S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 1 Chapter 109

Shadow Murderer 17 –  Madman

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At dinner time, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao took Luo Yang, and Luo Yang pulled Bai Chi, and the four of them appeared in front of a restaurant not far from the police station. Just as they entered, they saw Gongsun and Bai Jintang sitting by the window.

Gongsun waved to the four, and the four walked over, ready to share a table and eat together.

Luo Yang sat next to Zhan Zhao and looked up just in time to see Bai Jintang, who was sitting opposite him, sizing him up. Luo Yang looked at him for a moment and then turned his head to look at Bai Yutang beside him, thinking to himself that these two looked a little alike.

Bai Yutang was ordering food and didn't notice, but Bai Jintang asked Zhan Zhao, "Is this the kid?"

Zhan Zhao stroked Luo Yang's head and said, "Yes, his name is Luo Yang."

"Oh~~" Bai Jintang nodded. Seeing Luo Yang look at him and then at Bai Yutang with some doubts in his eyes, he smiled and asked, "What? Look alike?"

Luo Yang nodded honestly.

"I'm his big brother." As he said this, Bai Jintang raised his chin to Bai Chi, "This is the third child, but he's not a Tang."

Luo Yang's mouth opened wide and turned his face to look at Bai Chi, that look, it was like he was looking at some miracle, Bai Chi was depressed.

When Zhan Zhao saw Bai Chi looking at his phone from time to time, he asked, "What? Did you make an appointment with Zhao Zhen?"

Bai Chi nodded, "He said he was going to eat, so I told him to come over." As he spoke, he saw that Zhao Zhen had wandered in from outside the restaurant in a leisurely manner. Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, who had finished ordering, glanced at each other. They were both a bit psychologically distressed at the moment, and they could always see some of Zhao Jue's shadow in Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen came in and greeted the crowd, sat down next to Bai Chi and raised his eyes to examine Luo Yang.

Luo Yang looked around and found that everyone was looking at him and became a little embarrassed.

Zhao Zhen suddenly looked up and said to Bai Yutang, "I saw a car at the entrance when I came in, and the person in it seemed to be very interested in one of you,"

Everyone was taken aback, and Bai Yutang smiled and asked, "What did that person look like?"

Zhao Zhen thought for a moment, "Foreigner, long hair, flowery blouse, very tasteless type."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao glanced at each other and in their hearts, they understood, this kind of iconic dress, it must be Eugene.

Bai Jintang pulled out his phone and briefly said a couple of words to the twins, before gesturing for the crowd to ignore it and continue eating.

Zhan Zhao was a little surprised and asked, "Brother, you know Eugene?"

Bai Jintang was stunned and turned his eyes to look at Bai Yutang, "He's been in contact with you guys?"

"Mm." Bai Yutang smiled, "There were two 'coincidental' encounters, so you know him?"

Bai Jintang glared at him, "Cut the crap, just ask whatever you want."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao exchanged a glance and turned their faces together to look at Bai Jintang, "Who is he?"

Gently putting down the glass in his hand, Bai Jintang spoke slowly, "Eugene is one of Leonard's subordinates, a leader of the mafia."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both speechless, having guessed that Eugene was not a simple man, but this identity was still somewhat unexpected. However, it was Zhao Zhen who muttered to himself in surprise, "Is this kind of outfit popular among the mafia nowadays?"

The man sitting in the car in front of the restaurant was none other than Eugene. He was now leaning over the steering wheel and sighing, thinking that he was getting worse and worse. He had to keep an eye on a child 24 hours a day, but fortunately the child was now in the hands of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, so he could look at beautiful men while watching the child, which was much better than watching a bunch of third-rate gangsters like in the past.

However, he was still puzzled in his heart; that Zhao Jue was so mysterious, why did he pay so much attention to a small child who was not related to him? Asking him to keep an eye on him throughout the day, could it be that he was playing a trick on him?

As he was wondering, he heard two knocks on the car window. When Eugene turned his face, he was immediately delighted to see someone he knew.

Eugene lowered the window and stared at the two people in front of the car with a smile on his face, "Yo, twins."

Ding Zhaolan and Ding Zhaohui stood by the car looking at Eugene, their eyes full of calculations.

Xiao Ding rubbed his chin and said, "What brings you here? Can't make it in Italy anymore?"

Da Ding patted Xiao Ding's shoulder, "See, this is a negative example, what mafioso would be willing to be seen with a cauliflower."

