Appearance
Chapter 10 Chief? Kick Him to the Curb(路边，马路牙子，控制)!
龙冰的出现让夏雷感到激动，可也把他吓了一跳。审讯室里一大群警察，她一来二话没说直接把警局的刑警队的队长给踹趴下了！
Long Bing’s appearance was moving yet shocking at once to Xia Lei. She kicked a Police Team Leader to the ground immediately - before even speaking a word!
李青华愣了一下，最先回过神来，他气急败坏地吼道：“反了天了！给我把她抓起来！”
Li Qing-Hua stared blankly, then snapped back to himself, flustered and shouting in exasperation(恼怒) “Is this a revolt(反抗，违抗，起义，叛乱)? Cuff her!”
几个警察跟着又涌向了龙冰。
Police officers ran at Long Bing.
龙冰忽然撩起了黑色的长裙，雪白的大腿曝露出来的一瞬间，插在大腿内侧的一支手枪也落在了她的手中，下一秒钟就指着了李青华的头。
Long Bing swiftly lifted the skirt of her dress. A flash of her snow-white thighs could be seen as a handgun she had strapped to her thigh fell easily into her hand. She had it pointed at Li Qing-Hua’s head in the next second.
几个准备上去抓人的警察顿时僵住了，李青华的脸上也没有了半丝血色。
The police officers froze in their tracks. Li Qing-Hua’s face looked drained of blood.
龙冰冷冷地道：“抓我？你还不够资格。”说道这里，她的语气忽然变得凶悍了起来，“都给我退回去！把人放了！”
Long Bing spoke with ice in her voice, “Cuff me? You’re not qualified.” Her voice grew harsh and commanding, “Move back, all of you! Release him!”
“你……请问……你是谁？”李青华不是傻瓜，敢在警察局拿枪指着警察的女人肯定不是普通人，肯定大有来头，在没有弄清楚这个女人的底细前，他反而不敢造次了，态度也转弯了。
“You… If I may ask… Who are you?” Li Qing-Hua was no fool. A woman who could brazenly(厚颜无耻地) point a gun at the police was not an ordinary person - she must be someone with backing. He dared not make any false moves before figuring out her background. Li Qing-Hua’s attitude took a 180 degree turn.
龙冰并不领情，“你还没有资格知道我的身份。”
Long Bing was unmoved(无动于衷，不动摇). “You’re not qualified to know my identity.”
李青华说道：“这就不好办了，这小子犯了敲诈勒索的罪，这可是很严重的罪行。就算他有什么人撑腰，也得顾全一下法律的威严吧？你难道想什么都不说就把一个罪犯从警察局带走吗？”
“Well then, we have a problem. This guy here has been arrested for extortion, and this is a serious crime. Even if he has some backing, he still has to answer to the law, doesn’t he? Do you mean to just take a criminal out of the police station with no explanation?” said Li Qing-Hua.
龙冰看着夏雷，“你真的犯了敲诈勒索的罪？”
Long Bing looked at Xia Lei. “Did you really do it?”
夏雷说道：“他胡说，我没犯罪。”他指着李青华，“倒是他，他利用职务之便进行权色交易。还有，他纵容他的外甥陈传虎作恶，强包工程，非法强拆，这些是经济犯罪。”
“He’s lying. I didn’t.” Xia Lei pointed at Li Qing-Hua. “But he used his position and authority to extort sexual favours. He also enables his nephew, Chen Chuan-Hu to commit crimes. He has a monopoly(垄断，独占) on projects and does illegal demolitions(炸药，破坏，拆除), which are economic crimes.”
“你放屁！”李青华顿时怒了，抓起一把椅子就向夏雷砸了过去。
“Rubbish!” Li Qing-Hua was overcome by anger and he grabbed a chair and made to smash it on Xia Lei’s head.
“住手！”江如意忽然吼道：“夏雷说的都是真的，我看到你和那个女人的视频了！”
“Stop!” Jiang Ru-Yi suddenly shouted, “What Xia Lei said is true! I saw the video of you and that woman!”
李青华顿时僵在了当场，他高高举起的椅子也悬停在了空中。
Li Qing-Hua froze. The chair he held stopped mid-swing above his head.
