Chapter 134: A New Sign

One week later.

It’s winter already.  The sky is gray and the trees are bare.  Everywhere on the streets is filled with people wearing thick clothes and walking hurriedly.

Su Mian is wearing a red down coat along with a pair of long boots.  Her black hair rests on her shoulders. With her standing there like this, it makes her seem even more pretty and captivating.  And behind her stands three even more attractive men: Han Chen, Cold Face, and Chatterbox.

Han Chen and Cold Face have always been the jacket wearers within the police team; even on a super cold day, at most, they’ll wear a thicker cotton jacket.  It’s just that they have nice bodies and know what to wear, so they always look more handsome and fashionable than the other criminal investigators. Chatterbox has been influenced by them and no longer wears his big cotton-padded jacket like Zhou Xiao Zhuan does.  He has started to wear casual style jackets that are filled with manliness. Therefore, with these three standing together, they sure attract a lot of attention. Read more

Chapter 133: I Want to Kill Part 2

He continues smoking until the whole apartment is filled with enough smoke to choke others.  He’s not someone who smokes often nonetheless; he coughs non-stop as he throws the cigarette butts into the trash.  But he falls into a daze again by himself.

A thought inexplicably springs into his mind——they are just a couple tens of meters away in an apartment hugging each other intimately.

This thought stings his heart as always.  He’s not someone who thinks too much or lets his imagination run wild.  But right now, after today, a certain kind of stress and emotions that he has suppressed for a long time seem to be shouting to break free from control.

Probably because he’s too tired, Xu Si Bai doesn’t remember when he falls asleep.  And the dream he has tonight is clearer and more intense than all of the ones he has had before.  He dreams that Bai Jin Xi is leaning in his embrace, looking up at him and smiling. Read more

Chapter 131: If He Were To Die Part 2

“Jin Xi.”

A gentle voice like spring water says accompanied by a pair of eyes that is brighter and clearer than the moon.

That person is standing a few steps below them.  His shirt is wrinkled and his face is covered in ashes as he looks up at her.

At this very instant, all the sound and images in Su Mian’s world have disappeared; she stares at the person standing alive in front of her.  His eyes are calm yet it carries sadness. He is staring at her just like this. His eyelashes lower as if he’s hiding away all of the complicated emotions.

“You’re not dead!  You’re not dead! Forensic Investigator Xu is not dead!” Chatterbox beside them shouts and cries in joy.  He turns around and runs up the stairs, “Leader! Cold Face, Forensic Investigator Xu is fine!” Read more

Chapter 130: If He Were To Die Part 1

The North side is mostly made up of industrial areas.  Offices, warehouses, factories surround sparse areas of woods.  It’s just past 7 am. The area is brightly lit and it’s filled with people.  Seeing police cars and officers by the entrance, the workers are shocked and stand far away while looking at them.

Han Chen’s car drives through the entrance gate and is met by other criminal investigators from the local station, “We’ve found him.  He’s just inside the storage room in the back and is fine right now. We have dispersed the people in the area and sealed it off with police tape.”

Han Chen nods.  He turns around and sees Su Mian getting out of the car.  Her eyes are still a bit red, but she has stopped crying. Her face is expressionless and her eyes are still like a puppet.  She’s not looking at anyone. She runs toward the direction of where Zhou Xiao Zhuan is.

Han Chen chases after her.  He makes it to her side quickly and runs with her without a word. Read more

Chapter 129: Her Decision Part 2

Su Mian is stunned as she sees the both of them again.

Zhou Xiao Zhuan.

He’s in a dark and small room.  He’s still wearing the eye-catching lemon yellow jacket from last night before he disappeared.  An unrelated thought flashes across Su Mian’s mind suddenly——every time this fellow comes across a big case, he always have to do something.  For example, he would wear vibrant colored clothes or go to that small restaurant to eat a bowl of hot dry noodles. “This gives us good luck and spirit”——he always says this.

