S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 1 Chapter 122

Shadow Murderer 29 – Hypnosis

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As the atmosphere in the observation room became extremely awkward, Zhao Jue suddenly leaned into Zhan Qitian, humming with a smile on his face, and it was unclear whether he was being coquettish or deliberately teasing.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at the expression on Zhan Qitian's face and instead of feeling bad, they felt a little bit happy, especially Zhan Zhao, who saw his usually cool father suddenly showing that kind of overwhelmed expression and suddenly felt very happy for no apparent reason.

Zhao Jue rubbed his head against him twice, looked up at Zhan Qitian's face which was close and smiled slightly, reaching out to poke him in the cheek and whispering, "You really haven't changed at all, especially this face."

Zhan Qitian frowned slightly and took a step back.

Zhao Jue stood up straight, took a step back with a smile, turned his face to look at Bai Yutang, then at the sandwich on the floor, and said, "I can smell the mustard through the bag."

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows at Zhan Zhao – Then he still ate it? He's taking advantage of your dad!

Zhan Zhao was powerless and glared at Bai Yutang, then cautiously approached Zhan Qitian's side and called out obediently, "Dad."

Zhan Qitian nodded.

Zhao Jue, however, smiled coldly and turned to look at Jie Jie behind the one-way mirror.

Zhan Qitian gently beckoned to Zhan Zhao, gesturing for him to follow him out so that they could talk alone.

Zhan Zhao obediently followed Zhan Qitian out the door, and before he walked out, he looked back at Bai Yutang and saw Bai Yutang making a face at him – Take care, Cat.

Seeing the two of them walk out the door and close it behind them, Zhao Jue gingerly padded over to the door and eavesdropped.

Bai Yutang was stunned and was about to say something when he saw Zhao Jue make a 'shhh' gesture to him, pointing at the door and saying with his mouth, "They can hear you!", and waved at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang hesitated for a moment, but went forward to join Zhao Jue and leaned against the door to listen.

Bai Chi stood in the middle of the room, watching awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

When he got outside with Zhan Qitian, Zhan Zhao didn't wait for Zhan Qitian to open his mouth before asking, "Dad... you know Zhao Jue? What is your relationship?"

Zhan Qitian reflected for a moment, then nodded gently and said lightly, "It's similar to the relationship you and Yutang had before."

Zhan Zhao blushed slightly, overreacting to Zhan Qitian's repeating of the word "before".

Not only Zhan Zhao, but Bai Yutang behind the door also blushed, saying to himself: No way, if Zhan Zhao's father knows about it, doesn't that mean that his old man also knows about it?! He was afraid that his old man would find out about this. In his opinion, his dad was so grumpy that he would probably shoot him if he knew about it, so why didn't he react?

While in a daze, Bai Yutang suddenly felt a breath approaching. He instinctively tilted his face back and dodged Zhao Jue's approaching face.

Zhao Jue's lips almost brushed against Bai Yutang's cheek, and Bai Yutang's face turned pale as he gave Zhao Jue a warning look. Zhao Jue bristled and muttered in a low voice – "Stingy".

No longer paying attention to Zhao Jue, Bai Yutang continued to listen to the conversation between Zhan Qitian and Zhan Zhao, but was keeping an eye on Zhao Jue beside him.

"So... what did he do back then to be imprisoned for twenty years?" Zhan Zhao asked about the confusion in his mind.

Zhan Qitian did not answer right away, staring at Zhan Zhao for a moment, before reaching out to help him fix his hair and asking in a soft voice, "What do you think?"

"What?" Zhan Zhao asked, "I don't know."

Zhan Qitian smiled and shook his head, "Do you think he is a good guy or a bad guy?"

Zhan Zhao did not say anything.

"Don't go looking into what happened twenty years ago." Zhan Qitian suddenly spoke.

Zhan Zhao froze and looked at Zhan Qitian.

"Some things are in the past." Zhan Qitian said in a low voice, "Don't pursue it."

Zhan Zhao seemed a little unconvinced, but he saw Zhan Qitian frown and sigh, "If you must investigate, I will forbid you from associating with Bai Yutang."

Zhan Zhao was startled, and Bai Yutang behind the door also frowned deeply, raising his eyes to see Zhao Jue with a disdainful smile on his face.

"That's all I wanted to say." Zhan Qitian said, "Think it over yourself and don't have any more involvement with Zhao Jue." With that, he raised his hand and knocked on the door, saying to the door, "You also remember, if you look into the past again, you two will never be together again."

