Muchuan And Xiang Wan

For a good while, n.o.body spoke a word.

Yu Ning was too agitated earlier for he had said so much in one go. He probably realized that he was a little too rash. He gulped and looked at Bai Muchuan with his bloodshot eyes and asked for a cigarette.

"Is that okay?"

Bai Muchuan nodded at Tu Liang.

Emotions need to get digested.

Cigarettes might be able to do that for him!

Tu Liang gave Yu Ning a cigarette. He also helped to light it up.

Yu Ning took a puff unhurriedly. He felt his lungs became warm, but his expression felt sorry and dispirited.

Slowly, he hung his head low.

Bai Muchuan pondered for a moment, continuing the unfinished topic.

"Who"s the one who injured you?"

Yu Ning still kept his head low and smoked in silence.

"It"s Meng Chi, right?" Bai Muchuan said calmly, "The Meng Chi that accompanied you to the hospital, am I right?"

Yu Ning did not reply.

However, his hand which was holding the cigarette twitched.

He was quiet but stiff.

His expression had also changed.

Although he had not said a single word, his reaction spoke more than a thousand words.

"Why did he hurt you?" Bai Muchuan asked again, "Was it because he knew about your relations.h.i.+p with Lima?"

Yu Ning hung his head even lower.

He dared not face it.

He did not dare to look at anyone.

"There is some truth to the rumors circulating on the internet, right?" Bai Muchuan raised his eyebrows.

"Yes!" Yu Ning"s reply was bitter as he tried to hold his emotions back.

His past felt like the burning red iron that struck his heart. Once again, his scarred heart which contained his past wounds had suddenly reopened.

Every inch of his skin felt pain.

"I had no choice back then. I really had no choice…"

As he said this, he looked at Bai Muchuan. "Do I really have to give an account on this?"

Bai Muchuan was actually not interested in poking into another"s privacy. It was all because of the case; he had to know what was really going on.

"Mm, please continue."

"…"

A good while later, Yu Ning began to talk.

"There are a lot of women circling around Meng Chi. He"s surrounded by all kinds of gorgeous women… all year round. However, very few people know that he"s also interested in men…"

He paused.

Quan Shaoteng asked questioningly, "You mean, he liked both men and women?"

Yu Ning looked at him. "I"m not sure."

Quan Shaoteng raised an eyebrow with a confused look. "?"

Yu Ning continued, "I"ve never seen how he behaved with those women in private. I can"t give a definite answer!"

There was a possibility that hanging around those women was just a pretense.

However, there was also a possibility that… he was actually bis.e.xual.

Who knows?

Based on Yu Ning"s reaction, Meng Chi and him were not close enough for both of them to open their hearts with one another.

Bai Muchuan questioned, "Are you a willing party or had he forced you on this?"

This was a difficult question to answer.

Yu Ning took two deep mouthfuls of cigarette. "I like women!"

Bai Muchuan responded thereafter, "Does that mean he forced you on this?"

Yu Ning deliberated for a while. "It should be… I didn"t dare to reject him outright, so I gave up! This should be the correct way of saying this."

Everyone fell silent.

Yu Ning glanced at the detectives and smiled bitterly.

"None of you experienced it, have you? When you know that you don"t have any capability to solve this, you simply give up struggling and submit to him…"

n.o.body answered him.

Bai Muchuan thought about it and asked about the most critical matter on hand.

"Who was with you on the 16th day of this month?"

Yu Ning seemed a little confused.

"Captain Bai, why do you keep asking me the same question?"

"Just answer it."

"As I"ve said, I was with CEO Meng."

Yu Ning"s expression did not seem to be disingenuous. He didn"t seem to understand Bai Muchuan"s doubts. He was nervous and uneasy, which was evident from his posture and movements.

"Did the case happen on the 16th?" He mulled over it. "If that"s the case… I"m afraid you"ll be disappointed as Meng Chi was with me that day!"

