Chapter 534: i Shiyu
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Seeing the shocked look on Fan Yansong’s face, Qi Youxuan said, “Now you believe in the effect of psychological suggestion.”
Fan Yansong did not say a word but his facial expression said it all.
Qi Youxuan was in no hurry and calmly spoke, “Now you tell , from the beginning, what this Dr. Xu told you.”
Yang Shaoqun felt sothing amiss when he listened to Qi Youxuan’s voice. It seed hypnotic. It had a calm, non-undulating tone, like an ethereal voice in a dream.
Turning again to Fan Yansong, he did not realize when his expression beca calm and even sluggish-looking.
Fan Yansong began talking about his treatnt in B City and continued until he ca to T City. What he could rember was incomplete and could not repeat it word for word. He could only express in general what Dr. Xu told him at the ti. It was also out of sequence.
This caused Qi Youxuan to exert more effort in his judgnt. After all, the words used by a psychiatrist at tis—especially like this Dr. Xu—was always thought out in advance. Each word and its sequence had a specific purpose.
“I felt that I may have relapsed and it was more serious than before. I beca very irritable and violent. It was unbearable to be with others. It was even more unbearable to be alone. I knew that it was bad, but I didn’t know where to find a reliable psychiatrist in T City. I had no one else to turn to. I’m afraid that others will think that I have ntal problems, that I’m a freak, and that I’m crazy. So I thought of Dr. Xu, and I called him again.”
“I told him about my emotional problems. He said that sotis emotions can’t be continually supressed and need to be vented properly. It’ll feel better once vented. For example, certain urges that I have can be followed through. He tells little by little each ti. I now realized that I was just in a violent mood at first, but not to the extent as to kill. It was he who encouraged to vent my emotions a little bit. Soon, those failed to satisfy . I wanted to kill.”
“I only felt happy after I killed Xiong Shishi, but I was scared at the sa ti. I was scared I had beco a pervert. I told him but I had no guts to tell him that I had killed soone. His voice was very gentle then, just like yours.” Fan Yansong glanced at Qi Youxuan.
“He said it was good that I had found a way to relax. This will be a good thod. If I stick to it, I’ll be better. I actually did feel much better. Due to his words, a huge burden was lifted. He also said to find more ways to relax, as long as it was effective.” Fan Yansong’s expression suddenly beca perplexed. “He told sothing more but I can’t rember. I think I was a little absent-minded then.”
“Quite often when chatting with him, there will be a period of ti where my mind goes blank. I feel very comfortable and relaxed. Even though I don’t rember anything, I rather liked the feeling.” Fan Yansong’s expression then morphed into the look of terror. “Give us the contact information of that psychiatrist,” said Yang Shaoqun.
“His cellphone number is in my phone contacts, the address of his clinic is recorded in my cell phone’s mo,” said Fan Yansong.
Zou Chengwei, who had been listening next door, imdiately went to get Fan Yansong’s cell phone and found a contact nad Dr. Xu. After confirming with Fan Yansong, he wrote down the number and found the address of his clinic.
Sure enough, the address was in B City, Room 1301, Block A, Jinbao International Building, 58 Jianguo Road.
The doctor’s na: Xu Heyou.
They had already arrested Fan Yansong. As to what charges to press, this would depend on his ntal state. Qi Youxuan’s party had no say in it.
They packed and prepared to return to B City.
Jiang Yuecheng had sent Xu Heyou’s address and contact information to Zhang Ming. They booked the earliest flight the next day back to B City.
It was already late night when they finished questioning Fan Yansong. Because of that, they had no ti to et Xiao Yiqing and Xiang Haorui.
They turned off their cell phones when they got on the plane.
When they landed and turned on their cell phones, Jiang Yuecheng saw that he had a missed call from Zhang Ming.
He called back. After listening to Zhang Ming and hanging up, he told Qi Youxuan and the others, “According to Zhang Ming, the psychiatry clinic at the address had been closed down. He checked with the building’s security guards and found out that there was a clinic there previously but it was closed down a month ago. Shaozhan also found that no psychiatrist in B City goes by the na Xu Heyou.”
“Have Zhang Ming ask the building’s security guards, the people who work in the building and the people who had contact with Xu Heyou and get a police sketch of Xu Heyou based on the descriptions from them.” Qi Youxuan then instructed, “Also, have Yang Shaozhan find the author of the book, .”
In the car, Wei Muran did a search on the internet with her cell phone. “This book was initially published on the Jiangshi Chinese Network and was then licensed to Jinzheng Publishing for publication. Jiangshi Chinese Network is located in B City, 21 Guangbo Road, Block A, Haidong Building, Room 1001-1010.”
