Translator-Lucyferase
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There was a lot of noise coming from the meeting room, and except for Jiang Yue Lou, all the other section chiefs were there. Jin Dacheng and Chief Feng of the Forensic Section were facing each other, and the atmosphere was tense.
“How come the prisoner died as soon as he was brought back?! Chief Jin, you have to explain yourself!” Lao Feng flushed with anger, “This never happened before! I don’t buy it!”
Jin Dacheng became even angrier, “What the hell do you mean, Lao Feng, make it clear! The prisoner whom I work so hard to catch on died after sitting in the interrogation room, and you’re fucking blaming me for this?! The guards who were looking after him were yours!”
Qian Tong Qing, the Chief of the Internal Affairs Section, who was a nice old man, tried to stop the two of them, “You two please stay calm, just sit down, sit down and talk”
The door was slammed open. Everyone stopped and turned at the door at the same time.
Bai Jinbo was standing there angrily and the section chiefs did not dare to look at him in the eyes and sat down obediently.
Bai Jinbo walked to the table, glancing at them, “Fighting? Please keep going.”
Except for Jin Dacheng muttering, no one dared to speak, “When wrongly accused, people want to resolve it, quarreling, shirking, isn’t what people do?!”
Bai Jinbo turned to Jin Dacheng, “Okay, tell me about it, what happened?”
Jin Dacheng feeling that he has been wrongly accused here stood up and explained, “Director, someone called to report a case in the afternoon, saying that they found a member of Jinmatang, so I took people there and the arrest went smoothly. I was also careful while detaining him, his hands were handcuffed, his head was covered, and his mouth was stuffed to prevent him from biting his tongue to commit suicide. We did everything to prevent his death, and despite that less than ten minutes after I sent him to the interrogation room, he was found dead! Dead! Does it make any sense, tell me!”
Lao Feng wasn’t done with him, “That’s why it’s even weirder. It must have happened on the way to bring him here; don’t you think Chief Jin?”
“I’m… argh!” Jin Dacheng was about to attack him but was interrupted by Bai Jinbo.
“Did the autopsy report come out?”
Before Chief Feng answered, the door of the meeting room was slammed open again.
Jiang Yue Lou walked in with a report. “Director, the report is out.”
Everyone was watching him, especially Jin Dacheng who even craned his necks to have a better look at him.
Jiang Yue Lou directly handed the report to Bai Jinbo.
“The cause of death is the same as Wu Shuwei, poisoning.”
Jin Dacheng jumped up, “See?! As I said, it has nothing to do with me! This is a serial murder case!”
“We can’t prove it yet.” Jiang Yue Lou said mercilessly, “Maybe Wu Shuwei was also killed by you.”
“Rubbish!” Jin Dacheng was reluctant for a moment. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that today’s incident was too coincidental.
“They inquired after Chief Jiang that the phone call was intended for you. Lao Tzu is carrying a scapegoat for you, and an innocent has to suffer from it!”
Jiang Yue Lou didn’t buy it at all, “You just wanted to beat me on it and take the credit. You deserve it.”
“Who are you trying to persuade?!” Jin Dacheng slapped the table, “Maybe it is you who wanted to take the credit and colluded with others to frame your colleagues! What about that?”
He turned his head to the other people, and both Qian and Feng felt a little uneasy. Jin Dacheng snorted and strengthened his thoughts, “The one who made the report was a doctor. What is his name? Oh yeah, Dr. Chen. To make these things clear, maybe we should summon him into court so he can testify?”
Jiang Yue Lou suddenly broke out, stepped over, and grabbed Jin Dacheng’s collar, “Don’t you dare try to touch him!”
“Hey hey, hey, what are you doing? What are you up to?” Dacheng was frightened by his ferocious reaction. Qian Tong Qing and the others also hurriedly came over to stop him.
“Enough!” Bai Jinbo shouted, “Don’t you have any decency! Stop it right now!”
He got up and walked towards the door, “Yue Lou follow me. Everyone else goes back to work and reflects on yourself!”
Jiang Yue Lou had no choice but to follow Bai Jinbo out, behind him Jin Dacheng was still mumbling, seeming to be complaining about Bai Jinbo’s biased attitude.
In the director’s office, Jiang Yue Lou was still holding the autopsy report in his hand.
“Although the evidence is inconclusive, this is still definitely related to the traitor in the department, and he must be one of the officers present in the conference room today.”
Bai Jinbo looked solemnly, “Are you suspecting Jin Dacheng?”
Jiang Yue Lou shook his head, “I don’t have any evidence yet, but I think Jin Dacheng can be ruled out.”
Bai Jinbo tapped his finger on the table, frowning, “Tell me the truth, is that whistleblower Chen, the doctor whose sister died?”
Jiang Yue Lou nodded.
“The one you met in Hong Kong?”
“He saved my life in Hong Kong.”And I almost got him killed. Jiang Yue Lou added in his heart.
Bai Jinbo snorted, “I think this time he is not here to save you but to frame you.”
