Thriller Night Talk

On Friday, April 30.

The sun shone brightly on this day, and the morning fog that had been lingering for half a month had dissipated early. It was a rare bright and mild day.

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Bei Quan woke up early in the morning, bathed, randomly ate something, then pulled Zhu Ling into the study and began sorting through yesterday’s hotline information.

Zhu Ling was very skilled at this job. 

She took down the stacks of newspapers arranged on the bookshelf in chronological order and stacked them on the desk.

Then she took the local daily newspaper from the previous week and began to flip through it.

Zhu Ling read the newspaper at an astonishing speed, turning two pages in one second.

This, however, did not imply that she had a “photographic memory,” and that she could remember everything with a glance.

On the contrary, she didn’t even open her eyes while flipping through the newspaper.

If a high-speed camera was used to capture Zhu Ling’s page-flipping movement and play it back in slow motion, one would notice that ink lines, thinner than spider silk, stretched out from where her fingertips were touching the surface of the paper; the lines covered the entire page, quickly merged with the ink printed on it and then separated.

This seemed to be Zhu Ling’s method for “reading” newspapers.

After flipping through a few newspapers, Zhu Ling suddenly stopped. 

“Found it.”

She took out one of the pages and handed it to the waiting Bei Quan.

“On the 2nd of this month, a vicious fatal accident occurred at a media company. It should be the case you heard about last night.”

Bei Quan took the newspaper and read it carefully. 

According to the report, two employees of a media company in this city had quarreled over a private dispute. One of them used a utility knife to cut the other person’s throat, causing the victim to choke on their own blood and die. The details are truly the same as those given by the woman who called herself Xiaoqing yesterday. There is no discrepancy in words.

“It should be this company.”

Bei Quan returned the newspaper to Zhu Ling and said with a smile, “Contact ‘her’ to check the details of the case.”

Zhu Ling folded the newspaper, rolled it into a tube and nodded, “Understood.” 

Just when she turned around to leave the room, she suddenly heard Bei Quan chuckling.

Zhu Ling stopped and asked, “What are you laughing at?”

“Nothing, nothing.”

Bei Quan instantly waved his hand to reassure her not to bother. 

“I’m just interested in how charming ‘S’ is, after all, she is supposedly so captivating that you’ll fall in love with her as long as you’re a man.”

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“Yes, I’m wrong.”

Seeing that Zhu Ling was getting angry, Bei Quan quickly admitted his mistake, “I’m not talking nonsense, no more nonsense! I promise!” 

Zhu Ling’s face still did not soften.

She pointedly looked at Bei Quan for a moment, her pair of pupils were deep, as if she wanted to see through the true emotions hidden behind the other’s handsome and cynical smile.

Zhu Ling deeply gazed at Bei Quan, but he was not nervous at all. He only lightly curved his eyes, smiled softly and purely, looking completely harmless to humans and animals.

“…” 

Zhu Ling was silent for a while, before moving her gaze away.

“You need to be a little more restrained.” She warned, “Especially, do not talk nonsense in front of that kid.”

“I got it.”

Bei Quan obediently said, “I shouldn’t let him know, I promise not to mention a word.” 

Zhu Ling seems to have become immune to Bei Quan’s well-behaved appearance since a long time ago. With a low hum, Zhu Ling turned to step out of the study room before pausing and saying, “Anyway, when it’s his time to leave, I’ll erase his memory.”

——-

Wei Fuyuan was concerned about the Hui Gui’s case before beginning his investigation. He returned to the Sāntúchuān Broadcasting Company early after class in the afternoon.

As expected, Bei Quan had prepared the clues, “Ah, you are back. I was waiting for you.” 

Feeling wanted and important, Young Master Wei’s pride grew a little, and the corners of his mouth subconsciously drew up in an obvious arc.

“What have you found?”

Wei Fuyuan sat next to Bei Quan and automatically entered the detective assistant mode.

“We have probably found Xiaoqing’s and ‘S’ company,” Bei Quan replied. 

The full name of the media company in the news is Lisa Media Co., Ltd. It is quite large. It’s head office in Fèng Xīngchéng alone has nearly 2000 employees, and it’s business scope is also very broad; they are known to undertake star weddings and large-scale cultural and entertainment activities, launchings for various platform advertisements, providing different types of models, etc., and they also often shoot promotional films and product catalogs for large companies.

Of the two people engaged in the conflict, the murderer’s name was Shen Xing, an advertising copy planner and the murdered person’s name was Xu Ziye, the manager of the public relations department.

According to the police’s investigation records, the two had engaged in a heated dispute at that time and Shen Xing, who had been enraged by Manager Xu Ziye, took the utility knife on the workbench and tried to intimidate the other.

Unexpectedly, Manager Xu, was not only unafraid but actually took the initiative to rush forward and seize the knife. Shen Xing was further angered by the struggle and he ended up using the knife to slash manager Xu’s throat. 

