Chapter 49: A Wonderful Candy Before Autopsy (1/2)

I pressed the play button and played back the recording.

Bai Yidao’s face turned from a furious red to a sickly green and finally pale with fear.

“You know what punishments you’ll get for disrupting the unity within the police force and the abuse of power, don’t you, Officer Bai?” I asked.

“What do you mean by abuse of power?” asked the astonished Bai Yidao. “Do you have any evidence?”

“Yup!” I said. “I recorded it all—especially the part where you threatened us.”

That was a lie, though. I actually didn’t record that part.

Huang Xiaotao snorted and whispered, “You have my respect, Song Yang! I really want to give you a nickname—how about ‘Recording Genius’?”

“No, thanks!” I said, shaking my head. “That nickname sounds awful!”

“You, you, you... what do you want?” stuttered Bai Yidao through gritted teeth.

“Just apologize and this will all be over,” I said.

“Me? Apologize to you? Don’t even think about it!” he yelled.

“Let’s go, then!” I waved to Huang Xiaotao and the others.

Just as we turned and were about to leave, Bai Yidao suddenly stopped us. He came over and hesitated for a long time then said, “I went overboard just now. I didn’t mean to offend anyone. Please don’t take it to heart.”

“Didn’t your daddy teach you how to apologize properly?” I teased. “Say you’re sorry!”

Bai Yidao pouted like a petulant kid, then bowed at Wang Yuanchao and said, “I’m sorry, Instructor Wang.”

“That’s better,” I said. “Come on, let’s not waste anymore time. We’ve got an autopsy to do.”

On our way to the morgue, Dali excitedly said, “Dude! That was awesome! You were so cool back there! You’re like a totally different person from your usual self!”

“You’re too kind,” I said modestly. “But I’ve learnt that you need to be sly and cunning if you’re dealing with these kinds of people.”

“Hahaha, to think that the arrogant bastard got wrecked by Old Wang and then got taught a lesson by you!” exclaimed Dali. “He’ll be reflecting on this for a while. Holy shit, this made my day!”

Bai Yidao slid away secretly from our group as we made our way to the morgue, most probably out of embarrassment. I had a special investigation order signed by the Director-General in my hand, and I had the authority to remove anyone from the task force. By this token, I was also nominally his superior, so I had all the power to take him out of the team. But I knew that Bai Yidao was the director’s son, so getting a cut in his salary probably didn’t affect him at all. Besides, I was in no mood to kick someone when they were down, so I decided to just let it slide. This would be for the best anyway. I found the bastard insufferable, and now that he was gone, well, out of sight, out of mind.

My problem right now lay with the coroner, Dr. Luo Weiwei. She was probably angry at me for embarrassing her boyfriend, and had been staring at me with evil eyes all the way to the morgue. She must be planning to take revenge on me by making a fool out of me during the autopsy. But, tough luck, because unbeknownst to her, autopsy was my real battlefield! She could never hope to defeat me there!

The temperature in the morgue was kept very low, I could see sheets of cold air flowing down from the air-conditioners. The three dead bodies were placed on three metal tables, covered by blood-soaked white sheets. The pools of blood around them had frozen into ice.

“Do you need anything, dude?” asked Dali. “I’ll go buy them for you now!”

“I have to look at the dead bodies first,” I replied. “By the way, it’s really cold here. Can you go get our coats in the car?”