S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 2 Chapter 99

Love Murderer 06 – Investigate

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“Cat, can you give me a birthday wish?” Bai Yutang felt the warmth at the corner of his mouth and immediately seized the opportunity to make a request.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, “Say it.”

“Do it!” Bai Yutang said concisely.

Zhan Zhao nodded, and Bai Yutang immediately rejoiced. He picked him up, and ran into the bedroom, but he heard Zhan Zhao slowly say, “I also have a birthday wish.”

Bai Yutang blinked at Zhan Zhao. Zhan Zhao rolled himself into the blanket, wrapped it up, and lazily said, “Turn off the lights and sleep!”

Bai Yutang was stunned, and saw Zhan Zhao wrapped in the blanket with only the back of his head exposed. Sighing helplessly, he turned off the lights and got under the blanket.

About ten seconds after the lights went out…

“Dead mouse, what are your hands doing?”

“Do it!”

“No touching, sleep!”

“I’m sleeping! I’m sleepwalking!”

……

Early the next morning, Zhan Zhao was awakened by Bai Yutang. He was pulled out of the blanket before he was fully awake, and once he was ready, they drove to the police station.

“Xiao Bai, what about the case?” Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang somewhat helplessly.

“What else can I do? Find the people on the list and investigate.” Bai Yutang sighed, “This is a huge project. I hope that during this period, no other cases will happen, otherwise there will be no end in sight.”

When the two arrived at the police station, they saw that everyone else was already in the office. When they saw Bai Yutang coming, they all covered their mouths and scurried off to work.

Bai Yutang’s face turned dark. He saw Gongsun standing off on the side with his white coat in his hands, as if he was resting after completing the autopsy, and he was definitely gossiping.

Bai Chi was standing by the table, and he had his ear against a box on the table, as if he was listening to it…

“Chi Chi, what are you doing?” Zhan Zhao walked over curiously.

“Brother, you have a big package.”

“Package?” Zhan Zhao walked over and took a look at what was written on the box. The address was the police station, and the recipients were Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang. The sender’s address was a public mailbox number.

Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled, so he wanted to open it and take a look.

“Hey…” Bai Chi quickly stopped him, “Brother, could there be a bomb in it?”

Zhan Zhao couldn’t laugh or cry, “Since the last explosion, every bag or box that comes in to the building must be checked by electronic surveillance, sniffer dogs, and N guards, so it’s fine.” (Angel: The author uses ‘N guards’ instead of giving a specific number.)

While talking, he had already opened the outer packaging. When he took the contents out, he saw that it was a slightly smaller box wrapped in a layer of wrapping paper.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, asking in his heart who would be so boring? He unwrapped it…

Everyone craned their necks to look curiously, and Bai Yutang walked over to look at it. When Zhan Zhao unwrapped the twentieth layer, a certain cat finally exploded.

“Who sent it?!” Zhan Zhao roared, “It’s boring!”

Bai Yutang couldn’t laugh or cry beside him, “Cat, let me open it.”

“No.” Zhan Zhao stubbornly unwrapped it himself, muttering, “Let me see how many layers you can wrap!”

Finally, the twenty-sixth layer was unwrapped, and Zhan Zhao felt what was inside… Tearing the last layer off, he saw that inside was a small white box with a cartoon mouse and a cartoon cat printed on it, and that there were words written in gold — Happy Birthday

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, feeling a little better, and he looked at Bai Yutang, “Did you do it?”

Bai Yutang thought he was joking, “I’m not that bored.”

Zhan Zhao wrinkled his nose. He looked at everyone in the office, but everyone shook their heads innocently, as it had nothing to do with them.

“Da Ding and Xiao Ding!” Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang thought for a while, “It’s indeed something that they would do, but didn’t they send a box of snacks and CDs the day before your birthday? The weird ones that you said were very consistent with your taste.”

Zhan Zhao blinked and asked, “It was those Panama dried bananas, Nepalese sausages, Cambodian squid shreds, etc.?”

“En.” Bai Yutang nodded.

“Hmm… those were given by the twins? I thought it was my mom’s interesting taste.” Zhan Zhao opened the lid of the box… and saw that there was a photo in it… The back of the photo was facing up, and there was a sentence written on it in pen — Won’t just give it to you, won’t just give it to you, mad at you.

Zhan Zhao frowned and glanced at Bai Yutang, then picked up the photo and turned it over…

“Puff… hahaha.” Bai Yutang couldn’t hold back and laughed as soon as he glanced at the photo, and Zhan Zhao’s face paled with irritation.

Bai Chi leaned over and looked curiously. He saw that the person in the photo had long hair and was wearing white clothes. It was Zhao Jue, who they had not seen for a long time. He seemed to be in a large courtyard with five or six cute little lions lying at his feet. In his hands, he was holding a plump and chubby white lion cub that Zhan Zhao had always dreamed of, and he was smiling triumphantly at the camera.

“Cat… forget it.” Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, who had a black expression, “I guess what he wants to see is your current expression.”

Zhan Zhao angrily turned his face and stared at Bai Yutang, “Gone too far!”

Bai Yutang was innocent, “What does it have to do with me…”

Zhan Zhao looked at the photo for a long time, wrinkling his nose, “The little lion is so cute…”

Everyone pretended not to hear him. They bowed their heads and went to work on their own...

“Is there anything in the box?” Bai Yutang asked as he took the box from Zhan Zhao’s hand and looked at it. There was nothing in the box, just a cushion made of flannel… But to use such a box to hold the picture… seemed a little strange.

