Chapter 8 (2/2)

“Do you have proof?”

“You motherf-” Hu Bin got to his feet in anger, his hands ready to grab Xia Lei.

Xia Lei made no move to dodge. He had the video and was not afraid of Hu Bin.

Just then, Hu Bin’s police radio crackled and he lowered his hands. He lifted his radio, pressed the button and Li Qing-Hua’s voice came over the speaker, “Lock him up for a night. He’ll get his statement taken tomorrow. Even the Heavens won’t be able to save him now.”

“Yes, Chief Li, sir! I’ll bring this fella to the cells and lock him up.” Hu Bin’s words were dripping with flattery.

Xia Lei was brought to the cells and locked up.

There was a bed in the cell but no blanket and the ground and walls were dirty. The acrid smell of pee hung in the air, and the smell made Xia Lei wrinkle his brows.

Xia Lei could not sleep one wink in an environment like this. He first thought of how he was going to deal with Li Qing-Hua, then started to practice with his left eye’s ability. Practice makes perfect – this reasoning could also be used on his miraculous left eye.

The night of trial and error led Xia Lei to discover that his X-ray vision was not so simple after all.

He could exert some control and make his eye see things a distance away, just like he had in Macau, when he had spotted the sniper on the rooftop when Long Bing could not.

He could also control his vision and make it into a ‘microscope’ of sorts, enlarging things which normally could not be seen with the naked eye, like the dust particles floating in the air.

These discoveries kept him up and he practiced and practiced till he finally fell asleep, dizzy and exhausted.

Early the next day, Xia Lei had his first visitor – Jiang Ru-Yi.

Jiang Ru-Yi was in her summer uniform, which highlighted her curves beautifully. Her waist looked soft and slender, her bum plump and perky, and her breasts full. Her sexiness was as one could see and very nourishing for the eyes.

When Xia Lei first saw her, he almost used his ability to feast his eye on her charms, but he did not. He firmly clamped down his perverted desire. He had reaped some benefit from the practice he did last night and was better able to control his X-ray vision.

“You! What good can I say about you?” Jiang Ru-Yi spoke angrily as soon as she came, “I even asked you yesterday and you said you were asking on behalf of a friend so I told you where Chief Li was. I never expected you to extort money from Chief Li! I was so wrong about you!”

Xia Lei smiled bitterly, “Is this how you see me?”

“It’s not about how I see you, it’s about you doing illegal things.” Jiang Ru-Yi became angrier and angrier as she spoke. “Have you ever thought about what Xia Xue would do if you went to prison?”

“Of course I have, so I won’t do anything like that,” said Xia Lei, “Ru-Yi, let me ask you – Have you seen me do anything bad, from childhood to adulthood?”

Jiang Ru-Yi shook her head. Xia Lei was not such a person.

Xia Lei spoke again, “Now consider this – am I a stupid person?”

“What do you mean?” asked Jiang Ru-Yi.

“What I mean is, I’m not a bad person and I’m not stupid. Am I so stupid as to extort money from the Chief of Police? Hai-Zhu City has millions of wealthy folk. If I wanted to use this method to get money then why didn’t I choose to target those wealthy folk? Why choose to target someone like the Chief of Police?” said Xia Lei.

Jiang Ru-Yi was silent for a while before she spoke, “That’s what I can’t figure out, so I came to see you. Tell me, what is this really about? Tell me and I’ll definitely help you if you really didn’t do anything illegal.”

Xia Lei told her about him getting injured at the construction site and Ma Xiao-An getting beaten up by Chen Chuan-Hu, and finally told her about going to look for Li Qing-Hua and him compensating 50,000 in apology.

“Hold on…” Jiang Ru-Yi thought of something, “When you asked me for Chief Li’s contact details yesterday, you were actually going to reason things out with him, right?”

Xia Lei nodded.

“So you reasoned with him and he made Chen Chuan-Hu compensate your friend 50,000?”

Xia Lei nodded again.

“You didn’t threaten him?” Jiang Ru-Yi’s face was disbelieving.

“When I went to reason with him, he was with a woman and I coincidentally recorded them in the act,” said Xia Lei.

Jiang Ru-Yi facepalmed and the expression on her face was complicated.

“That woman seems to be the wife of one of your colleagues and she was requesting Li Qing-Hua for a change in her husband’s post or something.”

Jiang Ru-Yi face-palmed with both hands. She went up to the bars and gave Xia Lei a smile. “Do you still have the video? Can I have a look?”

“Lend me your phone. I’ll make a call before I tell you where you can watch the video,” said Xia Lei.

Jiang Ru-Yi looked around to make sure no one was coming before she slipped her mobile phone to Xia Lei. As she handed her phone to him, she asked, “Where is the video?”

“On my Baidu Cloud Drive. The login ID is my name spelt phonetically and the password is my birthday. The video is very important so don’t delete it.” Xia Lei spoke, then dialled a number.