夏雷惊讶地看着江如意，他知道，她这样做已经将她的工作和前途抛在脑后了。
Xia Lei looked at Jiang Ru-Yi in astonishment. He knew that she had just thrown her career and future away by doing that.
龙冰的嘴角露出了一丝奇怪的笑容，“难怪你要抓人，是想要是那个视频吗？”
A faint, strange smile appeared on Long Bing’s lips. “No wonder you arrested him. Was it to get your hands on that video?”
“胡说！”李青华极力掩饰着心中的震怒与恐慌，他恶狠狠地看着江如意，“江如意，你知道你在胡说八道些什么吗？你在什么地方看到什么视频的？”
“Nonsense!” Li Qing-Hua fought down the rising despair and panic. He glared at Jiang Ru-Yi. “Jiang Ru-Yi, do you know what rubbish you’re spouting? Where did you see this video?”
“我……”刚才见李青华要拿椅子砸夏雷，江如意一时着急就说了出来，现在被李青华一凶，她顿时又胆怯了，要说的话也不敢随随便便说出来了。
“I…” She had spoken in a rush when she saw Li Qing-Hua try to bash Xia Lei’s head in with a chair. Now, faced with Li Qing-Hua’s wrath(怒火，愤怒), her courage shrivelled(枯萎，失去动力) and the words she wanted to say stuck in her throat.
李青华放下了椅子，继续向江如意施压，“江如意，你要想清楚，你是北拱区警察局的警员，你难道想跟犯罪分子一伙吗？”
Li Qing-Hua put the chair down and continued to put pressure on Jiang Ru-Yi. “Think about it, Jiang Ru-Yi. You are an officer of the North Police Station. Are you taking the side of a criminal?”
“我……”江如意低下了头，不敢看李青华的凶恶的眼神。
“I…” Jiang Ru-Yi lowered her head, too afraid to meet Li Qing-Hua’s fierce gaze.
龙冰拍了一下江如意的肩头，“这位警官，你说的都是真的吗？别怕，如果你说的是真的，我向你保证，五分钟之后他就不是你的局长了，你根本就不需要怕他。”
Long Bing patted Jiang Ru-Yi on the shoulder. “Is what you said true, miss officer? Don’t be afraid, if what you say is true I can guarantee that he won’t be your Chief anymore in five minutes. You have no need to fear him.”
所有的视线都聚集在了龙冰的身上，五分钟就可以让北拱区警局的局长下课，这是何等的口气！
All eyes turned to look at Long Bing. Dismiss a Police Chief in five minutes? What sort of outrageous(骇人的，无法容忍的，反常的，令人惊讶的) claim was that?!
江如意看了夏雷一眼，似乎在这个时刻里得到了什么勇气，她说道：“我是在夏雷的百度云盘里看见的，夏雷是被冤枉的。”
Jiang Ru-Yi looked at Xia Lei and seemed to gain courage. “I watched the video on Xia Lei’s Baidu Cloud Drive. Xia Lei has been unfairly accused,” she said.
“江如意！”李青华恼羞成怒，冲上去一巴掌就抽向了江如意的脸颊。
“Jiang Ru-Yi!” Li Qing-Hua’s humiliation fuelled his anger. He charged forward, his hand outstretched in a slap intended for her cheek.
龙冰一扬手，她手中的手枪顿时抵在了李青华的额头上，“你再动一下试试。”
Long Bing moved her arm and the gun in her hand pressed against Li Qing-Hua’s forehead. “Try moving again and we’ll see what happens.”
李青华一动不敢动，额头上也不停地冒着冷汗。他的心里不停地猜测着眼前这个陌生女人的身份，可怎么也猜不到。
Li Qing-Hua dared not move and he broke out in cold sweat. In his head, his mind raced, trying to guess the identity of this woman but he could find no answers.
