Murder the Dream Guy Chapter 144 - At Ease

Chapter 144 At Ease

Translator: MintCatnip | Editor: AtlasStudios /Atlas Studios

Not the average person?

Xiang Wan’s eyes were wide-opened as she took a breath. “How special is he then?”

Bai Muchuan’s eyebrows were closely knitted to a frown. He looked as though she wanted to poke her forehead, but he eventually held back as a glimr of light flashed past his eyes.

“Weren’t you asking why Xing Liehuo looked up?”

Pausing for a while, he seed to be considering sothing. After looking left and right, he disclosed, “What we’ve encountered is not a normal criminal, but a criminal syndicate.”

A criminal syndicate? In other words, she was targeted by a criminal syndicate?

Xiang Wan’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing that. She stayed silent and looked at Bai Muchuan without batting an eyelid.

He glanced at her faintly with a touch of reassurance in his eyes. “When I was back at the capital,” he continued, “the ministry has already talked to once that they’re preparing to setup a special departnt dealing with serious criminal cases and wanted to go over... This ti, Xing Liehuo ca over and talked about the sa matter. He suspected that a criminal group they recently ca in contact with was involved in many cris across the country. He hoped that I go back to the capital to lead this departnt and cooperate with them...”

“Okay.”

Xiang Wan derived a conclusion from his long speech.

“So, are you going back to the capital?”

After having worked and hung out together with him during this period, Xiang Wan more or less understood Bai Muchuan’s temperant.

She knew that he was soone who had his own career developnt plans and pursuits. He was fond of cri investigation. If the Ministry wanted to form a Serious Cri departnt at this critical juncture, that would be a key unit directly under its jurisdiction. She believed that he would give it a serious consideration.

Moreover, they had actually looked him up directly. It was a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity and would be a pity if he did not go.

Xiang Wan felt that he would not reject the offer.

Well, no matter who encountered this, they should not reject this offer.

“This is a good thing,” she smiled, “congratulations.”

Bai Muchuan narrowed his eyes slowly as he studied her pale face under the lights. “If I go to the capital, will you be coming with ?”

Xiang Wan was taken aback.

The two of them gazed at each other for at least five seconds before Xiang Wan ran her fingers through her hair and smiled at him.

“Don’t joke around. What can I do there? I know my own limits. I’m just a greenhorn at criminal profiling, that kind of departnt would not want .”

As she said that, she was worried that Bai Muchuan would misunderstand or reject the offer because of her and, in turn, affect his career developnt. “This is such a good opportunity,” she smiled as she continued, “you better don’t reject it or I’ll look down on you. Don’t get too imrsed in love and forget about your goals!”

Bai Muchuan raised an eyebrow. “You want to go?”

“I hope that you’ll do better and advance further! I hope that you’ll realize your ambitions! I know that this is what you wanted to do.”

Bai Muchuan’s gaze was deep like a well.

He just looked at her without saying a word.

Maybe the lights at night were too srizing or maybe his gaze was too hot. Xiang Wan felt her heart pounding furiously. She couldn’t help but say how she really felt.

“I don’t know if I’m right about this, but I feel that such an opportunity does not co to just anyone. If you miss it, you’ll definitely regret it later. Our current relationship really should not be a hindrance to you pursuing your dreams... You’re a smart person. You know what to forgo, I believe that you’ll know what to do.”

After a short pause, she pursed her lips and put on a smile.

“No matter what, you have my support!”

“What a professional encouragent you just gave!” Bai Muchuan grunted a laugh and gave her a glare from the sideways, but his tone sound indifferent. “Enough, let’s get down to business first. We can always talk about this in future! No matter what, we need to get down to the bottom of this matter. Even if I want to leave, I can’t leave a ss behind.”

Future? Can this matter be delayed?

Xiang Wan wanted to look at his eyes, but he avoided her gaze and pointed at the interrogation room.

“Don’t you want to see the hot young stud by coming all the way here in the middle of the night? Well, he’s right inside there and has waited for almost 50 minutes...”

Uh!

Xiang Wan rembered about Bai Muchuan’s one hour rule.

Pffft! She couldn’t resist laughing. “Don’t joke around. There isn’t any hot young stud that’s hotter than our Captain Bai. I’m warning you. If I hear this again, I’m going to bash you up!”

