S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 62

T/L note: Oops, I left you on a cliffhanger. Apologies. Now I can say that I've seen the drama 5 times, though.

Also, my weekends atm are Sun/Mon. So if you check on Tuesday, you'll have the highest chance of catching the new chapters.

Magic Murderer 17: Hatred

Bai Chi saw the knife shining with a cold, sharp light string at his neck and could not avoid it~~ The back of his neck was cleverly grasped such that it was difficult to escape~~

His eyes widened in bewilderment, and he suddenly saw a hand wrapped in gauze break into his field of vision—blood burst out~~

The knife plunged directly into the arm, and the owner of the hand struck an elbow at the person holding Bai Chi.

Accompanied by a smothered groan, Bai Chi felt the hand holding his neck loosen, and he turned around violently. He saw a person with a black hood... but before he could see the man's movements clearly, he was pulled aside.

Bai Chi eyes followed the bloody arm impaled with the knife upwards and saw that it was Zhao Zhen with an angry expression.

Bai Chi’s attacker took two steps back and turned and ran downstairs.

"Ah~~" Bai Chi woke up and was about to chase him, but Zhao Zhen grabbed his arm, "Why chase him?! Do you have a gun?!"

"Uh..." Bai Chi remembered that, as he was a clerical worker, he didn't wear a gun~~

"Forget it. Just be glad you’re alive." Zhao Zhen let go of Bai Chi, and reached out to pull the knife from his arm, examining it closely.

"You're bleeding~" Bai Chi was a little bit befuddled. What should he do? He was bleeding a lot~~~ Would he lose too much blood and die?!

As Bai Chi thought wildly, Zhao Zhen touched his hair with a smile, "Are you all right?"

He shook his head, "Ah!" Bai Chi remembered suddenly, "Quick! Call the doctor!" Then, he ran out, continuing to shout.

Soon, Zhao Zhen was informed by the doctor that his arms had been broken—he was going to have to have a cast!

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang rushed to the hospital, they saw Bai Chi in a panic at the door.

"What happened?" Zhan Zhao saw that Bai Chi was quite pale and touched his head worriedly.

Bai Chi explained what had occurred just earlier, and the other two both frowned after hearing it.

"Did you see who attacked you?" Bai Yutang asked.

"No." Bai Chi shook his head. "He was wearing a balaclava. But listening to his voice, he should be a man."

"Strange~~" Zhan Zhao walked a few steps and said to himself, "Why try to kill Bai Chi? Has nothing to do with this case..."

"The knife is here." Bai Chi said, pulling out a knife in an evidence bag. "He had gloves~~ there shouldn’t be any fingerprints."

Bai Yutang nodded and took the bag.

"By the way, Brother, why did you come? Did you have something to ask Zhao Zhen?" Bai Chi asked, a little puzzled.

"Oh... no." Zhan Zhao shook his head. "We have something else to do."

"You stay with Zhao Zhen for the time being," Bai Yutang said. "He also saved your life. Don't lose your temper like a child and take good care of him."

Bai Chi lowered his head, looked at his toes, pouted, hesitated for a long time, and said, "En~~"

After the exchange, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang left. Not long after, Zhang Long rushed over.

"Xiao Bai Chi, I heard that someone attacked you?"

"Brother Zhang, why are you here?" Bai Chi looked at him in surprise.

"Oh, the captain asked me to protect you 24 hours a day." Zhang Long patted Bai Chi's shoulder. "Relax, I'm responsible for your safety!!!"

"No, were you already in the hospital. How could you be so fast~~" Bai Chi was confused.

"Yes." Zhang Long nodded. "I was here to replace Wang Chao. Li Xu is in this hospital. We are responsible for protecting her. Zhao Hu is also there, but he’s looking after Qi Le and Chen Yu. Chen Yu’s already awake. And Ma Han is here, but he’s wounded."

"Ma Han is injured?" Bai Chi was taken aback, "Are you sure?!"

"It's fine, it’s fine!" Zhao Long waved his hand and leaned forward, whispering, "A beauty is with him. This despicable fellow has such luck with women!!!"

………………

Outside the hospital, in an inconspicuous jeep (1), Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were staring at the enterance.

"Kitty, will she really act?" Bai Yutang asked, holding the steering wheel.

"I should think so~~" Zhan Zhao winked a little playfully, "This is her last step, and then it will be over."

"Ah~~" Bai Yutang lay down on the steering wheel, "Hurry up, it will be Christmas Eve the day after tomorrow~~"

"You’re talking nonsense again!" Zhan Zhao glared at him, "I knew you were thinking about rubbish!"

"That's right." Bai Yutang took out a disk and said, "Let's take a look at this sometime together."

"What is it?" Zhan Zhao took the disk and looked at it curiously. It had no label on it~~

"Big and small Ding lent it to me and said that it was from when they were secretly photographing Big Brother and… Gongsun” The last word had barely passed his lips~~

With a snap, the disc was folded in half by the Zhan Zhao’s uncontrollable anger.

"Ah~~" Bai Yutang was shocked, "Kitty, this is the last edition. There’s just one, and it hasn't been copied yet~~"

Zhan Zhao pointed at Bai Yutang’s nose with a broken half of the disc, “White Mouse, I’m telling you, you are not allowed to fool around with twins anymore. You’ll wallow in the mire with them (2)!”

Bai Yutang regretfully turned the disk around in his trembling hands, "I don't know if it’ll still be useable if I stick it together~~"

"You aren't listening to me at all!" Zhan Zhao stretched out his paws and grabbed Bai Yutang's collar. "You Crazy Mouse, you are not allowed to think about those things..."

The two troublemakers suddenly stopped at the same time, staring at the figure quickly coming out of the entrance—She had come! Seeing her get in a taxi, Bai Yutang quickly started the car and followed.

"Kitty, where do you think she’s going?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao as he followed the taxi without any hassle.

"To look for her last enemy~~" Zhan Zhao sighed and shook his head. "The last step of the plan."

"This is the next thread. With this, the unsolved case of from year will also be settled." Bai Yutang smiled. "After a bit, we will know the entire truth!"

The taxi stopped in front of the Shen Group’s parking lot. The person got out of the car, looked around, and entered the parking lot.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao also stopped their car across the road. After making a phone call, the two followed her and entered the parking lot.

It was early in the morning, so the parking lot was empty. Only a white BMW was parked in the center, and a person was leaning in front of the door, smoking—Shen Qian.

Seeing the person approaching, Shen Qian smiled and flicked away the cigarette in his hand. He looked up, "You are here, Li Xu~~"

"En." Although the light was not very bright, the person was still clearly recognizable. It was Li Xu who had entered the parking lot.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were behind a corner of the wall, watching the two people in the middle of the parking lot from the distance. There was a chill in their hearts. Not for any reason other than the sadness of human nature~~

At that moment, the two people looked different. Shen Qian had lost the madness and fury that he had radiated earlier that day. One of his hands was wrapped in thick gauze, but his face was still bright. He did not look like a person whose beloved sister had just died.

Li Xu was still in that simple denim outfit. Though her face still didn’t look very well, it didn't have the kind of confusion it had in the hospital~~

"Now we are the only two people who knew what occurred!" Shen Qian smiled, "And Kong Cheng has also been arrested. There should be no problem. Why do you say that the murderer will kill someone else?

"That’s right~~" Li Xu said with a blank expression: "Zhenzhen and Shen Ling were killed by Kong Cheng, but Qingyao and Tong Ming were not."

"What?" Shen Qian was startled, "Qingyao and Tong Ming are also dead?"

In the distance, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, and said, "No wonder people told us they couldn't find An Qingyao or Tong Ming at all. They are dead~~"

Li Xu nodded, "Next, it will be you~~"

"Oh~~" Shen Qian sneered, "Why are you definitely sure it’s me? You also participated in the things of that year~~ Maybe the next one is you."

"No." Li Xu shook her head. "Because Li Xu is dead. Now the only one left is you~~ "

.................. "What?" Shen Qian straightened up and looked at Li Xu puzzledly. "Are you having a nervous breakdown? What do you mean Li Xu is already..." Suddenly realizing, Shen Qian looked at Li Xu in horror, "You... are you not Li Xu?"

"Hehe~~~" Li Xu's smile was full of sarcasm, "I'm not Li Xu~~I'm Xu Jiaqing."

"Xu...Xu Jiaqing~~" Shen Qian was so stunned that he couldn’t react.

"Xu Jiali was my sister~~~" said, Xu Jiaqing stretched out her hand to wipe her face with the back of her hand. The makeup was wiped off, and her original face was much cleaner and younger...

Bai Yutang gave Zhan Zhao a meaningful look—women are really terrible animals!

"Hehe~~" Shen Qian quickly recovered to a calm state. "You want to kill me? Stop dreaming!" As he spoke, he drew his gun and aimed it at Xu Jiaqing, "The dead person will be you!"

"It's okay~" Xu Jiaqing wasn't in a hurry, "It doesn't matter whether you die or not. In the end, you can't escape."

"What do you mean?" Shen Qian puzzled.

"At that time, a group of you took drugs in the locker room of the dance school and were discovered by my sister. If she went to tell the police, you would most likely be expelled. So, since you wanted more drugs, you killed her together and faked it as one of the most sensational magic murders... By the way, you were not a student, but the drugs were provided by you. Your sin is greater!"

"How did you know?" Shen Qian frowned, staring at Xu Jiaqing.

Xu Jiaqing took out her gloves and put them on. She said slowly, "Tong Ming has always felt guilty. He used to go to my sister's grave. It was such a coincidence that I was behind the tombstone. He didn't see me. He also told the truth. He confessed for all of you and begged her for forgiveness..."

"That waste!" Shen Qian said angrily.

"Yes, he was waste!" Xu Jiaqing nodded, "So he should die; An Qingyao and Li Xu are stupid and should die; Kong Liping is insatiably greedy, Zhenzhen is really a coward, and they should all die~~ You are scum, so you should also die." She said, taking a watermelon knife from her jeans.

"You, don't mess around. Do you think the knife can be faster than my gun?!" Shen Qian raised his gun and shouted.

"If you shoot, the police will be drawn over~~ I am now an important witness, and the police will be following me at any time~~" Li Xu looked at the sharp blade of the knife and said to herself, "I have written everything down from that year and placed it under the pillows in my hospital ward. If they found out that I was gone, they would definitely find the letter—the Shen Group president murdered someone~~ He sold drugs, started his business with them, and killed a child to cover up his crimes. Even his own sister died for it. It’s wonderful, and the end of the catastrophe may be more suitable for you than death!"

At this moment, there was a cacophony of siren sounds from outside, and Xu Jiaqing laughed, stunned. "They’re really fast!"

"Crazy~ You’re crazy!" Shen Qian quickly opened the door, got into his car, and started it.

"Not good!" Zhan Zhao said anxiously.

Seeing that Shen Qian had started the car to speed towards the exit, Xu Jiaqing stepped forward to block it. Shen Qian shouted, "Give me a break!" As he spoke, he rushed straight towards Xu Jiaqing.

Xu Jiaqing opened her arms with a smile on her face, and said to himself: "For hatred, we must use hatred to solve it~~"

Zhan Zhao was a little shocked to hear this... then heard a gunshot in his ear...

