Chapter 652: Go Astray

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

When they got out of the visiting room, Bai Muchuan met Yu Ning at the hall.

Yu Ning brought along two assistants with him. He was wearing a pair of shades and covered himself up entirely in a low key manner. If one didn’t look closely, nobody would have noticed that he was the famous celebrity, Yu Ning.

When he saw Bai Muchuan, he came over to greet him.

“Captain Bai…”

Bai Muchuan hadn’t seen him for a long time and stopped in his tracks. “Mister Yu.”

Yu Ning smiled. “Is Captain Bai doing well?”

“Not bad.”

“It seems like…” Yu Ning suddenly scrutinized him. “You’ve gotten thinner?”

Bai Muchuan raised an eyebrow. He didn’t answer this question but asked him a question. “Mister Yu is here… to visit CEO Meng?”

Yu Ning didn’t deny that.

He showed a bitter laugh. “It’s a pity that I can’t see him. I can only bring him some gifts.”

Meng Chi, who was involved in such a serious crime, could not receive visitors before he was tried in court.

Bai Muchuan nodded his head in understanding. “Do you come here often?”

Yu Ning replied, “Sometimes.”

“I see.” A faint smile appeared on Bai Muchuan’s face.

Yu Ning didn’t look at his eyes but adjusted his shades. “Is he okay in there?”

Bai Muchuan pressed his lips slightly as he tried to observe his expression. Nonetheless, maybe Yu Ning’s upright image had taken roots in people’s hearts as he always seemed the same – just like the main leading character in ‘The Grey List’. He was a good man, sociable and popular with hardly any scandals. Perhaps the only scandal he had in his acting career was the one many people talked about between him and Meng Chi.

Now that Meng Chi was labeled as a murderer and locked up in the detention center where everyone said that he would receive a death sentence, all his friends and contacts would have cut off their ties with him.

On the contrary, looking at what Yu Ning did, he was indeed a good person.

Bai Muchuan narrowed his eyes and nodded his head. “He’s fine, not much different from before.”

Yu Ning seemed to heave a sigh of relief. “That’s good to hear.”

Both were not friends. After saying all these, they had nothing left to say.

Yu Ning could see that Bai Muchuan was busy and bid his goodbye. “So… Captain Bai, I know you’re a busy man. Please go ahead.”

Bai Muchuan nodded his head, said his goodbye and left.

…

Huang He drove the car with Bai Muchuan sitting beside him in the front passenger seat. After a while when they got on the main road, Bai Muchuan took out his phone.

Dduu…

Dduu…

A few rings later, Cheng Zheng picked up the phone. “Hello?”

“It’s me, Bai Muchuan.”

“I have a Caller ID.”

“Mm.” Bai Muchuan narrowed his eyes. “You’re in the office right? I need your help with something.”

There was silence over at the other end. “If it’s about breaking rules,” he said slowly, “don’t come to me.”

“…”

After a moment of silence, Bai Muchuan neatened his hair and sneered. “I haven’t even told you what I want and you already know I will do something that will breach the rules?”

“If it’s something that doesn’t break the rules, you would have told me directly what you wanted me to do or even command that I do it. You wouldn’t have asked me for help.”

“Very well.”

This person was too smart.

Or he should say, this person knew him too well.

Without him saying anything more, the other one knew what he wanted.

Bai Muchuan couldn’t resist giving a chuckle. “It seems that you deserve being in a better place than the Forensics Team.”

“You’re wrong, replied Cheng Zheng, “being in the Forensics Team requires higher intelligence than the investigator.”

“…” Bai Muchuan couldn’t be bothered to talk nonsense with him. “Wait for me in the office. I’ll be back soon.”

“Bai Muchuan,” said Cheng Zheng solemnly, “I won’t allow you to do things recklessly.”

“Hur!” Bai Muchuan thought of what Huang He said – that he was too conventional. He showed a sly smile. “Well, I’ll bleeping do things recklessly this time.”

…

The car stopped at Serious Crime Division One.

