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Chapter 8 Cover Up With Just a Hand
走出医院大门，一辆警车迎面驶来。
A police car approached just as Xia Lei walked out the doors of the hospital.
看见警察，夏雷的心中微微一沉，不过他很快就否定了他心中的想法，“就算李青华要报复我，也不会这么快吧？这大概是巡逻的警车。”
At the sight of the police, Xia Lei’s heart sank a little but he quickly pushed away his doubt. “Even if Li Qing-Hua wanted revenge, surely it wouldn’t be so quick? This should be a patrol(巡逻，巡逻队，侦察队) car.”
警车快速驶来，擦着夏雷的身边驶过，停在了医院的大门口。
The car zoomed over, barely missing Xia Lei, and stopped in front of the hospital doors.
果然不是李青华派来的，夏雷的心里这样想着，然后往路边走去。
“It wasn’t Li Qing-Hua after all,” thought Xia Lei. He walked to the road.
就在这时警车忽然加大油门倒车过来，一个警察从车窗里探出了头，大声吼道：“站住！”
At that moment, the police car suddenly turned around, engine revving(发动机的旋转，使加速) and a police officer poked(刺，桶，戳，伸出) his head out the window. “Stop!” he shouted.
夏雷停下了脚步，心里也暗叫了一声糟糕。
Xia Lei stopped walking and his heart gave a quiet cry of despair(绝望).
“就是他！”从车窗里探头的警察看了一眼手里的用打印机打印的画像，很激动的样子，“夏雷！李局要抓的就是他！”
“It’s him!” The police officer with his head out the window looked at the paper with a printed image in his hand and looked excited. “Xia Lei! He’s the one the Chief is after!”
警车嘎一声停在了夏雷的身边，车门打开，四个警察从车上走了下来，一下车就将夏雷围了起来。
Gravel crunched as the car stopped next to Xia Lei. The doors opened and four police officers alighted(从...下来), immediately surrounding Xia Lei.
这个时候夏雷的心里反而是平静了下来，他不慌不忙地道：“你们想干什么？”
Xia Lei was calm and spoke coolly, “What is it?”
“你是夏雷？”带头的警察发问道。
“Are you Xia Lei?” asked the officer in charge.
夏雷点了点头，“我就是夏雷，你们找我干什么？”
Xia Lei nodded. “I am. What business do you have with me?”
“找你干什么？”带头的警察亮出了一纸拘捕令，冷笑道：“夏雷，你涉嫌敲诈，这是拘捕令，跟我们走一趟！”
“Business?” The officer in charge flashed a warrant(执行令，授权令，凭单，许可证，正当理由，依据) and smiled coldly. “Xia Lei, you are suspected for extortion. This is a warrant for your arrest. Come with us!”
夏雷说道：“你们搞错了吧？我敲诈谁了？”
“You’re mistaken! Who did I extort?” said Xia Lei.
带队的警察一巴掌抽在了夏雷的后脑勺上，凶巴巴地道：“你敲诈了谁你心里清楚！哼，你真是吃了豹子胆了，打歪主意居然打到我们局长头上去了。洗干净屁股等着坐牢吧，以后的日子有你受的！带走！”
The officer in charge slapped Xia Lei in the back of his head and spoke fiercely, “You know very well who you extorted! Pshaw, you have the balls to try and mess with our Chief. Wash your ass and wait to be sent to prison - you’ll have rough days ahead of you! Take him away!”
夏雷怒极反笑，“抓我？你告诉他，最好别后悔！”
Xia Lei was mad and he scoffed, “Arrest me? Tell him this - You better not regret it!”
“小子还嘴硬！给我拷上！”带头的警察说道。
“This guy’s still talking back(顶嘴，反驳)! Cuff him!” said the officer in charge.
一个警察跟着就掏出了手铐给夏雷拷上了，然后把夏雷往警车里面推。夏雷没有反抗，钻进了警车。
A police officer did as he said and cuffed Xia Lei, then pushed him into the police car. Xia Lei did not resist and got in.
