Chapter 55

The lights in the operating room of the hospital were on, and Chen Yu has been in surgery for almost three hours.

Qi Le stood blankly by the door, with no expression on her face. Her eyes were fixed on the operating room door.

However, if you looked closely, you could still see her body shaking slightly.

The clothes on her body were a little wet because she had been hiding in the corner of the alley. Zhao Hu, who was standing behind her, looked at her, wondering whether she was shaking because of the cold or because of fear.

"Qi Le." He could not help but call out to her.

Qi Le was stunned for a moment before she turned her head to look at him. Her eyes were vacant.

Zhao Hu took off his coat and handed it to her, "Go and change."

After receiving his jacket, Qi Le slowly turned around and walked to the bathroom… After a while, she put it on and came out and resumed standing still in a daze.

Zhao Hu was very familiar with Qi Le. In the last case, he had always been responsible for protecting her safety, so he could feel her worry.

Touching his head, Zhao Hu thought, should he comfort her? What should he say~~~

"That…" He organized his thoughts, "Don't worry too much. Chen Yu will be fine."

Qi Le ignored him.

Zhao Hu sighed in his heart and blamed himself for having such a clumsy tongue~~ Even his words of comfort were so low-level.

"If Xiao Yu also dies, then I really won't have any loved ones." Qi Le suddenly said.

Zhao Hu froze for a moment, opened his mouth, and couldn't say a word.

Qi Le didn't seem to expect him to comfort her, but continued to talk to herself, "Me and Xiao Yu have known each other since she was very young. She is more straightforward and outgoing than me. She might seem immature… But in fact, she has always been taking care of me."

Zhao Hu looked at her quietly and waited for her to continue speaking.

"After my brother died, she moved to live with me… in fact, her home is local. She is just afraid that I will be lonely alone… Earlier, if she hadn’t grabbed the man and told us to hurry up and run, we would all be dead. I'm really useless. "

Zhao Hu suddenly laughed and reached out to pat her shoulder, "Okay, girl, cheer up. It’s not as bad as you said!"

Qi Le looked up at him with some doubt.

Zhao Hu scratched his head again, "Think about it. If you hadn't run at that time, then all three of you would be dead! You didn’t only run by yourself, but you also brought the injured Li Xu, and called our Captain~ In reality, you saved the lives of all three of you. How could you say you are useless? "

Qi Le opened her eyes in distress and looked at Zhao Hu, "But, I think I'm unlucky, and everyone close to me will be unlucky!"

"Rest assured!" Zhao Hu patted his chest and asked, "Haven’t you ever met the people from the S.C.I.?"

"En~~" Zhao Hu suddenly changed the subject, leaving Qi Le a little dazed.

"I tell you, we are all elites in the S.C.I. Our boss, Dr. Zhan, and Gongsun, I don't need to explain. Like Ma Han, he’s the most powerful sharpshooter of the Flying Tigers; Xu Qing, he’s a special mechanic for the military; Jiang Ping, give him a computer and he can invade the Pentagon; Zhang Long and Wang Chao are veteran detectives~~ And look at me again, don’t I look like an elite? "

Qi Le shook her head very honestly and said Zhao Hu looked like a tiger, right? How could he be even half a cop.

Zhao Hu was amused by her words and said with a smile, "I’ll tell you. Team Bai chose me because I have been undercover for five years, and I haven't even lost a piece of skin~~ I’m good luck!!"

Seeing that Qi Le's eyes seemed to be somewhat hopeful, Zhao Hu quite confidently said, "I don't dare to guarantee anything else. Say luck, how much you want here, how much is there… Chen Yu is definitely fine!"

As soon as the words fell from his mouth, the lights in the operating room went out. After a moment, a doctor wearing a surgical gown came out.

"Doctor… she…" Even Qi Le’s voice shook.

"Hoo~~" The doctor breathed out. "She's really lucky. After a few passes by the gates of Hell, I finally got her back."

"So she… is she okay?" Qi Le eyes filled with pleasant surprise.

"She's all right." The doctor took off his gloves. "She’s currently under anesthesia. She’ll wake up tonight."

Watching the doctor leave, Zhao Hu smiled smugly, "See~~~~~?"

He was startled because Qi Le rushed up, hugged him, and burst into tears~~~

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang rushed to the hospital, they saw exactly that scene—Zhao Hu stiffened like a piece of wood, and Qi Le leaning into his chest, crying so loudly…

After Qi Le calmed down, Zhan Zhao and and Bai Yutang asked her for the whole story.

