WWY Chapter 73
by VolareAfter finally settling Lan He down, Tuxi Ling was already sweating profusely. He almost forgot that he was also sick.
He went around to the other side of the bed and leaned against the headboard, the two of them silent.
“How about I call an ambulance and we both go to the hospital?” Lan He suggested, seeing his discomfort.
“That’s too embarrassing.” Tuxi Ling stroked his short hair. “Why did you do that? I told you it’s contagious, you’re being too reckless!”
Lan He rolled over in the blanket, full of energy, not looking sick at all. “So what? I didn’t lose out! I have a boyfriend now!”
Tuxi Ling denied it in a panic, “I didn’t agree!”
“Are you denying it after getting what you want? What, do we have to officially exchange rings? Is that called a proposal?” Lan He paused. “Alright then, let’s go abroad?”
He struggled to get up as if he were about to leave immediately. Tuxi Ling quickly held him down, “Lan He, it’s too fast!”
The cold air made goosebumps rise on the hot skin, and Lan He immediately shrank back in, like a turtle.
He rolled his eyes. “What’s too fast? You already kissed me.”
Not surprisingly, he was bitten back. Tuxi Ling helplessly retorted, “Didn’t you kiss me?”
“So what? You kissed me back!”
“Did I?”
“Yes!”
“I don’t remember.”
“It must be instinct, which shows you actually wanted to kiss me too! Want to try again!”
This trick didn’t work. As soon as he poked his head out, Tuxi Ling pressed him back down. “Lend me your phone, I’ll ask the team for leave.”
Lan He unlocked it for him, and then Tuxi Ling was stunned.
Seeing him staring at the phone, Lan He asked curiously, “What’s wrong?”
“I can’t remember anyone’s number.” Tuxi Ling felt like he probably had brain fog, and smiled wryly. “It wouldn’t be right to call the police, would it?”
“Call directory assistance, duh. Oh, never mind, I added Officer Xia’s WeChat. Look for it.”
“…When did you two get so close?”
“When I fed him cookies.”
Tuxi Ling speechlessly opened WeChat, found “Officer Xia,” and clicked on it. The previous message was “Blueberry flavor, thank you boss, may the boss get rich mua,” followed by a disgusting licking dog emoji.
What a sycophantic Shengbo Xia, utterly disgracing the people’s police!
He typed viciously on his phone.
[Sugar Daddy: Morning.]
[Officer Xia: Young Master He, good morning! /sun]
[Sugar Daddy: This is Tuxi Ling.]
[Officer Xia: ???]
[Officer Xia: Are you kidding me hahaha–]
[Sugar Daddy: Image message]
[Officer Xia: Holy shit, don’t suddenly send a selfie!!! What’s with the death angle? You scared me!]
[Officer Xia: Ling, why do you have Lan He’s phone?]
[Officer Xia: Ling, is your cold better?]
[Officer Xia: Oh right, Young Master He said he was going to see you yesterday, and he went again today? So early? Did he stay over?]
[Officer Xia: Oh my! Tell me the details? /smirk]
[Sugar Daddy: Stop talking nonsense!]
[Sugar Daddy: Send me Director Liu’s number.]
[Sugar Daddy: Forget it, help me ask him for leave, just say I still need a day or two to rest.]
[Officer Xia: Is the indestructible Ling this weak now? You look pretty good to me?]
[Sugar Daddy: Lan He got my cold, and I’m not feeling great either, so I might as well rest for a couple more days.]
[Officer Xia: Ah? Is my young master alright?]
[Officer Xia: I’ll call right away, wait for my message.]
Tuxi Ling had just put down his arm when the phone vibrated again. It was still Shengbo Xia. He really admired him. How did he manage to do both calls and WeChat? Was his brain a double door?
[Officer Xia: Ling, I’ll be discharged tomorrow.]
[Sugar Daddy: You’re better?]
[Officer Xia: We’re short-handed, it’s fine as long as I don’t go out on field missions. Interrogations and graphic investigation still need people. Ya Gu quit. Ling, I’ve heard about it, you’re awesome, fighting through all the opposition and capturing the thief single-handedly! /thumbs up/thumbs up/thumbs up]
[Sugar Daddy: If you were there, I wouldn’t have been alone.]
[Officer Xia: That’s right! I’ll always support Ling, Ling is my idol!]
[Officer Xia: Director Liu said to come back when you’re completely recovered, so you don’t infect everyone at the bureau.]
[Sugar Daddy: …]
[Sugar Daddy: What did Ya Gu say?]
[Officer Xia: Voice message 15”]
[Officer Xia: Voice message 28”]
[Officer Xia: Voice message 52”]
[Officer Xia: Voice message 28”]
[Officer Xia: Internal intelligence, to be deleted after reading. /smirk]
Tuxi Ling looked worriedly at the little red dots on the screen, hesitated for a few seconds, and went to the balcony.
Shengbo Xia, you blabbermouth!
According to Ya Gu’s confession, she didn’t know Da Sang before.
The last time she had an affair with Si’nian He, she was desperate. Si’nian He thought he had her in his grasp and threatened her to cooperate, but she couldn’t swallow her anger and almost wanted to perish together with Si’nian He. At this time, Da Sang approached her.
