WWY Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Mistress – Questionable Character, But Surprisingly Loyal!……

The setting sun streamed in through the window, casting a large patch of orange-red light on the snow-white bed.

Lan He watched as Dan Han slowly finished the orange he had peeled for him, then stood up with satisfaction. “Then I’ll head back. Uncle, you need to supplement with more vitamins normally, don’t be stubborn!”

Dan Han disliked eating fruit the most, which gave Zhou Heng a headache. Today, Lan He had stubbornly coaxed him into eating an orange, which made Luo Minhu click his tongue in amazement.

He escorted Lan He to the door, sighing as they walked, “It really takes you, Little He, Old Dan ate his entire year’s worth of fruit today!”

Lan He chuckled along with him, “Uncle Luo, as a good Chinese roommate, you have to supervise Uncle Dan!”

“Tch!” Luo Minhu waved his hand. “How dare I provoke him! The man just collapsed so suddenly, scared me half to death that day. I swore right then, if he came out of it unscathed, I’d let him win every chess game from now on! Thankfully…”

“I thought Uncle Dan usually had a pretty good temper, how did he get so easily agitated?”

“He and Qiu Na had a good relationship! Much better than mine. I’m just a dinner buddy at best. Those two were like Bo Ya and Ziqi. Qiu Na was a really good guy. I saw him a few times when he came to the sanatorium to visit Old Dan. Old Dan said he was not only good at lecturing, but also a top expert in the country at repairing cultural relics, conscientious and meticulous. He’s still a consultant at the City Museum even now!”

A consultant at the City Museum?

Lan He’s heart stirred. He walked down the last step, a smile returning to his face. “Uncle Luo, you should go back inside, no need to see me off!”

Luo Minhu stopped. “Alright, be careful on the road.”

Lan He hurried a few steps, then turned back to wave. “Remember to urge Uncle Dan to eat fruit! Vitamin pills aren’t as healthy as fruit!”

Luo Minhu laughed loudly. “Alright, if he dares to disobey again, I’ll just repeat your words!”

Lan He laughed twice, then walked towards Jiu Ya with brisk steps, pulling out his phone as he walked.

By the time he got into the car, the call had just connected. Ling Tuxi on the other end of the receiver sounded like he was climbing stairs, his breathing a little heavy.

“Hello?”

“Detective Ling!”

“Lan He? What’s up?”

“Are you free now? Want to grab a drink?”

“…”

There was a moment of silence from the other end. Lan He burst out laughing.

“Seriously, is this a good time for you to talk?”

“It’s fine, go ahead.”

“Have you found the truth behind Professor Qiu’s death?”

“…What?”

“Aren’t you suspicious that Professor Qiu committed suicide? Have you reached a final conclusion?”

“We revisited the school yesterday, didn’t find anything unusual. At the family’s request, the case was closed as a suicide this morning.”

“Oh… Then last time you said the Dragon-patterned Jade Disc was in the City Museum, is theirs genuine?”

“What are you talking about? Would a museum collect fakes?”

“That’s not necessarily true. What if the experts aren’t skilled enough?”

“Impossible, I can’t say for sure about other things, but Professor Qiu personally participated in the appraisal of that Dragon-patterned Jade Disc back then, and even participated in the restoration…”

Ling Tuxi suddenly went silent mid-sentence. Lan He chuckled. “Hey? Do you think, when he saw the Dragon-patterned Jade Disc I drew, something suddenly came to him? He was almost obsessively pursuing academic perfection. What if he misjudged something… Detective Ling, what do you think? Why don’t you go back to the museum and confirm it?”

Ling Tuxi pondered for a moment, then sighed. “Even if it was due to taking responsibility for a misjudgment, it was still suicide. Our police’s conclusion isn’t wrong. There’s no need to continue investigating for now. I have other cases on hand. I’ll go visit Curator Pan again after I’m done with this phase.”

“Okay, whatever you want!” Lan He just wanted to give him a reminder, his goal was achieved. So he changed the subject. “Detective Ling, are the cases you’re working on urgent? If you’re free, want to grab a drink?”

