Chapter 203 - List of Equipment

Ever since Zhao Hai xiang had come to Bulgaria, his movements had been limited. He was monitored round the clock. His room was adjacent to Wu Lina's and often he would come over to her to talk and relieve her from stress. Even for him, the mansion was like a jail that he had to break. But with the amount of security the mansion had, it looked like an impenetrable fort that no one could break.

Wu Lina's room had the most modern gadgetry one could find in the world. In contrast to Wu Lina's room, Zhao Hai xiang's room was devoid of even a radio. For recreation he had to come to Wu Lina's room to watch TV shows or listen to the music

For Wu Lina, who was always surrounded by so many maids who could never talk to her, Zhao Hai xiang's presence was a welcome change. As a matter of fact she had started looking forward to his visits.

Four days after they were in the mansion, Zhao Hai xiang came over to her room and as usual they spoke in Chinese. Wu Lina wanted to eat fig and honey ice cream and while conversing with him, she remembered how she had finished the ice cream box when she had just conceived and that was the only thing she loved eating.

To their surprise half an hour later her favorite ice cream was served to her.

That was the time Zhao Hai xiang and Wu Lina realized that there were bugs and cameras in her room. There were translators listening to them always and every time they spoke in Chinese, it would be immediately translated and conveyed to Vladimir.

That day when Vladimir heard about her craving for the ice cream, he rushed out to personally buy it for her. He had bought a truck of fig and honey ice cream. After all that was what his daughter liked and if she loved eating just that, then so be it!

Meanwhile Zhao Hai xiang was finding ways to transmit information to Yang Xinyu. He knew that Yang Xinyu and Lu Shiming could act based on his information only. But he had no device to communicate with them. He could easily assemble a radio, but he didn't have the equipment.

When Wu Lina' favorite ice cream was delivered to her, he lost all hope because he realized that every activity was monitored. How could he gather equipment for communication?

His gaze wandered to her. She was eating the ice cream and she invited him also to taste it. The maids served him some. Zhao Hai xiang took a spoonful to taste and he loved the flavor. When he was digging his spoon into it, he thought of a plan. Casually he ambled towards Wu Lina and sat down next to her. She was surprised at his audacity but she didn't say anything, as he was watching intently. Then he shifted a little towards her and said, "This is the best ice cream in the world!" He chuckled while signaling her to look at his cup. She looked at it only to find a Chinese character etched on the ice cream.

Zhao Hai xiang had managed to write one Chinese character on the surface of the ice cream with his spoon. He had done it so deftly that the maids couldn't understand what was going on. They thought he was showing her some ingredient.

Bending over his cup Wu Lina read the character. Immediately after that Zhao Hai xiang took a scoop and ate more. Very carefully while talking to Wu Lina, he kept drawing one character after another. In the end Wu Lina had understood everything.

In the evening when the maids left after their day was over, Wu Lina had a window of ten minutes for herself before the new staff came in. She rushed to the bathroom and started searching for the basic things that Zhao Hai xiang had listed.

Her bathroom was fitted with a lot of gadgetry. There were speakers of a music system, which was locked in the wooden cupboard beneath the sink. She opened that with the help of a small pin that she had acquired form her makeup accessories. However, she couldn't find the system there. Only round, flat speakers were present that were embedded in the wall. She removed the flap of the speakers carefully to take out things that were fitted inside.

The entire exercise took a little over ten minutes. She heard steps outside. She managed to put the flap back on the speakers and hid the equipment in her dress before walking out.

In the night whenever she went to the bathroom, she would steal something or the other that Zhao Hai xiang had listed.

By morning she had it all – magnet wires, tape, glue stick, a board, and a diode. The things that were missing were a telephone handset and alligator leads.

When Zhao Hai xiang came to her in the morning, she seemed excited. But there were so many maids present over there that she didn't know how to hand over her findings to him. She had stashed her collection in her purse, which no maid dared to open. Now she just had to hand it over to Zhao Hai xiang. But half a day had passed and she could find no opportunity. She had hidden her purse in the wooden cupboard inside the bathroom. A maid had come to assist her to take bath but she had shooed her away. She was afraid that her only chance could be marred by any foolishness.

In order to hand it over to Zhao Hai xiang, she again thought of a plan. She went out to stroll in the garden along with the maids. Before she left, she softly gestured Zhao Hai xiang to go to the bathroom where her purse was hidden in the cupboard.

He had acquired the missing stuff to make the radio easily by conning a female staff. It took exactly an hour for him to make the radio. And then he started sending a series of Morse codes using that radio. The first word of the code would always be 'Xini'.