Tang Li sent a text message to Lai Wenyan, not expecting a reply, so after saying "Goodnight" to Mr. Song, she locked her cellphone and went to sleep.
Berlin time, 8:20 PM.
Ji Ming pushed open the half-closed door; the air carried a faint scent of smoke. Upon checking in, Mr. Song had purposely requested a smoking room, not too addicted to smoking, but after a busy day, having a cigarette or two helps to reduce the weariness of body and mind.
When Ji Ming entered, Song Baiyan was sitting at the desk, his left hand, with a watch, holding a half-smoked cigarette between the fingers, and his right hand was holding a pen, writing something on a piece of paper.
As he drew closer, he realized Mr. Song was writing on the back of a photograph.
Ji Ming noticed the stack of landscape photos on the side of the desk.
—All were local pictures of Berlin.
There were images of the Parliament Building, the Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Cathedral, and the East Side Gallery...