“Cunning woman! Do you think I’m going to forgive you so easily just by saying a few nice words to ?” Bai Muchuan gave her a chilly glance, and the mont Xiang Wan stopped smiling, he imdiately smiled. “You’ve guessed right that I’m exactly going to do that. Little Xiang Wan, I forgive you.”

“...”

A warm hand landed on her head.

“You’re really!”

Bai Muchuan habitually patted her head, ssing up her hair before turning away arrogantly.

“Co in!”

“Yes!”

Xiang Wan held her back straight and followed him into the interrogation room.

There were two parts to the Interrogation room, the interior and the exterior. The large one-way glass on the outside gave a clear view of what was happening in the interior room.

The hot young stud that Bai Muchuan was referring to was sitting quietly on the simple wooden chair. He was leaning on the chair with his head slightly tilted, his legs crossed lazily, and his eyes shut as though he had fallen asleep. There was not a trace of tension or panic of being detained in the interrogation room.

Xiang Wan crossed her arms as she looked at him, furrowing her eyebrows. “This Ye Lun is young but he sure has a strong ntality!”

Bai Muchuan grunted as he stood beside her. “Why? Hats off to him or a sudden rush of good impression?”

Xiang Wan looked at him through the corners of her eyes. “Why? Are you jealous or curious?”

Bai Muchuan said seriously, “Jealous!”

Xiang Wan’s mouth twitched. “It’s so rare to see soone so open about being jealous. I admire you for this!”

Bai Muchuan’s lips ford a smile. “These celebrities really should thank !”

Why should they thank him? Xiang Wan looked at him seriously with a puzzled look.

Next, she saw Bai Muchuan showing his attractive side profile while bragging shalessly. “They have to thank for not having an interest in acting! Otherwise, how would they be able to get so popular?”

“...”

Xiang Wan tried to hold back her laughter by clearing her throat.

“Captain Bai, I know you can definitely do it! You can act as Yang Guo1... as his huge condor friend. Definitely a fitting role for you.”

“Guess you need to be taught a lesson?” Bai Muchuan played along by pulling a long face.

Xiang Wan imdiately put up two hands to surrender and pointed to the clock inside the room with her mouth. “Five more minutes and it will be an hour!”

Bai Muchuan looked at his watch and dialed a number on the desk phone to get both Tang Yuanchu and Xie Hui.

In no ti, the two young detectives arrived, yawning away with their tired-looking red eyes. When they saw Bai Muchuan and Xiang Wan standing together looking alert and refreshed.

Tang Yuanchu was astonished. “Captain Bai, Teacher Xiang, aren’t you both tired?”

“Why are we tired? The day just started...” Xiang Wan smiled brightly with her eyes forming a curve. “Let’s start the day energetically!”

“Sigh! We are the early twenties ‘elderly’ after all, can’t be compared to you late 20s ‘youngster’—”

Tang Yuanchu yawned and took a sip of his tea before turning to Bai Muchuan. “Boss, you need to help us,” he said pitifully, “to help the early twenties ‘elderly’ get more bonuses!”

“You rascal!” Bai Muchuan swept a glance from the corner of his eyes. “What is our purpose?”

“...”

“Say it!”

“To serve the people!”

“So...”

“I don’t want a bonus anymore. I want to apply for overti allowance!”

Pffft! The few of them burst into laughter.

“Sure, no problem!” Bai Muchuan laughed. “We have limited funds, but in order for us to do our job better, Commissioner Wang has specially applied for the special cases allowance.” As he said so, he suddenly sounded solemn. “Attention! Perk up and do a good job!”

“Yes, Sir!” Tang Yuanchu gave a salute with a straight and a proud posture. “To serve the people!”

“Let’s get to work!”

“Go, go, go!”

Seeing this sight, Xiang Wan had a lot of after thoughts...

The image of this group of unpretentious, upright and adorable colleagues was becoming clearer in her heart. Her feeling toward the job of the detective was starting to be different as well.

She did not know how long she could stay in the Criminal Investigation Unit. She did not know if Bai Muchuan would get a transfer, and whether she would have the chance to stay there. Nevertheless, she really treasured the ti she had with them.

No matter what, she would work hard for as long as she stayed there.

