S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 5 Chapter 145

Screen Murderer 41 – Radar

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Issel and Eleven were tasked with blocking the door, but as they were about to stand up and leave, Chen Gui and Chen Fu suddenly seemed to receive some message and hurriedly ran out.

Issel and Eleven both turned back to look at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang quickly followed them out.

Zhan Zhao also glanced in the direction of the door. Xiao Ding, who was beside him, received a phone call and told Zhan Zhao, "Wang Meiyun is here!"

Zhan Zhao frowned. Could it be that Chen Gui and Chen Fu were heading towards Wang Meiyun?

Zhan Zhao glanced at the video and frowned. Wang Meiyun's arrival caused quite a stir. In addition to bringing a large group of Dong Group's actors and staff, there was also a large crowd of media. With so many people rushing in, if Chen Gui and Chen Fu were to hide among the crowd, not to mention what they might do, finding them wouldn't be easy…

Zhan Zhao felt a bit anxious when Mia suddenly reached out and shook his hand.

Zhan Zhao looked at her, and Mia said – Dad can find those two!

Zhan Zhao hesitated for a moment, but then he remembered... Indeed, just now, when no one else noticed, Issel noticed Chen Gui and Chen Fu behind. Issel shouldn't be familiar with them... how did he notice them?

Mia tapped away on her phone and showed Zhan Zhao a line of text – They all say that Dad's like a human radar.

Zhan Zhao almost burst out laughing – Human radar?

Zhan Zhao asked Mia – How does he do it?

Mia pointed to her head and then to her eyes, then gestured to explain to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao processed the information Mia gave him and concluded – Dad may seem useless, but he's actually very useful, super amazing!

Zhan Zhao nodded – I see…

Mia seemed a bit troubled – It's a pity Mom doesn't like Dad, it would be great if I could bring them together! Then I would have a Mom I like and a Dad I like.

Zhan Zhao looked at Mia and cautiously asked her – Do you know who your biological mom is?

Mia sighed and shook her head – Dad didn't tell me, he just says she's no longer here.

Zhan Zhao nodded gently and reached out to pat Mia's head.

Bai Yutang, Issel and Eleven ran outside the venue, where they were greeted by a large crowd.

Eleven was a bit speechless, "What's going on here?"

Bai Yutang also felt something was not right – Weren't those people from the Dong Group? That person in the middle must be Wang Meiyun, and she was wearing all white, how conspicuous! It seemed like Chen Gui and Chen Fu noticed her arrival and came out, isn't it obvious they're looking for trouble?

Bai Yutang scanned the crowd, but with so many people, where did those two go?

At that moment, Issel pointed to a person wearing a hat in the crowd, "Chen Gui."

Bai Yutang immediately spotted him.

"And there's Chen Fu over there!" Issel found another person in the crowd.

Bai Yutang and Eleven hurried to apprehend them.

Issel stood with his hands in his pockets on the steps and watched. In his peripheral vision, he glanced not far away, where someone was hiding behind a stone pillar.

Bai Yutang and Eleven dashed into the crowd, one on each side.

Both Chen Gui and Chen Fu had the same action, one hand in their pockets as if reaching for something.

But just as the two burrowed into the crowd and before they could even get close to Wang Meiyun, they were pulled out by Eleven and Bai Yutang from behind.

The crowd surged past, and Chen Gui and Chen Fu were subdued from behind.

Issel, still on the steps, stepped aside and watched as a large crowd passed by.

Several journalists noticed him and were curious – Where was this handsome guy with a South American vibe from? Is he here for the film festival?

Bai Yutang called the criminal police team to take the two away.

After successfully apprehending them, Bai Yutang looked at Issel, who was still looking around on the steps with curiosity... How did he manage to find Chen Gui and Chen Fu in the crowd so quickly?

Eleven seemed to understand Bai Yutang's curiosity and explained, "Issel has a bit of radar function, very fast at finding people, and finding things too."

"Radar..." Bai Yutang found this description quite fitting.

"Issel is similar to your older brother." Eleven whispered to Bai Yutang, "They're both special existences."

Bai Yutang furrowed his brow slightly.

Eleven went back to continue listening to the concert.

Zhan Zhao waited anxiously in the performance hall, finally seeing Eleven and Issel return, and eventually, Bai Yutang walked in as well.

"Did you catch them?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang nodded.

Zhan Zhao became restless. Although it was supposed to be a day off, having caught such important individuals, did they really have to wait until tomorrow?

Bai Yutang naturally had the same thought and asked Zhan Zhao, "Should we go back and interrogate them first?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

The two got up and headed back to the SCI office, asking the twins to help escort Mia and the others back home later.

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When the two returned to the police station, they found that their companions were all absent, with only Jiang Ping, a single man, working overtime.

The two looked sympathetically at Jiang Ping, but Jiang Ping asked, "The criminal police team brought Chen Fu and Chen Gui here, saying you two caught them. Are you both working overtime too?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't know how to respond – it was like a pie falling from the sky.

In the interrogation room, Chen Gui and Chen Fu hung their heads, handcuffed.

The criminal police team had searched them earlier, finding two syringes hidden in their pockets. The unknown liquid inside the syringe had been sent for analysis and was currently under examination.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stood in front of the one-way mirror observing the two in the interrogation room – These two indeed looked very similar, their physique and demeanour were remarkably alike.

"No wonder they could team up to deceive, they're practically twins!" Zhan Zhao couldn't help but marvel.

At that moment, a young girl from the forensic department rushed up and handed Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao a report, stating that the liquid in the syringe was a toxic solution.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang exchanged a glance, then looked back at Chen Fu and Chen Gui. These two were actually planning to kill Wang Meiyun.

Zhan Zhao asked the young girl from the forensic department, "Is this type of poison easy to obtain?"

