Four-Faced Buddha [To My Shore] - Chap 26
Chapter 26 exposes his true colors, Fan the Madman.
2024-10-13 07:15 Category: Four-Faced BuddhaTurn off the lights
In October, the streets of northern China were covered with fallen leaves.
The fallen leaves beneath my feet are broken and snapped, and with each step, my crocodile leather shoes gracefully clatter, I hear the final clatter of life.
Fan Xiao saw You Shulang in front of the club. He was smoking under the colorful neon lights, his tall and thin figure half-hidden in the changing light and shadow.
The transitions between the lights were not smooth; in those fleeting moments, he merged with the darkness, leaving only his outline and rising white smoke, which amplified the hidden sense of distance and loneliness emanating from the man—unspeakable, unapproachable, yet possessing an indescribable and moving quality.
Fan Xiao slowly stepped forward and called out to him. You Shulang glanced at him, nodded slightly, extinguished his cigarette, and threw it into a nearby trash can.
“I’m sorry, I had to ask you to come at the last minute.” You Shulang’s voice was a little hoarse. “I remember you mentioned that you were hosting a banquet tonight.”
“You can invite guests anytime, but you can’t refuse Director You’s invitation. Don’t be so polite between us. Besides, even if you didn’t contact me, I would have contacted you anyway.” Fan Xiao lowered his voice slightly. “I checked on the female boss who kept plying you with alcohol that night. After the banquet ended that night, she didn’t go back to the company or go home. I had someone pry into her assistant’s identity, and she didn’t know where her boss went that night either.”
Fan Xiao asked, “I will continue to investigate. If it is confirmed that it really is her, what do you plan to do?”
You Shulang rolled his deep, unfathomable eyes and said coldly, “No need to investigate further, it wasn’t her.”
With a flick of his finger, Fan Xiao adjusted his expression to one of confusion.
“Why do you say that? Isn’t she the suspect you can think of?”
A cold wind blew silently, his hair fluttering. You Shulang’s pupils contracted slightly, and his tone hardened: “The surveillance equipment in the hotel parking lot was deliberately sabotaged the day before my incident. If this was premeditated and aimed at me, it wouldn’t have been that female boss. She met me for the first time that night, so naturally she wouldn’t have gone to sabotage the parking lot’s surveillance equipment a day in advance.”
Fan Xiao frowned slightly: “If it wasn’t her, then who could it be? Or are you just unlucky and encountered someone who acted on impulse?”
You Shulang lowered his somber eyes, his hoarse voice carrying a hint of malice: “I found the person who drugged me.” He glanced back at the club’s entrance. “They’re inside.”
“What?!” Fan Xiao’s brows furrowed, then he quickly switched his expression from surprise to delight. “You really found it? How did you find it?”
“I drank too much that night and called a designated driver, but I lost consciousness before he arrived.” You Shulang shook his phone. “I contacted the designated driver, and he told me that when he arrived at the parking lot that night, there was only a thin, long-faced man standing in front of my car who told him that he didn’t need a designated driver and gave him two hundred yuan.”
You Shulang didn’t see Fan Xiao’s slowly clenched fist and continued, “That designated driver actually knew the skinny face. He took a job with him a month ago. Because the skinny face was acting promiscuously with women in the car, he left a deep impression on the designated driver. I spent some money to get the skinny face’s license plate number from him.”
His gaze gradually sharpened, and a chill ran through You Shulang’s words: “Following the clues, I found the thin-faced man through the license plate number. He’s currently at the club.”
“Is he in the club right now?” Fan Xiao reached for the matchbox in his pocket. He remembered that Shi Lihua had said his friend had drugged You Shulang, and he had even warned Shi Lihua to tell his friend to keep his mouth shut. He hadn’t expected these people to be so careless, letting You Shulang catch them so quickly.
“What do you want to do now?” Fan Xiao asked You Shulang.
The man’s back slowly straightened, like a blade slowly emerging from its sheath. His face was expressionless as he said, word by word, “Yes, yes.”
“Let’s go then.” Fan Xiao walked into the club first, his long wool coat gliding in an arc in the air as he turned around.
“Hey,” You Shulang pulled Fan Xiao back, “That guy has some influence, you might get into trouble because of him, I can understand if you don’t want to go in with me.”
The tall man turned around again, his eyes filled with deep emotion, and smiled gently: “Nonsense, I wasn’t raised to be scared.”
“Let’s go,” he pulled You Shulang along, “Which private room?”
The hallway was long and narrow. As Fan Xiao walked, he took out his phone and casually said, “I was in a bit of a rush when I came here and haven’t told my assistant that I won’t be attending today’s banquet.”
He tapped a few keys on the keyboard with his long fingers and sent a message. Turning off his phone and putting it in his pocket, Fan Xiao gripped the golden doorknob, glanced at You Shulang, and with a grim expression, pulled open the heavy door…
A pungent, spicy smell hit me, the music in the private room was deafening, and the twisting waists resembled zombies from the apocalypse; everywhere were soulless bodies.
Even after the door was opened, no one in the private room noticed the two new faces.
In the center of the private room, a thin man sat on the sofa, surrounded by two or three women with exposed breasts. Several other stylishly dressed men also sat nearby, surrounded by scantily clad women or men.
Fan Xiao walked past the chaotic demons, stood in front of the giant LED screen, wrapped a few connecting wires around his fingers, and suddenly pulled them off!
It stopped, it became quiet, and everyone was shocked!
As if a pause button had been pressed, the noise stopped abruptly. The twisted waist remained stiff, and the hands placed on the high, soft breasts forgot to move. Everyone stared at Fan Xiao in a daze!
“Who the hell are you? You don’t want to live anymore!” Finally, someone realized what was happening and jumped up from the sofa.
At this moment, You Shulang slowly strolled in from the doorway. He put one hand in his pocket and patted his leg with the other, saying slowly, “Young Master Bai, I need to talk to you. Clear the area.”
“You are!” The thin-faced man sitting in the middle was visibly startled when he saw You Shulang, and the guilty conscience in his eyes was obvious.
His gaze slowly shifted, and he looked at Fan Xiao again. The changing, rolling colored light shone on Fan Xiao’s white cashmere coat, making him look strangely eerie.
Her eyes widened suddenly, and her long, thin face rose in a high-pitched voice: “You are… how did you and him…”
The matchbox in Fan Xiao’s pocket was suddenly crushed!
