Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 151: Suicide

Chapter 151: Chapter 151: Suicide

This wasn’t to comfort Chen Huaiyu, but according to Bai Yanliang’s speculation, he indeed didn’t commit murder.

However... he cannot escape the charge of desecrating a corpse.

Chen Huaiyu was the last person who poured cement into Ai Qing’s mouth.

As for the source of the cement, just check his night running route and you’ll find out.

Just as Bai Yanliang was about to leave, he suddenly felt something was amiss, as if... he had missed something.

At this moment, he happened to see Chen Huaiyu and his manager opening the door and coming out.

By this time, Chen Huaiyu had regained his elegance and composure, and even nodded at Bai Yanliang.

But... the moment Bai Yanliang saw them, he understood what he had missed.

He walked towards Chen Huaiyu and suddenly asked, "You seem... very hot?"

Chen Huaiyu raised his head in surprise, just about to deny it, but then realized that Bai Yanliang was not speaking to him, but rather... to his manager.

This middle-aged man, dressed in a suit, stood face to face with Bai Yanliang. Hearing this, he said without changing his expression, "I tend to sweat easily."

"So, you’re afraid of heat?"

"Yes, I’m a bit afraid of heat... Officer, if there’s nothing else, please leave, we need to start working." The manager continued.

"Where were you between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. the night before last?"

This question from Bai Yanliang instantly brought a look of curiosity and suspicion to Chen Huaiyu’s eyes.

Feng Xiuxue, standing nearby, also looked interested.

"At the hotel." The manager glanced at Bai Yanliang, seemingly puzzled as to why he suddenly focused on him.

"What did you have for dinner?"

"Just got off the plane, didn’t eat anything."

"What time did you arrive at the hotel?"

"Don’t remember."

"What time did you go to sleep?"

"Don’t remember."

Bai Yanliang looked at him and said, "Then let me ask it this way, what time did you... wake up?"

Sweat beads suddenly appeared on the manager’s forehead. He lifted his head, trying to stare at Bai Yanliang, but seemed unable to look directly into those emotionless, clear eyes: "I... don’t remember."

Bai Yanliang smiled, saying meaningfully, "Well... you are indeed an excellent manager."

At this point, even Chen Huaiyu noticed something was amiss.

He looked at this middle-aged man with curiosity and suspicion, seeming to have many doubts.

"Officer, we need to get to work."

The manager remained calm, but his slightly trembling hands indicated that his heart was not as steady as his tone.

Bai Yanliang nodded and said, "Alright, I have only one last question. Answer it, and I’ll leave."

The manager seemed to have a dry throat as he swallowed, "Please go ahead."

Bai Yanliang, looking at his tightly wrapped suit, said, "May I ask, can you roll up your sleeves and show me your arms?"

The manager hesitated and nodded slightly, his mouth trembling as if wanting to say something.

Then, he began to slowly roll up his sleeves.

However, as soon as a clear scratch mark was slightly visible, this middle-aged manager suddenly let down his clothes and dashed away!

Bai Yanliang wasn’t surprised, indeed it was him...

But the direction of his escape made Bai Yanliang’s pupils contract, "Stop him!"

As soon as Bai Yanliang’s voice sounded, it was already too late.

Things happened so suddenly; no one expected that a seemingly fine person would suddenly... break through the window!

"Ah!!!!"

"Someone jumped!"

Screams echoed one after another.

Bai Yanliang also did not expect the other party to be so determined, without reason, without motive, without cause, to immediately choose suicide at the moment of being exposed by Bai Yanliang.

Everyone only saw a slightly chubby figure disappearing from the window, along with the sharp and piercing sound of glass shattering.

...

Ye City Police Station Jiangbei Branch.

"What?! The suspect committed suicide?"

Yang Wanlong stood up abruptly, his voice resounding through the entire police station.

Bai Yanliang said over the phone, "Yes, the victim resisted before being killed, leaving several scratch marks on their arms. When those marks were about to be revealed, he jumped."

Then, Bai Yanliang explained the sequence of events over the phone.

What he found unusual mainly concerned the clothing.

With the weather in Ye City warming up, young people wearing short sleeves were everywhere on the street, but that middle-aged manager was still tightly dressed in a suit.

Moreover... it was a winter suit.

The seasonal distinction of suits isn’t reflected in style but in material. The manager’s suit was clearly a winter suit, with excellent warmth retention capability, so much so that he began to sweat after staying in a small room for a while.

This was the biggest anomaly noticed by Bai Yanliang.

Rather than remove his jacket or slightly reveal his sleeve, he chose to sweat.

Bai Yanliang even deliberately asked again to confirm if he was afraid of heat, and the answer he got was that he was.

A person who fears heat but persists in wearing a tightly-fitting suit jacket, is it just to maintain a professional attitude at work?

No... From the moment he entered this advertisement shooting venue, Bai Yanliang had already noticed that the atmosphere here was not professional and solemn, but lively and entertaining. No one would have said anything if he had taken off his jacket.

After such a realization, the reason for him still wearing it was quite intriguing.

Sure enough, he exposed himself.

He chose to end his life by leaping from a twenty-third-floor building.

When Bai Yanliang and his group rushed downstairs, he was already a bloody mess on the ground.

Chen Huaiyu’s young fans screamed in fear, and were vomiting repeatedly after seeing the gruesome state of this middle-aged man.

Bai Yanliang managed the scene until Yang Wanlong and others arrived.

Chen Huaiyu seemed to have lost his soul, crying uncontrollably over the corpse that had turned into a mushy mess.

Later, Bai Yanliang learned the manager’s name.

He was called... Chen Zhonglou, Chen Huaiyu’s biological father.

Yet, his motive for murder was divided into two factions during subsequent debates. One faction believed that Chen Zhonglou did not want Ai Qing to ruin his cash cow, after all, Chen Huaiyu was enjoying great popularity, but Ai Qing’s existence was like a time bomb that could bring the elegantly and purely designed persona of Chen Huaiyu crashing down into hell at any moment.

The other faction believed that Chen Zhonglou acted to... protect Chen Huaiyu, or rather, protect Chen Huaiyu’s dreams.

This handsome, androgynously charming male celeb was poor but always dreamed of shining on stage since childhood.

Though silent and reserved, Chen Zhonglou lacked the ability to help him, but by coincidence, years later, Chen Huaiyu indeed became famous. Chen Zhonglou never said a word, and even Chen Huaiyu didn’t know that his father had used the worst possible way, the one he shouldn’t have, to protect his future.

But, ironically, if this matter were exposed, could Chen Huaiyu still continue to be popular?

As he watched those terrified and scattered fans who were already like flocks of birds, Bai Yanliang knew that soon, they’d find another object worthy of their ’worship.’

And Chen Huaiyu? Just a liar, maintaining a false persona.

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