Chapter 111 Coffee

“Why does this coffee taste so off? Am I just tired of it?”

Downstairs at the Late Night Bookstore,

Lawyer An was still studying the coffee in his hand.

The massive thermos was filled to the brim.

“Could it be that the boss suddenly doesn’t mind me drinking this, so the coffee has lost its flavor for me?”

Lawyer An usually didn't drink coffee. He liked tea in his previous life, and now that he was in this "state," he couldn't sleep anyway. Was he deliberately seeking stimulation?

Only a certain lazy bum, without the problem of sleeping, drank this every day.

However, the specific reason was actually quite simple: Lawyer An had never actually drunk so-called instant coffee; he had always been a person who pursued a refined life.

Therefore,

Even after Bai Yingying switched the coffee,

He couldn’t tell the difference.

A police car stopped in front of the bookstore,

The screech of the brakes was simply outrageous.

Lawyer An stood up abruptly and saw Lao Zhang rushing in.

“What’s wrong?” Lawyer An asked.

Although he looked down on Lao Zhang's abilities, even now believing that the boss turning Lao Zhang into one of his top five ghost officers was an emotional and unprofitable deal.

But he acknowledged Lao Zhang's temperament, which had its own steadfastness. Even when he sacrificed himself, he hadn’t been so flustered.

“Something’s happened!” Lao Zhang shouted. “Where’s the boss?”

Lawyer An pointed to the ceiling and said, “Taking a nap.”

Lao Zhang immediately rushed up the stairs, his footsteps “thump, thump, thump.”

Lawyer An shook his head, wondering what had happened to make him so anxious?

“Knock, knock, knock! Knock, knock, knock!”

The bedroom door was pounded on.

Bai Yingying glanced at the boss and the little loli sleeping beside her,

Got up,

Walked to the door, and opened it.

Standing there was Lao Zhang, his face full of anxiety.

“Why isn’t the boss answering his phone? The first time I called, it was out of service; the second time, it was turned off; the third time, it was overdue!”

“This…”

Bai Yingying didn't know how to explain,

Because she knew,

With Lao Zhang’s detective experience, he couldn’t possibly not guess that Zhou Ze had put his number on the blacklist.

“Quick, wake the boss up. Something’s happened.”

“No, the boss ordered that no one is allowed to disturb his sleep!”

Bai Yingying said firmly.

“Wake him up quickly, it’s a real emergency, we have to wake him up!”

Saying that,

Lao Zhang walked straight in, planning to pull Zhou Ze out of bed.

But,

The next moment,

The one being lifted up,

Was Zhang Yanfeng himself.

Zhang Yanfeng’s feet dangled in the air, swinging back and forth,

But his collar was gripped by Bai Yingying, who lifted him up.

“The boss hates people disturbing his rest the most. No matter how big the matter, you’re not allowed to wake him!”

Lao Zhang was both angry and anxious.

He wanted to resist,

But he was no match for Bai Yingying.

He himself was a rather weak ghost officer. Because his soul hadn’t been stimulated in hell, he was one of the weakest ghost officers.

It was extremely easy for the female zombie to deal with him. Even his detective skills were only good for dealing with ordinary criminals. But to deal with a violent maid zombie?

Unrealistic.

Of course, this was also because Lao Zhang had dug too many pits for himself in the past, often wanting Zhou Ze to help him investigate cases. Boss Zhou's lazy nature had long been dissatisfied with this. Once or twice was okay, but any more than that, and Boss Zhou would get tired of it.

“Old Dao is in trouble, he’s been arrested!”

“Hmm?” Bai Yingying was stunned for a moment.

She glanced at Zhou Ze, who was still sleeping in bed,

And thought about Old Dao,

She pondered for a moment,

And said:

“If he’s been arrested, then he’s been arrested. The boss’s sleep is more important.”

“……” Zhang Yanfeng.

“……” Old Dao, who wasn't there.

Zhang Yanfeng felt that it was impossible to reason with this female zombie. At this moment, he simply opened his throat and shouted:

“Something’s happened!!!!!!”

The little loli sat up from the bed, staring at Lao Zhang with great dissatisfaction.

This youngest sister was really too unruly!

Zhou Ze also frowned and opened his eyes, slowly sitting up.

“Another case?” Zhou Ze glanced at Lao Zhang, who was being held by Yingying, and asked impatiently.

“Old Dao has been arrested by the task force as a murder suspect. The situation is very urgent. The task force has listed him as the biggest suspect!”

Zhou Ze’s eyes narrowed,

Looking at Lao Zhang with some doubt,

“Are you kidding me?”

People are usually missing because of prostitution,

But this Old Dao went out to prostitute and directly prostituted himself into a murderer?

“I’m not kidding, and now a lot of evidence is pointing to him inexplicably. I don’t even know where so much evidence came from!

Not only the latest case, Old Dao was at the scene, his fingerprints were on the murder weapon, there’s also surveillance footage, and even some clues from previous corpses that were investigated actually point to Old Dao.”

Zhou Ze sat on the edge of the bed, looked at Lao Zhang, and asked:

“Were you at the scene when they arrested him?”

Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment,

“Waste.”

“……” Lao Zhang.

………………

In the car, Lao Zhang was driving, while Zhou Ze sat in the passenger seat, looking indifferent.

Behind them,

Sat Bai Yingying and the little loli;

Old An was driving his car with the little monkey following behind. Only Xu Qinglang and the Death Servant were left to watch the house at the bookstore.

“Don’t be impulsive.” Zhang Yanfeng hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.

Zhou Ze glanced at Lao Zhang and said, “I don’t know the details of the case, and I’m not clear about the scene. I’ll just ask you one question. Do you think Old Dao could be the murderer?”

“I don’t believe he’s the murderer, but…”

“Then there are no buts.”

Zhou Ze interrupted Zhang Yanfeng.

“The problem now is that a lot of evidence is pointing to him inexplicably. We have to investigate this matter clearly.”

“Investigate, of course we have to investigate, but no matter what we find out in the end, I can’t watch Old Dao take the fall for this.”

“Things won’t get to that point.”

“I hope things don’t get to that point either.”

Because Lao Zhang was driving a police car, the car entered the police station smoothly. After getting out of the car, Zhou Ze signaled Bai Yingying and the little loli to wait in the car.

He himself followed Lao Zhang into the police station.

Watching the two of them enter the hall and disappear,

The little loli poked Bai Yingying’s waist with her elbow, and said:

“It’s quite rare to see our boss so serious and solemn.”

A lazy bum suddenly standing up straight, this sense of incongruity was indeed surprising.

“The boss said that he only hopes everyone is safe and sound.” Bai Yingying didn’t think much of it. “The boss knows what he should do.”

Lawyer An, who parked his car at the entrance of the police station in the distance,

Reached out and hugged the restless monkey that was jumping around.

The monkey squeaked and squawked,

Waving the plastic toy hammer in its hand,

Looking like it was going to break into the prison!

Old Dao had been to the station before, for driving without a license or even dealing with drugs,

But the monkey knew,

That this time was different,

Very different.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry, it’s okay, it’s okay.”

Lawyer An was quite calm,

“Let’s see how things develop first. Come, let Uncle help you see if you have lice on your body.”

…………

Lao Zhang walked in front, his face gloomy;

Zhou Ze walked behind, his face even gloomier.

The two walked one after the other in the police station corridor, emitting an aura that kept strangers away.

“Boss, don’t be impulsive. This is the police station, and you also said that we ghost officers can’t be presumptuous in the mortal realm’s institutions.”

“Lao Zhang, I’ll say the ugly things first.”

“Say it.”

“I allow you to continue to waver between your identities as a ghost officer and a detective, but at this time, I require you to regard yourself as a ghost officer.”

“I know.”

“No, you don’t know.” Zhou Ze reached out and pressed on Lao Zhang’s shoulder, and said in a deep voice: “Old Dao can’t possibly be a murderer.”

“Yes, I think so too.”

“So, this matter is very simple. Either someone deliberately wants to mess with him, or someone wants to mess with me by messing with him!”

Zhou Ze gritted his teeth. Although he didn’t know what the situation behind this matter was, he instinctively sensed a sense of crisis.

“If someone wants to mess with me, then the ghost officers under me and the people in the bookstore, including you, will not be spared.

I’m not you, I’m a selfish person, I won’t be willing to sacrifice myself, you understand this.”

…………

“Captain, that prisoner has just finished the interrogation and is about to be sent to the detention center.”

“Bring him out again, I still have some things to ask.”

“Okay, Captain.”

Zhou Ze and Lao Zhang sat in the interrogation room together.

This wasn’t in accordance with the rules,

Very much not in accordance with the rules,

It was conceivable that Lao Zhang had indeed provided a lot of convenience at this time.

He wasn’t a person who didn’t know how to be flexible. Under the premise of not harming society and not making fundamental principled mistakes, he still knew what it meant to adapt to local conditions.

Zhou Ze closed his eyes,

Turning the pen in his left hand,

Had it only been peaceful for so long before something came knocking again?

Having learned the lesson of Xu Qinglang’s master suddenly appearing last time, almost killing everyone in the bookstore one by one,

Zhou Ze was now particularly sensitive to this kind of thing,

It was just that,

What was very helpless now was,

That he still didn’t know,

Whether this matter was aimed at Old Dao himself,

Or at him, Zhou Ze.

If it was the former, then the problem could still be controlled and easily resolved.

If it was the latter…

Zhou Ze took a deep breath,

The speed of turning the pen in his hand also accelerated,

He remembered when the idiot was sealing the consciousness in his body,

That consciousness had roared,

Saying that he was waiting, seeing how long it would take before he would have to personally undo the seal and seek his power.

His thoughts kept spinning,

Old Dao was escorted over by the police and sat on the interrogation chair, handcuffed.

Zhou Ze slowly opened his eyes,

Immediately afterwards,

He was startled by Old Dao’s messy appearance and turbid eyes at this time!

The pen in his hand stopped turning in an instant,

Zhou Ze’s body also slowly leaned forward,

Old Dao,

How could he have become like this!