TSM Chapter 1

A hotel exploded, and Officer Yú Jī lost her beloved.

The June weather in Máng City was scorching, the ground radiating heat, and the air thick with suffocating summer heat. Even dragonflies dared only to fly close to the shade of the trees, as if fearing the sun would scorch their wings.

On the streets under the blazing sun, people were drenched in sweat. Walking in such weather was almost like traversing a desert.

The old-fashioned radio in the newsstand faintly broadcast the voice of the announcer: “Recently, Sū Yè, the defendant in the serial bride murder case in our city, was sentenced to death by the Gōu Shān District People’s Court… This case, which took two months, is the 23rd major case solved by the Dual Nightmare Detectives of our city…”

“Here!” Shí Jiǎnbái handed Zuǒ Yú a strawberry popsicle, shook his buzz cut, like a large hunting dog, splashing sweat everywhere, and then started to eat the popsicle in his hand with a hooligan-like air.

His appearance was more like a street hooligan stealing a child’s popsicle than a criminal policeman! Of course, his looks were undeniable…

As expected, these two were the Dual Nightmare Detectives in the announcer’s words.

Seeing Zuǒ Yú holding the popsicle in his hand for a long time without taking a bite, Shí Jiǎnbái complained: “Yú Jī, oh Yú Jī, my eyes are about to stick to that hotel!” Saying that, he raised his wet hand and continued, “My boyfriend is so familiar with the guys from the Poker Gang, nothing will happen! At least take a bite, this is my good intention!”

The popsicle was almost forced into his mouth, and the coolness instantly stimulated his brain from his tongue: “Hiss ~ Go away!” He punched Shí Jiǎnbái.

Shí Jiǎnbái looked at his face covered in sweat and muttered unkindly: “You have no conscience, I’ll just suffer.”

……

He held his breath and raised his eyes, seeing Team Leader Chǔ’s figure suddenly appearing in the lobby of the Àishā Hotel…

“There’s a bomb, run!” Their eyebrows furrowed, and their hearts seemed to skip a beat. They shouted loudly.

The pedestrians were shocked and scattered in panic, the whole scene in chaos.

They evacuated the crowd and strode towards the hotel. “Boom! Boom! Boom!” The bomb exploded three times in a row, the violent explosion deafening. They had only just crossed half the road when a suffocating heat wave hit them in the face, and they were blasted away by the powerful shock wave.

Zuǒ Yú was covered in wounds, dizzy, and his ears were ringing badly. He shook the gray-faced Shí Jiǎnbái beside him, but there was no response. Then, he supported himself on the ground and began to vomit uncontrollably…

He shook his heavy head, endured the discomfort, struggled to get up from the ground, dragged his unstable body, stumbled into the sighing ruins, and began to collapse again.

……

Several days later, the two woke up in the City Yàn Nán Hospital…

This sound attracted the attention of the nurse, who hesitated and stood at the door, afraid to step forward. He squatted on the ground with empty eyes: “Where’s Shí Jiǎnbái?”

“Yú Jī…”

Shí Jiǎnbái was in the VIP ward next door. He hadn’t been awake for long, but he happened to come to see him and was caught off guard by this desperate and depressing atmosphere.

“Phone…” Zuǒ Yú heavily spat out two words, and Shí Jiǎnbái immediately understood what he meant.

“I’ll call, I’ll ask, don’t worry!”

He hurriedly took out his phone and called their old friend, Forensic Doctor Qín.

“We… are fine, um… has Yuè Yě been found?”

“Found… some remains.”

“Are you sure? Are you sure… it’s her?”

“Bone age, dental marks, DNA… basically consistent, please accept our condolences.”

He carefully looked at Zuǒ Yú. He didn’t have the frenzy they had imagined, but was terribly calm. Only his eyes were red, and hot tears fell uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes.

This was the first time he cried, the first time he shed tears since he could remember…

……

After being discharged from the hospital, because there were still doubts about the exposure of Míng Yuè Yě’s identity, Zuǒ Yú submitted his resignation without hesitation, ignoring everyone’s advice, including his former best partner.

Also since that time, Shí Jiǎnbái had never appeared with him in the same place as a partner.

The sunlight in Máng City was still particularly dazzling, but the once high-spirited criminal investigation teenager was no longer there.

Bright clothes angry horse, starry eyes shining like the sun, ink eyebrows like a picture, and singing and walking and drinking, and laughing and drunk and arrogant… The world no longer has the Dual Nightmare Detectives.

……

Time flies, three months ago,

Zuǒ Yú turned off the television, took a deep drag of his cigarette, and then extinguished the cigarette butt. The smoke swirled, and his looming profile revealed his cold and ruthless nature.

This faint light was perhaps to constantly remind himself that the hatred for killing his wife was irreconcilable!

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