S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 1 Chapter 112

Shadow Murderer 20 – Coming From Far Away

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Bai Yutang's car rushed into the underground parking lot, braking sharply before swinging out in an arc and coming to a precise stop behind a column. As soon as the car door opened, Bai Yutang flashed out, raising his gun and aiming at the man who was singing with a gun in the distance, "Put the gun down!"

In the middle of the car park, singing by Bai Jintang's car, was none other than the bearded Jie Jie who had gone looking for Luo Yang last night.

Zhan Zhao and Luo Yang waited in the car. Bai Yutang had parked the car so skillfully that the window was just blocked by the pillar, but the people in the car could see the scene outside the car park from the rear view mirror. Zhan Zhao wrapped Luo Yang in his arms and the two of them looked through the rear-view mirror at the scene not far away.

"It's the bearded man from yesterday.” Luo Yang tilted his face up to look at Zhan Zhao, "Wasn't he injured by Uncle Bai yesterday? How come he's healed so quickly?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head, also full of confusion. He saw that the bearded man saw Bai Yutang, and had a puzzled expression on his face.

"Put the gun down!" Bai Yutang frowned and said it again. From his voice, Zhan Zhao could hear a vague anger... No matter whether it was Bai Jintang or Bai Chi that the bearded man wanted to kill this time, they were his brothers. Bai Yutang is usually the most protective, and no one can touch his colleagues from SCI, let alone his beloved brother. At this time, if the bearded man resisted a little, Bai Yutang would most likely kill him immediately.

"Yang Yang, you just said that you heard that bearded man sing that song before?" Zhan Zhao suddenly asked Luo Yang.

“En." Luo Yang nodded, "I've heard him sing it a few times."

"Did he ever say anything related to this song?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Luo Yang thought about it and said, "He said that he had heard it a few times when he was a child and was very impressed."

"Do you know how to sing it?" Zhan Zhao asked Luo Yang.

Luo Yang shook his head with a bitter smile, "No, it's gibberish and I don't know what it's singing about."

Zhan Zhao looked at the stalemate outside again and said to Luo Yang, "Just remember the melody, hum a few lines, I want to see his reaction!"

Luo Yang tilted his head and thought about it, nodding, "Okay!"

Zhan Zhao lowered the car window, signalling for Luo Yang to start.

There was a faint smell of smoke in the quiet parking lot, it was the cigarette that Bai Jintang had extinguished earlier. The three parties were at a standstill, but at that moment, a soft and childish humming came out of Bai Yutang's car, and it was the same song that the bearded man had just hummed.

The bearded man looked in the direction of the car with wide eyes and sang along with the song, dropping the gun in his hand as he sang and slowly walking towards the car, the direction where Bai Yutang was, saying softly: "Brother... Brother."

He relaxed, the gun in his hand fell to the ground with a ‘clack', and his face showed a smile that was a bit naive.

Everyone was amazed by his actions and was unsure how to react when another car pulled in from outside the car park. The stoic black Bentley slowed to a stop in the middle of the crowd, blocking the bearded man's path.

Bai Yutang frowned. At this time, Zhan Zhao had closed the car window, leaving Luo Yang in the car and instructing him to hide as he himself stepped out and stood beside Bai Yutang.

As soon as the door of the Bentley opened, two people stepped out.

The one in the lead looked to be in his mid-thirties, was tall, dressed in a black handmade suit with fine fabrics and accessories, and his black hair was well combed. He wore a pair of black sunglasses, and his high forehead and nose, as well as his pale complexion, all indicated his non-Asian origin.

And following him, out of the passenger seat came someone, somewhat haphazardly, with a flowery shirt and long hair – it was none other than Eugene.

Zhan Zhao noticed that there was another person in the back seat of the car, but the windows were black with light-blocking tint, so he couldn't see clearly.

The man in black looked around, his gaze slowly sweeping over the crowd, and when it landed on Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, he smiled faintly and asked in fluent English, "Was it you who got Taber last time?"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other and Zhan Zhao blinked – Xiao Bai, does he look familiar?

