S.C.I Mystery vol 1 Chapter 47, The Magic Killer 02: Returns

S.C.I Mystery《S.C.I.谜案集》 Mi An Ji
S.C.I Mystery vol 1 Chapter 47, The Magic Killer 02: Returns

Bai Chi circled the city library, looking shelf by shelf, hugging a table full of books.


"Do you want to borrow it all?" The administrator was somewhat surprised, "There are rules about the number of books you can borrow."

Bai Chi shook his head, held out his police card to him, and said, "It's not a loan, it's a police requisition! I will return it back to you."

The administrator looked at the person in front of him suspiciously, how cannot be associated with the word "police", helplessly said: "Okay, but I have to register, it may take a long time, we register and send you to the police station."

"Okay... Okay, thank you." Bai Chi nodded and turned to prepare to leave, only to see a few somewhat stale file filing racks in the doorway... Curiously, Bai Chi walked up. It was an old-fashioned kind of file cabinet, with small drawers lined up one by one in alphabetical order, and open to see a stack of cards in each drawer, recording the type, name, and location of the file. Bai Chi walks up to a cabinet and sees a label that says "Newspaper".

The city library's bibliographies are all sorted and managed by computer, and Bai Chi has searched them all just now, but the newspapers are so numerous that they've only been sorted for nearly two years, and the rest of the old ones should be here. Opening the drawer, Bai Chi was surprised to find that the amount was as much as thirty years, so he patiently went through card after card, going through the cases of the past twenty years.

"Hi!" A man suddenly flashed by his side and slapped him, startling Bai Chi, who turned his head and furrowed his brow.

It was not someone else who took Bai Chi, it was Zhao Zhen who he met on the plane this morning.

Turn around, ignore... Keep looking.

Zhao Zhen estimated that he had never been so ignored in his life, smiled awkwardly and came up to ask, “What are you looking for? Just got off the plane and came to the library?"

Bai Chi looked up at him and said, "You... Not your business!"

"Hey!" Zhao Zhen took off his glasses, “Did I ever offend you? Why do you hate me so much?"

"Liar!" Bai Chi continued to roll his eyes, looking down and to the side, and leaned a little closer to Zhao Zhen.

... Zhao Zhen gave Bai Chi a hard glare, and suddenly "Ah!" A bang.

Bai Chi looked up in surprise to see Zhao Zhen pointing off into the distance and instinctively turned his head to see - there's nothing there...

"Bai~~ Chi~~" Zhao Zhen laughed out "Poof~~", "What a good name~~"

Bai Chi turned back to see Zhao Zhen, who somehow had already taken his police card...

"Give it back... Give it back to me!" Immediately reaching for it, Zhao Zhen ducked with his police card, "S.C.I. ~~ Oh?"

"Give it!" Bai Chi grabbed it with a fierce hand, put it back in his pocket, turned around, and heard Zhao Zhen say again, "Eh? You were born in K-City, weren't you? I spent time in K-city as a kid, too."

Bai Chi was startled and turned back to see that his wallet was also in Zhao Zhen's hand, who was looking at his ID...

"You give it back to me! Or I will arrest you!" Bai Chi snarled fiercely as he grabbed his wallet.

"OK! You take your time looking, I'll go first... Let's go, I'll see you later." After that, Zhao Zhen turned around and left with a quick smile, and in his hand, he had a small set of keys, a round duck charm - Bai Chi ~ ~

At about five o'clock, Bai Chi returned to his apartment door with a thick bundle of old newspapers and took out his keys. The key?

Put the paper on the floor, touched all the pockets up and down, and still no... What's wrong with you today?

Who knew that, but the door opened.

"You're back, aren't you? Why so late?" The one standing in the door was Zhao Zhen, holding an apple in one hand and a book in the other.

"You... You..." Bai Chi, stunned beyond words, burst into the door in a rage, "Why are you in my house?"

