บท 291: The bait

Wang Lu got out of the car with a level of urgency and stormed into the office building, a few minutes later he stormed back out, in even more of a hurry.

His actions were observed by a solitary figure perched on the doorway near where the car was parked. The man watched his harried motions with a sardonic smile, that bordered on anticipatory and slightly feral.

He paused at the curb to look in both directions. The early morning traffic was anemic but it was clear he didn't find what he was looking for with the way he stormed back into the building.

In his absence, the figure in the doorway darted forward to quickly place a note on his windshield, secure it with the wiper before melting back into the shadows.

Wang Lu raced out of the building, this time he was almost buzzing with impossibly frantic energy. He looked all around him with an edginess of one whose peace was suddenly snatched away.