Chapter 65 (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

“But I’ve not done anything! Wait for me, I’m going down now!” Chen Ge leaned closer to the window to glance down. There was indeed a great crowd outside the Haunted House, and the number was still growing.

“Boss, listen to me, surrender while you still can before this gets worse.”

“Surrender my foot! Just wait for me.” After hanging up, Chen Ge quickly put on his clothes, washed his face, and ran to the door. He pulled back the heavy curtains and dashed out the gates.

When Chen Ge made his appearance, the rowdy crowd started to quiet down. The surrounding visitors looked at Chen Ge with curiosity and more than a bit of disappointment in their eyes. Obviously, they had expected the person who was surrounded by the police to look less… normal.

This was the first time that Chen Ge had felt so many eyes on him. He seemed to shrivel up in shyness, but he felt like he should say something. “Do any of you mind telling me what this is for?”

“You are Chen Ge?” The leading officer carried a box in his arms. He was slightly rotund, but his eyes were sharp and penetrating, which created a rather humorous contrast to his babyish face.

“Yes.”

“Can I see your identification?”

Chen Ge searched for a long time before producing his identification card. All this while, he was silently studying the officer before him. The officer was wearing a uniform different from Inspector Lee and his men.

“Okay, thank you for your cooperation.” The officer smiled. He waved at the reporters beside him, opened the box in his hand, and announced in an official tone, “For providing the murder case at Ping An Apartments with crucial evidence, Jiujiang Municipal Bureau for Public Security is awarding this Level Three Public Security Medal of Honor to Chen Ge! Hopefully, Chen Ge will appreciate this honor and continue to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the public security of our society!”

This series of announcement confused Chen Ge. Things were happening too quickly for him to handle. As the box was pushed into his hands, he looked at the shiny medal, and there was only one thought on his mind, which was only half-awake. Where’s the reward money?

The slightly rotund officer stood beside Chen Ge and paraded him to the wall of reporters. The whole process lasted for fifteen minutes. After the crowd dispersed and the reporters left, Chen Ge quietly sought out the rotund officer. “Sir, how may I refer to you?”

“The name’s Yan, you can call me Captain Yan. I was classmates with Western Jiujiang’s Ol’ Lee. In fact, he has told me many things about you.” Captain Yan seemed to be a friendly character. His eyes that looked upon Chen Ge were glowing the praise. “The way you handled the case at Ping An Apartments is impressive. When you were being chased by the killer, your reaction and observation skills surprised both me and Ol’ Lee.”

After being fed the series of praises, Chen Ge felt too embarrassed to jump to the topic of the reward money. “All I did was run crazily around the woods. The case wouldn’t have been solved without the police. In fact, I would have been the killer’s latest victim if not for all of you.”

After the trading of compliments, Captain Yan realized that Chen Ge was still lingering shamelessly around the police car. He smiled to himself because it finally dawned on him why Chen Ge was there. “Xiao Chen, you’ll need to go to the main city’s bureau personally to get the reward money. Due to the large scale of the case, it took a while for the reward to be approved, but you can go get it now. I hope you understand.”

“Of course, of course.” After knowing where to get the reward money, Chen Ge’s heart that hung in the air finally settled.