Jian Yao places down the telephone.  She seems to be at Bo Jinyan. 

He’s nonetheless sitting on the mattress, He leans ahead and rests his arm on his lap, interlocking his fingers.  His face flashes a relaxed smile.  

He seems to be extraordinarily happy with himself…

Jian Yao has to confess: “Wow, you might be good.”

– Really, he’s extra than simply ‘good’, he’s superior. 

However he does not appear to be touched by her compliments. He lies down on the mattress, put his eye masks again on, and goes again to relaxation.  To him, this can be a easy and straightforward to unravel case.  There may be nothing to rave about.  This can be a case of logical deduction. It’s not even in his space of specialty – prison psychology, serial killers and many others.

Jian Yao says: “Do not sleep.  Officer Wang has invited us to supervise the interrogation course of.”

“I’m not going.” He merely solutions, “My work is completed.  The remainder is as much as them.”

–

Jian Yao heads over to the convention centre by herself. 

She follows Officer Wang right into a room that they’re utilizing as their management room.  Contained in the room, two officers are observing a number of laptop screens, that are transmitting video photographs from the rooms the place the Buyer 3 division staffs are being questioned.  

Jian Yao sits down in entrance of the screens.  She sees various acquainted faces.

Lin Yu Xuan, Zhou Qin, Shen Dan Wei, Qian Yu Wen and Pei Ze.

They’re organized in separate rooms.  The police are recording their testimonies.  Everybody seems to be weary, apart from Pei Ze.  He seems to be disinterested, as if he doesn’t give a rattling to what has occurred.  

Jian Yao remembers the occasions they spent collectively.  She is repulsed by his actions and perspective.  

When the policeman throws the testimonies of others in entrance of him, he momentarily loses his composure.  He seems to be flustered.  However quickly, he recollects himself. 

“Whether or not you confess or not, we have now sufficient proof to cost you.” says the policeman.  

Pei Ze is silent for a second.  He asks: “What’s the penalty for homicide?”

Police replies: “That’s a matter for the courts to determine.  However they are going to present extra leniency to those that confess.”

“Ah……”

–

When did all of it begin?

Lengthy earlier than Wang Wan Wei joined, Buyer 3 division was already a drug home.   Wang Wan Wei was like a small recent flower planted amongst the decaying vegetation.  She was completely unaware of what’s happening.

However their non-public lives had been fairly separate from their work lives.  And there ought to have been no intersection between the 2. They weren’t wanting cash.  They stored to themselves and had been very cautious round others.  The nice youngsters like Mai Chen and Wang Wan Wei lived in a special world from them.  

Till that evening.  

Pei Ze and Lin Yu Xuan had been wantonly indulging themselves within the convention room.

“It doesn’t matter. Nobody will come.” He mentioned, “Xuan, I would like you right here, on this very room that you simply use for telling me off throughout work hours.”

Lin Yu Xuan is a succesful and shrewd girl.  However she is simply a girl in any case. Her husband was a professor in a music school.  He fell in love along with his feminine pupil that’s twenty years youthful than him.  He walked out from their marriage whereas she was nonetheless pregnant.   Lin Yu Xuan was devastated. She aborted the kid to start out a brand new life.  However life had stagnated since then.  She was not capable of transfer on. 

Then Pei Ze appeared in her life.  They labored collectively, dined and wined collectively.  She knew this enticing younger man had ulterior motives.   However she was too lonely, and too fragile to withstand.

– He will need to have some emotions for me too, proper? In any other case… There are various different ladies in managerial positions.  However he got here for me. 

When precisely did she fall in love with Pei Ze?  She was undecided.  Initially, she checked out it as a deal.  He offered the love and luxury she desired.  In return, she used her place and energy to assist him advance in his profession.  A good commerce.  

However when Pei Ze was prepared to maneuver on from this relationship, she didn’t need to let him go.  She could not bear to reside with out him.   Her profitable profession didn’t fill the vacancy in her life. The loneliness was an excessive amount of for her to bear.  

But it surely was not laborious to maintain him, so long as he was nonetheless working within the firm.  

So their relationship continued. She turned a blind eye to his debauchery – nightclubbing, informal intercourse with different ladies… And he lured her into medicine. Hashish.  Candy however painful.  In the long run, it’s laborious to say who’s the dominant one within the relationship?  Is it Pei Ze? Controlling her with a gradual provide of medication? Or is it Lin Yu Xuan? Utilizing her energy and affect within the firm to maintain him near her.  The road was blurred.  Nobody knew the reply.