“He is not that kind of person.” Jiang Yue Lou stated firmly, “I trust him.”
Bai Jinbo squinted at him, “If my relative was killed, I won’t cooperate wholeheartedly with the one involved in it. Yue Lou, I know he saved you, but he is too deeply involved in this matter so you shouldn’t be in charge of this case, I will let Feng handle it.”
“But……”
“There is no but!” Bai Jinbo interrupted him sternly, “Don’t forget, Mayor Cai is still waiting for your progress in the investigation. You can’t even protect yourself, so don’t worry about other people!”
This Li Chao guy was taken away by the police, and Chen Yu Zhi, who was standing by the clinic window, could see it. There was a hint of revenge in his heart, and more hope that Jiang Yue Lou can make good use of this breakthrough.
Jiang Yue Lou…
That Jin Dacheng is Jiang Yue Lou’s colleague, I hope they would work together to destroy the poisonous den of Jinmatang.
To prevent retaliation,* Chen Yu Zhi closed the hospital early, packed his things, and went home. He wanted to wait for Jiang Yue Lou’s return to confirm the progress of this matter with him. When he passed the cake shop on Liangyuan Road, a pair of little brothers and sisters happened to be standing outside the window. The sister was laying on the glass window, staring at the cake inside.
“Brother, I’m hungry, I want to eat some cake…”
The little boy touched his sister’s head, feeling sorry. The siblings were dressed in simple clothing, implying that they are not the children of a wealthy family.
The little girl did not continue to act like a spoiled child, but opened her mouth big at the cake in the window, pretending to take a bite, and then looked at her brother happily with a cute smile, “It’s so sweet.”
Chen Yu Zhi stopped. This cake shop was also Keying’s favorite. When Chen Yu Zhi just came back from Japan, he lost his parents, and the family was carrying debts. Every time Keying passed by the shop window, she couldn’t help peeking at the butter cake inside, but never asked for anything. Later, Chen Yu Zhi saved up a little money and bought her a beautiful cake for her birthday, that day she smiled so widely revealing two small dimples…
The little brothers and sisters turned to the street and walked home when someone behind them suddenly asked them to wait. The little brother turned his head and saw a young man approaching them, carrying a delicate paper box with colorful cakes painted on it.
The young man touched his head and handed him the box, “Take care of your sister and never let her get lost.”
The boy nodded confused, and the little girl smiled.
Chen Yu Zhi purposely passed by the front door of Jiang Yue Lou’s house. He hesitated whether to come forward and knocked on the door, Jiang Yue Lou might not be back yet, besides…
Suddenly, someone took his shoulders from behind, opened the door with the other hand, and pushed him into the yard.
Chen Yu Zhi was startled, but when he looked back, he realized it was Jiang Yue Lou.
“What happened?”
Jiang Yue Lou didn’t say a word, turned around, and bolted the courtyard door, pushing Chen Yu Zhi into the house.
“How did you know that person was from Jinmatang?”
Jiang Yue Lou closed the door and asked straight away.
“I saw that man in the warehouse that night. He ran away when you arrived.” Chen Yu Zhi said confidently.
“He didn’t recognize you?”
“I was wearing a mask.” Chen Yu Zhi said, “How was it? Did you get some clues?”
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Chen Yu Zhi immediately understood what he meant, “Yes if it was him, that guy would have never got arrested.”
Jiang Yue Lou nodded, “At least we can rule out Jin Dacheng.”
“But does that mean we have no more clues again?”
Jiang Yue Lou frowned, “There will always be opportunities. But I’m afraid you might be in trouble.”
“Me?” Chen Yu Zhi thought for a while before his face revealed he understood, “Yes, the mole would probably know that I made the call.”
“Let’s close the clinic first for the next few days.” Jiang Yue Lou suggested, “Or I will send someone to protect you.”
“No need.” Chen Yu Zhi refused, “If the people from Jinmatang come to make trouble and if it can pull the snake from its hole*. I’d be more than happy*.”
Seeing Jiang Yue Lou’s expression, he toned down his voice, “Don’t worry, I will let you know right away if something happens.”
Even though his tone was gentle, his attitude was still the same. Knowing that he would not be able to change his decision, Jiang Yue Lou could only say, “Okay, even if I am not in the office, I will leave Sun Yongren there to answer the phone. And you must protect yourself.”
Chen Yu Zhi agreed casually, frowning again, “By the way, you…, can you take me to see the corpse?”
“The corpse?” Jiang Yue Lou was a little astonished, “Are you concerned about the results of the autopsy?”
Chen Yu Zhi bit his lip and his obsidian eyes showed a thoughtful look, “This matter is very strange. I feel like something is missing and I have to see it with my own eyes.”
In the new stronghold of Jinmatang outside the city.
Lao Huo slapped Li Chao’s face fiercely and kicked him to the ground. Still angry and frustrated, he pulled off his belt and beat him even harder. Li Chao rolled and begged for mercy. Lao Huo’s right-hand men, Wang Meng, and Han Zhong stood aside, without the slightest intention to persuade him to stop.
