Translator-Lucyferase
Editor-Alysia
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Chen Yu Zhi was thrown into a police car and taken back to the police station. No matter how hard he tried to explain who he was, no one would listen. He was handcuffed and imprisoned with the gangsters. However, he was fortunate that he was alone in the small cell, which was the only true blessing. While the rain had ceased, the bleak freezing wind of late autumn began to pour in through the window’s iron bars. Chen Yu Zhi’s thin clothing couldn’t keep him warm. He huddled in the corner and sat there all night, leaning against the freezing wall, just falling asleep dazed at dawn.
After sleeping for a while, someone pushed him roughly, “You! Wake up! It’s your turn!”
Chen Yu Zhi reluctantly opened his eyes, only to be hit by a wave of dizziness and intense nasal congestion. He knew he was about to catch a cold but had no choice but to be dragged into the interrogation room, his hands handcuffed behind the table. It was a small table with a very uncomfortable chair, but it was better than his cell’s cold floor.
Chen Yu Zhi felt like his head was pounded with a hammer at that moment, and all he wanted to do was fall asleep on the table. He couldn’t help but close his eyes when a cold and familiar voice echoed in his ears.
“Want to sleep? Be honest with me, and I will let you sleep.”
Chen Yu Zhi raised his head in surprise and saw Jiang Yue Lou standing in front of him, who was looking at him for quite some time. He was wearing a police uniform and looked very cold but slightly tired, indicating he was also awake all night.
“So, let’s start,” Jiang Yue Lou leaned on the table and took out a cigarette.
“What do you want to hear?” Chen Yu Zhi looked at him, “I have said it many times already. I am a doctor. I was just passing by the warehouse area, on my way to see a patient when I got involved in this mess. I don’t know anything else. What do you want me to say?”
Jiang Yue Lou didn’t seem to hear him. He picked up the registration book on the table and looked at it while smoking.
“What’s your name?”
Chen Yu Zhi held back his anger and replied, “Chen Yu Zhi.”
“Which three words?”
“Chen composed of the Chinese characters Ěr* and Dōng*, Yu from the Chinese characters Yífēng Yú Zé* and Zhi from the Chinese characters Zhī Hū Zhě Yě*.
Jiang Yue Lou gave him a stern look, “You sell opium, you are acquainted with drug dealers, you don’t deserve this name.”
Chen Yu Zhi said nothing.
“Nothing to say?”
Chen Yu Zhi couldn’t stop coughing as his throat became dry and sore from the strong smell of Jiang Yue Lou’s cigarette.
“What did you just say?” Jiang Yue Lou raised his eyes.
Chen Yu Zhi finally stopped coughing, “I said, I’m a doctor.”
“Doctor?” Jiang Yue Lou smiled sarcastically, “Only those who treat good people are called doctors, and those who serve bad people are called accomplices.”
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“Sir, I am indeed a doctor, just passing by chance. You already have asked other people so you must know that I’m not lying. A little girl is waiting for me at home, who I need to take care of and I can’t leave her alone. You… Can you please let me go?”
He raised his head and looked at Jiang Yue Lou almost pleading: “I…, although I am just a doctor and I don’t have much money, as long as I can do my job, I am okay with this and I don’t need more…”
The identity of Chen Yu Zhi has already been investigated by Jiang Yue Lou. It was clear that his presence there was just a mere coincidence. However, he was still an eyewitness who may deduce any clues that the Jinmatang party might not reveal.
Just as Jiang Yue Lou was about to speak, his subordinate Sun Yongren walked in, “Boss, someone just arrived to bail out the man in room three.”
As he said this, he made a gesture of counting money, “And he came prepared.”
Jiang Yue Lou glanced at Chen Yu Zhi, showing a narrow expression, “Bring him here.”
“Yes sir,” Sun Yongren said before going away.
