Chapter 65: True Lies

Mother Han’s phone call is a series of inquiries of his well being as usual.

Han Chen stands up holding the phone.  He walks into the conference room and leaves a small door gap.

“The weather is getting cold in City Lan, so make sure you dress for it.  Don’t be like your dad and think that you’ve got a great healthy body.  He caught a cold just yesterday.”

Han Chen smiles leaning on the edge of the conference room’s table.  He looks at the sky outside of the window, “Take good care of him.  Since I’m not around, I’ll have to trouble you.”

Mother Han smiles too.  She changes the subject, “I called Xin Jia yesterday.  She seems a bit depressed.  Do you know what’s the matter?”

“I don’t pay attention to her matters, so I don’t know.” Read more

Chapter 64: A Gentleman’s Etiquette

Situ Yi’s coworkers are first to be interrogated.

“Mr. Situ is the most polite person I’ve ever met, and he’s also very hardworking.  All of the employees like him and respect him very much.”

“A murder case?  That’s impossible.  Director Situ is such a nice person.  How could he be involved in the case?”

“Although I don’t know how the police work, I give you my word that there is nothing wrong with Situ.”

……

All of them are saying the same things.  There aren’t any flaws that they can pick out on “Mr. Niceguy” Situ Yi based on their day to day interactions with him. Read more

Chapter 63: As a Monster

4 am.  The questioning session with Situ Yi begins.

Regarding this time of day that Han Chen picked, Jin Xi feels: it’s shameless yet it makes sense.  It fits the style of a top notch detective.  Since they’ve left the man alone for the whole night, this is the time that he would be the most sleepy.

But Situ Yi really surprises everyone.

Inside the well-lit room, Han Chen and Bai Jin Xi sit down in front of him.  He smiles politely.  As tired as he may be, his eyes are still bright and he still looks very gentlemanly as if he hasn’t once let himself relax.

“Hello,” he greets them proactively.

Jin Xi raises her head and her eyes meet with his.

His eyes are deep and dark, carrying a hint of a smile and full of gentleness.  On top of the fact that he has a beautiful face, even Jin Xi can’t stop her heart from beating faster when being stared at by this man.

He is really……a devil. Read more

Chapter 61: Who’s Being a Psycho Part 2

The night is quiet.

Jin Xi and the others are busy organizing the information and the recordings they’ve gathered.  Han Chen walks out of the office by himself.  He stands in the hallway, looks up at the stars in the sky and many dots of lights in the city.

He keeps quiet for a moment before taking out his phone.

In his cellphone, there’s a text message sent by Ji Bai from tonight.

Ji Bai, the friend whom he had asked to help him investigate the murder case that happened in Beijing five years ago.

“I’ve sent you the details via email.

Whatever it is that you want to do, be cautious and protect those who are around you well.

Ji Bai.”

Han Chen opens his mailbox. Read more