“You, selfish prick! San Ye specially requested us to not make a move and to lie low until the fuss dies down*. And you what did you do? You specifically picked this time to bump into Jiang Yue Lou!”
Li Chao begged for mercy, “Brother Huo, brother Huo, forgive me, I will not do it again…”
Lao Huo was still angry but stopped beating him. Li Chao clutched his waist and got up, “But I swear this time it has nothing to do with Jiang Yue Lou. It was the one named Jin who arrested him.”
Lao Huo, Wang Meng, and Han Zhong looked at each other, “Jin Dacheng?”
“Yes… I don’t know what happened, he came from nowhere and just arrested me.”
Lao Huo coldly snorted, “You don’t know what happened?! It’s because of the girl you abducted last time! San Ye already said that you are not allowed to do anything like abducting and selling women anymore, but you just don’t fuckin’ listen! Look! The more the number of missing person increases, the more serious the police will be, the more noise we make, the more we will be in trouble!”
“Brother Huo, I can’t help it either.”
Li Chao bent down his head apologetically, “We haven’t shipped anything for a while, the young brothers must have to find a way to get money.”
“You still have the face to say that! Every time you receive money, you’ll spend it in the brothel!”
Lao Huo roared, “Fuck, I’m gonna castrate you!”
Han Zhong, who was next to him, stepped forward and stopped Lao Huo, “Brother Huo, Chao knows that he was wrong. Let’s first find out how this happened! It’s important.”
“What happened? He must have been looking for another girl and was caught by the police.”
“I didn’t…” Li Chao tried to argue, and Lao Huo was about to smoke him when he saw that he was unrepentant, but was stopped by Han Zhong again.
“Brother Huo, please calm down, and it’s not too late to make plans after we know more about it.”
Han Zhong made a gesture at Wang Meng who nodded back before pulling Li Chao up and walking outside.
Lao Huo picked up his teacup, almost spitting on it while panting with anger, and gasped, “Lao Han, what do you think San Ye will do with this matter?”
Han Zhong smacked his lips and looked a little helpless, “San Ye always thought this way of making money was dirty, and truly disliked it. Besides this time, we had to react fast to switch the body at the police station. It’s really hard to say what the Master will think about it.”
Lao Huo wiped his sweat, “Once the corpse is buried, who will even notice this trick? You have a smart brain.”
Han Zhong shook his head, still uneasy, but there was no other way. He saw Lao Huo was about to grab the pipe, he took some tobacco and put it on it, then took the opium lamp and lit the pipe for Lao Huo.
“This thing can still go away smoothly, Brother Huo, we should probably also go to pick up a new shipment. When the people underground have empty pockets it’s easy for them to cause trouble.”
Lao Hai sighed, “I understand that to reach the top one has to go over all the steps one after another. When the things will be settled, we’ll have to talk with San Ye, let’s go to Nanyang to get the opium by ourselves.”
Both Jiang Yue Lou and Chen Yu Zhi were people who acted on their words and never hesitated once they made up their minds. The two ate something quickly, and when it got dark, drove back to the police station. When entering the building, the guards saluted Jiang Yue Lou. The latter simply returned a salute casually and drove the car into the entrance of the building. Jiang Yue Lou was a person who used the police station as his own home, and working overtime was common for him, so the guards were not suspicious.
The car stopped behind the building, and Chen Yu Zhi hid in the back, seat up, and followed Jiang Yue out of the car. The two quietly entered the building along with the side door that went up to the floor of the morgue. The morgue was located in a remote corner of the building. Reaching the corner, Jiang Yue Lou stopped and signaled Chen Yu Zhi to wait, and went to set off the guard on duty. However, it just so happened that there was no one on duty at the door, or maybe the night shift was lazy and was sleeping somewhere else.
Jiang Yue Lou frowned, turned around, and waved to Chen Yu Zhi to join him.
The morgue’s lights were switched off, and it was quiet. The moonlight streaming through the window allowed you to see in the dim room. On the autopsy table in the middle was laying a corpse covered with a white cloth. There was also another empty table in the corner, which was used as a backup.
It was the first time after Keying’s death that Chen Yu Zhi stepped into the morgue.
There was a sharp pain in his heart and it started to be difficult for him to just breathe. Jiang Yue Lou in front of him seemed to read his mind and gently extended his hand backward. Chen Yu Zhi slightly paused, and then stretched his hand to hold the warm and concerned palm. The two of them didn’t say a word in the middle of the dark and walked to the autopsy table.
Chen Yu Zhi let go of Jiang Yue Lou’s hand to lift the white cloth. Pop! Jiang Yue Lou took out the lighter, and a small orange flame started floating in the air, illuminating the area in front of him.
Chen Yu Zhi gasped. The dead under the white cloth had a completely different face. Watching his expression Jiang Yue Lou already guessed the truth. Chen Yu Zhi put down the white cloth and immediately turned over the man’s hands. He checked them both carefully, then slowly raised his head.
Following Chen Yu Zhi’s movements and expression, Jiang Yue Lou understood that something was wrong.