The bailer seems like a kind-hearted and honest person, and he nodded flatteringly at Jiang Yue Lou and bowed his waist, “Chief Jiang, this is just a misunderstanding, a huge misunderstanding. This brother just fights a little bit with others for a girl. All of these people are adults, who were fighting against each other for insignificant things.”
At the same time, the bailer took two gold bars and tried to stuff them into Jiang Yue Lou’s hands.
“This is just a little money; buy some tea for your brothers…”
Jiang Yue Lou put his hands in his pockets and didn’t touch the money.
Sun Yongren stepped forward and took the gold bars, “Two gold bars only to buy tea for the brothers working in the police station?”
Jiang Yue Lou was disdainful, “These days, prices are rising fast. This is not enough to buy tea for everyone, but Yongren, with that you can still have some water.”
Sun Yongren said, “It’s not easy to drink only water.”
The bailer understood right away, and he pulled out of his pocket another gold bar and passed it to Sun Yongren, who accepted it gracefully.
This conversation felt in Chen Yu Zhi’s ears. He was surprised that Jiang Yue Lou dared to accept bribes so blatantly. He was angry and helpless. He tried to pull his handcuffs in protest and turned himself to face Jiang Yue Lou, almost pulling the table down.
When Jiang Yue Lou heard the movement, he turned around to see Chen Yu Zhi’s face full of anger, and he couldn’t help but smile. He started to smile even more at the bailer, deliberately showing he was ready to accept the deal.
“This is nothing, and we can see how sincere you are. Please let’s go to the third room.”
The bailer smiled, “Thank you, Chief Jiang, thank you so much.”
The three people walked away.
Chen Yu Zhi was overwhelmed in rage and pulled the handcuffs on the table angrily. He said in his heart, “The world is as dark as the crows.”
No wonder that Jiang Yue Lou wiped out this gang last night as it turned out he was also a scam. Chen Yu Zhi was furious thinking about what just happened when a sudden gunshot rang on the building. Startled, Chen Yu Zhi wondered what just happened. Jiang Yue Lou pushed the door in and came back, playing with the gold bars in his hands like it was nothing. Chen Yu Zhi looked at him suspiciously.
“What are you looking at?” Jiang Yue Lou smiled, “If you have the money, you can also take your chance. But let me tell you, even if you have the money, if I am not happy, I will not be nice to you.”
“You… you just killed that person?” Chen Yu Zhi couldn’t believe it. “You took the money, and then you murdered him?!”
Jiang Yue Lou stayed silent, knocking the gold bars in his hand loudly. Chen Yu Zhi began to despise Jiang Yue Lou to the point of wanting to nail him to the wall with his eyes.
“You are the scum of the Jingcheng police circle! Shameless! Vicious!”
Jiang Yue Lou didn’t care, “If you know you are scared, tell me honestly what happened last night.”
Chen Yu Zhi glared at Jiang Yuelou, “What’s the difference between you doing this and those bastards last night? Taking advantage and robbing people without shame! Are you worthy of the people of this city and your parents?!”
The smile on Jiang Yue Lou’s face suddenly disappeared, and he instantly lifted his foot and knocked Chen Yu Zhi down from the chair. Chen Yu Zhi fell heavily to the ground, his eyes turned black and his ears buzzed. He struggled to get up, but Jiang Yue Lou had already picked him up first.
“You know what!” He roared, “Just say one more thing and I will kill you!”
Jiang Yue Lou’s eyes had a crazed look; his expression was terrible. He stared at Chen Yu Zhi viciously and started to move his empty hand to his waist to grab his gun. Chen Yu Zhi panted and barely stood still. He resisted his dizziness and looked back at Jiang Yue Lou stubbornly. His clear, bright eyes glistened with rage and disdain, but there was no fear in them. In those fearless bright eyes, Jiang Yue Lou could see himself. He was shocked for a moment before most of his anger dissipated instantly.
“Boss.”
Sun Yongren appeared at the door again, with the bailer, alive, standing just behind him. Sun Yongren grinned and said, “You just shot him and barely scratched him, but the guy almost peed his pants.”
