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

Volume 1: Chapter 18

Volume 1: Case 502 - The Intoxicated Frozen Corpse

Chapter 18

"Give me an hour. If I can't get a confession within the hour, I, Yan Xie, will change my last name to yours."

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Edited by Beth

"His face?" Yan Xie was a little surprised.

Jiang Ting stared at him.

"..no. It was too dark, and he had a gun."

"You weren't able to see what he looked like? What about his height? His build? Any unique characteristics?"

Yan Xie contemplated for a moment. "It really was too dark. However, he was of considerable height with an average build. But when he ran away, he was very fast."

Jiang Ting nodded silently. After a pause, he suddenly spoke up. "This case can't be investigated any further."

His voice was light, yet very decisive. Yan Xie had long since passed the age where he would meaninglessly throw a tantrum, but his expression still changed. "What did you say?"

"You won't be able to find any concrete evidence relating to drug manufacturing from Hu Weisheng. In this situation, where you can't get a testimony, then you can't detain anyone. Continuing the investigation of the sales of fake drugs might be the best way for now. The risk is that not only are Hu Weisheng's methods illegal, he has also antagonised the drug cartels. Now that the true vicious criminals are involved, the police that are left to investigate will be exposed to unprecedented risks."

Yan Xie looked directly into Jiang Ting's eyes. It took him some time before he eventually opened his mouth; his voice light yet dangerous. "Why? Because we're afraid of criminals?"

Jiang Ting did not answer his question directly. "They have an extraordinarily faultless criminal network that basically has no end to it. It's far more powerful than you think it is, and even stricter.."

"Is it because of that bag of drugs?" Jiang Ting's narration was interrupted by Yan Xie.

"..."

"That bag of drugs was an abnormality, and you recognised the clue within it, didn't you?"

Without waiting for Jiang Ting to respond, Yan Xie stood up almost right in front of him. "That drug, and the fake Adderall sold to Feng Yuguang were the same. So you wanted to hide it, didn't you?"

Jiang Ting had his hands above the blanket, one rested over the other. Towards the pressing interrogation, he had no reaction. Even his tone didn't change in the slightest. "If you still want to quibble over the matter of the drug, then I've already told you before. I only wanted it for myself."

The incandescent light fixture of the hospital room emitted a faint buzzing noise. Other than that, there was only the breathing of the two men, which hit each other's face.

Yan Xie slowly leant back, standing up straighter as if he had not just put up an aggressive front.

"The morning before yesterday, the parents of the deceased Feng Yuguang came to Jianning from Beijing and went to the mortuary to claim the body."

There was no reaction from Jiang Ting.

"The Feng's only had the one child. His father was a businessman while his mother, since a few years ago, stayed home full-time to take care of him. Feng Yuguang was very filial. Although sometimes he was playful- every year, every holiday or even his parent's birthdays, he never forgot to call home and send gifts. Amongst family and friends, he was well known for being a promising child; he was also his parents' only hope and pride."