Chapter 196 Long Zhiqiang
After getting the name "Long Zhiqiang", Qiao Jiali immediately asked someone to check it out.
Even if it is a fake name, there may be some clues.
"But they all call him Brother Long, or just Big Brother," Nana added.
"How did you get to know Long Zhiqiang?" Qiao Jiali pointed at the information and asked, "Over a year ago, you were still working as a hostess in Haicheng. Why did you suddenly join this criminal gang? When did you join?"
Nana thought for a moment and said, "I can't remember the exact time. When I was a young lady, my days and nights were always reversed. I didn't see the sun for many days, and I didn't feel anything about the days."
What she described is also the normal life of most people of this type. They hide in the house to sleep during the day, and start to go out at night, enjoying the bright lights and feasting, using the cover of night to cover up their illegal and criminal activities.
"I was arrested twice in Haicheng. If you're in our line of work and get detained twice, you can't continue in this city because the police will remember you. I'm not afraid of the police; the worst that can happen is a few days in jail, but the owners of those brothels are hard to mess with; they're all gangsters and have a lot of connections. If they find out it's because of me that the police are targeting them and shutting down their brothels, I'll be in big trouble."
When Nana said this, her expression and tone were particularly familiar, which made Qiao Jiali realize that this woman, who was only twenty years old, was already an experienced veteran in the flesh trade.
"So not long after my second detention, I left Haicheng. I went out for some fun, but when my money ran out, I went to Hangzhou. Then I found a job at a local nightclub, but it wasn't as wealthy as in Haicheng, and the customers weren't as generous."
Qiao Jiali knocked on the table and said, "Speak to the point, don't beat around the bush."
"Don't worry, police officer, I'll be there soon."
Nana continued, "About a month later, it was almost Chinese New Year. It was the off-season for nightclubs, as the girls had all gone back home, and there were fewer customers. But I had nowhere to go, so I went to work as usual. Since there were no customers, I just watched TV in the lounge."
"One night, a customer came and the head waiter asked me to go and sing with him, so I went. When I got there, I saw that there was only one person in the private room."
"Long Zhiqiang?" Qiao Jiali asked.
Nana nodded. "Yes. I didn't know who he was at the time. He was dressed very casually, wearing a hat, and sitting there alone. I thought it was a bit strange. But he ordered some very expensive foreign liquor. Some people are so stingy that they just order the cheapest beer in the nightclub and then keep touching me."
Qiao Jiali frowned and reminded: "Talk about Long Zhiqiang."
"Oh, that night, I accompanied him for drinks and singing for about two hours. I had a good impression of him at the time because he didn't rush to touch me. I was thinking I could get a deal, so I took the initiative to take off my clothes and sit on him. The price of being a prostitute is so different from being a drinking companion, and for the same amount of time, I definitely wanted to make more."
"But to my surprise, he actually helped me put on my clothes. After all these years of selling, this was the first time I'd seen someone like this. I thought he was crazy and was a little upset. But he immediately took out a wad of money and said it would be based on the price, but I didn't need to do anything, I just had to stay with him for a while."
Qiao Jiali was a little puzzled. Why did this "Long Zhiqiang" sound a bit like a gentleman? But what kind of gentleman would go to a place like that?
"Didn't you do anything?" Qiao Jiali asked.
Nana shook her head. "No. He just lay on my lap and fell asleep for a while. He said he liked the smell of me. Then when he woke up, he got up and left. He even gave me some extra tips."
"Then what?" Qiao Jiali knew that it was definitely not the end, because it was impossible for Hu Ying to join this group with such little contact.
"About two days later, he came again, still alone. The foreman said he specifically asked for me to accompany him. Then when I went, it was still the same. He paid me according to the price of the show, but I didn't need to do that. I just let him rest his legs for a while."
Qiao Jiali asked: "So what happened this time?"
"Maybe it's just that we're familiar with each other. When he was resting his head on my legs, he asked me what my name was, and I said Lili. Well, in our line of work, we all have fake names, and we change them all the time: Lili, Mengmeng, Feifei. Anyway, I change my name wherever I go."
"But he said that the name Lili doesn't suit me. So I smiled and asked him, Boss, why don't you give me a name. He said Nana, Nana sounds nice, he likes it. I said my name will be Nana from now on." Nana said, with a complicated bitter smile on her lips.
"What else did you say?"
"Then we chatted for a while. I called him Boss, but he said he wasn't the boss and asked me to call him Brother Long. I asked him what business he was in, and he said he was doing big business. At that time, I really didn't expect that his so-called big business was actually kidnapping and murder."
