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S.C.I Mystery Series - Volume 2 - Chapter 4

Published at 21st of September 2021 11:00:23 AM


Chapter 4

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Volume 2 Chapter 4

The Innocent Murderer 04 - Inextricably Linked

 

Bai Chi rushed home before the heavy rain fell, opened the door, and saw Zhao Zhen and Lisbon lying on the sofa in the living room, dying of hunger.

 

"Chi Chi~~" Zhao Zhen rushed over and hugged Bai Chi, "I'm so hungry."

Lisbon also smelled the scent and leaned forward, rubbing Bai Chi's leg like a cat.

 

Bai Chi sighed, first he put Lisbon’s portion on the ground and let him eat. Seeing Lisbon eating happily, Bai Chi sighed again and touched its hair, "If you are hungry next time, just eat Zhao Zhen. Right..."

"You're so cruel." Zhao Zhen fiddled with the fried dumplings and fried rice in the lunch box with a pair of chopsticks, and said listlessly, "Chi Chi, I haven't eaten good food for a long time. Don't you always send me a lunch box? I want eat your food."

"No way." Bai Chi poured a glass of water and sat down. "There has been a big case recently."

"Is there another case?" Zhao Zhen stuffed a dumpling into his mouth to chew. "Why is this city so abnormal? What kind of case is this time?"

"Well... this case is quite perverted." Bai Chi leaned on the table as he watched Zhao Zhen eat. He thought to himself that this man is really rich in temperament, and he is so elegant even when devouring a fried dumpling. After thinking about it, he asked, "Have you not performed yet?"

"En..." Zhao Zhen picked up a fried dumpling and stuffed it into Bai Chi's mouth. "There will be one in two days."

"Are you going abroad?" Bai Chi asked.

"No, just in this city, Tianyu Entertainment City is holding a magic week. I will do the finale performance and be a judge for their magic competition."

"Tianyu Entertainment City..." Bai Chi asked, touching his chin, "You seem to rarely attend such events, and you are a judge."

"That is right." Zhao Zhen gulped and nodded, "Aren’t I an international superstar? The appearance fee is very expensive, so few event parties can afford it."

"Is Tianyu's price very good?" Bai Chi asked.

"En." Zhao Zhen nodded, "It scared the economic man, so I had to sell myself to make a living." (Angel: I’m not 100% sure what the author means by economic man. The author uses 把经济人都 which directly translates to economic man. It could mean the person in charge of the finances at Tianyu Entertainment City, that’s my best guess)

"Ahem..." Bai Chi choked on the water and glared at Zhao Zhen, "All nonsense."

"It's not nonsense." Zhao Zhen laughed, "The boss of Tianyu is a woman, and her saliva almost came out when she looked at me."

"Really...really?" Bai Chi was a little nervous, "Then you will still go?!"

Seeing Bai Chi's vigilant face, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but smile, and deliberately said, "It's not bad, she is a very beautiful woman, she goes sexy, she has a good figure, and she has money."

Bai Chi was silent for a while, stretched out his hand and grabbed the fried rice that Zhao Zhen hadn't touched, "I won't let you eat it!" After finishing speaking, he walked over and poured the fried rice to Lisbon, then turned to take a shower.

With his chopsticks in his mouth, Zhao Zhen watched Lisbon eating deliciously, and sighed for a long time... Alas, this damn child, even if you don’t let me eat good food, now you won’t even let me eat rice. I’m afraid that there are no other international superstars that struggle like me ~~ 

Bai Chi came out after taking a shower, wiping his hair, and saw Zhao Zhen lying on the table looking at the magazine. His face was a little pale, while Lisbon at his feet was eating so hard that he was burping and licking his paws to wash his face...Bai Chi felt soft and fierce. I found out that Zhao Zhen seems to have lost a lot of weight recently.

After thinking about it, he walked into the kitchen and cooked him a bowl of noodles, added eggs, green cabbage leaves and two slices of ham. Bai Chi held the fragrant noodles and put them in front of Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen immediately beamed with joy, holding a bowl of noodles, and started eating.