“No time, can’t go!” Ling Tuxi rejected him as if he had been burned. Then, feeling like he was too obviously disgusted, he added, “It’s other cases, I’m carrying out a mission outside right now, maybe next time!”

Lan He’s face broke into a delighted smile. “Next time? Then it’s a deal!”

Ling Tuxi almost bit his own tongue off.

Why did he have to be so polite with him? With that drinking habit of his, shouldn’t he just quit drinking?

He looked annoyed. Xia Shengbo, who was climbing the stairs with him, tilted his head and asked, “Ling, is it that young master He again? Why does he keep looking for you? Does he have a crush on you?”

Ling Tuxi gave him a cold glare, turned the corner of the staircase, taking the opportunity to hide his embarrassed face.

But Xia Shengbo, that clueless guy, continued to nag. “Ling, you have a chance! Why not marry into the family? Then you wouldn’t have to rough it outdoors and stay up all night until you go bald. It’d be worth it! If you’re not going to, then give the opportunity to me. Although I’m not as brilliant and brave as you, I’m still a bit handsome. There’s just one flaw, it would be great if Lan He was a woman!”

Ling Tuxi poked his head out and scolded him. “Would Lan He even like you if he were a woman?”

He paused, then couldn’t help but continue to scold him, “Lan He wouldn’t like you even if he was a man!”

Once he shrank back, Xia Shengbo touched his nose. “Just joking, what are you getting worked up about?”

Finally, they climbed to the sixth floor of an old residential building, this was the home of Li Maohu’s new girlfriend.

“New girlfriend” was a polite way of putting it, in reality, she was a mistress.

The Qiu Na falling from the building case was closed. The Second Division immediately threw themselves into the Zijinghua Villa burglary case. Through a series of visits, they finally investigated the name of the woman who had a good relationship with Li Maohu in Butterfly Lane two years ago, and through her, investigated Li Maohu’s occasional whereabouts in the past two months.

Xia Shengbo’s comment on this was: Li Maohu this guy, questionable character, but surprisingly loyal!

Because Li Maohu had appeared in the surveillance cameras near here half a month ago, there was reason to suspect that this was where he was hiding after the burglary. Ling Tuxi directly applied for a search warrant, and a group of police officers broke down the door and entered.

But they found nothing again.

The house was clean and warm, with only a woman cooking, a simple tomato scrambled eggs, for one person. It looked exactly as she had said, she was the only one at home.

Her name was Wang Wenshan. Two years ago, she worked as a hostess in a KTV in Butterfly Lane, which was when she met Li Maohu.

Li Maohu, with the arrogant air of a newly rich person, took care of her in just a few days, buying her a car and a house, and giving her living expenses every month. Apart from going to sea to do business, this little home had also become the place Li Maohu visited most often.

But according to Wang Wenshan, Li Maohu hadn’t been around for a long time, she didn’t know where he had gone.

Ling Tuxi was learning about the situation from Wang Wenshan, while Xia Shengbo, who was searching the room, suddenly called out, “Ling, there’s a safe here!”

Wang Wenshan’s face changed drastically.

There was actually a large safe in this seemingly ordinary home, hidden behind the fifty-inch wall-mounted LCD TV. It would be impossible to find without a careful inspection.

The police officers took down the TV, and found that there was no dust behind the TV, it was obvious that it was frequently moved.

Ling Tuxi asked Wang Wenshan, “What’s inside?”

Wang Wenshan raised her chin indifferently. “My personal belongings.”

“Open it.”

“Why?”

Xia Shengbo “swished” and unfurled the search warrant again. “Based on this, please cooperate!”

Wang Wenshan argued unreasonably. “What if something gets lost?”

“Trying to extort us?” Xia Shengbo pointed to the law enforcement recorder on his chest. “It’s recording the whole time!”

The safe door was opened. Xia Shengbo immediately felt a sharp pain in his eyes and couldn’t help but curse “Damn it.”

Ling Tuxi glared at him, put on gloves, and carefully took out a gilded incense burner from inside.

