Chapter 36 - Murder (1/2)

”What do you think you're doing?” Jackson asked, his deep voice resounding just beside her ear.

Halia realized Jackson was standing just behind her, his chest almost touching her back. She could feel his warm breaths on the back of her ear and panicked. How was she going to explain this?

Halia quickly smiled and turned around, ”I got bored, so I decided to look around. I've never been in a man's apartment before.”

Jackson still had his right hand on the door handle, so there was only a slight gap between his body and Halia's. All he had to do was take one step forward and they'd be touching, but he kept his distance.

Halia glanced down and noticed the man had nothing but a towel wrapped around the bottom half of his body and blushed a little.

”I think you should put some clothes on, you're going to catch a cold.”

The man smirked. ”I need your help,” he said as he pointed to his left arm.

”I'll go get you some clothes then,” Halia said as she scurried off to his wardrobe.

Jackson watched as Halia disappeared into his bedroom and raised one eyebrow. He then checked the door on his study room; the door clicked but did not open. ”Good, it's still locked,” he thought.

He then headed into his bedroom to look for Halia.

...

Meanwhile, back in the Houhai area, in one of the hutongs near the club, a dead body had been found. Police were called to the scene by an anonymous caller and were analyzing the crime scene.

There were no weapons present, but it was obvious that the victim had been stabbed in the chest. In fact, there were multiple stab wounds. Due to the storm that had started, the police were trying to cover the scene with umbrellas, but blood was already being washed down the small alleyway, turning the floor red.

As it involved a murder, senior detective Murray Yang was called to the scene. As he approached the dead body, it was like he was walking up a bloody red carpet.

As he walked over to the dead body, he kneeled down and looked carefully at the man's face. ”It's him,” he said under his breath. He recognized the man.

”Is there any CCTV footage in the area?” he quickly turned and asked his subordinates.