ATBWSTBP Chapter 11
by VolareChapter 11: An Unfamiliar Phone Call
Outside the villa, Zhao Chengxi was still sitting in his car.
He narrowed his eyes as he watched Jin Mo standing by the window.
Jin Baiyan was his roommate! And his brother!
Their relationship wasn’t necessarily the closest; after all, Jin Baiyan was naturally withdrawn. Even after improving, he still spoke very little and remained cold.
In Zhao Chengxi’s eyes, Jin Baiyan cared most about his adopted younger brother.
Jin Baiyan valued that brother more than himself!
Only in front of his brother did he seem like a normal person with flesh and blood.
Zhao Chengxi didn’t know if he was Jin Baiyan’s best friend, but he considered Jin Baiyan his best brother.
During their freshman year, his parents had scraped together seven or eight thousand yuan for his tuition. As soon as he arrived at the school gate, he discovered his phone had been stolen.
When he logged into his WeChat on someone else’s phone to pay the tuition, he found that all the money in his WeChat account had been transferred away by some crook.
At that moment, he felt like the sky was falling!
He sat at the school gate, lost and dazed.
Passing students pointed and whispered about him, calling him an idiot, saying his phone was stolen, his money was gone, how pathetic!
Jin Baiyan, who was at the school to teach a martial arts class, overheard this.
He walked directly up to him and asked, “Need any help?”
There was no gloating in his tone, no pity, no condescension, just like asking, “Have you eaten?”
That feeling, even after six years, was still etched in his mind.
It was at that moment that his heart was moved!
To make it easier to work part-time, he wanted to rent a room off-campus. Jin Baiyan told him that he had a spare room he could live in!
And so, he and Jin Baiyan became roommates!
Jin Baiyan didn’t like to talk, and they had always maintained a calm relationship.
Only he knew how much he cared about Jin Baiyan!
How could he not be concerned about Jin Baiyan’s sudden disappearance?
He feared that Jin Mo might harm Jin Baiyan for the sake of the inheritance!
Could it be?
Based on the information Li Boxiao had found so far, it didn’t seem to be related to Jin Mo!
But he couldn’t afford to be careless!
His phone rang, and he quickly pressed the answer button.
“Captain!” Li Boxiao’s voice rang out from the other end of the line.
“Speak!”
“We have results from Ruikang Clinic!”
“How so?”
“Two and a half years ago, Jin Baiyan went to that hospital for a consultation. The doctor in charge was Dr. Qin Jihua. I just contacted Dr. Qin, and he said that Jin Baiyan’s brother came to him today for the same reason!”
“What condition did Dr. Qin treat?”
“Mental illness!”
Zhao Chengxi instantly sat up straight, his tone sharply rising, “Are you sure?”
“Yes! Dr. Qin also said that Jin Baiyan had early symptoms of schizophrenia back then, but he only went for consultations for a little over a month before stopping!”
Zhao Chengxi stood up and paced back and forth in front of the car, repeatedly taking the phone away from his ear and taking a deep breath.
“Okay, I understand! Any progress with the garage?”
“Through the surveillance cameras, we found that a taxi left the garage and headed directly out of town! The others were all normal, with passengers getting off and on, and eventually handing over the shift normally!”
“Have you contacted that out-of-town car?”
“Not yet, Xiao Ke is still inquiring with the taxi company!”
“Got it, continue!” Just as he was about to hang up, he said, “Wait, where was Jin Mo when Jin Baiyan left?”
Li Boxiao thought for a moment and replied, “Jin Mo left for the company at 7:30 in the morning. Jin Baiyan left home half an hour later, supposedly on a business trip to Mountain City!”
“Jin Mo was at the company all day?”
“Yes! I checked the surveillance outside their company. He left the company at 8:30 in the evening!”
“Okay, I understand! Contact that taxi driver as soon as possible!”
“Okay!”
“Don’t stay up too late!”
“Got it!”