“In reality, Shen Xing’s knife did not deliver a fatal blow.”

Bei Quan explained, “But he didn’t provide any assistance when Xu Ziye fell on the ground after. The security camera caught him standing next to Xu Ziye as the latter choked to death on his own blood.”

“Um…”

Wei Fuyuan touched his chin, “Impulsive killing is still barely understandable, but if you don’t even help the injured person, the nature of the murder will be different…” 

“Yes.” Bei Quan nodded. “The police think so too.”

He pulled out Shen Xing’s and Xu Ziye’s files and showed them to Wei Fuyuan.

There was basic information about the two of them on the file along with some photos.

According to Young Master Wei’s aesthetic standards, Shen Xing was thin and his appearance was very nerdy due to his black rimmed glasses. He was not ugly and  not necessarily far from handsome. 

Xu Ziye, however, deserved to be the manager of the public relations department and also the company’s face; he was a tall, handsome man with sword eyebrows.

“Normally speaking, as far as their physique is concerned, Shen Xing can’t beat Xu Ziye?”

Wei Fuyuan immediately thought of Mr. A’s case last week.

“Boss, do you think Shen Xing was possessed by a Hui Gui? Could he have committed a homicide because of that? ” 

“No, it’s a pity that a Hui Gui hadn’t possessed Shen Xing at that time.”

Bei Quan shook his head regretfully.

“In the morning, I asked Su Ying to check it. Even if Shen Xing had been under the influenced of a Hui Gui when he committed the murder, he doesn’t have any trace of Hui Gui energy now. ”

Wei Fuyuan intended to tell the boss, You’re quite amazing, you can even secretly investigate a killer who has been apprehended! 

But when he thought about it, he remembered Su Ying’s ability to go through walls. As long as he knew where Shen Xing was, he should be able to let the little fox find it by himself. It seemed that there was nothing to make a fuss about.

“Do the clues end here?”

Wei Fuyuan went back and forth through the files of the two people, and thought of another guess, “Does this mean that Hui Gui is probably still in Lisa media?”

“It’s hard to say.” 

Bei Quan said, standing up directly.

“So let’s investigate now!”

“Now?”

Wei Fuyuan subconsciously looked down at his wristwatch, “It’s almost five o’clock now…” 

From his understanding, it was almost time for the companies to close for the day.

“Don’t worry, it’s a media company. They are open until late at night.” Bei Quan replied.

As he spoke, his gaze scanned Wei Fuyuan’s body and he smiled meaningfully, “I remember you brought a few boxes of luggage… you should have a lot of beautiful clothes, right?”

Wei Fuyuan did bring a lot of nice clothing, all of which he had purchased while he was still financially unrestricted. Any pair of clothing must have a starting price with at least four numbers and adding an extra zero wasn’t unusual. 

Although they are all of the earlier styles, just looking at the price tag could scare people. In addition, Young Master Wei’s physique was above average: after dressing up, he was even more handsome.

He changed his clothes and went downstairs. After waiting in the living room for a while, Bei Quan was ready to go out.

As usual, Bei Quan was dressed in black from head to toe.

The only difference was that today’s black wind coat was tailored to fit his body, with a palm-wide belt embracing the waist, with unique lines that accentuated his thin waist, narrow hips and long legs. 

Even if you don’t see the brand in a conspicuous place, Young Master Wei could tell that Bei Quan’s clothing were genuinely tailor-made, high-end items.

“Um, not bad.”

Bei Quan took out the suitcase and umbrella that he would always bring along with him.

“You look more handsome than usual!” 

Wei Fuyuan felt a little feverish around his ears.

He felt that he was too simple.

——How could Bei Quan’s casual compliment make him extra eager!

Because Sāntúchuān’s Jetta didn’t fit their current attire, Bei Quan arranged a ride on a BMW to take them to their destination. 

They were going to Lisa Media’s business office.

As soon as Bei Quan and Wei Fuyuan entered the door, a beautiful girl in a light gray dress came to meet them and politely asked them for their identities.

“I called to make an appointment just now, the surname is Wei.” Bei Quan replied.

Wei Fuyuan: “!?” 

He was surprised that Bei Quan naturally took his surname as a pseudonym.

The eyes of the girl in the light gray dress lit up in understanding, “It turned out to be Mr. Wei!”

The girl was attentive and smiled like a flower. “Please come with me.”

Bei Quan and Wei Fuyuan followed her past the front desk and into the back hall. 

Lisa media was rich and powerful and had directly contracted a 16 story office building as an office space.

The business negotiation office was on the first level located in the northeast corner, with its own gate and an oval hall the size of a basketball court. There were also four conference rooms located around the hall that were designed to entertain distinguished visitors.

Bei Quan and Wei Fuyuan were led into the one on the left, where someone was already waiting for them.