Chapter 227 Arrival, Old Wu
The young man drove Du Ruo towards the airport. On the way, the young man briefly explained to Du Ruo the life of "Jia Wen".
"Jawen" used to work in Chicago, but lost his job due to layoffs. This time he returned to his hometown, played at home for seven days, and was preparing to go to Los Angeles to travel and see if he could find a new job.
The main reason is that he has a friend in Los Angeles, and he might stay with his friend in Los Angeles this time.
Du Ruo felt relieved after hearing this. It was obvious that such a person definitely existed. Having such an identity could provide more convenience for his actions.
"Mr. Jia, if you have a sore throat, you don't have to speak during the whole process. Your friend can translate for you."
The young man seemed to have thought of various situations regarding Du Ruo, and probably even the language problem.
"My voice is fine, it won't affect communication."
After listening to this, Du Ruo just smiled and said something in English.
He suffered a similar loss last time, and he had never given up learning English for some time. Now it comes in handy.
This is really thanks to Du Ruo's abnormal memory. At least in terms of memory, Du Ruo can now remember everything he sees, so simple communication is not a problem at all. Of course, his spoken English is still a little poor, but with Du Ruo's learning ability, I believe that he will be able to improve quickly when he gets there.
"That's good."
The young man just nodded and then started talking about other issues.
"We will have corresponding arrangements for the retreat at that time. Anyway, there will be no problem with all the channels. If it doesn't work, we can retreat from Lao Mo. The specific matters will depend on how far you can go."
"Okay, it's good to have a plan."
Du Ruo nodded and then closed his eyes to rest.
Of course, he was just talking. How could he put all his hopes on other people? After closing his eyes, Du Ruo kept thinking about how the little girl had put on makeup and disguised him.
Even though it is a completely new field, Du Ruo is confident that he can master it in a very short time. Such skills may be of great use in the future, so Du Ruo needs to deepen his impression.
Seeing Du Ruo closing his eyes to rest, the young man also kept silent and concentrated on driving.
After arriving at the airport, the young man let Du Ruo get off the car alone like an online taxi driver, and he drove away directly.
Du Ruo looked at the ticket and found that the flight would not take off for nearly two hours, so he simply went to the waiting area.
However, when I was walking in the airport, I unexpectedly discovered that there were public telephones in the airport.
After thinking about it, Du Ruo walked over. The public phone here allows free calls for a limited time, which just meets Du Ruo's needs. He can call Xiang Yuanyuan directly.
Du Ruo's cell phone was also given to the young man. He was now holding an old Apple phone with all English software on it. It was obviously "Jia Wen's" phone. There was also a note on the back of the phone with the password. Everything was arranged.
Since his identity had been changed, it was inappropriate for Du Ruo to call from his mobile phone. A public phone was just right. In order not to make Xiang Yuanyuan worry, Du Ruo spoke briefly to Xiang Yuanyuan and hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Du Ruo walked to the terminal and waited quietly.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard this flight. The plane is about to take off... The total distance is about 10460 kilometers and the total journey time is about 11 hours and 30 minutes. I wish you a pleasant journey~~"
Sitting in a relatively spacious seat in the business class of the plane, Du Ruo put on headphones and began watching a video about makeup downloaded on his mobile phone. He had no intention of interacting or communicating with anyone.
This time the goal is clear, so it is better not to have too much contact with people during the journey, and to avoid bringing unnecessary disasters to these people. After all, everyone on the flight is flying to Los Angeles.
So for a full eleven and a half hours, Du Ruo was either watching videos to learn or closing his eyes to rest, and he did not communicate with any other people during the entire process.
Only after the plane stopped did Du Ruo follow the crowd to pick up his luggage and leave.
At this time, Du Ruo also began to look forward to this trip.
"Hiss~ cough~"
After walking out of the plane, Du Ruo couldn't help but take a deep breath, but as soon as he smelled it, he was choked. The taste was really not good.
After getting off the plane, there was a security check and they also asked about the purpose of coming to Los Angeles, but Du Ruo didn't care. "Jia Wen" held a US passport, so basically they just took a look and passed.
Then we headed to the airport pick-up point.
"Jia Wen~~"
Before Du Ruo even walked out of the airport entrance, he saw someone waving at him and shouting his name in Chinese.
"Old Wu!"
Du Ruo also raised his hand and replied.
Then he walked over and hugged the other person, and started talking in Chinese, just like meeting an ordinary fellow villager. "Haha, let's go back first, and I'll take you to have a good time in Los Angeles tomorrow."
Old Wu was a middle-aged man, a little fat, with some white hair on his head. He looked to be in his forties. He smiled very kindly and took Du Ruo's suitcase and walked out.