半个小时候后夏雷被带到了北拱区警察局，然后被关进了一间审讯室里。他身上的手机、钱包等物品都被搜走了。
Half an hour later, Xia Lei was brought to the North Police Station and locked up in an interrogation(审讯) room. His mobile phone, wallet and other possessions were confiscated.
一个青年警官走了进来，将手中的记录本重重地往桌子上一摔，然后坐在了夏雷的对面，“老实交代吧，省得我们费事。”
A young police officer entered the room, slammed the notebook in his hand on the table, then sat opposite Xia Lei. “Own up(坦白，爽快承认). Save us the trouble.”
夏雷一点都不慌张，他淡淡地说道：“你要我交代什么？”
Xia Lei was not nervous at all. He spoke calmly, “Own up to what?”
“你自己很清楚，当然是交代你敲诈我们李局长的事情！”青年警官猛拍了一下桌子，“你给我老实一点！”
“You know very well what you did! Own up to extorting money from our Chief!” The young police officer hit the table aggressively, “You’d better come clean(全盘招供，坦白交待)!”
“好吧，我交代。”夏雷说道：“今天傍晚我在聚善园茶楼碰见了李青华李局长，他带着一个女人，然后去酒店开了房间……”
“Sure, I’ll own up,” said Xia Lei, “that today, I met Li Qing-Hua - Chief Li - at Ju Shan Garden Teahouse. He was with a woman, and he brought her to a hotel and got a room…”
“你胡说八道些什么？青年警官打断了夏雷的话，“你再胡说八道我可对你不客气了！我也提醒你一下，你这是诬陷，这也是犯法的，你想罪加一等吗？”
“Nonsense!” The young police officer cut Xia Lei off. “Keep talking nonsense and I’ll start being nasty(极差的，令人厌恶的，不友好的，恶意的，危险的，严重的，无礼的，污秽的，下流的)! Let me remind you that what you’re doing is framing someone and this is illegal. Do you want to add to your offence(犯罪，违反，过错，攻击)?”
夏雷耸了一下肩，“不是你让我说的吗？我说的是事实。”
Xia Lei shrugged. “Didn’t you want me to talk? What I said was the truth.”
这时青年警官扭头看了一眼窗口，然后又指了一下墙角的摄像头。他没说话，但他的用意却很明显，他是让外面的人将摄像头关掉。
The young police officer turned his head to look at the window, then pointed at the camera in the corner. He did not speak but his intent was clear - he was telling the people outside to switch the cameras off.
果然，摄像头的指示灯本来是亮着的，他打了一个手势之后指示灯就熄灭了。
The indicator light of the camera went out.
这个青年警官显然是李青华的人，夏雷将视线移到了他的胸口上，他看到了这个青年警官的工作牌以及工作牌上的名字，他叫胡斌。
This young police officer was obviously one of Li Qing-Hua’s men. Xia Lei looked at the nametag on his chest - Hu Bin.
夏雷又将视线移到了审讯室里的一面玻璃墙上。这道玻璃墙单面透光，外面的人能看到里面，里面的人却看不到外面。不过这对他来说根本就不是障碍，他用左眼看到了李青华，还有站在李青华身边的陈传虎。
Xia Lei then looked at a glass wall of the interrogation room. It was easy to tell that people from outside could see into the room but people in the room could not see outside. This was no obstacle to Xia Lei, however and when he used his ability, he saw Li Qing-Hua and Chen Chuan-Hu standing next to him.
李青华和陈传虎小声地交谈着，陈传虎则不断点头，一副惟命是从的样子。不难看出来，李青华这是在交代陈传虎怎么诬陷他和马小安。
Li Qing-Hua and Chen Chuan-Hu were talking in hushed tones. Chen Chuan-Hu kept nodding like an obedient(顺从的，服从的，孝顺的) servant. It was easy to see that Li Qing-Hua was telling Chen Chuan-Hu how to frame Xia Lei and Ma Xiao-An.
夏雷收回了视线，他的嘴角也浮出了一丝冷笑。
Xia Lei stopped using his X-ray vision and a trace of a smirk appeared around his lips.
