Genius Detective

On the third day of the mission, Tao Yueyue sat listlessly in the car. Chen Shi had arranged for ten people to be divided into two groups of five each. A group kept watch in their cars while the other group kept watch in a house rented near Hao Yunlai’s house. There was also a mobile sentry to deal with emergencies.

The stakeout mission was extremely boring, and Tao Yueyue was so bored that she yawned.

It was late at night. Hao Yunlai was watching TV at home, but they still had to stare at that window here. Tao Yueyue's boredom was about to reach its peak.

At this time, Xu Xiaodong got into the car and handed a bag to Tao Yueyue, saying, "It took me going to a few streets before I could buy these pan-fried buns with fresh shrimp and pork fillings. Try them... Oh yes, there’s also this!"

He handed a manhua to Tao Yueyue, and Tao Yueyue complained, "What's this?! I don't read this kind of silly girls’ manhuas."

"Uh... I saw a rental bookstore nearby and I thought you’d like it."

"Was there a The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later? I haven't finished that book."f𝘳ℯℯ𝙬𝒆𝚋𝐧oν𝑒Ɩ.c𝑜𝙢

"Well, I'll change it."

"Don't go!"

But Xu Xiaodong still went away. After a while, he came back and handed a copy of Twenty Years After to Tao Yueyue. "The bookstore said they didn’t have it in stock. It turned out to be a sequel to The Three Musketeers. I didn’t even know. The boss said this is also a sequel."

"I've read this one long ago!"

"Huh? Then I'll change it to another one."

"No need, I’ll read it again!" Tao Yueyue opened the book. There was an illustration on the title page of this edition. The picture showed d'Artagnan[1] leading the little king through the rock slinging party surrounding them. She said with emotion, "The most moving moment when I read this book was when the few of them went to rescue Charles I. The history books say that Charles I was the representative of feudal kingship and the leader of the reactionaries. Cromwell, who beheaded him, was the righteous party instead. But Athos still insisted on saving him. He believed that the king should not be treated like this. This persistence is very moving. History always cruelly labels people from the past, telling you that this person was good and that person was bad, but who can tell the difference while one is living through it? Those who insist on their beliefs when handling things, no matter whether the history books say they were good or bad, I think they are worthy of respect!"

Xu Xiaodong didn't know how to respond to this kind of topic, and he hesitated for a long time before saying, "This kind of view is not dialectically materialistic enough."

Tao Yueyue laughed, "Which of the Three Musketeers is your favorite?"

"Uh, who are they?"

"Tch, I won't talk to you about this. At first glance, you’re clearly someone who doesn't like to read."

"I like to play games. Have you played Sekiro before?"

"Mm, I’ve completed all four endings." Tao Yueyue said lightly.

Xu Xiaodong instantly felt a kind of frustration. Being with Tao Yueyue was always very stressful. However, Tao Yueyue felt different about him. She found Xu Xiaodong very considerate and very caring towards others. He also had a very sunny disposition.

Staring at the book, she asked, "Why didn’t Sister Lin like you originally?"

"Huh?" Xu Xiaodong was startled. "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Curious."

Xu Xiaodong scratched his head. "It's nothing, I'm not her cup of tea... Did you know? Dongxue and I were partners previously. Ever since Brother Chen came, she has more or less stopped partnering with me."

"You mean to say that Uncle Chen has snatched Sister Lin away from you?"

"No, no, I didn't mean that. I mean that one shouldn’t fall in love with one’s partner as a police officer, otherwise it will be very awkward."

"You’re really talking from experience!"

"But Brother Chen is indeed very charming, mature and stable, as well as quick-witted. I would fall in love with him too if I were a woman."

"Even if you flatter him in front of me, I won't tell him."

"Kid, you love to mock people, don’t you?"

Tao Yueyue was making a face at him when Xu Xiaodong's cell phone rang. A colleague said that something had happened. Hao Yunlai was about to go out.

The five people immediately monitored him strictly and followed him all the way. In the end, Hao Yunlai just went to the kiosk by the entrance to buy a pack of cigarettes, then returned home to continue watching TV. Only then, did they let down their guard.

It was unknown how many times a day there would be such false alarms.

The next day, in a certain alley, a man brandishing a kitchen knife was chasing two loan sharks. It happened very suddenly. The man owed two million yuan, and with exponentially accumulating interest, he couldn't afford to repay as he was jobless.

In order to force him to pay a little interest, the loan sharks had beaten him a little.

A second ago, the two loan sharks were humiliating him by slapping him left and right. Suddenly, the expression in the eyes of this subservient man changed. He grabbed a kitchen knife and slashed one of them on the shoulder. The lamb instantly turned into a fierce tiger.

The loan sharks looked back as they ran, panting heavily. The man continued to brandish the blood-stained kitchen knife and roared angrily, "Stop right there! I'll kill both of you and then I’ll die too!"

Suddenly, a woman in a leather jacket rushed out from the side and kicked the man's waist. He staggered and his knife fell to the ground.

Before he could react, he was thrown over the shoulder to the ground by the other party. Lin Dongxue pinned the man down with her knees and shouted at the two loan sharks, "What are you waiting for? Go call the police quickly!"

"Th-thank you!" The two ran away quickly.

"Hey, call the police!"

The man on the ground shouted, "Let go of me you damn bitch, I will kill them! Let go of me!"

"Behave yourself!"

This time, the life function had accurately predicted the person’s turning point trigger, and Lin Dongxue was able to rush here and stop it in time.

These two days have been very turbulent. During the day, she ran around to stop those future criminals. She spent her nights in hotels. She explained the life functions to those people and was regarded as a mentally unstable lunatic, and a portent of disaster. She was driven away several times.

After repeated failed attempts, she decided to change her method. She would quietly follow these people, and rush out to stop them when their turning points were triggered.

Although these two days have been very hard on her, she was very pleased that she had saved more than a dozen lives that should have been killed. At the same time, she was more and more rueful that the life functions were terribly accurate!

The man on the ground was still struggling. Lin Dongxue's physical strength was about to give out. He kept roaring, "Who are you to interfere with me? Let me chop those two bastards!"

"Wake up! If you kill someone, would you have a better life?"

"I have a crappy life and don't care. Killing one would be enough, but killing both would be a triumph!"

"Shut up!"

Lin Dongxue suddenly discovered that the man was reaching for the knife on the ground, but she didn’t have a free hand to stop him. She didn't have the physical strength to drag the man away either.

At this moment, Lin Qiupu suddenly appeared and kicked away the kitchen knife that was a few centimeters away from the suspect's fingertips. Lin Dongxue asked, pleasantly surprised, "Brother, why are you here?!"

"If I didn’t come, would you be able to cope?"

Lin Qiupu took out handcuffs and handcuffed the suspect deftly from behind. Then he lifted him up and pushed him. "Walk. Follow me to the Public Security Bureau!"

1. French musketeer aka Charles de Batzs de Castelmore ☜