S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 51

Magic Murderer 6: Misleading

For the next while, Zhao Yan introduced the general characteristics and development of the curse pattern to everyone in detail.

The young people were all leaders in various fields. Perhaps there was something common flowing in their blood or perhaps it was some kind of unexplainable fate. Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Zhao Yan talked more and more speculatively until even Bao Zheng couldn’t get involved in the conversation. They chatted and made jokes with each other... The rustiness between them was completely eliminated by the conversation.

Finally, Zhao Yan promised to go to S.C.I. the next day to assist the investigation, and the others decided to leave.

When they arrived, there were four people, but when they left, there were only three—because a minor incident had occurred.

When Bai Chi tried to leave, Lisbon bit the corner of his clothes tightly and wouldn’t let him go.

If it was a cat pulling on Bai Chi, then everyone could pull it away.

If it was a dog pulling on Bai Chi, then everyone could drive it away.

But~~~~ It was an adult African lion pulling on him!!! Therefore, Bao Zheng, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao reasonably decided to leave Bai Chi at Zhao Yan's house and let him come to the police station with Zhao Yan tomorrow morning.

The housekeeper showed everyone out. Only Zhao Yan, Bai Chi, and Lisbon remained in the living room.

The atmosphere was extremely awkward...

"Your name is Bai Chi..." Zhao Yan said, "I didn't know until now."

Xiao Bai Chi gave him a glance, "Yeah, you always called me ‘Hey,’ or if not that, then, ‘little thing’."

"Hai hai~~" Zhao Yan coughed twice helplessly and smiled awkwardly. He said in his heart, why is this kid so vengeful~~~

Bai Chi really wanted to pull away and leave, but Lisbon looked at him again, very reluctantly. And he really liked Lisbon and wanted to stay with him for a while...

Just while the two men were staring at each other with big eyes, the housekeeper came in and said, "Master Bai, you can stay in a room with Master tonight."

"What?" The two spoke in unison, turning to look at the housekeeper.

"..." The steward laughed. "Lisbon usually sleeps in Master's room... so..."

Zhao Yan suddenly felt that this might be a good opportunity to ease his relationship with Bai Chi. So he took a step forward and embraced Bai Chi's shoulders. He tried to put on an amiable look, saying, "We haven’t seen each other for a while. There is a lot to talk about... "

Bai Chi grabbed Zhao Yan's sleeve with two fingers, lifted the hand from his shoulder, and threw it away like a cockroach. Then, he brushed the dust off of his shoulder...

At the motion, Zhao Yan's face became livid and he ground his teeth... Dammed child~~~




Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had gotten a good harvest that night. They sat contentedly in Bao Zheng's car and returned to the police station. Originally, the three were chatting enthusiastically, and then Zhan Zhao gradually dropped out of the conversation. Bao Zheng looked back, and Bai Yutang smiled and made a silent gesture to him..... See? Zhan Zhao was leaning on his shoulder, already asleep.

Bai Yutang knew that Zhan Zhao had been very tired these days. He seemed to be very concerned about the case. Perhaps it was because the murderer had killed an innocent child, which had greatly stimulated Zhan Zhao. He was different from Bai Yutang. Zhan Zhao was more of a pure scholar than a police officer... It was difficult for him to face such a bloody killing.

Bai Yutang reached out his hands almost unconsciously to caringly help arrange Zhan Zhao’s hair. Bao Zheng looked through the rear-view mirror and saw the unbelievable love in Bai Yutang's eyes. He was slightly surprised... Those two children...

At the police station, Bai Yutang wanted to bring Zhan Zhao to his car and take him straight home to let him sleep well. At that moment, the phone rang...

When he answered the phone, Wang Chao’s voice came out, "Boss, that woman's condition is not so good!"

"Not so good?" Bai Yutang was puzzled. "What's going on?"

"She cried and said she had to go back, or someone would die." Wang Chao replied with a little urgency.

"Someone would die?" Bai Yutang was surprised.

"Let's go and see." Zhan Zhao said as he rubbed his sore neck. Who knew when he had woken up.

"We’re coming right away." Bai Yutang hung up the phone and stretched out his hands to rub Zhan Zhao's neck. "Do you recently often have neck pain?"

"Huh~~ some." Zhan Zhao moved his shoulders, and Bai Yutang pressed gently, making him sigh softly and comfortably.

Then, they walked side by side towards the elevator.

As soon as they arrived at the door of the detention room, they heard the noise from the woman inside, and Wang Chao came out rubbing his sore temples, "Boss!"

"Has her information been found?" Bai Yutang asked.

"I checked it." Wang Chao took out a document and said, "Her name is Kong Liping, 31 years old. She is a cashier for a foreign trade company in this city. Two years ago, her husband died in a car accident. She has a child who is younger than two. "

Bai Yutang looked at the information. "No wonder she said she was not doing well."

"Why did she say that she had to go back, or someone would die?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Oh~~" Wang Chao sighed and said, "She said that her baby was home alone. If she doesn't go back by tomorrow morning, the baby might starve or freeze to death."

Bai Yutang frowned slightly and asked Zhan Zhao, "Kitty, why don’t you interrogate her now?"

Zhan Zhao thought about it, "Well, that's the only way we can do this."

Wang Chao turned back in and took Kong Liping to the interrogation room. He told her that as long as she cooperated with the investigation, she could go home as soon as possible.

Kong Liping calmed down immediately, sitting quietly in the interrogation room and waiting.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang did not rush in immediately, but instead stood in front of the one-way mirror and observed the person inside.

Kong Liping looked much older than 31 years old, with average looks and rough skin. Her hair was long and a little messy, and she had no makeup. Her clothes were cheap and a bit simplistic...