No matter what the future will hold, the experience and knowledge gained will never betray oneself.

Xiang Wan pinched herself on her thigh to clear her head of all these thoughts. She walked straight together with the three n and entered the interrogation room.

She was calm and quiet as she sat inside the interrogation room.

She did not notice that she had changed...

The first ti when she entered this room, she was very nervous, but now, she was entirely a different person.

Ye Lun, who was monitored all around, did not have much reaction. There was no trace of fatigue on his face, either. He lifted his head slowly, looking at them with his pair of clear eyes and his mouth curved. He had a faint smile on his face, but he did not say a word.

“Ye Lun.”

The one in-charge of the interrogation was Tang Yuanchu.

In this case, Tang Yuanchu was being put in charge of interrogating Ye Lun and his staff. Even when Bai Muchuan was there, he did not steal the lilight from Tang Yuanchu.

“Yes, detective.” Ye Lun straightened himself lazily. “What is it again that you have to co looking for in the middle of the night?”

“We have so doubts in Mao Guigui’s case that we need your cooperation to verify so facts.”

Currently, Ye Lun was only related to the case. He was not considered a suspect as there was currently no evidence to suggest he killed anyone. Hence, Tang Yuanchu worded his sentence and watched his own tone carefully.

“All of you are so energetic. You don’t sleep in the middle of the night, yet you want to find people to join you in doing so—”

After pausing for a while, he raised an eyebrow. “Ask away. I’ll tell you all I know.”

Tang Yuanchu looked at him sternly. “What is your relationship with Mao Guigui?”

Ye Lun still had his usual haughty expression on his face. “If I rember correctly, you have asked this question for three tis. Of course, the police has so many things to do, it’s understandable that your mory is failing you. So, I don’t mind telling you one more ti.”

Showing both of his hands, he said in a proper and innocent manner, “I have no relationship with her. If you really want to say sothing, I’m the idol and she’s a fan. Is that considered a relationship?”

Tang Yuanchu looked at him, deliberately putting on a more dignified expression as he spoke slowly, “But as far as we know, you have an improper relationship with Mao Guigui.”

“Hah!”

Ye Lun laughed at Tang Yuanchu’s words.

He rubbed his forehead and smiled brightly. “If you take others’ words for it, then I think I would have at least a dozen children. Mr. Detective, go take a look at the internet. There are thousands and thousands of won calling as their husband. Everyti I open my eyes, there would be people declaring their love for . Does that an they are all my wives if they call their husband?”

He was an arrogant and unyielding person.

Xiang Wan sat quietly beside Bai Muchuan as audience.

At the sa ti, she also analyzed Ye Lun’s character in her little notebook.

This celebrity was calm and eloquent. He could answer the queries of the police smoothly without any hesitation.

Generally speaking, there are only two possibilities for people who could maintain such an attitude under such circumstances.

The first would be that his ntality was so strong that he was fearless toward the police and thus easily gain the upper hand in an interrogation.

To put it in another way, a person like this was beyond the normal human cognition. They would not take evil as evil. They would even see evil as justice. They could totally convince themselves to accept their evil deeds and felt no guilt for committing cris.

The second type would be those who had a clear conscience. If one did nothing against his conscience, he could face up to anything fearlessly.

Which one did Ye Lun belong to?

Tang Yuanchu had prepared himself for the tough interrogation before he went inside. After nurous tis of entering the interrogation room and dealing with different people, he was no longer the rookie detective who would get excited or agitated whenever he faced a suspect. With Bai Muchuan staying beside him to help out when necessary, he was even calr and at ease than before.

“On the 23rd of this month, did you see Mao Guigui?”

“No.”

“Where were you on the 23rd of this month, at night?”

Ye Lun furrowed his brows, and after a few seconds, he looked at Tang Yuanchu and shook his head. “I don’t rember.”

“Try to recall again.”

“Detective, if you can tell who you ate dinner with on the 23rd of this month, what you’ve eaten; which dishes had chili, which dishes had no chili; which dishes had garlic and onion; and which dishes had none of those... Maybe then, I can also recall what happened on that day?”

Such nimble thoughts!

He could easily make one dumbfounded.

Tang Yuanchu was so irritated by his rebuttal that his face went red and unable to find any word to respond.

