S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 1 Chapter 80

The Murderer Is Not Human 13 – Lure

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In Zhao Zhen's workshop at home, a large wardrobe used for performance outfits was in front of him.

All the clothes in the wardrobe had been taken out and put into a box, while the door of the wardrobe was now wide open and there were two people standing in front of the wardrobe ---Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao.

Bai Yutang looked at the wardrobe, which was a few centimetres shorter than him, and asked Zhao Zhen, "Is this the only thing in your house where you can hide people?

Zhao Zhen looked around and pointed to the big box used for magic and asked, "How about hiding in that one? It's big!"

The two of them looked at the box and found that it was the kind of box that you often see in magic shows, where people hide in it and then insert a knife into the hole.

The two men looked at the box and raised their eyebrows at each other, then shook their heads at the same time, "Forget it, let's hide it in the wardrobe..."

"Why did Morris suddenly say he wanted to spend the night here?" Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Zhen in confusion.

"He said that someone wanted to kill him and he was afraid to stay alone." Zhao Zhen replied while pointing to Lisbon, "Lisbon is here, no human or ghost dares to come ~~"

"If..." Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "if someone wants to hurt you and it's someone you know… will Lisbon attack him? "

Zhao Zhen thought about it and nodded, "Yes."

"You may have to send Lisbon away later." Zhan Zhao reached out to pet Lisbon's big fluffy head~~Lisbon already knew Zhan Zhao well and clearly distinguished that Zhan Zhao was also a cat family member like him~~ So one man and one lion got intimate when they met, and it looked like they were going to miss each other.

"You guys aren't going to ask me to do something dangerous, are you?" Zhao Zhen said half-jokingly.

"I want you to provoke him." Zhan Zhao smiled, "You should know how to do that."

"Provoke him?" Zhao Zhen was puzzled, "You mean, make him angry?"

"Let his emotions get out of control." Zhan Zhao said, "Bring out his true nature."

Zhao Zhen was silent for a long time and sighed, "I'll try my best~~~"

At that moment, the doorbell rang. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang quickly ducked into the cabinet, and in his haste, Bai Yutang hit the top of the cabinet and bared his teeth in pain.

Zhan Zhao reached out and tucked him in, and he himself ducked inside, closing the door behind him.

Bai Yutang could not straighten his back, so he had to bend half of his body down and rest his chin on Zhan Zhao's shoulder; he had no place to put his hands, so after thinking about it, he finally rested them on Zhan Zhao's waist.

Zhan Zhao glared at him, reached out and grabbed his sleeve to yank his hand away, but Bai Yutang just wouldn't let go.

"What for? Damn mouse!" Zhan Zhao whispered angrily to him.

"This is comfortable~~" Bai Yutang hugged him tighter again, "It's also convenient to talk." Saying that, he blew gently into Zhan Zhao's ear.

With satisfaction, he watched the man's ears turn red with every breath he took, and then the redness crept down his cheeks, all the way to his neck.

He was about to turn around and argue with this rogue mouse when he heard the sound of talking and footsteps coming from outside. The two of them hastily shut up and held their breath to observe what was going on outside.

They saw Zhao Zhen walking in with Morris, who was carrying a bottle of wine.

"Zhen, it's a good thing you were willing to take me in. I didn't even sleep last night." Morris muttered, one arm still resting on Zhao Zhen's shoulder, seemingly casually. However, his eyes were fixed on the side of Zhao Zhen's face.

Zhan Zhan and Bai Yutang, who were watching the situation outside through a gap in the wardrobe, clearly caught this look from Morris and looked at each other in surprise.

Bai Yutang pouted at Morris and said in Zhan Zhao's ear, "I didn't notice it before. I would have never thought that Morris had this kind of heart for Zhao Zhen."

Zhan Zhao was in front of him and it was inconvenient to turn around and talk, but Bai Yutang was talking in his ear and his breath was exhaled on his very sensitive ear and neck, causing half of his face to burn like fire.

Seeing that half of Zhan Zhao's face was on fire, Bai Yutang went up and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, but he mustn't make a sound now, or else Morris might find out, and that would be a great loss!! He could only endure it and glared back at him fiercely, his eyes warning – Don't you ever do that again!!!

Bai Yutang grinned and stopped messing with him as the two of them concentrated on the gap and waited for things to develop.

Morris kept chattering away, but Zhao Zhen didn't pay much attention to him. He seemed to be a little uptight and subtly moved the hand Morris had on his shoulder out of the way, as if he was keeping some kind of distance from him.

