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my-soul-sings · 1 year

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what’s wrong with secretary kim: ch 4

Fandom: Tears of Themis Characters: Vincent Kim, Marius von Hagen (not shipped)

Summary: Five times Vincent Kim put up with his boss’ antics, and one time he didn’t.

ch 1 | ch 2 | ch 3 | ch 4

You can read this on AO3! See the replies to this post for the AO3 link.

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He Hates Working Overtime... But Not Always

Organising Marius’ calendar might just be the most tedious and difficult aspect of Vincent’s job.

It took a full day, but he’s finally done adding the latest flood of appointments to the master schedule. It’s completely packed for up to the next six months, and Vincent even took pains to plan the schedule down to the minute. Naturally, he also factored in buffer time in between his appointments, and left room for any last-minute cancellations or last-minute appointments.

Vincent can only wonder how Marius is able to handle this much responsibility at his age. Being the CEO of Pax Group is certainly no walk in the park.

That is, until he’s struck by an act of God and is reminded that Marius isn’t always the most responsible CEO around.

Exhibit A is happening right at this moment.

“Vincent, cancel all my meetings for today,” Marius tells him over the phone, which has Vincent doing a double-take.

“What?”

“Cancel all my meetings for today.”

“...Sorry, I must have misheard. Would you mind saying that again?”

“Vincent, I know you heard me that time.”

“I did, but— wait— you mean, everything? You’re cancelling everything?”

Marius has the audacity to sigh. “Yes. Everything.”

“But— But why? You have a conference call with the vice-president of Boogle in fifteen minutes, a lunch with the directors of Tinysoft, a meeting with the board of directors after lunch and then a meeting with the mayor of Stellis at 4pm. You’re telling me to cancel on all of these people?”

“Yes. Just reschedule with them. Actually—I can do the conference call while driving, so leave that.”

Just reschedule, the man says, as if the deed can be done with nothing more than a snap of the finger.

“I will call them immediately,” Vincent tells him, “but may I ask the reason for this sudden cancellation? They will need a good explanation.”

“I just can’t, okay? I’m busy.”

“And what are you so busy with that you have to cancel on people who booked appointments with you more than a month in advance?”

“Well…”

Vincent has heard that sheepish tone before, and knows it can only mean one thing. Taking in a deep breath, he braces himself for an incredibly stupid reason for Marius’ sudden outburst this terrible morning.

“She’s having her, err, monthly… lady problems.”

Vincent’s tone instantly falls flat — this isn’t the first time Marius has employed this excuse. “Can’t someone else take care of her? Shouldn’t she know how to manage by now given how… often she deals with this?” he suggests, while nervously eyeing the time on his watch and the master schedule currently displayed on his computer.

“Her cramps are so bad that she can’t leave the house to get pills to ease the pain. She can’t even get water for herself because she can’t walk. I’m her boyfriend. The least I can do is take care of her when she needs me, especially when she’s living alone.”

“The company needs you too—”

“I know, but this is an emergency. Please, Vincent. Reschedule the other appointments for me?”

It’s not like Vincent can decline. So, like the faithful secretary he is, he simply replies politely as always.

“I will. Leave it to me.”

“Thanks, Vincent. I appreciate it. Truly.”

The line cuts, and Vincent sinks into his chair, looking like the world is about to end.

But, there is no time for him to sit around and be depressed. Vincent quickly gets his act together and starts frantically searching for the numbers of the people he needs to call.

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After many rounds of apologising profusely and getting an earful (or basically getting yelled at) over the phone, the deed is finally done. Vincent returns his gaze to the calendar that he had planned so perfectly, and which is now going to take him a whole night to reorganise.

He feels a sudden urge to throw a chair at his computer, but instead, he wisely chooses to get up and take a walk. Maybe some air will cool him off. That, and a bottle of hard liquor.

But his evening plans are foiled when he receives a call on his work phone. As expected, it’s from his boss.

Vincent ponders whether or not to pick up for two rings, but on the third ring he relents and reluctantly answers. Curse him and his strong sense of responsibility.

“Is there anything else you need, young master?” he asks, sounding pleasant and professional as always. Sometimes he thinks he has a talent for this — perhaps a career switch to acting might be in order.

“Hey Vincent, sorry to call you at this time. Would you mind swinging by the convenience store and picking up some pads to deliver to her place?”

The secretary’s composed tone falters slightly. “Sure... Is there a picture of the brand that she usually buys? How many does she need?”

There’s a pause and some muffled voices in the background before Marius speaks again. “I’ll send you a picture of it. Maybe get two packs?”

“Will do. Is there anything else you would like me to bring?”

“Hmm… how about some condoms?”

He wonders if the condoms are so Marius can continue to fuck up his life even more. At this point, he’s partially resigned to his fate. “S-Sure…”

“I’m just kidding.” The young man bursts into laughter and Vincent is too relieved to get mad at him. “Just the pads will do. Thanks, Vincent.”

“You’re very welcome. I will be there by 9. Is there anything else you need, young master?”

“Nope, thanks a lot Vincent. Appreciate your help today.”

He hangs up then, and Vincent stares at his phone for a second before exhaling like a deflated balloon. Well, the only thing he can’t complain about is the fact that at least Marius shows his appreciation and thanks him for the shit he puts him through.

Still, it doesn’t change the fact that Vincent has his work cut out for him tonight.

Just as despair begins to sink in, a brilliant idea pops into his head, and his imminent gloom begins to wash away.

As faithful as he may be, this secretary isn’t about to take this much shit lying down without making sure he returns the favour.

***

“Good evening, young master. I brought the items like you requested.”

“Thanks Vincent. Woah, that’s a pretty big box you got there.”

“Of course, I wanted to make sure there was enough.”

Marius blinks twice at him, seeming to notice the slightly sinister undertone in his secretary’s voice. Eventually, he finds the sense to respond. “Ah, I see. Thanks.”

“Would you like to check to make sure that I got it all? If there’s a need for anything else I can go and pick these up right away.”

“Sure.” Marius proceeds to open the box, and it takes a few seconds before his eyes widen in alarm.

His head snaps up. “Vincent, you–”

“I got a whole box of pads and extra condoms at your request, young master,” Vincent says, making sure his voice is loud enough so the young man’s girlfriend can hear from where she is in the living room. “I hope you are satisfied with this, but if it’s not enough, please let me know.”

“Hey, I didn’t—”

“Oh? It’s not enough? I will fetch another two boxes right away, young master.”

Vincent’s smile only grows at the panic that is visibly increasing in Marius’ face. His face is so red that it looks like it might explode at any minute, especially the moment a sharp call of his name sounds from inside the apartment.

“I thought I said it was just a joke,” Marius hisses, glancing behind his shoulder at the sound of approaching footsteps.

“I thought you were joking about it being a joke, so I bought these just in case,” Vincent continues smoothly. “You know how thorough I am.”

Before Marius can get another word out, a voice comes from right behind him. “Marius, we need to talk.” The cold tone makes even Vincent shiver a little. Marius looks visibly frightened now, much like a lamb about to go in for the slaughter.

“If that’s all, I will go now. I will need some time to rearrange your master schedule after today’s cancellations.”

A look of realisation crosses Marius’ face, but Vincent turns on his heel just as the young man’s lips parts in what seems to be protest. Or maybe it’s to apologise.

Whatever it is, none of it matters anymore; it’s too late now.

“Ow ow! Wait, it’s not what it sounds like, let me explain— Ow, my ear! Jie jie, wait!”

The vindicated secretary heads down the stairs of the apartment building with lighter steps, with the sound of his boss’ cries trailing in his wake. All the while, his smile doesn’t leave his face.

For the first time, working overtime isn’t so dreadful.

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A/N: I'm going to try my hardest to finish this while I have some freedom for the rest of this week (i am finally on leave lol vincent is truly my spirit animal)

#tears of themis #marius von hagen #tears of themis marius #marius fanfiction #tears of themis fanfiction #vincent kim #my writing #vincent fanfiction #what's wrong with secretary kim

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sdaomine · 5 months

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The von Hagen Twins and their Chocolate Drinks (Family AU, Pt. 1)

The twins go missing in the middle of the night. Vyn finds dark liquid splattered across the kitchen floor, and he almost gets a heart attack.

wc: 2,547 | tags: family au, marriage, kids

One fateful night, Vyn Richter-von Hagen swore he would die early of a heart attack.

He awoke in the middle of his sleep, perhaps around two in the morning, for no particular reason at all. His husband, Marius, slept peacefully beside him. The man had his two arms wrapped around Vyn’s waist like some koala—a cute and clingy one at that, according to their youngest son—as if he never ought to let Vyn go. The doctor suppressed a small laugh at that. He did not expect to be so sentimental at two am.

Somehow he knew, though, that he could not return to his slumber that easily. He had awoken by instinct, it seemed, and assumed something was amiss. So he eased Marius’ arms off him—thank god Marius was dead to the world at the time—and clambered out of the bed.

His parental instinct led him along the dimmed, quiet hallways where a crayon and paint-colored Victorian door offered entry to a special room. On the door were drawings of monsters and indescribable creatures; obvious scribbles from six year-olds. A smile tugged at the corner of Vyn’s lips. He missed them dearly, even when he just tucked them to bed a few hours ago.

But when he opened the door, his children were nowhere to be found.

Two beds empty, illuminated by the lampshades. Everything was how Vyn left them, except those whom he treasured most. His chest tightened as he scrambled towards the baby monitor.

Vyn gasped in horror.

One of his hands flew to his chest, feeling his erratic heartbeat. Panic rose in alarm, and he dashed outside the room, running barefooted along the hallways, the stairs, then into their massive kitchen.

He stumbled upon one of their staff, who tried to stop Vyn and attempted to calm him down. “Master Vyn, please—Master Vyn! What is wrong?”

Vyn gripped the man’s hand tightly. “Secure the house. Find the children,” he gasped out, and the staff swallowed the lump in his throat seeing Vyn’s very serious expression. “Secure everything. Now. And wake my husband—tell him… tell him the twins are not in their room.”

He could only nod as Vyn proceeded downstairs. But it’s not like anyone could blame him; what he saw in the baby monitor was enough an alarming feat for any parent. Only one light illuminated the kitchen, and on the floor were what Vyn hoped to be spilled drinks, and not blood.

There was a long trail of something dark all around the area, splattered without care. It cannot be blood. It cannot be.

He was a brilliant doctor who was good at minds, but right now, all he could think of were the dangers his kids could have gotten into. Snuck out in the middle of the night to grab food, slipped on the floor, hit their heads, tried to move across the kitchen and ended up behind the cupboard. A skilled assassin who managed to get inside their estate, coming to get his boys, only to find them wandering about the kitchen and taking that chance. He didn’t know. They seemed absurd. In normal circumstances he wouldn’t be thinking of those. But it was two am, he was a parent, his kids were nowhere to be found, and the von Hagens had lots of enemies. Maybe one slipped. Maybe everything he and Marius did was not enough to protect his family.

“Sam?” he called, voice quivering. He had entered the kitchen. Without his glasses, he couldn’t see that dark, liquid trail clearly. “Nikolai? Boys?” He heaved. “Boys?”

He walked forward, slowly, into the kitchen’s heart. It was eerily quiet, and it was as if the air had hushed around him. “Sam? Nikolai? I swear it, if you two are playing with me…”

Vyn held onto the marble sink when he glimpsed a tiny, socked foot visible from behind one of the counters… And it was not moving.

He ran, almost leaped into the counter. The trail of dark liquid that made a mess around the kitchen led there. For the first time after years, Vyn whispered a little prayer in his head.

“OH, FOR GOODNESS’ SAKE!”

Ah, and there they were!

His two darling boys, slumped against the counter, each chugging a chocolate container. His husband’s chocolate container.

Their pajamas were soiled with chocolate, their skin sticky with its sweetness. There’s even chocolate dripping from Nikolai’s hair. Samuel appeared a tad more neat, but both were dirty altogether.

Vyn did not know what to feel. His heart thumped with ire, but he was glad his boys were safe. At the same time, he couldn’t not be angry with these two little boys giving him—and everybody—a jumpscare at two in the morning, when they only snuck out to drink their dad’s chocolate, mess the floor, and…

It certainly did not help that he was looking at the spitting images of Marius von Hagen. His twins, whom he carried for months in his womb only to end up looking exactly like his husband with no ounce of his features—except Samuel’s mole near the eye, perhaps—was enough to tip the scales in favor of his rising fury.

“I told you he could see your foot!” Nikolai, who was still clutching onto his chocolate container, turned to blame his brother. “I told you!”