"How come you seem to have lost a lot of weight recently?" Bai Chi asked Zhao Zhen as he sat on the sofa and combed Lisbon.

"Well, I'm losing weight." Zhao Zhen said while eating noodles.

"You are already so thin, why did you lose weight?" Bai Chi puzzled.

"There is a need for the new magic." Zhao Zhen said casually. "So I have been diving during the day."

"Diving?" Bai Chi walked over, stretched out Zhao Zhen's sleeves, and stared at him for a while, "You really have lost a lot of weight, what kind of magic makes yourself thin like this?"

"Heh..." Zhao Zhen laughed and said mysteriously, "The magic that I am the only one in the world who can do it."

Bai Chi was curious and asked, "What is it?"

Zhao Zhen said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "It's a secret, I haven't told anyone... Unless it's you’re a lover, then I will tell you. Do you want to be my lover?"

"Cut..." Bai Chi packed up the dishes and muttered in a low voice, "Don't forget it, what air of pride." After speaking, he went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, leaving Zhao Zhen alone in the living room for a long time. He let out a long sigh, and cursed with a little bit of doting and helplessness, "Little idiot." Leaving the table, he rushed to ravage Lisbon, which is getting fatter, "How do you get fatter every day?! You Where is it like a lion, wash your face after eating, I will change your name to Garfield!"

One person and one lion played happily in the living room. They did not notice that Bai Chi, who was washing the dishes in the kitchen, had a face that was redder than tomato.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came to SCI's office early the next morning, and saw Luo Tian sitting on the sofa, Luoyang was reading English books.

"Why are you here?" Bai Yutang asked, "Don't you have the morning off?"

"Yeah." Luo Tian took out an SD card from his pocket and handed it to Bai Yutang, "I'll be leaving in a while, but this was taken last night, I think I'd better show it to you."

Zhan Zhao took it and gave it to Jiang Ping to play it. It was the scene where Zhao Jing finished spelling ‘I LOVE YOU’ with building blocks and went to bed last night.

"What about after this?" Zhan Zhao asked Luo Tian, ​​"Has she been up yet?"

Luo Tian shook his head, "No, she has been sleeping soundly since then."

"Strange." Bai Yutang turned to look at Zhan Zhao, "Why is there such a move?"

Zhan Zhao frowned and paused before saying, "I'm not sure..."

"Could it... those corpses?" Bai Yutang hesitated.

"Do you suspect that the corpses were also made by a child?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"This..." Zhan Zhao became uncertain, but heard someone say at the door, "That would be terrible."

When a few people turned their heads, they saw Gongsun standing at the door with a stack of papers, his face was a little pale, and everyone knew – definitely did another autopsy overnight.

"How do you say?" Bai Yutang asked Gongsun, "The autopsy has a result."

"Huh..." Gongsun walked in and said, "Can you guys hold on?"

"Yeah." Everyone glanced at each other and waited for Gongsun to continue.

"Let me show you some photos first." Gongsun handed over the file and opened it to show a few people.

They saw the details of the corpse in the photo, with some bruises on it.

"Bruises?" Bai Yutang frowned, "Was the deceased beaten by someone before his death?"

"It's not like..." Zhan Zhao widened his eyes and said, "It's finger marks... and..." When he said this, he looked up at Gongsun and saw Gongsun nodding to him.

Zhan Zhao took a deep breath, turned to look at Luo Tian, ​​and then at Luoyang, who was listening to them curiously with his ears erected.

Luo Tian hugged Luoyang and said, "Lets go, it's time to go to school. I'll take you there."

"It's still early." Luoyang looked at his watch and put his arms around Luo Tian said, "I haven't finished listening yet."

"Hey, Dad will send you to school." Luo Tian hugged Luoyang and went out and closed the door.

"What the hell is going on?" Jiang Ping was puzzled, stretched his neck to look at Gongsun and Zhan Zhao.

"These finger marks..." Gongsun said as he stretched out his left hand to pull up Jiang Ping's arm, his right hand was like a knife, and he slashed Jiang Ping's shoulder. "That's how it happened."

