Chapter 976: Mistake

Xu Xiaodong, crossdressed as a woman, and Tao Yueyue waited at a fast food restaurant nearby. They ordered two drinks while they were at it. Xu Xiaodong, who was out of his depth, was constantly anxious. He kept taking out his mobile phone to look at his own face, for fear of exposing himself.

"Don't worry, you won't be exposed. Even if you are exposed, you can say that your ovaries were removed through surgery two years ago, so you look more and more like a man.

"That excuse is too shameful!"

"Then what are you going to do, marry him?"

Xu Xiaodong sighed, "You have so many weird ideas!"

"Wait a minute!"

Tao Yueyue ran to the counter and asked for some napkins. When she came back, she kneaded them into balls and told Xu Xiaodong to stuff them into his bra. Xu Xiaodong did so shyly. When he looked down, he saw that his twin peaks were towering and the impression was pretty good.

He weighed them in his hands. This action drew other people's attention. Tao Yueyue said, "Don't touch them. You’re like an idiot."

Xu Xiaodong was about to strike back when his cell phone rang, and a man's voice said over the phone, "Is this Miss Li?"

"Yes, are you Mr. Hao?" Xu Xiaodong said, using his fake voice again.

"Yes. I'm at home now. Is it convenient for you?"

"Okay, I'll drive over right away."

"Okay, I’ll wait for you."

After he hung up, Tao Yueyue scolded, "Why did you have to say that you’ll drive over? Won’t we have to wait a while longer?"

"Don't be so impatient. I can't possibly say I'm waiting nearby. That would make this loathsome man feel proud!" He said as he flicked his hair with his hand because the bangs of the wig were always drooping down.

Tao Yueyue giggled, "Okay, just stay in this state!"

After waiting for about 20 minutes, the two went to Hao Yunlai’s home. According to Hao Yunlai’s information, he was in his 40s. In person, he looked almost 50 years old. He was dark, fat and slovenly with a hunched back. Dressed in a tasteless shirt and flip-flops, he smoked as he stood at the door waiting.

Upon seeing the two of them, Hao Yunlai hurriedly put out his cigarette. He came over with a smile on his face to shake hands, and said, "Hello, hello, I am Hao Yunlai."

"Hello there."

"This little girl is..."

"My daughter, didn't I mention it in my profile? I am a divorced woman with a child and now I’m running a business by myself."

"Oh, your little girl is very cute. I quite like children too, come in and sit down!"

The three of them walked into his house. It was a small house less than fifty square meters in size. One could see that he had just cleaned it up hurriedly. There must be a pile of items hidden underneath the bulging quilt on the bed.

Although the odds and ends had been put away, the dust on the floor and furniture was still clearly visible.

Hao Yunlai poured water for them, and the two sat down on the sofa. Hao Yunlai rubbed his legs, looked at Xu Xiaodong and smiled while Xu Xiaodong lowered his head shyly, mainly because he was afraid he would be exposed if he was looked at for too long.

"Miss Li, what do you do for a living?"

"I run my own business selling clothes."

"That’s great, you seem to be an able woman."

"Mr. Hao, what do you do for a living?"

Hao Yunlai scratched his chest a few times, looking upwards to the right out of the corners of his eyes, and replied, "I used to work as a salesman in an IT company, but later resigned. I’m a freelancer now and occasionally make art."

How he acted when he lied was totally a textbook example of lying, and Tao Yueyue laughed secretly when she saw it.

"You like art too?"

"Yes, I like to do some doodles when I'm free. Wait a moment..." Hao Yunlai went to fetch a painting. "Sorry for displaying my poor skills."

Xu Xiaodong let out a perfunctory "Oh". "You’re currently unmarried, aren’t you?"

The awkward topics continued. The two chatted for more than ten minutes. Hao Yunlai was obviously very interested in Xu Xiaodong. His eyes were always moving all over him, and he praised him for his beautiful voice. Tao Yueyue was sitting on pins and needles beside him. She couldn't wait anymore. She secretly reached into her pocket and dialed Xu Xiaodong's number.

Xu Xiaodong's cell phone rang, he stood up and pretended to answer. After he finished speaking, he said to Hao Yunlai, "Oh, sorry, I seem to be occupying someone else's parking space. Could you accompany me to move the car?"

Tao Yueyue said, "I'm so tired. I'm not going. Can I stay here and watch TV?"

Hao Yunlai seemed a little worried. "You just watch TV here and don't disturb Uncle's things, okay?"

𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Xu Xiaodong said, "My child is well-behaved."

After the adults left, Tao Yueyue immediately rummaged through the house. The house wasn’t big and there were only a few places where things could be hidden. When she opened a drawer and saw the contents inside, she was slightly stunned...

Later, Xu Xiaodong accompanied Hao Yunlai back while chatting all the way. Hao Yunlai even opened the door for Xu Xiaodong gentlemanly.

As soon as they entered the house, Xu Xiaodong saw Tao Yueyue, who was sitting on the sofa, quietly made a gesture. This was a secret signal that the two had agreed upon in advance.

"By the way, Miss Li, are your parents still alive..."

Hao Yunlai was turning his head to talk when Xu Xiaodong suddenly twisted his arms from behind and pinned him onto the coffee table. Hao Yunlai was stunned for a long time before he got around to saying, "Miss Li, what are you doing?!"

"Who is Miss Li? I’m the police!" Xu Xiaodong resumed his original voice.

"Police?!?! No, I haven’t done anything bad!"

Tao Yueyue picked up a syringe, shook it in front of him, and said, "What is this?!"

"Syringe, what's wrong?"

"What do you use it for?!"

"I have diabetes and use it for injecting insulin I bought myself. Is that illegal?"

"Come back with us and explain it!"

Xu Xiaodong took him away first, and Tao Yueyue collected all the evidence she had found and put them in a bag.

Having hit the bull’s eye right away, Xu Xiaodong was very excited. After returning, he handed the suspect over to Chen Shi and said, "Yueyue is too capable. She found evidence at once."

"Why are you dressed like that?" Chen Shi asked curiously.

Xu Xiaodong looked at himself. No wonder his colleagues were laughing when he came in. It turned out that he had forgotten to take off the woman's dress he was wearing. He explained in shame, "We used a matchmaking date as an excuse in order to approach the suspect."

"Very smart. Go and change out of it!"

Hao Yunlai was taken back for questioning. The evidence brought back by Tao Yueyue, several obviously used syringes, and a gray coat were also submitted.

Tao Yueyue was very excited after successfully completing the mission.

The next morning, at the case discussion meeting, Chen Shi said, "Everyone performed very well yesterday. Through the name list we took from Hai Guoyang’s company, we successfully caught the injection murderer suspect - Zou Lei!"

Tao Yueyue was originally full of expectations, but when she heard the completely unfamiliar name "Zou Lei", she was at a loss and asked, "Isn’t Hao Yunlai his real name?"

Xu Xiaodong said, "I did say that his name couldn’t possibly be something like ‘Good Luck’.[1] So it was actually a fake name."

"You two are way too confident!" Chen Shi jeered. "Who told you that the person you brought back yesterday is the suspect? Zou Lei is Zou Lei, Hao Yunlai is Hao Yunlai. In short, you two were mistaken!"

"But we found syringes in Hao Yunlai’s house!" Tao Yueyue was still in denial.

Old Zhang said, "Not only did I find syringes and cyanide at Zou Lei's house, but I also found detailed information of the three victims. It can be said that the evidence is conclusive. Zou Lei is undoubtedly the injection murderer!"

1. It’s what Hao Yunlai means. ☜