这件事他本来是打算就此罢手的，可是他没想到李青华的报复心这么强，当晚就派人来抓他了。这个时候他也暗自庆幸在酒店里偷偷地将那个视频上传到了他的百度云盘之中，有那个视频在手，他一点都不慌张，不害怕。
He had intended to just let the matter rest but Li Qing-Hua was unexpectedly thirsty for revenge and sent his men to arrest him that same night. He quietly congratulated himself for uploading the video to his Baidu Cloud Drive in the hotel room. With that video in his hands he was calm and unafraid.
“先让你得意一会儿吧。”夏雷的心里暗暗地道。
“I’ll let you be arrogant(自大的，傲慢的) for a bit,” thought Xia Lei.
名叫胡斌的警察这时出声说道：“我们开始吧，告诉我，你从勒索来的五万元之中获得了多少？”
The police officer named Hu Bin spoke, “Let’s begin. Tell me, how much of the 50,000 you extorted did you receive?”
夏雷说道：“我纠正一下，那不是勒索，那是医药费、误工费、营养费和精神损失费等等费用加起来的数额。我一分钱都没拿，我朋友被陈传虎打伤了，难道这笔钱不该由陈传虎出吗？”
“Let me correct you on that. That was not extortion. It was medical fees, loss of income, nutrition fees, mental health and other expenses, all added up. I did not take a cent. My friend was beaten up by Chen Chuan-Hu. Shouldn’t Chen Chuan-Hu pay for it?” said Xia Lei.
“医药费？”胡斌冷哼了一声，“这话你留在上法庭的时候再说吧，如果法官相信你的话，我把胡字倒着写。我们掌握的情况是你勒索陈传虎，哦，对了，你眼睛本来没伤，但你却用眼睛的伤敲诈了陈传虎一万元，你承认吗？”
“Medical fees?” Hu Bin scoffed. “Save that for the courts. If the judge believes you I’ll write my own name ‘Hu’ backwards. The situation we have now is that you extorted money from Chen Chuan-Hu. Ah, that’s right. Your eye’s fine but you used your eye as an excuse to cheat Chen Chuan-Hu out of 10,000. Do you confess?”
夏雷打了一个哈欠，“我困了，想睡觉。你想怎么写就怎么写吧，反正我说什么你也不会相信，你也始终会按照你们李局长的指示来写我的口供。所以，我们又何必浪费那个时间呢？”
Xia Lei yawned. “I’m tired and sleepy. Write it however you want. You won’t believe what I say anyway. You’ll just follow what your Chief Li told you to do and write my statement yourself. So, why are we wasting our time on this?”
“哟呵，你小子还真是牛逼轰轰的，这么说你是承认你勒索了？”
“Huh. You’re a cocky(过分自信的，自以为是的) little bastard, aren’t ya? So you confess to extortion?”
“你有证据吗？”
“Do you have proof?”
“你妈——”胡斌恼羞成怒地站了起来，扬手准备抽夏雷。
“You motherf-” Hu Bin got to his feet in anger, his hands ready to grab Xia Lei.
夏雷连躲一下的意思都没有，他有那份视频在手，他并不怕胡斌。
Xia Lei made no move to dodge. He had the video and was not afraid of Hu Bin.
这时胡斌身上的警用通讯器忽然响了，胡斌这才将举起的手掌放下。他掏出警用通讯器，按下了接听键，扬声器里跟着传出了李青华的声音，“先关他一晚上吧，明天再给他录正式的口供，这一次天王老子都救不了他。”
Just then, Hu Bin’s police radio crackled and he lowered his hands. He lifted his radio, pressed the button and Li Qing-Hua’s voice came over the speaker, “Lock him up for a night. He’ll get his statement taken tomorrow. Even the Heavens won’t be able to save him now.”
“好的，李局，我把这小子带到监禁室关起来。”胡斌说话的语气充满了谄媚的味道。
“Yes, Chief Li, sir! I’ll bring this fella(伙计，小伙子) to the cells and lock him up.” Hu Bin’s words were dripping with flattery(奉承，阿谀，讨好，恭维).
夏雷被带到了监禁室关了起来。
Xia Lei was brought to the cells and locked up.