Nana seemed to be back in the nightclub box that day.
The song "A Thousand Years of Waiting" was playing on the TV on the wall. In the picture, White Snake and Xu Xian met on the Broken Bridge of West Lake.
"You say it's a big business, but you're not the boss yet." Nana said with a smile.
She was sitting on the sofa with a man lying on her lap with his eyes closed.
Nana stretched, her slender arms, slim waist, and straight long legs forming a graceful arc.
Although it was only their second meeting, she felt very relaxed in front of this man. She didn't have to force a smile, drink constantly, or even sing. The karaoke bar always played the original sound.
"I don't like the title of boss. It's unlucky." The man said lightly.
"Okay, okay, I won't call you boss, I'll call you Brother Long." Nana said, suddenly lifted her long hair, lowered her head and kissed the man on the forehead.
The man was stunned for a moment and looked at her with wide eyes.
Nana smiled at him. This little trick was something she learned from a petite girl in the same profession. It was specifically used to deal with some customers with higher quality. These people were not like those who couldn't wait to take off their pants on the spot. They paid more attention to the atmosphere and feeling.
Ever since that night when she broke the boy's head and ran away, she has been "back to her old ways" again.
Because she discovered that she was really dirty, and the only way to hide the dirt from others was to hide in an even dirtier place.
In just a few years, she was no longer the silly girl who was bullied and manipulated when she left the mountains. She learned to speak differently to different people, she learned how to read people's expressions, and she learned how to squeeze more money from those customers.
But no matter what she did, she could not feel that she was still alive. No matter how many baths she took or how much perfume she sprayed, she always felt that there was a smell of death on her body, just like her mother who committed suicide by drinking pesticides.
She looked down into the man's eyes; she had learned to speak with her eyes.
She knew that her eyes were very seductive now, with a hint of smile, a hint of ambiguity, and a hint of temptation.
Because that was how the petite girl got to the shore. She charmed a small boss so much that he abandoned his wife and children to marry her and lived a life of luxury.
She felt that the man in front of her was just like that small boss, rich and well-educated, but also pretentious.
She thought she could easily control him, then go ashore and become a rich lady.
But Brother Long's eyes were calm. He stared at her for a long time, then closed his eyes again and said indifferently, "Don't do anything unnecessary."
The mission was unsuccessful, and Nana suddenly felt lost and disgusted, and cursed a few dirty words in her heart.
"But later when he left, he gave me a tip. He is really generous. Who would want to go against money?" said Nana.
"So, your interactions with him were like this twice in a row? There was no deeper communication?" Qiao Jiali felt more and more puzzled as she listened, and began to doubt the truthfulness of what Nana said.
"Not just twice, but he came two or three more times later, and the situation was pretty much the same. Only once did I ask him if he wasn't going home since Chinese New Year was coming up soon?"
"What did he say?"
"He didn't answer, but asked me, 'Aren't you homeless too?' I said I was homeless, and he said neither was he."
Qiao Jiali silently memorized the four words "homeless" in her heart, which might be a clue.
"Hu Ying, how long after you met Long Zhiqiang did you find out that he was a professional kidnapper and murderer?"
Nana shook her head. "I told you, I can't remember time. Anyway, after a while, probably after the Chinese New Year, the nightclub started to get more customers, and Long Zhiqiang hadn't been there for a while. Then one time, I was drinking with a local tycoon who was in Hangzhou doing a project, and the foreman told me he was coming and specifically asked for me for extra money."
"The local tycoon heard it and flew into a rage, saying who the hell dared to steal his woman? He even led everyone in the box to force the foreman to go and get the other person."
Qiao Jiali was not surprised, because in the 1980s and 1990s, local bosses who worked in construction projects basically had some connections, and many of them had been involved in gangs in their early years.
However, judging from the cases that have been handled, this local tycoon should be no match for a murderer like Long Zhiqiang. One is a bully, and the other is a real murderer.
But unexpectedly, Nana said, "I wanted to stop him, but I couldn't. That local tycoon rushed in and ripped Long Ge's head off."
"Did Long Zhiqiang take action?"
Nana said, “Not at that time.”
Qiao Jiali's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by not at that time?"
"It was the nightclub owner who stepped in and acted as a peacemaker. But that idiotic local tycoon, in order to save face, threw 10,000 yuan at the manager in front of Brother Long, saying he would take me away tonight and fuck me to death!"
Nana sneered with a gloating look on her face and said, "Serves him right... He deserves to be chopped into pieces in the end!"
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