At the mont when the atmosphere went stagnant, Bai Muchuan suddenly gave a sneer.

“Excuse , Mr. Ye!” He pointed at the National Emblem which was hung on the wall. “This is the Criminal Investigation Unit. We are the detectives as well as public servants who are interrogating you according to the law. If you want to know the above question, when you get out of here, you can go apply to the police academy and take the exams for being a detective.”

Ye Lun narrowed his eyes.

The two of them were a couple of ters away as they looked at each other.

Bai Muchuan wore a casual smile on his face as he tapped on the table.

“You can talk now!”

Ye Lun had a mocking smile on his face. “I can’t rember what happened on the 23rd. If all of you really wanted to know, you can ask Dong Bu, my personal assistant, who return kindness with ingratitude by framing . He knew where I went on the 23rd, he also knew what I’ve eaten, drank, as well as if there’s chili, garlic and onion on my food...”

He shrugged as he showed both of his palms, wearing a half-smile.

“That’s how it is! He knows about my whereabouts and my lifestyle more than myself!”

“...”

Xiang Wan’s heart sank slightly at Ye Lun’s words

Nobody told Ye Lun who and what that assistant had told the police.

Yet he could derive who had betrayed him imdiately just from picking up the clues.

“Of course, we’ll interrogate your assistant.” Bai Muchuan looked at him coldly, totally in his business-like tone. “Right now, we need to investigate you and not your assistant. Ye Lun, please do not avoid the question and answer our queries honestly!”

“I can’t rember. What to do? You can’t expect to just anyhow co up with an answer, right?” Ye Lun smiled frivolously. “Besides, will you believe whatever I say? If you believed my words, we wouldn’t be talking here in the middle of the night.”

“Naturally, we’ll be verifying what you said if you do so.”

“Detective, I’m sorry to inform you that from this mont onward, I’m not going to answer any more questions that are not relevant to the case. At the sa ti, I need to make a few requests.”

Bai Muchuan raised his chin as an indication that Ye Lun could say his requests.

“First of all, I want to et my lawyer.

“Secondly, I’ve already been detained here for an hour. It’s now the wee hours, and I’m feeling very cold. I want to sleep and I think I can reject a persistent interrogation!

“Thirdly, I have illnesses like low blood sugar, anemia, and depression. If you’re going to use the tactic of fatigue interrogation on , please contact my family and my attending doctor in advance so as to ensure my safety.”

“...”

D*rn!

What a crafty person!

Xiang Wan could not resist retorting inside her head.

He’s such a hard nut to crack! Xiang Wan thought it must be rare for the detectives to et anyone like him in a year?

Xiang Wan felt that if she was the one interrogating Ye Lun, she would have vomited blood because of him.

As for Tang Yuanchu and Xie Hui, both of them wore brooding expressions, obviously holding their anger.

Bai Muchuan, however, was unperturbed. After hearing Ye Lun’s words, he smiled casually and gave a glance at Xie Hui.

“Arrange what he asked!”

Xie Hui was gritting his teeth, and one could hear his knuckles as he held his fists. Still, he dutifully listened to the instructions under Bai Muchuan’s stern gaze...

“Captain Bai is sure magnanimous and knows what to do!” Ye Lun gave a thumbs up with a relaxed expression. “Don’t be in a rush, you still have ti to ask slowly.”

Tang Yuanchu took a deep breath. “You and Mao Guigui—”

“Excuse , Detective!” Ye Lun interrupted him. “Could you give a glass of warm water? I’m thirsty!”

His request was not overboard.

This was also the personal rights and interests of the interrogated party.

Bai Muchuan examined Ye Lun with a squint for half a second before giving a chuckle and getting up from his seat. He personally fetched him a glass of warm water and gave it to him.

“Thank you!” Ye Lun felt the surface of the glass with a finger. “Is it very hot?”

“Try it and you’ll know.”

“Okay!” The corners of Ye Lun’s lips lifted upward as he held the glass of water. He blew on it before taking small sips of water. “Captain Bai seems particularly interested in ?”

“I’m only interested in solving cris!” Bai Muchuan returned to his seat, his posture unchanged and his eyes revealing an authoritative aura.

Both he and Ye Lun were good looking n. However, Bai Muchuan’s good looks was different from Ye Lun’s effeminate, beautiful face with a dark aura. He was manly and dashing with a natural aura of brightness, symbolizing justice.

