Chapter 20

Chapter 20: The Whole Family Has To Stay Together

Someone trying to kill themselves is already serious enough. If you add suspected group drug use on top of that, the nature of the case jumps up several levels at once.

The staff member who answered the call jolted in shock, all sleepiness gone, and hurried to confirm the details with Du He Xuan again.

At the same time, they told Du He Xuan again and again to protect himself, and said that if what he said was true, they would contact him again later.

After Du He Xuan hung up, he looked up and met the burning stares of the three members of the Du family.

Father Du and Mother Du were full of praise, thinking their second son had handled this very well, while Du An Rao’s face was full of curiosity and confusion.

“Second Brother, how did you know she had taken illegal drugs? And how did you know there was more than one person in that room she talked about? Did you think she was trying to trick you?”

Du He Xuan put on a serious look and nodded: “Her state was really off. She kept repeating the same thing over and over. When I said I would send someone to pick her up, she sounded very resistant. I can’t explain it clearly, but my gut feeling was that something was wrong in every way. This circle is a mess. Before, I heard your Brother Zhou talk about how some people act after taking that stuff, and I thought she looked a lot like that just now.”

“Anyway, the part where she was crying and saying she wanted to kill herself should be real. I only told them my guess. Figuring out what is true or not is the police’s job, so this doesn’t count as making a false report. Even if I’m wrong, it’s just a false alarm, which is still better than letting criminals slip away because we were careless.”

“As for how I knew there was more than one person in her room,” Du He Xuan gave a mysterious smile, “your Second Brother has a special skill. I’m especially sensitive to other people’s breathing. Even through a phone, I can hear how many people are breathing on the other side.”

“Just now, even though Ni Fang was crying very loudly, she still couldn’t completely cover up those breathing sounds. But she kept saying she was alone…”

Ni Fang was the female entertainer who had just called Du He Xuan. A trace of surprise flashed in Du An Rao’s eyes: “So, Second Brother, you knew from the very start that she was lying to you?”

Du He Xuan answered without a hint of guilt: “Yeah!”

“Then you really weren’t curious at all? You never thought about going over yourself to see if what she said was true?”

“Am I crazy? Go there in person?” Du He Xuan’s face showed clear refusal at once.

“If she was only talking big, then it would be nothing. But if she really planned to kill herself, I might not be able to save her if I went now, and I might even run right into the scene itself. By then I wouldn’t be able to explain anything. Calling the police is the safest choice. Professionals should handle professional matters. Why should we run over there and join the chaos?”

Du An Rao frowned a little, feeling even more confused.

[My Second Brother seems pretty clear-headed, doesn’t he? So how was his IQ so low in the original plot, believing whatever people said to him?]

Father Du and Mother Du both shot her probing looks. Du He Xuan lifted his chin, righteously thinking that it definitely wasn’t his problem. He would never be that stupid!

Since illegal drugs were involved, the police moved very fast.

Before Du He Xuan and the others had even finished their meal, the phone rang again. They asked him to come to the police bureau in person to make a statement.

Du He Xuan had already prepared himself for this, so he agreed very readily and stood up to leave.

Father Du and Mother Du refused to be left out and said: “Come on, let’s all go together.”

Holding her chopsticks, Du An Rao stared blankly at the two of them: “Mom, Dad, you two…”

“This is such a big deal. How could we let your Second Brother handle it alone? Of course the whole family has to go together.”

Earlier, when Xi Jing Yue had invited Du He Xuan and the others out to eat, they just happened to be away. Later they only heard him roughly describe what had happened in the private room, but hearing someone talk about it could never be as exciting as watching the drama in person.

Most of all, they simply could not picture how their own skinny, tiny little daughter had managed to beat those tall, bulky bodyguards, each one twice her size, until they were crawling on the floor looking for their teeth.

Missing that perfect chance had really made them regret it. Now that they had another chance to go watch the show, there was no way they were going to miss it again.

“…” Mom, what you just said sounds so misleading. People who don’t know better would think our whole family is about to go in together!

In the end, Du An Rao could not win against her excited parents. Plus, she was truly curious about what had happened, so she ended up taking a taxi with the three of them to the police bureau.

As soon as the four of them walked through the front doors, they saw a woman in a coat, clothes messy, curled up in a corner. This had to be Ni Fang, the so-called female lead of the honey trap scam who had called Du He Xuan.

When Ni Fang saw Du He Xuan walk in full of energy, her expression twisted for a moment.

The staff member questioning her saw through her thoughts at a glance and snapped: “What are you staring at? He was just lucky and didn’t fall into your trap. Otherwise who knows how badly you would have ruined him. You didn’t manage to hurt anyone and you still resent him? What’s your problem!”

Then he turned his head toward Du He Xuan, his tone much nicer: “I heard you’re a superstar, right? Have a seat. We called you out so late mainly because most of their statements are about you.”

It turned out that after the operator took Du He Xuan’s call, they immediately gathered all the officers nearby and surrounded room 1303.

To avoid alerting the suspects, a young police officer whose voice sounded a bit like Du He Xuan’s pretended to be Ni Fang’s friend and knocked on the door.

As soon as the people inside heard him introduce himself as Ni Fang’s friend, they naturally assumed it was Du He Xuan and all rushed at the police officer who came in, trying to knock him out.

Luckily, he was experienced enough to dodge most of it, or he would have been lying on the floor already.

After that, everyone felt even more sure this was not a simple matter.

They rushed in at once, grabbed everyone, and confiscated all the tools and drugs they had been planning to use to take down Du He Xuan.

The female police officer in charge of taking the statement paused, then said: “This woman has a tight mouth and won’t say anything. But those little punks she called in to help her started spilling everything as soon as we scared them a bit.” She paused again before continuing: “We have initially determined that this is a very nasty honey trap scam case. They planned to use the excuse of a suicide attempt to lure you over, then knock you out as soon as you met, so they could take intimate photos with you. After that, they were going to force some addictive drugs into you to make it easier to control you.”

Father Du and Mother Du had already heard all this before they came, but hearing someone say it out loud still made their anger flare up.

Thankfully, He Xuan had noticed something was wrong, and thankfully they had An Rao. Otherwise their son’s whole life would have been ruined!

“Did she say why she wanted to do this?”

“She said someone in her family is sick and they need money. She thinks you’re the richest person she can reach, so she wanted to take the risk and pull off a big job.”

Du He Xuan let out a cold laugh and said right to the point: “It’s not that simple. A small-time entertainer like her can’t just get her hands on those kinds of drugs.”

That was also a key point in their investigation. The female police officer suddenly sat up straight and asked: “So you suspect there is someone else behind this? Do you have any enemies?”