Samuel already had tears in his eyes. He was trying too hard not to sob in front of Vyn and his twin brother.

“No! I… Ma would notice us even more if I had tried to move my foot!” he argued, but it was clear he believed Nikolai was right—he always believed his brother—and that he should have moved his foot. But Vyn had already entered the kitchen, had already called for them, so it would make sense that their Ma had now seen his foot, right?

“No, stop reasoning with me. You should’ve listened!”

“But…” Little Samuel tried to argue, but faced with his angry-looking twin, not a single word came. Nikolai had always been the adventurous one (or so Nikolai believed such about himself, and eventually made Samuel think the same), and Samuel was always left out in their room, being the one who always chose to behave; always the one who stayed behind, looking out for his brother.

However, if anything, Samuel loved his twin—loved him very much that he helped cover Nikolai’s tracks and joined him in his silly pranks. He enjoyed every one of their ‘adventures’, but always regretted it when their parents—Vyn, particularly—managed to find out.

“I’M SORRY, MA!” Samuel rose from the floor, the chocolate container abandoned. “I’M SORRY!”

“Samuel, dear—”

“I’m sorry we made a mess! That we drank chocolate at… at… two o’ clock in the morning! That we left trails of chocolate everywhere! It’s because—” He stopped to take a sniff, “because Nikolai and I played while drinking chocolate, and then… and then—!”

Vyn knelt to the floor and embraced him. Samuel’s crying paused for a second; he did not know whether to stop sobbing or to sob louder with his father hugging him like that, even after he made a mess around the kitchen. Eventually he chose to just cry louder, until most of the staff jolted awake.

“Hush, my child. It is all right. No one is angry.” Vyn tightened his arms around Samuel, and pressed a light kiss on the boy’s forehead. “I was only worried. Do not cry for me, my love. Come on, now.”

To his credit, Samuel actually tried to not cry. The sobs did halt, and eventually the tears stopped flowing. Only he was making a desperate effort, and too much of it that he ended up blowing his nose with a very green mucus.

And so he was crying again, because he blew his nose in front of his most prized person, and because he couldn’t not join Nikolai in crying, too.

“Nikolai, darling!” Vyn called for his other son, whose cries now surely alarmed the entire house. Nikolai dropped the chocolate container and made more mess before he rushed to Vyn’s warm embrace. “Hush… I am not angry with you two, all right?”

“But you don’t love me anymore!” Nikolai screamed.

“What? Wherever did you learn that? Of course I love you,” he reassured, his hand making calming strokes up and down the boy’s back. “I will always love you and your brother. Even if you mess with my kitchen.”

“Really?” he sniffed, snuggling onto Vyn’s neck. “So… we can play with chocolate here again?”

“No.”

Nikolai cried. An animalistic, howling cry that made Vyn want to get therapy himself.

“What—?” he turned to look at Nikolai, whose head was resting against his chest. And realized that he was now smeared with chocolate, too, what with chocolate liquid dripping from Nikolai’s hair. “Nikolai, will you be a dear and tell me why you have chocolate on your hair?”

“Jesus, what happened here—Vyn!” Marius rushed towards the island counter, where Vyn and their boys were wrapped in one another’s embrace. And Nikolai’s hair still dripping wet with sticky chocolate that cost at least 8,000 Stellin. Marius knelt beside Vyn and looked directly at his children. “What did you boys do this time?”

No answer, just sobs. The usual. He was surprised Samuel was pretty quiet today; most of the time it was Samuel who tried to take the blame (to which his twin brother would object) and explained everything—step by step, with all the details—to their waiting parents. Sometimes to a very stressed-out Vincent.

It was his husband who answered on behalf. “You wish to know?” He scowled. “Your clones snuck out to drink your chocolate and made a mess in my kitchen, that is what happened.”

“Chocolate again?” A young, honeyed voice complained a meter away. “Aren’t they gonna get the poopies? Ugh.”

Vyn’s eyes widened in shock. “Victoria! Whatever are you doing here at this hour? Have you even slept?”

“NO! STAY AWAY, VICKY! DON’T STEAL MAMA FROM US AGAIN!” Nikolai burst out, jumping into Vyn’s arms and almost sending them onto the floor. Marius tried his best not to snicker. He wouldn’t dare, of course, lest he wanted his husband’s you’ll-get-no-fuck-from-me-tonight glare.

“Shut up, Nikolai. The only stealing in here is you stealing my beauty sleep. Your sobs are hideous.”

“YOU’RE AN EVIL WITCH!”

Victoria put a hand on her waist. “Okay. I’ll curse you then. I hope you ro—”

“Victoria.”

Vyn gave her an incredulous look. Where on earth did this girl learn such words? This is not what an eight-year-old ought to randomly say! Oh, for goodness’ sake.

“C’mere now, Vicky. I’ll get you back upstairs, since you need your princess beauty sleep,” Marius said in sing-song, to which Victoria acknowledged by hoisting her arms, a gesture Marius knew the best. “And yes, I’ll carry you princess-style too. Come now.”

Victoria smiled groggily. Vyn’s heart warmed at the sight of it. His daughter was close to both him and Marius, which he was grateful for; having children had been one of his greatest fears what with his broken family along with many other threads of broken relationships. Seeing his husband and daughter getting along well was something he would always treasure.

(And also because Victoria looked exactly like him, with her silver hair and golden eyes, her natural brightness and elegance. Although he wasn’t exactly happy Victoria got his temper and attitude).

“Good night, Ma,” Victoria said as she waved goodbye. She kept staring until the scene blurred in her now droopy eyes, but never caved in to sleep until she heard his father say, “Sweet dreams, my rose.”

When Marius returned to the kitchen, Nikolai was dead asleep in Vyn’s arms. Samuel worried about his brother enough that he gave Nikolai all of Vyn and sat beside them in silence. He too was drowsy with sleep, with all his adrenaline of sneaking out gone, but he didn’t want to trouble Vyn or Marius having to carry him upstairs (also because he truly thought he was a big boy now and weighed heavy).

“Look at him drooling like he didn’t give everyone a heart attack.” Marius chuckled as he gently ruffled Nikolai’s hair. The boy didn’t seem to be bothered by it. “He looks like—wait, what the f—”

“Marius.”

“—fu—heck? Is this chocolate?”

“In your son’s hair? I’m afraid yes.”

“Sorry boys,” Marius whispered as he eased Samuel off the floor, carrying him. “Hup. I’m afraid we’ll have to wash you up before letting you go to bed. That all right with you, Sam?”

Samuel looked exhausted. Still, he did his best to open his eyes and mouth a little ‘yes’ to his dad. The sweet gesture tickled Marius’ heart. “Good boy.” He rose from the floor and turned to Vyn, extending his arm to help him as he carried Nikolai in his arms. “Come on love.”

He caught Vyn blush at that, and Vyn couldn’t decide whether to regret letting himself be flustered by Marius calling him “love,” or cave into the hot sensation he now felt seeing that handsome smirk on his husband’s face. And it certainly didn’t help that he just got up from bed and looked dashing with his bed hair (just the normal bed hair—they didn’t have sex last night, much to Marius’ disappointment).

“I assure you, Marius,” Vyn warned before his husband could tease him, “you shall see that smirk wiped off your face when Nikolai throws a tantrum as you wash him.”

Marius’ protest died in his throat as Vyn went on tiptoe, pressing a small kiss on his cheek. This time it was Marius whose cheeks were dusted pink. He never regretted it one bit. “Okay, your highness. I’ll wash the boys, you go freshen up.”

“I did not say I will not join you.”

“It’s okay.” Marius cupped his husband’s cheek, thumb grazing gently against skin. “Go freshen up. I’ll be quick with the boys. I know you’re tired running around, taking care of them,” he said, his gaze softening. “Let me do it this time, yeah?”

This man, he thought, he is always looking out for me. It’s not like Vyn was a stay-at-home parent. He too was gone during work hours, leaving the children with their staff, so he truly wasn’t the exhausted housewife or some sort, yet Marius always insisted Vyn had done enough, and that it was his turn to care for the kids.

“What are you thinking about?” Marius asked, snapping Vyn away from his thoughts.

“Nothing,” Vyn answered, then tiptoed yet again to lick his husband’s lips. “I am just thinking about how lucky I am that I married you.”

Marius’ face darkened. “You—”

He’s interrupted by Vyn who gave him a little push, urging him to go to the bathroom and give the boys a bath. Vyn could only wink as Marius adjusted Samuel in his arms, walking through the hallways towards the bathroom, followed by Vyn who carried Nikolai.

“You wish that was me you are carrying,“ Vyn whispered, only to earn a very serious, very determined look from Marius who, with his deep voice answered in return:

"... Later."

#tears of themis #vyn richter #mo yi #tears of themis vyn #marius von hagen #vynmarius #vyn x marius #vyn richter x marius von hagen

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artemelle · 2 years

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Fluffy HC or fic for Marius and his s/o painting together? Maybe one smears paint on X nose and a battle ensues? Ty!

painting with marius <3

when you first bring up the idea of wanting to paint with him, marius eyes’ just immediately light up! he agrees without a single moment of hesitation and is already asking vincent to clear up his schedule as soon as possible.

he buys you a completely brand new set of brushes + paint + a canvas, despite your multiple protests that you could buy your own...but nope <3 marius wants you to have the absolute best, even if you weren’t exactly as professional as he was when it came to the art form.

marius also gets the two of you matching aprons with your names embroidered on them <3 they’re always hanging near the entrance of his studio, just in case painting becomes a regular thing for you...just drop by his studio any time you want.

speaking of his studio, there is now a designated ‘yn corner’ where he keeps all your tools and artworks. whenever you come around, you’ll always find a post it note stuck on the blank canvas. some notable ones are: “but what if YOU are the art?” + “you’re more breathtaking than any work of art”

anyways, on to actual painting with him hcs...marius stares at you. A LOT. he adores the completely focused look in your eyes, the way your brows knitted together in concentration. every now and then he looks up from his own work, only to find himself completely breathless at the sight of you.

always asking how you’re doing. it’s not that he has no faith in your artistic skills, but he’s secretly hoping that you would ask him for help so the two of you can share a ~moment~

even if you say that you’re doing alright, marius still makes his way to your canvas and shows you “how to properly hold the brush”. really, he just wants to hold your hand. as cocky and as flirty as he is, you honestly can’t miss the pink tint that spread across his cheeks.

sometimes, he likes to have music playing in the background. marius will often use his brush as a makeshift microphone and dramatically sing to you while he’s waiting for certain portions of his artwork to dry. your reactions -- whether it’s rolling your eyes or a laugh escaping your lips -- are the reasons why making a fool of himself is somewhat worth it.

though, if you do ask him for actual constructive criticism, marius is more than willing to give it to you. his voice is always calm when he’s giving his feedback and it always ends with a quick peck to your cheek.

makes sure to frame your artworks, one of them is in the living room in his apartment. marius is always trying to get people to ask about it so he can gush about you.

“hey, yn!”

you turn to face marius as soon as his voice falls on your ears, only to be met with something cool on the tip your nose. your eyes instinctively shut in surprise, opening them to find marius with the largest shit-eating grin playing on his lips. he’s not even attempting to hide it.

“marius! von! hagen!”

he sheepishly shrugs his shoulders, knowing that the anger that laced your voice was most likely fake. however, as you move closer and closer to him, he fails to notice the paintbrush hidden behind your back.

“to be fair, you look cute with paint all over your face.”

instead of a proper reply, you reach out and paint a streak of pink paint on his cheek. “now, you look cute too.”

marius blinks back at you, processing your actions before moving to run after you, “oh. you’re gonna pay for that.”

“going to have to catch me first!”

needless to say, neither of you finished your paintings that afternoon.

thinking bout following a bob ross painting tutorial with marius <3 pls i feel like it would be so much fun ;-;

— see if you can request something here ; masterlist <3

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actualbird · 2 years

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each nxx boy was Not Like The Other Kids back in elementary to middle school but for like, wildly different reasons

wc: 889

luke pearce: there is a violence in this child somehow

luke is a very much friendly boy but his main issue is that hes ridiculously codependent on mc. one time in middle school she was absent and at home resting off a bad flu and luke looked like he wanted to set the world on fire because how DARE GERMS DO THIS TO HER!!

he also keeps getting his face busted up somehow, it's because he does stupid shit like jump over 4 steps on the stairs at once or he wanted to do a sick wheelie on his bicycle. but the other kids dont know that, they assume he fights bears on the weekends because sometimes luke can get Scary at the drop of a hat, usually when somebody is dumb enough to insult or bully mc, and the nature of kids is to blow everything out of proportion. i heard luke pearce created a hole in the ozone layer. i heard he killed a man with THAT THUMB!

teachers pick up on that hidden energy beneath his straight A grades and sunshiney smile and, to joke-ify this, a text post that applies to luke pearce

artem wing: awkward to the point many untrue assumptions are made

he works so much, TOO MUCH. many teachers have told his mother "hes a lovely student. please tell him to relax, though"

artem also has the added buff of being intimidating intense even as a 10 year old and he DOESNT MEAN TO he just does NOT know how to interact with the others

i see teen!artem being in a hoodie with the hood up most of the time, hes That Introvert but also hoodies are just nice if one is the type of person who finds comfort from being more covered, clothing wise, and artem seems to be that type of person.

however, the constant hoodie does make him seem even more intimidating and also like, MYSTERIOUS...

