S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 5 Chapter 115

Screen Murderer 11 – Double Will

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Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao and the twins entered the surveillance room together.

The Bai Group's surveillance room was particularly large, with the entire amusement park covered without blind spots.

All the surveillance around the film city studios was pulled up.

Sure enough, they easily found the recordings of the corresponding period, and the entire process of Jin He's murder was also completely displayed in front of everyone.

The entire process was similar to what the crew members described.

Jin He ran out holding a phone, first heading towards the alley. However, upon reaching the alley, instead of answering the phone, he quickly ran to the basketball court behind.

He then ran along the edge of the basketball court until he reached studio one, which was at the intersection. Jin He stood at the intersection, glanced around, then swiftly crossed the road and ran into the flower bed, arriving under the camphor tree.

Although the camphor tree was large, the positioning of the cameras was quite professional, capturing clear footage.

Jin He arrived at the flower bed, checked his phone, seemingly confirming the time, and then stood there catching his breath.

Afterwards, he sat on the park bench, tapped on his phone a few times, and placed it against his ear.

From the footage, it could be deduced that Jin He was having a conversation with someone.

The conversation lasted for about a minute or so, after which Jin He hung up the phone and sat there on his phone...

He was tapping and swiping on his phone.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned.

The twins also caught on, "So he deleted both the call and message records himself?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, it was likely so.

After deleting everything, Jin He looked up, seemingly about to stand up.

At that moment, he suddenly leaned back on the bench.

After freezing for a moment, Jin He reached out and touched his chest.

Everyone frowned – There was already blood on Jin He's hand.

Then, Jin He struggled to get up and rushed out of the flower bed, presumably to seek help... Shortly after, Bai Yutang entered the grass from outside.

This was the entire process of Jin He's murder.

Bai Yutang instructed the technicians to zoom in and slow down the video of the few seconds of Jin He standing up and then sitting back down on the bench.

But even after zooming in, the footage still didn't reveal whether Jin He was subjected to any external force.

This was quite strange.

On the one hand, because the filming was done at night, it was indeed dark around, but the lights from the nearby studio shed some light on this side, making it visible.

On the other hand, the camera's clarity was quite high. If it was indeed a bullet, there would be a noticeable trajectory, at least the passage of a bullet would be captured.

But strangely, there was nothing in the video.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both puzzled, so they decided to copy the entire surveillance footage and take it back to Jiang Ping for analysis.

......

When they came out of the surveillance room, it was already early morning.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao left the twins with Bai Jintang and took the SCI team and Tang Xing back to the police station.

The twins drove Bai Jintang home.

When they came, Bai Jintang was driving, but on the way back, Xiao Ding was driving.

Big Brother Bai sat in the back seat, looking at the night scene of S City outside the car window, and suddenly sighed.

The twins glanced at the rearview mirror at the same time – Indeed, their older brother was quite anxious.

Bai Jintang was upset when the phone rang.

Taking a look at his phone, the word "dislike" was obviously written across Big Brother Bai's face. He hung up the phone and continued to gaze out the window.

Just as he hung up the phone, Da Ding's phone rang. He was driving, so Xiao Ding reached out to pick up the phone and saw the caller ID – Redhead Cauliflower.

Xiao Ding raised an eyebrow slightly and answered the call, "Hello?"

On the other end of the line, Eugene's voice came through, "Hey! Where's your boss?"

Xiao Ding glanced back and said, "He's not available to take calls."

After three seconds of silence from Eugene, he said, "Then put it on speaker!"

Xiao Ding nodded, "It's on."

"You clearly haven't turned it on!" Eugene was displeased.

Xiao Ding looked around with the phone – Had this guy bugged the car?

Bai Jintang's eyebrows twitched slightly, his expression – impatient!

Seeing that his boss's mood was already turning from anxious to irritable, Xiao Ding hurriedly urged Eugene, "Get to the point!"

"I heard you guys are organising a film festival?" Eugene said.

At Eugene's words, Xiao Ding quickly glanced at Bai Jintang in the back seat, thinking to himself that this guy really knows how to hit where it hurts.

"Mhmm, what about it?" Xiao Ding asked.

"I know a few directors with good films. How about we collaborate?" Eugene suggested.

Xiao Ding squinted, thinking it was a good idea, so he asked, "What kind of films are they?"

Eugene further inquired, "What genre are you looking for?"

"Do you have any comedies?" Xiao Ding asked, "You know, the kind that's really joyous and can lift spirits!"

"Ahahaha!" Eugene burst into laughter. Because his voice was quite loud, Bai Jintang heard it through the phone even with the distance.

Bai Jintang gestured towards the direction of the rearview mirror, signalling for Xiao Ding to hang up and not bother with him!

Xiao Ding nodded at Bai Jintang and coaxed – Right away!

"We have several comedy films. I'll have detailed information sent to you tomorrow." Eugene said, then coughed.

Xiao Ding knew that this cauliflower was also an early riser for profit. Coming to add glory to the film festival, such a good thing naturally wouldn't come for free. The conversation was probably about to get to the point.

"That, about Boss Dong," Eugene continued.

Xiao Ding paused, "Boss Dong?"

Even Bai Jintang, who was initially admiring the scenery, now paid attention to the conversation.

Xiao Ding pressed the speakerphone button and asked, "What about Boss Dong?"

"I saw the news about Boss Dong. It said Dong Yuan left all his inheritance to a woman named Wang Meiyun, is that correct?" Eugene asked.

"Yeah," Xiao Ding replied, puzzled, "what's the issue?"