Nodding slightly, Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows – no way... what day is it today?

As the two were ‘communicating', they heard the man chuckle lightly. He reached out to take off his sunglasses and turned his head to Bai Jintang, who was standing a short distance away with an unkind look on his face, and said, "Bai, your brother really looks like you."

Bai Jintang didn't seem to take kindly to his smiling face and stared at him coldly for a long time before opening his mouth and spitting out a few syllables, "Leonard."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other – sure enough.

The man in front of them, who had an imposing aura, was none other than the infamous mafia leader – Leonard.

What made Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang sigh was that the head of the Leonard family was really getting younger and younger with each generation.

"What are you doing here?" Bai Jintang handed the gun back to Bai Chi who poked his head out from behind him to look carefully.

Seeing Bai Jintang act protective of Bai Chi, seemingly unintentionally, Leonard smiled and his grey-blue eyes stared at Bai Chi, "I heard that you have a lover, is it that little cutie behind you? He’s not like your style, I remember you like the cool ones."

Bai Jintang ignored him and looked back at Bai Chi. Seeing that he was still clutching a stack of information, he asked, "Does Gongsun want those?"

Bai Chi was taken aback for a moment, then let out a sharp "ah", then looked at the crowd, and said, "I'm going to deliver the information!" After saying that, he ran towards the building, thinking, 'I'm dead, Gongsun is going to get mad!'

"Looks like it's not..." Leonard put his glasses in his jacket pocket, and turned back to look at Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao beside him, sizing them up. When his eyes fell on Zhan Zhao, he raised his eyebrows slightly, "I've read your book."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "I hope it didn't help you."

"Haha..." Leonard laughed, "That's funny." Then he noticed that Bai Yutang was looking at him suspiciously, "What's the problem? Captain Bai?"

Bai Yutang was silent for a moment before suddenly asking, "Did you come here on a tourist visa? Which travel agency? I'll get someone to investigate it!"

Leonard obviously didn't expect Bai Yutang to say this, and momentarily couldn’t figure out whether to laugh or cry, while Eugene behind him pounded on the roof of the car and laughed while saying, "This kid has a good sense of humour!"

Bai Jintang lit a cigarette and indifferently asked, "What do you want?"

Leonard turned his head to look at Bai Jintang, smiled slightly, and lowered his voice to ask, "What's the use of what I want? You are unwilling to do it." There was something ambiguous in the tone of his voice, which caused Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to glance at each other.

"Cut the crap." Bai Jintang frowned, "Just leave if you have nothing to do, this is not a place for you to be."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were even more puzzled, with the way Bai Jintang and this mafia leader were talking, it felt like the two had a close relationship.

Leonard wasn't annoyed either, reaching out with a flick of his hand, he said, "I'm not here to get you and your family in trouble, I'm just bringing back a little kid who got lost." With that, he winked at Eugene.

Eugene snapped his fingers lightly at the bearded man.

The bearded man froze, then walked over to the two men.

Bai Yutang frowned, "You want to take him away?"

Leonard looked at Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao with great interest and replied, "You guys look really good together."

Bai Yutang nodded, "Thank you."

Leonard looked at Bai Yutang carefully for a while longer, and said helplessly to Bai Jintang, who was smoking, "Are all people surnamed Bai like this?"

Without answering, Bai Jintang looked at the bearded man walking to the car and said, "He can't go."

"You said you wouldn't care about any of my business from now on." Leonard had a smile on his lips, "Or are you saying that for your brother?"

"Heh..." Bai Jintang sneered, "I'm the one he's trying to kill, so I have the right to question him."

Leonard shook his head, "He didn't mean to kill you, forgive him."

When Zhan Zhao heard Leonard's reply, his eyes flickered slightly and he had some ideas in his head, so he said, "He came to the hospital with another intention, but when he saw Brother, he suddenly wanted to kill him... Why? Does Brother fit the traits of the person he wants to kill?"