[cn server spoilers] it's canon that artem got enrolled into high school a little later into the semester and everybody had their cliques already and he was awkward and didnt know how to get his own friends. nobody treated him badly tho. but he just like, looked SO AWKWARD ISOLATED VAGUELY MISERABLE that many teachers thought he was being INTENSELY BULLIED. i posit this has been a pattern ever since artem was in kindergarten

teacher: artem, are the other kids being mean to you? :(

artem: no? what?

teacher: oh you poor thing :(

artem: huh?

marius von hagen: rich kid honor student with a too-cool family

hes extrovert bonanza and also sometimes he likes being the class clown eventually but he puts ppl off bc 1) von hagen and 2) nobody has seen him even look remotely interested in any class sans art and yet he keeps acing everything, it's NOT FAIR

marius' academic excellence + his status = sparks jealousy and regular childlike hatred in some classmates. it's canon that he got picked on by the other kids sometimes and yep, he Does, but any and all bullying simply makes him work so much harder out of SPITE. may cause a vicious cycle of him spite achieving and others getting more and more miffed kJBKSJGS

also kids r always staring in barely concealed awe whenever giann picks him up from school in a REALLY COOL CAR and giann looks REALLY COOL, COOL ADULT VIBES, and marius is always like GIANN!!! DONT RUFFLE MY HAIR, IM NOT A KID ANYMORE!!!

actually u know that scene in Into The Spiderverse? this one?

giann and marius. it's one of marius' most embarassing moments in his life but nobody picks on him for it because giann is just, and i cannot stress this enough, SO COOL

vyn richter: PEAK Weird Kid representation

of them all, i think vyn would be the best rep for Weird Kids, he was going into the forest to collect pebbles and leaves to dump in a bucket and stir together with rainwater to make a potion but only for his favorite horses at the stable (which the horses drink bc they love vyn). he'd make up elaborate stories for imaginary friends because there werent too many people he liked talking to growing up and this is how he cultivates a habit of talking to himself. also i think he like, Doesnt Blink Much, like a frigging owl. it's mostly bc vyn likes observing but it unnerves the other kids IMMENSELY

all the boys are academic over achievers but vyn REALLY takes the cake because he gets into bougie extracurriculars too: archery, fencing, classical piano. it's wholly impressive but also intimidating kJBJKSD child prodigies, i figure, must be difficult for other kids to connect with. vyn is simultaneously relieved and sad about this bc on one hand, hes scared that tho others will turn on him. but on the other hand, hes a lonely child

back to Weird Kid representation: remember that one scene in lilo and stitch where lilo puts a bunch of fork voodoo dolls into a pickle jar and shakes em up? thats vyn.

vyn's father: son, what...what are you doing?

vyn, shaking the jar VIGOROUSLY: my classmates need to be punished

#tears of themis #luke pearce #artem wing #marius von hagen #vyn richter

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kingskwing · 3 years

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Hi, sorry if requests aren’t open rn! Ignore this if they are dhdhjdkd. Could I request headcanons with the boys taking a bath with reader for the first time? I just need soft moments ,_,

Headcanons before my first full-length fic on this blog? Yes please ♡ I added MC bc I deserve it,,, Hope this is okay!!! Lmk if you want smth longer

Warnings: swearing, nudity, mentions of sexual activity (only in reference)

Scrub a dub NXX in da tub

marius von hagen

He's cheeky about asking but still super shy,,,

He never outright mentions showering together, just keeps making comments about how relaxing a shower sounds ahaha

Would rather do it at your place, it feels a lot more personal to him

He talks a lot of smack going in, but when he's actually undressing with you and turning on the water, he gets really quiet

He's really savoring the moment, really wants to take his time and appreciate the normalcy and intimacy of it all

Asks you how you do your hair, he wants to do it for you aaa

If you have a shower, he stands close behind you and presses kisses to your neck while he washes your back and hair

If you have a bath, he really wants you between his legs, back pressed against his chest while he washes your front.

It's calm and wholesome, he's not in the mood for anything risque

However, if he had a bad day, he really wants to lay his head on your chest while you massage his scalp

Loves washing you he doesn't know why

His warm hands pulled your wet hair from your skin, moving it to one side. Carefully, he leaned in to press a kiss to your shoulder as his hands sat upon your waist, traveling upwards.

They settled just under your chest and you breathed a laugh.

"M' not in the mood just now, bud."

"Hmm, me neither," he hummed, face still on your shoulder. "Just want to touch you."

vyn richter

He waits for you to ask/offer and accepts very calmly, but rest assured hes really glad you trust him

Knows exactly how much shampoo and conditioner to use for your hair type no he didnt look it up months ago

He's very reverent the whole time, it's a very fulfilling experience for both parties

In the shower prefers to face you and wash your hair, pressing soap-dry kisses to your face

Bathing though, he sits behind you and leans against the wall with you on his chest, touching you with his hands however is most comforting. Be it massaging your scalp, tracing patterns on your abdomen, anything at all, he knows what you like and is completely willing to provide.

Please touch him tho he'll never ask for it but GOD does he need it

Don't @ him but hes got that Gymnopedie No.1 type shit playing on a speaker on the sink counter

YES he has candles on ofc he does and they're all your favorite scents

"Does that feel good, love?" His hands warmed your stomach as his thumb moved across your skin in soft, affectionate strokes.

"Mm, don't ask like you don't already know," you smiled, quickly slipping back into your relaxed and blissful state.

You felt his chest rumble with gentle laughter behind you, feeling the breath of his joy on your hair.

"I love you, Y/N," he whispered.

"I love you too, Vyn."

artem wing

Imma say it right out the gate he has a shower/bath combo but ONLY takes showers he has never laid down in the tub and he never will

First time he sees you doing it hes honestly a little disturbed and looks it up

He'll draw you romantic baths then walk out :')

He really likes having his hands on your shoulders while you shower together, maybe it's bc he likes caressing you with his thumbs, maybe it's bc hes insecure about being shorter than Marius, who's to say

Closeness means everything to him while you shower, he'll wash your whole body if it means he gets to be close to you

Wash him back, he'll melt

His head tips back in a contented sigh and his muscles tense as your hands run over them

Loves helping you dry your hair pls the shampoo smell? The intimacy? Incredible

Stand close when he puts on his cologne so you smell like him the rest of the day and he loses it inside

Doesn't like laying with you in the bath, but if time allows, he'll insist on cuddles afterwards. The post-shower relaxation really gets to him

Flip him on his stomach and firmly run your fingers up the muscles of his neck into the hair at the nape of his neck... he shudders and goes completely limp it's so relaxing to him

"Artem? Could you lay on your stomach for me?"

He blushed a bit but his smile told you his embarrassment was positive. You climbed atop the bed, leg thrown over his hip to straddle him. He tensed, as usual, but the second your warm fingers pressed into his neck, he relaxed with a pleased hum. You continued, relishing in the groans and light shudders he produced.

Not too long after, he tapped out, signaling it was becoming too much. You slid off him and he pulled you into his arms.

"Mm, you treat me so well... is that my cologne?"

"Ah, it is! Just a little bit."

"Wear it more often. It suits you," he smiled.

Slowly, he dipped his lips to yours and kissed you softly before settling into the bed more, prepared to lavish you with tender affection and conversation.

luke pearce

Prefers showering with you instead of bathing, he's got things he wants to do with you! (The implication is physically painful, take that how you like)

If you've had a bad day though, hes happy to take his sweet time with you and draw a relaxing bath with all kinds of salts and candles

Likes to face you in the shower so he can kiss you every time he reaches for a jar behind you

Showering with him is fun and cute, stolen kisses and mini splash wars are commonplace

If HE'S had a bad day, he'll sit on the shower floor and have you join him. Its honestly cramped why would you do this instead of a bath,,, but he's happy so you oblige as best you can

Please wash his stomach and comment on his abs (or lack thereof) he hates it

Likes when you get grabby so he can tease you or bc his heart goes all fluttery but isn't often in the mood when showering

Sometimes he's quieter when washing up, that's when he pulls you in for kisses less often but they're always more passionate or deeper than usual

"Let's try rock paper scissors."

"Luke! You'll waste all the hot water if you keep this up."

"You say that but you're already in position. Ready? Rock, paper, scissors, shoot! Ah darn, you got me again. I guess there's only one thing to do," he said, wrapping his arms around your shoulders, but oddly not letting the weight of his forearms rest in their position.

"Huh? Luke, what are you planning?"

"Only... this!" He quickly flipped his hands, pouring the water he'd gathered all over your head.

"You're lucky I didn't have shampoo in! You're insufferable," you laughed.

"Only for you, he said, eyes soft.

Surrounded by the sound of falling water, you felt yourself falling a little more for him.

She showers every morning and night, but takes baths in the evenings on weekends. It's her routine, she's gotta stay sane somehow

Please make passes at her while she gets undressed she hates it ♡

If you light a candle in the bathroom before she gets in there to do her washing up she will get misty-eyed

Loves loves loves when you join her and doesn't have a preference as to who's where, just wants to be near you

From behind she can hug you under the water and press kisses to your shoulder!!! From the front you can mess with her hair and she can lean into you and feel your heartbeat!!! She sees no downsides to this

She doesn't like overly musky scents, they're a bit suffocating to her since she has a sensitive nose,,, that's not related at all but it came to mind

Please let her style your hair when you get out! The second the water turns off or is left to drain, you're hers for the next half hour or more

Loves seeing you wear your hair in a style she did, it makes her rly happy

Kiss the apples of her cheeks under the water she's down so bad

"Dove! You kept the braid!" she said when you emerged from the bathroom, finally done getting fully ready.

"Of course I did! It's odd, very different from my norm, but I really like it."

She turned back to the food she had cooking on the stovetop, smiling wide.

"You're so cute," you muttered before pressing a kiss to the back of her shoulder.

With a sound equal parts a laugh and a sigh, she settled into your chest as you perched your chin on her to watch her work.

The weekend went by far too quickly for your liking, but the memories of her contented smile was enough to pull you through the work week.

#file retrieved!#tears of themis #tears of themis x reader #tot mc x reader #tot vyn x reader #vyn x reader #vyn richter x reader #artem x reader #artem wing x reader #luke pearce x reader #tot luke x reader #marius von hagen x reader #tot marius x reader #tot x reader #tagging master what a baddie right

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tiramisiyu · 3 years

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【未定事件簿】 Tears of Themis: Main Story 7-24 Translation

Translation Masterlist | Video

Chapter 7 – Rains of Monte Cristo: 7-1 / 7-3 / 7-5 / 7-7 / 7-9 / 7-11 / 7-13 / 7-15 / 7-17 / 7-19 ♦️ ♦️ 7-20 / 7-22 / 7-24 / 7-26 / 7-28 / 7-30 / 7-32 / 7-34 / 7-35

Content Warning: This section contains topics that may be uncomfortable to some readers (mentions of abuse). Please proceed with discretion.

Vincent found out about the relation between Hang Fei and the boss of the Abyss bar through the moon ornament in Room 1001. The boss requested to see Marius and stated that he had important information. After thinking things over several times, Marius and I decided to meet him as agreed upon.

Abyss Bar

There was no one in the bar when Marius and I arrived.

Bar Boss: Master von Hagen, Miss Lawyer, please come this way.

The boss pointed us to a spot in front of the bar table. We sat as he indicated.

Marius: You must be the one that Vincent said wanted to meet me?

Bar Boss: You’re being quite direct, Master von Hagen. Shouldn’t you exchange a few pleasantries with me?

Marius: My time’s precious, and I don’t want to use it to speak in a roundabout way with you.

Marius: Tell me, what do you want?

Bar Boss: Nothing major – I simply want Master von Hagen to owe me a “favour”.

The boss took a document envelope from under the cabinet and placed it in front of Marius and me.

Bar Boss: Including that foster care contract from before, these are all of the Hang family’s secrets.