Zhan Zhao was embarrassed, and Bai Yutang also rubbed his head, thinking that he was worthy of being Cat's father, he was even shrewder than a real cat.

When Zhan Qitian finished, he nodded to Zhan Zhao, "You take care of yourself." After saying that, he turned around and left.

Zhan Zhao sighed and opened the door, and saw Bai Yutang standing at the door with his arms crossed. The two of them looked at each other, both a little bummed out and a little confused. People are like that, the more you keep them from knowing something, the more they want to know, and the two were now far more curious about Zhao Jue than they had been at any time before.

Zhao Jue, who had also heard everything just now, stood to the side with his arms crossed as well, whispering curses under his breath, "Dead wood, big ice cube, idiot!"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, what secrets were there between these old guys? It was too distracting.

"Let's begin." Zhan Zhao suddenly let out a long sigh and looked at Zhao Jue, "Did you hear what my father said just now?"

Zhao Jue raised his eyes to look at Zhan Zhao and picked up the corners of his mouth into a smile, "Are you planning to give up?"

Zhan Zhao also smiled, "It's not a matter of giving up or not, we have more important things to do."

Zhao Jue shrugged and laughed, "Actually, Qitian is a bit overly worried, there are still some matters I have a handle on."

Bai Yutang reached out and squeezed Zhan Zhao's shoulder, "Deal with the matter at hand first, we can talk about the rest later."

Zhan Zhao nodded and looked at Zhao Jue, "Can we start now?"

Zhao Jue nodded, "Anytime."

"Clear the room." Zhan Zhao smiled and patted Bai Yutang, "None of you can stay here."

Bai Chi seemed a little interested in watching, and Zhao Jue grinned and padded over, "You might get hypnotised too if you stay here."

"Hypnotised?" Bai Chi tilted his face up to look at Zhao Jue.

"After you're hypnotised, you're not in control of yourself." Zhao Jue continued with a smile, "You may speak nonsense, take your clothes off in the street, and confess your love to someone you like..."

The more Bai Chi listened, the more shocked he became. When he looked at Bai Yutang and then at Zhan Zhao, he saw both of them nodding at him, and his face turned white with fear, and he turned around and ran away.

Bai Yutang shook his head, and exchanged a look with Zhan Zhao, told him to "be careful", and left.

After the door closed, the observation room instantly fell silent, leaving only Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue in the observation room.

After a brief exchange of words, the two of them went into the interrogation room.

Time passed by minute by minute, Bai Yutang and Bai Chi waited outside while the rest of SCI came over to take a look every now and then. An hour, two hours, three hours passed...

Bai Yutang couldn't sit still, it was taking too long, but he didn't dare to go in. Hypnosis cannot be disturbed, even the slightest sound could make all of Zhan Zhao's efforts go to waste, so even though his heart was cooking like oil, he had to hold on, stand at the door and wait patiently.

Finally, when it was getting dark, the door to the interrogation room opened.

Zhan Zhao walked out.

"Cat?" Bai Yutang stepped forward, and Bai Chi hurriedly handed Zhan Zhao a glass of water. There was another glass of water that he had prepared for Zhao Jue, but Zhao Jue did not come out.

"Where's Zhao Jue?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhan Zhao took a sip of the water and said in a low voice, "Let him rest for a while." With that, he pointed inside the room for Bai Chi.

Bai Chi carried the water inside and saw that Zhao Jue was leaning on the sofa in the observation room, and did not know whether he had fallen asleep or was just resting his eyes.

Bai Chi carefully walked over to him and gently asked with the glass of water, "Are you thirsty?"

Zhao Jue was lying on the sofa, slowly opened his eyes, looked at Bai Chi and smiled, whispering, "Feed me."

Bai Chi took the water and fed it to Zhao Jue.

Bai Chi was very good at taking care of people and was very attentive, even if he was just feeding him a glass of water, he would still be very careful to make it comfortable for Zhao Jue to drink without choking.

"Is hypnosis so tiring? You should do it less often in the future." Bai Chi muttered, "You're so thin, do you usually eat properly?"

Zhao Jue looked at Bai Chi, a smile appearing on his face as he asked, "What about you? Do you know how to cook?"

"En." Bai Chi nodded, "I'm alright, I can cook some homemade food. You should go and see Zhao Zhen when you have time, aren't you uncle and nephew? I'll cook for you."

