BOOK 5. This is mainly a love story following the couple through their first meeting and going on to finding out about each other, they survive a few difficult situations and have to deal with other problems along the way. Crime, violence, becaus...
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Today seemed like another paper work day, and all Yunlan's staff had been watching him since his arrival this morning, he had buried his head in old case files just reading. Nothing specific, just old reports of previous chiefs who were in charge of this office. Bearing in mind what had happened the last time he'd tried to search on his computer, he asked Da Qing to set up the search parameters for him and sworn him to secrecy, not to tell the rest of the team. Why? They didn't need to know his reason and neither did Da Qing.
He was actually looking for his look-a-like twin from the painting in the library and had found him and his lollipops. His case files made interesting reading, he couldn't possibly believe all of them but he was a real person with the same name which made him wonder if all the people in the paintings were all called Zhao Yunlan. If so what about the old man in the first one? He never read any of his book last night because he fell asleep on the first page and had to leave it for another time, but he did remember that the man in black was called Black Robe and he looked for his connection.
At the very end of the case files, the chief had a change of normal behaviour, as if he was a different person. His notes were written up differently with one remark about Black Robe being lost to the world which he didn't understand. The next chief was called something else, a completely different name and his case notes read as normal and boring, predictable criminals. The flamboyant era had passed and this was ordinary life which carried on through the next three chiefs.
Yunlan was beginning to think that this search was a complete waste of time, until he reached chief number four called Kunlun who was bad tempered and impatient with his staff but defended then vigorously. Confidentiality was his biggest concern, therefore Yunlan couldn't find any written reports about them except their merits in solving cases which increased twofold after the attempt on the chief's life, putting him in hospital for a while. When he was released, he also behaved like a different person but he worked with Black Robe occasionally, and it was documented.
It was official, Black Robe worked with the police but what age was he, was it a father and sone thing handed down or was it the same person who was very old but he looked good for his age. Coffee he thought, time for a break and he locked his computer screen before leaving his office to stretch his legs outside and enjoy some fresh air with his cuppa.
One of the girls slipped into Yunlan's office out of curiosity to see what he was researching but it was no use, she didn't know his password and he'd had the sense to lock his screen. Then they all looked at Da Qing who couldn't tell them any more than they already knew, clearly they didn't have enough work to do. When Yunlan returned refreshed, he could tell that someone had been in his office to see what he was working on and he assigned them different tasks to keep them busy for the rest of the day.
Da Qing was sent out to find a non existent herb for cooking which kept him out of the office. The girls were told to write a 10,000 word report on the value of confidentiality to be handed in before the end of the shift or risk a pay reduction. Lin Jing was asked to repair an old computer and make it functional in some way and everyone else were given the task of sorting out files by dates, re-organising the filing system.