Zhan Zhao watched her actions intently: the blinking eyes, anxious look... The right hand turning the ring on the ring finger of the left hand from time to time...

He frowned slightly.

When Bai Yutang noticed Zhan Zhao’s expression change, he went up and asked, "Kitty, what's wrong?"

Zhan Zhao groaned for a moment then said, "She is lying."

"Lying?" Bai Yutang asked, "Why do you say that?"

"She is very disturbed..." Zhan Zhao watched Kong Liping's movements and said, "Her eyes keep looking downwards to the left... This means that she is thinking. The current situation may be what she had imagined. She dresses very simply but not sloppily... this means that she is a very organized and self-controlled person. She looks more anxious than worried, so she is not thinking about her child right now... "

Bai Yutang listened to Zhan Zhao's narrative, and stared at Kong Liping intently for a while. "Kitty, you mean... she intentionally got caught by us?"

Zhan Zhao touched his chin and said with a smile, "Maybe... she wants to tell us something, but she can't call the police directly."

"So..." Bai Yutang rubbed his hands together. "What should we do?"

They glanced at each other—Beat her at her own game!!!

Having decided, the two walked into the interrogation room.

When they were sitting face to face, without waiting for Zhan Zhao or Bai Yutang to speak, Kong Liping said eagerly, "Mr. Police Officer, can you make a long story short, I... my child is still at home... he is too young and he’s by himself..."

"So..." Bai Yutang groaned for a moment. "We can ask the social security staff to take care of him first."

"Ah! No need!" Kong Liping was startled and waved her hands repeatedly. "My son is very afraid of strangers... He will cry if he doesn’t see me when he wakes up..."

The two looked at each other.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows—how about it?

Bai Yutang nodded. Kong Liping had been held at the police station for at least four hours! A mother, in this scenario, refused to have her child taken care of by the social security staff... There were only two possible reasons: either she did not love her child, or she knew that her child was safe.

"Let's get started," Bai Yutang nodded. "To make a long story short, was it you who went to the kindergarten classroom last night?"

"Yes..." Kong Liping nodded. "It was me."

"What were you doing at the scene of the murder?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"I... I go to the dead person and burn some money..." Kong Liping said.

"You didn't burn paper money but a talisman." Zhan Zhao said with a smile, "Like you were doing a ritual... or do you think this case was not done by a person?"

Kong Liping shuddered slightly and said nervously, "Yes... Yes, I know it's a ghost..."

"Whose ghost?" Bai Yutang asked, "Xu Jiali's?"

"How did you... did you know?" Kong Liping asked in alarm.

With his hand on his chin, Zhan Zhao asked her seriously, "How did Xu Jiali die?"

"She... she was killed..." Kong Liping said.

"Who was it?"

"I... I don't know."

Bai Yutang took out a document and said, "You and Xu Jiali had lessons together in a dance school when you were young, and Xu Jiali died in the school locker room... Do you know something?"

"..." Kong Liping took a deep breath and seemed to be determined. "Jiali... wasn’t killed by that serial killer."

"Who killed her?"

"I don't know... We, when we went in, she was already dead." Kong Liping shook her head and said, "We just... just forged the scene."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other and asked Kong Liping with surprise, "Did you draw the magic array? Why did you help the real murderer forge the scene?"

"I..." Kong Liping seemed to be rubbing her hair a little chaotically. "We just wanted to have some fun... And, and Jiali didn’t usually pay any attention to us. We wanted to teach her a lesson..."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, meaning the lie was too obvious, right?

Zhan Zhao nodded and motioned to him. Beat her at her own game!
"So, you think Xu Jiali is coming back for revenge this time?"

"En..." Kong Liping said, "Zhang Zhenzhen... she was with us, then."

Zhan Zhao took out a piece of paper and gave it to her, "Write the names of everyone who faked the scene with you at the time."

Kong Liping’s pen trembled a little as she wrote down a bunch of names.

After receiving the paper she handed over, Bai Yutang nodded. "You can go back."

"... What?" Kong Liping seemed to be unbelieving, looking at Bai Yutang in doubt.

"You can go back, or is there something else you want to say?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Oh... no... no more." Kong Liping quickly stood up and walked out. She took a few steps, then came back again and said hesitantly, "Mr. Police Officer... That... Xu Jiali has a sister. Did you know?"

"A sister?" Bai Yutang was surprised.

"Yeah... Jiali and her sister are orphans, and they were adopted by different people... but they had a good relationship."

"What's her sister's name?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Uh... that, I don't know. I haven't met her. I just used to hear her mention her often." After that, Kong Liping left in a panic.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "How was that, Kitty? She seemed as if she was intentionally telling us what happened in Xu Jiali's case back then."

"Also!" Zhan Zhao smiled. "She reminded us that Xu Jiali had a sister."

Bai Yutang quickly dialed the phone, "Wang Chao, follow Kong Liping!"

"Okay." Wang Chao hung up the phone and carefully followed Kong Liping.

Putting the phone away, Bai Yutang turned his head and saw that Zhan Zhao's face was pale... "Kitty, what's wrong with you?"

"Nnn? No... a little stomach ache." Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "Well, what names did Kong Liping write down? It is likely that one of them will be the next victim."

Bai Yutang looked at him anxiously, "Are you really all right? Go to the hospital, okay?"

"It isn't painful~~ You’re making a fuss about nothing." Zhan Zhao reached out and grabbed the paper from Bai Yutang's hand, saying, "Nn~~~ Zhang Zhenzhen, Shen Ling, An Qingyao, Li Xu..."

"What?!" Bai Yutang looked at it, grabbing the paper that Zhan Zhao had in his hands.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao was curious.



"This Li Xu..." Bai Yutang pointed to the name on the paper, "Is very problematic~~"

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