“If you think that you can change the result by deploying the delaying tactic, I’ll have to tell you that it’s no use. Better tell us what you know sooner!”

Ye Lun looked up from drinking. “How do I tell you what I know when I don’t even know what is happening? Captain Bai, why don’t you teach ?”

Bai Muchuan took out a piece of evidence he had and slamd it adequately on the table before Ye Lun. “This is the room record of Jin Xi Hotel.”

Then, without waiting for Ye Lun to answer, he continued to pull out another piece of evidence and put it on the table as well.

“This is from the footage of Jin Xi Hotel on that day! Look at this person. Is this you?”

The one who booked the room that day was the deceased, Mao Guigui, who used her identity card.

The hotel was booked by Mao Guigui using a certain mobile app. The backend of the system only indicated her as the occupant.

However, from the surveillance footage of Jin Xi Hotel, on that very day, a man was with Mao Guigui and entered her hotel room. He had stayed inside her room for about an hour before he left—

“An hour? What kind of joke is this? Oh, you’re looking down on ?” Ye Lun’s expressions and behavior were exceptionally exaggerated. “Taking a bath, foreplay, then followed by the act. How can an hour be enough, right? So, this man is definitely not !”

He brushed off the picture of the footage lazily.

After a second, he frowned and scrutinized the man in the picture carefully.

“He really does look like !”

Xiang Wan was in a daze while watching his behavior.

How would a wily fox like him place a rope around his neck by saying this?

This was because the entire conversation in the interrogation room was being recorded. Any sentence could be used as evidence...

“He does look like ! He really does! This is kinda interesting!” Ye Lun looked at the black and white picture several tis before lifting his head to face Bai Muchuan. “He wore the sa clothes as , similar stature as , he even had a hoodie, as well as a mask and walked with his head lowered... He can totally pass off as !”

Pass off?

Seems like he wouldn’t be admitting it.

“There’s evidence and witness,” Tang Yuanchu snorted, “no point arguing to cover up the truth!”

“If there’s evidence and witness, of course, I’m unable to argue my way through. But will you say clearly where the evidence and the witness are? You can actually use this obscure footage as evidence? Aren’t you sorry to all the taxpayers who are feeding all of you?”

“You...” Tang Yuanchu was so angry that he jumped from his seat.

“Tang Yuanchu!” Bai Muchuan roared in low tone.

Tang Yuanchu felt a lump in his throat and sat back down again.

Ye Lun raised an eyebrow and looked at him provokingly. “Do you believe that if you wear the sa clothes as , use the hoodie to cover your head and wear a mask, you’ll look almost the sa as ?”

Subconsciously, Xiang Wan took a look at Tang Yuanchu and then Ye Lun.

The two of them were of similar age, and their built was very similar.

Ye Lun did have a point that if they couldn’t see the face and soone just put on the sa clothing, they would have a problem of telling them apart due to the poor quality of the surveillance footage.

“What about the witness? How are you going to explain this?” Tang Yuanchu gnashed his teeth as he said so.

“Witness! Hm, Dong Bu? My personal assistant, right?”

Ye Lun rubbed his forehead and chuckled lazily. “I was thinking earlier why did this ungrateful person do this to ? I’ve always treated him well! When he bought a house, I lent him the sum of money for his down paynt. When he got married, I gave him a big red packet. Not to count the usual petty favors he’ll get, he even borrowed a huge sum of money from to pay off his gambling debts. Why did he hate so much?”

He lifted his head and made a strange expression as though he was deep in thought as he continued to shrug his shoulders.

“No choice, as the saying goes: benefactor for the first bucket of rice, enemy for the second bucket of rice! Maybe this should be how he felt toward ? Dong Bu likes to gamble. He asked for help again to repay his gambling debts which I refused. I never expected that he would do this to ...”

He laughed again and continued, “If the police is interested, please feel free to investigate this matter. Many people know how Dong Bu is like. Do you think a gambler’s words should be trusted?”

Bai Muchuan knew about Dong Bu’s gambling habits.

When Dong Bu and the other staff mbers of Ye Lun were being interrogated, Dong Bu had refused to reveal anything at all. The police had also made use of this point when they caught him inside a casino, and the mont he heard he would go to jail, he was so scared that he spilled the beans.

