Red Light

Jin

Wu Haoyu had nervously shown his badge to the officer at the door. Entering the large apartment, he immediately felt overwhelmed.

Everything was red and gold and totally over the top. Gaudy didn't even begin to describe it. There was nothing harmonious about it. It was discordant and painfully so.

There was a scent in the room. Unpleasant. Stale. Nauseating. It murmured of evil deeds and giggled at them. He couldn't stop a gag.

All of it grated against his raw nerves.

"Do you know where Inspector Nie is?" he asked a passing officer.

"Last I saw him, he was in the bedroom. That place is a cesspit but it is loaded with evidence." was the reply.

'A cesspit? This place gets worse?' he thought stunned.

"Thank you." Wu Haoyu muttered going in the direction the officer had pointed.

What he assumed was Wen Chao's bedroom was disgusting, noxious, and crowded but standing in the middle, like a warlord on a battle field, was Nie Mingjue.

"Excuse me, sir?" Wu Haoyu tried to interrupt the Inspector giving an order to one of his people.

"Who are you and who let you in here?" Nie Mingjue barked.

"I'm Wu Haoyu. I don't know who let me in but I need to show you something and it's - " He was cut off by the Inspector.

"I'm a bit busy here." He looked at the man before him. "Are you even a cop?"

"Yes. In the computer division and I was processing some of the evidence from this search warrant and I found -" The Inspector interrupted again.

"I don't have time to look at any geek stuff right now. Maybe tomorrow." he said as he turned to walk away.

Wu Hoayu wasn't going to allow that to happen. He just couldn't. 

"I have video of a murder being committed by the Mayor's son! Do I have your attention now?" His voice carried across the room and dead silence fell as every eye turned toward him..

Nie Mingjue spun back to him incredulous.

"You have what?"

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Jin Guangshan looked at his son out cold on the floor. With the door busted in, all he could do was take him and run.

"Clean the blood off his chin and we'll pass him off as drunk." was the order.

A rough hand wiped at Meng Yao's mouth but only managed to tear his split lip further.

"Just pick him up so we can get out of here." the mayor spit out. He was furious. The day had been shitty and was still going down hill. 'It isn't even eight o'clock so there's plenty of time for it to get worse.' he groused to himself.

Grabbing his upper arms, the bodyguards dragged Meng Yao down the hall to the elevator.
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In minutes, Nie Mingjue had Wu Haoyu in a police van with the doors closed.

"Show me."

Wu Haoyu set up his laptop and hit play then pause before handing it to Nie Mingjue.

"All you have to do is hit play. I don't want to see or hear it again. I'll be right outside. Let me know when you're done and I'll show you the rest of the evidence." His voice was quiet but firm.

Nie Mingjue nodded and waited until the door had been closed again before hitting play. He watched stern faced and unmoving.

When it was complete, he turned it off and just sat for a moment. Trying to process what he had just seen.