"Never out of your sight?" Bai Muchuan repeated this question again.

"… Never out of my sight."

Yu Ning repeated this as well.

His expression was no longer as calm as he had previously shown.

If he was never out of his sight, what happened between them…

Bai Muchuan glanced at his face. "Fine then. Now you need to give us a detailed description of everything that happened while you"re with Meng Chi."

Yu Ning gulped. "… Detailed?"

Bai Muchuan had a grim expression; there was no room for negotiation.

"Yes! As detailed as possible! This also includes whatever happened and the details when you"re making out with him."

"…"

To get to the bottom of the matter, these were necessary questions.

A seemingly small detail could be related to them to gain significant evidence.

The interrogation on Yu Ning took some time.

By the time they came out of the interrogation room, they didn"t have much time left before they were forced to release Meng Chi.

The officer on duty, Little Zhao, said that Meng Chi"s lawyer wanted to see Captain Zhang.

Obviously, the lawyer wanted to take Meng Chi away.

Captain Zhang was reluctant to do so.

From what Yu Ning had said, besides getting to know that his relations.h.i.+p with Meng Chi was "unusual", they had made no progress in the case. Regarding this aspect, even if Meng Chi admitted to that, it would not have any impact on the case.

After all, Yu Ning stated clearly that he could not count it as forcing. He consented to it in the end.

"Aye! Looks like we could only release him…"

Hur! Bai Muchuan gave a sneer. "How can that be?"

Captain Zhang suddenly turned around.

Bai Muchuan had a stern look. "Detain the suspect, Meng Chi, now!"

"Ah!?"

Everyone had a dumbfounded expression.

When they saw how confident he looked, it puzzled them.

"Captain Bai, we… don"t have enough evidence."

The corners of Bai Muchuan"s mouth curved, showing a smile.

"Shouldn"t we detain a suspect that caused intentional bodily harm to someone else?

"Intentional bodily harm…" Captain Zhang thought for a moment, and his sudden realization caused his eyes to brighten up. "You"re referring to… Meng Chi?"

"Yes!" Bai Muchuan nodded as confirmation. "Detain him first!"

They wouldn"t be releasing this man that day.

If he really was the main culprit behind this case, discharging him would only result in the case arriving in a deadlock.

"That"s ingenious! That"s what we should do!"

"Captain Bai… you"re amazing! I salute you for it!"

Captain Zhang gave him a thumbs-up before he left.

Whether or not Meng Chi committed a crime in the 121 case, it was a fact that he had caused a physical injury on Yu Ning.

It was not critical if Yu Ning had sustained serious injuries or not; the important thing was they managed to detain Meng Chi!

By just changing the reason behind the arrest, they were able to to keep him!

…

Since they were in Xi City, Captain Zhang had to handle all these administrative matters.

Serious Crime Division One could take this chance to take a breather.

Bai Muchuan looked at his team.

"Everyone go back for a rest!"

"We"re not tired!"

"Not tired?" Bai Muchuan looked at Tu Liang from head to toe. "You"ve already gone without sleep for two days. Do you not want to live a healthy life anymore?"

"I don"t want it. I"ll give it to the country!" Tu Liang spoke loudly and quickly.

"Cut it out!" Quan Shaoteng sneered and teased, "Your appet.i.te is too huge. Do you want the country to feed you?"

Tu Liang grunted with a grin. "…"

Quan Shaoteng responded with a shrug, "I"m going back. Little Bai, send me back."

Bai Muchuan remained silent. "…"

…

Men who think they"re elites would act arrogantly.

The few of them left the police station and went back to the hotel for a rest.

The one driving for them was Tu Liang.

Bai Muchuan got Tu Liang to make a trip to the hospital as well.

He knew that Xiang Wan would not return to the hotel if he was not with her.

When they arrived at the hospital, Xiang Wan was still chatting with Fang Yuanyuan.