Of course, the law never stipulated that a gambler’s testimony was invalid.

Nevertheless, if the police did not have a more direct and strong evidence, just from this point alone, they were still unable to relate the death of Mao Guigui to this matter.

Being a suspect does not an one is a criminal. This is the law.

Therefore, Ye Lun withstood a two-hour interrogation where he drank nurous cups of water and went to the toilet again and again before his lawyer finally finished with the procedures.

And the lawyer took Ye Lun away.

“This b*st*rd! He better pray hard that he’ll not get caught by us!” After walking out of the interrogation room, Tang Yuanchu released his anger that he had kept in control for a couple of hours. His eyes were red and looked so angry as though he was going to gobble soone up.

“Youngster, don’t be so angry.” Xie Hui patted his shoulders and puffed a sigh.

Looking at his expression, he was also unhappy.

After keeping the records, he turned to Bai Muchuan. “Boss, I’m going to the duty room for a short nap. Call if there’s anything!”

Bai Muchuan waved and let Tang Yuanchu follow him along.

The two of them walked away indignantly.

Bai Muchuan turned to Xiang Wan. “I’ll send you back ho. You need not co tomorrow—”

“It’s today, right?” Xiang Wan chuckled.

Bai Muchuan was dazed for a while and gave a slight slap on his forehead as he looked at the sky which was still sowhat dark. “Yes, it’s today,” he laughed, “you need not co today. Go and have so sleep and write your story comfortably at ho...”

Write her novel...

Looks like he had not yet seen her discontinuation announcent...

“Hm.” Xiang Wan lowered her head. “Let’s go!”

...

In the street before dawn, the cleaners were at work.

The rustling sweeping sounds were as though the wake-up call for a new day.

In Xiang Wan’s neighborhood, there were so early risers who were walking out of the estate.

The rain had stopped, the ground was still wet, and the air was very fresh.

Bai Muchuan stopped at the entrance and got Xiang Wan to tell him the spot where she nearly got abducted and also said their hello to the security guards. “I’ll send you up first. I’ll co down later for the footage...”

He still wants to work?

“You don’t need sleep?” Xiang Wan hesitated for a while. “Why not do it later in the morning? No rush.”

Bai Muchuan patted her shoulders and accompanied her while entering the neighborhood. “If you’re willing to lend your bed,” he said softly in a sly tone, “then I’ll do that.”

“...”

This man could always joke around at any ti of the day.

Xiang Wan rolled her eyes, gave him a glare, and walked faster ahead. As she had stayed up overnight, she was not alert and accidentally kicked a beverage can which was littered by so inconsiderate people. That crisp sound made Xiang Wan nearly jump out of her wits.

The sound of kicking a beverage can was very loud and resonated throughout the quiet dawn. Xiang Wan staggered and nearly fell onto the floor.

Bai Muchuan supported her. “Why are you so stupid!”

“...”

Stupid? When?

She was just slow witted as she had not slept for a night.

“You’re the stupid one!”

She muttered and he slowly called her na.

“Xiang Wan.”

His sexy voice must have been made used of by him to tease her?

“Hm,” Xiang Wan responded, her heart racing as she lowered her head and followed him.

His hand touched the back of her hand.

Their hands brushed against each other as they walked along the path.

The warm touch made the sensitive heart jump in joy.

However, even though her heart was stirring like a tsunami, Xiang Wan pretended as though she was all calm and peaceful.

Bai Muchuan was the sa as her too. He did not show many emotions but just accompanied her along. His hand would brush against hers as though it was not deliberate... This persisted for a good while until he slowly held her hand.

She was stunned for a mont but did not move.

Bai Muchuan’s face revealed a smile under the still dark sky and finally held her hand tightly.

Their palms felt warm. The feeling of first love caught Xiang Wan by surprise...

In the past, the two of them might have behaved intimately and joked around with each other. But this was the first ti that they held hands and walked around the neighborhood before daybreak.

For the first ti, they had different emotions.

The feeling had caught them off guard and they were defenseless against it.

Huff!

Bai Muchuan heaved a deep, relieved sigh. His voice sounded as though he was smiling in the breeze. “I’m finally at ease!”