Zhao Zhen shrugged his shoulders and tossed him a string of keys, saying, "Oh~~ I just picked up a string of keys and wanted to return it to the owner, I didn't expect it to be yours by that coincidence."




"How did you... how did you know I lived here?" Bai Chi shoved his keys into his pocket and glared hard.

"Huh~~" Zhao Zhen smiled brightly, "The key told me, everything has magic."

"Liar! Get out!" Bai Chi exasperatedly reached for the door.

Zhao Zhen, however, sat down on the couch and continued to nibble on his apple, looking at the book in his hand.

"You... What are you looking at?" Bai Chi was startled by the familiarity of the book Zhao Zhen was holding.

"Oh~~ your diary." Zhao Zhen exclaimed while flipping over, "That was brilliant."

"... Yikes, yikes, yikes," Bai Chi pounced and grabbed, "How can you do that! How can you read someone else's diary!"

Zhao Zhen ducked out of the way, "I have to figure out why you hate me so much."

"No reason! Give it back!" Bai Chi went after it and grabbed it.

"Then again, you had a really miserable childhood, how did you get bullied all the time?" Zhao Zhen said while ducking, "I really haven't seen anyone with more inferiority complex than you..."

Bai Chi froze for a moment when he heard this, so he didn't go after him and stood where he was.

"Hey! What's wrong?" Zhao Zhen took a few steps back with his journal and looked at Bai Chi.

Lowering his head, Bai Chi, when he wasn't there, turned to go out and carry the bundle of papers in, sat down at the coffee table, pulled out a notebook, flipped through the papers intently, and made notes.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Zhen walked over and squatted down next to him, "Angry?"

Bai Chi ignored him and continued reading the newspaper.

"No, I will give it back to you." Zhao Zhen placed the diary in front of Bai Chi's face and reached out to shake his hand in front of Bai Chi's eyes, "Still angry?"

Bai Chi took the diary back and put it behind him, not speaking, and continued reading the paper.

"You, as a child, went to L Elementary School in K City?" Zhao Zhen came up and asked, "I'm a few years older than you, but... It seems like you were there when I was in school... How much younger am I, huh?"

Bai Chi put down his pen and bowed his head without speaking.

Zhao Zhen came closer again and said, "But I really don't have much of an impression, where did I offend you... Tell me about it?"

DIDIDIDIDIDI～～～～～

The phone rang and Bai Chi hurried to pick it up, it was Bai Yutang, "Hello, brother... Yes, okay."

Hanging up the phone, Zhao Zhen felt Bai Chi's mood seem to improve and saw him putting the papers together and packing up a bit like he was going out.

Bai Chi's mood is naturally cloudy as Bai Yutang told him that S.C.I. is having a celebration today to welcome him into the group, and given his commendable performance in the last case, he has successfully passed his probationary period and turned into positive permanent member.

Bai Chi got ready and walked to the door to look at Zhao Zhen, eyes gesturing, "Get out!"

Zhao Zhen helplessly stood up and walked to the door, “Where are you going? I have a car, want me to give you a ride?"

Bai Chi held out his hand, "Give me back my three bucks."

"Huh?" Zhao Zhen was shocked, "When did I owe you three bucks?"

"Money for the apple!" Bai Chi glared, "It's expensive!"

"Why are you being so petty?" Zhao Zhen frowned, "Even thinking that much about eating an apple from you?"



"Why should I... invite you?" Bai Chi said righteously, "I only treat friends to food!"

"You!" Zhao Zhen huffed in exasperation, "Good! Count them." After saying that, he turned pulling out ten dollars and putting it in Bai Chi's hand, "Don't bother looking!" Turn around and go.

A few steps out, he heard Bai Chi call out to him, "Wait a minute!"

Zhao Zhen smiled and turned back, his heart saying, who can resist my charm? But then he felt two unidentified objects coming at him, whirring with the wind.

Reaching out, I grabbed one, but the other one hit me hard on the head, "Bang!

