418 Still a Man (1/2)

When Albert was making notes while interrogating the convict, Han Chu was copying files, and Ye Shuang was thinking to herself.

After he was done with a part of his files, Han Chu lifted his head to peep at Brother Shuang. He then spoke calmly after looking down again. ”You've been zoning out sitting there for half an hour since you came. Anything on your mind?”

”…” Ye Shuang changed her pose, but she remained spacing out. ”Yeah, I'm thinking about something important on the harmony of my future and family.”

”Is it urgent?” Han Chu checked through the documents quickly and began typing on the keyboard again after pausing to think to himself. At the same time, he casually said, ”We might have to be on-call soon. It'd be better if you solve it as soon as you can if it's bothering you.”

After thinking about it, he added, ”Let me know if there might be any troubles. I'll help you as much as I can.”

If the issue was not tricky, Han Chu believed that Ye Shuang would not be spacing out for so long. As Ye Shuang was hardly like that, Han Chu asked more than he usually did.

Albert turned his head. ”Hey, I'm working here. Can you guys go out if you're goofing off?”

Brother Shuang ignored him. ”Brother Han, do you have time to come to my home?”

”Your home?” Han Chu lifted his head.

Albert was confused by the turn of events. What was happening? It seemed like Anthony's gay best friend was going to be stolen away!

”Er… It's a little complicated. I'll tell you later,” Brother Shuang said and finally gave Albert a little of attention. ”Are you not done yet?”

Albert looked at Ye Shuang and Han Chu skeptically and fell into deep thought for a while as he frowned. He decided to finish up his work first. ”Almost done, but I have a feeling that he's hiding something.”

”What is he hiding?”

Albert shrugged. ”I have no idea what he knows exactly. Of course, I'll just listen to whatever he wants to tell us, but at least I can tell what is the truth and what is made up. I can also tell that he's actually very calm. Perhaps we're not too much of a threat to him, or perhaps he knows that whatever he's telling us won't sell out his boss.”

Han Chu lifted his head and frowned upon hearing that. Meanwhile, Brother Shuang looked at the prisoner as Albert spoke. As expected, he saw an uneasiness in him.

”I swear that's everything I know,” the convict said immediately.

Swear? Who the hell would believe that nowadays?

Brother Shuang fell into silence for a moment before speaking all of a sudden. ”Do you know the law in the Czech Republic and Germany?”

The convict nodded in a blur and shook his head after giving it some thought. Which law was he asking about?

”Then do you know what castration is?” Brother Shuang asked again.

The convict looked even more puzzled now. How would he know that since he was a foreigner?

”Well, castration is a punishment our country performed in ancient times whereby the convict's testicles would be removed. Of course, the punishment isn't practiced now,” Brother Shuang explained to the convict gently and passionately. ”But I heard that those two countries are the only countries in Europe that are still practicing the punishment, whereby they perform chemical castration on sex offenders. Isn't it interesting?”

Brother Shuang smiled eventually. ”Why don't I take you there for a spin?”

”Actually, I thought of a tiny detail all of a sudden. Why don't we talk more‽”