The bullets shot by Bai Yutang hit the front tires of Shen Qian’s car. The car lost its control at high speed and flew to the side. After turning over several times in the air, it fell to the ground.

A large number of policemen rushed in from outside the parking lot. Xu Jiaqing laughed at the sky and was handcuffed obediently. Shen Qian was dragged out of the car, seriously injured.

Bai Yutang commanded all the people present to deal with the aftermath, then turned around and saw Zhan Zhao standing blankly.

"Kitty..." Bai Yutang reached out and patted his shoulder. "Don't think about it."

Zhan Zhao raised his head and smiled at Bai Yutang, "Why... are you thinking it too?"

Silently, Bai Yutang nodded: "'For hated, we must use hatred to solve it' ~ It’s very much like that person's style~~ On sentence can make people perform magic—maybe this is the so-called game."

"Did you know that in the Middle Ages, there was an activity in Britain called 'cage hunting'?" Zhan Zhao turned his attention to the busy policemen in the distance and slowly said, "People put animals inside a cage: rabbits, wolves, monkeys, bears, and death row prisoners... They let them fight each other and see what survived in the end to determine the ranks of creatures—the conclusion was that no matter what the opponent was, humans will always stand at the top~~ Because they are more cruel than any animal."

Bai Yutang listened to Zhan Zhao's words quietly, then reached out and pulled him over. He leaned him against his chest, stroked his hair, and whispered, "Kitty, don't be so clear-headed, so easily emotional... Don't be so sad. I like it when you laugh."

Zhan Zhao said nothing, and simply rested his head on the man's shoulder, letting him softly comfort him, as if his voice could break through all darkness and bring light.





Translation notes

(1) I would like to remind you all that they tailed her in Bai Yutang’s flashy sports car in the drama. An inconspicuous jeep is a much smarter choice haha. I'm glad they are actually smarter than that.

(2) Idiom meaning he’ll follow the twin’s bad example.

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S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 61

Magic Murderer 16: Turn for the Better

Bai Yutang dropped the photo and asked Jiang Ping, "How long has it been since Ma Han left?"

"Yes... ten minutes..." Jiang Ping saw Bai Yutang's terrible expression and replied quickly.

"Kitty, pick a side. Shen Qian or Chen Jiayi?" Bai Yutang turned and asked Zhan Zhao.

After looking down for a few seconds, Zhan Zhao said, "Chen Jiayi!"

"I think so too!" Bai Yutang nodded and took out his phone.

Soon, the phone connected, and Ma Han's voice came through, "Boss!"

"Do you know where Chen Jiayi's house is?" Bai Yutang asked him directly.

"Yes. 13th floor, K Street D Apartment. She told me just now." Ma Han replied succinctly, "Boss, did you see the picture?"

"I saw it!" While replying, Bai Yutang ran out of the police station with Zhan Zhao. He said to the Mahan over the phone, "Kong Cheng killed Zhang Zhenzhen and Shen Ling. He has a gun!"

"I know." Ma Han stopped the car, "Boss, I am outside of Chen Jiayi's house."

"We will come soon!"

"Okay." Hanging up the phone, Mahan quickly got out of the car, pulled out his gun with one hand, and rushed into the elevator. After exiting the elevator on the 12th floor, he carefully, but quickly ran up to the 13th floor—the door of Chen Jiayi's house was unlatched.

Stepping lightly, he quickly flashed to the door, listening to the movement inside... Silence~~

He pushed the door open, lifted his gun and walked into the living room. The light in the living room was on and clothes lay messily on the floor. They were the evening dress and shoes Chen Jiayi had worn earlier that day~~ Ma Han quickly looked through each room—empty...

The milk in the cup on the coffee table was still steaming... Mahan pushed open the huge floor-to-ceiling glass door and walked to the balcony. He looked down and waited for a while. No one left the building~~ Therefore, they might still be inside.

He walked back into the room. Ma Han wanted to go out and look them, but he heard light footsteps coming from the door... and there seemed to be two people.

His gun quickly flashed to the unlatched door as it was gently pushed open. Ma Han flew out and raised his gun. The other party also raised their gun at the same time. Both sides were stunned when they stood face-to-face.

"Boss!" Mahan yelled and put away his gun.

Standing at the door were Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao who had just sped over by car.

"What about the people?" Zhan Zhao asked anxiously.

"Not here."

After a quick examination of the room, Zhan Zhao was about to speak when he heard the screams of a women from outside the balcony~~

Zhan Zhao pointed above, "On the roof!"

Bai Yutang winked at Ma Han. Ma Han would run to the balcony, and Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao would hurry to the top of the building.

On the roof, Chen Jiayi stood trembling in the cold wind and looked at the man with the gun in front of her in horror. She was only wearing a thin pajamas, and behind her was the edge of the roof—she was desperate.

"Kong Cheng!" Bai Yutang rushed upstairs and saw Kong Cheng dash over to Chen Jiayi. He grabbed her with one hand and pointed a gun at her temple with the other. "Don't come closer!"

"Calm down!" Zhan Zhao watched as the two approached the edge of the roof. Kong Cheng seemed to be a bit out of control, so he quickly stopped them, "Don't go back any further!"

Stopping, Kong Cheng’s eyes were bloodshot, staring fiercely at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "You all go away! Don't come closer!"

"How could you want to hurt your favorite person?!" Zhan Zhao pointed to Chen Jiayi, "You did so much for her."

"Yeah~~ I did so much for her..." Kong Cheng said to himself, turning to look at Chen Jiayi, "But you said you didn't know me!"

"I don't know you!" Chen Jiayi stared at Kong Cheng in shock, "We met in the parking lot in the afternoon. I scolded you for being a moron and a coward, but you don't have to take it so seriously!!!"

Ma Han was downstairs on the balcony. He leaned half of his body out and looked up. He could see Chen Jiayi and Kong Cheng standing just above the balcony next door.

He stepped back a few steps, dashed forward and jumped. He leapt to the next balcony over, rolled his landing and stood up. Once more, he leaned out over the balcony and observed the situation above.

"Jiali~~ Jiali, it’s lucky that I saw you earlier. Are you deliberately pretending not to know me?" Kong Cheng said madly, "Relax, those who harm you, I will kill~~"

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Chen Jiayi was both angry and anxious. "What Jiali?! I am Jiayi, Chen Jiayi! You have got the wrong person!!!"

"Xu Jiali!" Zhan Zhao shouted quickly, giving Chen Jiayi a hard look. He thought that this woman must really not be afraid of death~~

Chen Jiayi looked at Zhan Zhao and realized that he wanted her to pretend to be Xu Jiali, so she frowned and looked at Kong Cheng, "Okay, okay, I am Xu Jiali."

"Jiali, is it really you?" Kong Cheng giggled with delight. "You are so grown up! I have been wearing the pocket watch you gave me, see?"

Chen Jiayi looked at him in surprise as his expression went from cruel to excited and happy. She suddenly felt that this man was a little pitiful... His real "Jiali" would hurt to see him like that.

"Shall we go down?" Chen Jiayi said softly, "I have a lot to say to you."

"Okay! Yeah!" Kong Cheng nodded again and again, "Let's go down! Go down~~ It's cold here." He said as he walked forward and turned back around, reaching out to pull Chen Jiayi with him. Seeing him reach for her hand, Chen Jiayi suddenly thought about how those hands had killed someone... Instinctively, she stepped back and avoided him...

"Be careful!" Zhan Zhao shouted, but it was too late.

Bai Yutang swooped over, but he was not able to catch Chen Jiayi.

"Jiali~~" Kong Cheng shouted from beside him and also reached out, too late.

Chen Jiayi saw the people in front of her quickly getting further away, and the sound of the wind in her ears was clear. Her body felt the grip of gravity. It was like having an invisible hand dragging her down. Her mind... blank.

At that moment, the speed of her fall suddenly stopped, and then there was the crisp sound of a "crack" accompanied by the hissing sound of cloth tearing.

After a brief moment, she looked up. Ma Han was grasping the railing of the balcony tightly with one hand, most of his body hanging outside of it. With the other hand, he firmly grasped Chen Jiayi's pajama strap... The thin clothes had started to rip.

"Grab me!" Ma Han gritted his teeth. The crisp noise had been from his shoulder dislocating, and now his whole arm was in pain. "Quickly!"

"Oh!" Chen Jiayi reacted quickly, grabbed Ma Han's arm. Ma Han frowned with the pain, and sweat beaded on his forehead, "Hold on!"

"En!" Jiayi nodded vigorously and grasped tightly.

Ma Han grabbed the railing with a violent force, and he tumbled entirely backwards with Chen Jiayi, and fell into the balcony.

Upstairs, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao saw that Chen Jiayi was safe, and then they remembered how to breathe and took a long breath of air.

Turning around, Bai Yutang grabbed Kong Cheng, who was still shocked. He took the gun and handed it to Zhan Zhao before pulling out handcuffs and handcuffing Kong Cheng.

Ma Han gasped for a long time before his breathing slowe. His shoulder was no longer painful, but he was chilly. He looked at Chen Jiayi, who was still lying atop his body, "Are you all right?"

Chen Jiayi slowly raised her head and started crying with a “waah”~~ She cried for a while, pulling the front of Ma Han's clothes to wipe her tears~~ And blow her nose.

Ma Han's pale face instantly turned white again.

Stopping her crying, Chen Jiayi looked down at herself... Just earlier, the pajamas had gotten ripped and her underwear was visible. She looked up and stared at Ma Han fiercely, "You’ve seen everything! Take responsibility."

Ma Han had come to rescue her and had paid no attention to that kind of thing. When she suddenly mentioned it, he glanced at her up and down.

"How is it?" Chen Jiayi was very proud, "Is the figure good?!"

Ma Han smiled and remained silent for a moment, "... It’s so-so."

"What are you talking about?" Chen Jiayi reached out and grabbed his collar and shook it. "How so? This lady is a known for her devilish figure. What else could you want! I just did an underwear advertisement two days ago..."

Shaking his head and sighing, Ma Han felt that his head was more painful than his shoulder—he secretly admonished himself. He must stay as far away from this woman as possible!!

……………………

Once again, Kong Cheng was sent to the police car and escorted to the station.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao drove and sent Ma Han to the hospital. Chen Jiayi also went with him.

"You really have nothing to do with Xu Jiali?" Ma Han asked Chen Jiayi next to him.

"No!" Said Chen Jiayi, "I haven't ever heard of her! The man who broke in said the same just now. Is that Jiali just lik me?"

Ma Han looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang in the front seat with puzzlement. Bai Yutang looked at the rearview mirror and asked Chen Jiayi, "You don't have a sister?"

"I am an only daughter!" Chen Jiayi pouted, "If you don’t believe me, go and check."

"Yutang, it has nothing to do with her. She is just a bit like Xu Jiali." Zhan Zhao said suddenly, "And she should be more than 23 years old."

Ma Han looked at Chen Jiayi in surprise, "Are you more than 23 years old?!"

Chen Jiayi blushed, "Why?! I'm 25. How is it? I’m young, right?"

Zhan Zhao smiled and looked at Bai Yutang, "It is true that women are like this. Their age doesn’t show."