这时龙冰打开手袋从里面拿出了手机，拨了一个号码，然后说道：“黎叔吗？麻烦你给海珠市反贪局的人打个电话，让他们处理一下北拱区警察局的……”她捂住了手机，看着夏雷，“对了，这家伙叫什么名字？”
Long Bing opened her black clutch and took out her phone, then dialled a number. “Hello, Uncle Li? Could you call the Anti-Corruption Department of Hai-Zhu City and ask them to take care of the matter of North Police Station’s…” She covered the phone microphone, looked over at Xia Lei and asked, “Right, what’s this guy’s name?”
“李青华，他是北拱区警局的局长。”夏雷说道。
“Li Qing-Hua. He’s the Police Chief of Hai-Zhu North Police Station,” supplied Xia Lei.
龙冰又松开了捂着手机的手说道：“他叫李青华，权色交易，贪污受贿，还有一些职务犯罪，有证据。”顿了一下，她又说道：“嗯，让他们快点，我赶时间。”
Long Bing uncovered her microphone and continued, “His name’s Li Qing-Hua. Sexual favours, corruption, bribery and some work-related offences. There’s proof.” There was a pause and she spoke again, “Mm. Tell them to be quick, I’m in a hurry.”
一室静默，落针可闻。夏雷的心里暗暗地道：“她究竟是什么身份啊？居然用这种口气让海珠市反贪局的人做事？她这么年轻，看上去也不像是什么大领导啊。”
The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. “Who the hell is she? She just called like that to make the Anti-Corruption Department in Hai-Zhu City do her bidding(出价，投标，叫牌，请求，命令，吩咐)? She’s so young! She doesn’t look like she could be high-ranking,” thought Xia Lei.
龙冰将手机放回了手袋，看着夏雷，“五分钟，五分钟后你跟我离开。”
Long Bing put her mobile phone back into her clutch and looked at Xia Lei. “Five minutes. Five minutes and you leave with me.”
“嗯。”夏雷下意识地应了一声，心中充满了感激。
“Okay.” Xia Lei replied, his heart full of gratitude.
“哈哈哈……”李青华大笑了起来，“你摆什么谱？五分钟？你所谓的反贪局到这里的路程开车都需要半个小时！你的狐狸尾巴露出来了吧？你想救夏雷出去，所以才装什么大人物吧？哼！我看你就是来浑水摸鱼的女贼！”
“Hahaha…” Li Qing-Hua guffawed. “What are you trying to pull? Five minutes? The Anti-Corruption Department you spoke of is at least half an hour’s drive away from here! You’ve revealed yourself, huh! You’re pretending to be some big shot because you want to rescue Xia Lei, aren’t you? Ha! You’re just here to stir up(激起，煽动) trouble!”
龙冰什么都没说，只是看了一下手上的腕表。
Long Bing said nothing. She looked at her watch.
“你们还愣着干什么？把他们三个都给我抓起来！”李青华吼道。
“What are you standing around for? Cuff the three of them!” roared Li Qing-Hua.
几个警察你看我一眼，我看你一眼，都没动。
The police officers looked at each other but did not move.
李青华又冲江如意吼道：“江如意，我现在命令你把诬陷我的视频删了，立刻！”
Li Qing-Hua targeted Jiang Ru-Yi again, shouting, “Jiang Ru-Yi, I command you to delete the video! Right now!”
江如意也没动。
Jiang Ru-Yi did not move either.
其实所有人都看得出来，李青华表面上还算正常，但他其实已经慌了，害怕了。
Everyone could see that though Li Qing-Hua looked normal on the surface, he was panicky and terrified inside.
李青华又指着龙冰，“你不是说五分钟让我下课吗？好，现在已经过了几分钟了？如果五分钟我没事，我让你吃不了兜着走！”
Li Qing-Hua pointed at Long Bing. “You said I’d be removed in five minutes, didn’t you? Fine. How many minutes have passed? If nothing happens to me after five minutes, I’ll be sure to make you suffer!”
他的话音刚刚落下，一个女警便拿着一纸传真出现在了门口，审讯室里的情况显然把她吓了一跳。她愣了一下才回过神来，她将传真文件塞到了江如意的手中，有些紧张地道：“如意，这是从……从你的传真机传真过来的，你……你处理一下吧。”
The words had just left his lips when a female police officer appeared in the doorway with a fax in her hand and the situation in the interrogation room gave her a shock. She paused, then shoved the fax into Jiang Ru-Yi’s hands and spoke nervously, “Ru-Yi, this… this came from your fax machine. You… You take care of it.”