After they returned to the police station, Zhang Ming and Jiang Yuecheng went to the Jinbao Building; Qi Youxuan and Wei Muran to the office of Jiangshi Chinese Network; and Zhao Yiyang and Xing Jiadong went to Jinzheng Publishing.
At the office of Jiangshi Chinese Network, Wei Muran presented her badge and found the editor for .
“What seems to be the matter, officer? Have you co to check for pornographic content? This book by i Shiyu is a Detective Fiction novel. There’s no pornographic content in there. Our website has rectified all books to ensure compliance. The content is good. There is no indecent content. Officer, are you here to arrest ? Is it too late if I resign now?” said the editor while clutching her employee ID tag, hiding her identification from Qi Youxuan and Wei Muran.
“...” Wei Muran took a quick glance at the employee ID tag clutched in her hand and said, “We’re from the Criminal Investigation Division. We’re responsible for major cris like murders, arsons, and bank robberies. We’re not responsible for fighting pornography.”
The editor breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled. “If that’s the case—”
Before she could finish, she got scared again. “Then it doesn’t concern !”
“Please calm down, Miss. We’re here to inquire about i Shiyu, it’s not directly related to you,” assured Wei Muran.
“What happened to i Shiyu? Did one of my authors commit a cri?” asked the editor nervously.
“Just answer the questions that I ask, alright?” said Wei Muran with a wooden expression.
“Sure, sure.” The editor’s shoulders loosened and she no longer covered her employee ID badge.
Wei Muran saw the na on her employee ID badge: Pu Qiuping.
“Madam Pu Qiuping?” asked Wei Muran again.
“Yes, yes, I’m Pu Qiuping.” Pu Qiuping shifted her buttocks and adjusted her posture. “Not Madam. Miss. I’m unmarried.”
“...” Wei Muran ignored the second half of what she said. She wondered if the editor has read too many novels which caused her brain to be crooked compared to others. “i Shiyu is one of your authors. Do you have a way to contact him?”
“I only have his QQ number, and we usually communicate via QQ,” answered Pu Qiuping. She then took out her cell phone from her jacket pocket, logged in to QQ, found i Shiyu’s QQ number and told Wei Muran.
“Still, we haven’t been in contact for more than half a year. After his novel was published half a year ago, he said he wanted to take a break. There was nothing much happening during this ti, so I haven’t contacted him,” inford Pu Qiuping.
“How much do you know about i Shiyu’s real identity? Did you need an identification card to sign the contract?” asked Wei Muran.
“Just a minute, I’ll find our contract editor and get a copy of i Shiyu’s contract,” said Pu Qiuping. She then sent a QQ ssage to the contracted editor with her cell phone. “It’s a little troubleso to find a contract and it may take a while.”
“How much do you know about i Shiyu? Could you tell us? I saw your website. Does he only have one series on your website?”
“Yes. I’m not sure if he has vested in other websites. This is the first ti he has co to our website. We posted our editors’ posting submission emails and genre of submissions on our website. I’m in charge of suspense, supernatural, online gas, and science fiction. He submitted his work to last March. I saw that it was really good, so I contacted him and quickly signed the contract. This detective fiction novel isn’t long, approximately three hundred thousand words. It was completed within two months.”
“Our website has a dedicated publishing departnt responsible for recomnding suitable books on the website to publishers. Our colleagues in the publishing departnt recomnded this book to Jinzheng Publishing. It so happened that detective fiction novels were particularly popular at the ti, and the publishers were more than willing to sign on novels of this genre. This book of his was highly popular on our website. Although short, it had a huge amount of readers and i Shiyu’s na also gained fa. The publishers signed the contract and the royalties were considerable. We’re recently preparing to recomnd it to make a movie out of it,” Pu Qiuping added.
“Have you ever t?” asked Wei Muran.
Pu Qiuping shook her head. “His book was very well-received. The the was new and original. We wanted to cultivate him as the face of our website. At the author’s annual eting last year, he was specially invited to attend. He was to be presented with a particularly important award, which ca with generous bonuses. This will also help to boost the popularity of this book. I contacted him and explained clearly but he still didn’t agree; he just didn’t want to reveal himself.”
Pu Qiuping felt helpless and even a little sullen. He just passed up such a good opportunity.