Bai Yutang was a little befuddled, then immediately realized and opened his mouth, "Kitty, don't tell me..."

"Yes!" Zhan Zhao smiled meaningfully, "That is what I mean... Thanks to him, I understand."



After the riot in the entertainment city ended, Zhao Zhen went to the hospital for a simple bandage. Bai Chi was waiting outside the ward, a little awkward in his heart~~ obviously, he was the police. Obviously, he wanted to protect the safety of others, but he was protected instead~~ and by the hateful person, no less!!

Pacing in depressed circles on the other side of the door, he told himself that as soon as the doctor said that the man was fine, he would leave immediately.

On the 132nd round around the door, it finally opened. A fierce nurse came out with bloody gauze and a medicine bottle in the tray in her hand.

Since childhood, Bai Chi had been the most afraid of this kind of fierce-looking nurse~~~ But she still had to ask her daringly, "Well, how is he?"

The nurse looked up and down at Bai Chi, "Who are you? The patient's family?"

"No... no." Bai Chi shook his head.

"Then don't ask." The nurse glanced at him and swung her hips away.

Xiao Bai Chi stared fiercely at her back, saying, "If you are not a family member, you can't ask. It's not a serious illness~~ Isn't it just a scratch~~ If I really killed him~~ for... for the sake people I was eliminating harm! "

After two more laps at the door, he decided to go in and ask him a few things—as long as he was fine, he would leave~~ This is what a good policeman must do!

Clenching his fist, he pushed the door open and ducked his head in.

Zhao Zhen was leaning on the sofa, reading a newspaper, and eating oranges. He saw that the little guy who had turned in numerous circles at the door finally came in, and he put down the newspaper with a smile.

Bai Chi rushed in with his head down and took a deep breath, "Are you okay? It's because I didn't do my job well that you got hurt. I'll reflect on it, but it's you who was wrong. Who told you to pull me aside? Although you saved me and I was not injured, you were injured~~ this does not mean that I forgive you. I still hate you! These are two different things!"

Zhao Zhen looked at Bai Chi—blushing, speaking incoherently, and not daring to lift his head—and couldn't help laughing.

Bai Chi finished his breath and said, "So, that's it. I... will leave now!" After that, he turned to rush out of the door.

Zhao Zhen took a step quickly and grabbed him, "Wait~~"

"Why...?" Bai Chi turned around and wanted to shake his hand away, but he noticed that Zhao Zhen still had gauze wrapped around his arm, so he didn't struggle and stared the man.

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, reached up and lifted Bai Chi's chin, then kissed him gently on his forehead, "Thank you for saving me~~"

Bai Chi froze and felt as though the tone of the kiss and words that were as light as wings~~ was so familiar.

He suddenly reacted. It was Zhao Zhen that had kissed him. Xiao Bai Chi's face immediately turned into a red apple, and steam began to flow from his head. He pushed Zhao Zhen away. His eyes were red, and he turned around to wipe them and ran out.

"This person is really annoying! How could he do that casually?!" Bai Chi walked out indignantly and quickly walked through the long corridor of the hospital, scolding him~~ Bastard!

He turned out of the corridor.

He entered the stairwell.

Suddenly~~ he was caught from behind.

Startled~~ Bai Chi didn't have time to scream. He felt a hand holding his neck, and a cold light flashed in front of his eyes. It was a sharp knife, facing his throat, straight down~~

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S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 60

Magic Murderer 15: Sudden Change

As a large number of police entered the scene of at Entertainment City, its previously chaotic state became orderly.

Gongsun was sitting in the black Mercedes-Benz with Bai Jintang. Its closed windows blocked the noise from outside, and on the other side of the panes people bustled about silently... Gongsun suddenly felt as though the whole world seemed to be quiet.

Bai Jintang lay quietly on the car seat that was reclined beside him. Except for his white complexion, he could not see anything else that appeared off. It was just as though he was asleep.

Gongsun looked carefully over the other man’s face in detail. He had never imagined that a powerful person like Bai Jintang would faint~~ or that the person who had always appeared tough in front of him had a secret side that was weak and frail... Even the second before he had fainted, he was still joking with Gongsun... Someone like him, even if he died the next moment, would still be laughing all the way until the end~~

Reaching over, Gongsun pinched Bai Jintang's nose in a mischievous manner, and then poked his cheek, watching the man who had always bullied him being bullied by himself. His heart steadied a bit. His worry and fear from earlier also slowly disappeared~~

He had heard that when a person was in a deep sleep state, a corresponding image would appear in their mind if you talked to them.

Gongsun leaned over and whispered in his ear, "You ate a fly~~~"

Bai Jintang's eyebrows frowned slightly, and his throat shook slightly...

~~ It was so fun! ~~

"There is a dog chasing you." Gongsun tried harder.

His brows pulled tighter and his eyelids twitched slightly.

............ Smiling to himself, Gongsun thought for a moment, then stepped forward and said softly, "Gongsun said, if you don't wake up, he won't want you."

All of a sudden, Bai Jintang stopped responding~~ Gongsun stared at him, a little puzzled, and then he saw Bai Jintang’s closed lips slowly open. The unconscious person suddenly said, "Even if I die, I’d better wake up."

...! ...

Seeing Bai Jintang's open, smiling eyes, Gongsun almost screamed, "You, when did you wake up?"

"Just a moment ago." Bai Jintang smiled and tried to reach out but found that his left hand was grasping Gongsun's hand tightly.

"We can’t be separated, what ever do we do?" Bai Jintang asked roguishly as he clasped Gongsun’s hands together

"..." Gongsun at first said nothing, looked at his white fingers, and then said softly, "It hurts~~"

Bai Jintang quickly let go.

The atmosphere was very harmonious, and even the temperature of the surrounding air seemed to be slowly rising. Bai Jintang felt like it was a rare opportunity.

The twins stuck their heads in, "Boss! Are you awake?"

Stare~~ These two blind third wheels!! Bai Jintang reached over and tried to throw them out.

The twins saw the murderous intent on Bai Jintang's face and quickly waved their hands, "Brother, you will be happy after listening to this!"

"Gongsun was worried about you earlier, and he was crying anxiously!" Da Ding embellished the facts tenfold.

"I didn't..." Gongsun blushed and explained that although he was very anxious at the time, he didn't cry~~

"He didn't even care about his work and came to take care of you!" Xiao Ding also exaggerated tenfold.

"You..." Gongsun Ji.

"Also!!!" The twins inflated the truth a hundredfold in unison, "He called you 'Jin~ Tang~', and said that as long as you were fine, he would do anything!!!" And then, they shut the door with a bang.

"..." Gongsun ground his teeth with anger. Those dammed twins were making things up at random~~ Although part of it was true, how could it be so exaggerated... He looked at Bai Jintang again, who was looking at him with amazement and happiness.

"They... their nonsense~ Nothing happened." Gongsun quickly explained but was pulled by Bai Jintang.

"Say it again." Putting Gongsun in his arms, Bai Jintang kissed his ear softly, "Call me by name."

............ Gongsun hesitated a little, then saw the expectation in Bai Jintang's eyes. He leaned into his ear and called it softly.

In exchange, Bai Jintang gave him a soft and unusually long kiss.

"I... I should go do the autopsy~~" Gongsun struggled out and quickly opened the door to escape~~ Bai Jintang stayed alone in the car, watching the figure of Gongsun in the distance with devotion.

After calming down, Gongsun walked over to Shen Ling's body. He put on gloves and performed the autopsy in person instead of Dr. Yang who had been called to help. As soon as he saw the wound, he was surprised for a moment~~ Gongsun looked back at Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao who were standing behind him. They blinked at him, seemingly asking him for his consultation. Gongsun thought for a while, then nodded.

The result of the autopsy was that Shen Ling had been strangled rather than stabbed to death. There was a transparent glass rope around her neck. The other end of the rope was fixed on the rooftop fence. The length was so accurately calculated that it ended just in the center of the magic array. Wang Chao and the others took people to the top floor and found a large pool of blood on the ground~~ Shen Ling had been there and was stabbed in the neck by someone. Then that someone tied the rope and threw it into the air. The knife impaled in her neck and the fixed rope were all props for magic shows.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went and found Shen Ling's friend to ask about the situation.

They said that Shen Ling drank wine with friends for a while after talking with Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang. Shen Qian went to prepare for the opening ceremony and left very early. Later, everyone noticed the time and were going to the square to watch the performance. However, Shen Ling suddenly said that she still had some things to do, so she left alone through a special passage.

"Special passage?" Zhan Zhao asked, a little puzzled, "What special passage?"

"It's a passage that only insiders of the Shen Group can use." A friend of Shen Ling replied.

Zhan Zhao called one of them over alone, the one who was said to be Shen Ling’s best friend and asked her a few questions.

Back with Bai Yutang, he and Zhan Zhao whispered a few words. The two looked at each other and turned to leave.

In the parking lot, a person opened a car door in a panic, stuffed a big bag into the back seat, and closed the door. He took a breath, and was about to return but was shocked to find out that two people had come up behind while he wasn’t aware—Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

"What's wrong, Attorney Kong? You appear to be sweating quite a bit." Bai Yutang asked with a smile.

Standing beside the car, face pale, was Kong Cheng, the head lawyer of the Shen Group.

"Uh... what a coincidence, officers~~ what's the matter?" Despite his self-control, Kong Cheng was still a bit nervous and unintelligible when he spoke.

"It's not a coincidence, we came for you specifically." Zhan Zhao also laughed. "The car behind you doesn't seem to be yours. If I remember this white BMW, it should be your boss’."

"Oh~~ Right, right." Kong Cheng nodded. "The boss just gave me a bag and had me put it in the car.

Bai Yutang frowned and shook his head, "I think it should be bloody clothes, clear rope, and a few knives, isn't it?"

"I... I don't know, I haven't opened it." Kong Cheng quickly shook his head.

"You have not only seen the contents, but you put them in it." Bai Yutang sighed. "You killed Shen Ling, and you want to blame Shen Qian. You really don’t expect the thief to be living in your house~~"

"You... what are you talking about? What evidence do you have?" Kong Cheng raised his voice, "I, I want to sue you for framing me!"

"Don't worry about that yet." Zhan Zhao motioned him to calm down. "Oh, what time is it?"

Kong Cheng was surprised. His hand instinctively reached into his suit's pocket but stopped suddenly.

"Do it. Why aren't you taking out your pocket watch?" Bai Yutang asked with a smile. "Or, is there something wrong with the watch?"

"..." Kong Cheng was silent, his eyes fixed on Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, "How could you know ..."

"We were always quite baffled. In this situation, Shen Ling could be in danger at any time, so why did she leave the crowd and go through the special passage alone? And even more strangely, why did the murderer know that she was going through it and attack her there?" Bai Yutang seems to be asking himself, "The answer is because she wanted to avoid a certain person. That person is you!"

"I heard from Shen Ling's friend that you have recently been following her very closely." Zhan Zhao went on to say, "Shen Ling also told her that you also devised and orchestrated a kidnapping case this morning, so she hates you very much now. The farther away from you she was, the better."

