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Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin (Intermediate to Advanced)
罪恶有痕 6  
当刘明天, 秦东和赵凯峰赶到东风广场时,
有两个交警已经守在那辆白色捷达旁了.
高个的那个指了指车子, “在这至少停了三个小时了,
旁边的小贩说, 从他们来时车就已经停这儿了. 		When Liu Mingtian, Qin Dong and Zhao Kaifeng arrived at Dong Feng square,
there were two traffic policemen waiting beside the White Jetta.
The taller one pointed at the car, “It has been parking here for at least three hours.
The peddlers nearby said that the car had been here since they came.
dāng Liú míngtiān, Qín dōng hé zhào kăifēng găndào dōng fēng guăngchăng shí,
yŏu liăng gè jiāojĭng yĭjīng shŏu zài nà liàng báisè Jiédá páng le.
gāo gè de nàge zhĭ le zhĭ chēzi, “ zài zhè zhìshăo tíng le sān gè xiăoshí le,
pángbiān de xiăofàn shuō, cóng tāmen lái shí chē jiù yĭjīng tíng zhèr le. 		 

车门开着, 没人见到过车主.
这是违章停车,
听说你们在查一辆白色捷达,
所以拖走前先通知你们过来看看. “

 The car door was left open, no one had seen the owner.
This is illegal parking.
We heard that you are looking for a white Jetta,
so we figure it’s better to let you have a look before we tow it away. “
chēmén kāi zhe, méi rén jiàndào guò chēzhŭ.
zhè shì wéizhāng tíngchē,
tīngshuō nĭmen zài chá yī liàng báisè Jiédá,
suŏyĭ tuōzŏu qián xiān tōngzhī nĭmen guòlái kànkan. “		  
秦东此时已在车的另一侧后门处蹲下,
“你们过来看, 车门上有个洞!”		 During the conversation, Qin Dong already squatted down beside the rear car door on the other side of the car.
“Come have a look! There’s a hole on the car door!”
Qín dōng cĭshí yĭ zài chē de lìngyī cè hòumén chŭ dūnxià,
“ nĭmen guò láikàn, chēmén shàng yŏu gè dòng!”		  
秦东所指的洞,
大小能穿过人的一个小手指.
洞的形状和位置让秦东颇感兴奋.		 The hole that Qin Dong mentioned
was of the size that a little finger could come through.
The shape and position of the hole made Qin Dong excited
Qín dōng suŏzhĭ de dòng,
dàxiăo néng chuānguò rén de yī gè xiăo shŏuzhĭ.
dòng de xíngzhuàng hé wèizhi ràng Qín dōng pō găn xīngfèn.		  
“这车看起来很新嘛, 却偏偏生出个洞来?”
刘明天看着秦东兴奋的表情, 问道,
“你觉得它象什么?”		 “The car looks quite new, how could it has a hole on it.”
Liu Mingtian noticed the excitement on Qin Dong’s face and asked,
”What do you think it looks like?”
“ zhè chē kànqĭlái hěn xīn ma, què piānpiān shēngchū gè dòng lái?”
Liú míngtiān kàn zhe Qín dōng xīngfèn de biăoqíng, wèndào,
“ nĭ juéde tā xiàng shénme?”		  
“枪洞.” 秦东回答. “Bullet hole.” Qin Dong answered.
“ qiāng dòng.” Qín dōng huídá.  
“你不是说,
抢劫案中的四颗弹头都找到了吗?”		 “Didn’t you say
that all four bullets fired at the robbery scene were collected already? “
“ nĭ bùshì shuō,
qiăngjié’àn zhòngdì sì kē dàntóu dōu zhăo dàoliăo ma?”		  
“这个枪洞跟那四枪没有关系. “
秦东肯定地回答.		 “This one has nothing to do with those four.”
Qin Dong stated.
“ zhège qiāng dòng gēn nà sì qiāng méiyŏuguānxi. “
Qín dōng kěndìng dì huídá.		  
“就是说, 可能还有新的命案?”
赵凯峰看看秦东, 又看看刘明天,
两人都没有说话.		 “Does that mean that there were possibly more killings?”
Zhao Kaifeng looked at Liu Mingtian and Qin Dong,
none of them said anything.
“ jiùshìshuō, kěnéng háiyŏu xīn de mìng’àn?”
zhào kăifēng kànkan Qín dōng, yòu kànkan Liú míngtiān,
liăng rén dōu méiyŏu shuōhuà.		  
白色捷达的车主很快就弄清楚了，
是一个登山用品公司的老板,叫齐友发。		 The owner of the white Jetta was identified soon to be Qi Youfa,
the owner of a climbing equipment business.
báisè Jiédá de chēzhŭ hěn kuài jiù nòng qīngchu le，
shì yī gè dēngshān yòngpĭn gōngsī de lăobăn, jiào qí yŏufā。 		 
但接下来的,
却是刘明天最不希望听到的结果,
齐友发在抢劫案发前一天失踪了。		 But what happened to him
was the worst that Liu Mingtian expected to hear.
He was missing the day before the robbery.
dàn jiēxiàlái de,
quèshì Liú míngtiān zuì bù xīwàng tīngdào de jiéguŏ,
qí yŏufā zài qiăngjié ànfā qiányītiān shīzōng le。		  
据齐友发的雇员反映,
齐友发失踪那天下班比较早.
下班的时候是跟他的情妇一起开车走的. 		According to Qi’s employee,
he left work early that day and drove away in his car with his mistress.
 
jù qí yŏufā de gùyuán fănyìng,
qí yŏufā shīzōng nàtiān xiàbān bĭjiào zăo.
xiàbān de shíhou shì gēn tā de qíngfù yīqĭ kāichē zŏu de. 		 
而他的家人一直到夜里都没见他回家.
他的妻子打不通他的手机, 担心出事.
第二天中午就去派出所报了警.		 His family never heard back from him since then.
His wife couldn’t reach him by his cell phone
so she reported his missing to the police around noon the next day.
ér tā de jiārén yīzhí dào yèli dōu méi jiàn tā huíjiā.
tā de qīzi dăbutōng tā de shŏujī, dānxīn chūshì.
dì’èrtiān zhōngwŭ jiù qù pàichūsuŏ bào le jĭng.		 Cui Yan, Qi’s mistress, didn’t return to her rented apartment that night either.
According to her roommate, Cui Yan left her renting place in the afternoon.
She told her that she was to date her boyfriend and would be back late. However, she never came back.