"Hehe..." Zhao Jue laughed and asked, "You live with Zhen?"

"En." Bai Chi nodded and reached for a napkin to wipe Zhao Jue's mouth, "He helps me out, I take care of him, he's stupid, he can't do anything, and he's confused."

Zhao Jue laughed again and shook his head, "Silly, he can do everything, he just can't do anything in front of you."

Bai Chi blinked, as if he couldn't understand.

"Take good care of Zhen." Zhao Jue rolled over and sat up, reaching out and gently rubbing Bai Chi's hair, "He's the only family I have."

Bai Chi nodded obediently.

"He's a rare person." Zhao Jue gently patted Bai Chi's shoulder, "Cherish him."

Bai Chi suddenly felt as if a voice in his heart was saying, "Cherish him..."

Satisfied, Zhao Jue stood up and gently patted Bai Chi on the shoulder again, kissing him on the forehead, "I have to go, I probably won't see you for a long time, take care of yourself."

Bai Chi nodded and watched Zhao Jue leave, inexplicably feeling a bit reluctant.

......

As he slipped out of the police station, it was almost dark. Zhao Jue took out his cell phone and considered whether he should call a taxi himself, or ask Eugene to pick him up.

At that moment, a car pulled up beside him and a man got out of it.

After looking up and exchanging a look with the man, he turned around and tried to run, but his arm was grabbed and he was half dragged, half carried, and stuffed into the car.

"What are you doing?!" Zhao Jue pushed on the closed door next to him, which was locked, and turned his face to glare at the man in the driver's seat.

The man didn't say anything, but started the car and drove away.

Zhao Jue took his cell phone and pressed a number, but the phone was snatched away.

"Give it back!" Zhao Jue reached out for it.

The man ignored him.

Zhao Jue pulled his hand hard. The man was so shocked that he lost control of the steering wheel of the car and swerved dangerously before he pulled the car into a relatively isolated street. The man grabbed Zhao Jue's hand, "Have you made enough trouble?!"

Ignoring him, Zhao Jue glared at the man, "I didn't go looking for you, you came looking for me!"

"How did you end up with Leonard?" The man asked, lighting up a cigarette.

"None of your business." Zhao Jue pushed harder on the car door, "Open up and take a pull, I don't want second hand smoke in here!"

"You don't want to give up yet?" The man put out his cigarette and stared at Zhao Jue, "Isn't it enough to have lost so much?"

"Not enough!" Zhao Jue's eyes were cold as he reached out and grabbed the man's tie, speaking coldly, "Look at me! I'm still the same as I was before, time means nothing to me!"

The man didn't say anything and sighed.

Zhao Jue laughed coldly, "I won't give up!" After saying that, he raised his eyes and looked straight into the man's eyes, "Open the door!"

"Don't even think about it!" The man reached out and grabbed the rope on the back seat, and tied up Zhao Jue in three or two moves.

"Bad guy!" Zhao Jue struggled a few times and raised his foot to kick the man.

"Hehe..." The man laughed and dodged before reaching out and gently uncovering Zhao Jue's collar, moving up and biting his collarbone, "It's nice to be young, isn't it? Never getting old, always so beautiful."

"The nerve." Zhao Jue said with disdain, "What do you want?!"

"I have the nerve." The man laughed and patted Zhao Jue on the shoulder, "To keep you out of trouble, I've decided it's best to keep you locked up! And keep you close by." After saying that, he started the car.

......

Zhan Zhao rubbed his eyebrows as he sat in the lounge, seemingly unable to figure out something.

"Cat, what's wrong?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Zhao Jue seems to know some details about the experiments on Luo Tian and the others." Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "It's reasonable to assume that no outsiders know about these."

"It's indeed odd." Bai Yutang sat next to him, "Luo Tian also saw Zhao Jue that day, and there was nothing special about his reaction..."

"Hmm..." Zhan Zhao frowned.

"Chief!" Ma Han pushed the door in, "It's all ready."

Bai Yutang nodded and instructed, "Tonight's operation will definitely be dangerous, so all of you be careful! You have to act beautifully, but also pay attention to safety."

"Don't worry!" Ma Han turned and went out.

"Come on, Cat, let's go catch the snake. Let's finish the matter at hand first, and then take our time with the rest!" Bai Yutang stood up and pulled Zhan Zhao out the door.

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Translator Notes

Translated: March 8, 2023 by Angel

Edited: March 11, 2023 by Angel