"Ah ~ ~ ~" covered his head to see, just see an apple in his hand, an apple on the ground ... Look up.

Bai Chi glared at him fiercely, "No two ways about it!" Another coin was smashed into Zhao Zhen's head... "Ahhhhh!"

Walking out of the apartment, getting into his car, taking a hard bite of the apple in his hand, Zhao Zhen touched the two bumps on his head and gritted his teeth, "Damn kid! I'm so angry!"

Zhan Yao looked at this box picked out by Bai Yutang with admiration on his face and wanted to write - the only children's box in the S City Hotel - the one dedicated to children's birthday celebration, with a wall full of Mickey Mouse Donald Duck.

"What the hell is going on in your head?" Zhan Yao asked Bai Yutang.

"I didn't pick it, it's the Ding family's twins!" Bai Yutang hastened to clarify, "But then again, it's quite appropriate..."

At seven o'clock in the evening, everyone arrived, but the crowd was much larger than expected, except for S.C.I.'s, and the Serious Crimes Unit, Qi Le's and their orchestra, plus the Ding family's twins and Bai Jintang, the box was packed to the brim, and a group of young people went crazy until midnight.

Gong-sun was the first to escape, temples aching, and buzzing in his ears.

"Tired, huh? Shall I take you back first?" Bai Jintang, who came out immediately after Gong-sun, reached up to rub his temples and asked in earshot.

“Yeah..." Gong-sun nodded, dizzy as if he had drunk too much.

The two walked into the elevator, and Bai Jintang draped his coat over Gong-sun's shoulders and said, "I'll go get the car, and you wait for me at the door."




Walking out the door of the hotel, the cool night breeze cleared Gong-sun's head a lot.

"Want some help?" A voice came from beside him, and Gong-sun turned back somewhat surprised, just to see a very capable man standing beside him, asking him with some concern. Gong-sun looked at him, sensing that there seemed to be something similar to Bai Jintang in him, an aura of elite...

Shaking his head, Gong-sun didn't quite like the man's eyes, which, while appearing attentive and friendly with a disguised calculus. In fact, Gong-sun is very uncomfortable dealing with businessmen, and Bai Jintang can be considered a special case, except that he is Bai Yutang's brother and has a special status, and there is never any hypocrisy in his eyes, sometimes even as direct and somewhat innocent as the eyes of a puppy - a puppy of a larger size.

"You don't look very comfortable." The man pursued the question again, "Are you really okay?"

Gong-sun was surprised that he was thinking nonsense and thought Bai Jintang was a bit cute, turned to the man coldly and said, "No need."

"My name is Shen Qian," the man politely reached over.

Gong-sun however didn't reach out, just stared ahead, "I'm not interested."

"But I'm interested in you." Shen Qian said with a smile.

By this time, Bai Jintang was already driving over and frowned slightly at the sight of the man standing with Gong-sun from a distance.

Gong-sun also saw the familiar Mercedes and stopped paying attention to the man around him and walked up quickly to sit in the car, Shen Qian waved at him, "Goodbye, Gong-sun ..." Before the words were out, Bai Jintang was already driving away.

"... Does your head still hurt?" After a while, Bai Jintang couldn't resist opening his mouth to break the silence.

Gong-sun looked at him somewhat amused, "I thought you were going to ask me who that guy was just now."

Bai Jintang was silent for a moment and said, "His name is Shen Qian, the owner of the Shen Group, my rival."

"Oh~~," Gong-sun nodded in amazement, "No wonder."

"Is it any wonder what?" Bai Jintang asked casually, but his eyes were focused.

"No wonder what." Gong-sun deliberately kept his mouth shut, he could sense Bai Jintang's uneasiness and found it amusing that the otherwise domineering and bossy man had been more obedient than a dog lately, always careful, as if trying to learn how to get along with him.

"He said he was interested in me." Gong-sun smiled at Bai Jintang, "What do you do next? Find someone to take him out?"

Bai Jintang sighed in his heart, "This greed goblin..."

