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Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin (Intermediate to Advanced)
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?”		 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?”
zhào kăi fēng kàn le yīyăn Liú míngtiān,
ránhòu zhuăntóu wèn lăo wén,
“ zuìjìn zhè yī xīngqī yŏu chēliàng jìnchū guò zhè liăng dào dàmén ma?”		  
老闻摸着脑门想了一想, 然后说,
“没有。”		 Lao Wen put his hand on his forehead and thought for a moment,
“No, there were none.”
lăo wén mō zhe năomén xiăng le yī xiăng, ránhòu shuō,
“méiyŏu。”		  
“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。		 “Without going through these two gates,
are there any other entrance that a car could get in?”
Liu Ming didn’t give up.
” bù jìn zhè liăng dào mén，
yŏu méiyŏu kěnéng cóng biéde dìfang kāichē jìn shuĭkù ne?”
Liú míngtiān bìngbù gānxīn。		  
“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。		 “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.
” nàshi kěndìng méiyŏu de。
nĭmen lái shí kāi de nà tiáo xiăolù，
shì wéiyī yī tiáo néng zŏu chē de lù。
érqiě nàshi tiáo sĭlù, rào dào nán mén jiù duàn le。 		 

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。

 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.
shuĭkù yánlù dōu yŏu wéilán， rén yŏukěnéng zuān dé jìnlái，
dàn chē bù tōngguò liăng dào dàmén shì jìn bù lái de。”
lăo wén duì shuĭkù de qíngkuàng liăorúzhĭzhăng。		  
“那谁有这两道大门的钥匙呢?”
赵凯峰沉不住气了。		 “Then who has the keys to these two gates then?”
Zhao Kaifeng asked impatiently.
” nà shéi yŏu zhè liăng dào dàmén de yàoshi ne?”
zhào kăi fēng chénbùzhùqì le。		  
“有钥匙的只有两个人，
我和保卫处的罗元。”		 “Only two people, Luo Yuan,
the security staff and me.”
” yŏu yàoshi de zhĭyŏu liăng gèrén，
wŏ hé băowèi chŭ de luó yuán。”		  
“罗元? 他今天在吗?”刘明天问。 “Luo Yuan? Is he in today?” Asked Liu Mingtian.
” luó yuán? tā jīntiān zài ma?” Liú míngtiān wèn。  
“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?”		 “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?”
” zài! zài! tā gānggang qù shuĭbiān qŭyàng qù le。
shuĭkù de shuĭzhì wŏmen dìngqī yào zuò jiănchá de。
yàobùyào wŏ dài nĭmen qù zhăo tā?”		  
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。		 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.
shuĭkù yīyănwàngqù xiàng gè dà hú。
shuĭbiān shì huáng bái huáng bái de shātān。
yīnwèi bùduì yóurén kāifàng, shātān shàng háishi tĭng gānjìng de。		  
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。		 Liu and Zhao checked the surrounding carefully while walking.
They didn’t want to miss any critical clues.
Liú míngtiān hé zhào kăi fēng yīlù zŏu, yīlù guānchá,
jiù pà lòudiào shénme zhòngyào de xiànsuŏ。		  
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。		 Luo Yuan was crouching beside the water
facing his back to them.
A box was open aside with sorted glass bottles, big or small.
luó yuán bèi duì zhe tāmen dūn zài shuĭbiān,
shēnbiān fàng zhe yī gè dăkāi de xiāngzi，
lĭmiàn fàng zhe yīxiē dà dàxiăo xiăode bōli píng。		  
“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。		 “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.
” xiăo luó ā， gōng’ānjú de tóngzhì lái zhăo nĭ liăojiě qíngkuàng。
nĭ bă dōngxi fàng fàng， wŏmen xiān huí bàngōngshì ba!”
lăo wén duì luó yuán shuō。		  
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。		 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.
Liú míngtiān chòng lăo wén băi băishŏu，
” bùyòng máfan， wŏmen jiù zài zhèr tán ba!”
shuō zhe， tā xiàng luó yuán shēnchū le shŏu，
bìng jiăndān zuò le zìwŏjièshào。
zhào kăi fēng yě hé luó yuán dă le gè zhāohu。		  
罪恶有痕 14  
刘明天问罗元,
最近这几天有没有开过水库的大门?		 Liu Mingtian asked Luo Yuan
whether the gates of the reservoir were ever opened lately?
Liú míngtiān wèn luó yuán,
zuìjìn zhèjĭtiān yŏu méiyŏu kāi guò shuĭkù de dàmén?		  