Bar Boss: As long as you get this, all of your current questions will be answered.

Marius: You told Vincent that you got these because Hang Fei owed you money.

Marius didn’t follow along with the boss. Instead, he changed directions.

Marius: What happened between you and Hang Fei?

Bar Boss: Nothing much. Hang Fei merely spent some money here, but ended up unable to pay up.

Bar Boss: Master von Hagen, you’re also a businessman, so you should get that no one can enjoy a service without paying up, right?

Bar Boss: So I thought up of a compromise for him.

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[Flashback]

Hang Fei: B-boss, give me a few more days. I’ll definitely get all the money needed.

Hang Fei looked at the few guards around the boss, starting to mumble subconsciously.

Bar Boss: Mister Hang, you’ve been dragging this on for a long time. Time waits for no one.

Hang Fei: No, boss, please just trust me once more and give me more time. I’ll definitely get you the money this time.

Hang Fei: I can go get them…

The boss looked at Hang Fei, his eyes moving back and forth.

Bar Boss: Mister Hang, after seeing your sincerity, I do have another idea to give you time.

Hang Fei: What idea?

Bar Boss: In this world, there are things worth more than money, such as… secrets.

Bar Boss: If you can find a secret like this as temporary collateral… I don’t mind collecting my “service fees” a little later.

Hang Fei: …

Hang Fei went silent for a moment.

Hang Fei: I do have secrets like this – they even have to do with me.

Hang Fei: If this secret were exposed, I wouldn’t even be able to continue living.

Hang Fei: Boss, this is temporarily sufficient, isn’t it?

Bar Boss: Of course. If you give it to me, I can give you more time.

[Flashback]

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Marius: …

MC: Boss, to be frank, this is extortion.

Bar Boss: Extortion? Miss, you’re exaggerating.

Bar Boss: I merely wanted the money that Hang Fei owed me – this is what I’ve done for so many years.

Bar Boss: And no one’s ever been able to lay a finger on me.

MC: You…

Bar Boss: Plus, what Hang Fei has done is much worse than me.

Marius: What did Hang Fei do?

Bar Boss: After the first time he left these things as collateral, he quickly found Xu Yin and the other “protagonist of the secret”, then extorted them of money.

Bar Boss: He immediately gave this money to me and got his secrets back. But…

Bar Boss: He started to get “addicted”, maybe because of the “sweetness” of that particular experience…

Bar Boss: Whenever he owed me money, he’d leave the “secrets” as collateral, then would once again extort those two of their money.

Bar Boss: At the end, he even demanded money from those two that far exceeded the amount owned, for his own frivolous squandering…

Bar Boss: See, aren’t I much more law-abiding than he is?

MC: …

MC: (Although, this does explain why Hang Fei’s family life didn’t deteriorate, despite his gambling.)

Bar Boss: How about it, Master von Hagen? Want to do business with me?

Bar Boss: You just need to owe me a favour to get what you want – it’s a great deal.

Marius: Oh? You know what it is that I want?

Bar Boss: Of course. What you want…

The boss looked at Marius, then at me.

Bar Boss: Has to do with Hang Fei’s daughter, Hang Jiahe, correct?

MC: …

Marius: How did you know?

Bar Boss: Master Lu, aren’t you curious about why I wasn’t stressed at all, despite Hang Fei’s half-year disappearance?

Marius: …

Bar Boss: That’s because someone was repaying money “for” him.

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[Flashback]

January 29th.

Bar Boss: You’re right, Hang Fei did leave some things as collateral here.

The boss looked at the woman in front of him, his smile as steadfast as ever.

Bar Boss: But, Miss Hang, you won’t be able to take those things just because you’re his daughter.

Bar Boss: If you want to take those things, then return the money first.

Hang Jiahe: How much does he owe?

Bar Boss: This much.

The boss drew out a number.

Hang Jiahe: This much?!

Bar Boss: I’ll give you those things as long as you repay the money, Miss Hang.

Hang Jiahe: How would I be able to take out this much money right now?!

Bar Boss: Then…

Bar Boss: Like your father, Miss Hang, you can use secrets as collateral.

Bar Boss: You must be someone who also knows many secrets.

Hang Jiahe: …

Hang Jiahe lowered her head in thought.

Hang Jiahe: I can’t. The things I know can be used elsewhere.

Hang Jiahe: Boss, please give me some more time. I’ll definitely get enough money within half a year to a full year.

Hang Jiahe: Within this time, please don’t give these things to anyone else.

Hang Jiahe: I can hand over some money right now as a deposit.

Bar Boss: Ah, alright. I’ve never rejected the pleas of a beauty.

[Flashback end]

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Marius: …

MC: (Based on Hang Jiahe’s actions, it seems like the boss really does have what we need.)

Bar Boss: How about it, the two of you? Have you thought things over?

Bar Boss: With all I’ve said, you must believe that what I have is what you need.

MC: As the condition you gave to Hang Jiahe was paying money, we can also pay you money.

Bar Boss: That was the condition for Hang Jiahe, not you two.

Bar Boss: My condition for you is something more valuable… that is, a promise from Master von Hagen.

MC: …

I snuck a glance at Marius. But he looked completely calm, even somewhat disinterested.

Marius: Thank you for the information you’ve given us. I will have Vincent compensate you shortly.

Marius: Let’s end things here for today.

Marius then tugged me up from my seat to leave.

Bar Boss: Wait, Marius von Hagen, don’t you want what’s in the bag?

Marius: I do, but I hate being threatened even more.

Marius: I seriously doubt that there’s anything in the world that Pax can’t find out about.

Bar Boss: Of course you’d be able to find out about it with the power of Pax – but you have no time.

MC: What do you mean?

Bar Boss: You’ve already met Hang Jiahe, haven’t you? Plus, I bet that the police have already overturned the charges against Wang Chunchong.

Marius: …

Bar Boss: Then, did you know that Hang Jiahe suddenly came here yesterday with a large sum of money, and bought away a portion of the things in this bag?

MC: !!!

Bar Boss: I saw that she looked very anxious, so I warned her – out of the goodness of my heart – that it would be best to not destroy it for now.

Bar Boss: These are unusual times, after all…

Bar Boss: Based on how she reacted, she listened to me, but…

Bar Boss: Say, if I called her right now and told her everything that just happened…

Bar Boss: How would she deal with those things?

MC: …

Marius: …

Though we didn’t want to admit it, what the boss had just mentioned was at the very bottom of the list of things we wanted to happen.

Marius: …

Marius looked around. When his sight swept over the bar table, he stopped for a moment. Seeming like he’d thought of something, he spoke with a smile.

Marius: If so, boss, would you perhaps be interested in playing a game with me?

MC: !!!

Marius: If I win, you give those things to me unconditionally, but if I lose…

Marius: We’ll go with your deal – I get those things, and I’ll owe you a favour. As long as it isn’t illegal, I can help you once in the future.

Marius: Also, you cannot tell Hang Jiahe about what happened between us today.

Bar Boss: Master von Hagen, you sure have thought things through – no matter what the result is, you can still take those things away.

Marius: But this is your one opportunity to establish a relationship with me and Pax, isn’t it?

Bar Boss: … What do you want to play?

Marius: Since this is a bar, you must have dice here.

Marius: One die per person. Whoever throws the higher number wins. How about it?

Bar Boss: I’m fine with it, but Master von Hagen, I have never lost this game. Are you sure you want to play it with me?

Marius: We haven’t even played yet, so who knows who the winner will be? Plus, isn’t it better if you win?

Bar Boss: Alright, then.

The boss took out two dice and two wooden dice holders, giving one each to Marius and himself.

Bar Boss: One round decides all. Then, let’s…

MC: Wait. I have to inspect the dice and holders.

Bar Boss: …

Bar Boss: Alright, please do, miss.

The boss gave all items to me. I examined the two holders – nothing stood out to me. But when I examined the two dice, I noticed a slight difference between the two of them.

MC: …

MC: This…

Marius: No abnormalities, right, great lawyer?

I was just about to speak when Marius cut me short. He winked at me, as if hinting something. I understood.

MC: No abnormalities. Please start.

Bar Boss: Then, Master von Hagen, one round decides all. Go ahead.

Marius and the boss cast their dice simultaneously. The night-coloured holders flew up and down in Marius’ hand as the die slammed on the walls of the holder, creating a clear sound.

Clack.

Both of them sealed off the holders simultaneously.

Bar Boss: Master von Hagen, open?

Marius: Wait.

Marius pressed down on both holders.

Marius: I will confirm again – you haven’t forgotten the conditions from before, have you?

Bar Boss: Of course. The one with more dots wins.

Marius: Good.

Marius opened the two holders. The two dice displayed a massive difference in dots.

Bar Boss: This… impossible!

Marius: I got 6, you got 1… looks like my luck’s pretty decent.

MC: You won!

Bar Boss: …

The boss looked at the dice and pondered for a moment.

Bar Boss: Hah… as expected of Master von Hagen. I lost.

Marius: Hand those things over.

Bar Boss: Don’t worry, I won’t go back on a deal. Here you go.

Bar Boss: Although… aside from that psychiatrist, it’s been a very long time since I’ve experienced this feeling of defeat.

Bar Boss: I can’t help wondering if you know him.

Marius: You’re overthinking.

MC: …

Marius took the file envelope and tugged me up, preparing to leave the bar.

Bar Boss: Also, I’d like to let you know that there is a portable hard drive and several photos in the envelope.

Bar Boss: There’s a connection between the contents of the hard drive and the photos.

Bar Boss: Hang Jiahe bought a portion of the hard drive’s contents.

Bar Boss: And she appears the most in the photos.

Marius: Noted.

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In Marius’ Car

When we returned to Marius’ car, I couldn’t help showing how excited I was.

MC: Marius, you were way too awesome just now!

Marius: No big deal – just some insignificant talents.

MC: But how did you win? The boss’s die…

Marius: You probably also noticed when inspecting them that his die was heavier than mine.

MC: Yeah, so I was wondering if there was something placed in it.

Marius: In that die, right behind the 1 dot, there’s a magnet.

Marius: When shaking the die, as long as the boss secretly holds another magnet…

Marius: He’d be able to use the opposite attractive force and the relative locations of the different dots to throw a result he wants.

MC: But if so, shouldn’t he have cast a 6? How did it end up as a 1?

Marius: About that…

Marius spread his left hand at me. There was a little brooch there, with a magnet at the bottom of it.

MC: !!!

Marius: Since I know how he plans to cheat, I naturally have to counterattack.

Marius: So before he revealed his die, I touched his holder.

Marius: Thanks to my magnet, the die will change again.

MC: Oh… then how did you cast a 6?

Marius: About that… even the rich sons of the so-called upper class can’t evade the allure of dice.

Marius: I do have to learn a few things to maintain my indulgent rich son persona.

Marius: There’s a certain method to guarantee a chance of rolling the amount you want.

MC: Is that so…

Marius: Mere little skills – nothing to show off about.

Marius: Let’s not talk about these for now – instead, we should see what’s in the envelope.

I opened the envelope, taking out a stack of photos and a portable hard drive.

MC: H-how could this…

Marius: …

When I saw what was in the photos, my hands started to tremble.

There were many photos of children, most of whom were around 6 or 7, and their bodies were covered in numerous purple marks. The photos were taken in hidden, dark conditions from awkward angles, and those children, who should have been running free under the sun, had faces covered with tears. Each one held old toys covered in dust, and some toys were even missing sections, looking utterly broken.

MC: Marius, aren’t these toys the same ones as the ones we saw in the Room 1001 toy display cabinet?

Marius: Yes.

MC: Could it be that… Hang Fei would collect these toys for his own enjoyment?

Marius: Or maybe these toys were what Hang Fei used to kidnap them.

Marius: But regardless of which it is, based on what the boss said, what’s in this hard drive…

MC: The contents have to do with the photos… these photos come from the contents of the hard drive…

MC: Against these children, did Hang Fei…

Were these children victims of Hang Fei’s abuse?!

I couldn’t even finish my sentence.

Marius: It’s not just children – there are also photos of Qi Yu. The only difference is that she’s not holding any toys.

Marius: Also, just as the boss said, one child appears particularly often in the photos.

Marius: If this child really is Hang Jiahe, then…

MC: We’ve found Hang Jiahe’s motive for murdering Hang Fei.

