Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 - 2017 | Page 433

In all these months , everyone worked whole-heartedly . Our company flourished , I sent money back to my family , and they were back to being balanced with their expenses , Daniel and I made a good partner in our company , everything just went smooth .
On a Tuesday , Mr . Pierre showed up unexpectedly in the office with an announcement ,” My dear workers ,” in his heavy French accent . “ I ’ m pleased to announce that this has been an amazing ride for all of us . The Chinese officials of Shanghai have held a banquet as a celebration . Great job everyone !” A round of applause echoed around in the main hall of our company .
The hour of closing had come again , but Daniel and I decided to stay and clean up the mess customers have made because we were bored . While we were fooling around , a voice shouted , “ WHEN ARE WE KILLING THEM THEN ?” Killing who , Daniel and I both wondered .
“ SHH Raphael . We ’ re killing the officials in the banquet .”
“ Oh no is that Mr . Pierre ?” Daniel whispered . Although I couldn ' t believe it as well , I had no way of denying it , so I nodded . Abruptly , Pierre and other French men came out from the store room , Daniel and I had no choice but to dock beneath the cupboards of goods , with fear in our hearts , they left not knowing the two stalkers underneath the wooden cupboards in their company .
Daniel and I hurried our way back to our bunks and discussed about this . “ How can this possibly happen ??,” said Daniel in shockness . “ Well it just did . We have to tell the other workers .”
It ’ s just a typical day after work , but just when all the workers were preparing to leave . Daniel and I shouted and caught their attention . “ I know you all have to leave , but trust me it ’ s worth the time .” Daniel started speaking softly to guarantee no other French men hears it , “ Last night , Li Zhen and I heard Pierre and other French men in the store room , discussing about the murder of the Chinese officials , they said they are going to do it in the banquet !!!!” Workers who were listening all freaked out in an instant , one of them interrupted , “ I doubt . Mr . Pierre has always been very considerate .” Others started questioning our words . “ We saw them with our own eyes ! There ’ s no way that it ’ s not true .” We ’ re taking them down . We can ’ t let French people kill our country ’ s officials . We need them and besides we can save lives .” “ There ’ s only one way to find out , are you with us ?” To my surprise , more workers joined to unite a stronger power . I was lucky to have such supporting colleagues , but at the same time I felt more pressure .
Days have passed but nothing has stopped us from stalking Pierre . The French people held another secret meeting . This time I brought more workers to eavesdrop as we have to prove to them that we ’ re not liars .
“ Poisonous wine ! Perfect ” Goosebumps appeared all over our bodies , we knew we had to do something .
The next night , we all gathered up in our bunks and thought of a plan . “ Kill them with knives !” “ NO ! Call the cops !” “ We have to think of a real plan ,” I said trying to unite their diversities . “ Why don ’ t we secretly change the poisonous wines in the banquet ? Well of course we ’ ll need to call the cops standby in case anything happens .” Daniel raised his opinion . “ Great idea , but we definitely have to sort our jobs for this .” We were so devoted that our brains could not stop functioning ! Our unity have already told me that these French people are going down .
It ’ s the day of the banquet and everyone is ready to ‘ celebrate ’ our success .