After leaving the airport, the first thing I smelled was a stinky smell, and there was a lot of garbage on the ground. The smell was much stronger than when I just got off the plane. This made Du Ruo frown subconsciously. To be honest, this environment was a little beyond Du Ruo's expectations.
"Haha, what's wrong? After returning to the country, you're starting to get uncomfortable? Let's go. This is how it is at the airport gate. No one's here to supervise. It will be better if we go out."
Old Wu was very good at observation. Seeing Du Ruo frowning, he explained with a smile, then took Du Ruo for a long distance before they came to a small car.
Old Wu was driving, and while driving he was introducing the various geographical locations to Du Ruo.
"You seem to be quite familiar with this place."
Du Ruo listened and occasionally asked a question, but Old Wu always gave answers one by one.
"Of course, I'm a photographer. I've been to every place here."
It was not until the car had driven for more than half an hour that it stopped in front of an apartment building. The apartment was three stories high and was not shabby, but it had a lot of debris piled up.
"This whole apartment building is full of people working here. It's a short-term rental, and everyone communicates in Mandarin. But everyone is very busy, and with so many people coming and going, we don't see each other very often. Let's go. I live in the basement, so you'll have to stay with me for the next few days."
Old Wu led the way and entered through the main entrance. When passing by the restaurant, there were a few men eating with their bare chests. Old Wu just smiled at them without saying much and took Du Ruo directly to the basement.
The simple basement was divided into several rooms, and even the corridor seemed a bit crowded because of several beds. However, every door was closed. Old Wu's room was at the innermost. After taking out the key and opening the door, he took Du Ruo inside.
If I had to describe Old Wu's room, it would be just one word: messy. There were all kinds of things that were obviously worthless placed everywhere. It was so messy that it seemed difficult to even step in. However, there was no peculiar smell. It was obviously just messy, but not dirty.
"Please sit down first. This place is a bit messy. After we get our things, we'll go for a walk outside and find you a hotel."
Old Mr. Wu stood there and looked around. After making sure that the messy room was in no different shape than when he left, he closed the door and asked Du Ruo to sit down.
"This is for you. Do you need anything else?"
After Du Ruo sat down, Old Wu rummaged around in the corner and pulled out an inconspicuous plastic bag from under a pile of debris, then handed it to Du Ruo.
Du Ruo opened the bag and took a look. The first thing that caught his eye was a handful of coins, all of which were cents.
"Dang~"
Du Ruo took one out and took a look at it, then bent his fingers and flicked the coin. Du Ruo used the ordinary Yin-Shou technique and relied solely on the strength of his fingers to hit the coin out. The coin hit the door frame of the room directly, making a slight sound and completely sinking into it.
"Not bad, but not very convenient to carry."
Du Ruo took out a few coins and put them in his pocket, and put the rest into the backpack on his back. Coins are really good as hidden weapons. They are inconspicuous and have greater lethality.
It's just not convenient to carry. Du Ruo's steel needle belt has hundreds of steel needles inserted on it, but if you put hundreds of coins in your pocket...
But some people use it to pick up pebbles.
"..."
Old Wu looked at the coin that was completely embedded in the door frame and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, but he didn't say anything. He watched Du Ruo check other things.
Du Ruo took the coin and saw a small roll of steel wire in the bag. The steel wire was wrapped like a yo-yo. He couldn't help but pick it up and grabbed a piece of it and pulled it.
"Forget about this. It's too troublesome to put it away."
Du Ruo took a look and found that the material and even the size of the steel wire were similar to those of the Panlong wire. He must have thought that the other party thought Du Ruo was using steel wire as a weapon, so they prepared steel wire of the same material.
But in fact, the Panlong wire relies on concealment and the convenience of carrying at any time. Once these two biggest features are lost, it will be meaningless to have only the steel wire.
Du Ruo put the wire back and took out the last thing in the bag.
It was a large stack of photos, and Du Ruo took it in his hand and started looking at it.
"This is a photo of the Hill family castle."
"This is a photo of the Hill Family Group headquarters. Behind it are pharmaceutical companies, energy companies, etc...."
"This is their head, Hill Aida, followed by his eldest son, Hill Moses, and then there's..."
Old Wu introduced them one by one, saying that these were some photos he had collected recently, and each one was of relatively high resolution, allowing Du Ruo to recognize them at a glance.
Du Ruo was very satisfied with this. There were even some private phone numbers of key members in it. These were much more professional than the one from the Philippine monkey last time. Perhaps the other party was professional, but Du Ruo did not ask. He just kept everything that Lao Wu said in his heart.
(End of this chapter)
