Chapter 42: The Absentee Murder Case (10)

  Xia Zhu originally thought that seeing Xi Zuo would require some effort, but in reality, she had underestimated the influence of Lin Yuanke.

  Lin Yuan dialed a number on his phone and said something briefly. The other end reported the address, Lin Yuan put down the phone and looked at Xia Zhu: "Now?"

  "Hmm." Xia Zhu looked at Lin Yuan and asked with some concern: "Is it okay?"

  Lin Yuanxu smiled and reached out to fasten her seatbelt for her, then started the car.

  Xia Zhu rarely relies on anyone, but for some reason, when it comes to Lin Yuanli, she's like a different person. Lin Yuanli is used to it, and so is she.

  Such dependence is like a maggot attached to bone, yet it also makes the two people inseparable.

  The place where Xi Bao reported was the coffee villa, which had been sealed by the police before. I don't know how Xi Bao chose this place. Along the way, Xia Zhu sent a message to Zou Mu Yuan, requesting support.

  Lin Yuanxi saw her action and shook his head: "Don't drag Zou Muyuan into this."

  Xia Zhu was somewhat surprised, in her view, most of the time, there were no secrets between people in the major crimes unit, let alone hiding from each other. Lin Yuan took away the phone from her palm: "The signal shielding on that side has been cancelled, don't worry."

  Xia Zhu replied in a low voice and put away her phone.

  Xie Bao stood at the entrance of the castle, dressed in a long black robe, looking like a European medieval noble. When he saw Lin Yuan's car slowly driving in, he smiled slightly and stretched out his hand: "You've arrived."

  Lin Yuanqie completely ignored his actions and opened the car door for Xia Zhuo, saying "Be careful."

  He raised an eyebrow in slight discontent, then slowly regained his calm demeanor: "Long time no see."

  His tone was light and airy, with a hint of awkwardness that made Xia Zhu want to frown.

  "We've come for medicine." Lin Yuan said calmly.

  Xī Bó's expression seemed a bit disappointed as he looked at the seal on the coffee castle, and couldn't help but click his tongue twice: "Not inviting me in for a sit?"

  Lin Yuanxi looked at the coffee castle for a moment, his tone still calm: "No."

  "So cold and distant, yet you still want me to find medicine for you...... Ah, ah." Xi Bao shook his head, seemingly intending to leave.

  "That medicine wasn't for Shengyuan." Xia Zhu suddenly spoke up.

  As expected, Xi Bao's footsteps stopped, and he seemed to be very interested in looking at Xia Zhu. Then Xia Zhu said: "That medicine was not given to Sheng Yuan, to be exact, the person that medicine is meant for is actually me, right?"

  Xie Ba turned his head around, narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile: "What's worth me going to deal with?"

  "For such a provocative tone, Xia Zhu calmly analyzed: 'Or rather, we are just stepping stones. The person you truly want to get close to has always been Yuan Ke.'"

  Xie Bai blinked his eyes and looked at Lin Yuan with a hint of envy: "You really found a good apprentice."

  Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow, rarely responding.

  "The medicine for aging doesn't actually have an antidote," Xi Bao said with a gentle smile, looking at Xia Zhu's calm eyes: "You don't believe me?"

  Before Xia Zhu could speak, Lin Yuanxi responded first: "We don't believe it." His expression was very calm, he looked at Xi Bao for a while, and then repeated again: "We don't believe it."

  Xie Baolong raised an eyebrow and said "oh" in interest, tossing a medicine bottle over: "I want to try you out."

  Xia Zhu took it over and saw that it was a small white bottle with a small transparent ** inside.

  "Do you think this thing is an antibody?" Xi Bao smiled faintly, looking at Lin Yuan with his finger to his lips and making a soft "shh" sound, his smiling eyes slightly teasing.

  Lin Yuan furrowed his brow and held his breath, watching Xia Zhu's reaction. Xia Zhu waved his hand slowly, and suddenly a group of people rushed out from the side, not just Xi Biao, but even Lin Yuan had just discovered the ambush around them.

  Xia Zhu handed the small bottle to Bi Tianqi: "Check the ingredients, if there are banned substances, detain him until the arrest warrant is issued."

  "It's okay," Bi Tianqi looked at it for a while, furrowing his brow: "It's just purified water."

  He turned his head again, and saw Xi Zuo smiling slightly, with something indescribable in his eyes. He let out a light sigh and looked at Bi Tianqi, who was frowning: "Sorry, I just came here to take a look."

  "You just moved something in the villa." Lin Yuan suddenly said.

  Xie Bo looked at Lin Yuan unexpectedly and said calmly: "Now look at your fingers, there should be a chemical reaction."

  Bi Tianqi didn't make a sound and put on his gloves before reaching out with his hand.

  This time, Xi Zuo didn't move. He stretched out his hand and calmly waited for Bi Tianqi's action. His fingertips were already covered with a faint layer of purple color, which was almost imperceptible if one didn't look closely.

  Bi Tianqi looked at Lin Yuanxi in confusion, and then Lin Yuanxi explained: "It was left by Mr. and Mrs. Li before, used for encryption. Once someone touches their research results, a chemical reaction like this will occur."

