Chapter 87 At Wit's End

Zheng Shuang came to the Center a week later with more information for us. "The suspects that we've arrested were all dead!" He exclaimed to us, "Ruthless and brutal, their shadowy mastermind. The dead suspects were discovered to have died in the same manner, leaving nothing that our coroner could trace!" But a few of our experts deduced that the men were already poisoned prior to their detainment as a means of sealing any loose lips in case of their arrest!" No, I remembered, their meridian points were sealed by Lin Feng. We had been expecting their deaths; they had tried to drug and murder us. Yet when we had escaped, they pursued us with determination and malice! The slow death that the detainees that suffered in prison were already merciful enough than what they truly deserved! I interrupted my own train of thoughts, focusing back into what Zheng Shuang was saying next. "We had looked into the cellmates that Wang Laosan was reported to be close with. We'll need just a little more time; we're still sifting through the list now. Have some patience! I'll make sure you get my update ASAP!" Zheng Shuang came for another visit a few days later, telling us that his ex-classmate wanted to invite us for a meal. Zheng Shuang's ex-classmate received us warmly when we met, saying that he should have asked us out earlier but he was delayed by a case at his station. We talked over liquor and cigarettes, chatting about the previous incident. Halfway through, Zheng Shuang asked his friend, "You mentioned a case that delayed you. What about it?" "A theft," said his friend, "A bunch of jewelry displayed in a counter in a mall was found missing. But strangely, the doors were never opened, and the CCTV footages showed nobody entering the premises, as if the entire booty had vanished into thin air! We're out of clues, in the midst of our confusion!"