Chapter 61: Prelude of Despair (10)

  To prevent Bi Tian from becoming suspicious, Zou Mu Yuan nodded and slightly furrowed his brow, asking: "What's so urgent?"

  As expected, Bi Tianqi's expression tightened slightly before relaxing again: "Nothing, something came up at home and they need me to go back urgently."

  "Oh," Zou Muyuan sighed: "Originally, the bureau had allocated a quota, and I was planning to let you participate in foreign exchanges."

  Bi Tianqi raised his head, without hiding the astonishment in his eyes: "Then, what about Sheng Yuan?"

  "What can I do?" Sheng Yuan smiled and spread his hands: "Tian Qi, you are also a forensic professional, naturally not everything is me, Lingyuan has always had such consideration, but hasn't had time to tell you yet."

  His tone was calm and collected, but it left Bi Tianqi stunned for a moment.

  Zou Mianyuan shook his head and patted him on the shoulder: "Since there's something going on, go back first. I have a form here, remember to fill it out later."

  Bi Tian's eyes flickered with a hint of hesitation, but he eventually nodded: "Alright, I'll go fill it out now. It's still early, I can make it back in time."

  Zou Mianyuan's eyes seemed to hold a hint of sighing, but his expression remained calm: "On my desk, I'll take you there."

  Seeing the two of them leave, Shengyuan finally leaned against the table and rested for a moment.

  His hair fell down faintly on his forehead, and his complexion didn't look too good.

  If I say there's no guilt in my heart at all, it's actually not true.

  If it hadn't been for his own involvement, perhaps Bi Tianqi would still be the only forensic doctor in the homicide department and wouldn't have gone astray. But there are no ifs, old gives way to new, everything is equal and fair.

  Sheng Yuan shook his head, tidied up the documents in his hand, but his eyes were attracted by a table.

  He handed the materials over to Lin Yuanlie.

  "Have you read this material?" Sheng Yuan asked straightforwardly.

  Lin Yuan took it and flipped through a few pages: "I've read it, what's up?"

  "Do you feel that something is off about what Bi Tianqi has been leaking out?" Sheng Yuan's tone was somewhat urgent: "Not only are there materials from our major crimes unit, but also a lot of things that aren't even within our authority to access - how did he manage to leak them out?"

  Lin Yuanqie flipped through the things in his hand, his face getting darker and darker: "You're saying he invaded the headquarters' system?"

  "Now there's only one conclusion," Sheng Yuan furrowed his brow in thought, then suddenly asked: "What do you think the possibility of infiltrating headquarters' network is?"

  "Ten percent."

  "Bi Tianqi also has no way out for himself." Sheng Yuan sighed.

  Lin Yuanxu was stunned: "When is this foreign dispatch?"

  Sheng Yuan nodded and replied: "Let's set off next week. If we give him this opportunity, he might choose to join our camp and make up for his past mistakes."

  Lin Yuan shook his head firmly: "Don't hand it over."

  "What does it mean?" Sheng Yuan was stunned.

  Lin Yuan said: "I don't believe he will turn from dark to light, at this time revealing national secrets, he has long had no way out. Now deciding to let him leave the country is nothing but releasing a tiger back into the mountains."

  Shengyuan's expression slowly sank: "You mean..."

  "Use him, but don't let him leave the country." Lin Yuan's tone was calm and cold.

  Shengyuan was silent for a long time before he let out a sigh: "I understand. I'll go talk to Mengyuan later."

  Lin Yuan slightly nodded his head, casting his gaze towards Xia Zhu, and smiled faintly: "Think it's very cruel?"

  Xia Zhu was silent for a moment before sighing: "I just feel that back then, when I worked with Bi Tianqi senior, I didn't think so much."

  "That's right," Lin Yuanxi pulled open the door and walked out: "We never doubted our teammates back then."

  He paused for a moment and smiled faintly: "Except for Bi Tianqi, most of the teammates are still trustworthy, don't worry."

  He was trying to reassure himself, Xia Zhu was somewhat surprised and couldn't help but laugh: "I know."

  Lin Yuan casually touched Xia Zhu's hair and said to Sheng Yuan, "Are there any other technical personnel in the major case team? Remember to tap into Bi Tianqi's phone, don't be too obvious."

  "You're really outdated," Sheng Yuan shook his head and smiled: "This kind of thing can't be directly monitored, you have to go through the legal procedures first, then submit the conclusion to the telecommunications company, and it can be locked in for monitoring."

  Lin Yuan nodded, without any psychological pressure: "Very good."

  When Bi Tianqi signed the agreement, his fingers trembled slightly. After a while, he stopped and looked at Zou Muyuan: "I still think it's not quite right for me to go."

  "What's wrong?" Zou Muyuan furrowed his brow and asked, thought for a moment and smiled, patted Bi Tianqi on the back: "Haven't you done forensic medicine for too long? Take a walk around and it'll be fine. We also need people like you, in your professional field, you have an advantage over Sheng Yuan."

  Bi Tianqi was thoroughly stunned, and after a while, he threw down his pen and sighed: "Captain."

  It seems like there's something going on!

  Zou Mianyuan's eyes widened, especially wanting to pull Lin Yuanli and Xia Zhu into it!

  This kind of professional moment can't hold itself up, what's going on!

  Bi Tianqi remained silent for a long time, but then picked up the pen by himself, his expression already completely calm: "I will do my best."