Chen Yu Zhi realized that he had misunderstood him, “You…you didn’t…”
Jiang Yue Lou let go of him and threw the gold bars on the ground: “Take this bastard away, and if I see you again, your head will be on a pick!”
The bailer quickly nodded, picked up the gold bars, and limped away, fearing that he would be shot again if he walked slowly. Jiang Yue Lou looked at Sun Yongren who nodded, turned his thumb up, made an “OK” gesture, and left. Jiang Yue Lou glanced at Chen Yuzhi coldly, then turned away and walked outside.
Chen Yu Zhi asked, “I am sorry, I misunderstood. Can you please let me go?”
But the closing iron door was the only reply he received. Song Rong was waiting in the corridor.
“Boss, the people who died last night was from Jinmatang. The other group is from Lao Er. He and Wang Meng are old enemies. They competed for each other’s turf before they merged.”
He further added: “The second son of Sun is dead. Wang Meng also got shot, I have arranged for someone to check every clinic. As soon as there is news about Wang Meng, they will report it to the police station.”
“I’m afraid that Wang Meng won’t go to the hospital,” Jiang Yue Lou then said with a sullen face, “some people are just idiots trying to save everyone…”
Song replied with a confused face, “That Chen Yu Zhi, really has a good reputation in Jingcheng, and at such a young age. Even though he’s young, his medical skills are great, his medical ethics is also good, and he does not accept money from the poor patients he treats. I sent someone to check it, and he did go to Dong’s house by the Songdong Road this evening. And with the heavy rain, it makes sense to take the shortcut to the warehouse area.”
Jiang Yuelou suddenly remembered what Chen Yu Zhi said to him, no matter who the patient is, they are equal in his eyes. When he said this, the young doctor was so sincere and honest. Thinking about it again, Jiang Yue Lou was pondering.
At the same time Sun Yongren came back from the outside, “Boss, everything is arranged. I took care of the bailer.”
Jiang Yue Lou nodded, then looked back at the interrogation room where Chen Yu Zhi was, “Just let him go.”
Sun Yongren looked surprised, “Let him go? This doctor Chen was found at the same place as those opium dealers, and you want to let him go? It doesn’t make any sense and it doesn’t fit the boss’s style…”
Jiang Yue Lou gave him a stern look.
Sun Yongren immediately stopped talking, “Just kidding, don’t get angry, I’ll go and will let him go.”
He backed up and ran away.
Song Rong looked helplessly at Sun Yongren’s back, then looked back at his boss, who seemed to be lost in his thoughts.
Jiang Yue Lou suddenly turned around and said, “Go and return the medical box to him.”
Song Rong was taken aback: “Y…, yes sir.”
Chen Yu Zhi was lying on the table. From last night until now, he didn’t get any water or food and he caught a cold. He also has been beaten, and really couldn’t stand it anymore. His abdomen still throbbed, and his head hurts even worse. He also has no idea what kind of man Jiang Yue Lou was. He just thought this person was moody and made people dislike him easily. He thought for a while, contemplating whether he should call some of his patients and asking for help to bail him out. Even though he started working as a doctor not so long ago, thanks to his superb medical skills, there are a lot of dignitaries among his patients. But still, Chen Yuzhi didn’t want to use it this way.
“Now I just have to beg him,” he thought.
The door opened, and the fat Sun Yongren walked in.
Before Chen Yu Zhi asked anything, he had already come to remove his handcuffs, and said, “I’m telling you, you are a very lucky guy, the guns didn’t kill you last night, and you are even luckier that the Chief decided to let you go today. In normal times, our Chief will never let you go away knowing that you saved the life of opium dealers.”
Chen Yu Zhi was rubbing his sore wrist in disbelief. He didn’t expect Jiang Yue Lou would let him go. “Thank you so much.”
Sun Yongren glanced at him, “You should thank God. Our Chief never knew how to write the word compromise as he never used it before. I don’t know what happened today.”
