Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 13 (Intermediate to Advanced)

According to Lao Wen, the gates of the reservoir had not been open lately. They then approached the security staff Luo Yuan to get further /confirm/iation.

[simplified Chinese]
罪恶有痕 13

 

赵凯峰看了一眼刘明天, 然后转头问老闻, “最近这一星期有车辆进出过这两道大门吗?”

老闻摸着脑门想了一想, 然后说,“没有。”

“不进这两道门，有没有可能从别的地方开车进水库呢?” 刘明天并不甘心。

“那是肯定没有的。你们来时开的那条小路，是唯一一条能走车的路。而且那是条死路, 绕到南门就断了。水库沿路都有围栏，人有可能钻得进来，但车不通过两道大门是进不来的。”老闻对水库的情况了如指掌。

“那谁有这两道大门的钥匙呢?”赵凯峰沉不住气了。

“有钥匙的只有两个人，我和保卫处的罗元。”

“罗元? 他今天在吗?”刘明天问。

“在!在!他刚刚去水边取样去了。水库的水质我们定期要做检查的。要不要我带你们去找他?”

水库一眼望去象个大湖。水边是黄白黄白的沙滩。因为不对游人开放, 沙滩上还是挺干净的。

刘明天和赵凯峰一路走, 一路观察, 就怕漏掉什么重要的线索。

罗元背对着他们蹲在水边, 身边放着一个打开的箱子，里面放着一些大大小小的玻璃瓶。

“小罗啊，公安局的同志来找你了解情况。你把东西放放，我们先回办公室吧!” 老闻对罗元说。

刘明天冲老闻摆摆手，”不用麻烦，我们就在这儿谈吧!” 说着，他向罗元伸出了手，并简单做了自我介绍。赵凯峰也和罗元打了个招呼。

 

[vocab table]
Simplified Chinese     Traditional Chinese     Mandarin Pinyin     English Definition

围栏
   

圍欄
    wei2 lan2     fence; railings

了如指掌
        liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3     to know sth like the back of one’s hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out

保卫处
   

保衛處
    bao3 wei4 chu3     security

取样
   

取樣
    qu3 yang4     to take a sample;

沙滩
   

沙灘
    sha1 tan1     beach; sandy shore

 

[pinyin]
 zuì’è yǒu hén 13

 

zhào kǎi fēng kàn le yīyǎn Liú míngtiān, ránhòu zhuǎntóu wèn lǎo wén, “ zuìjìn zhè yī xīngqī yǒu chēliàng jìnchū guò zhè liǎng dào dàmén ma?”

lǎo wén mō zhe nǎomén xiǎng le yī xiǎng, ránhòu shuō,“ méiyǒu。”

” bù jìn zhè liǎng dào mén， yǒu méiyǒu kěnéng cóng biéde dìfang kāichē jìnshuǐ kù ne?” Liú míngtiān bìngbù gānxīn。

” nàshi kěndìng méiyǒu de。 nǐmen lái shí kāi de nà tiáo xiǎolù， shì wéiyī yī tiáo néng zǒu chē de lù。 érqiě nàshi tiáo sǐlù, rào dào nán mén jiù duàn le。 shuǐkù yánlù dōu yǒu wéilán， rén yǒukěnéng zuān dé jìnlái， dàn chē bù tōngguò liǎng dào dàmén shì jìn bù lái de。” lǎo wén duì shuǐkù de qíngkuàng liǎorúzhǐzhǎng。

” nà shéi yǒu zhè liǎng dào dàmén de yàoshi ne?” zhào kǎi fēng chénbùzhùqì le。

” yǒu yàoshi de zhǐyǒu liǎng gèrén， wǒ hé bǎowèi chǔ de luó yuán。”

” luó yuán? tā jīntiān zài ma?” Liú míngtiān wèn。

” zài! zài! tā gānggang qù shuǐbiān qǔyàng qù le。 shuǐkù de shuǐzhì wǒmen dìngqī yào zuò jiǎnchá de。 yào bùyào wǒ dài nǐmen qù zhǎo tā?”

shuǐkù yīyǎnwàngqù xiàng gè Dàhú。 shuǐbiān shì huáng bái huáng bái de shātān。 yīnwèi bùduì yóurén kāifàng, shātān shàng háishi tǐng gānjìng de。