"Just earlier, you said you would go to the bathroom and come back immediately, asking everyone to wait for you before going to the meeting place. After hearing that, Shen Ling left alone and chose the special passage... This was all within your plan. According to Shen Ling’s friend, you were gone for a long time, and you only came back after about 20 minutes.” Bai Yutang calculated for him. “You killed someone in a special passage, and then transported the person to the top floor with an elevator, tied the rope you had prepared to them, threw them down and came back again. It’s exactly twenty minutes. "

"The staff said that you signed a confidentiality agreement on behalf of the Shen Group and Zhao Zhen and did not disclose the details of the magic trick. Therefore, you ordered the top floor area to be closed from the day the performance was planned~~ The key was Shen Qian... Of course, if I was Shen Qian, I’m sure I wouldn’t be distracted by those little things! You could even get his car keys, and the string of keys to the top floor would be even less of an issue~~ So, no one discovered your preparations." Zhao explained slowly, "The magic array was drawn before you hung the signboard! Because the key to this magic is—that the signboard itself had already been hanging on the outer wall of the Entertainment City, just that the outside had been wrapped with a special cover layer. The visual effect was exactly the same as the wall~~ and the signboard had been placed on the top floor until it was installed, so you could take advantage of the dark cover of night, go up alone, and uncover the outer layer. Then, you could draw the magic array and recover it~~ Absolutely no one would know. "

Kong Cheng listened silently then laughed a few times, "This can only show that I had the conditions to potentially commit the crime. How can you be sure that it was me? There’s also the chance that it was Shen Qian and Zhao Zhen!"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao smiled after listening to him.

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "It's a pity that you messed up. Even the most careful can make a mistake!"

"What was wrong?" Kong Cheng was puzzled.

"At the first sight of the corpse, we were very surprised. The habit of a real magic murderer is to cut the throat of the deceased with a knife. That has been the case in so many incidents, and it has never changed! But would he pierce the throat with a knife if they were deceased? And after the deceased was strangled, no less." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "It's just superfluous."

"That's because..." Kong Cheng swallowed back saliva, his face full of annoyance.

Bai Yutang nodded, "Indeed, this can't be blamed on you. There is no way~~ that it’s an accident, am I right?"

Kong Cheng lowered his head and reached into his pocket.

Zhan Zhao continued, "Shen Ling was strangled, why did she have to be stabbed as well? That is, the place where the knife was stabbed was a place that the murderer wanted to destroy~~ What was wrong with that skin? We thought there must be something special about the tool used by the murderer to kill her, but the mark left there was very thin. That is to say, the weapon we are looking for is a very thin and special rope… Or chain~~!"

"We asked your friends, and you have been carrying an old copper pocket watch with you. The chain is very long, and there is a round copper coin on the chain with your name on it." Bai Yutang said, "Probably when you were strangling Shen Ling, evidence was left on her neck that could prove it was you—a mark with your name! So, you wanted to destroy that evidence."

"Hehe~~" Kong Cheng smiled a bit hoarsely and took the pocket watch out from his pocket. There was a one-dollar copper coin on the long chain. "I didn't expect that when strangling her, this copper coin would happen to be right in the middle of her neck, and my name was so clearly printed on it."

"You cut off that round piece of skin, but that would definitely attract the attention of others, so you suddenly had an epiphany and plunged the knife in to cover up the wound, didn't you?" Zhan Zhao stared at Kong Cheng, "Judging from the drawing of the magic array, Zhang Zhenzhen was also killed by you, right? Why did you kill them?! "

Kong Cheng stared at his pocket watch, nodded slowly, and gritted his teeth, "Yes~~ because they deserved it!" Then, he said nothing.

Next, Kong Cheng was escorted to a police car and sent to the police station.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were slightly relieved, and everyone was astonished when they understood the whole process. It was still an unusual crime that could have been called a once in a century perfect crime, and it was so cleanly broken in an instant. And it was solved together with Zhang Zhenzhen's case~~ They could not help but admire Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao~~

It was just that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's expressions were grim~~ Kong Cheng and Wei Yong's attitudes and qualities were almost the same— "They deserved to die~~" What had happened in that year? All the real insiders were dead. What did Kong Cheng mean for the whole case? Or, was it just the tip of the iceberg?

Everyone returned to the S.C.I. with some fatigue. Now Wei Yong, Li Xu and Kong Cheng all awaited interrogation. Bai Yutang wanted to call everyone to a meeting, but he found that Ma Han was not there.

"What about Ma Han?" He asked Jiang Ping, "Did he go to watch Zhao Jue himself? Didn't you tell him to send someone?"

"Oh!" Jiang Ping took out a bunch of photos, "I'm still wondering why, but he hurried away after seeing these photos."

Zhan Zhao took the photo, and everyone crowded around to look. It was a photo of a girl dancing.

"Where did this thing come from?" Bai Yutang glanced at Jiang Ping and grabbed him.

"Uh... I, I contacted Xu Jiali's family... This was when she performed while she was alive..."

"You said she was Xu Jiali ?!" Zhan Zhao was also surprised.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Ping looked at everyone, puzzled.

At that moment, Lu Fang ran in panic, "It's not good. The police car escorting Kong Cheng was hit by someone. The policeman was injured, Kong Cheng ran away, and he also stole a gun!”

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S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 59

T/L Note: Well, it appears that any time I want to make a regular release schedule, life gets in the way. But I'm back. There will be another chapter tomorrow.

Magic Murderer 14: Puzzle

Bai Yutang picked up Bai Chi's phone call and could only hear the voice on the other side trembling. He couldn’t really make out what was being said.

"Hey~~~ Talk slowly..." Bai Yutang reminded himself to be patient~~ Be patient.

Zhan Zhao sitting beside him saw that the corner of the White Mouse’s mouth was twitching. He was reaching his limit~~

However, the expression on Bai Yutang's face changed color instantly after hearing Bai Chi's words. He hung up the phone, and only said "Kitty, hold on!"

"Ah? ... Ah!!!" Before Zhan Zhao could respond, Bai Yutang had violently spun on the spot and stepped on the accelerator to go back the way they came.

"White Mouse, do you think you are flying an airplane?!" Zhan Zhao firmly grasped the seat belt and thought to himself that he really must buy a car for himself when he was free. He should never take Bai Yutang's car again!!

But then Bai Yutang's next words stunned him—"Kitty, Shen Ling is dead!"

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The scene at the Entertainment City was chaotic, and the guests were frightened and were fleeing. Bai Chi wanted to stop the guests from leaving after informing Bai Yutang, but~~ although he was part of the Bai family, he didn't have the same temperament as his two elder brothers (1). Everyone turned a blind eye to him~~ In the middle of worrying, he heard someone scream again.

Turning his head back, he saw someone pointing to the stage in horror. He recognized the man as Qin Bi, Zhao Zhen’s agent.

Looking in the direction of his finger, he saw that Shen Qian had pulled out a pistol somehow and had raised the gun in both hands, aiming at Zhao Zhen...

Bai Chi's mind was still hesitating, but his body had already taken a step forward.

"Stop…it." While shouting, he quickly ran to the stage and spread his arms in front of Zhao Zhen. He shouted to the out-of-control Shen Qian, "You... you calm down!"

"Go away!" Shen Qian's eyes were red with rage and his face was terrible. He flipped the safety catch on the gun, "You go away! I'm going to kill him! It's him who killed Ling Ling."

"No... That’s not certain! Everything has to wait for investigation..." The more anxious Bai Chi was, the more confused he was, and the more anxious he became.

"Shut up!" Shen Qian switched which hand was holding the gun, and said rather cruelly, "Get away! Otherwise I will kill you together!"

Bai Chi wanted to persuade him to stop with words but seeing as Shen Qian was already in a crazy state, he wouldn’t hear anything he said.

"Anyway... I won't let you kill him!" Bai Chi watched Shen Qian closely, stretching out his arms as far as possible to block Zhao Zhen behind him.

Zhao Zhen stood behind him, looking at the Xiao Bai Chi in front who wanted to protect him. Such a small man, trembling with fear, was still trying his best to save him... It was unfathomable, and somewhat aroused his interest~~

Bai Yutang's speeding car rushed to the Entertainment City. When he saw the crowd running away in a flood, he wanted to try to stop it, but then he heard a gunshot from not far away~~

The crowd heard the gunshot. They screamed and squatted with their heads covered, and no one ran away.

Bai Yutang pulled out his gun, pushed Zhan Zhao, who was about to get out, back into the car, and closed the door and locked it. Then, he ran into the crowd quickly.

"Xiao Bai! Bai Yutang!~~" Zhan Zhao slammed the window of the car, but the key had been taken away, and the car was also locked~~ Although he knew that the Mouse was afraid of him getting hurt because of the unknown circumstances, but... He ground his teeth viciously~~ "Dammed Mouse! I won’t spare you!!!"

Bai Yutang rushed to the podium and saw Zhao Zhen standing on the spot, with a scratch on his left arm, and holding a stunned Bai Chi with his right hand. Opposite them, Shen Qian was lying on the ground with a bleeding hand. There was a pistol beside him.

Bai Yutang put away his gun, walked over, and picked up the gun next to Shen Qian. Looking closely at the man, he saw that a small knife was impaled in Shen Qian's hand... It was the kind of throwing knife used by magicians. The blade of the knife penetrated through the back of the hand, and it was still bleeding.

He looked back at Zhao Zhen.

"It was self-defense." Zhao Zhen shrugged and didn't seem to take it seriously. Bai Chi in his arms woke up suddenly from the shock, broke away from Zhao Zhen's hand, and ran to Bai Yutang.

"What's going on?" Bai Yutang saw Bai Chi’s alarmed face. He had only said on the phone that Shen Ling was dead. He hadn’t explained the specifics. Why did Shen Qian want to kill Zhao Zhen?

"Just a while ago, Zhao Zhen was performing magic, and then, there!" Bai Chi pointed at the billboard in the air.

Bai Yutang looked up and understood everything instantly~~ No wonder Shen Qian thought that Zhao Zhen had killed Shen Ling. That kind of place~~ No one except Zhao Zhen could do it...

"Kitty, look at this..." Bai Yutang turned back instinctively to ask Zhan Zhao what sort of feeling this array gave him~~ Only then did he remember that he had locked Zhan Zhao in the car, and sweat trickled down his face~~ Oh no! The Cat was probably about to flip out.

Bai Chi took the key to go release Zhan Zhao, who violently rushed over to find Bai Yutang. He was shocked by the bloody murder scene and forgot everything else~~~ Staring at the magic array and Shen Ling’s body hanging in mid-air, he was speechless...

There was the clamor of sirens, and soon the people of the S.C.I. had rushed to the scene.

Gongsun had been sent over by Bai Jintang. He looked at the body and said to Bai Yutang, "Get it down first."

"I want to look at the scene first." Zhan Zhao suddenly said, "Let’s go up!"

"There is a helipad on top of the building." Zhao Zhen said suddenly.

Bai Yutang instructed people to call a fire truck to prepare a ladder to pick up the corpse, and he took Zhan Zhao upstairs.

At the top of the building, Bai Yutang gestured to the pilot who was still in a daze. He took the pilot’s goggles and boarded the helicopter with Zhan Zhao.

