S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 1 Chapter 79

The Murderer Is Not Human 12 – The Trap

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Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were called back to S.C.I. early in the morning to see Feng Jie wrapped in a blanket, leaning back on the sofa and drinking hot tea. Ma Han sat with a bitter face on the large sofa in the lounge, with Bai Chi and Zhao Hu, wrapped in blankets, lying beside him, one on each side, clutching the corner of his coat...

Gongsun came out of the forensic room with a yawn and gave the two a general account of what had happened last night. Wang Chao and Zhang Long, who were on night shift, had already gone back. Bai Chi spent the night here because he was too scared to go back alone.

Soon, everyone woke up.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at the dishonoured Feng Jie with some amusement.

"Tell me about it." Bai Yutang patted him, "How long have you been in there?"

Feng Jie had a depressed look on his face, "I... worked the night shift the day before yesterday and only arrived home at noon yesterday. In front of my house, I was knocked unconscious just as I pulled out my keys." He said, with a long sigh, "When I woke up, I felt like I was standing in a box, with my hands tied behind my back and tape wrapped around my mouth."

At this time, Ma Han carried the totem of the Eagle King out from the lounge and showed it to Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, "Chief, look, the inside is empty. The design is very clever, and the base is movable." Saying that, he pressed the base, "It can move, so the person inside can jump and walk. However, there are no joints on it, and the load-bearing design is very clever, which is why it won't fall over when standing inside."

Zhan Zhao looked down and saw that there were two very small holes in the head of the statue, so he asked Feng Jie, "Can these two holes see the outside?"

"It's not very clear, but you can barely see." Feng Jie continued, "I woke up and found myself in a big warehouse, blocked behind a pile of stuff..."

Zhao Hu nodded to Bai Yutang, "Blocked behind furniture, so we didn't see it when we walked in that day."

"I saw the light come on and knew someone was coming, so I jumped out... but then the light went out again... and then... then I saw the ghost..."

Ma Han and Zhao Hu both understood that what Feng Jie saw was probably the same ghostly figure that Lu Yan had played on the wall with a slide projector that day, which was supposed to scare them, but unfortunately it scared Feng Jie. 

"And then what?" Bai Yutang asked him, holding back a smile, "You didn't make a sound when they moved you back, were you stunned by the scare?"

Feng Jie's face went red for a while before he finally nodded somewhat mournfully, "Well... then when I woke up, I saw myself in that room." Said the man, gesturing with his chin to that lounge, "I saw someone outside and jumped out to try and get help, and what happened next, everyone knows."

The crowd wanted to laugh after hearing this. This Feng Jie was so miserable.

Gongsun told Bai Yutang, "Several barrels of gasoline were found upstairs in that studio of Tian Zhong's yesterday. Probably trying to burn down the whole studio after killing Morris..." After that, he pointed at Feng Jie, "He surely can't escape either! "

"What?!" Feng Jie jerked to his feet, "I know, they want to kill and silence us!!!"

"Kill to silence?" Bai Yutang looked at him, "What do you know? Who wants to silence you?"

Feng Jie sat back down again, bowing his head and not speaking.

"Qu Yanming and Lu Yan have both been arrested." Zhan Zhao reminded him, "You and Qu Yanming were in charge of security work that day... what do you know? Or were you involved too?!"

"No! We didn't do it!!!" Feng Jie sighed and sat down, "I know that Yanming was caught, in fact... I've been very careful these past few days because I'm afraid they'll kill me to silence me."

The crowd all watched him quietly, waiting for him to explain in detail.

Feng Jie lit a cigarette and said, "In fact, that Carlos case, it wasn't done by Yanming. Lu Yan is also innocent, they were both forced to do it... Everything was done by that person."

"Which person?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"......" After a moment of silence, Feng Jie slowly spat out two words, "Shang Luo."

"......!....." All the people present were taken aback, although they had long guessed that everything could be related to Shang Luo, they did not expect him to be the real culprit.

"Are you saying that… Shang Luo... is the one who killed Carlos?" Bai Yutang confirmed again.