“What did you just say about the Chief behind his back?” Song Rong stepped in, startling Sun Yongren.
“No, no, I don’t dare to talk nonsense.”
Song Rong returned the medical box to Chen Yu Zhi, “This is your medical kit. The Chief asks me to give it back to you. Doctor Chen, you were misunderstood.”
Chen Yu Zhi was even more surprised.
Sun Yongren whispered beside him, “Let me just say…”
With a layer of autumn rain and a layer of coolness, the heavy rain yesterday made Jingcheng’s autumn mood a bit heavier. Chen Yu Zhi walked out of the police station building; a sudden gush of cold breeze made him shiver. But this morning seemed to announce a bright sunny day. Chen Yu Zhi raised his hand to cover the dazzling sunlight, looked back at the police station building, and left with the medicine kit in his hand. He couldn’t see that Jiang Yue Lou was standing at the window and was looking at him with a smile on his face. At sharp 9 a.m, the clock on the wall rang loudly. Jiang Yue Lou picked up some files on his desk and went outside. In the director’s office, Bai Jinbo just arrived on time as usual. He sat down at his desk, and the first thing he did was pick up the photo frame on the desk and wipe it. The woman smiling in the photo was his deceased wife. In the police lounge, Sun Yongren snorted with his feet on the table; and soon started to snore loudly. Song Rong was wiping his gun and heard the snoring of his companion. He stopped cleaning his gun, shook his head, and took a coat to cover Sun Yongren.
On the other side of the city, Zhan Jun Bai was sitting in his luxurious mansion, drinking tea while picking up the “Jingcheng Daily” journal delivered in the morning. On the cover was a photo of him speaking at a charity banquet. The title of the article was “Caring for orphans and helping education. Minister Jun Bai calls for donations”. He smiled slightly and ordered the donation to be sent to the monastery. Two blocks away from his mansion, a young girl was cleaning the courtyard. Hearing the sound of footsteps, she immediately ran to the door and looked up. She was waiting for her brother, who had not returned last night.
Outside, Jingcheng was also waking up along with the morning sun. People who work tens of thousands of hours must dedicate themselves to tens of thousands of separate lives. New stories, new joys, and sorrows will happen in this city today. There is new life, new death, new acquaintance, and there is separation. Just like every day that has passed before and every day that is about to come.
Footnotes
* In this sentence, Chen Yuzhi explained the meaning of his name 陈余之. His surname 陈 Chen is composed of the two Chinese characters 耳 (Ěr for only) and 东 (Dōng, for east). There is no meaning behind it, it’s just how the Chinese characters 陈 was made. But there is a meaning behind his first name Yuzhi 余之 has someone given it to him. Yu 余 is from the characters 遗风 余 泽 (Yífēng Yú Zé) which can be translated as a kind-hearted person from the past. Zhi 之 from the characters: 之乎者也 (Zhī Hū Zhě Yě) which can be translated as a person who is like…So if we combined the two characters of his first name 余之 Yuzhi, it means A kind-hearted person who could only be found in the past.
As meaningful as his name is, it actually also seems ill-fated and ominous.
In my culture it is believed that there’s power in a name therefore we never give people ambiguous names that could be misinterpreted or can be misleading in it’s meaning
True there is some kind of melancholy and sadness in his name, but it’s also so beautiful. The period they are living with is a real troubled time and his name can also be interpreted as someone who learn the kindness from their ancestors and try to stay kind and benevolent despite the trouble period 😀
I am truly enjoying it. Just a little suggestion, can we get Translator’s Notes/** as instant click-to-textbox rather than footnotes?? I think that way enhances the reading experience. I usually prefer to read the * immediately but footnotes made me scroll to the end for that. This is just a suggestion, can be ignored if not convenient for you guys.☺ Thank you for the hardwork.❣
The writing style of the author is pretty unique :0
Thank you for the chapter!!