S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 1 Chapter 81

The Murderer Is Not Human 14 – Motive

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Bai Chi originally only wanted to make Zhao Zhen a meal of his favourite winter melon and pork ribs soup. Although the words "thank you" would never come out of his mouth, he needed to express his gratitude. He was usually so mean to him, but he still thought of himself in every way...

Since Zhao Zhen's housekeeper died, Bai Chi found out that Zhao Zhen was in fact a person who could not take care of himself. In addition, he had injured his hand some time ago, and Bai Chi took care of him, so he simply gave him the key. Therefore, Bai Chi got used to opening the door and entering... That said, Bai Chi found several times that Zhao Zhen forgot to lock the door, but fortunately, Lisbon was there, so even if a thief entered, he would be scared to death and run out.

After opening the door, he saw Lisbon lying in the living room, and Bai Chi thought it was strange, as he always follows Zhao Zhen wherever he goes.

Walking up to the studio door and gently pushing the door, it was actually locked... This is strange! Zhao Zhen is someone who doesn't even remember to lock the door, how could he possibly lock the studio?! He was about to knock on the door when he heard the sound of conversation coming from inside.

Bai Chi vaguely heard Zhao Zhen say, "Tell Bai Chi to come and cook me winter melon pork ribs soup...", so he blushed, thinking how did he know that he was coming to cook the soup... On second thought, was Zhao Zhen talking to someone else?

Then, Morris' voice was heard, "Bai Chi? You like him that much?"

The answer from Zhao Zhen was, "Yes, he's so cute~~~" Steam began to rise from Bai Chi's face~~ Damn Zhao Zhen, nonsense! But he also heard another voice, Morris', and remembering the strange feeling he had about Morris earlier, Bai Chi became alert and instead of knocking, he leaned over the door and listened... Zhao Zhen's voice was a bit strange...

The next came a ‘clatter’ of tables and chairs falling to the ground and Morris' neurotic screams. Bai Chi was anxious, could Zhao Zhen be in danger? 

When he entered the door, he was dumbfounded. Morris was pressing Zhao Zhen to the sofa, the position~~~

"What do you want to do?!" He yelled in anger, and this time he didn't stutter in anxiety.

The appearance of Bai Chi not only shocked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang in the wardrobe, but also Morris and Zhao Zhen on the sofa.

Zhao Zhen had already reached the end of his patience and was ready to get up and beat Morris up, but... now he has changed his mind and continued to appear to be weak and unconscious.

Bai Chi took one look at Zhao Zhen and understood, glaring fiercely at Morris, "What did you give him to eat?"

In the wardrobe, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were once again frozen - Was this really Bai Chi? The little rabbit has gone wild!

When Morris saw Bai Chi, his already out of control emotions became even more manic. He stared at Bai Chi closely for a while, then looked down and asked Zhao Zhen, "I really don't see what's so good about him. I can understand if you fancy those two brothers of his, but as for him... " he said, while reaching out to fix Zhao Zhen's hair, "He really doesn't deserve you."

In the wardrobe, Bai Yutang’s hand that was gripping Zhan Zhao's waist tightened violently, startling Zhan Zhao into almost screaming out loud.

He turned back to glare at Bai Yutang - What are you doing?

Bai Yutang's eyes revealed a hint of danger - How come that Morris seems to have a bit of a crush on you?

Zhan Zhao was so angry that he ground his teeth - He was talking about two brothers, two of them! He feels good about you too, okay?

Bai Yutang put his arm around him - It must be because you are too striking... no smiling at others in the future! – Then he lowered his head and nibbled on his neck.

Zhan Zhao did not dare to make a sound, but Bai Yutang had made his legs weak, so he was really angry and anxious~~

When Bai Chi heard Morris' words, he didn't react with any particular excitement, "What are you talking about? Quickly let go of him... I see that he is in a very bad situation. What exactly did you give him? Will it hurt his body?!"

Morris froze slightly, then growled in annoyance, "How could I possibly give him something that would hurt his body? I love him ten times more than you do!"

... Bai Chi flinched for a good ten seconds and said with a serious face, "That, don't get me wrong, I don't like him."

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In the wardrobe, Bai Yutang buried his face in Zhan Zhao's shoulder and smothered a laugh... This little thing deserves to be brought out by this cat, exasperated!

Zhan Zhao also shook his head... This little thing is worthy of being a member of the Bai family, infuriating!

"Oh," Morris had a mocking look on his face, "Zhen... he said he doesn't like you..."

"Well... I don't think he's as annoying as he used to be though..." Bai Chi emphasised, "Sort of like in general... my favourites are my brothers and the others from S.C.I... well, also my family and Da Ding and Xiao Ding... and Lisbon... and...."