Leonard looked at Zhan Zhao rather approvingly and smiled, "Just as smart as the legend... Then guess, what trait does Bai have in him that is capable of inducing the kid to kill?"

"You call him a kid? He seems to be older than you." Zhan Zhao did not follow Leonard's line of thought, but spoke generally to himself, "In other words, you know that he is not fully developed intellectually and is still stuck in childhood. You seem to know a lot about what happened back then, but there are quite a few people related to what happened, and instead of picking the bearded man in the hospital, you picked him. There is something in him that you want – Presumably, you want to continue the experiment, or newer research."

Lennard gave a long whistle and said to the man in the car, "You're absolutely right, he's just like you!"

Zhan Zhao was startled by the words. He stared at the person behind the window of the car and gradually had a bad feeling rising up in his heart, a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Bai Yutang noticed that Zhan Zhao's breath was a little unsteady. He looked back at him and saw that he was frowning and pondering, so he put his hand behind his back and gently shook Zhan Zhao's hand.

Feeling Bai Yutang's comforting touch, Zhan Zhao instantly calmed down and his thoughts gradually cleared up.

Leonard noticed the silent exchange between the two and smiled faintly, "It's really enviable... but things that are too good will always be hated by others."

Bai Yutang didn't care too much about Leonard's odd tone of voice, but stared at the bearded man, "You can go, he's staying!"

Eugene laughed and said to Leonard, "Brother, you can't count on me, I can't beat him!"

Leonard gave him a somewhat resentful look and gestured for him to open the door.

Eugene immediately opened the door of the back seat and they saw the person sitting in the back of the car waving gently to the bearded man, who, like a small child summoned by its mother, obediently tried to get into the car.

Zhan Zhao's heart moved and he turned back to Xiao Luo Yang in the car and motioned to him.

Luo Yang had been watching the change of situation outside in the car. He saw Zhan Zhao move his mouth at him, and the mouth shape looked like he was saying – keep singing.

Luo Yang immediately lowered the car window and hummed the nursery rhyme softly.

The bearded man who was already about to get into the car jerked upright and walked around the crowd towards Zhan Zhao and their car.

Leonard's face sank and he glanced at Eugene.

Eugene tried to chase after him, but was surprised when Bai Jintang flashed in front of him, startling him into backing up behind Leonard. He poked his head out and said, "Damn, I don't want to offend anyone named Bai!"

Leonard looked up at the sky and sighed as he looked at Bai Jintang, "You just have to go against me, don't you?"

Bai Jintang didn't reply and looked at him warningly, "This is not a place for you to be!"

The smile on Leonard's face narrowed and he reached out to help Bai Jintang flick a bit of cigarette ash off the collar of his suit and said in a low voice, "Bai, you want to know too, right... I am trying to help you."

Anger emerged from Bai Jintang's eyes and he said coldly, "You are the one who has ambitions, don't use me as a cover! I don't want to know anything!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang listened in confusion, not understanding what was the connection between the two men. By this time, the bearded man had already gotten close and wanted to walk towards the car where Xiao Luo Yang was, but he was caught by Bai Jintang.

The bearded man struggled for half a day, but surprisingly could not break free.

At that moment, a soft cough came from Leonard's car.

Looking back, Leonard seemed to be puzzled, but soon regained his composure from earlier, reaching his hand out to Bai Jintang's shoulder, "You are still a member of the Leonard family, don't always treat me as an outsider." After saying that, waved his hand to the shocked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang: "We came at a bad time today, that's it, see you next time... brothers." After saying that, he turned around, went back into the car and left.

Bai Jintang escorted the bearded man, who was still struggling desperately, before Bai Yutang's eyes, "Do you have handcuffs?"

Bai Yutang didn't move, his eyes fixed on Bai Jintang, and he only spoke after a long time, "What did he just say? What did he mean by you being a member of the Leonard family?"

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Translator Notes

Translated: January 2, 2023 by Angel

Edited: January 23, 2023 by Angel