Feng Qing and Zhao Yun's First Meeting 5: Concealing One's Name (Part 1)
The flower blooms with two branches, and then looks at another branch. After Xiaoyu broke free from Zhao Yun's hand and got into a taxi, the driver asked her where she wanted to go. Xiaoyu was flustered and didn't know how to answer for a moment, so she told the driver: "I... I don't know where to go either, just drive around the main streets first, and I'll tell you when I think of it."
"Has this pretty girl thought it over yet?" asked the driver with a crew cut.
"I've made up my mind, take me to Jin Ye Hotel in Dongcheng District."
"Alright."
"How much does it cost to go to Jin Ye Hotel in Dongcheng District?"
"Thirty dollars."
"Master, I have an impolite request, would you like to hear it?"
"What an unreasonable request, you're not asking me to break the law, are you?"
"No, I don't know you at all, how could I persuade you to do something bad? To be honest with you, I lost my wallet on the road and now I'm penniless. So I was wondering if you could give me a ride to the Golden Leaf Hotel where I live, and then I'll pay you back. Good people will be rewarded, please help me." Xiaoyu pleaded with the middle-aged driver in front of her.
"Alright, you don't seem like a scammer, so I'll help you this one time."
"Thank you, uncle! Thank you!" Xiaoyu gratefully bowed his hands to him.
Ten minutes later, the taxi stopped in front of the Golden Leaf Hotel. The driver followed Xiaoyu to the service desk on the first floor and said to the staff: "Sorry, my handbag is still in room 612, the key is also in the room, I want to check out now, can you help me open the door of room 612?"
"Move out? Didn't you say you were staying until the end of this month? Why are you moving out now?"
"This hotel makes me feel unsafe. Just tonight when I returned to room 612, unexpectedly there was a pervert hiding in my single room, he hugged me from behind, I was so scared that my soul flew away, and my handbag also fell in the room, I guess everything inside was looted by that thug."
"How could this happen? Why didn't you call the police? At least tell us!"
"I suspect that there is a traitor in your hotel, so it's useless for me to tell you anything." Xiaoyu and the driver followed the service staff into the elevator room.
"How could this happen? It's impossible. Do you still remember what that man looked like?"
"That middle-aged man wore pajamas, had buck teeth, triangular eyes, a big mouth, and was bald."
"Oh, this person is staying in room 610 this morning, which is right next to your room."
"According to you, he probably climbed in through the window into my room! Is he still in Room 610 now?"
"I don't know. I just took over from Liu Ping."
Xiao Yu noticed the name on the work badge of this peer: Hao Sanmei.
Hao Sanmei opened the door of room 612 for Xiaoyu, and saw that the room was in a mess. Xiaoyu's travel trunk had been opened, with its contents scattered all over the bed and floor. The quilt and sheets on the bed had also been lifted up, and the drawer of the bedside table had been pulled out. Meanwhile, the window had been opened.
"Where's my wallet and passbook? If I can't find them, I'll be penniless! Why am I so unlucky?! Waaahhh...” Xiaoyu suddenly remembered the misfortunes and hardships she had suffered over the past month, and her eyes welled up with tears as she sat on the floor, covering her face and sobbing.
"Shall we call the police?" The driver patted Xiaoyu's shoulder sympathetically.
"Don't call the police... I'm just unlucky... I'll move out of this hotel right now... Can you help me find my handbag?" Xiaoyu sobbed, wiping away tears.
Then the three of them looked for the handbag together. Hao Sanmei soon found the handbag in a corner: "Your handbag."
Xiao Yu took over the handbag and opened it to find that it was empty. She suddenly felt heartbroken again, wiping away tears: "There's not a single penny, how can I survive?"
"Don't be in a hurry, look again! If you don't have money, then forget about giving me the 30 yuan for the taxi fare."
"Why didn't you call the police?"
"It's hard to put into words. It's better if you don't know."
"There are two 100-yuan bills and three 10-yuan bills." Hao Sanmei found the money when she picked up the quilt.
"There's your bankbook under the bed, and also your mobile phone." The driver moved the bed away, knelt on the floor and exclaimed with surprise. After taking a look at the mobile phone, he shook his head and said, "However, the screen of your mobile phone has been trampled by someone, it might not be usable anymore."
"I'll try later." Xiaoyu took over the deposit book and mobile phone, "Thank you! Heaven will not cut off a man's road, thank heaven and earth!"
"Take a look at what's missing, and see if anything has been left behind in the room." Hao Sanmei helped Xiaoyu, who had tears all over her face, carry her suitcase to the door and asked, carrying her handbag and scanning the room.
"Nothing's missing. We can close up now."
After Xiao Yu thanked Hao Sanmei and left the house, with one hand holding her handbag and the driver carrying her suitcase: "It seems that scoundrel wasn't after money. Where do you want to go? I'll take you."
"Thank you." Xiaoyu got into the taxi, "I want to leave this city immediately, can you take me to Donglin City nearby?"
"Alright."
"How much?"
"Take your hundred yuan, and forget about the thirty yuan from earlier."
"Thank you, uncle! There are still many good people in this world. May I ask what's your surname, uncle?"
"Your surname is Lian, practicing Lian, what's your name?"
"Huaiping Hu." Xiaoyu made up a name. Because Xiaoyu anticipated that the police would soon be arresting her all over the city, she said her name was Xiaoyu or her real name - Feng Qing, wouldn't that be jumping into the net?
The taxi drove for an hour and a half before entering Donglin City, where Xiaoyu got off at a supermarket near the bus station in order to conceal her tracks.
"Is someone coming to pick you up? Hu Aiping." The old man took the 100 yuan handed over by Xiaoyu and asked with concern.
"Someone will come to pick me up later, thank you again, goodbye!" Xiaoyu smiled slightly and waved at Lao Lian, watching him leave before continuing on her way in this unfamiliar city.
After walking for a while, Xiaoyu looked at the time on her phone - 11:20. She should find a small hotel to stay overnight. How could a girl dare to sleep outside? So Xiaoyu started looking for a hotel and soon found one called "Feilong" on the main street. Lying on the bed in a double room of the hotel, she saw another woman wearing glasses and reading books and taking notes on the other bed. Through conversation with her, she knew that she was a teacher who came to take the professional title examination.
This hotel is in poor condition, there's no air conditioning in the room, only a ceiling fan spinning above. There's also no TV. Xiaoyu thought of Zhao Yating: Ah Ya, I may hate you, but seeing you suffer at the hands of this evil tyrant surnamed Qian, I left without looking back! I owe you an apology! May Guanyin Bodhisattva bless and protect you, and help you survive! Alas, I wonder if Ah Ya is dead or alive now. Dare I call "Jing Mei Massage and Wellness Center" or Ah Ya's cell phone? No, absolutely not! Thinking of this, Xiaoyu took out her own phone with a crushed screen and found it wouldn't turn on. So she looked at the female teacher's phone on the bedside table and asked: "Excuse me, my phone is broken, may I use yours to make a call with my card?"
"Here you go." The female teacher handed her phone over to her with a smile.
"Thank you!" Xiaoyu took her phone, removed the battery and SIM card, replaced it with her own SIM card, then got out of bed and came to the empty corridor. As soon as she turned on the phone, she saw more than a dozen missed calls. Four were from the "Jing Mei Massage and Health Center" service hotline, four were from her boss's cell phone number, and four were from unfamiliar numbers. Xiaoyu borrowed a pen from her and wrote down the phone numbers in her SIM card address book.