  Zou Muyuan could only nod: "Add oil."

  It's simply unscientific.

  On the other end, Xi Baozheng sat in a spacious living room, holding a cup of red tea with an expressionless face.

  Ah stood silently for a long time before carefully asking: "What are you planning to do next, sir?"

  Xī Bì Wēi smiled and said: "If it were you, what would you choose?"

  Ah said with some entanglement: "I will make threats to the police station and let them do as I wish."

  Xie Bao smiled silently and shrugged his shoulders: "What wish?"

  Perceiving the sarcasm in his tone, Ah He no longer spoke: "What does sir mean?"

  "Exactly." Shi Bao's tone was very affirmative.

  A He listened and didn't understand, so he picked up the simplest question: "So... is the mole in the police station still reliable?"

  "Do you take him as an insider?" Xi Bao's face was very cold.

  A hesitated and didn't understand, silently waiting.

  After a while, Xi Bao continued: "He won't be used by us," Xi Bao said with a smile: "His only wish is to gain people's trust, and all of this, Zou Mianyuan will give it to him."

  "A Huan was even more puzzled: 'If so, why should we use him?'"

  "To make the police think they've won, from now on, Bi Tianqi is no longer trustworthy," Xi Bao's gaze was slightly cold, but the smile at the corner of his lips was joyful: "They will use Bi Tianqi as bait, hoping to lure out our true target."

  Real goal...

  Ah suddenly felt that the police were a bit pitiful because they had been so close to the culprit from the start, yet had never been able to see through his thoughts.

  Moreover, the people at the police station who could see clearly, seemed ——

  "There is only one."

  Xue Bai pulled open the curtains, and the morning light was dim.

  He stood under the sunlight, yet there was no sense of discord at all.

  Xie Wei smiled and said: "The only person who can see through me is Lin Yuanbai. I don't know if he will choose me this time."

  Thick curtains divided the room into two parts, one side was dark and obscure, while the other side was bathed in warm sunlight.

  But Lin Yuanxi never took this step from start to finish.

  "It's time to make a choice, Lin Yuan. Xi Zuo's gaze slightly lowered, with a hint of a smile in his eyes: "Actually, you've always been another me in this world, it's just that you've never been willing to admit it."

  In his hand was a photo taken when Lin Yuanlie was imprisoned that year.

  In there, Lin Yuan's face was cold and hazy, not at all like his usual self.

  The most trusted sentence in Xi Bao's life is that human nature is evil.

  Only this point, unswerving determination.

  Lin Yuanqi was talking to Xia Zhu: "Your condition has stabilized, but the doctor said you need to come back for a follow-up examination."

  "Ah, I know," Xia Zhu sighed, "next Wednesday, I still remember."

  Lin Yuan nodded slightly, with a hint of playful smile at the corner of his lips: "You seem to dislike hospitals."

  "It's okay," Xia Zhu muttered, thought for a moment and then said: "I want to go see my father."

  Her voice was calm, but Lin Yuanli was slightly stunned, and only then did he nod his head and say: "Alright, I'll accompany you."

  When the two arrived at the prison, it was already dusk. The person at the gate of the prison saw Xia Zhu and was taken aback: "Xia Zhu?"

  "Hmm," Xia Zhu smiled lightly: "Didn't expect it to be so coincidental."

  "Didn't you receive our call? Did you change your number?" the young man asked.

  Xia Zhu was taken aback, took out her phone and glanced at it, then apologetically said: "I've been too busy lately, I changed my number but didn't have time to notify this side." Looking at the expression of the person in front of her, Xia Zhu's heart sank even further: "What...what's wrong?"

  "Not much." The young man shook his head and finally squeezed out a sentence after a long while: "Condolences."

  "Is...my father dead?"

  "Acute cerebral hemorrhage, no delay in treatment, walked out of the operating table."

  "When did this happen?" Lin Yuan asked calmly, holding steady Xia Zhu in his arms.

  "It was just the day before yesterday, and today someone has already sent a message to your workplace." The young man didn't know how to comfort him, and could only say as much as possible: "Fortunately, the old man didn't suffer too much..."

  Everything has become a fleeting cloud, everyone is dead, what's there to be concerned about?

  Xia Zhu supported Lin Yuan for a while, then slowly stood up: "I remember you once said that the case back then might have had some ulterior motives."

  Lin Yuanqi could only nod: "Yes."

  "After sending off Father for the last journey, I will apply to reopen the case." Xia Zhu said with a determined expression, she looked at the little brother by the door and slightly bowed: "Thank you for these days."

  "No need for this, Xia Zhu," he said after a long silence, bowing slightly: "Take care."

  All the way, Xia Zhu held the ashes box in silence.

  She stared out of the window with empty eyes.

  For some reason, Lin Yuan suddenly felt that the distance between them had widened. He tried to start a conversation several times, but still couldn't succeed, and could only watch as Xia Zhu became increasingly silent.

  "What's for dinner?" Lin Yuan asked after hesitating for half a day.

  "Did you say..." Xia Zhu suddenly spoke up: "Was Father's death a natural one?"

  Her expression was cold and distant, after a while she shook her head: "Sorry, I'm just a bit confused."

  Lin Yuanxi looked at her empty expression and suddenly felt that his own disciples were not good either...

  If she could cry like other girls, perhaps she would feel much better.

  Unfortunately, what he likes is precisely this kind of summer bamboo now...