Chapter 12 (1/2)

Chapter 12

Watchmen Chapter 12: Rival

Zhen Dou Bi was stunned when he heard Jiu Jie’s words. He thought that he heard wrong, so his brain couldn’t come up with a response.

“What did you say just now? You solved it?” Zhen Dou Bi asked doubtfully.

“Yeah, I solved it.” Jiu Jie calmly said, his face full of sincerity. No matter how you looked at it, it didn’t seem like he was lying.

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen was amused by Jiu Jie’s appearance, and started laughing as he looked at the two.

Zhen Dou Bi became flushed red in the face because of her laughter. He looked up and down, sizing Jiu Jie up. No matter how he looked at it, the other boy looked nothing more than a country b.u.mpkin. Zhen Dou Bi glanced up, “Friend, a person needs to be honest. Bulls.h.i.+tting is not good.”

“I wasn’t bulls.h.i.+tting,” Jiu Jie said innocently. “I’ve always been very honest, I have never told a lie. If you don’t believe me, you can go find Zhang Ju. I haven’t left for very long, so he should still remember my face.”

“Ask Zhang Ju? He’s at T city, right? Where do I go to ask him?”

“You can call him. No, wait, everything regarding me is a secret. Even if you ask him, he won’t answer. That isn’t a good way to get verification.”

Zhen Dou Bi sneered, “Friend, you’ve already shot yourself in the foot.”

“It’s fine if you don’t believe me. Besides, I’ve always been humble and kept a low-profile. I’ve never spread the word when I do good deeds, so I’m already used to it. Zhang Ju is really stingy though. He didn’t give me a medal when I helped him out with such a big favour, which is fine, but it still makes me seem like a braggart when I speak of this incident.”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen was genuinely laughing at Jiu Jie’s dramatics, while Zhen Dou Bi was so angry at his words, his face turned red.

“Friend, we’ve met for so long, but I still don’t know, what do you do?” Zhen Dou Bi asked.

“Me?” Jiu Jie said while eating, “I don’t have a formal job, just an unemployed person.”

“Then, how did you get involved in the case?”

“Zhang Ju invited me.”

“Zhang Ju invited you?” Zhen Dou Bi asked, face full of disbelief.

“That’s right. They couldn’t solve it, so they got me to help.” Jiu Jie continued lightly.

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen started laughing again.

Jiu Jie looked at her helplessly. “Look at you, not believing. Zhang Ju really invited me. The start of the year is really something. Speaking about the truth and no one believing it, but they believe a braggart.”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen grinned, saying, “Right, right. It’s Zhang Ju who invited you to go.”

Zhen Dou Bi held his anger in his heart. He chased Gu s.h.i.+ Chen for so long, but she’s never looked at him in any positive manner. Today though, she was amused and kept laughing at this tramp’s impromptu performance. Additionally, Jiu Jie had even brazenly sabotaged Zhen Dou Bi, which was actually extremely hateful.

Zhen Dou Bi glared at Jiu Jie, while overbearingly saying, “Friend, since you said that you solved the case in T city, then please tell us how.”

Jiu Jie waved his hand. “Not telling, not telling. As people, we need to be humble and low-key, we shouldn’t keep flaunting. If Uncle Luo finds out about this, he’ll scold me again.”

“Friend, you must take responsibility for your words. You made a solemn vow just now. Now that it’s up to this point, you still don’t want to explain. It can’t be that y

our words just now were just a farce, right?”

Jiu Jie just continued eating, not even lifting his head to reply, “Then, just treat it as if I’m bragging (farted). Remember that at that time, I didn’t see you. You definitely don’t know specific details. Even if I do tell you, you probably won’t believe it. Oh, that’s right, when I saw Zhang Ju then, his hair didn’t turn white from stress. Even though he was anxious on the inside, his expression was very firm. Just now, you were slandering people, it’s wrong.”

Zhen Dou Bi’s small family business was thriving, so he was spoiled by his parents. He has always kept his word. However, he was being played around with by Jiu Jie, how could he stand it?

Zhen Dou Bi, in a fit of fury, wanted to flare up, but taking into account Gu s.h.i.+ Chen’s face, he couldn’t lose his manners, so he stuffed out his anger into the depths of his heart, and said, “Boy, why did you come to Nanjing? It can’t be to curry favour with the Gu family, right?”

Jiu Jie’s chopsticks didn’t stop, drumming his cheeks, while saying, “You’ll have to ask Uncle Gu what I came to Nanjing for.”

“Ask Uncle Gu?”

“That’s right, this time, Uncle Gu personally invited me over. If not, I would be really bored to come all the way here.”

Gu s.h.i.+ Chen, at this time, was laughing until she was rocking back and forth. A beautiful woman trembling, covering her mouth, and putting effort not to laugh out loud.

Jiu Jie said unhappily, “Look at you, not believing again. It’s really Uncle Gu who invited me! Forget it, forget it, don’t talk about it, don’t talk about it. No matter what I say, you still won’t believe me. Besides, I’m such a low-key person, I don’t need to explain it to you. Anyways, I have a clear conscious. A person needs to be honest. Bragging for no reason is not right.”

At this time, Zhen Dou Bi was so angry, he turned white. His face turned cold, saying, “Boy, you need to stop while you’re ahead, what kind of person are you?”

“I said it already, I’m an unemployed person with no proper job.”

“Take out your ident.i.ty card, and let me see.”

“I didn’t bring it. If you want the number, I can tell you.”

Zhen Dou Bi stood up, his face no longer smiling. “I am using my ident.i.ty as a police officer to ask you, why did you come to Nanjing?”

Jiu Jie put down his chopsticks, saying helplessly, “I just can’t win with you guys. It’s really Uncle Gu who invited me here. How many times do you need me to repeat that before you guys believe it?”

“Why don’t you look at yourself? Uncle Gu is what kind of person, how would he need your help?”

“He does. If you don’t believe me, then let it go. I’m too lazy to talk to you.”