S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 2 Chapter 84

Password Murderer 22 – Clues

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Because Zhang Hua’s emotions began to be stimulated again, Zhang Jianqi took him back first. Before leaving, Bai Yutang suddenly spoke to them indifferently, “You two better not go abroad, although these things happened seven years ago… your actions were too sinful.”

Zhang Jianqi was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and slumped away with Zhang Hua.

When they left, Zhan Zhao sighed. He stretched his limbs out on the sofa and rubbed his aching neck, “Well, I didn’t expect things to become so complicated.”

Bai Yutang nodded. He fiddled with the recording pen on the table, and asked Jiang Ping to come in, “Export this and show it to Bao Sir.”

Jiang Ping nodded and followed his instructions. Bai Yutang leaned on the sofa in a daze. Seeing the other people standing at the door, he waved them in, “Come in.”

Everyone walked in, and looked for a chair or table to sit on.

“What do you think?” Bai Yutang asked everyone.

Everyone looked at each other. Gongsun raised his eyebrows, “Fools.”

Bai Yutang laughed, “I’m talking about the case, not the people.”

Everyone smiled and the atmosphere eased slightly.

“Now the case can be said to be complicated, but it can also be said that it has surfaced.” Zhan Zhao said, “We have not been able to figure out the main clue of this case, but the club and the game may be important clues.”

“This case has the most suspicious points and clues that we have encountered so far.” Bai Yutang sighed, “After listening to so much, what do you think? Let’s summarize it all.”

At that time, Jiang Ping came back and spoke to Bai Yutang, “Captain, Bao Sir received the recording but didn’t listen to it, he just asked me to pass it to him. I roughly explained it and he only told me one thing.”

“What did he tell you?” Everyone looked at Jiang Ping curiously.

Jiang Ping laughed twice, “After he listened, he said ‘What kind of perverts are they? You have half a month to solve the case otherwise…’”

Everyone already knew the rest, “Clean the toilets?”

Jiang Ping shrugged and took the notebook to make notes as everyone started the meeting.

“I don’t understand.” Bai Chi said, “Since the murderer could kill four people, why didn’t he also kill Hao Mo? Instead, he was supposed to appear as being dead, and then be burned alive by Zhang Hua, who did not know.”

“Is there a deep hatred?” Zhao Hu asked.

“Or… what he wants is this kind of effect.” Zhan Zhao said.

“En.” Gongsun nodded, “According to the photos in the autopsy report, the other four people only had the combustion aid on their fronts, but Hao Mo had it all over his body… It can be seen that the murderer deliberately poured it all over him.”

“He wanted to create the illusion that Hao Mo burned the other four to death…” Luo Tian nodded, “But why? There is always a reason for everything.”

Zhan Zhao also nodded.

“Luo Tian, you go with Bai Chi, Ma Han, and Zhao Hu to check if the night club is still there.” Bai Yutang said, “We need to find Code 1 and see who it is!”

Luo Tian nodded.

“Captain, why wasn’t the mute uncle in the security room that day?” Wang Chao asked, “This is really suspicious. Also, why didn’t Hao Mo yell when his whole body was on fire? Why did Zhang Hua and Ye Ling suddenly become abnormal?”

“En.” Gongsun agreed, “I still don’t understand this. Zhang Hua’s guilt is too strong, but if things happened as he told us, then he is absolutely innocent. Even if igniting the lighter ended in Hao Mo burning alive, it wasn’t his fault, it was the murderer behind the scenes.”

Zhan Zhao nodded, “Also, Ye Ling has an extremely serious male phobia. Why would guilt cause this? If you said that it was an extreme fire phobia, I could still believe it, but a male phobia… This kind of mental illness has a cause, and it will definitely not be the fire.”

“Cat, let’s go see Ye Ling.” Bai Yutang said, “Since she has not been gang-raped, it means that she is suspicious and crazy, and we have reason to investigate her.”

Zhan Zhao nodded, “Okay, I will contact Jasmine in a moment and ask her to help us arrange a time to meet her.”

“By the way, there is also that Qiao Weiming.” Jiang Ping said, “He is the most suspicious person.”

Bai Yutang nodded and spoke to Wang Chao and Zhang Long, “Go and watch Qiao Weiming for the next few days to see who he associates with.”

The two nodded.

“Gongsun… Study the autopsy report again.” Bai Yutang said to Gongsun, “There is also information on Liu Mei, Wu Qianliang, and other people who died accidentally before. See what clues there are there.”

Gongsun nodded, took the documents, and went out.

“Cat and I will go to Ye Ling first, then to Liu Fang.” Bai Yutang stood up, “Everyone will act separately.”

Everyone dispersed.

Bai Yutang pulled up Zhan Zhao, who was sitting on the sofa, “Cat, are you tired?”

Zhan Zhao yawned and shook his head, “I’m not tired… What about you? You only slept for two hours.”

Bai Yutang smiled, “I’ll have some caffeine later, it should be no problem.”

“That’s not good for your health.” Zhan Zhao said as he stood up and called over Bai Chi who had already run in from outside. He handed Bai Yutang a cup of special high-efficiency, triple caffeine instant coffee…

Bai Yutang frowned at the smell, “What is it, it’s more disgusting than Chinese herbal soup.”

“It’s very useful.” Bai Chi said, “I used to cram before exams, totally relying on this.”

Bai Yutang shook his head and reached out to touch Bai Chi’s head. He thought to himself that he really is a poor child. He should have been like the cat during his studies; never review and never revise. He would go to bed at 9 o’clock in the evening and wake up at 9 o’clock in the morning. He was late for an exam and still got first place… The whole school hated him.