Although Morris outwardly pretended to be paying no attention, there was a hint of obvious disbelief in his eyes.

"Where can I stay?" Maurice asked.

"Take your pick, there are plenty of rooms." Zhao Zhen picked up a newspaper and sat down on the sofa, resting on Lisbon, who was dozing, and read it.

Inside the wardrobe, Bai Yutang gently patted Zhan Zhao, his eyes gesturing for him to look at Zhao Zhen, meaning – Is it okay for him to be so cold?

Zhan Zhao smiled at him and gave him a one-handed thumbs up, meaning something like, "That was a brilliant move by Zhao Zhen!"

"You're so cold today~~" Morris walked over to Zhao Zhen and sat down, "What's wrong?"

"Huh?" Zhao Zhen gave him a somewhat impatient look, "What nonsense."

"I've brought a nice bottle of wine, would you like a drink?" Morris picked up the bottle he had brought and said to Zhao Zhen with a smile, "Your favourite, French Bordeaux."

When Zhao Zhen saw the wine, he seemed to be interested, and then suddenly he was staring at it with a faint smile on his face.

"Does it remind you of when we were at school in France?" Morris asked with a joyful smile too.

"Hmm?" Zhao Zhen was stunned by his question, then shook his head and said with a smile, "I remember the last time I drank with Bai Chi. The little guy was especially funny when he was drunk!"

Bai Yutang bared his teeth at Zhan Zhao, meaning something like – See? This kid is worthy of being Zhao Jue's nephew, that devious one!!!

Zhan Zhao also nodded his head as well – It was also fortunate that he was still decent, otherwise he would have been very difficult to deal with.

On the sofa, Morris' face had begun to turn iron blue as he said in a cold voice, "Bai Chi? The little cop who got you hurt?"

"What do you mean he got me hurt, he saved my life." Zhao Zhen said indifferently, his face appeared to be displeased.

"You still need him to save it?" Morris laughed, then changed the subject, "Zhen, I'm going back to France next week, when are you going back?"

Zhan Zhan and Bai Yutang in the locker were startled – This Morris wants to run!

Zhao Zhen looked at him a little strangely, "Who said I'm going back? I'm not going."

"Are you crazy?!" Morris looked at Zhao Zhen as if he was a little angry, "Most of your career is abroad, not many people know you here, in France you are a world class magician!!!"

"Doesn't matter~~" Zhao Zhen shrugged, "I do magic for fun anyway, but I've found something more fun now."

Bai Yutang in the wardrobe bristled at Zhan Zhao – Look at him, he can act if he doesn't do magic, he definitely has a future!"

Zhan Zhao was puzzled – Was Zhao Zhen that famous?

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, reached out and flicked his hand at Zhan Zhao's ear, and a coin showed up in his hand.

Zhan Zhao squinted at him – When did you learn to do that?

Bai Yutang winked at Zhan Zhao somewhat proudly – I was born to do it!

"You're giving up? It's for that ordinary-to-the-point-of-being-ordinary little cop?" Morris was getting agitated and reached out to tug at Zhao Zhen's collar, "You better think this through!!!"

"Hoo… hoo…" Before Morris could finish his words, Lisbon, who was beside Zhao Zhen, woke up at some point. He raised his head and looked at Morris' hand that was grabbing Zhao Zhen's collar. Narrowing his eyes, he let out a low growl that seemed to be a warning.

Morris also snapped out of it and saw that Zhao Zhen was staring at him with surprise in his eyes, so he smiled awkwardly and hurriedly let go of his grip.

Zhan Zhao stared at Lisbon and turned his face to look at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang saw his eyes flashing, as if he was saying, What a spirit! I really want to get one… Xiao Bai, let's get one too.

Bai Yutang nodded to Zhan Zhao and couldn't help but laugh – Tomorrow I'll pick up Luban and we'll feed him as much as we can to make him as big as Lisbon!

"I seem to be getting too excited." Morris sat back a bit, but Lisbon kept a close eye on him, not relaxing in the slightest.

Zhan Zhao frowned – They had to get Lisbon out of the way or Morris would be on his guard the whole time.

"Have a drink," Morris said casually as he stood up and took out the corkscrew to open a bottle of wine, "Lisbon has been getting more and more aggressive lately, I'm afraid he'll eat me as a snack at night."

Zhao Zhen listened and nodded, "Bai Chi has made it difficult for him to behave, now he only listens to the kid." With that, Zhao Zhen pushed Lisbon's big head and gave him a wink, and Lisbon ran out with a lurch.

