Genius Detective

Volume 1. Chapter 10.

Chapter 10. The Second Boyfriend

Lin Dongxue listened and, without thinking, asked, “Why don't you and her just-”

“Ahem!” Chen Shi interrupted her mid-sentence and asked Chen Jun, “How did you first get to know about each other?”

“A social networking mobile game called-”

“I don't mean that. What I meant was, did you know what each other looked like before you met for the first time?”

“Since cartoon characters were used for our avatars in the game, I wasn’t aware of her appearance. We had the same break time and often played together. Later, she asked to meet up in person. The first time, we didn’t meet successfully because she suddenly had an urgent matter to attend to. A week following this, we met at a coffee shop. We had a good feeling about each other and felt like we had a connection, so then we started to date.”

Chen Shi repeatedly rubbed his chin in thought, “How is your usual break time arranged?”

“The company is busy, so I take an hour off at noon every day. I don't have the habit of taking a nap, and I get off work at 9 o'clock in the evening. My day off is Wednesday, as is hers.”

“Thank you for your cooperation!”

Chen Shi uttered the standard farewells before departing. When he went downstairs, Lin Dongxue scolded him, “You put your nose into the privacy of others but didn’t offer up even two words of comfort?”

“Console him? You are a policeman, not a psychiatrist.”

“Cold and ruthless! That guy had some dedication, though. He didn’t even break up with her even though it was like that.”

“Our nation’s laws have never restricted affairs. The degree of acceptance of such things varies from person to person. Some people can't tolerate it if it happens one time. Other people can be indifferent even with a large yard over their heads!”[1]

“If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to accept it happening even once...”

Chen Shi suddenly stopped in his tracks, “Wait for me here. I forgot to ask a question.”

Chen Shi quickly backtracked. During the wait downstairs, Xu Xiaodong called and asked, “Where are you?”

“That’s none of your business.”

“Hehe, I found some super awesome clues on the suspect. According to the driver’s friend, the suspect hasn’t been in this industry for too long. It might have been for just less than a year. Even his driver's license was only obtained a year ago.”

“What did he do before becoming a driver?”

“In 2015, he was in a prison of another city. After he was released from prison, there wasn’t even a peep from him. In fact, there were no records at all. There were even rumors that he was dead. Then, he suddenly appeared in Long’An in 2018, all alone.”

“All alone? Didn’t he say that he has a mother at home?”

“Did he say that? No, there is no one left in his family. He claims that his relatives are in his hometown, but we checked, and his so-called hometown doesn’t have this person on their census at all. He seems to have come out of thin air.”