Chapter 38: First Order (Part 2)
Wendy raised her wrist, and Liang Xi stretched his head to look at the display screen. It was a photo of the phone screen that Wendy had taken with her watch. The photo was blurry, but it was clear that it was a social software in the same city. It was a software designed to provide men and women with short-term dating opportunities. The man looked a little older than Qi.
Liang Xi sat next to Wendy, took out his phone and logged into the social networking site, then searched for the man's nickname and quickly found a man nicknamed Piaomiao. From his registration information and the information posted on his homepage, Liang Xi determined that Piaomiao was an obese, balding man in his forties.
The man had already stated in his profile that he wanted to date a single, non-professional woman under 25. The mood article he wrote the day before yesterday said that he hoped to spend an unforgettable weekend or even longer with his ideal partner in a holiday home in the suburbs. The article also included photos of the holiday villa, with a river, a yacht, and a stack of pounds on the table that he accidentally photographed.
Liang Xi basically understood what was going on, but how to explain it to Wendy?
Liang Xi said: "Wendy, your cousin is not missing. She just went out to play for a few days and will be back soon. I believe she will give you a birthday present when she comes back."
Wendy asked, "Do you know where she is?"
Liang Xi said: "I'm afraid I can't take you to see her."
Wendy unzipped Winnie the Pooh's back and pulled out twenty pounds: "Can you remind her that tomorrow is my birthday?"
Liang Xi: "Wendy, why?"
Wendy: "I hate Sarah."
Liang Xi asked, "Who is Sarah?"
Wendy: "My babysitter, she grinds her teeth and I don't want to sleep with her."
Liang Xi probably understood that Wendy's parents were often not at home, so they hired a nanny named Sarah to take care of Wendy. Wendy liked her cousin the most. She hoped that her cousin would accompany her instead of the nanny.
Liang Xi saw the holiday villa from the photos. It was a resort located between London and Reading. This resort is very famous. Their villas are scattered by the lake. There are no surveillance cameras installed on the roads and in the resort, which provides a good guarantee for the privacy of tenants and has become a holy place for love affairs. Due to the high rent, it has also become one of the best places for successful people to enthusiastically care for ambitious young women.
The resort has only one entrance, and non-tenants or friends of tenants cannot enter. The basic cost of renting the cheapest villa for 24 hours is three hundred pounds.
It's really hard to do something for you with this little money. Liang Xi looked at Wendy with embarrassment: "Wendy, it's rude to disturb others. I have to call your parents." Wendy pouted unhappily after hearing this, but she didn't stop Liang Xi from making a call with his watch.
Wendy's mother received the call and was very sorry to cause trouble to Liang Xi. After asking for the address , she said that she would ask the nanny to go to the detective agency immediately to take Wendy away. Wendy interrupted and said that she didn't want to sleep with Sarah, she wanted her cousin Hala. Wendy's mother patiently explained to Wendy that she and her father were very busy now and were in the United States, asking Wendy not to be stubborn and to bring her a gift when she came back.
Wendy hung up the phone and looked at Liang Xi angrily. Liang Xi said helplessly: "The world of adults."
Wendy hugged Winnie the Pooh tightly, leaned on the sofa, lowered her head, and said nothing. Liang Xi stuffed the twenty pounds back into Winnie the Pooh, and Wendy snorted, turned her head away without even looking at him, and secretly wiped her tears.
Liang Xi's heart softened and he said, "Okay, okay, I'll notify your cousin and remind her that tomorrow is your birthday."
Wendy looked at Liang Xi with disbelief.
Liang Xi said: "I am serious."
Wendy laughed immediately.
Liang Xi: "Give me the money." No matter how small a fly is, it's still meat, and the gas money has to be reimbursed.
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At 7 o'clock in the evening, Karin watched Liang Xi get on the Beetle in the car, turned on the navigation system she installed in the Beetle, and drove to follow. Liang Xi appeared in Maria Hospital twice, which threatened the Dune Project. According to Mark's idea, Karin could have a meal with Liang Xi. But Mark obviously didn't know that Karin and Liang Xi had a dull relationship, and he couldn't even find an excuse to have a meal. However, Karin had a way to find out whether Liang Xi was a threat to Dune without having to eat.
There are roughly three types of methods. The first type is to use tricks. Since there is too little communication with Liang Xi, too much conversation may arouse Liang Xi's vigilance or misunderstand that I am interested in him. Therefore, this method is not easy to use. The second type is tracking and eavesdropping, to see who Liang Xi met, where he went, who he talked to, and what the content of the conversation was, from which we can infer whether Liang Xi is a threat to Shaqiu. The third type is... It is best not to use the third type. After all, Liang Xi is a friend of my brother, and I don't hate him.
Karin was very smart. She thought that if Liang Xi had the possibility of threatening Sand Dune, then Liang Xi must be busy threatening Sand Dune. She could make a conclusion after tracking him for one or two days. After tracking for more than ten kilometers, Karin felt that she could make a conclusion today. She was a little uneasy. The route of Liang Xi's car was not the usual route. It was very likely that he was going somewhere to meet someone. The reason for her uneasiness was that she knew the importance of the Sand Dune Project and the importance of confidentiality. If Liang Xi really threatened Sand Dune, or was an insider, I am afraid Mark would take some necessary measures. And she did not want to hurt her brother's friends.
The two cars followed each other along the road to Redding and arrived at the riverside resort. When they arrived at the resort, Karin had already begun to consider the third method: forcing a confession. Because Liang Xi did not have the financial conditions to rent a holiday villa, he drove there alone, obviously intending to meet someone in a villa in the resort.
However, Karin's guess was wrong. Liang Xi did not come to the villa to meet anyone, but to rent the villa.
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There is a two-story building next to the villa village, where the registration desk, patrol security, cleaning staff, and kitchen wine are all here. There is a parking lot on one side of the building and a battery car parking lot on the other side. Outside vehicles are not allowed to enter the resort, but battery cars can be used for free. It is said that this is for environmental protection. Excluding the waste battery treatment and thermal power consumption, it cannot be denied that battery cars are indeed environmentally friendly. In any case, the air in the resort is definitely not polluted by car exhaust.
Liang Xi showed the reservation information on his mobile phone. The front desk staff checked the information and asked, "Are you alone, sir?"
Liang Xi replied: "No, I brought my girlfriend." A person alone will be the focus of security. Those who come here alone and spend money are either paparazzi or private detectives.
The front desk clerk asked, "Where is your girlfriend?"
Liang Xi picked up his left hand and looked at it for a while. The front desk staff was extremely embarrassed: "This... girlfriend is quite unique."
Liang Xi swept his left hand across his hair: "She will arrive later, perhaps tomorrow morning. A single woman said she was the tenant of Villa No. 19. It was her."
The receptionist hesitated: "Excuse me, do you have her information? Driver's license number, or a photo or something like that."
Liang Xi lowered his voice and said, "I don't know what kind of stuff will be sent to me."
The front desk staff understood that Liang Xi was renting a villa to buy fast food, which was fine as long as it did not threaten the privacy of other guests. Liang Xi had already paid the money, and the front desk staff gave Liang Xi the key: "Go along the main road, there will be a clear villa number plate. Please look carefully before going there, we will not accept the claim of mistakenly entering someone else's villa."
Liang Xi replied: "I don't accept it either."
