Chapter 542: Dare to Show Off? I’ll Swell Your Face to a Bruise!
by xennovelChapter 542: Dare to Show Off? I’ll Swell Your Face to a Bruise! (Update 5)
Find this guy. Lin.
If we find him, we’ll finally know what really happened before the lab exploded.
Xiao Yu stepped out of the Detention Center, a smile playing on his handsome face.
It’s time to show off some serious moves—punching nursing homes and kicking the North Sea…
Just then, his phone rang.
“Master, the suspect who fled from the lab…”
Wang Cheng’s voice came through the phone: “He surrendered!”
Xiao Yu: (￣□￣)
The disciple is saying, ‘what?’
He surrendered?
Damn it… Xiao Yu was starting to lose his cool.
Where’s that real skill you promised to show?
Why aren’t you playing by the book?
Are you trying to imitate me, for fuck’s sake?
So infuriating!
…
Criminal Investigation Team, Interrogation Room.
A seemingly ordinary man with a scholarly air sat in the interrogation chair.
Zhang Yucheng, male, 29, from City G… a PhD!
A PhD, huh… Xiao Yu set down the documents and eyed the man before him.
Half an hour earlier, Zhang Yucheng turned himself in, claiming he knew why the lab exploded.
And he was the ninth researcher to leave the lab—making him the prime suspect in this case!
Before Xiao Yu could speak, Zhang Yucheng calmly said, “I bet you police are dying to know what happened before the lab explosion. Just agree to one condition, and I’ll tell you everything I know.”
Negotiation is all about seizing what the other side wants. If you have a need, there’s room to negotiate… Xiao Yu mulled it over.
Clearly, he knew exactly what the police were after.
He understood that the police had to crack this case quickly.
He seized on that point, aiming to negotiate with the authorities.
Somebody’s showing off… Xiao Yu chuckled, “As expected of a PhD—smart guy indeed. Since you’re clever, you should know that we police never compromise or give in to any wild demands.”
“But you don’t have a choice right now.”
Zhang Yucheng smiled and replied, “After all, no one but me knows what really happened in the lab, right?”
“I once had a classmate who was a bit clueless about wooing girls.”
Xiao Yu grinned as he looked at Zhang Yucheng, “Then he came up with a creative way to court her. One day, he spotted a beautiful lady and noticed a brick by the roadside. Picking it up, he walked over and said with a smile, ‘Miss, is this yours?'”
Zhang Yucheng: …
Zhang Yucheng’s lips twitched involuntarily.
“Amazingly, my classmate ended up with that beautiful lady and even got married after graduation.”
Xiao Yu shrugged and laughed, “You see, sometimes brute force is the simplest way to get what you want, isn’t it?”
“…”
Zhao Yucheng’s expression shifted, his smile fading. “We live in a society ruled by law now—using brute force on suspects is a thing of the past.”
“You understand, right?”
Xiao Yu shook his head and laughed, “You’ve got my ‘brute force’ all wrong. What I mean is… your condition is to see Yao Zhengqi, isn’t it?”
Zhao Yucheng’s face went pale with shock as he stared blankly at Xiao Yu.
“See? I get straight to the point—no riddles or fancy maneuvers.”
Xiao Yu’s smile vanished as he glared coldly, “That’s blunt too… so stop trying to outsmart me. Just because you’re a PhD doesn’t give you the right to treat others like idiots. You’re not worth it!”
Zhao Yucheng’s expression darkened instantly as he fell silent.
Xiao Yu recognized that look.
Just like those who make empty promises.
No matter how sweet their words are.
The moment real cost is involved, they flip.
That’s exactly what Zhao Yucheng is.
Having seen criminals of all kinds, Xiao Yu had encountered them all.
The most common were highly intelligent offenders.
Is there any difference between playing smart in front of him and messing with the boss?
“So, you want to see Yao Zhengqi because you figured the police might learn something from him?”
Xiao Yu scoffed, “Like his criminal record? Or perhaps that anti-cancer drug formula? Maybe you think his fate is sealed, destined for the gallows?”
Zhao Yucheng’s face shifted constantly between shades of blue and red as he stared at Xiao Yu in disbelief.
“A brain is a good thing.”
Pointing to his head, Xiao Yu sneered, “Not only do you have one, everyone else does too, you know?”
He had said that before.
Smart people tend to get arrogant and look down on others.
Especially those puffed-up intellectuals.
In their eyes, police were nothing but brutes.
The arrogant scholar Zhao Yucheng suddenly realized he’d been slapped by Xiao Yu.
It stung!
“So what exactly is your reason for wanting to see Yao Zhengqi?”
Xiao Yu mocked, “It all comes down to a few possibilities. Do you plan to show him as the victor, implying that you arranged everything—sending him to prison? Or are you here to prove you’re out for revenge? Or is it to let him know you’re the true creator of that anti-cancer drug formula?”
“520, you…”
Zhao Yucheng’s face paled, and he cried out in shock, “How do you know?”
“I guessed it.”
Xiao Yu said calmly, “I figured it out while interrogating Yao Zhengqi and even shared my suspicions with him. So even if you try to show off for him now, it won’t give you any satisfaction—because he already knows you exist… I was the one who told him!”
Smack… another slap.
It landed harshly on Zhao Yucheng’s face.
Anger, shock, helplessness, panic, disbelief—his face contorted in a whirlwind of emotions.
These expressions continuously flashed and shifted across Zhao Yucheng’s face.
From that moment on, the calm, composure, and confidence he had maintained since being taken to the Criminal Investigation Team vanished completely!
They were gone for good!
“I know all your cards. What right do you have to negotiate with me?”
Xiao Yu’s gaze was scornful, “Do you know what fate awaits those who show off in front of me? I not only swell their faces but also grind them into the dirt. How’s that making you feel?”
The anger on Zhao Yucheng’s face faded.
He glared at Xiao Yu with steely eyes.
That look was just like the one Yao Zhengqi had given Xiao Yu not long ago.
As if he were staring at a demon!
Fin.
End.