Bai Yutang put the box on the table and felt it with his hand. As expected, he felt a hard object. Reaching out and taking a utility knife form the table, he cut the flannel along the edge of the box. Inside, there was a small black plastic pipe with a yellow circuit in the middle… like a small chip.

“Jiang Ping?” Bai Yutang called Jiang Ping and asked him, “What is this?”

“Uh, it’s the chip used in a memory card.” Jiang Ping picked the thing up and took a look, “You have to restore it before you can use it.”

“How long will that take?” Zhan Zhao asked.

“Two days.” After Jiang Ping finished speaking, he immediately went to work on it.

“I don’t know what Zhao Jue is up to this time.” Bai Yutang turned to look at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao wrinkled his nose, “What else could he be up to?” He continued to look at the little lion and automatically ignored Zhao Jue!

Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao looking at it for a while, then running into his office quickly. Standing at the table, Bai Yutang didn’t know what to work on, so he turned around to ask Gongsun about the autopsy.

“There are not many clues, and the lip prints do not match those on the paper.” Gongsun shook his head, “Zhang Ying is very shrewd.”

“Captain… There are millions of people names Zhang Ying in the country.” Ma Han said to Bai Yutang, “Can you give a range so I can check again?”

Zhan Zhao walked out of his office and said, “Well… aged 27 to 35 years old, about 1.7 meters tall, has not received higher education, has been subjected to violence, such as beatings, rapes, etc., um… was married, her husband died, and she has a daughter who is less than ten years old.”

Everyone looked at Zhan Zhao in confusion. Bai Yutang was also a little surprised, “Cat… I can understand everything else, but why do you presume that she has a daughter?’

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then said, “It’s not a guess, it’s a feeling.”

“Feeling?” Gongsun felt that this was new, “There is actually a time where you are basing it on a feeling?”

“En.” Zhan Zhao nodded, “I always feel that someone who uses such extreme methods to avenge must have a lot of difficulties... In that case, she should be strong, and it is their child that makes a woman extremely strong... especially their daughter. I don't know why, but when I saw her, I felt that she should have a daughter.”

Everyone nodded.

“How many have been found?” Bai Yutang asked Ma Han.

“Well… under those conditions, there are tens of thousands of people.” Ma Han answered while looking at the computer screen.

“Well… someone with entry and exit records.” Zhan Zhao said.

“Three thousand people.” Ma Han replied.

“Daughter is studying abroad.” Zhan Zhao continued to give conditions.

“More than nine hundred.” Ma Han replied.

“…” Zhan Zhao was silent for a while, then added, “Their daughter was found dead after she disappeared!”

Everyone was taken aback. Ma Han checked it and said, “There is only one.”

Everyone walked over and looked at the photo. Bai Yutang was surprised when he saw it, “What she told us was her real name?!”

“Her daughter disappeared and died?” Luo Tian frowned and asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao shook his head, “This is the best way to hide her from others. Her daughter must be in a safe place that only she knows.”

“Print out the information and let’s check it.” Bai Yutang ordered.

“Okay.” Ma Han began to print out the information.

At that moment, they heard someone knock on the door, “Xiao Bai, Xiao Zhan.”

When Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao turned around, they saw Lu Fang coming in with a document.

“What’s the matter?” Bai Yutang asked, looking at Zhan Zhao, and saying in his heart, ‘Don’t be afraid of what will come. If there are new cases, it will simply delay the progress on this one.’

“There is a case.” Lu Fang said, “Bai Sir said that you can deal with it.”

“What case?” Bai Yutang took the documents and opened them. He saw a few photos, like those at an art gallery.

“Recently, there has been a thief.” Lu Fang said helplessly, “He has stolen many world-class artworks from S City. This week happens to be Art Week. Many world-class museums have come to participate. When things get stolen, it affects the relationships with them.”

Bai Yutang frowned, “We need to deal with this case too?”

Seeing that Bai Yutang seemed unwilling, Lu Fang smiled, “Bao Sir said that the owner of this art gallery might be of interest to you.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and saw that the majority shareholder of this art gallery was called Li Hao.

“Li Hao… This name is familiar.” Bai Yutang blinked.

Zhan Zhao hit him with his arm, “We saw it on the list yesterday!”

“Yes!” Bai Yutang nodded, and immediately understood what Bao Zheng meant… He was telling them to start from here!

“Okay.” Bai Yutang gathered up the documents and spoke to Lu Fang, “We will take the case.”

Lu Fang left with satisfaction.

Bai Yutang looked at the group, “Everyone will continue to track down clues about Zhang Ying, as well as detailed information about the people on the list. In addition, check the source of the heroin found at Su Mao’s house. Me, Cat, Luo Tian, and Bai Chi will go to the art gallery and check, and along the way, check out Li Hao.”

After he finished speaking, everyone left the police station and drove to the art gallery. On the way, Zhan Zhao got out of the car, went to the post office, and sent a letter.

Three days later, in a villa somewhere, a black-clothed man walked into the garden with a letter. In the garden, a long-haired man in a white sweater was painting.

The man in black handed the letter to Zhao Jue and left.

Zhao Jue looked at the envelope, smiled slightly, and opened it. There was only a photo in it. He took out the photo and saw that it was the photo he sent to Zhan Zhao, except that the little white lion in the middle was cut out by him, and there was a pig’s head placed in the blank area…

‿︵‿︵ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ・❉・ ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ‿︵‿︵

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Translator Notes

How does Zhan Zhao know where Zhao Jue is? Regardless, I love those two so much, they are too funny.

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

Translated: May 23, 2021