"Grabbed while cutting?" Bai Yutang was startled.

"As far as I know... dead people don't have bruises, right?" Jiang Ping turned pale and asked tremblingly.

"So..." Gongsun nodded, "It happened while they were alive!"

Everyone was silent for a while, Jiang Ping stood up, said "I must leave now..." and ran away with his mouth covered.

Bai Yutang frowned, "But there is no sign of resistance at the scene... and if there is a dispute, how can no one hear the screams?"

"Also." Seeing that Zhan Zhao seemed to have something to ask, Gongsun said first, "They don't have a drug reaction."

"...A living person, who doesn't resist, is chopped up?" Zhan Zhao muttered to himself.

"Huh..." After putting the document in Bai Yutang's hand, Gongsun said, "If this murderer is caught, you must let me visit!" After speaking, he turned and left.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, and there was nothing to say.

Zhan Zhao walked to the table and sat down, bowed his head and said nothing. Bai Yutang looked at the document carefully and said, "Cat, are there any clues?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head. Seeing Jiang Ping came back, he asked, "Jiang Ping, are there similar cases?"

"No." Jiang Ping shook his head, called up the information, and said, "There have been only a few corpses in the past six months, and the murderer has been caught."

Zhan Zhao touched his chin, "How come..."

At this moment, they heard that the door was pushed open, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked up and saw Lu Fang walk in with a person behind him.

"Xiao Zhan, someone is looking for you." Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and looked at the man behind Lu Fang. He looked less than 30 years old, with neat short hair and a pair of rimless glasses. He looked ordinary The body is not tall or short, in short, it is a style that no one can find in the pile of people.

"This is?" Bai Yutang asked Lu Fang.

"He is Park Shaoheng," Lu Fang replied, "Fang Wo's lawyer."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised. They saw Pu Shaoheng walking over. He was reaching out to shake hands with Zhan Zhao, and said, "Dr. Zhan, I have been admiring the name for a long time."

"Are you looking for me?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"That's right." Park Shaoheng nodded and said, "I will get straight to the point. Fang Wo's hearing will start in three days. During this period, we want to apply Fang Wo for a polygraph test, but we need proof from an authoritative person. After thinking about it, we still think that you are the most authoritative person."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment, and said, "The lie detector cannot be used as evidence."

Park Shaoheng nodded, "I know, but this time the polygraph test may have a big impact on the final trial result."

"I don't know Fang Wo." Zhan Zhao said, "Moreover, we pay attention to evidence when solving a case, not inferred by psychology."

Park Shaoheng thought for a while, and said, "I understand, but this is related to whether an innocent person will be wronged... Dr. Zhan can go to see Fang Wo. I believe that as long as you have had a conversation with him, you will know that he is not at all such a crazy person."

"We have more important things to do now." Bai Yutang suddenly said, "You have to give us some time to arrange it. You wouldn’t want to take the cat away right now, would you?"

"Uh..." Park Shaoheng smiled awkwardly and nodded, "Yes, I am in a hurry, but I still ask Dr. Zhan to think about it. This is not only about saving an innocent person, but also because the real murderer is still at large."

Zhan Zhao nodded, Park Shaoheng left his business card, turned around, and left with Lu Fang.

Seeing that the two were gone, Bai Yutang reached out and picked up Zhan Zhao, entered the office, closed the door, and asked, "Cat, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing..." Zhan Zhao shook his head.

"I rarely see you being so repulsive towards something." Bai Yutang sat next to Zhan Zhao, "I feel that you are very repulsive of this case!"

Zhan Zhao sighed, leaned on the sofa, and said to Bai Yutang earnestly, "Do you think that Fang Wo's case is developing in an incorrect direction?"

Bai Yutang was very interested and said, "Tell me about it."

"I have been working with you for so long. My professional knowledge is only used to help you find evidence." Zhan Zhao hugged a pillow and said seriously, "But I have never used psychology to judge whether a person is guilty or innocent."