Bai Chi then went from the aunt who gave him a 20% discount on winter melons at the vegetable market with three free onions all the way to the old grandfather who helped him get the newspaper every day in the delivery room downstairs from his house~~~ the police dogs at the police station, and the fat cat Luban, whom he only met once at Bai Yutang's house....he finally couldn't think of any more - before it was Zhao Zhen's turn...

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao in the wardrobe struggled to hold back their laughter to the point that their intestines were hurting~~ that was unbearable!

Zhao Zhen's face was already not so good, and he thought, "You little brat, I'm no better than a cat you've seen once! Watch how I'm going to torment you later! I'm so angry!

"Why?" Morris suddenly muttered to himself as he looked at Bai Chi in disbelief and then down at Zhao Zhen, "Why do some people work their whole lives to get something, while others get it easily without even using a single bit of effort?"

Zhan Zhao in the cupboard looked back at Bai Yutang - That's the key!!!

Bai Yutang shrugged - This Morris was indeed quite sick, but what did that comment have to do with the case?

Zhan Zhao gestured for him to continue to listen further.

Morris reached out and gently tugged at Zhao Zhen's collar: "Can't you even see how hard I'm trying? I've loved photography since I was a kid, you know... I never took pictures of people, that's because I only wanted to take pictures of you... going to Africa, taking pictures of animals, landscapes, and almost dying several times. However... what about it? I can only be Tian Zhong's assistant. What does he rely on? Just doing some gimmicks to scare people, all his energy is spent on publicity. He cannot even fully grasp the functions of the camera ~~ why would someone like that want me to be his assistant? On what grounds?!"

Zhao Zhen understood that Zhan Zhao wanted him to provoke Morris for the purpose of finding a motive..."So you killed him?"

... Morris' face showed a slight smile, "You have no proof... Zhen... digitalis is everywhere! "

In the wardrobe, Zhan Zhan and Bai Yutang's eyes flashed - He’s revealing the clues!!!

Gongsun’s autopsy report clearly states: Tian Zhong died of an overdose of digitalis, resulting in heart dysfunction and chronic poisoning. Digitalis is a common drug, used in medicine to treat heart disease. It is found in a variety of plants, even in common potted plants, and people without heart disease who take it for long periods of time can die of poisoning, in the same way as sudden death from a heart attack. As this poison requires taking it for a long period of time, the poisoner must be someone close to the deceased, which is why Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang suspected Morris.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows at Zhan Zhao - Good! Cat, we've caught one!!!

Zhan Zhao smiled at him somewhat mysteriously - Think again, there's a bigger gain.

Bai Yutang thought about it with some confusion, and then it dawned on him - A syndicate crime where the killers are all assistants - the same motive! In this way, both his and Zhan Zhao's hypothesis that day were confirmed. The excited Bai Yutang buried his head in Zhan Zhao's shoulder and neck and kissed and kissed - Cat, you are a genius!

Zhan Zhao felt his knees go weak, Bai Yutang knew that he was afraid of being touched on his neck, but he still picked his most sensitive spot to kiss - This dead mouse!

Bai Chi was also shocked by Morris' words, "You... are the one who killed Tian Zhong?"

Morris sneered, "It's useless for you to know." Saying that, he looked down and said to Zhao Zhen, "Wait for me a little longer, I'll take you back to France once I've finished him off." After saying that, he got off the sofa and from his back pocket, took out a gun.

Zhan Zhao was startled and gestured to Bai Yutang - It's almost time to go out, what if Bai Chi is in danger?!

Bai Yutang took his gun out and held it in his hand, but he waved his hand at Zhan Zhao - If he wants to be a police officer, he will have to face this situation alone one day.

But... Zhan Zhao was still a little hesitant, but he saw Zhao Zhen wink at the two of them and gently open his hand.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao breathed a sigh of relief at the same time... They saw that in Zhao Zhen's hand, there were a handful of bullets - Morris was holding an empty gun.

Making a face towards Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang put his gun back - Guess, will Bai Chi hit us?... Then he glanced at the pistol on Zhan Zhao's waist - Cat, if it were you, you'd be able to hit all of your targets other than Morris accurately!

Zhan Zhao was so angry that his face turned white, Bai Yutang had mentioned his sore point. Old sorrows and new hatreds came together, Zhan Zhao stretched out two fingers and fiercely clamped the skin on the back of Bai Yutang's hand, twisting~~~

Bai Yutang bared his teeth in pain, not willing to show weakness. He lowered his head to take in Zhan Zhao's ear. Zhan Zhao's other hand also grabbed the skin on the back of Bai Yutang's hand, twisting ~ ~ ~ gritting his teeth, strangling you to death, dead mouse!!!

Morris walked towards Bai Chi, pulled the safety of the gun and sneered, "You look really bad with a gun!"

Bai Chi was not moved by his words, "You can't get away, put down the gun and come back to the police station with me!"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other in surprise - Not bad!!!