江如意看了一眼，脸上顿时露出了笑容，她激动地道：“是反贪局传真过来的，让我们……让我们……”她指着李青华说道：“反贪局的让我们抓捕他，这是逮捕令。”她举起了手里的传真文件。
Jiang Ru-Yi scanned the fax and a smile bloomed on her face. She spoke excitedly, “This is from the Anti-Corruption Department! It allows us… allows us…” She pointed at Li Qing-Hua and said, “The Anti-Corruption Department wants us to have him arrested. This is a warrant for his arrest.” She raised the fax in her hand.
那确实是一纸逮捕令，白纸黑字，还有反贪局的专用章。
It was indeed an arrest warrant, written in black and white with the Anti-Corruption Department seal(密封，印章，封条).
李青华忽然拔腿往外跑。
Li Qing-Hua suddenly made a run for it.
夏雷猛起一脚踹在了李青华的背上，顿时将李青华踢倒在地。
Xia Lei raised his leg and kicked Li Qing-Hua in the back, throwing him off balance and making him crash to the floor.
李青华怒视着夏雷，“你他妈——”
Li Qing-Hua glared at Xia Lei. “You motherf-”
龙冰一脚踢在了李青华的头上，骂人的话戛然而止。
Long Bing kicked Li Qing-Hua in the head and cut him off mid-curse.
局长被人打晕，几个警察却假装没有看见，更没人上前去扶李青华一下。树倒猢狲散，以前李青华还是局长的时候，他们看李青华的眼色做事。现在李青华从局长变成了罪犯，他们立刻就跟他划清了界线。
The police officers pretended not to see Li Qing-Hua getting knocked out. None came forward to get him off the ground either. When Li Qing-Hua was Chief, they had all danced to his beat. Now that he had fallen from Police Chief to criminal, they immediately cut ties with him.
“你叫什么名字？”龙冰看着江如意问道。
“What’s your name?” Long Bing asked Jiang Ru-Yi.
江如意微微地愣了一下，“江如意，请问你是？”说话的时候，她又用眼角的余光瞟了一眼夏雷，心里暗暗地道：“这家伙什么时候认识这么奇怪一个女人啊？”
Jiang Ru-Yi hesitated. “Jiang Ru-Yi. And you are…?” As she spoke, she shot a look at Xia Lei from the corner of her eye. In her head, she thought, “When did this guy get to know such a weird woman?”
龙冰说道：“我是谁不重要。你很不错，你这样的人不应该只是一个文员。”
“Who I am is not important. You’re not bad - a person like you shouldn’t just be a clerk(职员，文书，文员),” said Long Bing.
江如意暗暗地揣摩着龙冰的话的意思。
Jiang Ru-Yi quietly tried to decode the meaning of Long Bing’s words.
龙冰又看了一眼手上的腕表，“五分钟到了，夏雷，跟我走啊。”
Long Bing looked at her watch again. “Five minutes are up. Xia Lei - come with me.”
夏雷苦笑了一下，跟着龙冰离开了审讯室，然后往外走。走出警局，阳光照在脸上，重获自由的感觉让他一身轻松。
Xia Lei smiled wryly and left the interrogation room with Long Bing, then walked out of the building. Outside the police station, the sun’s rays warmed his face and he felt his body relax as he regained his freedom.
“谢谢你。”夏雷看着龙冰，满眼的感激与诚意。
“Thank you.” Xia Lei looked at Long Bing with eyes full of sincere gratitude.
龙冰说道：“你帮了我一个忙，我也帮你一个忙，我们算是扯平了。”
“You helped me and I helped you. We’re even now,” said Long Bing.
夏雷笑了一下，“好吧，我们算是扯平了，不过不管怎么样，刚才的事情还是谢谢你了。”
Xia Lei laughed. “Okay, we’re even. But really, thank you for just now.”
龙冰的柳眉微微地皱了一下，“你这个人很喜欢说谢谢吗？”
“Long Bing’s brows wrinkled slightly. “You like to say ‘thank you’ a lot, don’t you?”