Bai Muchuan also talked to Huang He for a while and left with Xiang Wan.

On their way back, they also talked about the case.

Everyone felt that Meng Chi was definitely the biggest suspect.

All of them were certain that he was the mastermind behind this case, but they had no proof.

That charge of causing "intentional harm to others" wouldn"t be able to keep him for long since the injury was not serious.

When that time arrived…

They would still need to release him!

"D*rn!" Quan Shaoteng was the first to lose his patience. "That fellow did not look like a good person at all. He tries to speak vaguely so now we don"t know which is the truth and which is a lie… If I"m the one interrogating him, I won"t talk to him anymore. I"ll just give him a good thras.h.i.+ng. Hurhurhur… if I did that, he"ll even tell me the brand of the undies his wife wears!"

"…"

Geez, that"s too violent!

Bai Muchuan glanced at him lazily.

"So if someone doesn"t look like a good person, that someone must be a bad person?"

Quan Shaoteng replied, "This is called the detective instinct—"

Bai Muchuan chortled. "You don"t look like a good person either."

"Hey, you"re too much!" Quan Shaoteng protested. "I have the awe-inspiring air of righteousness. Are you blind or something?"

Bai Muchuan shrugged his shoulders and when he turned to Xiang Wan, he realized that she was hugging the laptop in a daze.

"Teacher Xiang, what"s up?"

"Ah?" Xiang Wan looked at him. "What?"

Bai Muchuan asked, "Why are you behaving like a mute?"

Xiang Wan laughed and ran her fingers through her hair.

"Captain Quan said that you"re blind then you said that I"m a mute. This is really…"

"A perfect match!" Quan Shaoteng continued the sentence for her. He turned to look at them and his gaze fell onto their hands, which were clasped together. His mouth twitched at that sight and he cleared his throat slightly. "Do you two really have to do that?"

Xiang Wan"s cheeks were blus.h.i.+ng slightly, and she wanted to pull her hand away. Nevertheless, she didn"t have a chance to do so since Bai Muchuan was faster and held her hand tightly. "Does that bother you?" he asked Quan Shaoteng.

Quan Shaoteng scoffed. "Yeah, that bothers me!"

"Hmph!" After that, this young master tapped on his knees impatiently as though he was brooding over something and seemed to be mumbling to himself.

"I just don"t get it. What"s so good about being in love? You abandon your brothers and don"t care about your friends anymore… all because of a woman. You dote on her, pamper her, coax her, and you live like a wuss!"

Pffft! Xiang Wan couldn"t hold her laughter.

Bai Muchuan directly delivered a punch on him.

"Enough of this, okay!?"

"D*rn! You"re bullying me again!"

…

When they returned to the hotel, it was already late at night.

It was winter. Everywhere seemed misty and the air was really cold.

The car pulled into the hotel parking lot under the lights at night, quietly telling the story of the detective"s totally different lifestyle…

Quan Shaoteng let out a yawn and walked in front.

This was a guy who liked to argue and banter with them. However, when he was at work, he would keep his young master temper to himself.

Although he was not familiar with detective work, he would definitely cooperate with them seriously.

"Have a good rest!" Bai Muchuan patted his shoulder and showed his concern, which was rare to see.

Quan Shaoteng did not buy that. "Hmph! Isn"t that just to console me since you"re abandoning me anyway?"

Bai Muchuan"s serious face cracked into a smile. "It"s getting very late. Don"t tell me you are wis.h.i.+ng that I won"t abandon you?"

A hint of a banter flashed past his face as he wore a half-smile.

"You seem to be… implying something?!"

"Scram!" Quan Shaoteng glared at him then strode towards the elevator.

He left in that elevator without waiting for them.

Pffft!

Xiang Wan couldn"t contain her laughter as she watched them sparring against each other with words.

Bai Muchuan looked at her, his lips formed a smile and suddenly looked serious.

"Are you… a little angry today?"