According to Qi Le, Li Xu’s emotions had been very off in recent days. Although she would sometimes get drunk and talk nonsense, she wouldn’t normally get drunk every day like she had been doing of late. After answering the phone in the morning, Li Xu rushed out in a panic. Qi Le and Chen Yu saw that she couldn't even stand properly, and they were caught up in the fear that she might have an accident and chased after her. Seeing the man in black holding a knife to cut Li Xu, the two quickly stepped forward to help. Li Xu was shoved a bit and passed out after hitting the wall. Chen Yu grabbed the man and let Qi Le run away quickly with Li Xu. Then, Qi Le ran out with Li Xu, hid, and texted Bai Yutang.

"Do you know why he tried to kill Li Xu?" Bai Yutang asked.

Qi Le shook her head, "We have known Sister Li for some time, but she rarely mentions past affairs. Even when she’s drunk, she only talks about some good man and killing in exchange for a life and other nonsense."

"Qi Le, do you know anything about the murder case of the Magic Murderer?" Zhan Zhao suddenly asked.

"Ah~~ I know about that. We saw the news the other day, and it said that he had killed a teacher, and later a child… right!" Qi Le suddenly cried, "Li Xu became abnormal when we saw that news that day. "

"What was wrong?" Zhan Zhao asked quickly.

"When we were watching the news that day, we were having breakfast. Sister Li seemed to have been shocked. She was so surprised that she even smashed her bowl. Then she shut herself in her room. She wouldn't open the door when we knocked on it. It sounded like she was on the phone with someone, shouting loudly. We didn’t pay attention to the specifics… Later, she started drinking arbitrarily and became how she is now."

After Qi Le finished speaking, she hurried to see Chen Yu. Bai Yutang instructed Zhao Hu to take care of Qi Le temporarily, and then, with Zhan Zhao, went to Li Xu's ward.

Outside the ward, Wang Chao was leaning his shoulders against the doorway. When he saw Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, he quickly stood up straight.

"How is she?" Bai Yutang asked.

"It's okay. She was a little emotional just a moment ago. Later when she heard that Chen Yu was okay, her emotions stabilized."

Nodding, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang pushed open the door into the ward.

Li Xu sat alone on the hospital bed, looking out the window. She looked a little confused.

"Li Xu." Bai Yutang called to her.

Li Xu said nothing. It seemed that she had not heard.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao glanced at each other.

"Xu Jiali." Zhan Zhao suddenly called out softly.

…! … Li Xu shuddered violently and turned back, "Jia… Jiali is here? Where is she?"

Seeing her response, Bai Yutang said lightly, "Xu Jiali is dead. How she died… you should know best."

"I… I don't know." Li Xu shook her head in a panic. "I don't know."

"Do you know Kong Liping?" Zhan Zhao asked her. "She is also dead."

"What…" Li Xu seemed to be a little shocked, "Liping… also dead… it’s karma… retribution!"

Zhan Zhao looked at Li Xu's morbid reaction and frowned slightly, "You, Zhang Zhenzhen, Kong Liping, An Qingyao and Shen Ling… Why did you kill Xu Jiali?"

"No… it's not that we killed her! We just…"

"Just forged the scene?" Bai Yutang interrupted her. "Why? Who did you want to cover for?"

"We… we thought it was fun… Jiali was usually arrogant…" Li Xu said, but even she felt a lack of confidence.

"Don't be kidding!" Zhan Zhao shook his head. "Let me guess… Was it for a man?"

"…" Li Xu widened her eyes in shock and looked at Zhan Zhao. "How did you know?"

"Who was it?" Bai Yutang asked, "Tell us the truth, otherwise you will get more people killed. You’ll also let down Qi Le and Chen Yu who even saved your life."

With a sigh, Li Xu's eyes began to soften, "He, his surname is Tong… called Tong Ming. He was our dance coach."

"Did he kill Xu Jiali?"

"……Yes."

"Did you see?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"No." Li Xu shook her head. "Shen Ling … Shen Ling and Zhenzhen saw… In addition, Liping also saw it."

"Why did Tong Ming kill Xu Jiali, and why did you help him hide it?"

"Tong Ming… he, he likes younger girls…"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were slightly surprised when they heard that.

