Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 6 (Intermediate to Advanced)

The white Jetta found on Dong Feng square had a suspicious bullet hole on its rear door. It indicated that the known case might not be the only murder that had happened.

[simplified Chinese]
罪恶有痕 6

 

当刘明天, 秦东和赵凯峰赶到东风广场时, 有两个交警已经守在那辆白色捷达旁了. 高个的那个指了指车子, “在这至少停了三个小时了, 旁边的小贩说, 从他们来时车就已经停这儿了. 车门开着, 没人见到过车主. 这是违章停车, 听说你们在查一辆白色捷达, 所以拖走前先通知你们过来看看. “

秦东此时已在车的另一侧后门处蹲下, “你们过来看, 车门上有个洞!”

秦东所指的洞, 大小能穿过人的一个小手指. 洞的形状和位置让秦东颇感兴奋.

“这车看起来很新嘛, 却偏偏生出个洞来?”刘明天看着秦东兴奋的表情, 问道, “你觉得它象什么?”

“枪洞.” 秦东回答.

“你不是说, 抢劫案中的四颗弹头都找到了吗?”

“这个枪洞跟那四枪没有关系. “ 秦东肯定地回答.

“就是说, 可能还有新的命案?” 赵凯峰看看秦东, 又看看刘明天, 两人都没有说话.

 

白色捷达的车主很快就弄清楚了，是一个登山用品公司的老板,叫齐友发。但接下来的, 却是刘明天最不希望听到的结果,齐友发在抢劫案发前一天失踪了。

据齐友发的雇员反映, 齐友发失踪那天下班比较早. 下班的时候是跟他的情妇一起开车走的. 而他的家人一直到夜里都没见他回家. 他的妻子打不通他的手机, 担心出事. 第二天中午就去派出所报了警.

 

[vocab table]
Simplified Chinese     Traditional Chinese     Mandarin Pinyin     English Definition
交警         jiao1 jing3     traffic police
违章     違章     wei2 zhang1     to violate regulations
命案         ming4 an4     fatal case (legal, criminal, medical etc)
雇员     雇員     gu4 yuan2     employee
反映         fan3 ying4     (fig.) to report; to make known
情妇     情婦     qing2 fu4     mistress

 

[pinyin]
 zuì’è yǒu hén 6

 

dāng Liú míngtiān, Qín dōng hé zhào kǎi fēng gǎndào dōng fēng guǎngchǎng shí, yǒu liǎng gè jiāojǐng yǐjīng shǒu zài nà liàng báisè Jiédá páng le. gāo gè de nàge zhǐ le zhǐ chēzi, “ zài zhè zhìshǎo tíng le sān gè xiǎoshí le, pángbiān de xiǎofàn shuō, cóng tāmen lái shí chē jiù yǐjīng tíng zhèr le. chēmén kāi zhe, méi rén jiàndào guò chēzhǔ. zhè shì wéizhāng tíngchē, tīngshuō nǐmen zài chá yī liàng báisè Jiédá, suǒyǐ tuōzǒu qián xiān tōngzhī nǐmen guòlái kànkan. “

Qín dōng cǐshí yǐ zài chē de lìngyī cè hòumén chǔ dūnxià, “ nǐmen guò láikàn, chēmén shàng yǒu gè dòng!”

Qín dōng suǒzhǐ de dòng, dàxiǎo néng chuānguò rén de yī gè xiǎo shǒuzhǐ. dòng de xíngzhuàng hé wèizhi ràng Qín dōng pō gǎn xīngfèn.

“ zhè chē kànqǐlái hěn xīn ma, què piānpiān shēngchū gè dòng lái?” Liú míngtiān kàn zhe Qín dōng xīngfèn de biǎoqíng, wèndào, “ nǐ juéde tā xiàng shénme?”

“ qiāng dòng.” Qín dōng huídá.

“ nǐ bùshì shuō, qiǎngjié’àn zhòngdì sì kē dàntóu dōu zhǎo dàoliǎo ma?”

“ zhège qiāng dòng gēn nà sì qiāng méiyǒuguānxi. “ Qín dōng kěndìng dì huídá.

“ jiùshìshuō, kěnéng háiyǒu xīn de mìng’àn?” zhào kǎi fēng kànkan Qín dōng, yòu kànkan Liú míngtiān, liǎng rén dōu méiyǒu shuōhuà.