Feng Jie shook his head, "There was someone else behind him who was helping him... Exactly, whether it was a person or not, I'm not sure."

"What do you mean?" Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang and asked Feng Jie, "What do you mean by whether it's a person or not, you're not sure?"

"That person, we've only heard his voice, we've never seen his appearance... he is Tu Xi!" Feng Jie's voice suddenly had some quiver in it as he spoke. It was unknown whether it was excitement or fear, "He has a magical power, anyone who is targeted by him... has to die!"

Bai Yutang raised an eyebrow at Zhan Zhao - You hear that? It's pretty much the same as what Morris said.

Zhan Zhao nodded – hold him down for now, I have an idea.

"Uh... Feng Jie." Bai Yutang stood up and said, "You need to be under protection!"

"Protection?" Feng Jie didn't understand.

"Since you know what Shang Luo has done and he wants to kill you to silence you, this means that you are in quite a dangerous situation and we must protect you." Saying that, without waiting for Feng Jie to say anything, he gave a wink to Ma Han, "Ma Han, you find someone to protect him."

Ma Han understood and took Feng Jie into the police station's special security house for important witnesses, and got two capable officers to keep an eye on him at the door. Before he left, he reminded Feng Jie to try not to go out, but even if he did, there was no need to worry as there would be police officers to protect him 24 hours a day.

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In the S.C.I. office

"Cat, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to set a big trap for them!" Zhan Zhao winked at Bai Yutang, "Let's play a trick too!"

The two went to the hospital first. This morning, Bai Yutang had someone bring Xu Yadong and Wu Kai. They had just had the bullets taken out yesterday and regained consciousness, and they brought them back to the hospital for an extremely detailed brain examination, which was also part of Zhan Zhao's plan.

Just as he was about to go out, Zhan Zhao noticed that Bai Chi was sitting listlessly on the sofa.

"Bai Chi?" Walking over to him, he called out, "What's wrong with you?"

"...Nothing..." Bai Chi replied after a long time.

"Ah! That's right." Bai Yutang took out a piece of paper from his jacket pocket and gave it to him, "I've been so busy these past two days that I almost forgot, this one is for you."

Bai Chi reached out with a suspicious look on his face and took it, froze for a good ten seconds and jumped up violently, "Hold... a gun warrant..." just to see that there were still two big words on it signed... by Director Bao Zheng...-Approved!

"I... this..." Bai Chi was a little incoherent.

Zhan Zhao smiled, "In view of your excellent performance in the first two cases and your relatively stable mental quality, Bao Sir has approved you to carry a gun, you can take this and claim your gun back."

"Great~~" Bai Chi asked Bai Yutang with a look of excitement, "So... can I go out in the field too?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "Of course you can."

Bai Chi happily spun around in place, "Thank you guys, you guys helped me apply didn't you?"

Zhan Zhao smiled and shook his head, "You should indeed thank someone this time, but it's not us."

Bai Chi stared at the two in confusion, "Not you guys?"

"Bao Sir asked every member of S.C.I. and everyone was unanimous in objectively affirming your performance and all felt that you could carry a gun" Bai Yutang paused here, "However, it was Zhao Zhen who brought this matter up to Bao Sir."

"Zhao..." Bai Chi was even more puzzled.

"Zhao Zhen sent a letter of thanks to S.C.I. for saving his life that time at the opening ceremony of Shen Qian Entertainment City, and suggested that if you had a gun at that time, you should have been able to control the situation better. So, he requested the bureau to review your performance once again, and if you meet the criteria, you should be allowed to wear a gun."

Seeing Bai Chi's face crossed with surprise, Zhan Zhao gently patted him on the shoulder, "In a situation like yesterday, any normal person would be scared. Go back and take a shower, have a good sleep, and come back when you're refreshed." After saying that, he left together with Bai Yutang.

When the two arrived at the hospital, they arrived at the door of the special ward, which was guarded by two police officers at the entrance. Inside were Xu Yadong and Wu Kai, who were almost exhausted after doing tests all morning.

The doctor in charge came over and he showed Zhan Zhao the results of a series of tests.