The young girl shook her head, "This is snake venom, which has been diluted to reduce its toxicity."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned – Chen Gui and Chen Fu were just ordinary workers, could they have acquired snake venom themselves? And why did they intend to harm Wang Meiyun?

Bai Yutang thought for a moment and asked, "If this injection enters the body, would it kill immediately?"

The young girl shook her head, saying, "This venom can induce immediate symptoms like vomiting and convulsions, but to reach a lethal dose, one injection is not enough."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both nodded thoughtfully.

"And one more thing," the young girl from the forensic department added, "if this venom is not diluted, injecting it through a syringe would basically be an instant kill, but diluting it is quite difficult."

After understanding the information, the two entered the interrogation room together.

In the interrogation room, Chen Gui glanced up and sighed when he saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang. Chen Fu also glanced at them.

As they sat down, Bai Yutang cut to the chase, "Who ordered you two to kill Wang Meiyun?"

Chen Fu looked at Chen Gui.

Chen Gui said, "Someone paid us and provided the tools for us to do it..."

"Who?"

"Anna."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both stunned, looking at the two with incredulity, "Anna hired you two to kill Wang Meiyun?"

"Yes!" Chen Gui nodded.

Chen Fu remained silent on the side throughout.

"When did she hire you? Give us the details." Bai Yutang demanded.

"Last night, her lawyer called me." Chen Gui said. "We needed money to run away, and her lawyer said he would give each of us a sum of money as long as we helped Anna kill Wang Meiyun. Since we already had a grudge against Wang Meiyun... We received a partial payment yesterday."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at the two.

Bai Yutang took out his phone, found a video of a press conference held by Anna's lawyer, and showed them a screenshot.

Chen Gui and Chen Fu looked at the middle-aged man in the photo without much reaction.

"Do you two know this person?" Bai Yutang asked.

Both shook their heads.

"What does Anna's lawyer, who hired you two last night, look like?" 

Chen Gui described him as a middle-aged man, fairly ordinary-looking, wearing glasses, with greasy hair…

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both froze and simultaneously thought of someone.

Zhan Zhao showed them a photo of the journalist Zhou Ping, who disappeared after the last case.

"That's him!" Chen Gui nodded.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had a sinking feeling…

"Did he also tell you that Wang Meiyun would be there at that time?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"He just said that Wang Meiyun would be going to the Bai Group's film city today and told us to go in first to ambush her."

Bai Yutang remembered that the security at the film and television city was quite strict. It was impossible to enter without a work permit or press pass…

"How did you two get in?"

"We had press passes. Once we got into the rehearsal hall, he was already inside. We just handed our documents back to him."

Zhan Zhao suddenly furrowed his brow and tugged Bai Yutang's sleeve, signalling – let's talk outside!

Bai Yutang stood up and followed Zhan Zhao out.

As soon as they closed the door to the interrogation room, Zhan Zhao said, "We might have been manipulated! Wang Meiyun's move was a ruse. If we hadn't coincidentally gone to the Bai Group, those two might have successfully ambushed Wang Meiyun. By then, many reporters would have captured Wang Meiyun being poisoned, and those two would definitely have been caught. Then the news would be that Anna hired them to kill Wang Meiyun."

Bai Yutang nodded. There was indeed this possibility, "But what's the purpose of doing this? This way, neither Wang Meiyun nor Anna can attend the film festival tomorrow."

"Not necessarily," Zhan Zhao said, "unless they anticipated that we would catch the assailants before they struck, bring them back to the police station... then Anna, as a suspect, wouldn't be able to attend the film festival, but Wang Meiyun could!"

"Everyone knows that there is a rehearsal today, but the timing of our arrival... is considered spontaneous." Bai Yutang felt it was unlikely that the other party had anticipated their return.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Maybe... they arranged for others to capture those two at the scene, but we acted first..."

Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao to check the news on his phone, to see if there was anything like "Wang Meiyun attacked at the film and television city, SCI arrests suspects" or something like that. If the other party had been prepared, there would definitely be someone secretly filming and then uploading the news to stir up discussion.

However, after searching for a while, Zhan Zhao found nothing.

"Could it be that I'm just being paranoid?" Zhan Zhao felt uncertain.

Just then, the elevator door opened with a ding.

Issel walked out with a yawn and handed something to the two.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at it and saw it was a cell phone.

The two were puzzled – A cell phone?

Issel lazily said, "Oh, while you and chopsticks were catching the suspects, I saw someone hiding in the shadows and secretly filming. Later, he also went into the rehearsal hall, so I took his phone."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang froze, then immediately unlocked their phone and showed Issel a photo of Zhou Ping, asking, "Was this the person?"

Issel nodded, "Mhmm."

"Radar!" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both held Issel's hand, "Your radar is so useful!"

"What radar..." Issel seemed a bit embarrassed and pulled his hand back, indicating that he had to go pick up his daughter and those chopsticks, then walked away.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang opened Zhou Ping's phone and indeed found a video of Bai Yutang and Eleven apprehending the suspects, along with edited text, "Wang Meiyun attacked, assailants also arrested by police, suspected to be hired by Anna..." He was probably waiting for the right time to release the news.

"How cunning." Zhan Zhao felt it was quite dangerous. Fortunately, they caught it in time, and they immediately handed the phone to Jiang Ping to deal with.

"Did something change on Qian Yu's side, or are there any other plans?" Bai Yutang felt this move was rather sudden. "Wasn't Wang Meiyun always intending to confront Anna publicly? Why does it seem like she suddenly changed direction?"

Zhan Zhao also felt this move was somewhat strange. When things deviate from the norm, there must be something fishy!

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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: May 13, 2024 by Angel

Edited: November 12, 2024 by Soojin