In the wardrobe, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang gently bumped fists – Oh yeah~~

The two then paid more attention to Morris's every move. He had just deliberately tried to sideline Lisbon, which meant... he was trying to make some kind of move.

"Bring two glasses over here!" Morris shouted.

Zhao Zhen put down the newspaper, stood up lazily and walked to the kitchen to get the cups.

With a frown, Bai Yutang gestured for Zhan Zhao to look at Morris. He saw him take a capsule out of his pocket, open it, and pour the powder into the bottle.

At that moment, Zhao Zhen came in with a glass. Morris took the glass, poured a drink and handed it to Zhao Zhen, then poured another one for himself.

Zhao Zhen didn't know whether he had noticed or not, but he just took the glass and drank from it. He took the glass and walked over to the sofa, with only half of the wine left in it.

Morris went to the door, closed it gently and locked it with a click.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang with wide eyes – Xiao Bai, did Zhao Zhen drink just now?

Bai Yutang was also a bit worried, but he saw that Zhao Zhen seemed to be hot, reaching out to unbutton the collar of his shirt and winking quietly at the direction of the locker.

The two men in the locker breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed that Zhao Zhen was prepared.

Looking at him again with his collar open, leaning back on the sofa, that look ~~~

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked uncomfortable, no matter how they looked at him, he is a young Zhao Jue!!!

Morris slowly walked over, looked down at Zhao Zhen lying on the sofa and whispered, "Zhen, what happened to you?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head, said "Probably drank too much...", then reached for the phone by the sofa and sat up.

"Who are you calling? " Morris took the phone, "I'll dial it for you."

"Tell Bai Chi to come over..." said Zhao Zhen.

"Call him for what?" Morris' voice grew cold.

"I haven't eaten yet." Zhao Zhen said with a smile, "Tell him to come over and cook winter melon and pork ribs soup for me..."

Morris gradually leaned in closer and stared into Zhao Zhen's eyes, "Do you really like him that much?"

"Hmm?" Zhao Zhen smiled, "Yes, he's so cute..."

"What about me?"

"You?" Zhao Zhen's consciousness seems to be getting blurred, looking at Morris hesitantly, "Who are you..."

Morris' eyes were momentarily icy cold, and the anger on his face was getting stronger, "Do you... you are even ignoring me... Zhen?"

Inside the wardrobe, Zhan Zhao picked up the corners of his mouth with a smile and glanced at Bai Yutang – Almost there!

Bai Yutang is a little puzzled – Tell me, he said that "even you are ignoring me", what does that mean?

At this point, Zhao Zhen seemed to be trying to stand up, but after two attempts, he couldn't get up "I'm a bit dizzy... you..." and stared at Morris for a while "What did you give me to drink?”

"Do you recognise who I am?" Morris asked a little nervously, "Name? What's my name?"

Zhao Zhen ignored him and reached for the phone, "Tell the little thing to come and cook something to eat..."

"You've been treating me like air all this time haven't you?!" Morris suddenly stood up in a rage. He grabbed the phone out of Zhao Zhen's hand and threw it violently, bringing the phone cable with it over the small tea cabinet where the phone was kept to the ground... with a loud clatter.

Morris lunged up and held Zhao Zhen down, "Say it! What do you take me for? I've been chasing you for ten years, doing everything I can to please you. Have you ever given me a second glance? If you'd taken a fancy to someone else, I would have been fine. But why that ordinary, worthless kid? Tell me! Why?"

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao and asked in a soft voice, "Will Zhao Zhen be in danger?"

Zhan Zhao frowned with some hesitation – It’s not quite enough, if only there was more stimulation...

At that moment, there was a ‘bang’ – a gunshot

The door lock was shot and a man kicked the door open and rushed in – Bai Chi. He was standing in the doorway with a gun in one hand and melon and ribs in the other, his face red. Seeing that Morris was lying on the sofa with Zhao Zhen under him on his back, Bai Chi's face instantly went white and he bellowed at Morris, "What do you want?!"

In the wardrobe, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao froze for a long time with their mouths open wide.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao – Cat, did you plan this in advance too?

Zhan Zhao shook his head repeatedly – No ~~ I am not a god!

But soon, the two looked at each other with a sly smile – This is good stimulation!

Reaching out and bumping fists – Heaven's will!!!

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Translator Notes

Translated: March 11, 2022 by Turtle

Edited: May 18, 2022 by Angel