[Obtained Photos of Abused Children]

[Obtained Portable Hard Drive]

#Tears of Themis #tears of themis translations #tot translations #lu jinghe #marius von hagen #未定事件簿

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artemelle · 2 years

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Hi Elle!!!! Would it be ok to request what it would be like to shadow the ToT characters at work? Hope your having a great day!!!

shadowing the tot characters at work <3

➶ artem wing

it takes a bit of convincing to get him to agree to you shadowing him at work. not because he doesn't want you there -- believe me, this man will make up any excuse to spend more time with you -- it's just that he knows celestine will be clowning him the entire time.

but it's ok, a bit of teasing is worth it when he sees the huge smile that spread across your lips when he finally agrees. he pretty much briefs the entire firm on your appearance the day before, "my significant other will be coming with me to work tomorrow, please act accordingly." (code for : do not embarrass or clown me please)

he takes you on a paperwork-heavy day so you stay in his office for the majority of the time. artem thinks he's boring you with the amount of legal jargon he's throwing your way when he talks about cases.

but when you tell him that you actually find it interesting, his eyes just light up!! and when you do little things throughout the day -- like get him coffee or brush away the hair that falls on his face as he's reading -- it makes him feel so loved and cared for.

"perhaps i should bring you to work more often..."

➶ luke pearce

this man wants nothing more than to keep you safe, so it takes a lot more convincing to get him to agree. though just hit him with a pout and a pleading look in your eyes and he’ll be folding so quick. as much as luke wants to protect you, he also wants you happy.

most of your day with him is essentially a field trip around the city as he gathers clues and interviews witnesses for his investigation. he tries to keep everything fun and lighthearted by telling you a few fun anecdotes from all the cases he’s worked, and he keeps you engaged by asking for your opinions and actually considering it

but when he’s in interrogation mode? oh boy...at first, he tries to get you to leave the room because he doesn’t want you see him all threatening and serious...however, you hold your ground and he’s left with no choice but to let you stay.

luke snaps back into his usual self as soon as he’s got the information he needs apologises profusely, not wanting you to see him act that way...but you hold his head in your hands and tell him that you love all sides of him...mans heart just melts.

“i- you mean that? thank you, yn...”

➶ marius von hagen

bold of you to assume that he’s not the one who suggested that you shadow him? marius will literally take any opportunity to show off how amazing and wonderful you are!! part of you expected that you’d just be quietly sitting in the corner of a conference room but nooope! suddenly your hear your name being called and marius is asking for your input?

gets you your own ID card for the office and everything! marius really goes the extra mile and presents it to you with a smile on his face, “it has the same level of access as mine, so if I get into a meeting and you can’t come with...feel free to explore!” :D

and you’re just like- is that allowed?? can he do that?? i'm only going to be around for one (1) day!! but of course, he sees it as invitation for you to come around the office more often.

you and vincent become instant besties as you occasionally run around the city with him when marius asks for something and he had other matters to attend to. marius pretends to act upset about it but he likes that the two of you get along.

“should i be worried about..you and vincent...? ah, i'm just kidding, i know you love me.”

➶ vyn richter

since you’ve already expressed interest in knowing more about his field, vyn lets you shadow him during lectures! he introduces you to the class as his teaching assistant, but they could all tell that you were clearly something more in the way his gaze always seemed to land to where you were seated.

a few students actually came up to you when class ended, telling you that you and vyn seemed like a good match, asking questions on how you met, and asking how vyn is outside of being professor / criminal psychologist extraordinaire. of course, you answer all their questions with a smile on your face until vyn pulls you away.

keeps you busy with paperwork. he hands you an answer key so you could check the objective parts of his students’ tests for him. the two of you fall into a comfortable silence as you checked papers side by side in his office.

when all is said and done, he takes you out for a bite to eat as a thank you for all your hard work. you shake your head, telling him that you barely did anything besides listen to his lectures and check a few papers.

“you misunderstand...you have done so much simply by providing me with your presence.”

i do not ask for much- only to spend an entire day with my boys <3

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actualbird · 2 years

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nxx boys as questionable things i did in high school and college

wc: 515

luke pearce

was in a Biology of Science Fiction elective and submitted homemade slime as his final project, along with a 10 page document of deep lore on the history and pet care of the slime

a professor had a game where the objective was to get him to remember your name. luke said "hi, im luke pearce!" and took out a knife and lunged at the prof. luke won the game and the prof still liked him

drank two very strong cans of coffee because he was feeling sluggish and spends the rest of the day vibrating like a chihuahua also have heart palpitations and when you ask him if hes okay he says at the top of his lungs "I'VE NEVER BEEN BETTER!!!"

artem wing

was writing a paper in the coldest area of the library, no sweater, and told himself hes only allowed to put the sweater on after hes written 2k words. it worked wonders for his productivity but he was so, so cold.

memorized all the countries of europe for a presentation that did not NEED him to memorize all the countries of europe. he stood in front and basically mumble rapped all the names quietly

tried to flirt with a classmate he had a crush on by offering her hand sanitizer spray when she asked. artem then rambled, not about the handsanitizer, but the spray bottle it was contained it. "it has a nice locking feature here, so that it doesn't spray in your bag accidentally." honestly, that classmate was smitten.

marius von hagen

got scammed by another student selling cookies. "you can get one cookie for 5 stellins or two cookies for 15 stellins!!" it was early in the morning and he didnt realize the math didnt add up

miscalculated the amount of bread he wanted to buy and ends up with five big loaves. he hands them out to strangers on campus saying "please, i have too much bread, youre doing me a favor, i SWEAR."

had self defense as a PE and when they were practicing chokeholds in pairs, marius didnt tap out of the chokehold of his partner for a LONG TIME because he was feeling a little touch starved and liked being held. he almost passed out.

vyn richter

formed an alliance with the campus stray cats by strategically feeding all of them their favorite treats. by the end of year 1, most of the cats were at his beck and call for when he wanted to impress others

started an advice column in the school's publication where students could anonymously send questions. he'd answer some very sincerely and answer others with "do not be an idiot. break up with him."

a lot of people got crushes on him and when he figured that out, he would make offhanded comments about stuff he wanted. "oh, i've run out of my favorite tea...anybody who gave me some would be a lovely person." and those ppl fell over themselves getting him those treats.

#tears of themis #luke pearce #artem wing #marius tears of themis #vyn richter

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actualbird · 3 years

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I like your analysis(es?) so much hh, and apparently my brainworm of the day is the NXX crew getting a flowering cactus called Karla, for some reason. It’s a therapy cactus XD. No other thoughts. - Book

thank you, Book!!! and also wait no get back here and tell me more

KARLA!!! KARLA!!! oh i love her already but please understand that i have so many questions and all those questions have accompanying THOUGHTS oh gosh okay let me just hm wordbarf both those things very messily, you know how i do things

what kind of flowering cactus?

there are so many, afterall.

given that vyn is into botany and gardening, i assume he would have a lot of opinions on this.

actually, ive met a lot of botany hobbyists in my life, and the snobbier ones among them actually HATE cacti (and succulents). theyd say stuff like "oh cacti are the in thing with the millenials these days, theyre the plant people get when they dont know anything about plants."

WOULD VYN BE LIKE THAT, LMAO????? he seems like the type to at least THINK IT.

but also deep down i assume vyn is like "a plant is a plant is a plant" bc among the sweeter botany hobbyists ive met, theyve got this notion that "as long as you help it grow strong through the challenges, u did a good job" WHICH....MAKES ME THINK....VYN THINGS....vyn is not going to admit it, he will never admit it, but hm. what a strange plant. shaped to protect itself yet in need of care all the same.....

ANYWAY if anybody is getting a premeditated-bought cactus for the HXX HQ, you bet that vyn will, one way or another, have some kind of say in what the cactus will be. if it isnt premeditated-bought, he'll definitely have many things to say about the cactus' future care

or does the cactus just kind of appear there? is it brought into the NXX HQ in the dead of the night like jesus in the manger? if that's the case, who brought it?

i think it would be artem. or, well, i think it would be FUNNIEST/PATHETIC-EST if it was artem.

let's just say that a non-NXX and non-MC person decides eyyy, artem, got u a gift, it's a cactus! haha, get it! bc ur a prickly unapproachable dude! and artem is like ".........." BUT LIKE IT'S RUDE NOT TO ACCEPT A GIFT EVEN WITH THE BACKHANDED CRITICISM OF HIS GENERAL STATE OF BEING

so he takes the cactus and like leaves it at NXX HQ because if he brings it to his apartment hes going to get vaguely annoyed by the cactus and what it supposedly represents and he'd want to set it on fire

(sidenote: cacti do not burn well, by the way, ive set some on fire for cacti funerals and sigh, you have to put gasoline on them for a good burn)

anyway he brings the cactus there, leaves it vaguely hoping that the air conditioning will like, kill it (cacti live in the desert, right? so cold...bad?) and then somebody else will go "where the fuck did this dead cactus come from, can we throw it away" and then artem can throw it away (ALONG WITH THE REST OF HIS EMOTIONS. artem...GET HELP....)

but that doesnt happen because get fucked, artem wing

who names it Karla?

naming a plant most often comes from somebody who has gotten VERY ATTACHED TO THAT PLANT. i first thought hmmm maybe it's luke, but then i remembered that luke has this HILARIOUS tendency of making comments about eating MANY ORGANISMS HE COMES ACROSS (ssr shape of you, he threatens to cook and eat goose, chara story ep 1, hes very happy at eating the cooked crabs for their crab crimes, sr aquarium date forgot the name, hes like let's eat seafood SURROUNDED BY HAPPY ALIVE FISH, luke....what the fuck?) so maybe it's not luke and that leaves...

marius von hagen getting attached to a cactus and naming it is SO FUNNY TO ME but also makes me soft. hes the first one who sees the cactus in HQ and is like "who the fuck left this here?" //big data lab googling what it is. "well good thing it's fine with cold temps wouldve died if not, you cant just leave a thing in a place...with no warning....with no help...thats tough....huh, thats tough, isnt it, cactus?"

am i saying that marius von hagen gets attached to the cactus because it vaguely reminds him of his own life story of being pushed into very stressful circumstances and essentially left to fend for himself? yeah. yeah. because im deranged

"the cactus' name is karla," marius says at the next meeting, spraying the cactus with a mist bottle. "be nice to her or else im biting you."

who declares it a "therapy cactus"? aka who realizes that literally EVERYBODY else on the team is, one way or another, projecting themselves and/or their desires onto the PLANT???

luke. luke does. luke has the habit of dissociating and spiraling at any given moment when he encounters anything even ADJACENTLY related to what hes going through (again, sr aquarium date, luke u were just looking at the jellyfish, WHY R U GETTING DEPRESSED PHILOSOPHICAL OVER LIFESPANS???? SIR, GET HELP.....), so like lol he can clock that shit in from a mile away because hes the worst offender of that too

he doesnt bring it up of course. i mean, im sure he thinks about it because it's just the right kind of shithead move to pull just in case the others try to push him around again but mc gets mad at him when he goes agent scary at the rest of the boys so okaaayyyy he'll retaliate against getting dunked on in a more...civil way. so he doesnt bring it up. he also doesnt bring it up because...

well, if it makes them happy, then it makes him happy. thats all that matters to him

"keep making them all happy, yeah?" luke absentmindedly says to the cactus one day. "i heard you guys can live for a hundred years."

the cactus, of course, does not reply.

mc gets very into taking care of karla. pls expect many conversations where the boys are talking about the "cactus" (theyre talking about themselves) and mc is just like "okay im 90% sure this is a metaphor, you guys aint slick, but i like this cactus very much and thats true whether it's a metaphor or not."

all the boys: //PLEADING EMOJI WITH HEARTS

thanks for making me go insane over a cactus, Book. it's 8am here.

#tears of themis #vyn richter #artem wing #marius von hagen #luke pearce

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actualbird · 3 years

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tot ao3 fic recs part 2: smut edition, n/s//f///w fics ahead obviously

previous tot ao3 fic recs: part 1

been trying to read a bit more in this fandom but oops, lately ive just been camped out in the E rated section, HAHA. anyway, heres some smut fics i REALLY LOVED!!!

醉梦酣欢 (drunk-dazed) by Anonymous [marius/vyn]

Vyn gets his turn next… with Rosa. Opposite him, Marius lets out an annoyed huff disguised as a sigh. “When will I get the chance to be with you, jiejie?” Marius whines. “Ignore him,” Vyn offers. He puts out his hand for Rosa to take, which she does – shyly – almost in awe of the way that Vyn is leading her towards the closet. (nxx plays 'seven minutes in heaven', except everyone knocks out before marius and vyn do)

majority of vyn smut has vyn as the dominant one but this one is built different, here vyn is needy and the fic does it SOOOOO WELLLLLLL. fantastic buildup filled with nxx team investigation interactions and then after that mariusvyn rolls around and serves very very good smut (finally, the facefucking content ive been WAITING FOR).

honey, i laugh when it sinks in by mimolette [artem/mc]

a pillar i am, upright “Seeing her on top of him was all he needed. Perhaps he had a bit of a masochistic streak himself, but who’s to say? Every time he was on top of her, he would always keep asking her what’s the best position for her to be in, if she’s comfortable, if she feels good, how beautiful she looks, ramblings like that, and while she would dial him back a few times, she never minded him constantly checking. It made her feel special, as she put it once." aka there’s only like one or two other fics of artem getting dommed into the stratosphere, so i had to take matters into my own hands. mc is referred to as rosa for convenience.