"I know a lady named Anna," Eugene said. "Anna is Dong Yuan's legal wife, and they had a wedding ceremony here. Moreover, Dong Yuan also owns properties here and had a lawyer draw up a will, leaving all his assets, including his company, to Anna."

Bai Jintang and the twins were dumbfounded upon hearing this. "Are you sure?"

"And," Eugene continued, "Anna believes that Dong Yuan's death might be related to Wang Meiyun. She also thinks that the will leaving the company to Wang Meiyun is forged, fabricated by Wang Meiyun to seize Dong Yuan's company and assets."

"Er..." Xiao Ding felt like this was a major bombshell, there were so many scandals lately.

On the other hand, he also felt that this matter needed to be handled cautiously. "Are you sure Anna's words are reliable?"

Upon hearing this, Eugene chuckled. "Although Anna and Dong Yuan's marriage is a secret, it has been maintained for several years. They have plenty of family photos, and... they also have a son, whose DNA can be tested. Dong Yuan was present throughout the childbirth, and there's even a video recording. Moreover, they are legally married, with a complete wedding ceremony. And most importantly..."

Eugene paused for a moment before adding, "I don't know the form of the will Dong Yuan left for Wang Meiyun and her inheritance, but the will he left with the lawyer here is handwritten."

At this point, both twins had their mouths wide open – Oh my god! An international inheritance dispute! This has escalated into an international scandal!

Xiao Ding glanced at Bai Jintang.

Bai Jintang raised an eyebrow slightly, indicating for him to ask Eugene what he wanted.

So Xiao Ding asked Eugene.

Eugene said, "Anna's mother is close to one of Leonard's aunts. Anna suspects foul play in Dong Yuan's death and believes Wang Meiyun is the culprit. Therefore, she wants to bring her lawyer to S City and file a lawsuit against Wang Meiyun, and hopes to get assistance from the police."

After listening for a while, Bai Jintang finally spoke up, "With the evidence she has, she should have a good chance in the inheritance lawsuit. But what evidence does she have that Wang Meiyun killed Dong Yuan? The murderer who killed Dong Yuan has already been caught."

"I have evidence."

At this moment, a woman's voice came through. Although there was a slight accent, her Chinese pronunciation was quite clear. It seemed that Eugene's side was also on speakerphone, and the speaker was likely Anna.

"What evidence?" Bai Jintang asked.

"Before my husband had an accident, he sent me an email," Anna said. "In it, there's a recording."

Then, a recording was sent over through the phone.

Bai Jintang and the twins could recognise that it was Dong Yuan's voice.

Dong Yuan's general message was to inform Anna that he might be in danger, and if anything happened to him, the person who killed him would be Wang Meiyun and the person behind her. Their goal was – new world.

Bai Jintang frowned – What the hell? A shopping mall?

When the twins were with Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang just now, Zhou Yi also mentioned that Jin He had told him before his death that he had leverage against Wang Meiyun, and he also mentioned "new world".

Bai Jintang reached out and beckoned to Xiao Ding, indicating that he wanted the phone.

Xiao Ding handed him the phone.

Bai Jintang took over the call and said, "Bring her over. The police need her assistance in investigating the case."

"Roger that." Eugene replied, then asked, "Is SCI handling the investigation?"

"Mhmm." Bai Jintang responded.

"I'll set off to bring her over tomorrow. I'll be responsible for her safety." Eugene assured.

Bai Jintang sounded a bit disdainful, "You're coming too?"

Eugene was displeased, "Hey hey! What's with that tone? I still need to help Kalin check on Mia, and besides, aren't you organising the film festival? I'm just joining in the fun, hahaha! Stay tuned!"

With that, he hung up the phone.

Bai Jintang held the phone and sighed again – Disasters are coming one after another...

Afterwards, Xiao Ding called SCI and leaked this big scandal to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang in advance.

Of course, once again, everyone was shocked, and they all felt a bit powerless as they complained – Just how chaotic is this industry?!

But no matter how big the scandal was, solving the case was still the priority.

Everyone was puzzled – What exactly was 'new world'?

Bai Yutang said, "Dong Yuan mentioned 'new world' in his audio recording."

"So, it could also mean 'new world'?" Zhan Zhao asked. "What does it specifically refer to?" (Angel: Zhan Zhao said new world here in Mandarin, whereas until now, it was said in English.)

"Could it be a game?" Zhao Hu suddenly asked.

Everyone was taken aback, "A game?"

"Yeah, it sounds like the name of some game, and wasn't Jin He involved in gaming before?" Hu Zi said. "It feels a bit silly."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao thought about it, and strangely enough, it made sense.

The car pulled into the police station, and everyone headed back to the office upstairs.

Zhan Zhao went to ask Jiang Ping first, "Is there a game called 'New World'?"

Jiang Ping chuckled, "Wow, is it just 'New World' or 'Something Something New World'?"

Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "Something Something New World?"

"Yeah, that name is like a standard in the gaming industry!" Jiang Ping said. "There are so many variations like New World 2050, Cosmic New World, Monster New World, and countless others! There are probably dozens of just different years' versions of New World, not to mention variations like New World: Origin, New World: Destruction, and let's not even get started on titles like New World Warrior or New World Battleship..."

Zhan Zhao was speechless. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "So, in the games Jin He was involved in designing and developing, are there any titles related to 'New World'?"

Jiang Ping searched for a moment and nodded, "Yes, there are!"

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Translator Notes

Please feel free to comment any mistakes I made so I can improve and do better as I go through the book.

Translated: April 9, 2024 by Angel

Edited: April 10, 2024 by Angel