Morris' finger went to the trigger, and Bai Chi was staring at him closely. The two of them confronted each other, neither of them acting first, just then, a low animal roar was heard from the doorway, and Morris faintly froze... Bai Yutang's eyes flashed and softly said - Now!

At the same time, Bai Chi pulled the trigger. The gun went off,and  the bullet whistled out, accurately striking Morris' shoulder. Morris' hand let go, and the gun fell to the ground as heo screamed miserably, covering his shoulder and falling to his knees.

Bai Chi hurriedly took two steps forward to kick away the gun on the ground, only to see Morris pounce on him. Bai Chi was shocked, and hurriedly took a few steps back, raising his gun to shoot, but he saw a flash of a white shadow around him...

With a loud beastly roar, Lisbon had flashed through the door at some point, snarling and charging, pouncing on Morris. He pressed his front paws against Morris’ shoulder and opened his bloody maw.

"Don't bite him, Lisbon!" Bai Chi shouted.

Everyone then remembered that Lisbon was an adult African lion, which could bite a cow to death, not to mention a man!!! Luckily, he obeyed and just gave a standard lion's roar at Morris' face. His fishy sandalwood breath sprayed on Morris' face, with its white fangs and blood-red mouth on display...

Morris' eyes widened and he fainted from shock.

Everything happened so fast that it took Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang in the wardrobe a long time to react. Zhan Zhao violently tugged on Bai Yutang's sleeve and shook and shook it - So cute! I want one too! Let's get one!

Bai Yutang was also a bit moved - He's quite impressive. This is the kind of pet a man should have ~~ Let's go back and discuss it with Bao Sir!

Seeing that Lisbon had Morris under control, Bai Chi let out a long breath, put away his gun, and quickly walked over to Zhao Zhen, asking, "Are you alright?"

In the wardrobe, Zhan Zhan and Bai Yutang were about to go out, but they saw Zhao Zhen secretly waving his hand at them...

The two men looked at each other - What was he trying to do?

Then they saw Zhao Zhen somewhat feebly extending his hand to Bai Chi, "Bai Chi... come here..."

"What's wrong with you?" Bai Chi approached with some anxiety. Zhao Zhen's situation didn't look too good, "I'll call an ambulance, wait a bit longer..." Before he could finish his words, he was pulled down by Zhao Zhen by the collar. Their eyes were facing each other and their faces were close, Zhao Zhen whispered. "I have some hard feelings."

"Hard... hard?" Bai Chi panicked, what did Morris give Zhao Zhen to eat... It couldn't be~~and aphrodisiac~~Startled by his own thoughts, Bai Chi's face was red, "Do you... you want to drink some water... um..."

The two of them had already pressed their lips together when Bai Chi reacted again. Zhao Zhen wrapped his arms around him and kissed intently.

Bai Chi's face was hot and his head was dizzy, but seeing Zhao Zhen look very bad, he could not struggle and let him kiss.

In the wardrobe, Zhan Zhao was looking flushed - What kind of situation is this...

But Bai Yutang smiled as he went up and put his arms around him - Cat, let's do it too! Then, despite Zhan Zhao's struggle, he hugged and kissed him fiercely ......

Zhan Zhao could not stand it and stepped on his foot, Bai Yutang jerked away and hit his head on the top of the wardrobe... with a ‘thud’.

Bai Chi let Zhao Zhen kiss him, the more he was kissed, the more he felt that something was wrong~~ Zhao Zhen's movements, the strength of his hands~~ it was not as if he had no strength, but the hands that were holding the back of his head and wrapping around his waist were very strong.

At that moment, there was a ‘thud’ from the wardrobe ~~ Bai Chi jumped up. Rubbing his mouth with the back of his hand. He looked at Zhao Zhen and then at the wardrobe...

"Who... is in there?"

...After a long time, the door of the wardrobe slowly opened. He saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang standing inside with embarrassed faces, smiling at Bai Chi with an awkward smile.

Bai Chi looked at the two people in the wardrobe and then at Zhao Zhen on the sofa...

Looking at Zhao Zhen and then at the wardrobe...

"Yaaah~~~~~"

The last time he saw the Eagle King, Bai Chi screamed in shock for a whole year. This time, it was two years ~~ Picking up the winter melon and ribs he had been carrying in his hand, he slammed them at Zhao Zhen. He raised the winter melon and slapped it hard~~ "Bad guys! You are all bad, I hate you, you are the most annoying!!!"

After cursing and smashing the winter melon, Bai Chi's eyes were wet and he turned around and ran for the door.

Zhan Zhao hurriedly went after him.

Bai Yutang came out of the wardrobe and looked at the dejected Zhao Zhen... who was covered in winter melon ribs... He reached out and patted him on the shoulder - You worked hard~~

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Translator Notes

Translated: March 11, 2022 by Turtle

Edited: May 31, 2022 by Angel