn’t that illegal?’ (Zuben: Isn’t what you’re doing illegal as well?)

 

155 Doctor

A passenger spoke looking at the two men suspiciously, ‘Hold on. How can we be certain you’re her attending doctor? What kind of illness does she have?’

‘I can’t disclose this as this is patient confidentiality.’ Yi said reaching into his jacket pocket, ‘But if you want documentation to prove my identity, I have them here. Please.’

He handed the questioning passenger the papers. The header was of the Imperial Capital Hospital. The document detailed dates of attendance of the patient, but the details of the reason for consultation were not put in. This convinced them. (Zuben: In addition to being a quack doctor, Yi is also a conjurer. Catch his Las Vegas shows!)

‘And what about the young man with her? Why is he claiming to be her brother?’ Another woman asked.

‘I am also very puzzled. Would the gentleman like to explain?’ Yi turned a mocking glare to Jinxu.

Seeing their suspicions turn to Jinxu, Mo Yan spoke up, ‘He’s my brother next door. And I am not his patient, he’s lying.’ (Zuben: You could tell the world that these men are holding you against your will, but that would be too embarrassing)

‘You’re sick again.’ Yi said looking indulgently at her.

Sharp green eyes glared at Chu Jinxu, ‘Is it convenient for you to come with us and confirm your identity?’

Chu Jinxu rose, but Mo Yan stopped him, ‘No, he doesn’t have to. I’ll just go with you.’

‘Let’s go together.’ Jinxu said taking her hand.

She was defensive. She took Jinxu’s arm, and her expression was full of suspicion and unease. Her expression made her look indescribably charming. This scene stabbed the men’s hearts.

They followed Yi and Zeyuan off the plane.

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When they returned to the VIP lounge, the others looked at them coldly,

‘Send Miss Mo back.’ Muchen said his tone full of jealousy and anger.

Mo Yan wanted to speak, but Jinxu stopped her, ‘Yan-yan, I’ll make a date to see you. You have to go back and rest. I will be fine.’ (Zuben: Let’s be real, she didn’t really want to run away otherwise, she would have caused a bigger scene)

‘Don’t worry,’ Qiye said ‘We won’t do anything to him.’

Mo Yan left reluctantly with the bodyguards.

‘Now brother in law, let’s have a good chat.’ Hanyu said as he waved the loitering staff to leave.

‘Hm. I can’t afford being your brother in law.’ Jinxu took off his hat exposing his elegant face. His usually soft black eyes were hard and cold.

Hanyu grinned maliciously, trying to hide the chill in his heart, ‘What you think doesn’t matter. As long as we say it is, you can bear it.’

Jinxu sneered, ‘You’re all selfish and egotistical. You have never put yourselves in her shoes and you continue to hurt her.’

‘You don’t need to worry about her. We will deal with it.’ Qiye said, his expression was arctic. ‘In the next few days, Yan’er would need to rest. If you’ve made plans, I’m sorry she wouldn’t be able to accompany you.’ (Zuben: thirty days of punishment shagging is in her future)

Jinxu scoffed, ‘I will speak to Yan-yan. Of course, you can try to stop me, I won’t tell her anything, but it will show that you don’t respect her or her feelings.’

 Zeyuan’s lips were pressed into a thin line from anger, ‘I believe Mr Chu has not rested in the past few hours. We won’t send you off.’

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