But right now, he doesn’t look like he’s in a good spirit at all.  There’s a blood stain on the corner of his mouth, his hair is ruffled, and his nose and face are bruised and swollen.  He looks very much in a wreck. He seems to be a bit out of it. His round eyes are staring blankly straight and it’s hard to tell what he’s thinking about.

Su Mian can’t stand seeing him like this and shouts, “Xiao Zhuan!” Read more

Chapter 128: Her Decision Part 1

Why?

Why must they do this?  Why must they force her to choose?

What is their goal?

……

These thoughts flash across Su Mian’s mind.  She lifts her head and stares into the bright sky.  The sound of a siren is still ongoing, Han Chen is driving at top speed on the road in the early morning; many people turn to look.

Su Mian’s face is expressionless as she grabs onto the handle in the car.  Her palm is hurting due to putting too much pressure on it.

Han Chen looks at her with the corner of his eye and sees her in a daze.  It makes his heart ache. He returns his gaze to the road, “The bomb disposal expert is in the car behind us.  Let him save the other one.”

Su Mian doesn’t speak.

Perhaps there’s still hope, but only perhaps. Read more

Chapter 127: Mini Side Stories

Mini Side Story: Heartless Cold Face Part 1

Ever since Han Chen and Su Mian announced their relationship, the once famous City Lan’s law enforcement’s most wanted bachelor has now stepped out of the view of women.

But very quickly, another man has taken Han Chen’s place as female officers, investigators, and prosecutors’ ideal person to marry.

He is Cold Face!

Most women who are in law enforcement jobs are too great in their studies or not too good with their social skills.  There are a bunch of men in the system available if they want to find one. But to find a boyfriend who’s earnest, affectionate, and knows when you’re sick or well, it’s not that easy.

And this man, the new “star of law enforcement”, satisfies the majority of women’s criteria for a boyfriend and a husband! Read more

Chapter 126: Born to Die

After Han Chen finishes, everybody is struck dumb.

It’s a serious matter nonetheless.  He sweeps his eyes across everyone and explains quickly:

“The most basic existence, 1.

The most complicated form of life: 8.  From 0 to 9, only it is similar to the symbol of infinity as well as the shape of DNA.  As for the closing phrases for the first and two phrases, ‘crisscrossing and turning’ and ‘losing morning and gaining night’, are like what Su Mian said.  They seem more like they’re written to portray emotion. It’s probably how the killer feels about these two numbers.

It can blanket every day: 7.  There are 7 days in a week, so it covers all of it;

It can possess every year: 4.  There are 4 seasons in a year.

What is lost will always be regained……” Read more

Chapter 125: R’s World

“How will she choose?”

“I don’t know.”

“No matter who she chooses, the ending will be the same.”

“Ha……”

……

The sky is about to be lit.

Numerous police vehicles are driving toward the Yangtze Park where the clowns are found.

Su Mian and Han Chen are sitting in a command car watching the foggy road ahead.  Her heart is worried just like the fog covering everything. She squeezes Han Chen’s hand lightly.  Han Chen’s elbow is resting on the car window frame as he looks straight. He grabs her hand and puts it on his thigh.

6:35 am.

There’s half an hour left before the explosion.  They’ll be at the scene in two minutes. Read more

Chapter 124: Beloved Comrades Part 2

Nighttime.

The Black Shield Team’s office is fully lit and everyone is sitting around the table.

Qin Wen Long is also here.  Compared to his gloomy face a few days ago, he’s smiling today.

“We’ve at least gotten one of them injured severely.  It’s just too bad that we let him escape,” he says, “but we’ve managed to weaken their power, so there’s hope that we’ll be able to solve the case!”

Chatterbox and the others nod.  Indeed, because their opponents were hiding in shadows previously, they as criminal investigators have been in a disadvantage facing against these serial killers.  Now that they’ve been able to turn the tables and inflict heavy damage on the criminal organization, they’ve made important progress. Read more