Although it was not the right time to say anything, Zhan Zhao knew that Bai Yutang was itching to do something. Any time he saw an aircraft his mind became lost in excitement (2).

The helicopter flew off of the building, turned around in the air, and steadily stopped in front of the corpse. Bai Yutang carefully calculated the distance so that Zhan Zhao could have the best viewing angle, yet the huge airflow from the helicopter propeller would not damage Shen Ling's body.

Bai Jintang, who was looking from below, suddenly slapped his head and said to himself, "I thought of what gift to give to Yutang for Christmas this year!"

Gongsun beside him glanced over at him, "Are you going to send him a helicopter?!"

"Ce, our hearts and minds are indeed one~~" Bai Jintang wanted to kiss him as soon as he got closer. Gongsun's silver scalpel waved in his hand. "If you dare to mess around, I will really dispose of you! Look at where we are!"

Bai Jintang raised his eyebrows, "Yes, it's not very suitable here..." He said, looking up at the magical array hanging in the air~~ Suddenly he felt a headache...

When Gongsun suddenly heard Bai Jintang go silent, he turned back curiously. He looked pale and was rubbing his temples with one hand and frowning tightly as though he was uncomfortable.

"Hey!" Gongsun pushed him, "What's wrong with you?"

"Uh... No~~ I have a headache." Bai Jintang shook his head, but it felt more and more painful. There seemed to be some images flashing in his head that were flying past, but he couldn't see them clearly... What was going on?... Then, a scene suddenly became clear. It was a derelict room~~ It was very big~~ It looked like a warehouse... and then it was once again chaotic~~

"Hey!" Gongsun felt that Bai Jintang's condition was not right, and shook him hard, "Bai Jintang, what's wrong with you?"

"Huh..." Bai Jintang smiled weakly. He tried to make himself see Gongsun’s face clearly. "Why are you calling me by my last name~~ so familiar?"

If it was as usual, Gongsun would just him a punch directly, but now, he had no time to worry about that. Maybe it was the intuition of a doctor. He only knew that Bai Jintang was in a very bad state.

Bai Jintang saw that the chaotic scene in front of him was instantly replaced by a film of blood red. It seemed as though everything before his eyes was enveloped in a curtain of blood, and the surrounding things became hazy and unreal. All of a sudden, he heard a gun go off and the spinning bullet sliced through the sheet of blood, flying straight towards him~~ "Careful!"~~ Who was shouting... Someone took his hand...

Gongsun felt a pain in his hand as Bai Jintang suddenly grabbed it.

...? ... he looked up in surprise and saw Bai Jintang close his eyes and fall towards him

Gongsun quickly reached out to help him, but it was a pity that Bai Jintang's body was almost twice as big as he was. Gongsun just instinctively let him fall on himself rather than fall on the cold ground.

"Jintang~~ What's the matter with you? Jintang?!" Gongsun didn’t want to be crushed, so he rolled over and shook Bai Jintang gently. He even hoped that Bai Jintang was deliberately joking with him, but he didn’t wake up...

"Big Brother~~" ​​Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao returned to the ground after looking at the scene and hurriedly ran over.

"Big Brother!" Bai Yutang quickly checked Bai Jintang’s condition. His breathing, pulse, and heartbeat were normal, and his body temperature was normal~~

"How could this happen?" Zhan Zhao from the side asked the obviously panicking Gongsun.

After calming down his emotions a little, Gongsun thought for a while, "He just looked at the billboard and said he had a headache. Then he fell down."

After Zhan Zhao listened to the answer, he reached over and rolled up Bai Jintang's eyelids to look at his pupils.

"Boss!" The twins, who knows when they showed up, rushed over.

"Oh, it's been a long time since he last collapsed." Ding Zhaohui said anxiously.

"Brother has done this before?" Bai Yutang asked the twins in surprise. "Is he sick? Hasn’t he been examined?"

"He's not sick." Ding Zhaolan shook his head. "He used to be like this when he was a kid. At first, he would be fine, then he wouldn't know what he said, or what he saw, and he would suddenly faint... but it’s rarely happened since he grew up."

"Then how did he wake up?" Zhan Zhao suddenly asked.

"He will wake up on his own, generally no more than two hours. If he is fast, he will wake up in a few minutes."

The twins started to lift Bai Jintang to the car to rest. Seeing the despondent look on Gongsun's face, it was really worthless for Bai Jintang. If he saw Gongsun's worry now, he would definitely faint~~

"Gongsun, don't worry, maybe it's a side-effect of a head injury as a kid..." Da Ding wanted to say that Gongsun could rest assured to go do the autopsy. Don't worry about it, Xiao Ding poked him and motioned for him to look at Gongsun's hand.

Da Ding bowed his head and saw Bai Jintang's hand was holding Gongsun's tightly...

"Gongsun, I can just ask Dr. Yang for the initial autopsy. You can take care of my brother." Bai Yutang patted Gongsun on the shoulder.

Watching everyone leave, Bai Yutang cleared up his mind. He would investigate the matter of his elder brother later. The important thing now was...

Looking back, he saw Zhan Zhao frowning and bowing his head in thought.

"Kitty, what are you thinking?" Bai Yutang asked.

It seems that he was thinking too hard and Zhan Zhao did not respond at all.

"Kitty!" Bai Yutang shouted into his ear.

"Ah?" Zhan Zhao woke up suddenly and opened his eyes to look at Bai Yutang.

"What are you thinking?" Bai Yutang thought he looked adorable, like a frightened cat.

"Well... I'll be right back." Zhan Zhao finished talking and ran to the side of the car, saying something to the twins. After the twins listened, he nodded suspiciously before he ran back.

"What have you got up your sleeve?" Bai Yutang was a little puzzled.

"I'll tell you later, what's important now is..." As he spoke, Zhan Zhao pointed at Shen Ling's body that had been taken down by the firefighters "to solve this puzzle!"

Bai Yutang nodded, "Kitty, did you see everything clearly earlier?"

"En." Zhan Zhao nodded. "Very clearly!"

"Now, all the insiders are dead, plus we have a murder that is almost impossible..." Bai Yutang smiled slightly, "What do you think about this series of mysteries~~ Oh great expert?"

There was a twinkle of brilliance in Zhan Zhao's eyes~~ and he replied unhurriedly, "Yeah, it's extraordinarily marvelous~~ Such a pity... Even the most careful make mistakes. The harder one tries to conceal something, the more it attracts attention!"









Translation Notes:

(1) He’s referring to Bai Yutang and Bai Jintang as brothers even though they are actually cousins.

(2) This is just an approximate translation because I couldn’t figure out how to phrase it. It literally says Bai Yutang becomes confused and disoriented when he sees an aircraft but it’s connotative that he becomes lost in his excitement to fly them. Remember, he was an Airforce pilot for three years.

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S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 58

Magic Murderer 13: Magic

Leaving the pedestrian street, Bai Yutang whispered to Ma Han to find someone to watch the gallery to see who went in and out of it. After Ma Han agreed, he returned Chen Jiayi, who had no idea what was going on, to the Entertainment City. Then, he went to arrange the monitoring.

Bai Yutang drove Zhan Zhao back to the S.C.I., and the two of them kept silent. Zhan Zhao looked quietly at the scenery outside the window. After the car drove out of the lively urban area, Bai Yutang changed his mind and went up the highway to the Mid-Levels (1).

"Where are you going?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang with some doubt when he noticed that it was not the way back to the police station.

"To get familiar with the terrain." Bai Yutang answered casually.

"What terrain?" Zhan Zhao was even more puzzled.

"The spa villa. Christmas is coming."

"..." Zhan Zhao didn't react at first. Then, when he heard the word "Christmas", he blushed and clenched his teeth, "White Mouse, what time do you think it is? You’re still in a mood to joke?!"

"Who's joking?!" Bai Yutang raised an eyebrow. "I'm counting the days. There’s only a few to go!"

"You can't stop thinking about this case!" Zhan Zhao stared at him fiercely!

"Then, we have to work hard to close the case before Christmas!" Bai Yutang winked, "For~ our~ happiness~~"

Zhan Zhao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, "Xiao Bai, do you have any ideas?"

Bai Yutang stopped the car. Zhan Zhao looked out the window and found that they were in the Mid-Levels, with a vast collection of exquisite small villas scattered behind them and the night view of the city in front.

After getting out of the car, Bai Yutang leaned on the door and looked at the twinkling lights of the night cityscape and the traffic weaving to and fro at the foot of the mountain. He said with a smile, "I have no idea, but I want to hear your idea."

Zhan Zhao walked to his side and laughed, "I have an idea?!"

"Kitty, you seem awfully excited." Bai Yutang turned to look at Zhan Zhao. "Let's hear it."

"Why do you think Zhao Jue appeared in front of us this time?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "I can't guess."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then whispered, "I can't clearly see his real purpose, but, for this case... I got some hints."

"What hints?"

"Games and toys!" Zhan Zhao said slowly.

"You’re saying that this case is a game of Zhao Jue’s, and the people involved are toys?!" Bai Yutang asked after pondering for a moment.

"Right~~ This long-cold case is a game that Zhao Jue discovered... And the people who were part of the case in the past and now are toys, including the victims, those who know about it~~ and the murderer."

"The murderer is also under his control?" Bai Yutang was slightly surprised.

"Yes..." Zhan Zhao nodded. "Kong Liping's case—No one could handle that except Zhao Jue."

"Did he kill Kong Liping?"

"No~~" Zhan Zhao shook his head. "To be exact, Kong Liping killed herself."

"Why do you say that?"

"She treated herself the way the Magic Murderer deals with his prey." Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, "What does that bring to mind?"

"Why did he master this method?" Bai Yutang followed Zhan Zhao's thoughts. "When I first arrived at the murder scene, it was very strange. Kong Liping's death method was completely like she was killed by the magic murderer, but she killed herself. That is... she is the Magic Murderer?! "

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Yes, but no!"

"Kitty, can you speak Chinese?!" Bai Yutang frowned.

Zhan Zhao smiled. Bai Yutang hadn’t asked him to speak Chinese for a long time, "It should be that precisely when she killed herself, she became the Magic Murderer."

...! ... Bai Yutang was a little speechless.

Zhan Zhao saw the shock on his face and explained, "Think about it. Earlier, in Chen Jiayi’s case, Zhao Jue could implant another memory to confuse her original memory, so why couldn't he do so with Kong Liping?!"

After being silent for a while, Bai Yutang nodded. "I understand. Zhao Jue gave Kong Liping a hypnotic suggestion that made her think that she was the Magic Murderer at a certain time, and that particular time should have been when she was sleeping. "

"En!" Zhan Zhao rubbed Bai Yutang's hair approvingly, "Smart. What else can you think of?"

"Zhao Jue was imprisoned in the research center for 20 years. The murders of the Magic Murderer stopped just ten years ago. That is to say, Zhao Jue is not the Magic Murderer. How could he be familiar with the memory of the Magic Murderer?" Zhan Zhao looked at him, and Bai Yutang understood, "Unless, he knows the real Magic Murderer and read his memory."

Zhan Zhao nodded with satisfaction, "According to what we know now, this case is an instance where there are at least two murderers: the real Magic Murderer, and the murderer who killed Xu Jiali."