That evening, as they had been busy having fun with themselves, somebody opened the door to the convention room.  They even heard a pant. 

However the individual retreated in a short time. 

Pei Ze rapidly placed on his pants, opened the door barely and regarded by means of the hole: “Sure, it’s Wang Wan Wei.  The lock is damaged.  We didn’t discover that simply now.”

From then on, Lin Yu Xuan was apprehensive Wang Wan Wei would in the future expose her shameful deeds in entrance of others. Although Pei Ze insists that Wang Wan Wei didn’t see their faces, she could be completely satisfied to see her go.  It was too dangerous to have her round.  She began to select on the harmless lady on a regular basis.  And surprisingly, she began to get pleasure from seeing her endure.  In spite of everything, a younger lady simply beginning out in life also needs to study that life is just not a simple and easy journey. 

……

“That is the rationale you and Lin Yu Xuan lured her to the trail of medication?”

Pei Ze smiles: “At first, it was Yu Xuan’s concept for me to sound her out.”

To learn the way a lot she really knew about their affair.  It was in the course of the time when Wang Wan Wei felt down and discouraged due to her scenario at work.  To Pei Ze, she was like just a little rabbit.  Meek and weak, evoking a person’s innate urge to overcome.  

One evening.  Pei Ze and Wang Wan Wei had lots of wine.   They had been drunk.  She was lured right into a sexual relationship with him. 

The primary time Pei Ze requested Qian Yu Wen to affix them, Wang Wan Wei refused.  However finally, she gave in to Pei Ze’s request.  She was too timid to withstand him.  

Their threesome relationship went on for some time.  She knew Pei Ze and Qian Yu Wen had been drug addicts.  However she had no concept her different colleagues had been taking medicine too.  She by no means would have guessed that her life was misplaced as a result of these individuals would disregard her plea for assist.  

Lin Yu Xuan vaguely knew about Pei Ze and Wang Wan Wei’s relationship, however surprisingly, she didn’t appear to care. 

–

“How did Shen Dan Wei change into a drug addict?” The police asks. Who is aware of?  Is Shen Dan Wei going by means of the identical ordeal as Wang Wan Wei?

“Her?” Pei Ze laughs: “She is the primary to take medicine within the division.  She was led astray by her boyfriend after they had been attending college.  Later, the person left her to return abroad.  Solely then did she realise he was married.”  

Shen Dan Wei. Her desires of marrying a wealthy foreigner had been shattered.  She couldn’t shake off her dependancy, so she frequented bars and nightclubs.  Pei Ze and her met in a drug get together as soon as. They nodded and smiled to 1 one other. 

“She helped me clear up the traces of my crime.” Pei Ze says, “Everybody helped.  They’re all accomplices, proper?”   

———-

Identical to Bo Jinyan predicted, Pei Ze went to see Wang Wan Wei after Mai Chen left. 

She refused, threatened to name the police. 

Pei Ze was closely intoxicated.  Out of anger, he determined to kill her.  

“Qian Yu Wen’s medicine…  Are you the provider?” The police asks.

Pei Ze provides a faint smile: “He requested me for it.  However I didn’t introduce him to the behavior.”

Qian Yu Wen’s purpose for taking medicine was boredom.  He’s merely on the lookout for bodily stimulant to boost his life.  As for his style for males, he found it after he turned a drug addict.  Life is brief.  He determined to let himself unfastened and revel in life the best way he needed to. 

——

However all these had been hidden from their outwardly regular lives.  They weren’t silly.  Nobody needed to lose their job due to drug abuse.  Maybe, this can be a street of destruction, however the finish continues to be a great distance off.  There’s no hurry to take a U flip at the moment.  Later, maybe.  Later.   

Between one another, not every part was disclosed.   Pei Ze was the one one who is aware of who had been into medicine too.  Qian Yu Wen was with him on a regular basis, so he had an concept of what’s happening.  However the others, they did their very own factor.  

Shen Dan Wei is a loner.  The others may need guessed that she took medicine.  But it surely’s none of their enterprise.  

