Chapter 419: 153, the mouse’s tail has been caught!_1
After hearing Dark’s words, Lin Mo subconsciously stopped in his tracks.
The three people closely following behind him also stopped, standing nervously beside Lin Mo.
Passengers bustled past them, and the four of them seemed inconspicuous.
Zhang Li lowered his voice and asked, “Bro, what’s wrong?”
Lin Mo glanced through the railing at the police officers who were speeding up their checks of passengers and subtly pointed at a small building: “There’s a ventilation duct inside that room; we need to climb through it to get to the first floor.”
“But now there’s a problem. There are three cleaners taking a break inside the room.”
What should they do?
After listening to Lin Mo outline the current situation, Zhang Li and the others fell into thought.
They only had five minutes.
How could they avoid the cleaners’ notice and successfully enter the ventilation duct in such a short time?
They couldn’t make a sound, couldn’t be seen by the cleaners, and certainly couldn’t attract the attention of the police officers everywhere.
This…
The situation seemed to reach a deadlock.
Lin Mo lowered his voice and asked, “Zhang Li, do you have a way to knock them out without hurting them and without causing too much commotion?”
Zhang Li looked at the surrounding environment and said with difficulty, “Bro, it’s not hard to knock them out, but there are passengers and police officers all around. If we make the slightest noise, it will attract attention.”
“This is too difficult, unless we can become invisible.”
Indeed.
The difficulty lay in the fact that the whole airport was a tinderbox, ready to explode at the slightest provocation.
If they made the slightest noise now, even if they could successfully get into the ventilation duct, they would be chased down by the police officers.
That would be even worse.
The situation seemed to fall into a stalemate as the group stood still, considering ways to solve the problem.
They hadn’t moved, but that didn’t mean the police officers and Chen Shanhe’s men weren’t taking action.
The first and second floors were already in chaos, several flights that should have taken off were grounded, and all passengers had to be checked.
Police reinforcements were still on their way, and the more time they delayed, the worse it was for them.
Just as Lin Mo was about to ask Dark if there was another way, Lin Siyu spoke up, “Bro, I have an idea.”
Lin Mo was taken aback, then eagerly asked, “Hmm? What is your idea?”
“Like this…” Lin Siyu shared her thoughts.
Zhang Li said in surprise, “Will this work?”
Lin Mo also felt it was risky, as they wouldn’t have a second chance if they failed.
However, upon reflecting, they had no better plan and had to try Lin Siyu’s idea.
It was a case of hoping for the best from a desperate situation.
Lin Mo said with a serious expression, “Alright, you two go ahead and try. Dad and I will wait for you guys here, be careful.”
Under the watchful eyes of the two, Lin Siyu and Zhang Li walked to the door of the cleaning room.
Lin Siyu reminded, “You need to act more anxious, understand?”
“Yeah, I’ll do it, act anxious, just a bit more anxious…” Zhang Li, who was not much of an actor, adjusted his expression, which ended up looking worse than a cry.
With time running short and the risk of being discovered by the police at any moment, there was no time to summon more emotion. Lin Siyu took a deep breath and knocked on the door of the cleaning room.
Knock… Knock knock…
The door cracked open, and a hand holding a cell phone peeked out as the cleaning lady asked suspiciously, “Young girl, what do you need?”
Lin Siyu’s face looked aggrieved, with crystal-clear tears in her eyes, “Auntie… I need to ask you a favor… My husband lost our wedding ring… Could you please ask your colleagues if they’ve seen a gold ring…”
Looking for a gold ring?
The cleaning lady frowned, slightly impatient, “Go to the passenger center and report your lost item. We do cleaning, not finding things.”
She then intended to close the door again.
What a joke,
Being a cleaner was already tough enough; they had no time to look for a gold ring.
At that point, Zhang Li blocked the door and pushed gently to open it wider.
Through the crack, they could see three other cleaners inside playing with their cell phones.
The cleaning lady at the door’s demeanor cooled, and she asked impatiently, “What do you want… Didn’t I tell you, if you’ve lost something…”
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Zhang Li pull out a small stack of pink banknotes from his bag, pleading earnestly with the lady, “Auntie, the wedding ring is really important to me. If I lose it, my wife will divorce me when I get back.”
“As the saying goes, better to demolish ten temples than to break a single marriage. Could you let your colleagues help me look for it? Whether you find it or not, this money is for your troubles.”
Could this be…?
Money turns a wise man’s face to grinning, and influences people’s hearts.
Upon seeing Zhang Li’s stack of soft-colored banknotes, the cleaning lady felt it was her duty to assist this pitiful couple.
What’s the harm in exerting a bit of extra effort?
If she could save this lamentable love story, even if it meant searching the entire airport, what of it?
The cleaning lady smiled, a very happy smile.
She wiped her hands on her body, and then eagerly took the money Zhang Li handed over, grinning, “Being helpful is the right thing to do, young man, don’t worry, you will definitely find your stuff.”
“I shouldn’t really take the money as a principle, but I have to mobilize so many people to help you find it, there should be some reward for them, wouldn’t you agree? It’s just common decency.”
“Auntie isn’t after your money; I’m taking your money to do your work.”