Genius Detective - Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Volume 2: Family Massacre

On her day off, Lin Dongxue received a call from Chen Shi . Chen Shi asked, “Miss Lin, is it your day off today?”

“Yeah, why?”

“You haven't forgotten that you promised me a meal, right? I just finished a few trips and now my stomach is rumbling!”

Lin Dongxue remembered this incident . At that time, she had only casually agreed . She didn’t expect Chen Shi to remember . She relented, “Okay, I’ll invite you to dinner . Can you pick me up?”

“Address!”

Lin Dongxue asked Chen Shi to wait for her at HuaYun Commercial Building . After arriving at the building, Chen Shi looked left and right but didn’t see her . Suddenly, a beautiful woman in a green dress and dark green crop-jacket pulled the door open . Chen Shi’s eyes lit up . “It’s you . I didn't recognize you!”

Lin Dongxue’s casual clothes were usually fairly androgynous . Today, she was wearing an outfit that was all newly bought . She asked, “Are you complimenting me?”

“What do you think? Clothes are good . The person is even better . Nobody would believe me even if I were to say that you’re a police officer . ” Chen Shi smiled .

Lin Dongxue groaned, “If you say it like that, does that mean that police officers don’t look good?”

“Police officers aren’t that cute . At least not from the ones I’ve seen . ” 

“This guy has a slick tongue! How many officers have you even seen?”

Lin Dongxue thought that Chen Shi would take them somewhere expensive, but the restaurant he picked was just a very ordinary restaurant . He ordered a few small dishes in the store . Lin Dongxue took out a thick envelope from her bag . “This is the reward from last time . ”

Chen Shi took it in his hand and counted it . There were two thousand yuan in total . He asked, “Half each?”

“No, this is all yours . I think this case was basically solved by you alone, so the reward should belong to you!”

“Then I will kindly accept your offer . Thank you!”

Lin Dongxue opened her mouth in surprise, “You are not polite at all, are you?”

“I have collected the money so I will pay for this meal . How’s that?”

“No, no, I said I would be the one to treat you for this meal . ”

After a while, the food was served on the table . Chen Shi gobbled the food down as if it was exceptionally good . As she watched him eat, Lin Dongxue began to feel hungry herself, so she ate half a bowl of rice more than normal . In her heart, she immediately regretted her decision, as she was probably going to gain weight again .  

While eating, Chen Shi chatted about the strange things that he usually encountered when he flagged people down for work . Lin Dongxue thought this person to be an ordinary driver no matter how she looked at him .

Lin Dongxue interrupted him and asked, “I am very curious . How do you know how to solve cases? Have you received any special training?”

Chen Shi poured the soup on his rice . “Didn’t we agree that you won’t ask me about this?”

“I’m curious! Besides, I am a police officer . If you refuse to talk about it, I could just investigate it . ”

“Then you go and investigate . A person's past is not something that can be summarized in black and white on a piece of paper, let alone a person with a rich life such as myself . ”

“Tch, trying to act all mysterious . ”

After lunch, Chen Shi offered, “Since it’s your day off and I just earned 2000[1], shall I treat you to watch a movie?”

“You wish!” Lin Dongxue pulled a face . “Eating is one thing, but I’m not familiar with you or anything, uncle . ”

“Just you wait, since there’s chances for us to still meet anyway . ” 

“Oh, save that crap . I won’t come to find you again!”

The two walked to the bustling area and Chen Shi stopped at the entrance of a movie theatre . “Mission Impossible 6 just came out . Do you want to watch it together?”

“What's the appeal in a movie that just has fighting here and there?” Lin Dongxue looked disdainful .

“Tom Cruise is so handsome; A lot of young girls like him . ”

“Tch, well I don't like it!”

Chen Shi went straight into the cinema and bought two tickets by himself . He offered, “The movie starts in 20 minutes . Wanna watch it? Wanna watch?”