夏雷有些尴尬地耸了一下肩，他不知道该怎么和她说话了。龙冰给他的感觉很奇怪，也不好相处。
Xia Lei shrugged, embarrassed. He did not know how to speak to her. To him, Long Bing was strange and not easy to get along with.
龙冰又说道：“我查过你的资料，你有一个即将上大学的妹妹，你没有正式的工作，你需要我给你介绍一下吗？我可以帮你找一个正式的工作，远比你在工地上打工稳定。”
“I looked into you. You have a younger sister preparing to attend university and you have no steady job. Do you need help getting a job? I can introduce you to one much better than what you get at construction sites.”
夏雷的心里暗暗吃惊，他没想到她会把他的底细调查得这么清楚。他也相信以龙冰的能力完全可以帮他找一份正式的工作，不过他的心里却有着他自己的计划，“不了，谢谢你。”
Xia Lei made no outward reaction but he was surprised. He had not expected her to investigate him so thoroughly. He completely believed in her ability to make good on her word when she said she could help him get a job but he had his own plans. “No thanks.”
“难道你还想去澳门赚钱吗？你不可能每一次都赢钱。”
“Are you going to earn money in Macau? You can’t win every time.”
夏雷笑道：“上次是我第一次去澳门，大概也是最后一次，我可没想过要用赌博来赚钱养家。”
Xia Lei smiled, “That was my first time in Macau, and most likely my last. I have no intention of gambling for a living.”
“你有什么打算？”
“What are your plans, then?”
“做我自己想做的事情。”夏雷说。对自己的未来他其实一点都不担心，凭借左眼的能力，他相信他能闯出一片属于自己的天地！
“To do what I want,” said Xia Lei. He was not worried about his future at all. He was sure to carve(雕刻，开创) a paradise for himself with the power of his left eye!
龙冰沉默了一下，似乎在想着什么事情，好半响之后才说道：“下午我就回京都了，你知道怎么联系我，如果你需要什么帮助的话，你就给我打电话。”
Long Bing was silent, as though thinking of something, then she spoke. “I’m going back to Jing-Du in the afternoon. You know how to contact me. Call me if you need help.”
夏雷点了一下头，“嗯，如果有需要我会给你打电话的。”
Xia Lei nodded. “Yes, I’ll call.”
“如果我有什么需要你帮忙的呢？”龙冰忽然说道。
“And if I need your help?” Long Bing suddenly asked.
夏雷顿时愣了一下，跟着笑了笑，“那你就给我打电话，呵呵，只要是我能帮到的我一定帮。不过，你这么神通广大的人，需要我帮忙的地方一定很少很少吧？你究竟是干什么的呢？”
Xia Lei was struck dumb for a bit, then laughed. “Call me, then! Haha… If it’s within my capability to help, I’ll help for sure. But you’re so well connected that you’d probably not need my help much, right? What the heck do you do?”
“在澳门，那天晚上，你是怎么看见那个狙击手的？”龙冰没有回答夏雷的问题，却提出了这个问题。
“That night in Macau - How did you see the sniper on the roof?” Long Bing did not answer his question but asked one of her own instead.
夏雷陷入了沉默之中，龙冰也闭口不谈她的身份和职业。两人的心中都有疑问，也希望得到答案，可对方偏偏就是不说。这似乎是两人之间的一个怪圈。
Xia Lei grew quiet and Long Bing refused to talk about her identity or job. The two of them had questions, and they wanted answers but neither of them would speak. It was like a cycle of mystery between the two of them.
就在这时江如意跑了出来，老远便说道：“雷子，你过来一下，有些情况要你说明一下。”
At that moment, Jiang Ru-Yi ran out of the police station, calling as she came closer, “Lei, come here for a bit. I need you to explain some things.”
夏雷应了一声，“好的，我马上来。”然后他看着龙冰，“下次再聊吧，再见。”
Xia Lei grunted a reply, “Yeah, I’ll be right there.” He looked at Long Bing. “Let’s chat next time. Goodbye.”
龙冰的嘴唇动了动，想说什么却又没有说出来。
Long Bing’s lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but no words came.