监禁室里有床却没有被褥，地面和墙壁也都脏兮兮的。空气中弥漫着一股淡淡的尿味，让夏雷皱眉不已。
There was a bed in the cell but no blanket and the ground and walls were dirty. The acrid(辛辣的，难闻的，刺激的) smell of pee hung in the air, and the smell made Xia Lei wrinkle his brows.
在这样的环境中夏雷根本就睡不着，他先是想着怎么对付李青华，后来他开始练习他的左眼的能力。熟能生巧，这个古老的道理同样适用在他的神奇的左眼上。
Xia Lei could not sleep one wink in an environment like this. He first thought of how he was going to deal with Li Qing-Hua, then started to practice with his left eye’s ability. Practice makes perfect - this reasoning could also be used on his miraculous(奇迹般的，不可思议的) left eye.
也就是这一夜的摸索和练习，夏雷发现了他的左眼的透视能力其实一点都不简单。
The night of trial and error led Xia Lei to discover that his X-ray vision was not so simple after all.
通过控制，他可以把透视的能力变成看得很远的能力，就像是在澳门的那一次，他看到了对面大楼天台上的狙击手，而龙冰却无法看见。
He could exert(运用，施加) some control and make his eye see things a distance away, just like he had in Macau, when he had spotted the sniper on the rooftop when Long Bing could not.
通过控制，他还能将这种透视的能力变成“显微镜”般的能力，他能看到平时肉眼无法看见的细微之物，比如悬浮在空气中的灰尘。
He could also control his vision and make it into a ‘microscope’ of sorts, enlarging things which normally could not be seen with the naked eye, like the dust particles floating in the air.
这些发现让他激动不已，一直练习到筋疲力尽了他才昏昏沉沉地睡去。
These discoveries kept him up and he practiced and practiced till he finally fell asleep, dizzy and exhausted.
第二天一大早，夏雷有了第一个访客，江如意。
Early the next day, Xia Lei had his first visitor - Jiang Ru-Yi.
江如意穿着一身夏季制服，身材被勾勒得玲珑浮凸，肌肤胜雪，犹如魔鬼般惹火。她的性感一眼可见，养眼得很。
Jiang Ru-Yi was in her summer uniform, which highlighted her curves beautifully. Her waist looked soft and slender, her bum plump and perky, and her breasts full. Her sexiness was as one could see and very nourishing(有营养的，滋养多的) for the eyes.
第一眼看见她的时候，夏雷几乎忍不住又想唤醒左眼的透视能力，饱餐她的秀色。不过他最终都没有这么干，硬生生地将那股邪念镇压了下去。昨晚的练习是有收获的，他现在能比较自如地控制他的透视能力了。
When Xia Lei first saw her, he almost used his ability to feast his eye on her charms, but he did not. He firmly clamped down his perverted desire. He had reaped(收获，获得，收割) some benefit from the practice he did last night and was better able to control his X-ray vision.
“你呀你，你让我说你什么好呢？”江如意一来便气呼呼地道：“我昨天还问过你，你说是你的一个朋友想找点关系，所以我才告诉你李局长在哪里，没想到你居然去勒索李局长，我真是看错了你！”
“You! What good can I say about you?” Jiang Ru-Yi spoke angrily as soon as she came, “I even asked you yesterday and you said you were asking on behalf of a friend so I told you where Chief Li was. I never expected you to extort money from Chief Li! I was so wrong about you!”
夏雷苦笑了一下，“你就是这样看我的吗？”
Xia Lei smiled bitterly, “Is this how you see me?”
“不是我怎么看你，而是你做了违法的事情。”江如意越说越生气，“你有没有想过，你坐牢以后夏雪怎么办？”
“It’s not about how I see you, it’s about you doing illegal things.” Jiang Ru-Yi became angrier and angrier as she spoke. “Have you ever thought about what Xia Xue would do if you went to prison?”
“我当然有想过，所以我不会做违法乱纪的事情。”夏雷说道：“如意，我问你，从小到大你有看过我做过什么坏事吗？”
“Of course I have, so I won’t do anything like that,” said Xia Lei, “Ru-Yi, let me ask you - Have you seen me do anything bad, from childhood to adulthood?”
