Chapter 548: Do You Hear That? That’s the Ambulance I Called for You!

The blade was poised at Hong Mei’s neck.

Yet seeing the sharpness of the blade, Hong Mei showed not a hint of fear.

"Mr. Chen, are you really going to give me a shave?"

Chen Xiao replied, "Do you think I have the time to learn how to shave?"

"Then why did you bring me here?"

"Isn’t President Hong very interested in crime? And according to you, ordinary little things aren’t that interesting to you. You’re interested in things that are close to death, right?"

Chen Xiao chuckled lightly.

Hong Mei replied sincerely:

"I knew Mr. Chen was certainly my kindred spirit, and would definitely understand the meaning of what I say. Indeed, I now have such thoughts, which make me feel that I am very dangerous, and even my psychology is showing signs of illness."

"I’ve even sought help from psychologists, but... after consulting with those psychologists, I feel they were just cheating me out of my money."

Chen Xiao nodded with a smile, but the words he spoke seemed irrelevant.

"President Hong, are you afraid of death?"

Hong Mei raised an eyebrow: "The way you put it, Mr. Chen, I’ve faced life-and-death crises more than once in these years. And Mr. Chen, have you noticed that your way of addressing me has changed?"

"I’m very sensitive to environments; I say what suits the environment I’m in. Of course, you might think I’m pretentious, speaking to people accordingly."

"So I understand, Mr. Chen wants me to experience the feeling of death?"

Chen Xiao did not answer but continued to ask, "Do you know how many layers human skin has?"

"Seems like there are three: epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue. Am I correct?"

"Correct, now calm down a bit and feel the sensation of having the epidermis cut open."

Chen Xiao spoke casually, and the shaving knife in his hand swiftly passed through once.

At that moment, Hong Mei’s gaze suddenly contracted.

She could feel the sensation of a sharp object grazing her skin.

But does it hurt?

It seems it doesn’t.

Yet, to say there’s no sensation at all, that’s not true!

She distinctly felt the threat of being cut by a sharp blade.

"That was just the sensation of the epidermis being cut open. Once the dermis is cut, there will be a slight bleed, because capillaries exist in the dermis layer."

Chen Xiao spoke to himself, causing Hong Mei’s heart to tremble:

"Mr. Chen, you wouldn’t be planning to cut through all three layers of my skin, would you?"

"Actually, from what you said, I hear only one meaning. You’re ultimately too bored, so you long for the unknown, and desire a stimulating life."

"Compared to such stimulation, you even think of love between men and women as the most mundane game between people. This being the case, why not let you experience what the feeling of death is."

As Chen Xiao spoke, holding Hong Mei’s hands, he already noticed a slight change in her body.

Yet as she changed, Chen Xiao’s grip grew even stronger.

"Do you know which district Qingtian Architecture operates within?"

"Of course I know, Hongshan District."

"Then do you know who the Deputy Captain of the Criminal Police Team in Hongshan District is?"

"Seems like your wife, Lin Xi, right?"

"Soon she should become the Captain."

"That’s great, I’ve heard about Captain Lin; she’s very talented."

"But I think you’re very dangerous, your thoughts are dangerous, and if this continues, I believe you’ll cause trouble for her."

"Ha, Mr. Chen, with your connection, how could I possibly cause trouble for Captain Lin?"

At this moment, Hong Mei responded very rationally to Chen Xiao’s words.

Yet because of this logic, Chen Xiao sneered:

"You weren’t speaking in this tone with me just now!"

Hong Mei’s gaze tightened, she laughed: "How was I just now?"

"Just now, you were quite crazy! In front of a detective, you asked about crime-related matters."

As Chen Xiao spoke, his hand grazed Hong Mei’s neck once more.

The latter still hadn’t noticed and continued, "I was merely being honest with myself, generally, I wouldn’t speak that way with most people, only with someone like Mr. Chen... ."

Before she finished speaking, Hong Mei’s brow furrowed abruptly.

She felt pain, her hand instinctively wanting to touch her neck.

Just as her hand began to move, Chen Xiao grabbed it:

"Don’t move, weren’t you interested in hearing about those criminals? Now let me tell you, from the first case I solved, until the most recent one."

"Up till now, I’ve only encountered two people who willingly went to their deaths!"

"That many!" Hong Mei exclaimed in shock.

Indeed, the thoughts of the deranged are starkly different from the ordinary.

Chen Xiao: "The first was the true culprit of a homicide case; why do you think she chose death?"

"Suicide out of guilt?"

"Yes."

"That’s quite understandable; if you got caught by them, even confessing wouldn’t help, you’re doomed, better to end things yourself."

"What you say is true; but do you know how long she struggled? Do you know after she poisoned herself, right as she was dying, she clawed deep marks into the hard floor?"

Upon hearing this, Hong Mei’s eyes visibly shifted.

Then, Chen Xiao spoke again, "The reason for her death was not merely the realization her actions led to a dead end, but because she killed the wrong person. Despair drove her to seek death."

At this moment, Hong Mei’s brow furrowed deeper.

But Chen Xiao began talking about Zuo Shu.

"The second person who faced death was the planner of a murder, yet simultaneously a victim."

"Was he counter-killed?"

"No, he died protecting someone he considered more important than his own life."

When Chen Xiao uttered this, Hong Mei began to ponder.

But the next second, Chen Xiao’s shaving knife shifted to a different position:

"President Hong, know where this is?"

"Of course, the ne... neck artery."

"You know once the neck artery is cut, how much longer a person can survive?"

"About six minutes or so, after six minutes, the person is almost certainly dead."

Chen Xiao nodded with a smile, "That’s a very normal answer; do you want to experience it, or witness the visual shock of seeing your blood spurting a meter high?"

Hong Mei squinted, "Mr. Chen, this joke is going a bit too far."

"Who’s joking? You belong to Guo Qing, sure, but do you know who I am? First, I’m a detective, then a police officer’s spouse, followed by a businessman; lastly, I’m what you call Mr. Chen."

"The words you’ve spoken before me are not a testament to our friendship, but a challenge to my various identities."

As Chen Xiao spoke, he suddenly lifted his gaze toward the outside of the barber shop.

Outside, the sound of an ambulance echoed.

Chen Xiao’s hand pressed the blade against Hong Mei’s neck, sneering, "Hear that? It’s the rescue truck I called for you!"