Early in the morning, Nan Yi opened the curtains and the sunlight from outside poured into the room.
After taking a sip of coffee, Nan Yi placed the cup on the windowsill and stretched his body left and right.
"Morning!"
"Good morning."
"Congratulations, my Beijing boy, I promote you to a man." Scarlett leaned lazily on the bed, supporting her cheek with one hand.
"Oh, my general, after last night's fierce battle, our logistics routes have been cleared, and the soldiers will no longer complain about not being able to drink Coke or chew gum."
"No, we can't relax yet. There are still remaining enemies in Area 1. Set up our M1 75mm howitzers and fire three more rapid rounds over there."
"Yes Madam, three rapid shots..."
After another encounter, in order to save the earth's precious water resources, when they went to the bathroom to wash up, the two of them did not follow any order and went in and out together.
Scarlett's room was a suite. The two walked into the living room. Nan Yi sat on the sofa , and Scarlett walked to a box beside her.
"Do you need help?"
"No, my pet is inside."
Scarlett opened the box and took out a turtle.
Nan Yi took a look at the turtle and found it looked very familiar. This one should be of the same type as the two in the well.
"Do you like raising turtles?"
"Of course, Lincoln, his name is Adam, say hello." Scarlett waved to Nan Yi while holding the turtle's left front leg.
"Ha, you actually called it Lincoln."
"Is there a problem?"
"No problem." Nan Yi changed the subject, "What breed is Lincoln?"
"The alligator snapping turtle only lives in parts of North America."
Nan Yi's heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm and said, "Can you tell me about the habits of the alligator snapping turtle?"
"I'm very knowledgeable about alligator snapping turtles, and I'm happy to share my findings with you." Scarlett said, holding Lincoln and sitting on the armrest of Nan Yi's sofa. "Look at its back, doesn't it look like a piece of rotten wood? This is its protective color, and it floats in the water, making it difficult to be discovered.
Alligator snapping turtles often stick their eyes and nose out of the water, but their heads are not fully out. They like to stay in the water during the day, lying on logs or rocks, and sometimes floating on the water.
It is not afraid of cold or heat, and can survive in temperatures between 35 and 100 degrees Celsius. The best growth temperature is between 82 and 86 degrees Celsius. It can forage normally above 64 degrees Celsius, and moves less frequently above 93 degrees Celsius, hiding from the heat at the bottom of the water or in the mud.
When the temperature is between 59 and 62 degrees, they can still move a little and some can even forage for food. Below 53 degrees, they enter a shallow hibernation state, and below 42 degrees, they enter a deep sleep state.
It can survive as long as the temperature does not drop below 34 degrees.
Don’t be fooled by its cute appearance, it is actually very aggressive and will attack people. Juveniles weighing 20-40 grams are relatively docile and will not actively hurt people…”
When Scarlett said 100 degrees, Nan Yi realized that she was talking about Fahrenheit.
When he heard 33 degrees, he immediately converted the result to about 1 degree Celsius.
"The water temperature of the well in the yard is 2 degrees. Even if my perception is inaccurate, the difference is not too outrageous, at most plus or minus one or two degrees. If it is below 6 degrees, I will enter a deep sleep...
When I saw those two things, they were alive and kicking, and they were near the bottom of the water... It seems that I didn't search carefully enough and missed something crucial.
The corpse and the bag of gold, are they just a trick?"
"Hey Adam, what's up?"
"It's okay, I was a little distracted." Nan Yi evaded the question and asked, "Scarlett, do you know if this alligator snapping turtle can be found in other countries?"
"Yes, there is only one here."
“Isn’t it an endangered species?”
“It’s LC.”
"What is LC?"
"No danger."
No danger, it's easy to take a few away.
"How did you get Lincoln here? Did you send it by mail?"
"Yes, it arrived a few days ago , but was delayed for a few days due to health quarantine."
"Oh, what does it eat?"
"They eat a wide variety of food, including earthworms, small shrimps, snails, flies, aquatic insects, and tadpoles. Adult turtles like to eat large live baits, such as fish, shrimp, shellfish, crabs, young frogs, large insects, waterfowl, small mammals, and small reptiles.
Many animals, plants and insects are on its menu, so it is easy to feed them..."
…
At 7:30, Nan Yi left the Friendship Hotel. He still remembered to go to work on time.
As soon as he arrived at the company, the door was already open, so Nan Yi went straight into his office and recalled the details that he had missed.
At that time, Nan Yi saw two alligator snapping turtles and the corpse, so he assumed that the turtles survived by eating the corpse, and did not carefully check how much of the corpse was missing.
Then, they found nothing on the body, but gold was found under the body...
At that time, I did not check the well wall and bottom carefully enough, and I may have missed some key details.
I'll go back one day and search again, and dispose of the body at the same time.
After sorting out the clues, Nan Yi put the matter aside for the time being and wrote a letter to Fang Mengyin, asking her to purchase a gold detector and an underground cavity detector.
Using traditional techniques combined with high technology, Nan Yi prepared to search the entire Nan residence carefully again.
After writing the letter, Nan Yi walked out of the office to the tea room, where he met Shinichi Hatoyama who was pouring water.
"Nan Sang, were you with that beast yesterday?" asked Shinichi Hatoyama in an extremely obscene manner.
"Yes, I didn't go home last night."
Shinichi Hatoyama gave a thumbs up and said, "Yo, Nan-san is awesome."
"Hatoyama-san, how were you yesterday?"
"I can't do it. I didn't win. I have to try again tonight."
"come on."
Nan Yi encouraged Shinichi Hatoyama, picked up the thermos, which was a little light, and shook it. There was no water left. He picked up another thermos, and there was not much left either.
"Hatoyama-san, I'm going to the water room to get some water."
Carrying two thermos, Nan Yi walked towards the water room .
There is no mineral water or purified water now. If you want to drink water, you can only go to the water room to get it.
The boiling water fee is five foreign exchange coupons per month, and boiling water is guaranteed to be available at any time from six in the morning to nine in the evening.
The fee is not cheap, but the service is reasonable.
"Uncle Geng, help me get two pots."
"Nan Yi, I thought your company was really stingy. If you pay an extra five dollars a month, I'll just deliver the hot water to your door."
"Uncle Geng, to be honest, there are only three people in our unit, including me as a part-time employee. Two bottles of water can last for three days, so there is no need to spend five dollars. Besides, I have no say. If I had the power to decide, who would be willing to do it themselves?"
"That's right, you have fewer people." Old Man Geng helped Nan Yi get some water and asked in a low voice, "Nan Yi, who is the leader there, the female devil or the male devil?"