"Right!" Bai Yutang agreed. "The Magic Murderer cases from that time were one phase, and Xu Jiali's case was another phase. In fact, the only people who really knew the truth of that day were Shen Ling, Kong Liping, and Zhang Zhenzhen. Zhang Zhenzhen died. Aside from that magic array, the purpose of that killing was more like a simple homicide! "

"Now, Liping Kong is also dead." Zhan Zhao went on to say, "In other words, only Shen Ling knows what happened."

"If Shen Ling is fine..." Bai Yutang said, "then that proves either she or someone close to her was the perpetrator."

"Very right. In addition to that, we have two threads to follow left!" Zhan Zhao said, "One is Wei Yong's case, and the other is Sun Qian."

"Wei Yong was going to kill Li Xu... I originally thought it might also have something to do with that fortune-teller, but..." Bai Yutang paused. "This matter was not purposeful, and it was not very beautiful. It wasn’t like Zhao Jue’s style."

"Hehe... beautiful~~" Zhan Zhao laughed, "It is said that the devil has no integrity and no principles, just some sense of aesthetic~~ Indeed, such a lack of 'a sense of beauty' is definitely not Zhao Jue's style."

"Who would it be, then?!" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"This is something I haven't figured out yet, but fortunately, Wei Yong is in our hands now, so... there should be a breakthrough in the interrogation when we go back... I am more concerned about Sun Qian's case." Zhan Zhao frowned, his face heavy, "It's like some kind of starting ceremony."

"Do you still think that Sun Qian has nothing to do with this series of cases, but that it’s the Magic Murderer back again?" Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "Do you think this is part of Zhao Jue's game?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "It's still that same phrase. I don’t think it is beautiful enough... I have read the previous information on Zhao Jue, what those related to the victims have said... They all somewhat deserved it, although the tactics were extreme, but he has never killed a child."

"He shot a shot at my brother's head when he was a child!" Bai Yutang seemed to have a bit of a problem with that statement.

Zhan Zhao smiled, "Why didn't he run?"

... Bai Yutang was taken aback for a moment. Indeed, he had heard that Zhao Jue not only did not ran, but he instead called someone and ran to the data room to burn some records of cases. He was arrested as a result. “Kitty, it couldn’t be. What happened then... "

Zhan Zhao shrugged, "I am only guessing this, but I felt it was a little bit strange. You also saw Zhao Jue's palm. That large-scale fingerprint melting did not seem to have been completed recently.”

"Huh~~" Bai Yutang gave a long sigh, "I don't really know what happened in those days. Those old men only talk about what happened in that year cryptically."

"Nnnn~~" Zhan Zhao responded, lowering his head as if he were thinking.

"Kitty, what did you think of?" Bai Yutang was familiar with Zhan Zhao's expressions. When he discovered anything, it was usually like that.

"There are not many people who meet the conditions to be the Magic Murderer." Zhan Zhao sighed.

"Indeed."

"We may be able to use some silly methods."

"..." Bai Yutang thought about it for a while and nodded, "Kitty, you mean make a list, exclude all the people it couldn’t be, and whoever is left is the real murderer?!"

"En!" Zhan Zhao nodded.

"Then there must be a scope of people?" Bai Yutang touched his chin. "Give me a rough range."

"Something happened in the last ten years. For example, going abroad, getting ill... A professional who has access to magic arrays... age between 35 and 50... Male. Single." Zhan Zhao slowly listed the examples, "The last thing is... he knows Zhao Jue."

"These are indeed daring guesses." Bai Yutang smiled and opened the door. "But since it is an expert opinion... we have to follow suit."

The two got into the car, and Bai Yutang restarted it. He suddenly said, "Oh, that’s right. Kitty, my preparations for Christmas are ready."

"Preparations?" Zhan Zhao was a bit distracted, "What preparations?!"

Bai Yutang pointed to an exquisite little case in his hand, "Look... be prepared!"

Opening the case suspiciously, Zhan Zhao took a look... froze, and immediately his face turned bright red, and smoke almost rose from the top of his head.

"Bai Yutang! You pervert!" Zhan Zhao flew into a rage out of humiliation, reaching for the case and trying to throw it out of the window.

"Ah!" Bai Yutang quickly snatched it back, "Kitty, I finally got the twins to prepare it for me after great difficulty!" He said, hiding it behind him.

Zhan Zhao's blush deepened till he almost looked like an apple, and he stared at Bai Yutang incredulously, "You... you told the twins?!"

"Yeah~~ My brother said that the preparation work must be done well, and also taught me some basic knowledge..."

"Ya!!!" Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and covered Bai Yutang’s mouth. "Shut up! You throw it away!"

"Kitty, listen to my elder brother. He and Gongsun were in the car for the first time." Bai Yutang said while dodging.

"Shut up!" Zhan Zhao stretched out his other hand to aid in his attempt to cover Bai Yutang’s mouth, "Neither of you brothers are good! You are a policeman. How could there be that kind of thing in the car?"

"Police are people too, all right? Who says that they cannot use insurance..."

"Ya! Don't say it!"

"Kitty, why are you so shy? You can’t even talk about it. What will you do when the moment comes?"

"What the hell are you thinking about! Throw it away!"

"Don't throw it~~ Right, Kitty, I bought a lot of them~~ Don't you like the taste of lemon..."

"Ah~~ Bai Yutang! Dammed Mouse! I want to destroy you on behalf of all mankind!"

"Kitty, I'm driving!"

"I don’t care!"

"This is Mid-Levels. It's over if you fall off!"

"It's best to die!"

……………………

In the Entertainment City, Zhao Zhen's magic show, the finale of the opening event that night, was soon to be staged.

The content of the performance was in full view of the public. It was a massive signboard that would be erected on the outer wall of the originally empty Entertainment City exterior.

The spectators gathered one after another on carefully arranged squares outside the Entertainment City. Two helicopters were hovering in the air.

Xiao Bai Chi looked up from the crowd. He knew that Zhao Zhen was in a helicopter. His performance tonight was to put down two huge curtains with the two helicopters, cover the Entertainment City wall with them, and then ignite the curtain made of special materials. On the outer wall of the Entertainment City, a huge neon signboard with a height of nearly ten meters would appear~~ Exaggerated and gorgeous, consistent with the Zhao family style.

With an exclamation from the crowd, Zhao Zhen jumped out of the helicopter and stood in the air.

Bai Chi pouted. There must be a wire hanging!!

Then, Zhao Zhen pulled a slender white rope from his hand and connected it to the brackets of the two helicopters. After he snapped his fingers, the rope unfolded into a huge curtain, enclosing the entire Entertainment City.

Amidst the applause from the crowd, Zhao Zhen slowly descended to the ground. No hooks could be seen on his body.

Shen Qian was quite proud to walk to the podium in the front of the venue and announce the official opening of the Entertainment City.

As his words fell, Zhao Zhen reached out and gently waved in the air. The pure white curtain suddenly ignited, and the blue flame quickly burned to the top. On the outer wall of the originally empty Entertainment City exterior, a huge neon sign appeared out of nowhere. At the same time, gunshots of a salute rang out, and in the night sky, the fireworks bloomed...

However, the crowd suddenly quieted. People’s eyes were wide as though they saw something shocking, and abruptly—a scream of horror erupted.

Bai Chi stood blankly, staring closely at the dazzling flashing lights of the huge neon sign. There was a huge magic array in the space in the middle. A woman was pinned in the center of the array, hanging straight, a knife sticking from her throat.

Just then they heard Shen Qian's cry of sorrow— "LingLing..."





Translation Notes:

(1) The Mid-Levels (Ban Shan Qu) is a residential area in Hong Kong on the lower slopes of the mountains. I know that technically this takes place in “S City”…but yeah it’s Hong Kong.

T/L note: I can see why they didn't replicate that magic trick in the TV show lol.
And here are CatxMouse this chapter as emoticons because why not.

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S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 57

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Magic Murderer 12: Numerologist

Ma Han went to the security monitoring room of the Entertainment City. After showing his ID, he drove the security guard away and watched the surveillance videos alone.

According to Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, in the hall within the last ten minutes there would be—Zhao Jue.

The name was undoubtedly a bombshell for the entire S.C.I. team. He really hoped that Bai Yutang was just joking.

The meticulous Ma Han pulled up the entirety of the ten-minutes of footage and looked at it frame by frame. A figure clearly appeared in the frame of view... his hair was longer, and the silencer was gone~~ But it was Zhao Jue. He even deliberately glanced at the surveillance camera~~ With a sneering smile on his face, as if he was laughing at someone. He was not afraid of being discovered.

Ma Han's psychological qualities were good, but he still felt his heartbeat speed up. What did it mean? He pulled over the security guard’s chair from behind him to sit down and stabilize his emotions a little. At that moment, there was suddenly a slight footstep that sounded from outside the door... It was extremely quiet, like a person walking barefoot~~

Quickly flashing to the door, Ma Han listened to the movement outside. Soon, he heard the footsteps from just behind the door, and after a while, the door was pushed open a little bit...

Ma Han took a step back, grabbed the doorknob, and pulled hard. He reached out to grab the person who fell in and threw them towards the floor in the middle of the room. He heard a scream—a woman.

As soon as he looked, he saw a woman in a luxurious evening dress with long hair sitting on the floor, rubbing her ankles and staring angrily at Ma Han.

"Why is it you?" Ma Han looked at Chen Jiayi on the ground, very puzzled.

"Why is it me? You know I'm still trying so hard!" Chen Jiayi stood up next to the stool. The heels of her stilettos had broken, so she sat on the stool and rubbed her feet.

"What are you doing?" Ma Han asked with a frown.

"I wanted to see what you are doing in the surveillance room..." Chen Jiayi said carefully, "Are you a spy?"

Ma Han shook his head, then walked to the computer and started exporting the video. He asked her casually, "Are you all right?"

"My feet hurt a bit." Chen Jiayi looked at the busy Ma Han. "What are you doing?"

"Nothing." Ma Han burned the video onto a disk, ready to take back to the S.C.I. Afterwards, he opened other videos and took a quick look, scanning for the presence of Zhao Jue.

"Huh? Isn't that Master Zhao?" Chen Jiayi suddenly pointed to Zhao Jue in a video.

"What?" Mahan looked back at her in surprise, "Do you know him?"

"En." Jiayi nodded. "He is my numerologist (1)."

"Numerologist?!" Ma Han adjusted his emotions and tried to calm down. "You just called him Master Zhao. What's his name?"

"It seemed to be... Zhao Jue." Chen Jiayi thought for a while, "My friend introduced me to him. He’s very amazing (2)."

Ma Han sat on the other chair and said to himself, "My God..."



Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao followed Shen Qian to an event room where Shen Ling was chatting with a few friends.

"Ling Ling, these two police officers want to talk to you." Shen Qian pushed open the door and walked in.

Shen Ling was slightly stunned and nodded. Her friends all stood up and left tactfully. Kong Cheng stood up and walked up to Shen Qian, "Boss, do I need to stay?"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao gave Kong Cheng a curious look.

Shen Qian introduced him, "He is my lawyer." After that, he nodded to Kong Cheng.