"That's true.” Xiao Ding continued to spit on Eugene, "Or a cockroach head."

With a helpless expression, Eugene shrugged, "I'm not here to trouble Bai, you guys don't have to guard against me."

Da Ding "tsked" twice and waved a finger out, "Now it's Boss who's after you."

Xiao Ding nodded, "You're interfering with a family dinner, and the boss says if you don't leave, they'll throw you into the Pacific Ocean and feed you to the fish."

Eugene sighed and waved his hand, "OK, I'll go, then please tell Bai to be careful." With that, he started the car and drove off to the nightclub for a drink.

Da Ding looked at Xiao Ding, "There are three Bai's in there, which one to tell?"

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After dinner, the crowd dispersed and went to their own homes. Luo Yang wanted to go back but was stopped by Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao.

It was too early to tell whether Chen Jie and the others had anything to do with the case, and it was too dangerous to put Luo Yang back there as a young child, so the two of them decided to take Luo Yang home.

As the car drove back, Luo Yang suddenly asked, "What about my school? I still skipped school today." Zhan Zhao smiled, "It's too dangerous to go to school now, you'll have to follow us all day for the next few days, and when the case is solved and settled, we'll arrange the school for you."

"Oh..." Luo Yang nodded, plopped down on the seat between the two, looked left at Bai Yutang, right at Zhan Zhao, and couldn't help but ask: "Do you two live together? Are you brothers?"

"Ahem..." Zhan Zhao gave Bai Yutang a somewhat embarrassed and cautionary glance – Don't you dare talk nonsense!

Bai Yutang nodded – I understand. Then he looked in the rear view mirror and said to Luo Yang, “Not brothers, lovers.”

Zhan Zhao's face turned white and he glared at Bai Yutang – Yang Yang is a child!

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows – The child is also a male, what if he steals you from me? I'll stop him from thinking about it first!

Luo Yang wasn't too surprised and smiled, "I thought it looked like that."

Zhan Zhao's eyes widened as he looked back at him, but he saw Luo Yang tilting his head and saying, "Aunt Chen said that all good men like men."

"Ahem..." Bai Yutang stifled a laugh as Zhan Zhao thought to himself, what nonsense is this Chen Jie saying to a child, and he decided that he must take the time to correct Luo Yang's misconceptions in the future.

"Yang Yang, are Chen Jie and the others treating you well?" Bai Yutang asked casually, while Zhan Zhao observed Luo Yang's facial expression in the rear view mirror.

“En...” Luo Yang nodded after a slight hesitation, "Good."

"Is Uncle Big Beard treating you well?" Zhan Zhao then asked.

"Yes~~" Luo Yang spoke without even thinking, and with a cheerful expression.

After seeing Luo Yang's reaction, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, there seemed to be something here.

"What about us? Do you like us?" Zhan Zhao asked as he turned around.

Luo Yang nodded readily, "Like."

"What about Chen Jie?" Zhan Zhao asked again.

Luo Yang fell silent and thought for a while before saying, "I like Uncle Wei Yong more, but everyone who is good to Yang Yang dies early."

"Is there anything different between Chen Jie and Wei Yong?" Zhan Zhao could see the problem here. Generally boys of this age, especially Luo Yang who didn't have a mother, should be very close to older women like Chen Jie, and from what Chen Jie said, she was good to Luo Yang, but why did Luo Yang seem to be a bit defensive towards her?

"It doesn't feel the same." Luo Yang tilted his head in thought and said, "Dad taught me that to see if someone is really good to me, I just have to look at whether I'm the one he's got in his eyes when they are caring for me. If a person talks to you but his eyes are thinking of something else, then he has ulterior motives, such people should be guarded against. It feels like Aunt Chen is always like this."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were quite surprised. The trick that Luo Wen taught the gift shop girl to tell the difference between a policeman last time, and now this trick that he taught Xiao Luo Yang to tell the difference between good and bad - it shows that Luo Wen was definitely not a simple person, how could such a smart person die so unexplained.

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In a nightclub on S City's bar street, Eugene was chatting with some hot ladies over a glass of wine when a man came up behind him and gently tapped him on the shoulder.

Eugene looked at the man sitting next to him and smiled brightly.

"Why didn't you let me know you were here?" The visitor asked the bartender for a glass of wine, "I could have found someone to entertain you."

"Heh..." Eugene drained his glass and said, "Why do you sound like a landlord? Aren't you just a passerby like me? Second in command, Taber."