“There’s a problem, right?”
“Yeah.” Chen Yu Zhi took the deceased’s left hand, “I bandaged the man in the warehouse. He was left-handed and I can’t be wrong. But the deceased has calluses on his right hand.”
“A good way to graft flowers onto a tree*.” Jiang Yue Lou gritted his teeth and said, “These sons of the bitch!”
“I saw him get into the police car with my own eyes.” Chen Yu Zhi still felt it was hard to believe, “How did this happen?”
“You saw the prisoner being escorted into the car, the car didn’t stop on the road, and Jin Dacheng was also in the car. So that could only happen after returning to the police station.”
“There was probably more than one guard escorting him, they cannot be all part of this plot.”
“They don’t need to be all insiders.” Jiang Yue Lou’s eyes were especially morose under the beating flames, “This person took advantage of a loophole in the procedure.”
“A loophole?”
Just as Jiang Yue Lou was about to answer, his expression suddenly changed. He turned off the lighter at once and pulled Chen Yu Zhi inside to hide.
“What……”
“Hush!” Jiang Yue Lou whispered in the darkness, “Someone is here, maybe two or more.”
The light suddenly disappeared, Chen Yu Zhi couldn’t see clearly for a while, but Jiang Yue Lou could see in the dark. He encircled Yu Zhi’s shoulders, half-holding him and half pushing him towards the corner.
The corridor was unobstructed, and it was too late to go out now, only mortuary coolers could be seen on all sides of the small morgue.
Where should we hide?
He hesitated for a moment, and fierceness started to surge in his heart. The people coming are for sure not good people, so I would have to, first, act fast, and two, make sure…
“Don’t be impulsive.” Chen Yu Zhi whispered in his ear, “Let’s wait and see to find a way to catch the big fish.”
Both seemed able to read each other’s minds*. Even more, his gentle and calm voice had the power to appease his emotions. Jiang Yue Lou heaved a sigh of relief, nodded, and quietly asked in the dark, “Okay, I won’t take action… Are you afraid?”
These two sentences seemed to have no connection with each other, but Chen Yu Zhi didn’t ask anything and just shook his head firmly. His eyes were shining even in the darkness.
The sound of footsteps reached the door and the light of the flashlight shone through the glass.
“It’s unlucky to deal with corpses at night.”
Jiang Yue Lou recognized the voice. It was a police officer from the Logistics Department.
“Who said the opposite? To bury a corpse at that time of the day when the night is the darkest and the heaviest, is the most ominous.” Another person replied.
The two came in while complaining. Jiang Yue Lou was laying on the autopsy table next to the wall, tightening his body, motionless. He didn’t know who sent these two men, but he knew for sure that they came for the imposter body. Jiang Yue Lou didn’t carry a gun with him at the time. If the two of them had guns, he would have to kill them quickly. Otherwise, if he doesn’t they will be in trouble.
There was no place to hide in the morgue, except for the autopsy table and the mortuary cooler. But these body drawers could not be opened from the inside. If Jiang Yue Lou was the one hidden inside, Chen Yu Zhi would not have enough strength to let him out if the situation was urgent.
Jiang Yue Lou had to hide Chen Yu Zhi in the empty corpse drawer, while lying on the autopsy table, covered with white cloth and pretending to be a corpse.
While listening to the two men, Jiang Yue Lou wondered in his heart how many people in this world could calmly lie down in the cold and dark drawer without a moment of hesitation. He has never been wrong about Chen Yu Zhi. The courage and responsibility of this young man were equal to his own.
While he was thinking, a flash of light and shadow appeared in front of him. One of the police officers raised his flashlight and walked in his direction.
“Didn’t he say there was only one corpse? Why is there one more here?” The man said as he raised his hand to lift the white cloth on Jiang Yue Lou’s body. Jiang Yue Lou held his breath motionless, clenching his fists under the white cloth.
The cloth was lifted higher and higher, and Jiang Yue Lou’s face was about to be revealed. Just as he was about to get up, a voice came from the other side, “This is the one. I took a look during the autopsy today, and I can’t be wrong.”
Jiang Yue Lou’s body relaxed a little, but suddenly a terrible thought stroked his heart, making him sweat. Can the air circulate in the body drawer?
He forgot that it was for the dead! There were no vents at all!
Cold sweat oozed on his forehead. Jiang Yue Lou became more and more anxious, and regardless of everything, desperately wanted to jump up to open the drawer. Fortunately, at this moment, the two guards finally walked out carrying the corpse. As soon as the door closed, Jiang Yue Lou immediately stood up and pulled out the mortuary cooler with all his strength. The sound of the iron friction was particularly ear-piercing in the dark silence, but Jiang Yue Lou couldn’t care less.
“Yu Zhi! Chen Yu Zhi!” He pulled Chen Yu Zhi up from the drawer, only to feel that his body was limp and weak, with no strength at all.
Jiang Yue Lou, regretting and hating himself, shouted Yu Zhi’s name over and over again in a low voice while carrying him into his arms from the drawer to the autopsy table.
