Breaking Through the Clouds - Chapter 14

 Translated by 231yolu :)

Yan Xuan said that the renovation of the house was substandard, but in fact, if this was considered substandard, then the Municipal Public Security Bureau would probably be a large straw shed that rose from the ground.

The large living room was connected to two walls, and the floor-to-ceiling glass door was connected to the spacious garden balcony. The interior was designed in black, white, and gray in a modern and simple style. The men's design sense was full of natural marble flooring, and brand new luxury brand furniture. At first glance, one would think that they had walked into a real estate developer's sample room. It was beautiful, expensive, and unattractive.

The silent confrontation in the living room froze the last bit of air into piercing ice shards.

"What do you want to hear from Captain Jiang?" Jiang Ting said slowly. "Tell me, and I'll tell you."

Yan Xuan sneered and leaned back, sizing him up unscrupulously. "Don't misunderstand. I've long since forgotten about that little bit of discord from back then. Whether you're the high and mighty Captain Jiang or the incognito Lu Chengjiang, it won't be too much of a shock to me, and I won't go to the extent of hitting you when you're down to satisfy some perverted psychological desires. "

"However, you've been lying in the hospital for three years, and you've been safe and sound for three years. Once you've been discharged from the hospital, a new type of drug has been circulating in Jianning City. Using drugs to pass off as smart drugs to seduce children from rich families has appeared in Gongzhou many years ago. But that time, you covered up for Hu Weisheng. What's the truth? "

Jiang Ting said indifferently, "He gave me money and bribed me. Are you satisfied with this explanation? "

"— Don't bullshit with me." Yan Xuan waved his hand. "If that grandson Hu Weisheng had money, why would he run to 'retail'? To be able to make Captain Jiang sign on the attempted rape case file, Hu Weisheng must have an even bigger network of interests behind him! "

Jiang Ting said leisurely, "Then, do you think the spider who spun that web was me?"

Yan Xuan didn't answer for a moment.

Jiang Ting said, "Look, I said I was bribed, but you didn't believe me. I said I was the mastermind behind the scenes, but you didn't believe me either. Actually, the truth is what you think in your heart. You have to believe in yourself. "

Jiang Ting seemed to be born lazy to control his facial muscles. Under any circumstances, he was completely relaxed and unapproachable. He smoothly pushed back all of Yan Xuan's needles.

Yan Xuan stared at him and realized that the other party was really invulnerable. He suddenly remembered the day he met Jiang Ting on the way to the KTV reconstruction site and witnessed the car accident. He was stunned in the middle of the intersection. Now that he thought about it, it was only at that moment that Jiang Ting had a flaw that he could take advantage of.

"…" Yan Xuan's finger lightly tapped the rim of his cup. No one knew what he was thinking about. After a while, he suddenly opened his mouth and said, "The anti-drug operation in Gongzhou failed. The officials said it was because of your mistake in command. The intranet also confirmed that you were dead. Now you are still alive. To put it bluntly, you are a fugitive. Whether I report you or not is up to me. Now that you are so uncooperative with me, aren't you afraid that I will simply inform Gongzhou to arrest you in a fit of anger? "

His sloppy tone sounded as if he was joking. Listening carefully at the end of his sentence, there was a hint of coldness and viciousness. However, Jiang Ting acted as if he didn't hear it. He calmly replied, "If I am arrested, I will die very quickly."

"Oh?"

"If I die, the 502 case will quickly become a case of theft, extortion, or selling fake drugs, just like back then. And you will have absolutely no chance of reversing the case, because this time, Hu Weisheng won't have the good luck of sitting in jail for three years. He will die in the detention center before the court session. "

Yan Xuan asked, "Are you threatening me?"

Jiang Ting asked in return, "Have you ever peeled onions?"

The two of them looked at each other for a moment. Yan Xuan crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair. He said arrogantly, "No, I am a man. I don't go into the kitchen."

Jiang Ting snorted. "Onions make people cry, but only by peeling them off one layer at a time can you get to the core. Rather than forcing me with the so-called truth, why don't you solve the case at hand first? "

Yan Xuan's face was as dark as water, and his eyes flickered slightly.

Outside the window, the sky gradually darkened, and the lanterns were just lit. Looking down from the balcony of the eighteenth floor, the long line of car lights on the viaduct in the distance converged into a torrent, rushing in all directions of the huge city.

And above the heads of the crowd, the neon lights in the city's night sky were reflected on the windows of thousands of houses, then through the dim living room, outlining Yan Xuan's handsome and tough side profile.

In the quiet space, only the rise and fall of breathing could be heard. Finally, Yan Xuan said slowly, "Do you know who's after you today?"

Jiang Ting said, "There are many people who want to kill me, but I can't think of anyone who would send out this kind of mediocre killer."

"Then what about the person who drove the SUV and killed the killer halfway?"

Jiang Ting was silent for a long time before he said, "It's hard to say."

With a click, Yan Xuan turned on the light, and the warm, soft yellow light evenly sprinkled the huge space. Jiang Ting crossed his arms and leaned against the large black leather sofa, which made him look unusually slender and thin. His face, neck, and exposed hands were all so cold that it made one's heart turn cold.

"Then as you said, before the case is solved, Captain Jiang, with your delicate body, I'll have to work three shifts every day with you." Yan Xuan pointed in the direction of the guest bedroom and said with a smile, "Yang Mei's KTV is too crowded, and the environment is not good. It's not suitable for recuperation. We might have to go back to the station to work overtime in the second half of the night, so let's not waste time and sleep here for the night. "

Yan Xuan's guest bedroom came with a separate bathroom, and the air was filled with the smell of a new house that had never been lived in before. Pillows, blankets, and toiletries were all available. There was an entire wall of TV on the opposite side of the bed, but Jiang Ting was not in the mood to watch TV. After running around with Yan Xuan for the whole day, he hurriedly washed up and directly lay down.

Yan Xuan sat on the edge of the bed in the master bedroom next door, opened the French window, and lit a cigarette.

In Jiang Ting's words, excluding the parts where he avoided the important and focused on the trivial, he still revealed a lot of information — at least the network of interests behind Hu Weisheng that was related to drug production, as well as the degree of danger he was in in this whirlpool, should not be lying.

But what about the other hints? How much of them were true, and how much of them were false?

He did not hide his suspicion of Jiang Ting, but Jiang Ting's guard against him was even deeper and more hidden. It was as if he was once a prisoner, and even though he had escaped, he was still in a state of panic.

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