  "When he finished speaking, Tian Qi nodded and looked at Xi Zuo: 'Because you are suspected of destroying evidence, please go back with us to accept the investigation. You have the right to remain silent, but every word you say will be used as evidence.'"

  After a while, Xi Bao smiled. His smile was still very pure. He looked at Lin Yuan for a long time and nodded: "You really have grown up."

  For some reason, Xia Zhu felt that Lin Yuanxu's evil spirit had grown stronger.

  "Goodbye, we'll meet again."

  He followed Bi Tianqi obediently, and the sight of him doing so seemed somewhat out of place. Xia Zhuo couldn't quite put his finger on it, so he turned to Lin Yuanxi for help, only to see Lin Yuanxi bend down and pick up a small bottle from the ground: "He left this behind."

  He and Xi Bei still had an inexplicable tacit understanding, Xia Zhu felt a little uneasy in her heart, that unease was like the slowly covering dust haze, bit by bit, quietly and soundlessly.

  She held the small bottle for a while, then suddenly asked: "Was this all arranged by him?"

  Xia Zhu still didn't say much, but Lin Yuanke understood what she wanted to ask. The two of them sat back in the car and listened as Lin Yuanke said calmly: "It's very consistent with his habits."

  Kill Lin Yuanxi's closest person and observe his reaction.

  Xie Bao would never personally kill anyone, he was used to manipulating people's minds and using their greed, anger and delusion to achieve his own goals. Lin Yuan furrowed his brow, tapping his leg lightly with his hand, the movement was very rhythmic, Xia Zhu knew that he was thinking.

  If it weren't for Mrs. Lin's sudden awakening at the last moment, Lin's family would have been taken over by Lin Yuan and Yang Yan by now. She preserved her dignity in the final moment and gave Lin Yuan a chance to turn things around, leaving Xia Zhu feeling moved.

  Xia Zhu looked at Lin Yuanke and frowned, saying: "I always feel that something is not quite right."

  Lin Yuanxie turned his head slightly to show he was listening, and Xia Zhu said in a low voice, "Why did he want to send himself in like that, using this method?"

  After a long silence, Xia Zhu heard Lin Yuanxiao say faintly: "Trouble is coming."

  For some reason, Lin Yuan's simple sentence made Xia Zhu feel a chill run down her spine. She gripped the small bottle in her hand tightly and asked in a low voice, "Did he plan something big?"

  "It's possible," Lin Yuan said thoughtfully: "Or maybe he's hiding from someone, and if that's the case, then the trouble might be even bigger."

  If even a monster like Ren Sheng needs to avoid him, what kind of freak is he...

  Xia Zhuang roughly imagined it in her heart and felt even more terrified.

  "Don't worry." Amidst the silence, Xia Zhu heard a faint voice beside her.

  She turned her face slightly to the side, and Lin Yuan's thick palm gently patted the top of her head with a hint of coaxing a child: "Don't be afraid."

  "... Far away." Xia Zhu finally spoke up, feeling her face burning up.

  Lin Yuanxi's low and husky voice came from beside him: "Hm?"

  "You..." Xia Zhu hesitated, feeling that it wasn't easy to bring up.

  Heaven knows she has never been in love before, let alone express her feelings to someone else.

  "You... close your eyes." Xia Zhuo steeled himself and decided that he had to get through this today, so he gritted his teeth and said.

  Lin Yuan's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, he didn't like the darkness very much, always feeling that something was out of his control. Looking at Xia Zhu, he remained silent for a long time before finally closing his eyes awkwardly.

  After a while, Xia Zhu's soft voice was heard saying: "I like you."

  Lin Yuanqie didn't move.

  Xia Zhu sat quietly beside him, feeling increasingly chilled to the bottom of her heart.

  It was unclear how much time had passed when Lin Yuan opened his eyes and looked at Xia Zhu with some confusion: "Is it over?"

  "......Huh?"

  Lin Yuan looked at Xia Zhu with a somewhat dissatisfied expression and tone: "Is that it?"

  "You... think it's going to be how?" Xia Zhu blinked her eyes, feeling like she had misunderstood something.

  Lin Yuan's gaze swept over Xia Zhu's thin lips, which were pressed together in a subtle smile, before he finally turned his head away with a stifled expression: "Forget it."

  Nothing, as expected, it was just a kiss with closed eyes, I must have thought too much.

  Just as Xia Zhu thought that this unrequited confession was going to end in such an anticlimax, she finally heard Lin Yuan Ke speak up: "Let's work on cases together from now on."

  Although this sentence sounds like "be my follower for life", Xia Zhu still bent his lips and said: "Uh-huh!"

  "I'll take good care of you." After a long silence, Lin Yuan suddenly said, Xia Zhu's eyes widened, and then she heard the man continue to say faintly: "For a lifetime."

  Xia Zhu felt thoroughly fulfilled.

  In a daze, it seemed like something had covered me, and the dragonfly-like touch on my lips lingered for a moment before carefully letting go.

  A flash of light flickered in the man's eyes, shining brightly. Lin Yuanxi smiled and said, "Let's go."

  Xia Zhu's face turned red as she nodded: "Mm-hmm."

  No matter how many difficulties lie ahead, as long as you are by my side, everything will be alright.

  Tomorrow enter next case file.