“Wake up, please wake up, Yu Zhi!?”
He patted Yu Zhi’s cold cheeks, and his faint breath was cold.
“Um…”
Chen Yu Zhi seemed to gain consciousness and said something in a low voice. Jiang Yue Lou leaned close to his lips to hear what he was saying.
“I’m fine, hurry up…” Chen Yu Zhi struggled to sit up, “Those people are leaving…”
“It’s okay, I asked Song Rong and Sun Yongren to wait outside.” Jiang Yue Lou was supporting him steadily and told him so that he could relax, “They won’t run away.”
Chen Yu Zhi admired his meticulous and careful attitude and nodded. He was still very weak and came close to Jiang Yue Lou to rest on his shoulders. Because he was worried that someone could be on the lookout outside, Jiang Yue Lou was not in a hurry to leave. The two stayed close to each other to keep warm.
Just when Jiang Yue Lou thought Chen Yu Zhi was already asleep, the latter suddenly whispered, “You … when you asked me if I was afraid earlier… it was out of concern about Keying’s body being here before, wasn’t it?”
Jiang Yue Lou suddenly couldn’t breathe. He didn’t know what to say.
But Chen Yu Zhi had already sat up straight and asked seriously, “By the way, you said before that the person behind the scene took advantage of the loophole in the investigation process. How come?”
Jiang Yue Lou thought for a while and said, “The police officer in charge of the arrest is usually sent to the interrogation room to hand over the prisoner before leaving. And the person in charge of the autopsy has never seen the real prisoner before. The only person who has seen both the living one and the corpse was Jin Dacheng. But this guy had little courage and always yelled from a safe distance, he probably didn’t see what the person arrested looked like at all.”
Chen Yu Zhi bit his lip, “This person is not only familiar with the loopholes in the police station’s procedures, but also with the character of Jin Dacheng.”
“Yes.” Jiang Yue Lou said bitterly, “And this kind of person is willing to work for Jinmatang. Once I’d grab his foxtail, I’ll make him taste my way of doing things.”
Early the next morning, Jin Dacheng was sleeping with his wife*** when he was startled awake by a bursting ringing sound. He jumped out of the bed with his trousers and grabbed the phone. He heard Jiang Yue Lou on the other end telling him with an official tone that there was an important meeting this morning and he must rush to the police station immediately.
“Jiang Yue Lou, do you know what time it is…”
But the other person at the end of the phone has already hung up.
Jin Dacheng grabbed his pants in one hand and with the phone in the other was about to vent angrily, but before he could scream out a big “son of the bitch”, he was stopped by an enormous sneeze.
Although he was mad, he still was afraid to be late and without caring about food, he hurried up to the police station. As soon as he reached the second floor, he met Qian Tong Qing and Lao Feng at the door of the meeting room. Jin Dacheng yawned sleepily,
“What is this Jiang Yue Lou up to?! Why this emergency meeting in the morning?!”
Qian Tong Qing scratched his hair, “Maybe there is some progress with the case.”
“Nonsense!” Lao Feng always had a bad temper, and this early morning was no exception, “The director handed this case to me, and this Jiang Yue Lou is not the one in charge! I was out all yesterday investigating this case but found nothing. The only thing that I caught was a cold!”
While talking, they reached the door of the office, Jin Dacheng opened the door and walked in first — and almost fell as soon as he entered.
On the long conference table was laying a corpse covered with a white cloth.
“This! What the hell is going on?!” Jin Dacheng pointed at the corpse and stared at Jiang Yue Lou, who was standing on the side. Qian Tong Qing, Lao Feng, and others were also surprised and exchanged glances.
Bai Jinbo sat first with a serious expression, “Sit down.”
After everyone sat down, Jiang Yue Lou said, “Sorry everyone, the morgue was burglarized yesterday, and is now under martial law.”
“The morgue? Did you get the thief?” Feng opened his mouth wide, “Who went there to steal something? What did they steal?”
Jiang Yue Lou pointed to the corpse on the table, “The stolen item has been recovered, it’s this one.”
Jin Dacheng looked in skepticism, “Someone steals the corpse?”
His face suddenly changed and he took a step forward to uncover the white cloth. The corpse lying underneath was indeed the same corpse from yesterday. It was now covered with mud as if it had been buried in the soil and dugout.
He yelled, “Who the hell did this?! How dare someone steals the prisoner’s body! If this was stolen, I won’t be able to wash out of it even if I jump into the Yellow River!”
Everyone was watching Jin Dacheng losing his temper, but Jiang Yue Lou noticed that the Logistics Section Chief Qian Tong Qing had a pale face and was slowly moving towards the door quietly.
“Chief Qian, where are you going?” He greeted with a smile, “Don’t leave just now, you should explain first to Chief Jin how the dead body got away with his long legs.”
Suddenly, the meeting room became so quiet that even a thin needle falling on the ground could be heard. Jin Dacheng confused, glanced at Qian Tong Qing, and even though Bai Jinbo remained silent, his eyes were also fixed on Qian Tong Qing. The latter, who at that moment was looking even uglier than the dead man on the table, pretended not to understand.