Bai Yutang nodded, "Yes."

"But in Fang Wo's case, once a precedent is set, then it may develop into a polygraph test as long as the psychologist suspects anyone." Zhan Zhao sighed, "At that time, it will not be evidence of conviction, but inferred conviction. Where is justice?"

Bai Yutang was silent after hearing Zhan Zhao's words, and said after a long pause, "What you said makes sense."

"Regardless of whether Fang Wo is the murderer or not, what we should do is to conduct a thorough investigation and find the evidence, rather than judging his quality and then performing a polygraph." Zhan Zhao continued, "Otherwise, it would be too dangerous."

Bai Yutang stood up, slowly took a few steps into the office, and said, "Cat, let's see Fang Wo."

Zhan Zhao looked up at him, "You mean, look for clues from him?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "I'm thinking that there are many serial killers, and there are no cases without evidence. But only Fang Wo's case went in a strange direction... Is there a possibility of being human-oriented?"

Zhan Zhao nodded repeatedly, "I think so too! It's just our case..."

"Anyway, there is no clue right now." Bai Yutang said, "It's boring to wait idle. It's better to go and take a look. After looking into it, we will find a way. Anyway, as far as criminal psychology and criminal investigation are concerned, you are still authoritative. Someone will definitely ask you for your opinion before the trial. You only have to disagree with the polygraph and explain your point of view... They can’t help it, right?!"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, felt it was reasonable, and nodded, "Okay! Let's go now!"

Bai Yutang picked up the car key, "Go!"

……….

Gongsun left the police station in a daze, and walked downstairs. He felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach. He was too hungry last night and hadn't eaten, so his stomach was uncomfortable this morning. It feels ridiculous to think about it. Usually, if he stays up late to work, Bai Jintang will definitely come and give him supper. However, he has gone abroad these two days, and he doesn’t know when he will be back...

Just thinking about it, the phone rang, and when he took it out, it turned out to be Bai Jintang.

"Hello?" Gongsun answered the phone.

"..." The other end was silent for a while and asked, "Are you unwell? Was it another all-nighter last night?"

Gongsun was speechless and nodded, "Yes."

Bai Jintang frowned, "Why did Yutang let you work all night again?!"

"What does it have to do with him?" Gongsun laughed, "They stayed up all night every day, so I was also busy all night, and the rest of the time was free."

"Have you had breakfast?" Bai Jintang asked again.

"I’m going to now." Gongsun listened to the phone and walked to a café opposite the police station.

"Drink a cup of hot milk, and then eat something soft." Bai Jintang whispered, "Don't drink coffee. Go home and sleep after you finish."

"I see." Gongsun opened the door of the café, "When will you be back?"

"... miss me?" Bai Jintang laughed.

"..." Gongsun was speechless, sat at the table and said to the waiter, "a cup of hot milk, a piece of cheese."

"I will be back soon." Bai Jintang smiled, "You take care of yourself."

"Yeah." Gongsun hung up the phone and brought up the milk. Just when he wanted to drink, he saw a figure in front of him flashing, and a person sat opposite him.

Gongsun raised his face and saw that it was a woman in her thirties, dressed fashionably and sexy, very beautiful and temperamental, dressed in brand-name clothes and jewelry, with a touch of arrogance on her face.

Gongsun thought about it, but he didn't recall knowing such a person. He looked around and found that there were a lot of empty seats. He wondered why she had to sit across from him.

The woman took off her sunglasses, looked up and down Gongsun, and asked coldly, "Are you Gongsun Ce?"

Gongsun had a terrible stomach-ache, took another sip of milk, nodded slightly, and looked at the woman, "Who are you?"

The woman waved her hand to the waiter who walked to her side and motioned him to go away. She stared at Gongsun for a long time and said, "I am the most important woman to Jintang."

"Cough cough..." Gongsun choked on a mouthful of milk. He coughed for a long time. He looked up at the pompous woman in front of him and said, "Aunt Guigeng? You look so young."

The woman's face turned pale for a moment.





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