The man sitting opposite Eugene was none other than Taber, who sipped his wine and didn't get annoyed at Eugene's teasing remark, saying in a casual way, "I didn't realise Leonard was interested in this place too."

Eugene blinked, "What place? Besides, what does it have to do with my boss if I'm here for fun?"

"Then I'm embarrassed that you're still eyeing my things." Taber tapped one finger against his glass.

Eugene was amused, looking Taber up and down with slightly ambiguous eyes, and whispered, "Who's staring at your thing? I'm not interested in old men." After saying that, he took another drink and walked away with a beautiful woman by his side.

Taber put away his grin and drained the wine in his hand as a henchman walked up beside him, "Brother, should we finish this kid off?"

"Heh." Taber looked at him with some amusement, "Finish him off? With just a few of you?"

The henchmen looked at each other and one of them said in a gutsy voice, "We can get that madman..."

Taber gave him a warning look and the subordinates immediately swallowed back all their words. Spinning the glass in his hand and looking at the light reflecting off the ice, Taber said in a cold voice, "Eugene is not to be messed with, try to leave Leonard's men alone... By the way, where is that madman?"

"Uh..." The men looked at each other a few times and said, "He said he's going to see his brother."

"Psycho!" Taber put the cup in his hand down on the table, "Keep an eye on him, don't let him stir anything up, those two cops are not to be messed with. Ouyang is here too. We have to get this done as soon as possible and get out before it's too late."

"We understand." The subordinate nodded. Taber turned to leave after he finished speaking, but the moment he turned his head he saw a man standing in a corner not far away looking at him, dressed in all white with long hair. The instant his eyes brushed against him, Taber clearly saw his familiar face and the slightly mocking smile at the corner of his mouth and froze violently. When he came back to his senses and looked again, the man was gone.

Taber walked quickly towards that corner. The bar was crowded and not very brightly lit, by the time Taber reached that corner, there was no one there, and he couldn't help but frown. He should not be mistaken, had he been drinking too much and hallucinating? Back to his senses, the cold air started to rise behind him. Why? Why is that man... still alive? He should have died twenty years ago. Just now, he did not see his face clearly, but he did not feel old. What the hell was going on?

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After parking the car in the underground parking lot, Bai Yutang unbuckled his seat belt. Zhan Zhao turned around and said to Luo Yang, "We're here."

Luo Yang looked at the parking lot with some curiosity and was just about to get out of the car when he heard Bai Yutang say softly, "Don't move."

Zhan Zhao and Luo Yang were startled when they saw Bai Yutang look up at the rear-view mirror. When they followed his line of sight, they saw a man standing less than ten metres behind their car in the rear-view mirror – He was dressed in black, with dishevelled hair and a long beard, and he was the man who had bumped into Bai Yutang outside the stadium that day. He was standing dumbfounded, his eyes fixed on Bai Yutang’s car, and there was even a little smile on his face.

"Yang Yang, come here." Bai Yutang tilted the seat back, allowing Luo Yang to climb through the gap and come to the front seat. Putting back the seat, he said to Luo Yang and Zhan Zhao, "Stay in front of the seat back." After saying that, he opened the door and got out of the car.

Zhan Zhao was a little worried, "Xiao Bai, be careful."

"Don't worry." Bai Yutang took out his gun and held it in his hand as he got out of the car and slowly walked towards the man.

The man's appearance was really similar to that of the bearded man, except that the smile on his face made people feel uncomfortable.

When he saw Bai Yutang stepping out of the car, his eyes shifted to him. He looked straight at Bai Yutang as he walked towards him, his eyes wide open and his mouth chanting, "White... white, so pretty... white. "

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, walked five steps away from him and asked, "2-12-11?"

When the man heard Bai Yutang's question, he did not react as violently as the bearded man did, as if he did not understand the meaning of the string of numbers at all, but continued to mutter nonsense, such as "white, black…"

"Who are you looking for?" Bai Yutang saw his eyes darting over to the direction of the car from time to time, so he asked.

"Looking for... Brother... looking for Brother..." The man said while reaching out to point in the direction of the car.

Bai Yutang was puzzled by what he heard and thought he was looking for Zhan Zhao, but from Zhan Zhao's perspective, he could see that the man was not pointing at himself... but at Luo Yang!

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Translator Notes

Translated: December 20, 2022 by Angel

Edited: January 12, 2023 by Angel