Lin Dongxue hesitated . Since she was busy with work normally, she hadn’t been in a cinema in years . She was a little tempted .  

Chen Shi neogitated, “How about this? We can go in and watch for a bit . If you don’t enjoy it, I will treat you to dinner at night as compensation . ”

“You have such thick-skin!” Lin Dongxue was speechless .

“Come on, I want to see it too!”

Lin Dongxue reluctantly agreed . Just as she was about to enter the cinema, Lin Dongxue’s phone rang . It was Lin Qiupu’s call . She thought that something urgent had happened back at the station . She did not expect Lin Qiupu to say immediately, “Where did you run off to?!”

“What's up?”

“Didn’t I tell you that you have a matchmaking session today? The guy has been sitting at the restaurant for an hour!” 

“Ah, I forgot! Tell me which restaurant it is . I’ll go there now . ”

After hanging up the phone, Lin Dongxue looked really depressed . Chen Shi asked, “What’s up? Need to go to a blind date? No wonder you dressed so beautifully today . I’m sadder than you are!”

“Nonsense, if I remembered that I was going on a blind date, I wouldn’t have worn this . ”

“So, then… You dressed up for me?”

Lin Dongxue’s face went red and she stomped on Chen Shi’s foot grumpily . Chen Shi yelped in pain . “Your face is like an open book . ”

“Who told you to ask me something like that! Girls like to dress up nicely every so often . Is it necessarily for someone to see? Straight-male cancer!”[2]

“Can’t I be wrong? Right, I will drive you there!”

“No thanks, didn’t you just buy tickets to go watch a movie? You should go watch it by yourself . ” Lin Dongxue declined before turning away .

After a few steps, Chen Shi caught up and said, “I will take you!”

“What about your tickets?”

“I’ll give them away!”

“Give it away?” Lin Dongxue was surprised .

“Your business is more important!” Chen Shi smiled .

Lin Dongxue’s heart was touched . Although she knew that this was a man’s pick-up routine, she didn’t mind it coming from Chen Shi .

Chen Shi drove Lin Dongxue to the restaurant . When he stopped, he gave some advice to Lin Dongxue . “Blind dates aren’t that big of a deal . You don’t need to be too nervous . Just make some small talk . ”

“Which eye of yours sees that I’m nervous?”

“Alright, alright, you aren’t nervous then . You just kept looking at the mirror and fiddling with your hair without saying anything, that’s all . ”

“I don't say a word because . . . I didn’t want to talk to you!” Lin Dongxue glared at him and pushed the door open to get off .

Lin Dongxue walked into the restaurant and glanced at the guests who were eating . Suddenly, she felt very nervous . A man wearing a suit, tie, and gold-rimmed glasses waved her over . “Are you Miss Lin?”

“Ah . . . You are . . . ” Lin Dongxue suddenly forgot his surname .

“My surname is Li!” When the man smiled as the skin around his eyes creased . His appearance was decent, but his face and his hair were oily . It felt like there was a layer of oil on him, making Lin Dongxue very uncomfortable when looking at him .

“Miss Lin you’ve dressed very beautifully today; Even more beautiful than the photo!” said the man as he looked her up and down . His perverted eyes made Lin Dongxue even more uncomfortable .  

After she took a seat, the man began to introduce himself and asked her a few questions . How many people were in her family, whether they were locals, and what academic qualifications she held were all among the questions raised . Lin Dongxue answered each question one by one, but felt very bored .

Blind-dates are as boring and horrible as the legends say .  

The dishes on the table didn't move at all . Listening to the man endlessly talk about his experiences as a student overseas, Lin Dongxue's thoughts drifted away .

She suddenly saw a person standing outside the window . After taking another look, it was actually Chen Shi who was smiling and waving enthusiastically at her .  

1 . 2,000 Yuan (RMB) is about $280 USD .

2 . Heterosexual notion where everything is done in order to gain a guy’s attention instead of for the girls themselves .