Kong Cheng smiled at Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, "Is this a formal police inquiry?"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other: to deal with the lawyer—Tactic C.
Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang embarrassedly, "Xiao Bai, we don't have the relevant permissions."

"Hmm~~" Bai Yutang touched his chin. "It’s true that if it’s informal, she has the right to refuse to answer questions."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Well, you go back and apply for an arrest warrant."

"Arrest warrant?" Bai Yutang wondered. "Arrest her for a retrail?"

"Nn~~ According to the relevant evidence, Miss Shen is suspected of committing murder ten years ago, and Boss Shen is suspected of covering it up..." Zhan Zhao looked at the lawyer, "Does Attorney Kong think that we should just talk like this, or should we go back for official procedures? "

Bai Yutang nodded twice, "Yes, ah, today is the opening of the Entertainment City. The Boss hasn’t even made a speech, and both the brother and sister were invited to the police station. Shen Group's stock may fall very badly tomorrow."

Kong Cheng smiled a little awkwardly, "Are you two police officers intimidating us?"

Bai Yutang also smiled innocently, "I didn't show a police officer identification~~ Isn't this a private meeting? Moreover, it’s the question-and-answer type."

Shen Qian patted Kong Cheng, "You go out. We can talk in private."

The lawyer was sent away, and everyone else sat in the room.

Shen Ling kept her head down and seemed nervous.

"Whatever you want to ask, just ask," Shen Qian smiled and lit a cigarette, leaning his legs against the sofa.

Bai Yutang looked at Shen Ling and asked, "Miss Shen, can you recall the case of Xu Jiali ten years ago for us?"

"..." Shen Ling was silent for a while. "It’s been a long time. I can't remember it clearly."

"We have already asked Kong Liping and Li Xu in advance and have a certain understanding of the events at that time." Zhan Zhao said seriously, "I don't think your experience at that time was of the kind that could be forgotten casually."

Taking a deep breath, Shen Ling said, "Jiali was killed by Tong Ming. I saw it."

"What was the specific situation?" Bai Yutang asked.

"At the time, Zhenzhen, Liping and I had finished dancing, and we went to the dressing room when we ran into Tong Ming coming out. He was covered with blood and stumbled off. We went in and saw Jiali lying there." Shen Ling took a sip of water, then continued, "We were going to call the police, but then Li Xu and Qingyao came in. They decided to help Tong Ming cover up the crime... Then, we forged the scene."

"Why did you three help?" Bai Yutang asked.

"We had to keep Tong Ming. He was our coach, and we had an important show coming up. It was an opportunity for each of us."

Zhan Zhao stared at Bai Yutang and asked Shen Qian instead, "Why did you help Kong Liping last night?"

"She said she had very important things to do and asked me to help her look after the child." Shen Qian answered readily.

"She asked you to take care of the child, so you went?" Bai Yutang expressed doubt, "You didn't seem to be on such close terms."

Shen Qian laughed helplessly, "I am the boss of the Shen family. She is just a housewife, but she could tell the media that my sister once forged the last case of a famous serial murder case... so generally, I have to do what she asks. "

"This is the reason why you have been so interested in this case since the beginning?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Yes." Shen Qian nodded. "Recently, the serial killer started to commit crimes again, and the victim was so coincidentally that Zhang Zhenzhen. I have to be vigilant."

Nodding, Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao, meaning—How is it?

Zhan Zhao winked at him—We’re almost at the breaking point.
So, the two got up and said goodbye.

Going out the door and walking into the elevator, Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Do you think that what he said is true?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "It's half true and half fake."

Going downstairs, they saw Ma Han in the distance, standing next to his car and waiting. There was a beautiful woman beside him~~ someone familiar.

When Zhan Zhao saw Ma Han, he suddenly remembered Zhao Jue's affairs and rushed over. He grabbed Ma Han and asked, "How was it? Was there anything?"

Ma Han nodded and took out the disc, "Clearly."

Although Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao had made certain mental preparations, they briefly lost their abilities to speak—Zhao Jue was really not dead.

Coming back to reality first, Bai Yutang looked at Chen Jiayi next to Ma Han in bewilderment.

Ma Han said, "There are more unusual things. She knows Zhao Jue."

"What?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised.

"Is there anything strange? He’s my numerologist." Chen Jiayi said, "A lot of people have consulted with him."

"Numerologist?" Zhan Zhao almost cried in shock, "Like fortune telling?"

"En." Chen Jiayi nodded, "Redeeming sins, guiding the way of life."

"Do you know where he lives?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"I know where his studio is, if he lives there..."

"Take us!" Without saying another word, Bai Yutang opened the door and stuffed Chen Jiayi in. Everyone got in the car and drove as fast as Chen Jiayi could speak.

The car entered the city center of S City. As Chen Jiayi said that the location was a pedestrian street, everyone got out of the car since it couldn’t enter.

The street was one of S City’s shopping malls and had a large number of fashion brand stores, large shopping centers, and high-end restaurants.

Under the guidance of Chen Jiayi, the four came to the door of a quaintly decorated gallery.

When they entered the gallery, there was a young man with fine clothes and braids, full of artistic style.

"Jiayi?" The young man said in not-so-fluent Chinese, "I don’t remember you making an appointment today."

As they got closer, they realized that the person who spoke was not Asian. He somewhat resembled an Italian.

"Andy, is Master Zhao here?" Chen Jiayi asked, "I have a few friends who said they would like to meet him."

"Oh... wow!" Andy glanced at everyone. Just as he was about to speak more, his eyes fell on Zhan Zhao's face, and he suddenly cried, "Are you the model of that painting?!"

"What model?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"Ah! You too!" Andy pointed to Bai Yutang excitedly.

He was confusing everyone.

"Let's go see." Andy walked up the second floor with the four others. The old wooden stairs made a creaking noise. The upper floor was like a studio, piled with a lot of oil paintings. The two most prominent ones in the middle were placed on easels. They were portraits of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang. They were so beautiful that they were almost like real people. No wonder Andy was so shocked.

"Andy, do we have guests?" A man slowly walked down alone from the third floor... He had a white sweater and long black hair...

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked up at him, feeling like it was a little unreal~~

"Zhao Jue!" Bai Yutang frowned, reaching for the handcuffs on his waist and walking over.

"Ya~~" Zhao Jue escaped with some panic, hiding behind Zhan Zhao. He showed a terrified look and grasped Zhan Zhao's shoulders with both hands. Seeing that Bai Yutang's face was pale, he blinked slightly mischievously and rubbed Zhan Zhao’s shoulders.

Bai Yutang said coldly, "You are suspected of multiple murders. I want to take you back to the police station."

Zhao Jue blinked innocently and leaned into Zhan Zhao's ear to say, "He is so fierce."

Zhan Zhao had recovered from his shocked state. He slowly turned around, looked at Zhao Jue, and laughed, "You were not afraid that we would find you. That is to say, you are fully prepared. Isn't that it?"

Zhao Jue nodded proudly, then walked to Andy and asked, "Andy, how long have you been working here for me?"

"Ah? ... three years." Andy was a little confused.

"Three years?" Ma Han looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang incredulously. Zhao Jue escaped only a few months ago. How could it have been three years?

"Jiayi, how long have I been consulting for you?" Zhao Jue continued to ask.

Chen Jiayi thought for a while, "It's been almost a year," After she spoke, she looked at Bai Yutang and the others, "So you wanted me to bring you here because you wanted to catch him? You must be wrong. Master Zhao is a good person!"

Zhan Zhao said nothing, but stared at Zhao Jue's eyes, "Implanting memories with hypnotism?"

Zhao Jue smiled innocently, then shook his head again. He stretched out his hands to show Zhan Zhao.

Everyone was surprised to find that his palm was flat, without fingerprints, palm prints, or anything.

"The game has started again, hasn't it?" Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Jue.

Zhao Jue stretched out his hand and gently touched Zhan Zhao's jaw. He noticed Bai Yutang's cold face and quickly withdrew his hand, laughing, "Because there are good playmates, there are many more toys."

After Zhan Zhao listened to him quietly, he looked around slowly, ignoring Zhao Jue. Instead, he turned to look at Chen Jiayi. He gently reached out and snapped his fingers in her ear.

Chen Jiayi froze for a moment, and suddenly became a little dazed. Zhan Zhao patted her shoulder gently, leaned into her ear and whispered for nearly three minutes. Then, he patted her shoulder again.

After doing all this, Zhan Zhao asked, "Miss Chen, when was your first time here?"

"Uh..." Chen Jiayi rubbed her temples and looked around, "Well... yes, three days ago~~ I have a headache..."

After she finished speaking, Zhan Zhao reached out again and snapped a finger in her ear.

Chen Jiayi's eyes returned to their original state, and she looked around in a puzzled manner. Why was everyone looking at her like that?

"Hah~~" Zhan Zhao shook his head. "You painted those two paintings for instruction. For the purpose of today. Anyone who has seen us will automatically enter the hypnotic state you specified, and their memory will be confused."

Zhao Jue happily clapped and laughed. Finally, he put away his smile and said with great distress, "So, will you arrest me?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head. "No. No, we have no evidence."

Bai Yutang put away the handcuffs and pulled Zhan Zhao, "Kitty, let's go."

Zhan Zhao turned and went downstairs, and Zhao Jue reluctantly kept up with them for the first few steps, just like a child whose playmates were leaving.

Bai Yutang turned around at the last moment, preparing to go downstairs. Zhao Jue suddenly said, "Life is like a game~~ Isn't it?"

Looking back, Bai Yutang stared at Zhao Jue for a long time and nodded, "Yes, but games are not life."

Zhao Jue tilted his head, somewhat puzzled.

"A person who thinks of a game as life is destined to play in it... isn't that right?" After that, Bai Yutang turned around and walked away without looking back.

Zhao Jue watched them leave and became quieter. He went over to the two paintings and reached out to gently stroke the faces of the people in the paintings... In his eyes there was faint sadness.




Translation Notes:

(1) A type of fortune teller

(2) The word used for amazing (slang) literally translates to deity.

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S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 56

T/L Note: As per usual, it you're uncomfortable with the scene in this chapter at all, this time it goes all the way to the end.

Magic Murderer 11: Gambling

"Who did you see?" Bai Yutang asked again with some disbelief.

"Zhao Jue." Zhan Zhao repeated it seriously.

"... Kitty ..." Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "Zhao Jue is dead."

"We didn't find the body, did we?" Zhan Zhao argued.

"You really saw him?"

"N!"

Bai Yutang glanced around, then took out his mobile phone and dialed Ma Han.

"Boss?" Ma Han answered the phone.

"Ma Han, are you in the Entertainment City?"

"I am."

"Go to the security monitoring room now and watch the surveillance video in the lobby. Find someone from within the last ten minutes."

"Okay, who are you looking for?" Ma Han hurried away.

"Zhao Jue."

... Ma Han at the other end of the phone froze for a while before answering, "Okay."

Hanging up the phone, Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "If it’s Zhao Jue, it will be clear after watching the surveillance video, but now..."

"I understand." Zhan Zhao nodded, "We must concentrate on dealing with Shen Qian!"

The two approached the elevator, and Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "Kitty, if Zhao Jue is not dead, would you be happy or unhappy?"

"Why do you ask?" Zhan Zhao glanced at him.

