S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 2 Chapter 110

Love Murderer 17 – Meet

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“Defective product?” Zhan Zhao asked, a little confused, “What do you mean?”

Zhao Jue chuckled and said, “I won’t tell you.”

“You…” Zhan Zhao was a little angry. He lowered his voice and said, “Why won’t you say it? Does this matter have anything to do with you?”

“Hmm….” Zhao Jue thought for a while, then said, “I can’t say that there is nothing, but I can’t say that there is something. It’s like there isn’t but there is, just not a lot. In short, it’s hard to say whether or not there is or isn’t. Is there something that shouldn’t have be there? It can be said that there is, it can also be said that there isn’t.” (Angel: This gave me such a headache to translate. Why must Zhao Jue be like this 😭)

After Zhao Jue had finished speaking, Zhan Zhao was stunned for a while, admiring him a little in his heart. He had always felt that he had reached the limit of incomprehensibility. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jue was stronger; he doesn’t use the human language! No, it’s something that humans can’t understand.

“Do you speak English?” Zhan Zhao held back his words for a long time, and he heard the people around him almost spit out their drinks, having the same thought — Even you don’t understand?! (Angel: I changed it from Chinese to English because we are reading it in English, so it made a bit more sense.)

Zhao Jue sighed and said, “Let’s meet and talk.”

“Meet?” Zhan Zhao was taken aback and asked, “Are you in S City?”

“En.” Zhao Jue nodded, “En… But you can’t bring a lot of people. You can come, and the little tiger from the Bai family can come… En, so can the little rabbit.”

“Which rabbit?” Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

“The very cute rabbit from the Bai family.” Zhao Jue smiled, “Oh, that’s right, you should bring your forensic doctor here too, he will be useful.”

“Huh?” Zhan Zhao was even more puzzled.

Zhao Jue thought for a while, then said, “Otherwise, bring that semi-finished product.”

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly and asked, “Who are you talking about?”

Zhao Jue smiled, “You are so smart, I don’t need to be that clear, right?” After saying that, he added, “I will send the address to your phone in a while. By the way… I have a small lion cub at home.”

Zhan Zhao ground his teeth, inwardly cursing Zhao Jue’s ancestors all the way back to the generation of the caveman.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, and he looked like a cat with his its hair puffed up, “Cat, what did he say?”

“He wants us to go to him to talk in detail.” Zhan Zhao replied.

Bai Yutang’s eyes widened in surprise.

Not long after, the address was sent over; it was in the garden villa neighborhood on the outskirts of S City.

Zhan Zhao looked around and said, “Gongsun and Luo Tian, you two will go with me and Xiao Bai. By the way, where is Bai Chi?”

“He went to the library.” Zhao Hu said, “He said he was going to check the materials.”

“Let’s go and pick him up.” Bai Yutang said. He grabbed his coat and instructed the rest to continue investigating the case, then took Zhan Zhao and the others and went downstairs.

There was no one on the road. After they picked up Bai Chi, they arrived at the place designated by Zhao Jue.

Before entering through the gate, everyone looked up at the majestic palace-like villa in front of them… No, to be precise, it was a fortress surrounded by a European-style garden.

“Wow…” Bai Chi sighed, “Is Zhao Jue this rich?”

Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes, “He probably hypnotized the owner of the house and embezzled their property.”

As soon as his voice fell, Zhao Jue’s voice came from a small speaker on the electronic doorbell, “Zhan kitty, are you talking ill of me behind my back?”

Zhan Zhao was taken aback; he didn’t realize that the electronic doorbell was on and that he could hear the words that they were saying, which was a bit embarrassing.

At that time, with a ‘click’, the gate opened, and Zhao Jue’s voice came out again, “Come in, and bring the car too, don’t leave it outside.”

Everyone looked at each other, drove the car in, closed the gate, and got out of the car.

The five people walked along the path though the forest made of fine white sand. Gongsun stared at the sand on the ground and said, “It’s the white sand found in Maldives, it feels soft.”

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, questioning why Zhao Jue wanted them to go there. Was it to show off his wealth?

Bai Yutang stretched his hand out and spoke to Zhan Zhao in a low voice, “Cat, don’t be nervous. You know he likes to tease you, are you taking him seriously?”

Zhan Zhao reigned in his temper a little, and kept silent. Anyway, when it’s related to Zhao Jue, Zhan Zhao gets angry very easily.

Soon, the path became relatively wide and a white sandy beach appeared in front of them. There was a white beach table in the middle, with chairs on all sides. Zhao Jue was sitting on a chair, wearing white clothes, and drinking tea.

Zhan Zhao noticed that there was an easel next to him. There was a half-painted picture on the easel, imitating a classic oil painting; it was almost identical to the real painting. Everyone had to admire him; in terms of painting, Zhao Jue was definitely a genius. He gives people the feeling that he could draw a renminbi banknote with coloured pencils and make it difficult to tell between the real and fake banknote.

On the sand next to the easel, there were two children sitting, one boy and one girl. The boy was wearing a white shirt and short overalls, and the girl was wearing a red dress and red shoes; both children were very cute.

Bai Yutang felt that the boy was a bit familiar, and Zhan Zhao gently mouthed at him — Fang Xing.

Bai Yutang reacted fiercely. This child was Fang Wo’s son, a former classmate of Luoyang, who had later disappeared.

Zhao Jue raised his face, looked at the group, and smiled slightly, “Sit down.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang waited to sit down. Zhao Jue turned to look at the two children, “Darlings, it’s time to practice piano in the house.”

“Um… let’s play for a while.” The two children acted like babies towards Zhao Jue.

Zhao Jue smiled slightly, “Good kids, before practicing piano, have the butler make you delicious snacks. How about a cherry pie?”