Liú míngtiān hé zhào kǎi fēng yīlù zǒu, yīlù guānchá, jiù pà lòudiào shénme zhòngyào de xiànsuǒ。

luó yuán bèi duì zhe tāmen dūn zài shuǐbiān, shēnbiān fàng zhe yī gè dǎkāi de xiāngzi， lǐmiàn fàng zhe yīxiē dà dàxiǎo xiǎode bōli píng。

” xiǎo luó ā， gōng’ānjú de tóngzhì lái zhǎo nǐ liǎojiě qíngkuàng。 nǐ bǎ dōngxi fàng fàng， wǒmen xiān huí bàngōngshì ba!” lǎo wén duì luó yuán shuō。

Liú míngtiān chōng lǎo wén bǎi bǎishǒu，” bùyòng máfan， wǒmen jiù zài zhèr tán ba!” shuō zhe， tā xiàng luó yuán shēnchū le shǒu， bìng jiǎndān zuò le zìwǒjièshào。 zhào kǎi fēng yě hé luó yuán dǎ le gè zhāohu。

 

 

[traditional Chinese]
罪惡有痕 13

 

趙凱峰看了一眼劉明天, 然後轉頭問老聞, “最近這一星期有車輛進出過這兩道大門嗎?”

老聞摸著腦門想了一想, 然後說,“沒有。”

“不進這兩道門，有沒有可能從別的地方開車進水庫呢?” 劉明天並不甘心。

“那是肯定沒有的。你們來時開的那條小路，是唯一一條能走車的路。而且那是條死路, 繞到南門就斷了。水庫沿路都有圍欄，人有可能鑽得進來，但車不通過兩道大門是進不來的。”老聞對水庫的情況了如指掌。

“那誰有這兩道大門的鑰匙呢?”趙凱峰沉不住氣了。

“有鑰匙的只有兩個人，我和保衛處的羅元。”

“羅元? 他今天在嗎?”劉明天問。

“在!在!他剛剛去水邊取樣去了。水庫的水質我們定期要做檢查的。要不要我帶你們去找他?”

水庫一眼望去象個大湖。水邊是黃白黃白的沙灘。因為不對遊人開放, 沙灘上還是挺幹淨的。

劉明天和趙凱峰一路走, 一路觀察, 就怕漏掉什麼重要的線索。

羅元背對著他們蹲在水邊, 身邊放著一個打開的箱子，裏面放著一些大大小小的玻璃瓶。

“小羅啊，公安局的同志來找你了解情況。你把東西放放，我們先回辦公室吧!” 老聞對羅元說。

劉明天沖老聞擺擺手，”不用麻煩，我們就在這兒談吧!” 說著，他向羅元伸出了手，並簡單做了自我介紹。趙凱峰也和羅元打了個招呼。

 

[English translation]
Traces of Sin  13

Zhao Kaifeng made an eye contact with Liu Mingtian, and then asked Lao Wen,”Was there any car came in through either of these gates this week?”

Lao Wen put his hand on his forehead and thought for a moment, “No, there were none.”

“Without going through these two gates, are there any other entrance that a car could get in?” Liu Ming didn’t give up.

“Zero possibility. The road you came in from is the only route a vehicle could drive in from. Moreover, that road hit a dead end at the south gate. The reservoir is fully encompassed by barriers that could only allow people to slip in, but not cars. Other than the two gates, there’s no other way for a car to slip in.” Apparently Lao Wen knew the inside and out of the reservoir.

“Then who has the keys to these two gates then?” Zhao Kaifeng asked impatiently.

“only two people, Luo Yuan, the security staff and me.”

“Luo Yuan? Is he in today?” Asked Liu Mingtian.

“Oh yeah! He just went off to take water samples. As a routine, we need to check water quality. Do you want me to take you to him?”

The reservoir was like a big lake. There was yellowish sandy shore around the water. The shore looked very clean since it’s not open to public.

Liu and Zhao checked the surrounding carefully while walking. They didn’t want to miss any critical clues.

Luo Yuan was crouching beside the water facing his back to them. A box was open aside with sorted glass bottles, big or small.

“Mr. Luo, police is here to collect information. Please put down your work for a while and come back to the office!” Lao Wen talked to Luo Yuan.

Liu Mingtian gestured to Lao Wen and said, “No worries, we can just talk here!” He reached out his hand to Luo Yuan and introduced himself. Zhao Kaifeng greeted Luo Yuan as well.