A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 1033 Prepare Poison

"Thank you, Mr. Lin, but we're really in a hurry. How about this, are there any hotels near the dock that we can go to?" Gui'er said.

Lin Zhengfu scratched his chin and said, "Now that you mention it, I remember. Captain Hao once took a fancy to a woman but didn't bring her home. He stayed at the New East Asia Hotel near the dock... Okay, let's go there."

So he led everyone downstairs to the first floor. Manager Liu bowed and scraped to Wu Mingqiang and Lin Zhengfu and said, "Now that you two have finished your business, I won't join in the fun. Have a pleasant journey." Then he turned to leave.

Wu Mingqiang strode forward and pulled him back, smiling as he said, "Manager Liu, you've helped us so much, I have to thank you."

Manager Liu's forehead was covered in sweat, and he quickly waved his hand, saying, "No need, no need, it's my pleasure, it's my pleasure."

"Don't rush, I have something to ask you for help with. We're about to take a boat, and our young lady is a bit seasick. She had a hard time coming here, so I'd like to trouble you to buy some seasickness medicine."

"Ah? I'm seasick. Oh, right, I just remembered I have work to do. I'll go now..."

"What's the rush? You took me to buy the medicine, we can talk about it when we get back. I'm in Guangzhou, I don't know anyone here, what if I get lost?"

Lin Zhengfu said impatiently from the side, "Alright, just take him to buy it. Stop wasting time rambling on here."

Manager Liu dared not say anything more and had no choice but to follow them out. This time they walked out of the restaurant's main entrance. Lin Zhengfu said, "I drove here, take my car."

After getting into Lin Zhengfu's car, Gui'er noticed that there was a Japanese flag hanging on the front side of the car, and she felt disgusted, as if she had swallowed a fly.

The car stopped in front of a hotel very close to the dock. Gui'er got out of the car and looked up. The so-called New East Asia Hotel was just an ordinary four-story villa, but many people coming and going at the entrance were clearly Japanese. Perhaps because it was close to the dock, some Japanese people or collaborators working for the Japanese government chose to stay here.

The proprietress standing behind the counter at the entrance on the first floor was actually wearing a kimono. Lin Zhengfu walked in and said to her, "Proprietress, I'd like a room." He then handed her a silver dollar.

The landlady glanced up at him, then tossed him a key and said, "There's another room on the second floor, 205."

Lin Zhengfu smiled, took the key, and said, "Thank you, madam." Then he led Gui'er and Wu Mingqiang upstairs.

They went into the room and took a look. It wasn't a nice room. There was a bed right at the entrance, much worse than the one they stayed in at the Aiqun Building.

"Pah, you stinking old woman, you think you're so arrogant just because you've hooked up with a Japanese military police captain? You really think you're Japanese now? Just wait until the anti-traitor squad takes you out of the house!" Lin Zhengfu said as he entered the room.

It turns out that this so-called grand hotel has Japanese connections. Lin Zhengfu turned to Gui'er and said, "Miss, you can wait here. I'll go and bring Captain Hao over. It'll be over soon and won't delay your journey. Um, Mr. Wu, you'll have to leave when we get there."

Wu Mingqiang smiled and said, "That's true. I was just about to go buy some seasickness medicine. Manager Liu is waiting for me downstairs. Let's go."

The two of them went out the door. Gui'er walked to the window and saw Wu Mingqiang and Lin Zhengfu walk out of the hotel. Manager Liu didn't even go into the hotel. He hid across the street, looking timid and afraid of being seen by others. Wu Mingqiang called him over and the three of them left together.

Gui'er felt very anxious and uneasy. This place was full of Japanese and traitors, a hundred times more dangerous than the Aiqun Building. If that so-called Captain Hao came, and Wu Mingqiang couldn't think of a way out, she would really have no way to escape.

She looked at the neat rows of small cargo ships on the dock, each with a Japanese flag flying on its bow. Japanese soldiers boarded each ship to inspect it before it left the shore, and the security was extremely tight, so there seemed to be no opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

About ten minutes later, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Gui'er held the gun in her hand and cautiously walked to the door: "Who is it?"

"Miss, it's me, Manager Liu."

Gui'er was very surprised. Manager Liu hadn't come in just now, so why was he looking for her again?

She opened the door, and Manager Liu slipped inside and closed the door behind him. He then listened at the door for a while, and only after confirming it was safe did he breathe a sigh of relief and say, "My God, what did I ever do to offend you two bodhisattvas? If you're not afraid of death, fine, but don't drag me into it. What am I supposed to do if you just pack up and go back to Hong Kong?"

Gui'er looked completely bewildered as he muttered this to himself, and said, "Manager Liu, what are you saying?"

Manager Liu hesitated for a moment, then took out a small paper packet and handed it to Gui'er, saying, "This is poison that Mr. Wu and I just got from the black market. It's usually used by the anti-traitor squad. Mr. Wu told you to use it to make tea or to put it directly into that person's mouth and nose. Be careful not to get it on yourself, or you'll die."

Holding the small paper package, Gui'er, unsure if it was real or fake, asked, "Brother Wu, why didn't he come?"

"He's keeping watch downstairs, in case that guy surnamed Lin comes with that captain or something, he needs to hold him off. He originally asked me to keep watch, but how could I dare? If the Japanese recognize my face, I'm dead. Remember, pour water into the man's mouth and make him drink it, or just shove it in his mouth. I'm leaving now, I still have to climb out of the back window." Or he would walk to the door, press his ear against it and listen for a while, make sure no one was there, quickly open the door, and disappear in a flash.

Gui'er took the small packet of medicine powder in her hand and opened it. It was white. She looked around and saw a thermos in a corner of the room, with a teapot and teacups next to it.

She opened the teapot and saw that it was empty, as was the thermos.

After thinking for a moment, she carried the thermos to the first floor and said to the proprietress, "Proprietress, I would like to get some hot water and some tea."

"That will cost extra," the proprietress said coldly.

"Is this enough?" Gui'er took out two silver dollars.

"That's enough, that's enough, here you go." The proprietress finally smiled when she saw Gui'er's generosity.

"Boss lady, I need to talk to you about something. This dress of yours is really nice, do you have any more? Could I borrow it to wear?" Gui'er said with a smile.

"Wear it. These clothes are all custom-made and not for loan." The landlady looked Gui'er up and down. She had already figured out that Gui'er was a woman, and since her hotel was specifically for Japanese and traitors to have casual affairs, she guessed that Gui'er wanted to wear Japanese clothes to please her sugar daddy. Looking at Gui'er's young and pretty face, she couldn't help but feel a little jealous.