Chapter 117 (1/2)

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Coffee-stained Letters and Legs

As he entered, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed young woman suddenly cut into his path and collided into hiry She spoke Russian

“Sorry” Xia Lei quickly apologised in Russian and moved around her to walk inside

The blonde suddenly pulled Xia Lai to a stop, “You’re walking off after breaking s?”

Xia Lei then discovered a piece of handicrafts in the blonde’s hands - it was a conch shell made of straw The conch had been flattened in the collision

“An apology is not enough,” said the blonde She held onto Xia Lei’s aro

Xia Lei was very anxious and he did not want to argue with the Russian girl He took out his wallet and shoved a few hundred-yuan notes into the Russian girl’s hands

The Russian girl then let go of Xia Lei’s arive me so much”

Xia Lei was in no mood to chat He stepped quickly into the coffee shop However, thatat that table, head bent over the bag ofits contents

Xia Lei quickly swept the coffee shop with his gaze There were aze landed on a door marked ‘personnel-only’ and he made his way to it That h the front door He o in This is for staff only” A waiter blocked Xia Lei’s way

“Excusefor someone,” said Xia Lei

“You still can’t enter,” said the waiter

Xia Lei pushed the waiter aside and went through the door

It was indeed a work area behind the door The coffee shop e ice-crea about their work At the far end of the work area was a back door which led outside and when Xia Lei entered the work area, that door was still swinging gently, as though someone had exited in a hurry and had no time to shut it

Xia Lei ran towards the back door The waiter who had blocked hih the door before he could say anything

A sht; it was dark Buildings stood on either side of the alley and there were no doorways Streets ran from both ends of the alley and both ell-lit with traffic However, the s or streets - he was quick!

Xia Lei’s left eye twitched and several footprints appeared on the dark ground He quickly determined the man’s footprints as he was the latest to leave from the back door and his footprints were the freshest and most obvious

After he deterht side and to the end of the alley People came and went on the pave with traffic - that ht His footprints had disappeared somewhere between the pave the him? Who in the world was he?’ Xia Lei was astonished and confused He suddenly thought of so towards the coffee shop

He’d thought of that blonde Russian girl If she had not got in his way earlier, he would definitely have been able to stop thatIt looked like a coincidence but it was too irl was an accomplice of that man and that man kneho he was and he did not want to meet him

It ht to hih Chi Jing-Qiu?

Back at the coffee shop, Chi Jing-Qiu looked very shocked to see Xia Lei She was about to say soh he hadn’t seen her

Xia Lei went to the front entrance but did not see the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Russian girl

That Russian girl was indeed that man’s accomplice and had been stationed at the door in advance to knock into him when he appeared She had completed her mission so ould she remain here for Xia Lei to catch her and ask her questions?

Xia Lei went back into the coffee shop and walked to Chi Jing-Qiu, sitting in the seat that-Qiu talked first, “You used thisAre you trying to use the saet my new client?”

Xia Lei took a deep breath to cal-Qiu, I a your clients I just want to knoho gave you this purchase order I want to knoho that man just noas Please tell -Qiu sneered, “You followed me I haven’t settled this issue with you yet and you actually dare to ask me for information on my client? Who do you think you are? Why should I fulfil all your requests?”

“Jing-Qiu, I’hed, “How unexpected You, begging me?”

“TellHe wouldn’t even be bothering to beg her if that -Qiu was silent and she looked quietly at Xia Lei, looking like she was thinking of soue smile appeared in the corners of her lips and she said, “So you’re begging -Qiu, that man…” Xia Lei was about to say that that man looked a lot like his father but he sed his words Chi Jing-Qiu was his high school classone to his school and she had never seen his father before This was a very strange -Qiu to know too ed his words, “Tell me what you want”

“What do I want? Let -Qiu looked at Xia Lei, all sh heel and reached her black-lace-stockinged foot to Xia Lei’s knee