"Xu Jiali was only 13 years old. Isn’t that comparatively young? Is he a pedophile?" Bai Yutang said coldly, "Not someone compelled to kill?"

"He… it was just an accident. At that time, Qingyao and I liked him very much… I thought about it and helped him cover up the crime." Li Xu whispered. “After that, I felt guilty and went abroad for a while. When I returned, Tong Ming was already Qingyao’s boyfriend."

"Who was the caller on the phone that morning?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"It was Liping who called me. She said that she had important things to tell me."

……………………

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked out of the hospital at exactly six o'clock in the evening.

"How about it, Kitty? Should we go to that Entertainment City of Shen Qian’s?"

"Nn." Zhan Zhao nodded but said nothing.

He called Zhang Long and asked him to find out what An Qingyao and Tong Ming were doing and to take them back to the police station. Bai Yutang turned to look at Zhan Zhao, "What's wrong, Kitty? You’re restless. What are you thinking about?"

"Nn~~ Li Xu's words are worthy of scrutiny." Zhan Zhao thought deeply. "Consider it. There were only three real witnesses. Kong Liping and Zhang Zhenzhen are dead. Only Shen Ling is left. That is to say, if Shen Ling dies than there will be no more witnesses to say that Tong Ming killed Xu Jiali. "

"That's true." Bai Yutang nodded and started the car. "This case is super complicated, but at least there are a few clues… What Kong Liping wanted to tell Li Xu might have been the truth from that year."

"Do you think that the murderer was not Tong Ming?" Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

"Oh~~" Bai Yutang laughed, "Kitty, are you testing me? Isn't it you who thinks the murderer was someone else!"

"I think Li Xu and An Qingyao were likely deceived by Shen Ling." Zhan Zhao said.

"I think so too. Originally, murder is not a child's play. An Qingyao and Li Xu were blinded by love to cover up the crime for Tong Ming. This is reasonable. But the other three people had no reason at all…"

"And the strangest thing is…" Zhan Zhao continued his words, "Zhang Zhenzhen and Kong Liping died, but not Li Xu and An Qingyao~~~ And not Shen Ling."

"Go to meet her and we’ll understand the pair of sisters," Bai Yutang finished, stepping on the accelerator and speeding up.

Shen Qian stood in front of the wall of screens in the monitoring room and frowned at the twins and Bai Chi at the gaming table in the screen.

"How much did he win?" Shen Qian asked his men.

"In total, it is almost three million (about $423,000)." The men replied.

"Oh~~" Shen Qian sneered. "Well done, Bai Jintang. You found someone to make a fool of me on my opening day~~ He hasn’t cheated?"

"No." The men shook their heads. "He won both turntables and blackjack…"

"Understood." Shen Qian nodded. "The cute little kid who looks like he’s underage is a legendary number genius, right."

"Boss, do you want to stop him?"

"No." Shen Qian waved his hand and smiled, "For this small amount of money, why bother? I'm very interested in the kid."

………………

In the casino, the twins counted their money until their hands were limp from exhaustion and were in quite a good mood! It was not because they won money, but because—they won Shen Qian’s money!!! They thought about it. He was named "Save Money (1)", and they won so much money from him in one go. Wouldn't that hurt him?? So enjoyable~~~~

Zhao Zhen on the side could not stand it anymore. He squeezed into the crowd and pulled Xiao Bai Chi out, "Okay, come over here now."

Bai Chi was confused, and he wasn’t sure how much he had won. He didn't have any specific concept of gambling. He just used his brain and counted cards~~~

Shrugging, Shen Qian nodded politely. Then, he turned and left tactfully.

"Kitty, what's wrong with you? What did you see?" Bai Yutang stared at Zhan Zhao with some worry.

"Yutang, I saw a person just now…" Zhan Zhao said as he grabbed Bai Yutang's open trench coat with a flustered expression.

Bai Yutang was amused, "Really? How ferocious was he? That only you saw him?!"

"I'm not kidding you!" Zhan Zhao was a little angry.

"Well, who did you see?" Bai Yutang asked with a smile.

"………" Zhan Zhao raised his head, stared at his eyes, and said slowly, "Zhao Jue~~~"

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Outside the hall, a person walked slowly past the glass door. He gazed affectionately at the two of them in the hall. He reached out, kissed two fingers gently, and pressed them against the mirror-like glass door before turning around to leave~~~~~~

The ethereal voice said softly, "Goodbye, my angels…"