1467: Jigsaw Puzzle (3 More)
Du Zhaohui was not interested in a broken bottle. After confirming that it was what Xia Xiaolan was looking for, he stretched out his hand without any attachment.
"Wait a minute, I'll make a call!"
He left Chai Hai behind and went back to his room to make a phone call.
Poor Du Zhaohui's properties in Hong Kong were all sold out. When he returned to Hong Kong, he could only stay in a hotel. Chai Hai brought a vase to the hotel to meet him.
Chai Hai couldn't understand what he was playing. Maybe the big and young are so perverted and elusive?
Du Zhaohui cleared his throat while dialing the phone, as if he had kicked something in his heart, he was extremely excited.
Is it getting worse again?
Doctors in Hong Kong said that he was not sick, but Du Zhaohui still felt that he was seriously ill.
However, this "illness" didn't affect his life for the time being, and Du Zhaohui just let it go. Not to mention, thinking about it like this made him feel less nervous. The feeling of rapid heartbeat actually didn't make him particularly uncomfortable. I don't know what hormones I'm secreting when I'm jumping, sometimes I'm very happy.
Just like now.
As soon as the call was connected, Du Zhaohui was impatient:
"There are small dimples, not less than one, exactly three! The bottle is cyan, isn't that what you're looking for?"
Xia Xiaolan seemed to cover the receiver while talking to someone else.
Du Zhaohui was anxious and wanted to know who she was talking to, her boyfriend?
Haven't you been back home already?
When you are a soldier, you should be a soldier. Why did you go to the United States to stay for so long? It's shameless!
He held his breath, pricked up his ears and listened carefully, talking to Xia Xiaolan as if it was a woman.
Woman, whatever you say.
Du Zhaohui was instantly in a beautiful mood.
Xia Xiaolan finally took her hand away from the receiver:
"It's the vase I'm looking for. This matter has troubled you. Thank you, Du Zhaohui!"
Gee.
How rare is it to hear the word "thank" from Xia Xiaolan's mouth?
From the first day Du Zhaohui met Xia Xiaolan, the unpleasant first meeting between the two at Huaqing University had already established a pattern of getting along.
Du Zhaohui is very proud, but it doesn't matter in his mouth:
"It's a trivial matter. I haven't dealt with Du Zhaohui in Hong Kong yet... You're looking for this vase, do you want to buy it?"
Xia Xiaolan paused, "The buyer is willing to take action?"
"...!"
Du Zhaohui was instantly embarrassed, the buyer just didn't want to take action, a vase had to be covered up as a treasure, and Master Qiu had to pay attention to the business reputation and promised to keep the buyer's secret, so nothing was revealed.
Du Zhaohui was also not sure that he could buy the vase.
Fortunately, Xia Xiaolan did not laugh at him, but changed the subject very understandingly:
"You don't have to investigate the buyer any more, as long as you confirm that the bottle is that one, you're doing me a favor."
Xia Xiaolan didn't know how excited Du Zhaohui was.
She is now looking for Xu Zhongyi, how can she care whether Du Zhaohui is in a strange mood.
Isn't it normal for Du Zhaohui to be unusual?
When has this person been normal?
After a few more polite words with Du Zhaohui, Xia Xiaolan hung up the phone. Grandma Yu was also in the room, and her mood was still not calm.
"It has now been determined that the vase is the one that Uncle Xu brought to the United States, but I don't know how Benfield got it."
Liu Fen was slightly afraid of her back for Grandma Yu. Grandma Yu closed her eyes and thought for a while. By now, this matter is no longer a simple family search, it is confusing, like a mess.
How to sort out the truth?
Xia Xiaolan felt that the whole thing was a big puzzle that was disrupted.
She has already got some pieces of the puzzle, and more crucial pieces are needed to piece together the truth about the disappearance of Xu Zhongyi's family in 1967!
Wait until May 27th when Jim returns from Los Angeles.
Xia Xiaolan felt that this fat detective seemed to be running around a little thinner.
Jim is in the dust, but he brought back very useful information for Xia Xiaolan:
"Benfield admitted that the vase was given to him by Xu! One day in 1967, oh, to be more specific, the day after the arson attack, Field found a comatose beside a trash can in an alley. Xu—"
Grandma Yu was excited when she heard this.
Her son is really not dead!
"Afen, Xiaolan, he is still alive, I know he is still alive!"
Liu Fen's English is not good, and Xia Xiaolan translates it all. It is not difficult to understand what Jim said. On the second day after the mouse was forced to die in the fire, this man named Benfield rescued Xu Zhongyi, proving that Xu Zhongyi did not die in the hands of the gang that night.
Jim equals grandma to calm down a little before continuing:
"Field found that Xu had burn marks on his body and wanted to send him to the hospital, but Xu woke up, refused to go to the hospital, begged Field to save him, and promised to reward Field with property. Mr. Field was not a builder at that time, and his economic conditions were not very good. Well, Xu's promised reward moved him, and Field took Xu home and hid it in the basement, and secretly bought medicine for Xu's injuries. Because Xu's injury was not serious, and Field was not a professional doctor, the injury happened repeatedly. The family's basement took half a year to heal. One day after the injury, Xu secretly walked away from Field's house. Field was very angry, thinking that Xu had violated the promised payment... A few days later, in the early morning, he found a box at the door, Inside is a vase with a thank you
's note, saying it was a reward for Field! "
Zhong Yi is still alive!
Zhong Yi gave the vase to the man named Benfield.
He was injured but recuperated at the Benfield home.
Jim's story made Grandma Yu's mood fluctuated.
"Does Mr. Benfield still have a note of thanks?"
Xia Xiaolan's onlookers are clear, and it is easier to grasp the key points.
Jim nodded, "Field was afraid that others would accuse him of stealing, so he kept the note from that year."
The note that Jim took out seemed to be ripped from the newspaper, and the handwriting was scribbled. He thanked Benfield and said that the vase was very valuable. He hoped that Benfield would not sell it cheaply. If you want to sell it, you must stay away from San Francisco.
"Look, is it Uncle Xu's handwriting?"
Grandma Yu held the note and wept silently:
"It's his, look at the letter "y", Zhong Yi wrote this "y" very special, I can recognize it! This is Zhong Yi's handwriting, I know he is still alive."
It's good to have Xu Zhongyi's handwriting.
There should be at least eight points of truth in what Benfield said.
If Field was one of the murderers who harmed Xu Zhongyi, Xu Zhongyi would not have reminded Field in the note to go further and shoot the vase.
Why go further?
Xu Zhongyi knew that San Francisco was not safe, and as soon as Benfield shot the vase, Zhang Jiaqiang's accomplices would be noticed!
"Does Mr. Benfield's move to Los Angeles have anything to do with this?"
Jim nodded: "When Xu was recuperating at Field's house, people in San Francisco kept inquiring about Xu's whereabouts. Field was very careful every time he bought medicine so that he was not approached by those people. Shortly after Xu secretly left, two Chinese gangs in San Francisco broke out. Frightened by the battle, Field took the opportunity to move to Los Angeles."
Field is also very tolerant. To become a builder is to struggle slowly by himself. If there is no problem with business turnover, he will not take out the vase left by Xu Zhongyi and sell it.