“Section Chief Jiang is joking again, how can I know about this?” Qian Tong Qing was sweaty trying to reach out to his pocket.
Jiang Yue Lou smiled and walked slowly towards Qian Tong Qing, “I never make jokes. We have worked together for many years so Section Chief Qian knows that already, right?”
Even Jin Dacheng and Lao Feng started doubting. All four gazes were now on Qian Tong Qing.
Jiang Yue Lou was still putting pressure and getting closer to him, “But when it comes to disguising, one can find an expert in Section Chief Qian. I did not expect that the traitor was you…”
Qian Tong Qing yelled and took his gun out from his pocket. But before he could raise his hand, Jiang Yue Lou had already kicked off Qian Tong Qing’s gun.
Hearing some noise, Song Rong rushed in, and abruptly threw Qian Tong Qing to the ground, holding his gun on the back of his head.
This sudden upheaval stunned Jin Dacheng, Section Chief Feng, and the others. Qian Tong Qing was the most discreet and unnoticed old man in the entire Jingcheng Police Station, the one who would always try to never offend anybody. And this kind of person turned out to be a traitor planted by Jinmatang?
Jin Dacheng said still in disbelief, “Wait, what is going on?”
Jiang Yue Lou and Bai Jinbo looked at each other before Bai Jinbo nodded.
“The prisoner that Chief Jin brought back yesterday is not the same person as the corpse lying here. When Qian Tong Qing suddenly heard that Chief Jin was about to arrest someone, there was not enough time for him to make a move. On such short notice, the only trick that Qian Tong Qing could do was in the interrogation room. Among the two policemen who sent the prisoner into the interrogation room, one of them was a scapegoat sent by the Jinmatang. He was wearing a uniform and lowered his head all along so that he could not be easily recognized. He waited to enter the interrogation room. He took poison and committed suicide immediately after entering the room.”
Jiang Yue Lou looked at the corpse on the table, “I have asked someone to examine it. Although this corpse died from poisoning, he was also suffering from tuberculosis, and time was running out for him. Maybe Jinmatang promised him a great reward or maybe he was threatened, whatever the reason is, he came here to be a scapegoat. After the two changed their clothes, the man took the poison. Chief Qian, a trustworthy officer, shouted that the prisoner was dead. The situation was disrupted for a while, and the real prisoner in uniform took this opportunity to flee in the chaos.”
Qian Tong Qing’s face was dead gray when Jiang Yue Lou was saying those words.
Jin Dacheng still didn’t believe it, “What if someone saw the prisoner’s real face? He won’t be deceived that easily, right?
Jiang Yue Lou gave him a cold look, “Didn’t you see the prisoner’s true face? Did you recognize him?”
“You!”
Chief Feng finally opened his mouth, “This…this can’t be based solely on speculation, there must be evidence, don’t you think Director?”
He turned his head and looked at Bai Jinbo. Jin Dacheng also agreed in a hurry. Bai Jinbo nodded and clapped his hands twice.
The door opened, and Sun Yongren came in with the two policemen who had transported the body out of the morgue last night. The two men were feeling ashamed and embarrassed and one still had a gunshot wound on his body, which had been bandaged.
Qian Tong Qing, who was lying on the ground, saw the two with a trace of astonishment on his face, before turning into complete despair.
Bai Jinbo looked at the two policemen, “What’s happened, tell me the truth.”
A policeman pointed to Qian Tong Qing angrily, “Last night, Chief Qian found me and He Jiu and said that the corpse was poisoned and showed signs of decay and that we should help the Inspection Division to deal with the corpse. He Jiu and I thought that everyone was colleagues and that it was reasonable to do a favor, so we went…”
Jiang Yue Lou intervened with him, “Did you receive some money?”
The two looked at each other and nodded embarrassed.
The other policeman explained, “Chief Jiang, we are always being charged a little bit for the hard work of dealing with the corpses in the department. We have not broken the rules. However, when He Jiugang and I were burying the corpse, a person suddenly appeared and shot us! This was murder to silence us, Chief!”
“Right, right, right, if it wasn’t for Adjutant Song and Adjutant Sun to arrive, we would still don’t know where the corpse would have been hidden in the wilderness. Perhaps, it would have been the same as for Xiao Zhao…”
Bai Jinbo waved his hand, and Sun Yongren left with the two policemen.
“En, I didn’t expect that…” Jin Dacheng now had no choice but to believe it. He thought of something while waving his hand, “Director, don’t assume that the two of us were talking to each other often. I am not that close with Qian Tong Qing. We don’t know each other very well.”
Jiang Yue Lou didn’t bother to pay attention to him and turned to Qian Tong Qing.
“Chief Qian, this matter has come to this point and there is strong evidence against you so you can no longer deny it. If you tell who is the mastermind behind you, the director can give you a favor and judge you outside the law.”
Qian Tong Qing smiled sadly and remained silent. His mask of the good old man seemed to fall off, revealing his true malicious and treacherous face.