The car pulled into the underground parking lot of Gong-sun's apartment and Bai Jintang stopped the car and turned to look at Gong-sun: "Are you still mad at me?"

Gong-sun raised an eyebrow and shook his head.

“Gong-sun." Bai Jintang turned sideways to stare at Gong-sun said, "You've been torturing me all month."

"How did I do that?" Gong-sun laughed harmlessly at the people and animals.

Bai Jintang sighed, "Get out of the car, I'll send you up."

"What do you mean send me up?" Gong-sun puzzled, "Don't you stay up there too?"

"..." Bai Jintang stared somewhat incredulously at Gong-sun, "You... You mean I can move back?"

Gong-sun got out of the car, "That house is yours, what does it matter to me if you don't live there?"

"Stay! I'm staying the night!" Bai Jintang closed the car door and caught up with Gong-sun, "You lend me the bed quilt first, mine is in the office."

"I don't have an extra quilt."

"Then I'll sleep at your place?"

"Good thinking."

“Gong-sun ..."

"Get your hands off me!"

“Yeah..."

Zhan Yao had also been moved home by Bai Yutang, and although most of the drinks had been blocked by Bai Yutang, Zhan Yao, who was extremely poorly drunk and on the contrary gluttonous, had been so drunk without a few drinks that he plopped down on the sofa with red cheeks and huffed himself to sleep. Bai Yutang was helpless and had to take him first.

Putting Zhan Yao on the bed, unzipping his jacket...

"Mmmm~~" Zhan Yao reached around Bai Yutang's waist and rubbed and rubbed, his mouth humming confusedly, "Ruban~~"

...

The cat named Ruban was the Burmese ragdoll that Bai Jintang brought to the two when he returned, only, because they were both super busy and the breed was afraid of being alone, so, even though Zhan Yao was very reluctant, he had to give it to the Zhan Family and the Bai Family's mother.

Bai Yutang removed Zhan Yao's hand around his waist and helped him take off his coat, Zhan Yao flipped over, grabbed Bai Yutang's arm and rubbed it again, "Ruban..."

Taking a backward breath, Bai Yutang jerked his hand back hard, warning himself to be calm, and reached out to help him untie his tie, not expecting Zhan Yao to rub his arms around his neck again: "Ruban..."

Boom! Bai Yutang felt his sanity leave him...

He lowered his head, grabbed Zhan Yao's slightly open lips, and kissed them... After the kiss, Zhan Yao dazedly rubbed his lips again and softly called out: “Yutang ..."

Boom~~ Bai Yutang's sanity flew back.

Sighing, looking at Zhan Yao who was lying defenselessly in front of him rubbing against his arms, Bai Yutang shook his head with a bitter smile, it was Cat'er's trust in him, he definitely could not let him down, though wanting to have a might romp with the man, but now was not a good time, it was not fair to Cat'er.

I took a deep breath, calmed myself down, took off my jacket, chose a more comfortable position, wrapped Zhan Yao in my arms, and covered myself with the covers... Cat'er, sleep well...

Two hours later, Bai Yutang turned on the light and thought seriously... Zhan Yao called "Yutang" in the same tone as "Luban"...

Turn off the lights - go back to sleep.

The next morning, Bai Yutang was awakened by the sharp ringing of a telephone.

"Hello?" Look at the watch - five o'clock?

Zhan Yao also woke up and looked up.

Bai Yutang, listening to the phone, began to look hard and closed the phone speechlessly, frowning.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Yao asked.

Bai Yutang looked at him, "That kindergarten child yesterday who was the first to find her body, Sun Qian... Her family reported her missing yesterday."




"What?" Zhan Yao sat up in shock, "How?"

"Her father said he told her he would pick her up fifteen minutes late yesterday and tell her to wait at the gate, but he couldn't find Sun Qian when he arrived, he thought he had gone to a friend's or grandmother's house, but he couldn't find her anywhere." Bai Yutang was a little uneasy, "Cat'er, will it..."

