Chapter 286 - Fathers Note (1/2)
When they were al wheat, beans and other far supplies He’d also spotted the owner and he was a burly, bearded, headscarf-wearing man of about forty; a typical Pashtun
As they drew closer to the shop, Tang Yu-Yan lowered her voice and said, “Right there The one in the doorway is Karas There were less people here but it was still bustling He didn’t see any suspicious people but he was uneasy for so hi Yu-Yan
He had his X-ray vision but this was not a catch-all ability He was unable to observe each and every person in such a busy environment, and he lacked the experience in surveillance
Tang Yu-Yan led Xia Lei to the grains shop but did not stop at it She went past the shop and into a jewellery shop next to it
Pakistan’s goldsmiths and silversmiths orld-famous and the jewellery shop was full of exquisite jewellery, mostly silver
The owner of the jewellery shop was a native Punjabi Upon seeing the two Chinese people, Tang Yu-Yan and Xia Lei, he beca Yu-Yan spoke fluently for a bit with the owner in Urdu, then picked a few pieces of silver jewellery The owner only charged her the cost price
Xia Lei thought they would turn around and into the grains shop when they exited the jewellery shop but she did not even glance at it as she walked straight to one of the exits of the ter back at it, and he happened to see Karam enter the jewellery shop His left eye twitched and revealed the scene in the jewellery shop He saw Kara to the owner of the jewellery shop and take out a bill, presued into coins When the owner of the jewellery shop gave him the coins, he bent to pick a crumpled paper ball fro his X-ray vision at that point
Not one as said between them but all the words they needed were on that paper
Xia Lei was abashed He had been ad the exquisite jewellery earlier and had not even noticed when Tang Yu-Yan placed the paper ball there He had seen what transpired but pretended not to know After he left thetoYu-Yan spoke softly, “He already knohat to do Let’s go back He ait for us outside the city tonight”
Xia Lei didn’t ask ence station He looked back to scan the surroundings behind hi behind hi suspicious It was difficult since the women here were all clothed in black from head to toe, and he could not use his X-ray vision on all of the Yu-Yan sensed Xia Lei’s strange actions
“I keep having this feeling that so us but I can’t see who Do you have this feeling?” said Xia Lei
“I don’t I’ll know if so us This patch of territory is under our surveillance and our infor even if I don’t Don’t be nervous It’s your first ti nervous is unavoidable I had this sort of feelingher say that let Xia Lei relax a little He looked backwards less too
As they stood at an intersection, aof a Toyota Camry ound down and a blonde woman stuck her head out theShe opened her ued it and said angrily, “What are you doing?”
The blonde woman spoke in Russian, “What did you say? I don’t understand! You be careful, next tium but a bullet”
Xia Lei wrinkled his brows and replied in Russian, “Are you threatening ise”
The blonde worinned “You should be um”
“You bitch!” Xia Lei walked towards the Toyota Careen at that mo Xia Lei behind
Tang Yu-Yan pulled Xia Lei back to the pave but I think there’s no need to get upset over someone as rude as that You need to remember e’re here for What’s a little insult? The mission is most important”
Xia Lei still watched the Toyota Camry in the distance
The blonde woave Xia Lei the finger as she ible
“shi+t, if she co Yu-Yan was pissed too This blonde wo
Xia Lei watched the Toyota Caer and the shape of her ain He used lip-reading on her and what she’d said was ‘chewing guued and he looked at the chewing guum had the imprint of the blonde woarbage chewing gum This hat confused him It would’ve been fairly norum’ three times?
He recalled what she had said to hium but a bullet
She had repeated this twice This was not one of the speech patterns of a Russian wo Yu-Yan let go of Xia Lei’s hand and continued walking forward