 

báisè Jiédá de chēzhǔ hěn kuài jiù nòng qīngchu le， shì yī gè dēngshān yòngpǐn gōngsī de lǎobǎn, jiào qí yǒu fā。 dàn jiēxiàlái de, quèshì Liú míngtiān zuì bù xīwàng tīngdào de jiéguǒ, qí yǒu fā zài qiǎngjié ànfā qiányītiān shīzōng le。

jù qí yǒu fā de gùyuán fǎnyìng, qí yǒu fā shīzōng nàtiān xiàbān bǐjiào zǎo. xiàbān de shíhou shì gēn tā de qíngfù yīqǐ kāichē zǒu de. ér tā de jiārén yīzhí dào yèli dōu méi jiàn tā huíjiā. tā de qīzi dǎbutōng tā de shǒujī, dānxīn chūshì. dì’èrtiān zhōngwǔ jiù qù pàichūsuǒ bào le jǐng.

 

[traditional Chinese]
罪惡有痕 6

 

當劉明天, 秦東和趙凱峰趕到東風廣場時, 有兩個交警已經守在那輛白色捷達旁了. 高個的那個指了指車子, “在這至少停了叁個小時了, 旁邊的小販說, 從他們來時車就已經停這兒了. 車門開著, 沒人見到過車主. 這是違章停車, 聽說你們在查一輛白色捷達, 所以拖走前先通知你們過來看看. “

秦東此時已在車的另一側後門處蹲下, “你們過來看, 車門上有個洞!”

秦東所指的洞, 大小能穿過人的一個小手指. 洞的形狀和位置讓秦東頗感興奮.

“這車看起來很新嘛, 卻偏偏生出個洞來?”劉明天看著秦東興奮的表情, 問道, “你覺得它象什麼?”

“槍洞.” 秦東回答.

“你不是說, 搶劫案中的四顆彈頭都找到了嗎?”

“這個槍洞跟那四槍沒有關系. “ 秦東肯定地回答.

“就是說, 可能還有新的命案?” 趙凱峰看看秦東, 又看看劉明天, 兩人都沒有說話.

 

白色捷達的車主很快就弄清楚了，是一個登山用品公司的老板,叫齊友發。但接下來的, 卻是劉明天最不希望聽到的結果,齊友發在搶劫案發前一天失蹤了。

據齊友發的雇員反映, 齊友發失蹤那天下班比較早. 下班的時候是跟他的情婦一起開車走的. 而他的家人一直到夜裏都沒見他回家. 他的妻子打不通他的手機, 擔心出事. 第二天中午就去派出所報了警.

 

[English translation]
Traces of Sin  6

When Liu Mingtian, Qin Dong and Zhao Kaifeng arrived at Dong Feng square, there were two traffic policemen waiting beside the White Jetta. The taller one pointed at the car, “It has been parking here for at least three hours. The peddlers nearby said that the car had been here since they came. The car door was left open, no one had seen the owner. This is illegal parking. We heard that you are looking for a white Jetta, so we figure it’s better to let you have a look before we tow it away. “

During the conversation, Qin Dong already squatted down beside the rear car door on the other side of the car. “Come have a look! There’s a hole on the car door!”

The hole that Qin Dong mentioned was of the size that a little finger could come through. The shape and position of the hole made Qin Dong excited

“The car looks quite new, how could it has a hole on it.” Liu Mingtian noticed the excitement on Qin Dong’s face and asked,”What do you think it looks like?”

“Bullet hole.” Qin Dong answered.

“Didn’t you say that all four bullets fired at the robbery scene were collected already? “

“This one has nothing to do with those four.” Qin Dong stated.

“Does that mean that there were possibly more killings?” Zhao Kaifeng looked at Liu Mingtian and Qin Dong, none of them said anything.
The owner of the white Jetta was identified soon to be Qi Youfa, the owner of a climbing equipment business. But what happened to him was the worst that Liu Mingtian expected to hear. He was missing the day before the robbery.

According to Qi’s employee, he left work early that day and drove away in his car with his mistress. His family never heard back from him since then. His wife couldn’t reach him by his cell phone so she reported his missing to the police around noon the next day.

Cui Yan, Qi’s mistress, didn’t return to her rented apartment that night either. According to her roomate, Cui Yan left her renting place in the afternoon. She told her that she was to date her boyfriend and would be back late. However, she never came back.