Next morning early-early, Li Chuan stand in front of "Hai Yue Hotel."
This hotel ah, located at city center west side, outside look very normal, but actually ah, long time already police put inside grey list. Always got people come stay short-short time, some more never use real name one. Zhao Qiming disappear here, confirm not coincidence lo.
He walk into the lobby, the receptionist girl there head down scrolling phone, see someone come near only then lift up her head.
"Hello sir, you want stay here ah?"
Li Chuan smile, take out phone, show her one photo—Zhao Qiming's IC copy.
"This guy, three days ago stay in your room 314. He is my friend, suddenly lost contact, I want see got leave anything behind or not."
The girl frown a bit, her eyes stare at the photo.
"Oh, him ah..." Her tone a bit hesitate. "That night he really got come, but only stay one night, next morning already checkout liao."
"You sure ah?"
"Ya lo." She point at the computer. "System got record one."
Li Chuan knock-knock the counter, macam thinking something.
"Can let me see the CCTV when he checkout or not?"
The girl stun one second, then shake head: "Sorry ah, our CCTV only keep two days' data, he stay already more than that liao."
Li Chuan smile, he early know will be like this one. He pull out one RM100 note, slowly push over the counter.
"Then ah... that day got any special thing happen or not? Like, when he checkout, got how ornot? Or got people come find him?"
The girl look left-right a bit, then lower voice: "Actually... that day he checkout ah, look very gan jiong."
"Gan jiong?"
"Ya, he keep looking behind, macam scare got people follow him."
Li Chuan's eyes squint a bit.
"Then leh?"
"Later on, he leave the hotel, outside there got one black car, whole time just park there." The girl whisper. "But I dunno is wait for him or what la."
"You got see the car plate number ornot?"
The girl shake head: "That time still dark-dark, I never see clearly."
Li Chuan breathe out soft soft, then ask again: "After he leave, his room inside got what?"
"That time we clean ah, got find one phone, but already spoil jialat-jialat. Later we just throw away lo."
"Still got leh?"
"Still got one piece of paper, write until very full, but all is number and code like that."
Li Chuan's heart move a bit.
"That paper leh?"
The girl look around, then whisper: "Cleaning auntie say want throw already, but I feel weird, so I keep one copy."
Li Chuan smile: "Can let me see ah?"
The girl look here look there, macam scare people see, then from drawer take out one folded paper, pass to Li Chuan.
He open it, see a lot of number and alphabet, look like some kind of secret code.
Li Chuan stare at the words, his heart beat a bit fast.
This maybe ah, is the last message Zhao Qiming leave for outside world