ARTEM WING IS SUBMISSIVE AND BREEDABLE!!! this fic is wonderfully hot. artem's pov/internal monolog here is top notch, a great mix of horny and endearing. great smut and also the end made my heart tender...

Mirage by kizunas [artem/gn!reader, reader is not mc(rosa)]

He loves with a passion that bleeds into his actions, never his words. You can see it in how he doesn’t make a sound. How he’s seemingly on the cusp, tethering dangerously on the knife’s edge. You’re nothing but a stranger to him and yet he looks at you like you’re the most precious thing in the world. That woman is lucky, you think—to be loved by someone as devastatingly devoted as Artem Wing. Or, a pretty man with a white-collar job takes you back home with him for the night. You certainly don’t regret the experience.

heads up, this fic will hurt a bit if you like artem/mc because here artem...does not get with mc and hes coping with that. by fucking you. and hoo BOYYYY IS IT A FANTASTIC FIC. the smut is phenomenal, a rare artem taking the lead fic i enjoyed, but what really stood out to me in this fic was the outsider pov to artem's character, how hes feeling, how he is as a person. tfw the smut makes me more emo about a character im already emo about. GREAT STUFF.

fuck, jiejie, please— by Anonymous [marius/mc or marius/f!reader]

One thing you learned through dating Marius is that he’s insatiable, and always down to fuck. And this week, it was particularly pronounced. OR: Marius doesn't realize that actions come with punishments. Clearly, something needs to be done about that.

MARIUS VON HAGEN IS SUBMISSIVE AND BREEDABLE BUT ALSO SUCH A NEEDY BRAT. theres a bunch of subby!marius fics out there but this one is def one of my faves because marius' character is so clearly the shithead bastard we all know and love. mc or reader here is a wonderfully strict dom here, and everybody else's screentime is delightful

the image of love by glassedlillies [vyn/luke]

If their relationship was presented to Vyn in an entirely objective fashion, he would have said these people were undoubtedly in love. (and they are. they're in love. this is undeniable fact.)

filed under smut that made me CRY REAL TEARS KJDSGS. been craving vynluke for a while and HOOOO BOY, THIS FIC FED ME WELL. a heartbreakingly yet simultaneously heartwarming exploration of vyn and luke's relationship, esp how irt to luke feeling as if he isnt worth loving (aka this is the bit that made me cry lol), followed by DELICIOUS SMUT. luke pearce being called puppy, my beloved...

ruin me, as you wish by glassedlillies [marius/artem]

On the night of their confession, Artem tells him something. It’s not life changing, or a particularly enthralling revelation — but it is something, and Marius has only one singular reaction to this something. He’s going to ruin Artem.

this fic is an extra scene from a fic i recced in my last fic rec, "a world in which you love me". both fics made me insane about martem in different ways KJBJDFDS. man, this author really excels at scrumptious filthy kinky smut AND the underlying relationship dynamic that is the bedrock for the smut. //CHEF'S KISS!!! fantastic, fantastic!!!

#tears of themis #been a bit too busy to make my own content these days so i thought why not hype up other ppl's content!!#so so so many skilled writers in this fandom!!!#this rec list is also for my references because i NEED to leave an ao3 comment for all of them but i keep forgetting KJBKSDF #fic recs

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tiramisiyu · 3 years

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【未定事件簿】 Tears of Themis: Main Story 7-34 Translation

Translation Masterlist | Video

Chapter 7 – Rains of Monte Cristo: 7-1 / 7-3 / 7-5 / 7-7 / 7-9 / 7-11 / 7-13 / 7-15 / 7-17 / 7-19 ♦️ ♦️ 7-20 / 7-22 / 7-24 / 7-26 / 7-28 / 7-30 / 7-32 / 7-34 / 7-35

Content Warning: This section contains topics that may be uncomfortable to some readers (mentions of abuse). Please proceed with discretion.

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After we left Hang Jiahe’s place, Xu Yin hastened off. No one knew what she was thinking, and all she left was a staggering silhouette.

When we returned to Marius’ car, we hadn’t recovered from the confrontation with Hang Jiahe either, so we sunk into silence. I subconsciously realized that Marius seemed… somewhat sad?

MC: Marius, are you okay?

Marius: … You noticed.

MC: If something’s troubling you, tell me. Don’t keep it pent up inside.

Marius: …

Marius: I keep thinking back these days on what Wang Chunchong said to me…

Marius: When I heard Hang Jiahe’s story, I suddenly… felt a little scared…

MC: Scared?

Marius: Yeah. I live in the same world as Xu Yin, Wang Chunchong, and Hang Jiahe.

Marius: But I’m luckier than them, as my brother and dad both love me – so I’ve got a happy family overall.

Marius: So I don’t have to climb up, step by step the way Xu Yin and Wang Chunchong have to, just to live.

Marius: And I definitely am not like Hang Jiahe, who couldn’t even choose her own life.

Marius: But all of what I have right now is built on the foundation of Pax and the von Hagen family.

Marius: As the von Hagen stands at the very summit, we have no problems whatsoever.

Marius: But if one day, all of this were gone, could I still be this happy?

Marius: Would my day still come?

MC: Of course it will.

Marius: Why?

MC: Because whether day comes or not isn’t determined solely by the outside world.

MC: Like this.

I took out my phone and turned on the flashlight.

Instantly, a thin white light cut through the air, lighting up the dark interior of the car.

MC: Even if one is in the middle of the darkness, if you can find a light, even if it’s the thinnest, weakest sliver…

MC: It can still light up the darkness.

MC: Hang Jiahe’s story is a tragedy from top to bottom. No one could find the light to save themselves in the darkness.

MC: But unlike them, you are a light yourself.

MC: Even if you discard the halo of Pax and the von Hagen family, your own light can illuminate darkness.

Marius: …

Marius looked at me quietly, his eyes glittering in the weak light.

Marius: Jiejie, you’re right, but… not completely right.

MC: What?

Marius: Not only can I emit light, but I’ve also found the light that can illuminate me.

MC: !!!

MC: …

Marius: …

MC: … A-anyways, Marius, about what Hang Jiahe said at the end…

Seeing the atmosphere in the car get stranger and stranger, I rushed to change the topic.

Marius: Though I don’t want to admit it, I do think she’s right.

Marius: It’s impossible for us to incriminate her with the evidence we have now.

MC: But the police haven’t found out anything, and Hang Jiahe wears gloves, so she wouldn’t have left fingerprints…

MC: There’s no way for us to prove that she was the one to use the hammer…

Marius: …

Marius: No, we might have a way.

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Waiting Room

Very appropriately, it was raining in Stellis on the day of the trial for Hang Fei and Qi Yu’s case. I arrived at the meeting room early, preparing to reread all my materials, so I could better face this trial where odds were winning were pretty low.

MC: (Only Marius would have come up with this method…)

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[Flashback]

Darius Morgan: You want Hang Jiahe herself to admit everything she did in court?

Marius: Yes, that’s the most effective method I can think of right now.

MC: But… how does that work…

MC: …

MC: Are you thinking of imitating the psychological tactics I used against Fannie before in court?

Marius nodded.

MC: But Hang Jiahe’s not like Fannie, so how do we get at her?

Marius: About that… do you remember what we went to her house and you noticed that her glove had broken?

MC: “Looks like this glove design quality isn’t that great either, since it broke on me without me realizing…”

MC: “I’ll look for more durable designs.”

MC: You mean that Hang Jiahe might have accidentally left fingerprints or other clues?

Marius: Yes.

MC: That is possible, but this might not necessarily be of any use against her.

Marius: I got in touch with the production factory of that toolbox. Though the number’s carved on the hammer’s iron core…

Marius: The same number is also secretly carved on the handle, and only the factory itself can identify it.

Marius: They did this to prevent people from making fakes – kind of a trade secret.

Marius: I found out about it thanks to some connections.

MC: Thanks for your hard work.

Marius: No big deal – anyways, back on topic.

Marius: We can send the murder weapon to the factory for confirmation. If all goes as planned…

Marius: Assuming that the number on the core and the handle don’t match, Captain Morgan, we’ll have to trouble you to re-examine the murder weapon again.

Marius: Though this time, what we need to identify are any residues or biological indices on it.

MC: You suspect that there are Hang Jiahe’s fingerprints on the murder weapon?

Marius: Yes.

Darius Morgan: But, Marius, putting aside whether we can even get this examination in before trial…

Darius Morgan: With how much time has passed, it’s highly unlikely that any residues are left, even if they existed back then.

Marius: I know. It’s just…

MC: Captain Morgan… we can only stake our bets on this.

Darius Morgan: And what if we come up empty?

MC: Then I will still confront Hang Jiahe in court with all the truths I have until the final moment.

Darius Morgan: You probably understand that if you fail, we might never catch Hang Jiahe again.

MC: I understand, but I’m sure our effort will display results. I will not give up if we haven’t reached the end yet.

Marius: Captain Morgan, I’m also requesting this of you.

Darius Morgan: … I understand.

Darius Morgan: Within the scope of law, I will do my best to have Wang Chunchong stand in court as the suspect. As for the rest…

He smiled at me.

Darius Morgan: It’s all on you.

[Flashback end]

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As he promised, Darius dealt with everything after.

MC: (My emotions are a mess… I don’t even know what to say right now…)

MC: (I’ll go through the files again.)

I sunk back into case-file reading. In the middle of that, Marius pushed open the door with a bag full of breakfast.

Marius: You arrived so early.

MC: Yeah, I wanted to go through the information once more before appearing in court, just to ensure that I’m fully prepared.

Marius: Don’t be so nervous, eat your breakfast first.

MC: Thanks.

Marius: No problem. Oh, right, Captain Morgan had me give you this.

Marius handed me a document.

Marius: This is the information Captain Morgan got when they were investigating Hang Jiahe’s alibi.

Marius: There are blind spots in the villa’s surveillance – Hang Jiahe probably used them to come and go from it.

Marius: The police are currently looking for any witnesses around that area.

Marius: Aside from that, the two identical toolboxes were ones that Hang Jiahe bought around January 25th.

Marius: Wang Chunchong was also in the apartment during then. She probably used the opportunity when she said she returned home to get clothes…

Marius: To get the hammer handle with Wang Chunchong’s fingerprints.

MC: Understood.

[Obtained Police’s Investigation Report]

Marius: Also, this is the examination report that the police currently have on the murder weapon.

Marius: The factory confirmed that the murder weapon’s handle is indeed from set No. 22, and the other thing we guessed…

Marius flipped to the second page of the report, where it was clearly written “No results currently regarding residues or biological indices.”

MC: (Looks like we can’t tell whether there are fingerprints on it for now…)

MC: …

Marius: Hold onto this report.

MC: Okay.

Marius: Alrighty, take your time eating, then. I won’t bug you anymore.

Marius: In court, just do what you want – don’t be too nervous.

Marius: Everything will go well.

MC: Yep.

Marius left with a smile. I looked at that examination report, making a silent decision.

MC: (I’ll proceed with all I have!)

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CRIMINAL COURT

10:00 AM

Judge: Court is in session. The court calls the People of Stellis versus suspect Wang Chunchong for the homicide case of Hang Fei and Qi Yu.

Judge: First, may the prosecution give their opening statement.

Prosecutor: I represent the People of Stellis against Wang Chunchong.

Prosecutor: On the night of January 28th, Hang Fei and Qi Yu, residents of Yaofu Community, were murdered at home. Their corpses were found not long ago.

Prosecutor: Investigation revealed that Wang Chunchong had severe conflicts with the victims due to a betrothal gift issue.

Prosecutor: That night, Wang Chunchong took food items laced with special drug G24D into the victims’ house under the pretext of apologizing.

Prosecutor: After he led the victims to eat the food, Hang Fei and Qi Yu fell unconscious due to the drug.

Prosecutor: The suspect took this opportunity to move the victims to the floor and used a hammer in the room to deal lethal blows to their heads.

Prosecutor: After, the suspect brought the bodies to his home using the apartment’s special fire escape route and placed them inside suitcases.