Da Sang knew that her company mainly did foreign trade, including imitation crafts, so he proposed that as long as she helped transport genuine antiques abroad in the name of crafts, he would transfer money to Gu’s foreign account, clearing the company’s eighty million bad debts. If she was interested, they could cooperate long-term in the future.
She agreed. The Gu’s business had been doing business for many years and had a good reputation in customs. They didn’t check Gu’s exported goods very strictly. Although it was a bit risky, it was still worth it.
Everything went smoothly. She didn’t know where Da Sang got so many antiques, but that was none of her business. She knew she was just a link in this huge assembly line, and the less she knew, the better.
At the same time, she also confessed what she knew about Maohu Li, saying it was said during a casual chat with Maohu Li.
Maohu Li was a smuggler who had cooperated with Da Sang many times before. This time, Da Sang also approached him. In the case of the Zijinghua Villa, he was responsible for being A Qi’s lookout.
It is said that their hacker responsible for remote control had a problem. Because the owner of the villa was too reclusive, he didn’t even open the door for three days. They naturally assumed that there was no one at home, but when A Qi went in, he found that he was at home, so he could only kill him and forcibly change the plan to break into the safe into interrogating the safe password.
Later, Maohu Li was called in to help clean up the aftermath. That was when he saw the crime scene. After all, he only saw a rough overview without witnessing the whole process, so the confession was garbled.
A Qi handed the six stolen cultural relics to him that day and asked him to find a way to transport them out. However, he had ulterior motives. As the police guessed, he created the illusion of a smuggling boat being robbed, intending to double-cross them, but he was discovered by A Qi, who taught him a lesson.
He deliberately smashed a piece of porcelain on the boat, but at this time, he received a call from A Qi. Feeling guilty, he immediately ran back to see him, but A Qi found that he was carrying three cultural relics. A Qi didn’t know what he was doing at the time and scolded him for running around with cultural relics. He made an excuse, but the three cultural relics were confiscated by A Qi.
Later, the police found the boat full of dead fish, Maohu Li’s affairs were exposed, and the smuggling route was blocked. Da Sang approached Ya Gu. Of course, they wouldn’t spare Maohu Li. They caught him and beat him severely, asking him to hand over the remaining two cultural relics to Ya Gu. If he caused trouble again, they would kill his whole family, including the child in Wen Shan Wang’s belly. He could only obediently listen and had to sacrifice himself to cover for them, but unexpectedly, he was silenced by A Qi later.
When asked why the company’s delivery dates were delayed again and again, Ya Gu said that smuggling ships had risks in all aspects. Da Sang and the others used to transport very small quantities each time, only three or five pieces on a boat. But this time, they were taking the proper official route, and they planned to transport more at once. It was Da Sang who asked her to delay again and again, and successively sent her several cultural relics. She also knew that the container of crafts in the company, including the liquidated damages, was not as expensive as one cultural relic. Da Sang would give her this compensation, so she had no objection, and she didn’t expect to be investigated by the police to this point.
Finally, when asked if she had been involved with firearms, she firmly denied it.
Putting down the phone, Tuxi Ling took a long breath, white mist lingering between his mouth and nose. Looking at the streetlights in the distance, he reviewed the case from beginning to end in his mind.
This time, there were really no more doubts.
Stimulated by the cold air, his throat was itchy, and he coughed violently against the tile wall of the balcony. As he retreated back into the house, he deleted the chat history with Shengbo Xia.
Back in the room, Lan He blinked at him, his face full of curiosity, but he didn’t say anything and directly returned the phone to him.
Lan He was a little disappointed. “Shouldn’t you take your medicine? I heard you cough.”
Tuxi Ling fetched two glasses of water. The two fellow sufferers each took one and took the same medicine.
Lan He saw that the chat history on the phone had been deleted just now, and he felt a little uncomfortable. He couldn’t help asking, “What did Shengbo Xia say after chatting for so long?”
Tuxi Ling thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with letting him know, so he told him everything that Ya Gu had confessed.
“Oh, Da Sang always said that domestic control was strict, but they did a lot. I used to wonder how they did it. So that’s how they operated.” Lan He curled his lips. “Ya Gu is a bit beyond my expectations. She’s really willing to go all out!”
Tuxi Ling smiled. He wasn’t used to commenting on others.
Seeing that he didn’t want to talk more, Lan He twisted his body and snuggled up to him. “Come up and lie down for a while?”
Tuxi Ling tried the temperature of his forehead with the back of his hand. “I’ll sleep on the sofa tonight, so I don’t disturb you.”
“It’s not a disturbance, just sleep here!” Lan He hugged his arm, afraid that he would run away. “Hey, right, when your case is closed, can we go abroad? Do you like Spain or the Netherlands? You must like the Netherlands, right? Say it, say you like the Netherlands! Say it, say it!”
He urged him in a row, more urgently than urging for his life. Tuxi Ling felt that it was childish to be serious about such a harmless matter. Just as he was about to obediently open his mouth, he suddenly froze, then rubbed his hair hard, and said with a smile, “What kind of pun are you playing with me!”
“…”
Lan He rolled his eyes, turned his face to the other side in anger, and ignored him.
The trick failed again.
Stinky bun, even a fever makes you more clever!