"I want to go to the scene!" Zhan Yao hastened to get up and get dressed.

Half an hour later, the two appeared in the kindergarten, the school had been ordered to stop, all the teachers were out looking, Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang came to the door of the kindergarten and saw Little Lu Zhen standing there with his head down, seeming to be looking at something.

“Lu Zhen?" Zhan Yao patted him on the back, "What are you doing here?"

Lu Zhen turned back, his face somewhat white, and said, "I said goodbye to Qian Qian here yesterday, I went home, she waited for his father to pick her up by herself..."

Bai Yutang observes the surroundings of the man who walks towards the convenience store, which is just down the road from the school and across the street, asking about the situation.

Lu Zhen took Zhan Yao's hand, "I want to... with you guys."

Zhan Yao nodded and crouched down to ask, "Are you very fond of Qian Qian?"

"Hmm." Lu Zhen nodded, "I just waited with her yesterday because she kept crying... I was a little annoyed..." The voice faded down, full of self-reproach.

Rubbing his head, Zhan Yao reassured, "It's not your fault."

Bai Yutang ran back and said, "The store owner across the street said he wasn't paying too much attention."

Zhan Yao stood up to where Lu Zhen was pointing and slowly turned in place for 360 degrees, looking around, "This is a downtown area, it's impossible to take a little girl by force and not draw attention to yourself."

"Did she walk by herself?" Bai Yutang wondered, "Where will she go?"

Zhan Yao's eyes suddenly fell on a certain point not far away and asked Lu Zhen, "Does Qian Qian like Teacher Zhang a lot?"

"Hmm." Lu Zhen nodded.

"If, for example, you wanted to send something to the dead teacher Zhang, what would you choose?" Zhan Yao asked.

"... Flowers?" Bai Yutang said without a second thought, "Put it at the classroom door."

Zhan Yao asked again, "She's just a little kid with no money on her for flowers... What will she do?"

"Go pick some?" Bai Yutang started looking around, "Like a flower bed... The park..." The eyes fell on a certain flower bed not far down the road, which was where Zhan Yao was staring at, and there were many small white chrysanthemums blooming inside...

The two men exchanged glances and quickly walked towards the flower bed, behind which was a corner... There was a fence, and behind that fence was the demolished house - the construction site.

With a bad feeling, the two turned the fence and walked into the demolished, abandoned site.

The two of them were stunned when they stepped on the pipes and looked down...

Just below the cement pipe in the clearing, a strange red circular pattern, a familiar magic formation, in the middle of the figure, lay a small corpse with a bloody mouth between its neck. Bai Yutang dialed the phone to call for S.C.I.'s men, then he jumped and walked over to the body, Little Lu Zhen who followed him down clenched his fists, "If I had waited with her yesterday..."

Bai Yutang crouched down and pulled Lu Zhen, who was desperately trying to hold back tears, into a hug and patted him for comfort, "It's not your fault."

He looked back, only to see Zhan Yao still staring down at the cement pipe with a horrified look on his face...

"Cat'er?" Bai Yutang walked back and came to his side. In the distance, sirens sounded, a large number of policemen ran over, followed by school teachers, grief-stricken parents, the media...

Zhan Yao stood quietly as if everything had nothing to do with him, not saying a word.

“Cat’er!" Bai Yutang shook him gently a few times, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhan Yao turned his head to look at him and said, "He's back!"

"What?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.



"That Magic Killer." Zhan Yao took a deep breath, "This isn't the same as yesterday's case, it's what the man himself did... He came back like he was awakened by yesterday's case."

"Are you sure?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Hmm." Zhan Yao nodded, "Look and feel it!"




Bai Yutang turned and looked intently at the corpse and magic figure at his feet... Indeed it was a completely different feeling from yesterday's scene, exciting, enjoyable, intoxicating... It was unsettling.



~ S.C.I Mystery Volume 1: The Magic Killer ~



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