“Okay!” The two children got excited when they heard about snacks. With interest, they got up happily, walked to Zhao Jue, got on their tiptoes to kiss his cheek, and ran into the house laughing.

Zhan Zhao and the others looked at each other, what tricks are Zhao Jue using? He looks like a loving father.

At that time, an old foreign man with silver hair, wearing a neat suit, walked over with a maid, holding tea.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, thinking that it makes sense that Zhao Jue had been silent during this period; it turns out he was out here having fun, with a butler and a maid. He shouldn’t be called Zhao Jue, he should be called Earl Zhao.

“Hot chocolate lava.” Zhao Jue handed Bai Chi an exquisite white cup with thick hot chocolate and ice cream inside. He put an exquisite silver spoon by Bai Chi’s hand, “It tastes very good.”

Bai Chi looked at Zhao Jue dumbfoundedly; he would never treat him like a child who drinks hot chocolate by themselves while everyone else drinks black tea, right?

“We are not here to have tea and chat.” Zhan Zhao said, “I asked you about the video on the chip. What is going on?”

Zhao Jue thought for a while, then said, “Well… don’t just sit and talk business.”

Zhan Zhao looked at him, “We are here to talk business.”

“Really?” Zhao Jue said regretfully, “But it seems to want to play with you for a while.”

Zhan Zhao was taken aback. At that moment, he felt that something was rubbing against his calf, so he looked down…

Bai Yutang saw the expression on Zhan Zhao’s face struggling to stay composed, because beside his leg, there was a pure white lion cub that had run over at some point, and it was constantly rubbing against his leg with its tail cocked. The lion cub was at most two or three months old, it was so cute.

“Wow, so cute!” Bai Chi stared at the little lion and smiled, “It’s a male white lion like Lisbon.”

Zhan Zhao tried his best to endure and not look at the little lion, and Zhao Jue was already lying on the table laughing.

Bai Yutang couldn’t stand it anymore. He stretched his hands out, picked up the little lion, and put it in Zhan Zhao’s arms.

Zhan Zhao reached his hand out and touched it. The little lion stuck its pink tongue out and licked his hand twice; it was hot and rough, and it felt very itchy.

Zhan Zhao’s facial expression softened immediately. He stretched his hand out and scratched the little lion’s ears. The little lion felt ticklish, so it held its head with its front paws and rubbed its ears… With this one action, even Gongsun and Luo Tian on the side were conquered, and they spoke in unison — It’s so cute!

There was finally a faint smile on Zhan Zhao’s face.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and Bai Yutang asked, “Why did those people not age at first, then aged prematurely? And the person with his back to the camera… who is he?”

“Hmm…” Zhao Jue touched his chin, “How can I put it… The things I looked into this time probably overlap with your case in a few places, so I think it’s necessary to talk to you… It’s about Zhang Ying.”

Everyone was taken aback. They looked at Zhao Jue and asked, “Zhang Ying? Is it about Zhang Miaomiao?”

Zhao Jue nodded, “Originally, I planned to find Zhang Ying and ask her for some clues, but her situation was complicated. I have caused a lot of trouble recently, so I could only discuss with her and take care of her daughter until she is done with this matter. But she has to deal with the power of several groups at once, and it is indeed a headache, so I told her to go to you. By doing that, you should be able to help her solve some of her troubles.”

“Her daughter?” Zhan Zhao was surprised, “Is she the little girl wearing red just now?”

Zhao Jue smiled, “Isn’t she cute? Her name is Xu Xiaoxiao.”

“Fang Xing is with you too?” Luo Tian seemed to be a little concerned about this matter.

“En.” Zhao Jue nodded, “Fang Wo helped me a lot. Since it was his last wish, Fang Xing is now my adopted son. I will take care of him until he grows up and is self-reliant, and it is best if I can hold a wedding for him.”

“Fang Wo is dead?” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked in unison.

Zhao Jue smiled helplessly, “There is no way… in this world, good people will never live longer than bad people. Just look at me, the scourge remains for thousands of years.” (Angel: A scourge is a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.)

Everyone glanced at each other, wondering whether Zhao Jue should be described as humble or as someone who knows himself.

“You said that Zhang Miaomiao is under pressure from many groups… Who else is there besides the people she wants us to deal with?” Zhan Zhao asked.

“Well,” Zhao Jue spoke lightly to Zhan Zhao, “there are some things that I dare not to tell you, otherwise Qitian and Yunwen are going to scold me.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were a little surprised because they were not expecting to hear that it had something to do with their fathers.

“You and my dad are both so young, is it related to the content in that chip?” Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhao Jue smiled and didn’t answer directly, he just ambiguously said, “You are smart, guess yourself.”

Zhan Zhao frowned. Every time Zhao Jue talked about this, he was vague. What happened back then?

“By the way, I will show you something, follow me.” Zhao Jue stood up and turned to look at Gongsun, “Mr. Forensic Doctor, did you bring your dissection tools?”

Gongsun was taken aback and frowned slightly, “Forensic pathologists don’t shave their heads, what tools would they bring when they go out?”

Everyone turned to look at Gongsun, thinking the same thing — don’t you always carry a scalpel with you?

Zhao Jue stared at Gongsun for a while, then laughed, “It’s really interesting, then you can use my tools.” After that, he turned around and took everyone into the luxurious old castle-like villa.

Zhan Zhao originally wanted to put the little lion down, but the little guy raised his head and looked at him with his big eyes; it seemed that he didn’t want to be put down. Thinking about it, Zhan Zhao decided to hold him and followed everyone.

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Translator Notes

The lion cub is back! I love how Zhan Zhao tried so hard to ignore it and Bai Yutang couldn't watch him torture himself like that 😂♥♥

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

Translated: June 3, 2021