"You seemed surprised and anxious earlier, and that you’ve calmed down... and a little bit more excited~~~" Bai Yutang concluded.

Zhan Zhao thought it was ridiculous, "What the hell do you want to say?"

"You're very happy that Zhao Jue didn't die." Bai Yutang quickly concluded.

The elevator door opened, and Zhan Zhao nodded, "It is true."

An assistant took the two to the VIP room on the top floor, and they found Shen Qian in the middle of rubbing medicinal wine onto his hand.

"Officer Bai is indeed a skilled man." Shen Qian said half-jokingly and rubbed his swollen wrist.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang—What did you do to him?

Bai Yutang blinked—Nothing. I just flicked him.

Zhan Zhao stared at you him—You are a policeman. How could you hit people?

Bai Yutang gave a look of disdain—I did not hit anyone. He was lucky to have not touched you, otherwise this young master would have crippled him.

He squinted—Violent mouse!

He squinted back—Flowers attract bees and butterflies, Cat!!!

Anger—Who are you talking about?!!

Anger—I’m talking about you! (Please imagine the image of a cat and a mouse. Backs arched, hair standing on end, fangs bared as they glared at each other accompanied by the “hu hu” of breathing.)

"Hem hem~~" Shen Qian coughed, interrupting the "amorous glances" of the two in front of him, and asked with a smile, "The two came to me. Is something wrong?"

"Some business," Bai Yutang replied.

"Oh~~" Shen Qian nodded and asked the two to sit down. "Is that business about the murder at my construction site?"

"It is not." Bai Yutang replied with a smile.

Shen Qian didn't seem surprised. He randomly opened a deck of cards from the table and fiddled with them in his hands. "Please speak."

"Do you know Kong Liping?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Hmm~~" Shen Qian thought for a while, "The name is a bit familiar, but there is no deep impression."

"You should have just seen her last night." Bai Yutang looked at the cards that Shen Qian had placed before him with a bit of bewilderment.

"I see a lot of people every day, I can't remember them all." Shen Qian finished the deal, "Interested in a game?"

"You saw her between 11 o'clock last night and 1 o'clock this morning." Bai Yutang picked the cards up off the table and sorted them.

"I was busy with today’s opening last night." Shen Qian threw out a pair of Jacks.

"We have witnesses who saw you with her last night." Bai Yutang threw a pair of Queens.

A pair of Aces. Shen Qian smiled, "That is not strange."

"Why do you say that?" Bai Yutang motioned for him to play.

"I just said, I saw a lot of people last night because of the opening." Shen Qian threw out a set of 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 straight hearts, "It is not strange to see me with a woman." He looked at the two Ace cards, and then look at the seven cards in Bai Yutang's hand, "I seem to be winning."

Bai Yutang laughed, "I still have seven cards. How can you be sure that I don't have a bigger straight than you?"

"Hehe." Shen Qian smiled, "Officer Bai does not play cards very often." He said, referring to the cards in Bai Yutang's hands, "When a novice plays cards, they like to separate the cards according to their types. Your cards, five of them are slightly to the left, two cards are slightly to the right, and two of the five cards to the left are slightly higher. That is to say, those five cards are three with a pair, the other two are a pair... so, you don't have a straight."

Bai Yutang listened to him quietly and shook his head. "You always feel that everything is within your plan, but there are always things in this world that are beyond your expectations." As he spoke, he took out the five cards. They were a straight of the 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace of spades. "In fact, from the beginning of the conversation to the present, I had never said that Kong Liping was a woman."

Shen Qian’s face slightly discolored, and he quickly recovered his composure, "Most people who hear that name think that it’s a woman, right?"

Zhan Zhao on the side nodded, "Indeed, if the average person heard this name and felt it familiar, then they would ask ‘man or woman,’ right?"

"Hoo~~" Shen Qian threw the two cards in his hand to the table and raised his hand. "I admit defeat. You two are great... I know Kong Liping. Is this always illegal?"

"Your and her identity are very different. How do you know her? Because of the matter of your younger sister Ling ten years ago?!" Bai Yutang dove straight in.

Shen Qian seemed unable to parry and lit a cigarette. "My sister has nothing to do with this matter. Don't drag her into it."

"Kong Liping is dead," Zhan Zhao said suddenly.

"What?" Shen Qian was startled.

"Do you know Li Xu?" Bai Yutang asked.

After hesitating for a while, Shen Qian nodded.

"She was also killed." Zhan Zhao said, and Bai Yutang glanced at him, silently smiling.

"God... how could this be?" Shen Qian seemed confused, "Who killed them?!"

"Do you think it was the same person who killed all of them?" Bai Yutang stared at him, "Or, do you have a clue about the murderer?!"

"This matter can't be made clear in such a short time." Shen Qian extinguished the cigarette. "I’ll go to find my sister. You can ask her, maybe she can make it clearer."

"En." Bai Yutang nodded and stood up. "Good idea! Let's go with you."

Shen Qian smiled, "Officer Bai, are you afraid I’ll collude to create a false story with her?"

"No." Zhan Zhao shook his head. "You are two brother and sister. If you wanted to collude, you'd have already done it, wouldn’t you?"

"Yes." Bai Yutang went on to say, "It happened ten years ago. Why wait until now."

"Oh." Shen Qian laughed twice, then turned and went out.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao kept up.

As he was heading out, Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang and said softly, "Well done, Xiao Bai. That game was won beautifully."

Bai Yutang blinked at him, "Haven't you deceived me too many times?! It's called learning from your past mistakes~~"



Downstairs from the police station, Gongsun stood by the road waiting for Bai Jintang's car. Recently, he seldom drove his own car because Bai Jintang "forcibly" requested to send him to work every morning and pick him up every night~~ To strengthen their communication.

He always waited downstairs. Today, he didn't know why, but he was so late.

He looked around, then suddenly felt a tight waist. Before he could make a sound, he was embraced and kissed on the cheek.

That familiar and domineering atmosphere, he didn’t need to look at the person to know who it was. Gongsun pushed away the mischievous Bai Jintang, "How old are you?! This is the entrance to the police station!"

"Hehe." Bai Jintang raised his lips and smiled. "You waited ten minutes."

Gongsun looked at him with some surprise, and then gritted his teeth, "You! You arrived long ago, but never come out?!"

Bai Jintang stretched his arms around Gongsun’s shoulders intimately, "I just watched you from afar... the expression on your face seemed to be worry~~"

"... Senseless!" Gongsun glanced at Bai Jintang and turned away to leave.

Bai Jintang kept up and asked, "You didn't blame me for making you wait, but worried that something happened to me, right?!" Seeing Gongsun's face flushed, and that he wasn’t speaking, Bai Jintang was in a good mood. He rubbed shoulders with him and said, "My car broke down. Let’s go back by subway."

Gongsun thought he seemed to have some bad intentions, but he didn't think too much about it, so he pulled him to the subway station~~

Unexpectedly, he had caught up with the evening rush hour. Gongsun just wanted to say, "Let’s go back in a taxi, it's too crowded." But he was pulled by Bai Jintang, and he got on the car with the crowd.

Gongsun was pulled into the corner between the two carriages. Bai Jintang put his hands on the wall at a right angle, protecting Gongsun in front of him. He smiled and looking down at him. Gongsun was sheltered by Bai Jintang, and when he looked up, he saw Bai Jintang staring at him closely. The expression on his face was dubious. Gongsun wisely decided to turn his back to him, lest this super pervert would kiss him in the crowd. He didn’t want to be embarrassed on the subway.

The car rocked slightly, making Bai Jintang lose balance and lean on Gongsun.

But from Gongsun’s view, the actions of person behind him were absolutely intentional. He turned back to stare at the man fiercely, just wanting to speak, but was surprised that Bai Jintang's hand reached into the hem of his trench coat. It slowly traced down along his waist.

"... Are you crazy?!" Gongsun gritted his teeth and grabbed the hand.

"Hush~~" Bai Jintang raised the corner of his mouth and smiled. He lowered his heaed down to kiss Gongsun's hair. "Shhh~~ I don't want others to see you so sexy."

"You... pervert~~" Gongsun stretched out his hand to support himself against the wall, frowning and cursing.

"Hehe~~ Since you said that I was a pervert." Bai Jintang leaned over and said in his ear, "Then I should do something perverted... right?"

Gongsun was angry enough to kill, but Bai Jintang was not aware of such things. He was unmoved by force or persuasion. He would have to stab him with a knife to avoid the flirtation~~ He was so horny!!

"Hmm..." As Bai Jintang's hand got to important matters first and expertly caressed and kneaded between his pants, Gongsun's rigid heart filled, and his hands braced against the wall. He could only say in a trembling voice, "Stop."

"Good..." Bai Jintang rubbed the side of Gongsun's face with his chin. "Don’t you think that a crowded place is more exciting?" As he spoke, he carefully undid Gongsun's pants and groped in.

"Ah~~" Gongsun whispered in shock, and bit his lower lip and pulled on Bai Jintang's hand, "You... you crazy, ah..."

"Hush~~" Bai Jintang hugged him tighter, leaned into his ear and said, "Shhh, others will find out." After that, he increased his strength.

"Uh..." Gongsun was suffering so much that he had to lean his head against the back of the hand holding the wall, and cover his mouth with the other so as not to make a sound.

The subway arrived at the station in ten minutes, and Gongsun was helplessly pulled off of the platform by Bai Jintang and tucked into the black Mercedes-Benz parked outside the station.

"You... why is your car here?" Gongsun sluggishly came to and widened his eyes at Bai Jintang.

"Um~~ Because it's been repaired..." Bai Jintang smiled shamelessly and quickly parked the car into the underground parking lot of Gongsun's apartment.

"Bai Jintang, you bastard! You had it planned!" When Gongsun swung his arm, Bai Jintang grabbed his hand and pressed him against the back of the chair to kiss him

Seeing that he was in a enthused state of mind, Gongsun took the opportunity, and lifted his knee and to hit him. Bai Jintang hurried to protect the key parts, but he was still hit on the thigh, sucked air in through his teeth, "Darling, do you want to cripple me? "

Gongsun undid his seat belt, grabbed the perfume that was in the car in front of him, and sprayed it at Bai Jintang, "You are a scum! You better wake up!!"

After throwing away the perfume, Gongsun pushed open the door of the car and turned and ran. He went upstairs and closed the door fiercely, still unsettled. He took off his shoes and scolded, "Rogue, sooner or later I will get rid of you! Shit... Ah!"

With a cry, he was pressed against the door by the man behind him, who bowed his head and kissed him without a word.

"You... how did you come in?" Gongsun pushed at Bai Jintang in front of him.

"Hole in the room. Don't forget that I live next door to you." Bai Jintang smiled proudly, Gongsun tried to knee him again, but this time Bai Jintang was ready and embraced him, "Why are you so vicious? Do you want me to tie you up? "

"Ah~~ Let go... Let me down..." Gongsun struggled.

Bai Jintang walked into the bedroom while carrying him. He kicked the door open with one foot, then lifted him and threw Gongsun onto the KING-SIZE bed he had gotten specially made. He untied his tie, "Darling, we did half on the subway. We should finish it..."

"Ah~~~~"



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