Huang He returned to the Investigation Team while Bai Muchuan went upstairs to look for Cheng Zheng.

The door to the Forensics Team was half-opened. The air that leaked out from the Forensics Team’s office seemed to be cold year-round. It was a kind of cold that seemed to make the heart cold as well.

Bai Muchuan knocked on the door. The ones inside happened to be Miao Zichen and another Forensics Team member. “Captain Bai?” She lifted her head.

She was quite surprised to see him.

This was because Bai Muchuan hardly came to the Forensics Team, unless there was something important.

Even though she did not work there for long, she could already feel the slight tension between Captain Bai and her Captain Cheng.

So, he was here because he needed something done?

“Captain Bai, is there anything we can help?”

Miao Zichen smiled but Bai Muchuan only returned a cold face.

“Where’s Cheng Zheng?”

Miao Zichen was puzzled when she saw the coldness in his eyes. “He just went downstairs.”

“D*mmit!” Bai Muchuan cussed as he was annoyed then he turned away to leave.

Leaving Miao Zichen in a daze as she stood frozen at the same spot.

…

Bai Muchuan quickly came down and found Cheng Zheng in the backyard.

The backyard was the garden for the team. After Cheng Zheng came, he asked for permission to use a part of the garden to rear his succulents and he would come by to take care of the plants frequently. At this season, there wasn’t much greenery to see in the rest of the garden but the succulents were thriving under his care.

Bai Muchuan walked towards him. “If you treat others just like you treat these succulents, you’ll become a normal person.”

Cheng Zheng didn’t even raise his head. “I’ve already said that I can’t adhere to your request.”

“You certainly can.” Bai Muchuan moved to stand right in front of him. The moment he wanted to open his mouth, a cold gust of wind blew past and made him cough again. Cheng Zheng’s hand paused, he glanced at him and saw that Bai Muchuan’s face had turned red from the coughing. “You didn’t take medication?” He asked with his eyebrows furrowed.

“I did!” Bai Muchuan waved his hands and continued to persuade him. “Rest assured. If something bad really happens, I’ll take responsibility. You won’t be implicated. You can say that I’m the one who commanded you to do that, you need not bear any responsibility…”

Cheng Zheng let out a snicker. He put the small shovel aside and stood up straight.

“So you thought that I’m afraid of bearing responsibility and getting punished?”

Bai Muchuan raised an eyebrow. “Then why?”

Cheng Zheng: “I don’t want to see you going the wrong way.”

Bai Muchuan sneered. “You put it in a way as though you’re concerned about me?”

Cheng Zheng picked up the small shovel again and didn’t answer. “You can go now! Don’t bother wasting your time to convince me.”

“Cheng Zheng, you…” Bai Muchuan’s face turned gloomy. He had a lot to say but he didn’t want to.

Should he say that Xiang Wan was now in the hands of Ye Lun, and that Cheng Zheng wasn’t worried at the least bit?

He couldn’t!

But with regards to this matter, he really had to get Cheng Zheng’s help.

Ye Lun wanted the HW virus and dispenser. Bai Muchuan didn’t have them. Even if he had them, he couldn’t and wouldn’t give it to Ye Lun. However, the dispenser that they got from his house that time, as well as the composition of the biochemical gas… Cheng Zheng had fully participated in the analysis of that. Currently, a sample of the dispenser was placed at the Forensics Team. He needed something like that in order to fool Ye Lun that the police had the biochemical weapon with them…

“I can choose to command you to do it.” Bai Muchuan said in a cold tone.

“I will reject that.” Cheng Zheng was expressionless as he declared that. “Handle the case seriously, don’t go astray…”

Bai Muchuan was stumped and he looked at him.

“So you still refuse? Cheng Zheng, are you really coldblooded?”

Cheng Zheng didn’t show a change in his expression. “If you think I am, then so be it.”

He stopped looking at Bai Muchuan, kept his gardening tools and was about to leave.

Before he walked away, Bai Muchuan grabbed his wrist.

“Cheng Zheng!” He lowered his head then looked at him. “Take it that I’m begging you. Help me out this once.”