Prosecutor: After the suspect went to the natural park’s back mountain, then buried the bodies and the murder weapon.

Prosecutor: Investigation revealed Wang Chunchong’s fingerprints on the murder weapon, as well as the DNA of the victims in the suitcases in his home.

Prosecutor: The surveillance cameras where the burial location was clearly recorded Wang Chunchong’s entrance and exit.

Prosecutor: Thus, the prosecution believes that Wang Chunchong had full motive for the crime and that the evidence is conclusive.

Judge: Does the defendant have any objections regarding the prosecution’s statement?

Wang Chunchong: I didn’t kill Hang Fei and Qi Yu! It wasn’t me!

MC: I believe that there are major flaws in the prosecution’s evidence chain. The true culprit of this case is Hang Jiahe, not Wang Chunchong!

MC: First, the natural park’s surveillance footage only recorded Wang Chunchong’s movements at the park’s front door.

MC: It is impossible to judge where he went after entering the park. Thus, this evidence is untenable.

PROSECUTION OBJECTION

Prosecutor: Objection! As the defense lawyer believes that it is impossible to determine that Wang Chunchong went to bury the bodies based on the natural park door’s surveillance…

Prosecutor: The prosecution also believes that it is impossible to determine that Wang Chunchong did not bury the bodies.

Prosecutor: Thus, the prosecution believes that Wang Chunchong is still highly suspect of performing post-murder corpse disposal.

OBJECTION

MC: Objection! The defense has evidence to prove that Wang Chunchong did not go to bury bodies that night.

Select: Recording of Simon’s murder

MC: That night, Wang Chunchong went to the natural park to meet Simon on the north mountain.

MC: This recording indicates when Wang Chunchong murdered Simon, which is the same time as what happened in the park.

MC: Thus, Wang Chunchong could not have been simultaneously discarding the corpses at the same time at the foot of the mountain.

MC: Simon’s murder case is an essential part of this case.

MC: Hang Jiahe knew of Wang Chunchong’s plan to murder Simon, and thus chose the same day to murder Hang Fei and Qi Yu.

MC: Only in this way could she successfully frame Wang Chunchong.

Prosecutor: Defense lawyer, what evidence do you have that proves that Hang Jiahe knew of Wang Chunchong’s plan?

Select: Wang Chunchong’s Recording Pen

MC: Wang Chunchong murdered Simon because Tyson requested it of him.

MC: And Hang Jiahe was the one who introduced Wang Chunchong to Tyson.

MC: Hang Jiahe, Tyson, and Wang Chunchong were all aware of when and where Simon was to be murdered.

PROSECUTION OBJECTION

Prosecutor: Objection! The defense lawyer claims that Hang Jiahe was the one who murdered Hang Fei and Qi Yu.

Prosecutor: But according to investigation, Hang Jiahe, Hang Fei, and Qi Yu were a happy family.

Prosecutor: And the relationships that Hang Jiahe had with her adoptive parents were excellent.

Prosecutor: She has no motive to commit the crime.

OBJECTION

MC: Objection! Hang Jiahe does have motive to commit the crime, and it is stronger than Wang Chunchong’s.

Select: Hang Jiahe’s Hidden Video Records

MC: During the ten-plus years Hang Jiahe was fostered in the Hang family, she suffered inhuman abuse at the hands of her foster father.

MC: This damaged her physiological health and ruined her life.

MC: Thus, Hang Jiahe hates all those who pushed her into the depths.

MC: This does not only include Hang Fei and Qi Yu, but it also includes her biological parents Xu Yin and Tyson, as well as her fiancé Wang Chunchong.

MC: Judge, I request Hang Jiahe’s appearance in court.

Judge: A reasonable request. Summon Hang Jiahe to court.

Hang Jiahe: I did hate those people who made living even worse than death for me, but I never murdered anyone.

Hang Jiahe: Also, when the murder occurred, I was not in the apartment. I have an alibi.

OBJECTION

MC: Objection! Within the time that the crime occurred, you did return to the apartment.

Hang Jiahe: Oh? Do you have proof?

Select: January 28 Apartment Full-Day Surveillance Footage

MC: This is the full-day surveillance footage the day the crime happened.

MC: Based on big data lab analysis, comparison, and person-eye identification, Hang Jiahe appeared for a total of 6 times in the footage.

MC: Individually, these times are: 12pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 9:45pm, and 10:15pm.

MC: The reason why she was repeatedly entering and exiting the apartment was to complete her alibi.

PROSECUTION OBJECTION

Prosecutor: Objection! According to the forensics identification results, Hang Fei and Qi Yu died on the 28th after 10pm.

Prosecutor: With Hang Jiahe’s physique and strength, it would be impossible to have moved and struck the bodies, then cleaned the scene, within 15 minutes.

OBJECTION

MC: Objection! Hang Fei and Qi Yu did not die on the 28th after 10pm.

MC: They died after 12:30pm that day.

PROSECUTION OBJECTION

Prosecutor: Objection! The victims’ surmised time of death was determined by forensics experts. Defense lawyer, do not speak without grounds.

OBJECTION

MC: Objection! The bodies of Hang Fei and Qi Yu had undergone severe decay. When forensics determined the time of death, aside from basing it on the corpses’ anatomical analysis…

MC: They also based it on the victims’ final movements and the surveillance footage of the apartment on the 28th.

MC: In the footage, Qi Yu last appeared at 9:45pm, but the Qi Yu that appeared was not the real Qi Yu.

MC: Instead, it was Hang Jiahe in disguise.

PROSECUTION OBJECTION

Prosecutor: Objection! A security guard saw Qi Yu who appeared in the grand lobby at 9:45pm, so she could not have been another person in disguise.

OBJECTION

MC: Objection! The Qi Yu that the security guard saw was wearing a face mask and hat, so he could not have seen her full face.

Prosecutor: Even so, the hammer responsible for the murder of Hang Fei and Qi Yu had Wang Chunchong’s fingerprints on them. Defense lawyer, how do you explain this?

MC: That was because Hang Jiahe had switched out a part of the murder weapon.

Prosecutor: Defense lawyer, what proof do you have?

Select: Hammer Photo

MC: The hammer that served as the murder weapon is a dual-purpose hammer.

MC: With similar models, one can switch out the handle while leaving the iron core.

MC: Hang Jiahe used this fact, switching the handle she owned with Wang Chunchong’s fingerprints on them onto the murder weapon.

PROSECUTION OBJECTION

Prosecution: Objection! All mentioned methods are merely the defense lawyer’s conjectures, with no evidence to support them.

OBJECTION

MC: Objection! I do have evidence!

Select: Police’s Examination Report

MC: According to investigation, the set No.22 toolbox in Hang Jiahe’s house and the set No.21 toolbox in Room 1001…

MC: Were both purchased by Hang Jiahe.

MC: Why else would she buy two of the same toolboxes, if not to switch the hammer handles?

Hang Jiahe: You’ve spoken so much, but do you have any evidence that directly proves that I killed them?

Hang Jiahe: If not, then everything you’ve said is just a made-up story.

MC: I do…

I looked at Hang Jiahe, sighing deeply. This moment had finally come.

MC: Just in case, we applied for another examination of the murder weapon, especially the handle portion.

MC: This is the examination report that the police gave.

I took out the last examination report that Marius gave me, showing it for all in court to see.

MC: In this report, we noticed a vital piece of evidence.

Hang Jiahe: What evidence?

MC: The production factory confirmed that the No.21 hammer, the murder weapon, had the forgery-preventing No.22 carved in its handle.

MC: Based on this, we requested that any residues and biological indices on the murder weapon to be examined, and…

I stopped speaking and looked towards Hang Jiahe.

Hang Jiahe: What are you looking at?

MC: Miss Hang, are your gloves alright today? They haven’t split again, have they?

Hang Jiahe: W-what are you saying this for?

MC: No major reason. It’s just that you seemed somewhat troubled about this when we met before.

Hang Jiahe: Of course I’d get angry over my gloves breaking. Can’t I?

MC: Of course you can. But, Miss Hang, have you experienced your gloves breaking on you before?

Hang Jiahe: W-what are you trying to say?

Hang Jiahe’s originally calm face grew agitated, and a bead of sweat slid down her neck.

MC: Nothing, I’m just asking a question. This shouldn’t be a hard-to-answer question.

Hang Jiahe: Whether it has or hasn’t, does this have anything to do with the case?

MC: Whether it has or hasn’t isn’t for you to decide.

MC: But since you’ve said this, I’ll ask you some questions that are more related to the case.

I grasped the file in my hand tight, looked straight at Hang Jiahe, and added some emphasis to my words.

MC: Miss Hang, why did you return so many times to the apartment on the night of the crime?

MC: Why did you buy toolboxes of the same model before the murder?

Hang Jiahe: I… I…

MC: Also, why did these toolboxes just happen to appear in yours and the victims’ homes?

MC: Why are so many coincidences tied to you?

MC: Hang Jiahe, how do you explain this?

Hang Jiahe: No… no way, my fingerprints couldn’t have been on the hammer!

Hang Jiahe looked at me, her eyes gradually growing fiercer.

Hang Jiahe: I clearly confirmed it so many times when I was switching the handle and killing those two beasts.

Hang Jiahe: I shouldn’t have gotten anything wrong, so why did something still slip through?

MC: So, Hang Jiahe, you admit that you did murder Hang Fei and Qi Yu?

Hang Jiahe: So what if I did? It’s Hang Fei’s fault for running into my room that night and raising a hand against me again!

Hang Jiahe: I’ve had enough! I won’t give him another chance to humiliate me as he pleases!

MC: Then why did you murder Qi Yu?

MC: She never stopped Hang Fei? Before, she clearly…

Hang Jiahe: Qi Yu… hah, she did try to stop him that night, but she should have tried long ago!

Hang Jiahe: She’s been a bystander for so many years!

Hang Jiahe: They should both go to hell together!

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Judge: Per court trial, the prosecution’s accusations against Wang Chunchong lack evidence and are untenable.

Judge: Simultaneously, multiple pieces of evidence indicate high suspicion against Hang Jiahe in this case.

Judge: Defense lawyer, it seems that your guesses were all correct, and the risks you took this time were all quite interesting.

Judge: Leave the rest of the work to the criminal investigation department.

Judge: Court is adjourned!

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【未定事件簿】 Tears of Themis: Main Story 7-28 Translation

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Chapter 7 – Rains of Monte Cristo: 7-1 / 7-3 / 7-5 / 7-7 / 7-9 / 7-11 / 7-13 / 7-15 / 7-17 / 7-19 ♦️ ♦️ 7-20 / 7-22 / 7-24 / 7-26 / 7-28 / 7-30 / 7-32 / 7-34 / 7-35

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Hang Jiahe’s House

It was evening when we got to Hang Jiahe’s place. It seemed like it was always after sunset whenever we saw her.

Hang Jiahe: Please sit.

MC: Sorry for the trouble, Miss Hang.

Hang Jiahe: Don’t worry about it – feel free.

I sat on the sofa as Hang Jiahe indicated. Marius sat beside me. My eyes shifted subconsciously to the gloves Hang Jiahe was wearing again.

MC: (Still wearing those white gloves…)

Hang Jiahe: Is anything the matter, for you to come here?

I was distractedly looking over Hang Jiahe’s gloves when she suddenly handed two cups of tea to Marius and me. As she did, I suddenly noticed a tiny split on the index fingertip of the right glove.

MC: The glove’s split…

I subconsciously murmured.

Marius: ???

Hang Jiahe: What?

MC: S-sorry, I got distracted, I…

Hang Jiahe: It’s alright – I should be thanking you instead. If not for you, I wouldn’t have noticed that there’s a split.

Hang Jiahe looked at her right hand.

Hang Jiahe: Looks like this glove design quality isn’t that great either, since it broke on me without me realizing…

Hang Jiahe: I’ll look for more durable designs.

She lowered her head, quietly mumbling.

Hang Jiahe: Please wait for a moment – I’ll go change my gloves.

Marius: Feel free.

Hang Jiahe got up and entered her bedroom. Marius quietly shifted closer, speaking in a low voice beside my ear.

Marius: This is the perfect chance – let’s see if there are any clues in here while she’s away.

MC: Yeah.

⊳ Bookshelf

MC: Marius, look at the bookshelf over there!

I pointed at the bookshelf that covered half the wall and its books, indicating for Marius to look over there.

Marius: “Respect for Acting”, “The Count of Monte Cristo”…

Marius: So many books on acting…

MC: Looks like she truly does love acting.

Marius: She doesn’t just like it – she might have a ton of acting talent.