As for Pei Ze and Wang Wan Wei’s relationship, nobody was conscious of it till the evening of the homicide.  

And Mai Chen.  He’s the legislation abiding and sincere younger man that didn’t pose a menace to his seniors at work. 

“Why then, is Zhou Qin taking medicine?” The police asks, “Identical causes as Qian Yu Wen?”

“Oh ……” Pei Ze laughs, “His drug behavior has nothing to do with me both.”

Zhou Qin and his spouse met in college.  They fell in love with one another.  However their romance was brief lived. They broke up due to some misunderstanding.  Nevertheless, they nonetheless had one another of their hearts.  They reunited after just a few years and Zhou Qin was the happiest man on the earth.  However his happiness didn’t final lengthy once more.  She died in a automobile accident.  

Forsaking a son. Each time he noticed the kid’s face, he agonised over the loss of life of his pricey spouse.  He could not consider his work.  As soon as he virtually misplaced his job due to his carelessness.  It was medicine that held him collectively.  It gave him a brand new lease of life.  

He knew it’s the flawed path.  He thought he may get away with taking small dosages for a brief time frame and never get hooked.  By the point he realised, he had gone too far.  He deeply regretted his actions and had began rehab.    Nevertheless, it’s not simple to chop off the addictive behavior.  So he’s had just a few relapse from time to time. 

Pei Ze knew everybody’s secrets and techniques, so he made them cowl for him.  Everybody knew that if the homicide was found, they are going to be introduced again to the police station for an in depth interrogation.  All their soiled laundry could be uncovered.  They could get fired.  No person needed to lose their jobs.  Moreover, Wang Wan Wei meant to commit suicide within the first place.

However right this moment, the reality that they tried so laborious to cowl up, is lastly revealed.  

……

“How may you do that to a younger girl?  The place is your acutely aware? ” The police asks every one in all them.  

However silence is the one reply he will get.  

–

When Jian Yao leaves the convention centre, it’s three o’clock within the morning.  It’s nonetheless darkish, as if the sky is roofed by a thick layer of black ink.   Jian Yao walks down a protracted and brightly lit hall.  She stops beside a window and appears out.  

Lots of people come to her thoughts.  Her father, Li,  Bo Jinyan, and lots of others.  

Everybody will encounter confusion and temptation sooner or later of their life.  It could be laborious and painful.  However that’s not the rationale to forsake morals and rules.   Life is greater than indulging in egocentric needs and feeling good, it’s about doing the proper factor.  

She opens the door and walks within the room. She expects to search out Bo Jinyan sleeping, however to her shock, he was standing in entrance of a mirror.  He’s doing up the buttons of his jacket, as if he’s about to attend a proper assembly.

Jian Yao walks as much as him and asks suspiciously : “Are you going someplace?”

Bo Jinyan turns to take a look at her: “Let’s get on with the true purpose we’re right here right this moment.”

Jian Yao is confused.   

Earlier than she may ask any questions, he walks out of the room with a solemn face.

——-

Jian Yao sits within the backseat of the automobile, beside Bo Jinyan.  He’s looking of the window with an infrared telescope.  The rain has stopped.  The automobile drives right into a slim and windy street.  It brings them again to the residences they visited earlier.  The crime scene is pitch darkish.  All of the lights within the space have been turned off.  

There are two different cops within the automobile.  They’re retaining their eyes on a monitor contained in the automobile.  It’s linked to the video cameras positioned across the complicated that reveals all of the paths that results in the residences. 

Bo Jinyan places down the binoculars.  He’s sitting there, deep in thought.  

Jian Yao can not include herself any longer :”You probably did a lot… to lure him right here?” 

That man.  

Bo Jinyan replies frivolously: “Why do you assume I agreed to tackle one thing as dumb as a secret investigation?  To not point out coming again to this boring place? “

Is that the rationale he agreed to assist Yin Ziqi? He planted his transfer – secret investigation means there could be no police involvement, giving the individual a chance to go away extra indicators for him.  

“However you mentioned you get pleasure from seeing the assassin shamed?” Jian Yao asks.

“Sure, I did get pleasure from that, nevertheless it’s not a ok purpose for me to make all that effort.”

The numbers written in blood involves her thoughts.  All of the sudden, she is all tensed up.

“How have you learnt that he might be right here?” She asks.

“He’ll.  He’ll come… for me.”