After takeoff and all through dinner, Luo Ji refrained from asking Shi Qiang anything about where they were headed, or what exactly had happened, reasoning that if Shi Qiang was going to tell him anything, he would already have come out with?it. Once, he unbuckled his seatbelt and got up to look out the cabin window, even though he knew he would see nothing through the darkness, but Shi Qiang followed him and pulled down the window shade, saying that there was nothing to see out there.

飛機起飛后，直到吃過晚飯，羅輯都沒有問史強諸如去哪兒、究竟發(fā)生了什么事這類問題，如果他知道并且可以告訴自己，那他早就說了。羅輯曾有一次解開安全帶走到舷窗前，想向外面看，盡管他知道天黑后看不到什么，但史強還是跟了過來，拉上了舷窗的隔板，說沒什么好看的。

“Why don’t we chat for a while longer, and then go to sleep. What do you say?” asked Shi Qiang as he drew out a cigarette, then quickly put it back, remembering he was on a plane.

“咱們再聊會兒，然后去睡覺，好不好？”史強說，同時拿出煙來，但很快想到是在飛機上，又放了回去。

“Sleep? So this is a long flight?”

“睡覺？看來要飛很長時間了？”

“Who cares? It’s a plane with beds. I say we take advantage of them.”

“管它呢，這有床的飛機，咱們還不得好好享用一下?！?/p>

“You’re only responsible for taking me to my destination, right?”

“你們只是負責把我送到目的地，是嗎？”

“What are you complaining for? We’ve still got to make the return trip!” Shi Qiang grinned broadly, as if immensely pleased with himself. Cutting?humor seemed to give him pleasure. But then he turned more serious : “I don’t know much more about your trip than you do. Besides, it’s not yet time for me to tell you anything. Take it easy. There’ll be someone at the handoff to explain things to you.”

“你抱怨什么，我們還得走回去呢！”史強咧嘴笑笑，對自己這話很得意，看來用殘酷的幽默折磨人是他的樂趣。不過他接著稍微嚴肅了一點，“你走的這一趟，我知道的不比你多多少，再說也輪不著我對你說什么。放心，會有人對你把一切都交待清楚的?！?/p>

“I’ve been guessing for hours, but I’ve only come up with?one possible explanation.”

“我猜了半天，只想出一個可能的答案?！?/p>

“Let me hear it, and let’s see if it’s the same as what I’m thinking.”

“說說看，看是不是和我猜的一樣?！?/p>

“The woman who died was an ordinary person, so that means her social or family connections had to be something special.” Luo Ji didn’t know anything about her family, just like his previous lovers. He wasn’t interested, and forgot whatever they told him.

“她應(yīng)該是個普通人，那只能是她的社會或家庭關(guān)系不一般?！绷_輯不知道她的家庭，同前幾個情人一樣，就是她們說了他也不感興趣記不往。

“Who? Oh, that lover of yours? Put her out of your mind, since you don’t care anyway. Or, if you want, why not compare her name and face to some famous figures?”

“誰啊，哦，你那個一周情人？還是別再想她了吧，反正你不在乎。不過想也可以，照你說的，你把她的姓和臉與大人物們一個個對對？”

Luo Ji’s mind flipped through comparisons, but nothing matched.

羅輯在腦子里對了一陣兒，沒有對上誰。

“Luo, my man, can you bluff?” Shi Qiang asked. Luo Ji had noticed a pattern in how he addressed him. When he was joking, he called him “my boy,” but when he was a little more serious, it was “my man.”

“羅兄啊，你騙人在行嗎？”史強問，這之前羅輯發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個規(guī)律：他開玩笑時稱自己為老弟，稍微認真時稱為兄。

“Do I need to bluff against someone?”

“我需要騙誰嗎？”

“Of course you do... So how about I teach you how to bluff? Of course, I’m not a master of it either. My work is more along the lines of?breaking scams. Here, I’ll tell you a few tricks for the interrogation?room. You might find it useful later to figure out what’s going on. Naturally, these are just the most basic, common ones. It’s hard to explain anything more complicated. We’ll start with the gentlest one, which happens to be the simplest: The List. That means drawing up a whole list of questions connected to the case, and then asking them one by one and recording the subject’s answers, and then starting over again from the top and recording those answers too. Questions can be asked repeatedly if necessary, and then you can compare the transcripts of the answers and find out if the subject is lying about something, since the answers will be different every time. The technique is simple, but don’t look down your nose at?it. No one who hasn’t undergone training in counter-interrogation techniques will be able to pass it, so the most effective way of dealing with The List is simply to remain silent.” Shi Qiang fiddled unconsciously with his cigarette as he spoke, but then put it away again.

“當然需要了……那我就教教你怎么騙人吧，當然對此我也不在行，我的工作更偏重于防騙和揭穿騙局。這樣，我給你講講審訊的幾個基本技巧，你以后有可能用得著，到時知己知彼容易對付些。當然，只是最基本最常用的，復(fù)雜的一時也說不清。先說最文的一種，也是最簡單的一種：拉單子，就是把與案子有關(guān)的問題列一個單子，單子上的問題越多越好，八竿子剛打著的全列上去，把關(guān)鍵要問的混在其中，然后一條一條地問，記下審訊對象的回答，然后再從頭問一遍，也記下回答，必要時可以問很多遍，最后對照這幾次的記錄，如果對象說假話，那相應(yīng)的問題每次的回答是有出入的。你別看這辦法簡單，沒有經(jīng)過反偵查訓(xùn)練的人基本上都過不了關(guān)，對付拉單子，最可靠的辦法就是保持沉默?！笔窂娬f著不由得又掏出煙來，但想起飛機上不能抽煙后又放回去。

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refrain:

vi.抑制;避免;克制;節(jié)制

n.經(jīng)常重復(fù)的評價(或抱怨);副歌;迭歌;迭句

come out with:

說出，提出（尤指令人驚訝的話）

grin:

v.咧嘴笑;露齒而笑;咧著嘴笑;齜著牙笑

n.咧著嘴笑;露齒的笑

broadly:

adv.不考慮細節(jié)地;咧開嘴(笑)的;開心(笑)的

cutting:

adj.尖刻的;刻薄的;挖苦人的;凜冽的;刺骨的

come up with:

想出;提出（計劃、想法等）

bluff:

v.虛張聲勢;唬人;吹牛

n.虛張聲勢的做法;唬人

pattern:

n.圖案;模式;方式

vt.構(gòu)成圖案(或花樣);使形成，促成(某行為模式)

address:

vt.向…說話;稱呼（某人）;設(shè)法解決

along the lines of:

類似

scam:

n.騙局;欺詐;詐財騙局

vt.欺詐;誆騙

interrogation:

n.審問;訊問

transcript:

n.抄本;謄本;打印本

look down your nose at:

瞧不起；看不起

undergo:

vt.經(jīng)歷;經(jīng)受(變化、不快的事等)

fiddle:

v.不停擺弄;拉小提琴;(尤指厭煩或緊張地)不斷摸弄