“There were other events held, big and small, yet he declined them all. The book sold very well and he even built up a fan base. The publisher wanted to do a book signing event, he declined. The publisher was willing to cover all travel and lodging expenses, he still declined. They requested that he co over to sign so copies of the book and sell them as special signature editions, he refused as well. He only had the publisher send him a stack of A4 papers and sent them back after he signed them.” Pu Qiuping shook her head. “Still, it turned out alright as the publisher used the mystery angle as a selling point. The results turned out pretty good.”
After a while, a girl who looked like she had just graduated ca bearing a contract.
Wei Muran flipped open and photographed i Shiyu’s signature, identification card, and real na.
Later, Qi Youxuan asked Pu Qiuping to contact i Shiyu with her office number.
They both followed Pu Qiuping to her desk. They stood behind her as Pu Qiuping found i Shiyu’s na from the author’s category of her QQ friends, and sent two words: [You there?]
There was no reply even after they waited a while.
Pu Qiuping looked at them regrettably and said, “We haven’t contacted each other for more than half a year. He’d respond just as slow back then when we were in contact. Most of the ti, I contacted him in the morning, and he’d only respond in the afternoon. It was considered very fast if he responded within one to two hours.”
“Do you use this work number for personal use?” asked Qi Youxuan, frowning.
Pu Qiuping shook her head. “No, it’s used only during office hours. The account number and password are provided by the company.”
“Very well, give us the account na and password. If it’s not convenient to reveal the password, you may change it. You can change it back after we return the account to you,” said Qi Youxuan.
Pu Qiuping shrugged. “It’s not inconvenient, it was all set-up by the company.”
As she spoke, she retrieved a random sheet of A4 printer paper, wrote down the account number and password, then handed it to Qi Youxuan.
On the way back, Wei Muran said, “Not sure what’s the connection between i Shiyu and Xu Heyou.”
She stared at the picture i Shiyu’s identification card photo on her cell phone. The real na was printed right there, a common na: Song Pengfei.
However, because of , Wei Muran was used to using the pen na.
“We’ll have the identification card checked out, but I don’t have high hopes,” said Qi Youxuan after glancing at Wei Muran’s cell phone screen at a red light while driving.
“The identification card is a fake?” asked a shocked Wei Muran.
“Not necessarily. Even if the identification card is legit, I suspect that the person may not be the real i Shiyu,” said Qi Youxuan. The light turned green and he drove. “You asked what’s the connection between i Shiyu and Xu Heyou. There’s definitely a connection but he won’t let us find it so easily.”
Back at the police station, Zhao Yiyang and Xing Jiadong had also returned from the publishers.
Unsurprisingly, they did not find any information about i Shiyu that was of use at the publishers.
“The editor at the publisher who was in contact with i Shiyu also said that he had never t him. i Shiyu just wouldn’t participate in any events; they don’t have his cell phone number; he usually contacts him via QQ. If unlucky, he might not be online for a few days. Important matters will need to be delayed because of this. Even the signing of the contract for the publication of was conducted by i Shiyu via the editor at Jiangshi Chinese Network,” said Zhao Yiyang.
Yang Shaozhan spun in his chair. “i Shiyu thinks he’s such a big shot!”
Wei Muran transferred the photographs on the phone to Yang Shaozhan via the cloud network.
Very quickly, Yang Shaozhan leaned back on his chair and said, “Such a person exists and is in B City.”
At this mont, a notification rang from Pu Qiuping’s editor number that they had previously logged into on their computer. The initially grey avatar lighted up. Upon closer inspection, they realized that the avatar was of Van Gogh’s painting, .
Wei Muran opened it quickly. Yang Shaozhan moved over to a computer that seed to have lots of complicated attachnts connected to it and gave Wei Muran an ‘OK’ hand signal.
Only then did Wei Muran officially begin her conversation. i Shiyu only responded with one word, [Yes.]
Wei Muran considered for a mont then wrote, “The website is now in talks about the movie rights for . The people at the movie studio want to et and discuss with you in person. Other than the movie rights, there’s also the adaptation of the book to the big screen. A movie adaptation is a very important matter. There are also other trivial matters. You must co over this ti.”
Wei Muran waited a while, and when there was no reply, she added, “This is related to your future. This isn’t child’s play. You better take this seriously, or else it’s no use for us to be anxious for you.”
Wei Muran felt that she was really into the role of playing the character of an editor.
“Tell him that if the book can be successfully adapted into a movie, the popularity and influence will be incomparable to what it is currently. Many more people will read the book, many more people will know the plot and will know of his thinking, and be attracted by his ideas. They don’t even have to make the movie. As long as they sign the contract to adapt it, and once promoted online, the number of readers would increase trendously compared to before,” elaborated Qi Youxuan.
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