The incense burner resembled a small tripod, made of bronze, gilded all over, with carved dragon ears on both sides, and a roaring tiger admiring the moon sculpted on top. They recognized it as a stolen item from the Zijinghua Villa robbery at a glance without even comparing photos.

In addition to two antiques, the safe also contained countless cash and a large stack of gold bars. It was estimated that the cash alone was worth at least several million.

Wang Wenshan was stopped by two police officers, and shouted anxiously, “Just looking is fine, right! Don’t take my things! Is it illegal to have money?”

“It’s not illegal.” Ling Tuxi glanced at her, then put the incense burner back, which stunned Xia Shengbo.

He was about to say something when Ling Tuxi interrupted him. He asked Wang Wenshan, “Did Li Maohu bring this back?”

“Yes!” Wang Wenshan looked disgusted. “About half a month ago, he brought back two broken things, saying they were antiques, ha, antiques my ass! How could he have those connections? He must be trying to fool me with fakes!”

“What about after that? Where did he go?”

“How would I know? He just dropped them off and left!”

Ling Tuxi nodded. Under Wang Wenshan’s dissatisfied gaze, he continued to wander around the house, finally stopping at the bathroom door.

The cabinet above the sink contained two sets of toiletries, the electric toothbrushes and cups were both one blue and one pink.

He walked over to check, then touched the two toothbrush heads respectively, then returned to the living room and asked Wang Wenshan, “What time did you get up today?”

Wang Wenshan said unhappily. “What’s that got to do with you?”

“Please cooperate.” Ling Tuxi said seriously. “I guess it was at least after noon, right?”

Wang Wenshan looked him up and down strangely, then nodded. “Around two o’clock, I guess!”

A sharp glint flashed in Ling Tuxi’s eyes. He suddenly asked, “Then where’s Li Maohu? Where did he go?”

“He…” Wang Wenshan suddenly stopped, and said annoyedly, “Didn’t I tell you, he hasn’t been back for almost half a month! How would I know? He fell into the sea, died somewhere outside!”

Ling Tuxi nodded and said to Xia Shengbo, “Let’s go!”

Xia Shengbo: “?”

Although confused, he still unconditionally obeyed the order and led several colleagues out of Wang Wenshan’s house, holding back a stomach full of questions.

He wanted to ask several times as he went downstairs, but Ling Tuxi stopped him with a look. Back in the car, he finally shouted, “Ling, why? The stolen goods are right there! Arrest her!”

Ling Tuxi glanced at him sideways. “Where’s the person?”

Xia Shengbo pointed to the ceiling. “Isn’t his mistress upstairs? We have both the person and the stolen goods, why not arrest her?”

“If we arrest Wang Wenshan, Li Maohu won’t show up again.” Ling Tuxi signaled him to drive. “What we want to catch is the person behind Li Maohu. Li Maohu is just a small fish, we must stabilize him first.”

“Then?”

“Just now I saw Li Maohu’s toothbrush. The wetness of the brush head was the same as Wang Wenshan’s, proving that they used it at about the same time today.”

Xia Shengbo suddenly understood. “Got up at two o’clock in the afternoon? That’s really leisurely…”

He thought of the money in the safe, and thought to himself, if he had that much money, he would sleep until two o’clock in the afternoon every day.

“What are you thinking about! Li Maohu definitely hasn’t left. Hurry up and call people over to keep an eye on him. I have a feeling he’ll be back.”

“We’ve already come to his door, does he still dare to come back?”

“Those two antiques are still there. He’ll have to come back sooner or later. Moreover, his social circle is either smugglers or the bunch of hoodlums from Butterfly Lane. Now a large number of smugglers have been caught, even those who slipped through the net are shrinking back. We’ve been visiting frequently these days, things are tight. The hoodlums are also unlikely to protect him. Besides, he committed a black-eat-black act, he definitely doesn’t dare to show his face in public. If he doesn’t leave the city, he can only come back here!”

Xia Shengbo nodded frequently as he listened, and gave him a thumbs up before starting the car. “Awesome!”

Two days later, there was a major breakthrough in the case.

Li Maohu really did go home.