Lost Memories | A Liskook Adaptation

Chapter 94: Imperial Sword

Monday of next week.

Lalisa walks into the office and sees that Bambam and the others have already arrived. It's not time for work yet. Bambam's mouth is stuffed with a pork bun; Cold Face is standing by his desk expressionlessly while pouring himself a cup of scented tea; Chatterbox is flipping through his newspapers noisily.

It has only been a few days that they haven't seen each other, yet this ordinary scene makes her feel warm and familiar. It's actually not just Jungkook that she has.

She still has them. She still has everybody from Guanhu station and her fellow buddies from her current criminal investigation team.

She walks over feeling a bit depressed. But what's there to be sad about!?

She flings a couple of bags of roasted duck onto Bambam's table and says aloud, "Oh, what are these goodies?"

All three of them raise their heads and smile seeing her. Bambam picks up the roasted duck with his eyes gleaming, "Lisa! You're awesome! You even remembered to bring us snacks when you were on a honeymoon!" Chatterbox lets out a laugh, "Hehheh," and quickly snatches a pack while praising, "Not bad! They're from Quanjude too! Old man here can finally get a taste of Quanjude, ha, ha, ha, ha! Lisa, thanks! And thank Leader for me too!"

They're already teasing her directly like this now. Lalisa feels a bit embarrassed yet happy at the same time. She sits down feeling pleased as she watches the three smiling faces. Her gaze changes slowly.

They become gentle yet still.

The moment Jungkook enters the station, he heads directly to the top floor and into the office at the farthest end.

The decorations here are very simple yet elegant. The civil police emblem is shining quietly on the wall.

The receptionist at the entrance asks, "Team Leader Jeon, do you have an appointment?"

Jungkook nods, "I called the chief last night and he told me to come see him first thing in the morning today."

The receptionist walks over, knocks on the door and goes inside.

The hallway is quiet. After a while, the receptionist comes out and smiles at him, "Team Leader Jeon, please go inside. The Chief is waiting for you."

The office room's decor is simple yet impressive as always. Beside the marble desk, a middle-aged man is sitting on the couch with some files in his hand. Hearing Jungkook come in, he looks up: his slightly square-shaped face looks at Jungkook with his sharp yet calm eyes.

And above his head is a framed cursive script of Lu Kimn's famous words, "I shall offer my blood up for Kiman Yuan, our progenitor."

Jungkook stares at the line of words silently for a moment before sitting down in front of him.

"Chief, I want to continue investigating the case from five years ago, which has been deemed as a classified massive serial killing case by Beijing."

The middle-aged man is startled upon hearing his request. He puts the files down, picks up the blue and white porcelain pot from the coffee table and pours him a cup, "Have a drink first, and let's chat for a bit."

Half an hour later.

"I've heard of the case before. It's been closed. They also caught a bunch of criminals at the time," the middle-aged man stares at Jungkook, "Based on what you're saying, there are still some perpetrators on the loose and are roaming the city freely?"

Jungkook nods. He repeats what Jieun said to him but doesn't mention anything about Lalisa.

"I believe that Jieun's words can be trusted: around me, people who I've come in contact with, the murderer from back then is among them," he says, "Considering this, I think that the Beijing department is not suitable to handle the case. The criminal organization is very cunning. Once people from Beijing arrive, they'll be alerted, and then we won't be able to find anything. Therefore, I hope that you, Chief, can let me investigate the case."