Chapter 26 (1/2)
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t.i.tle: Suicide
Wu Yang started the car and followed the GPS to the address written on the paper.
It was only when they reached the place, did the two of them realize that the address on the paper wasn't a neighbourhood, but a two-story retail store. Wu Yang carefully checked the address after seeing that. After making sure he was correct, he mumbled to himself, ”It's another psychologist.”
”What is it?” Jiu Jie asked.
”Li Yu is a psychologist.” Wu Yang said.
”Who's Li Yu?”
”He's the informant that was just killed.”
”Oh. Li Yu and Ma Chen are both psychologists. Jobs like those surely have some work a.s.sociations. Maybe they really have a relations.h.i.+p.”
”Maybe. We really don't know what Li Yu's got up his sleeve.”
The two of them alighted and walked up to the door. It was already past 3 am. The office's roll-up door and windows were closed tightly and there was no light inside. Opening hours were written beside the door: 9 am to 5 pm.
”Looks like n.o.body lives here.” Jiu Jie said.
Wu Yang nodded. ”It's most likely Ma Chen's workplace. If we want to find him, we can only wait until he comes to work.”
”Then, what do we do now? Find a place to stay, or should we just stay at my place?”
”You're staying too far away, and returning is too troublesome. Why don't we just stay in the car and wait until he opens in the morning before finding him?”
”That's fine. Your words make me hard pressed to refuse though. Both of us are big boys, so anything is fine with me.”
Finished speaking, the two of them returned to the car. Wu Yang took the driver's' seat and gave the back seat to Jiu Jie. He laid down on the seat and fell asleep rather quickly.
Jiu Jie slept quite well in the car. He didn't know how long he slept for though, but he vaguely felt that someone was pus.h.i.+ng him.
He dazedly opened his eyes and heard Wu Yang saying from the front, ”Hey, wake up. The office is open.”
Jiu Jie rubbed his eyes and realized that it was day. He asked, ”What time is it?”
”It's already 8:30.” Wu Yang said.
Jiu Jie sat up and looked outside. The roll-up door of the office was open and he could see movement through the window.
”Let's go. It's time to conduct business.”
Wu Yang alighted once he finished speaking, then Jiu Jie yawned and followed him.
The two of them entered the office and were met with a young lady cleaning the reception room.
The lady saw them and asked, ”Do you need anything?”
Wu Yang went straight to the point, and said, ”We're looking for Ma Chen. Is he in?”
The lady replied, ”Looking for Doctor Ma, is it? He's not here yet, but he'll be in soon. I'm his helper, you can call me little Chen. Do the two of you have an appointment?”
Wu Yang shook his head. ”No, we don't.”
Little Chen apologetically smiled. ”I'm sorry, but Doctor Ma's schedule for today is full. If you don't have an appointment, then I'm afraid you can't be seen today…”
”We aren't here for a consultation.”Wu Yang said.
”Then, the two of you are?…”
Wu Yang took out a police badge from his s.h.i.+rt and held it up for little Chen to see. ”We're police officers. We want to ask Doctor Ma for some clarifications.”
Little Chen was silent, and the smile on her face started to gradually fade away. She was very surprised at the sudden visit by the police. ”Doctor Ma hasn't arrived yet, so please wait here for a moment. When he arrives, I'll immediately inform you guys. Is that okay?”
”That's fine. Then, we'll have to trouble you,” Wu Yang replied, very politely.
”What would you two like to drink?” Little Chen asked.
”Two gla.s.ses of waters, thanks.”
Wu Yang and Jiu Jie found a place to sit down in the room. Little Chen handed the two water before busying herself.
Jiu Jie saw that Little Chen wasn't too close before moving closer to Wu Yang and asking him quietly, ”Where did that police badge come from? Have you been temporarily rea.s.signed to a police department before?”
Wu Yang kept his eyes on little Chen, before replying softly, ”We Watchmen have very little people in such a public job. The badge is fake.”
”Fake? Where did you get it?”
”Logistics gave it to me before I left.”
”D***. Logistics even has these kinds of things. Isn't this knowingly breaking the law?”
”Nothing serious. It's also for convenience sake. Sometimes; if your job is an officer, a reporter, or a doctor, etc; doing certain things would be much easier. So, regardless if it's a police badge, or whatever ident.i.ty you want, logistics will help settle it. You shouldn't go find unnecessary trouble though.”