After hanging up, Zhao Chengxi sat down on the edge of the nearby flower bed, lowered his head, and pondered.
Based on the current situation, Jin Mo’s suspicion seemed to be eliminated!
It was very likely that Jin Baiyan couldn’t suppress his illness and hid himself, fearing that he would be a burden to Jin Mo!
With Jin Mo’s investigative methods, it would be difficult to find Jin Baiyan.
After all, they didn’t have the authority to view the city’s surveillance cameras and could only rely on the surveillance outside nearby stores.
“I have to help Jin Mo!” Zhao Chengxi muttered.
If there was anyone in this world who could save Jin Baiyan, besides Jin Mo, he couldn’t think of a second person!
But…
He still had to test Jin Mo!
Thinking of this, he looked up at the window not far away.
Unexpectedly, Jin Mo was still standing by the window!
Zhao Chengxi couldn’t help but smile.
He had always felt that Jin Baiyan’s kindness to Jin Mo had not received equal reciprocation. Now it seemed that perhaps he was wrong!
He picked up his phone and dialed a number.
Standing by the window, Jin Mo heard his phone ring and turned to walk towards the table.
“Hello!”
“Do you want to know the whereabouts of Jin Baiyan?” A somewhat deep voice came from the other end of the phone.
Jin Mo’s heart instantly leaped.
“Who are you? Do you have news about my brother!”
“Want to know? Then come out now! I’m waiting for you outside!”
“Wait for me!”
Jin Mo shouted, grabbed his phone, and rushed downstairs.
Walking out of the villa and standing under the streetlights, he looked around.
“Where are you?”
There was a burst of static on the other end of the phone.
Before he could react, he was pushed to the ground from behind.
“Jin family adopted son, let me tell you, I was there when you did that thing! Heh heh!”
Jin Mo struggled violently and roared, “Who the hell are you? Where’s my brother?”
“Your brother? Didn’t you get rid of your brother? Still talking about your brother? Don’t you know what you did? I told you, I saw what you did with my own eyes!”
The person behind him had a very sinister tone, which made Jin Mo’s hair stand on end, and he was furious.
“You’re full of crap! You got rid of my brother! You saw it with your own eyes! That’s pure bullshit! I’m warning you, let me go now, or I’ll call for help!”
“Call away! It just so happens to be a good idea to call for the police! Let the police investigate you!”
Jin Mo struggled hard, but the person behind him was too strong, and he couldn’t break free at all.
“Call, why don’t you call! Feeling guilty?”
“Guilty my ass!” Jin Mo roared, “Who the hell are you? Do you know where my brother is?”
“How much money are you going to prepare to shut me up!”
“Dream on!” Jin Mo was already livid with anger, “Want to extort me, in your dreams!”
“It’s okay, if you don’t give it, forget it. I’ll send the video to the police station tomorrow. At that time, don’t blame me for not reminding you!”
Jin Mo laughed in anger.
“Heh, you’re embarrassed to bring out such a low-level extortion! You’re even sending it to the police station? If you have the guts, send it now! I, this criminal, will go with you too, so I can see what kind of evidence it is!”
“Okay, since that’s the case, then I’ll just forward it to the entire internet and let you die socially!”
After the person behind him finished speaking, he pressed his leg on Jin Mo’s back and pretended to take out his phone to send the message.
Jin Mo wanted to take the opportunity to break free from the restraints, but he was no match for the other person at all!
Seeing that Jin Mo didn’t show a trace of guilt from beginning to end, Zhao Chengxi dispelled the last trace of doubt in his heart, released Jin Mo, and stood aside.
Jin Mo felt the pressure behind him disappear and quickly got up.
“You…”
As soon as he saw the person behind him, he suddenly stopped.
“Brother Zhao!”
Zhao Chengxi smiled, “Sorry! I was just testing you!”
Jin Mo rolled his eyes!
His original plan to pounce on him and tear him apart could only be abandoned.