Jiang Yue Lou pressed further, “Does Wu Shuwei’s death have nothing to do with you?”
Qian Tong Qing suddenly burst out of a crazy laugh, spitting in disdain on Jiang Yue Lou’s face. He slammed back into Song Rong who staggered but was still clutching the gun tightly and didn’t let it go, preventing Qian Tong Qing to take it. Qian Tong Qing then jumped up and pounced on Bai Jinbo.
Jiang Yue Lou rushed up to stand in front of Bai Jinbo, but Jin Dacheng, frightened, took a step back. Qian Tong Qing took this opportunity to pull out the gun attached to Jin Dacheng’s waist. He raised the gun, looked around with a bleak expression, and suddenly turned the muzzle to point at his mouth. Song Rong rushed to grab the gun, but it was too late.
A gunshot sounded. Qian Tong Qing fell to the ground.
“Send that bastard to the other side.”
An icy voice came from the other end of the phone, and the respectful expression on Lao Huo’s face suddenly froze.
“You… mean Chao?”
There was a sneer on the phone, “Who else? What’s the point of having a man who can’t even control himself”
Lao Huo cautiously wanted to confirm, “But… Chao knows the buyer from the north, and he knows how to do the job. Plus, we spent a lot of effort to get him out!”
The answer he received was a cold snort, “Why was he arrested? Is it for things relating to our group? It’s for kidnapping girls! San Ye already said earlier, whoever does this kind of odious thing would have to deal with the consequences. So, don’t blame him for being rude! Also, San Yes has another use for the chess piece at the police station; it’s not for wiping his butt. Now the chess pieces that have been placed there for more than three years are useless, and all the plans have to be redeployed. Death, it’s even cheap for him. If you are reluctant to do it, go and tell San Ye by yourself!”
Lao Huo heard the anger in his tone and quickly soften his tone “Calm down, calm down. It’s Chao who wronged San Ye. I didn’t discipline him enough, so I will take care of it immediately. You can rest assured. Just…”
He explained cautiously, “How Chao got caught, he doesn’t know. What Han Zhong and I mean is that it’s not too late to ask about it before putting him six feet under.”
“The whistleblower is a doctor.” The other party said, “If you can’t find out with that, then you are no different from a stupid pig.” The person at the other end hung up.
Lao Huo wiped his sweat with his free hand and slowly put down the phone.
He sat in a chair, closed his eyes, and rested for a while, before shouting, “Old Han!”
Han Zhong opened the door and walked in: “Brother Huo, did you call me?”
Lao Huo gestured to him to step forward, Han Zhong walked over, Lao Huo whispered something and Han Zhong nodded knowingly.
“Don’t worry, I will do it myself.” Han Zhong turned and walked out.
Lao Huo leaned back in the chair and sighed, “Chao, don’t blame me, you asked for it.”
Of course, Bai Jinbo didn’t know that Chen Yu Zhi was sitting in the office of Jiang Yue Lou at this time waiting for the updates of the case. But Jiang Yue Lou has been gone for a long time, and Chen Yu Zhi couldn’t stay still any longer. He stood up and paced slowly in the office, looking randomly at the furnishings around him.
A paper frame* was hung on the wall with the Chinese character for Meditation written on it. Standing in front of this character Chen Yu Zhi’s heart was moved and he stared at it for a long time.
The door was pushed abruptly, Jiang Yue Lou entered the office with a pallid face, and Sun Yongren and Song Rong were following behind.
Chen Yu Zhi came to him, “What happened, didn’t things go smoothly?”
Jiang Yue Lou didn’t answer, he walked to the desk and sat down, with a dissatisfied face. Chen Yu Zhi looked at Sun Yongren, who made a bitter look at him.
“Look, Look, the thing is…”
Sun Yongren made the gesture of putting a pistol on his forehead. Chen Yu Zhi understood clearly and shook his head helplessly.
“Boss, your subordinate didn’t do well and failed to control him. Please punish me.” Song Rong looked guilty and bowed his head to admit his mistake.
Jiang Yue Lou raised his gaze to look at him but didn’t say a word.
Sun Yongren’s stammering which suddenly seemed to have gone away said, “Boss, don’t be depressed. If you ask me, I think we are successful. You made a guess, and you were right that it was Qian Tong Qing! The most inconspicuous person in the entire police station. He is the spy of Jinmatang. Who could have anticipated it? Isn’t it amazing that you caught this big asshole?”
Jiang Yue Lou didn’t even raise his eyelids, “Get out!”
Sun Yongren and Song Rong looked at each other but didn’t dare to speak. Sun Yongren looked at Chen Yu Zhi for help and gestured to him to persuade Jiang Yue Lou. Chen Yu Zhi nodded slightly.
“Don’t get out yet! I’ll crush you to death!” Jiang Yue Lou grabbed a book on the table and hurled it in the direction of Sun Yongren. With an “Aiya!”, Sun Yongren turned to escape and ran away.
Chen Yu Zhi went to pick up the book on the ground and put it back on the table.