"All normal!" Zhan Zhao asked the doctor after reading the report.

"Unless the machine is broken, they are definitely normal." After saying that, the doctor left.

"Cat, what about the trap? How do we lay it?" Bai Yutang had an excited look on his face.

"We're not stepping in." Zhan Zhao smiled faintly, "There are actors to help."

"Actors?" Bai Yutang wondered, and just then, he saw a female doctor in a white coat walking at the end of the corridor. With her hands in her pockets, she wandered up close to the two, and Bai Yutang recognised that it was Ma Han's sister, Ma Xin.

"My brother said you guys have something for me, go ahead." Ma Xin asked graciously.

Zhan Zhao smiled, "We want you to assist us in a play, of course we've got permission from the hospital... are you willing to help?"

"No problem." Ma Xin shrugged, "What do you want me to do?"

Zhan Zhao asked Ma Xin to sit down and told her and Bai Yutang about his plan, and Ma Xin laughed at it, saying "Funny."

"So you're willing to help?" Bai Yutang asked her.

"Yes, but as a courtesy, you have to do me a favour too!" Ma Xin winked somewhat mischievously.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, "Say it~~"

"Do you guys know that Sister Jiayi is chasing my brother?" Ma Xin said with a helpless face, "My brother is a bit rigid, so we need to help out."

Hearing Ma Xin's words, both of them couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, tell us, how can we help?"

Ma Xin whispered the plan to the two men, and Bai Yutang didn't even hesitate for a second, nodding his head in direct agreement.

Ma Han, who had just returned home after finishing his overtime shift... sneezed loudly.

In the hospital, Ma Xin carried a metal tray and entered the special ward accompanied by two police officers.

One of the officers took Xu Yadong away to another room, which left only Wu Kai, Ma Xin, and the other officer.

Handcuffed to a chair, Wu Kai looked at the constable and Ma Xin with a confused look on his face and asked, "What exactly happened? I don't remember anything."

The officer stood motionless like a statue, Ma Xin was busy alone, and after about half an hour she walked out with the officer carrying a tray, ignoring Wu Kai's yelling, closing and locking the door.

The two then walked to another room where Xu Yadong was being held, who was waiting anxiously.

Ma Xin walked in and conducted a series of examinations on Xu Yadong before exiting with the officer, who asked Ma Xin the moment the door closed, "Doctor, is there really nothing wrong with his brain?"

Ma Xin replied, "Well... that man was right, he..." and the door was closed just in time, and then nothing could be heard.

After another half an hour, Ma Xin and the police officer returned to Wu Kai's room and replayed what they had just played in Xu Yadong's room again.

When it was over, Ma Xin asked Zhan Zhao, "How was it?"

Zhan Zhao nodded his head, "Great performance! That's all for today, we'll continue tomorrow!"

Ma Xin left happily and Bai Yutang came back with the phone, "Cat, I called Zhao Zhen and he's willing to help. It just so happens that Morris is going to be at his place tonight, so we can move tonight."

"Good!" Zhan Zhao patted him on the shoulder and said "Let's go eat first, eat up and get ready for a big game tonight!"

In the evening, they went to Zhao Zhen's house and talked to him about their plans for the night and the questions they wanted him to ask Morris. Afterwards, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang hid in a large cupboard in Zhao Zhen's studio and waited for Morris to take the bait.

After taking a shower and getting a full night's sleep, Bai Chi went to the police station to get his gun. Feeling the gun in his gun pouch, he was psychologically happy, and as he passed the supermarket, he walked in and hesitated, but bought a large piece of winter melon and two pounds of fresh ribs...

It is basic courtesy to express thanks~~Bai Chi carried the winter melon and ribs and walked towards Zhao Zhen's house.

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Translator Notes

Hello! Book 1 uploads will be reduced to one a week to give Turtle extra time to translate without having to pause uploads altogether. Chapters will be posted on Tuesdays every week. Thanks for your understanding.

Translated: March 10, 2022 by Turtle

Edited: May 6, 2022 by Angel