罗元长得人高马大，
脸上看起来却十分地稚气。
他摸着脑袋努力思考了一下。		 Luo Yuan was tall and strong.
However his face looked childish.
He scratched his head and thought hard for a while.
luó yuán zhăngde réngāomădà，
liăn shàng kànqĭlái què shífēn dì zhìqì。
tā mō zhe năodài nŭlì sīkăo le yīxià。		  
“没有开过。
这两道门没事儿我们都锁着的。
去年一年大概也就开过五六次吧。
你们是不是怀疑有人躲在这儿啊?		 “No.
We usually keep both gates locked.
They were open only five or six times in previous year.
Do you suspect that someone is hiding here?
” méiyŏu kāi guò。
zhè liăng dào mén méishìr wŏmen dōu suŏ zhe de。
qùnián yī nián dàgài yě jiù kāi guò wŭ liù cì ba。
nĭmen shìbùshì huáiyí yŏurén duŏ zài zhèr ā? 		 
我们水库不对外开放，闲人一般进不来,
这里面都是开阔地，小树林也很稀疏,
就是有人想躲这儿也没地方藏啊!
你们到底要找什么?”
罗元连珠炮似的说了一通。		 The reservoir is not open to public, no one is allowed to come in other than staff members.
It’s a open place, even the ravine is sparse.
There’s no spot secluded enough to hide a person here!
What exactly you’re looking for?”
Luo Yuan talked in a fast fashion.
wŏmen shuĭkù bù duìwài kāifàng， xiánrén yībān jìn bù lái,
zhèlĭ miàn dōu shì kāikuò dì， xiăoshùlín yě hěn xīshū,
jiùshì yŏurén xiăng duŏ zhèr yě méi dìfang cáng ā!
nĭmen dàodĭ yào zhăo shénme?”
luó yuán liánzhūpàosì de shuō le yī tōng。		  
刘明天和赵凯峰交换了眼色，
罗元的态度很主动，但似乎过于主动了。
刘明天想，
那我就给他透露些情况，看他有什么反应。		 Liu Mingtian and Zhao Kaifeng exchanged a meaningful glance.
The attitude of Luo Yuan was quite active, a bit too active though.
Liu Mingtian thought
that he should reveal more information to him to get more reaction.
Liú míngtiān hé zhào kăi fēng jiāohuàn le yănsè，
luó yuán de tàidu hěn zhŭdòng， dàn sìhū guòyú zhŭdòng le。
Liú míngtiān xiăng，
nà wŏ jiù gěi tā tòulù xiē qíngkuàng， kàn tā yŏu shénme fănyìng。		  
“是这样，我们正在寻找一辆白色捷达车的车主。 “The situation is like this. We are looking for the owner of a white Jetta.
” shì zhèyàng， wŏmen zhèngzài xúnzhăo yī liàng báisè Jiédá chē de chēzhŭ。  
他已经失踪好几天了。
这是他和他朋友的照片，你见过他们吗?”		 He had been missing for a couple of days.
Here are photos of him and his friend. Have you ever seen them before?”
tā yĭjīng shīzōng hăo jĭtiān le。
zhè shì tā hé tā péngyou de zhàopiàn， nĭ jiàn guò tāmen ma?”		  
老闻也凑过来看刘明天手上的照片。
但两人都摇头表示没见过。		 Lao Wen came close to check the photos too.
Yet the two of them shook their heads and said that they hadn’t seen any of them.
lăo wén yě còu guò láikàn Liú míngtiān shŏu shàng de zhàopiàn。
dàn liăng rén dōu yáotóu biăoshì méi jiàn guò。		  
刘明天又拿出两张打印纸，
指着上面的画像让他们辨认。
老闻认真得看了半天，失望地摇了摇头。
而罗元则马上开始问问题。		 Liu Mingtian then took out two pieces of print paper
and let them to identify the portraits on the paper.
Lao Wen looked carefully for a while, but shook his head disappointedly in the end.
Luo Yuan, instead, started to ask questions right away.
Liú míngtiān yòu náchū liăng zhāng dăyìn zhĭ，
zhĭ zhe shàngmian de huàxiàng ràng tāmen biànrèn。
lăo wén rènzhēn de kàn le bàntiān， shīwàng de yáo le yáotóu。
ér luó yuán zé măshàng kāishĭ wèn wèntí。		  
“这两个人犯什么事儿了?” “What crime did these two guys commit?”
” zhè liăng gè rén fàn shénme shìr le?”  
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