“Chi Chi, you have such a high IQ, why do you need to cram before an exam?” Zhan Zhao was a little surprised.

Bai Chi blushed slightly, “I… What I couldn’t do was physical education…”

Everyone was speechless.

After drinking the coffee, Zhan Zhao made an appointment with Jasmine to see Ye Ling at 12 o’clock. Since there was still some time left, the two decided to go home and take a bath first, then get some sleep.

You shouldn’t drive if you feel tired, but Bai Yutang really didn’t want to let Zhan Zhao drive the car. If he did, the possibility of a car crash would definitely be greater than the possibility of crashing due to lack of sleep. The cat sitting in the driver’s seat was caught and thrown into the passenger seat, and Zhan Zhao was deeply dissatisfied.

“By the way, Cat.” Bai Yutang suddenly thought of something, “How did you deal with those physical education and shooting classes back then?”

Zhan Zhao smiled mysteriously, “I am a genius, so naturally I can’t be troubled by them!”

Bai Yutang glanced at him, “Did you hypnotize the teacher?”

Zhan Zhao looked at the sky and didn’t reply.

……

After arriving at home, Zhan Zhao pointed to the bathroom and said, “You should wash first. You can sleep after washing.”

“Cat, let’s go together!” Bai Yutang took Zhan Zhao into the bathroom.

“Why do you want to go together?!” Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang weakly, “You still have energy, go to bed after washing!”

Bai Yutang smiled, “Cat, in the time before twelve o’clock, in fact, besides sleeping, I can do other things that make me more energetic.”

“Are you crazy?!” Zhan Zhao kicked Bai Yutang into the bathroom, “Be careful of overworking yourself!”

But as Bai Yutang was kicked, he grabbed Zhan Zhao and entered the bathroom, “Cat… Don’t be stingy, we haven’t done it for a long time.”

Zhan Zhao hesitated. Thinking about it, it really has been a long time… It’s been more than half a month since they came back form Gongsun’s wedding.

“Cat… It’s not good to endure too much.” Bai Yutang smiled. After pulling Zhan Zhao into the bathroom, he ran a hot shower and began to take off Zhan Zhao’s coat, “Let’s talk about the case.”

“Do you want to take a bath or talk about the case?” Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang couldn’t laugh or cry. He leaned over and turned on the hot water faucet of the bathtub, “The bath is filling with hot water, the mouth is used to talk about the case, and it’s here…” As he spoke, he stretched his hand out to touch Zhan Zhao, and smiled, “Don’t delay it.”

Zhan Zhao helplessly reached out and patted Bai Yutang’s hand, then turned around and took off the rest of his clothes. He ignored the water filling the bathtub and pointed to shower, “I think the best way is to wash separately!”

Bai Yutang glanced at the bathtub and smiled at Zhan Zhao, “Cat… Are you inviting me to do it in the bathtub? Good idea!”

Zhan Zhao stretched his hand out to measure the water temperature and was dissatisfied, “Don’t misunderstand what I mean… Ah!”

Before he could finish speaking, Zhan Zhao was picked up by Bai Yutang and placed in the bathtub.

“The tub is not full yet!” Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied, but Bai Yutang had already entered the bathtub.

Bai Yutang smiled and had his hands around Zhan Zhao, “When we’re done, it will be full, just cherish the time.”

“I object!” Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang who was already pressing against him, “Then I will resist!”

Bai Yutang smiled and kissed him, “Your objection is invalid. As for resistance, I like resistance, it’s fun!”

“Dead mouse, more and more shameless!” Zhan Zhao was furious and stretched his paws out to scratch Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang grabbed Zhan Zhao’s wrist with one hand and pressed it to the top of his head. He lowered his head and kissed Zhan Zhao’s mouth as his hands began to touch unfaithfully.

“Um… Dead mouse, don’t touch it.”

“Cat, when did you get a fat belly?”

“In your dreams! I won’t get a fat belly!”

“You eat so much and you are lazy, where does all the food go?”

“Metabolism!”

“Dead cat!”

“Ah… Lightly!”

“Hey, I’m a little impatient.”

“Dead mouse!”

“Move?”

“Don’t say strange things! Ah!”

“Cat… Feels great.”

“You dare! Ah, slow down!”

“Okay, I’ll go faster.”

“What!”

“Cat… When I am doing it, if you meow a few times, do you think it would be funny?”

“Go to hell, pervert!”

“You still have enough strength to kick me?”

“Kick you to death!”

“Okay!”

“Um… Ah, lighter!”

“Harder!”

……

An hour later, Bai Yutang hugged Zhan Zhao and washed him clean, but Zhan Zhao became angry and had a sore waist. It was only nine o’clock, so the two went to bed and fell asleep.

At 11:30, the two were awakened by the alarm clock. Bai Yutang put his clothes on refreshingly, and when he saw Zhan Zhao sitting on the bed grinding his teeth, he smiled, “Cat, you look good too. They all say that it is a great supplement, and that doing it regularly is good for your mind and body… pft…”

A certain mouse who hadn’t stopped being proud about stealing the fishy fish was hit by a pillow thrown by the angry cat!

‿︵‿︵ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ・❉・ ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ‿︵‿︵

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Translator Notes

After that nice interlude from the case, the case will start to get more exciting~~

Please feel free to comment any mistakes I made so I can improve and do better as I go through the book.

Translated: May 7/8, 2021