江如意摇了摇头。在她的印象里，夏雷并不是这样的人。
Jiang Ru-Yi shook her head. Xia Lei was not such a person.
夏雷又说道：“你再想想，我是一个愚蠢的人吗？”
Xia Lei spoke again, “Now consider this - am I a stupid person?”
江如意说道：“你什么意思？”
“What do you mean?” asked Jiang Ru-Yi.
夏雷说道：“我的意思是，我既然不是一个坏人，更不是一个愚蠢的人，我会蠢到去勒索一个警察局的局长吗？海珠市有的是百万千万富翁，我要想用这种方式搞钱的话，我为什么不选择那些有钱人，我怎么会去选择一个警察局长做目标？”
“What I mean is, I’m not a bad person and I’m not stupid. Am I so stupid as to extort money from the Chief of Police? Hai-Zhu City has millions of wealthy folk. If I wanted to use this method to get money then why didn’t I choose to target those wealthy folk? Why choose to target someone like the Chief of Police?” said Xia Lei.
江如意沉默了一下才说道：“我就是想不明白这一点，所以我才来见你。你告诉我这究竟是怎么一回事？你告诉我，如果你没有做违法乱纪的事情，我一定会帮你。”
Jiang Ru-Yi was silent for a while before she spoke, “That’s what I can’t figure out, so I came to see you. Tell me, what is this really about? Tell me and I’ll definitely help you if you really didn’t do anything illegal.”
夏雷将他在工地上受伤，陈传虎打伤马小安的事情说了出来，最后又说到了他找李青华，李青华让陈传虎给马小安五万块钱并赔礼道歉的事情。
Xia Lei told her about him getting injured at the construction site and Ma Xiao-An getting beaten up by Chen Chuan-Hu, and finally told her about going to look for Li Qing-Hua and him compensating 50,000 in apology.
“等等……”江如意忽然反应了过来，“你昨天问我李局长的电话住址，你其实想想去找他理论的吗？”
“Hold on…” Jiang Ru-Yi thought of something, “When you asked me for Chief Li’s contact details yesterday, you were actually going to reason things out with him, right?”
夏雷点了点头。
Xia Lei nodded.
“你找他理论，他就让陈传虎给了你朋友五万块钱？”
“So you reasoned with him and he made Chen Chuan-Hu compensate your friend 50,000?”
夏雷又点了一下头。
Xia Lei nodded again.
“你没有威胁他？”江如意一副不相信的样子。
“You didn’t threaten him?” Jiang Ru-Yi’s face was disbelieving.
夏雷说道：“我找他的时候他正好在和一个女人上床，而我恰好又拍了下来。”
“When I went to reason with him, he was with a woman and I coincidentally recorded them in the act,” said Xia Lei.
“我晕！”江如意的表情很夸张。
Jiang Ru-Yi facepalmed and the expression on her face was complicated.
夏雷又说道：“那个女人好像是你的某个同事的老婆，求李青华给换个岗位什么的。”
“That woman seems to be the wife of one of your colleagues and she was requesting Li Qing-Hua for a change in her husband’s post or something.”
“晕死！”江如意凑到了栅栏前，脸上带着谄媚的笑容，“那视频还在吗？给我看看。”
Jiang Ru-Yi face-palmed with both hands. She went up to the bars and gave Xia Lei a smile. “Do you still have the video? Can I have a look?”
夏雷说道：“你把你的手机借我用一下，我打个电话，然后我就告诉你在哪里可以看到视频。”
“Lend me your phone. I’ll make a call before I tell you where you can watch the video,” said Xia Lei.
江如意左右看了看，确定没人过来才利索地掏出手机递给了夏雷，一边说道：“那个视频在哪里？”
Jiang Ru-Yi looked around to make sure no one was coming before she slipped her mobile phone to Xia Lei. As she handed her phone to him, she asked, “Where is the video?”
“在百度云盘上，账号是我的名字的拼音，密码是我的生日，那东西很重要，你可别给我删了。”夏雷叮嘱了一句，然后拨了一个号码。
“On my Baidu Cloud Drive. The login ID is my name spelt phonetically and the password is my birthday. The video is very important so don’t delete it.” Xia Lei spoke, then dialled a number.