“If you wanted to kill Sun Yongren, why did you take the lightest thing on the table? What about the inkstone?”
Jiang Yue Lou didn’t expect that he would say that. He looked at the things on the table and couldn’t help but smile, and his suffocated breath slowly returned to normal.
Chen Yu Zhi poured another cup of tea and put it in front of him, “Drink a cup of tea to hydrate yourself. Being angry is harmful to the liver. You also haven’t slept much last night, and having extreme emotions would be bad for the spleen, stomach, heart, and lungs.”
These things called emotions are sometimes really weird. They were still wandering on the edge of an outbreak, but they were strangely calm now. He didn’t know if it was the effect of Chen Yu Zhi’s medicine, or if Chen Yu Zhi himself was good at pacifying others. In a word, Jiang Yue Lou’s mood could now be soothed more and more quickly.
This discovery secretly inspired Jiang Yue Lou’s heart. He finally stopped having a dreary face, grabbed his hair, and sighed.
“Even though we caught Qian Tong Qing, we didn’t catch the big fish behind him and so ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful*.”
“But Grabbing one basketful is also an accomplishment.” Chen Yu Zhi said, “Is this person hiding for so many years?”
Jiang Yue Lou nodded, “Qian Tong Qing has been in the police station for three years, and managed to not expose himself at all. I never expected that such a person would be a spy planted by Jinmatang. I don’t dare to think who else could be infiltrated by them.”
Chen Yu Zhi was shocked after thinking about it, but still tried to persuade him
“Conversely, you’re taking it one measure at a time. From the opium dealers on the street to the police station spy, you’re getting closer to the facts every step of the way. Keep going, and you will win the ultimate triumph sooner or later.”
His tone was so sincere and firm, and he did not doubt Jiang Yue Lou’s victory. Such honesty and trust warmed Jiang Yue Lou’s heart.
He raised his gaze and looked at Chen Yu Zhi, “It’s not me, it’s us. You deserve half the credit for the arrest of Qian Tong Qing.”
Chen Yu Zhi didn’t expect that he would answer this way, slightly startled, with a smile on his face. This smile dispelled the last feeling of frustration in Jiang Yue Lou’s heart. He couldn’t help but smile, and shouted to the door, “Sun Yongren, Song Rong!”
“Hey! Boss!” Sun Yongren pushed the door in immediately. He looked at Jiang Yue Lou’s face and showed a relieved expression.
“Boss, what is your order?”
His “I didn’t expect that” attitude caused Jiang Yue Lou to feel like his hands were itchy again, and wanted to take the inkstone and give it another shot, but good or bad he managed to hold back.
“What the fuck are you laughing at? Let’s go to this place, let’s go to Hui Xian Lou!”
“Eh?”
“After all, I caught the mole, so I can’t let the two of you work for nothing.”
Song Rong and Sun Yongren looked at each other smiling at the same time.
“Your subordinates are on it, Sir.” Song Rong bent down, turned, and left.
Sun Yongren winked at Chen Yu Zhi and ran out, yelling, “Start to prepare the cooked shrimp, I’m coming for four dishes!”
Jiang is getting closer to the truth I guess. Dr Chan bravery keeps amusing me.
Both SR and SY deserves a medal for serving a hot tempered boss.
Thanks for the update.
Yes, they both deserve the best subordinate award, haha. He is getting closer to the truth thanks to our brave doctor and at this point, only Dr.Chen can handle Jiang Yue Lou. He brings out the best version of our Cop.
Jin Dacheng is really a source for entertainment, he is neither black nor white and his only redeeming quality is that he does have a bottom line and he is a long term planner. He understands that bad guys no matter how long will eventually have a bad end therefore he always chooses to abide and uphold the law…after all it can feed him for life without worry.
He’s got his own morals which is why although he’s annoying, he’s not a bad person.
Thank you for the chapter 🌻
You’re welcome, thank you so much!
Yes Jin Dacheng is a really interesting character, and also a realistic one. He is simply human with all this qualities and his flaws which is very rare to see in drama or in novel and which make us like him more . Even though I despised to the core in Chapter 20 😡!!!!!!! But he redeems himself through the end so let’s forgive him =D
I agree with you. When I saw him in the drama, I remembered that I thought that I couldn’t really hate him, despite the things he has done, and now that I read about him in the novel I feel exactly the same 🤣
I loved the scene when JYL realised that CYZ didn’t have enough air in the corpse drawer, that was a really sweet moment 😍Thanks for this chapter 😊
You’re welcome!
Yes that’s corpse drawer scene was so cute! And the little scene when they spend the night together in the morgue with CYZ putting his head on JYL’s shoulder!❤
This is so cute! Book 1 has so many of these cute scenes that we didn’t see in the drama! The author is so nice to us!!
This is definitely worth reading, the characters are really entertaining and are portrait in unique ways, there attitudes are solid and I really like the relationship development of the two.
Thanks for translating this chapter anyway, I really love how you try to simplify and translate the idioms and other Chinese characters here!😊💖