Breaking Through The Clouds - [Author: Huai Shang (淮上)]

Volume 1: Chapter 13

Volume 1: Case 502 - The Intoxicated Frozen Corpse

Chapter 13

"Why did the two of you decide to serve the force?"

"I did badly in my studies," replied Vice-captain Yan.

"I was too good at them," answered Captain Jiang.

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"Vice-captain Yan! Vice-captain Yan! Brother Gao sent news-"

A female police trainee rushed over with her head hunched low. Her call came to an abrupt stop, as her mouth comically widened into a circle.

In a corner hidden from view, between the guard rail of the highway and the car, Yan Xie was still stuck pinning Jiang Ting to the door. The two shifted their gaze towards her in that same instant.

Three pairs of eyes stared speechlessly into one another for a few seconds. Yan Xie let out a muffled cough. Stepping back a space, he straightened his clothes asking, "What's up?"

Jiang Ting hurriedly opened the door and dived into Yan Xie's personal car without saying a word from beginning to end, acting as though nothing had happened earlier. The female police trainee was still dumbstruck. Countless unspeakable scenes censored with mosaics sped past her mind in that instant, until Yan Xie finally called out in annoyance, "HEY! I'm talking to you here!"

"Oh. Yeah! Yeah!" The young woman shook herself a little before snapping to attention. "Reporting to Vice-captain Yan! Brother Gao from the field investigation team called in to report that they uncovered major evidence at the suspect Hu Weisheng's home. They found several journals and textbooks on experimental chemistry, as well as an iphone of the latest model that's been reformatted. They suspect that those were taken from the victim's bag."

"Have they given the phone to the technicians to be restored yet?"

"Yes! They did! Chief Technician Huang said iphones are difficult to deal with. He still has several computers from Vice-captain Qin with data related to the drug trafficking case waiting to be recovered. You've approved them to sort those out first, so for the phone found at Hu Weisheng's home, you might need to wait until tonight or tomorrow for the results."

"Alright then." Yan Xie narrowed his eyes at the sky before turning his head to shout, "BIG DOG!"

"CALL ME HEAD GOU-!" Gou Li's thunderous rage-filled roar came over from afar.

"My Great Gou!" Yan Xie asked, "When can you wrap things up?"

"It's still too early to say. It'll be lucky if we can finish before nightfall!"

Yan Xie replied, "That's great then. My whole body's been reeking for the past few days. It's about time I head back for a shower and get some sleep. Otherwise, your Godfather here will die of a sudden heart attack while on duty serving the people."

As soon as he finished, the heart of the female police trainee beside him quickly palpitated thrice. Her large round eyes kept darting towards the car incessantly, and the speed at which her eyes were blinking resembled a pair of wings of a robotic bee.

Catching sight of her in this state, Yan Xie was positive that she only managed to take in two keywords-'shower' and 'sleep'-amongst what he had said earlier.