Marius: Didn’t Wang Chunchong say that she wanted to go to an overseas acting school?

MC: True. Let’s ask her later.

⊳ Toolbox

MC: Is the thing on the ground… a toolbox?

Marius: Looks like it.

Marius and I got close to the toolbox.

MC: Hold on, isn’t this the same model as the one in Room 1001?

Marius: Yep.

MC: Then it’s possible that Hang Jiahe exchanged a handle with fingerprints on, just as we guessed before.

Marius: That’s right.

Marius: Also, a No.22 has been carved on the box.

Marius: Remember that number – it might come in handy.

MC: Sure.

⊳ Bookshelf decoration

I noticed a membership card placed near the decoration on the bookshelf.

MC: “Liqing Bank”… what is this place? There’s a bank named this?

Marius: Yeah, in the suburbs.

Marius: But it’s a membership-required bank – you can only open an account if you get recommended by someone.

Marius: Also, they don’t provide a typical cash deposit and withdrawal service – instead, they have a vault service.

Marius: Those with an account receive a personal vault for their precious items.

MC: Is that so…

⊳ Clothes

MC: (Freshly-washed clothes?)

MC: (The trench coat on top is the same design as the one worn by the star on the recent hot searches…)

MC: (Is it Hang Jiahe’s?)

⊳ Cushion

I looked over every detail in Hang Jiahe’s house. When my gaze swept over the sofa, I suddenly noticed something.

MC: Marius, look at that cushion. Isn’t it the same as the one that had skin cells on it?

Marius: That’s right, they’re the same.

MC: Then…

I thought of a suspicion I had when we were discussing with Darius.

MC: Could it be that Hang Jiahe changed the cushions for when the police were examining the scene the first time?

MC: So they didn’t notice anything strange then.

Marius: And when the bodies were discovered, Hang Jiahe switched the cushion from back then, back in.

MC: But… something seems to be strange.

⊳ Cushion (2)

MC: If we’re right, why would she do that?

MC: To frame Wang Chunchong? Then why didn’t she just let the police find it the first time?

Marius: I think that Hang Jiahe made two plans when planning this case.

Marius: Which is why she said that her information had other uses with the bar boss…

MC: Hm? What plan?

Marius: Nothing, just a guess – it just hasn’t fully formed yet.

Marius: I’ll tell you after I figure it out, so I don’t mislead you.

MC: Alright.

⊳ Ellipses

MC: Some of our suspicions are now dealt with.

Marius: But it’s not a good idea to startle her now. Be careful when talking to her in a moment.

Hang Jiahe was taking some time to change her gloves, so Marius and I had to wait for a while before she finally walked out of the bedroom. Maybe I was imagining it, but I felt like she seemed a little annoyed ever since she muttered those things to herself.

Hang Jiahe: My apologies for making you wait.

MC: It’s alright.

MC: Although, Miss Hang, why do you wear gloves?

Hang Jiahe: Ah… I accidentally burned myself when I was young, and the scars are a little ugly, so I cover them with gloves.

MC: (Are they really burn scars? Or Hang Fei…)

My mood grew heavy for a moment. But I then suddenly thought of something about the gloves, from back at the café.

MC: Miss Hang, though you said that you’d just found it at random, I feel like the symbol on your gloves are pretty well-designed.

MC: Is it referenced from something? Or did you design it yourself?

Hang Jiahe: Ah… I actually saw this symbol in a book.

MC: Which book?

Hang Jiahe: “The Count of Monte Cristo”.

Hang Jiahe: In the original, the Countess G said…

Hang Jiahe: “Did you notice two windows hung with yellow damask, and one with white damask with a red cross?”

Hang Jiahe: “Those were the count’s windows.”

Hang Jiahe: See, don’t my white gloves with a red cross look like the “one with white damask with a red cross”?

MC: You sound like you like this book a lot.

Hang Jiahe: Yes.

Hang Jiahe: I like Edmond’s tenacity and determination, as well as the retribution evil receives in the story.

Hang Jiahe: This is something that is nearly impossible to achieve in reality, isn’t it?

MC: …

As she spoke, she sat back down on the sofa. When she touched the dry-cleaned clothes on the side, she casually rolled them up.

MC: ???

Hang Jiahe: Did you two come today of any problems in Chunchong’s case?

MC: Ah… no, just some routine questioning – we’re still in the middle of investigating, so no need to worry.

Hang Jiahe: That’s good. Feel free to ask what you want.

MC: Miss Hang, we found this during our investigation.

I opened the foster care contract signed by Xu Yin and Hang Fei on my tablet.

MC: Have you seen this document before?

Hang Jiahe: …

Hang Jiahe went silent for a few seconds.

Hang Jiahe: I have. When I was little, I accidentally found this when I was flipping through some things.

Marius: Then… have you read what’s on it in detail?

Hang Jiahe: I did.

MC: Miss Hang, you…

Hang Jiahe: Miss Lawyer, no need to be so euphemistic. I know what you want to ask.

Hang Jiahe: Though what’s on this contract is different from what my mother told me…

Hang Jiahe: As I said before, I felt hatred when I was younger, but I don’t anymore.

Hang Jiahe: I know that they’ve let me down in so many ways, but no one is perfect.

Hang Jiahe: As long as they honestly regret it, I will not hate them… as long that they honestly feel so.

MC: …

But do you really not hate them?

I snuck a peek at the one hand Hang Jiahe was hiding behind her back. It was tightly holding onto a corner of a sofa cushion.

MC: …

I decided to not ask Hang Jiahe about the photos we’d gotten from the bar.

Marius: Miss Hang, do you enjoy acting? I see that you’ve collected lots of books related to that.

Hang Jiahe: Yes, acting and the grand stage… was once my dream.

MC: Miss Hang, have you wanted to be an actress?

Hang Jiahe: Yes.

MC: Miss Hang, your looks are so excellent that if you were to stand onstage, I’m sure you’d be dazzling.

Hang Jiahe: Thank you for your praise, but I do not want to be an actress to dazzle others and stand in the spotlight.

Hang Jiahe: What I want is the “ecstasy” of the stage.

Marius: “Ecstasy”?

Hang Jiahe: Yes. I think that when one stands onstage as an actor…

Hang Jiahe: She can break away from herself and reality by acting as others.

Hang Jiahe: That feeling really is wondrously intoxicating.

MC: (Escape from reality…)

MC: …

Marius: With your deep understanding of acting, have you ever considered further study in it?

Hang Jiahe: In the past, yes, but not anymore.

Hang Jiahe: For one, I’m very busy with work, and I really don’t have the time. For another…

Hang Jiahe: It’s a bit shameful to admit, but I once had a chance to study at the Dionysus School of Arts. However, I lost it due to certain reasons.

Hang Jiahe: So I no longer placed many hopes here.

Marius: The Kingdom of Svart’s Dionysus School of Arts? That’s the highest-tier acting school abroad.

Marius: Looks like you’re not just interested in this – you’re also very talented.

Hang Jiahe: You flatter me, CEO von Hagen.

Hang Jiahe: CEO von Hagen, Miss Lawyer, are there any other questions you have for me?

I already had my answer about the hammer fingerprints, thanks to the toolbox. As for Hang Jiahe’s alibi…

MC: I…

Marius: We came here only to confirm that contract, nothing else.

I was just about to speak when Marius cut in.

MC: (Has Marius already figured it out?)

MC: Sorry for the trouble today, Miss Hang. We’ll head off now.

Hang Jiahe: Sure. I still have some things to do, so I won’t send you off.

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Apartment Lobby

Marius and I found a place in the corner of the lobby after leaving Hang Jiahe’s residence to rest and discuss the case.

MC: Based on our inspection of Hang Jiahe’s house and how she responded to our questions…

MC: We have our answer on how Wang Chunchong’s fingerprints appeared on the murder weapon.

Marius: Yep, as we guessed, she probably switched the handles.

MC: As long as the models are same, dual-purpose hammers can have their handles exchanged.

MC: As Wang Chunchong and Hang Jiahe were dating, it would have been easy for her to get a handle that had Wang Chunchong’s fingerprints.

MC: She then only needed to switch the hammer in the Hang house and the one in her house…

MC: To successfully create the “murder weapon” used by Wang Chunchong.

Marius: Plus, the numbering of this hammer model is carved on the iron core, so it’s very difficult for people to notice if anything’s been switched.

Marius: So our questions about the murder weapon are dealt with.

MC: Yeah. The last question is Hang Jiahe’s alibi.

MC: You didn’t let me ask Hang Jiahe about it – did you already figure it out?

Marius: We won’t get the truth from straight-up asking her. But the information she revealed to us is enough to break her alibi.

MC: ???

Marius: It’s a bit abstract saying it like that – let’s take it one step at a time.

Marius: First, to break Hang Jiahe’s alibi, you have to realize that…

Marius: The last “Qi Yu” who appeared on the night of the crime was not the real Qi Yu.

MC: Why, is there any proof?

Marius: Of course. Think about it – what does Hang Jiahe enjoy doing, and what can she do?

Marius: Also, as Captain Morgan said, what did their neighbours say about Hang Jiahe and Qi Yu?

Marius: You’ll get it when you see the links between these things.

MC: …

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START ANALYSIS

⊳ Hang Jiahe’s relationship with her adoptive parents: Per investigation, Hang Jiahe has an excellent relationship with her parents, especially adoptive mother Qi Yu. Their appearance and relationship are basically like that of biological mother and daughter.

⊳ Hang Jiahe’s special talent: Hang Jiahe enjoys acting very much, and once had the chance to go to the highest-tier acting school abroad. Her acting talents are outstanding.

MC: Hang Jiahe enjoyed acting and had remarkable talent in it…

MC: As for her and Qi Yu… I remember Captain Morgan said that neighbours deemed their figures and appearances as very similar.

MC: …

MC: Marius, do you mean that Hang Jiahe could have disguised herself as Qi Yu?

Marius: That’s right. Plus, do you remember what Captain Morgan said was in the witness testimony given by that security guard?

MC: That security guard said that Qi Yu’s actions were abnormal, and she wasn’t very talkative.

Marius: Yep, and that “Qi Yu”’s abnormalities were because she was trying to minimize any indications of her disguise.

Marius: Because, though their figure and height were similar, their voices were not.

Marius: She just needed to avoid this risk to completely become Qi Yu, and could thus mislead the police with the security guard and surveillance.

Marius: This is the prerequisite to her alibi.

MC: (Prerequisite…)

⊳ Time of death: Considering multiple factors, forensics determined that Hang Fei and Qi Yu died on January 28th, around 10pm.

⊳ Hang Jiahe’s ability to change appearance: Hang Jiahe has excellent acting skills. With her similar figure and appearance to Qi Yu, she could have disguised herself as Qi Yu.

MC: I remember that forensics used the inspection results and the apartment surveillance videos to determine the victims’ time of death as 10pm.

MC: And because of this, Hang Jiahe, who left at 7pm, had her alibi.

MC: But if this last Qi Yu was Hang Jiahe in disguise…

MC: That means that Hang Fei and Qi Yu’s true time of death wouldn’t be after 10pm on the 28th.

MC: They might have been murdered earlier than that!

Marius: That’s right. I knew you’d be able to get it.

Marius: So we just need to prove that Hang Fei and Qi Yu died before Hang Jiahe left the apartment…

Marius: Then, her alibi will collapse on itself.

END ANALYSIS

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Marius: Alright, great lawyer, what do you want to do next?

MC: I want to see the full-day apartment surveillance video on January 28th for any clues that Hang Jiahe might have secretly entered or left the building.

MC: If we’re right and Hang Jiahe did disguise herself as Qi Yu, she must have returned before 7pm to the apartment.

MC: I want to look for any clues like this in the surveillance.

Marius: No need for you to search, then. We can just take the video from Captain Morgan to the base.

Marius: The main computer at the base is equipped with data analysis tools, and it’s supported by the big data lab.

Marius: It’ll be way faster than us.

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【未定事件簿】 Tears of Themis: Main Story 7-26 Translation

Translation Masterlist | Video

Chapter 7 – Rains of Monte Cristo: 7-1 / 7-3 / 7-5 / 7-7 / 7-9 / 7-11 / 7-13 / 7-15 / 7-17 / 7-19 ♦️ ♦️ 7-20 / 7-22 / 7-24 / 7-26 / 7-28 / 7-30 / 7-32 / 7-34 / 7-35

Police Waiting Room

Marius and I immediately took what we’d gotten to the police station.

Darius Morgan: This…

Darius’ face darkened when he saw the photos we’d brought and heard about how we’d obtained them.

MC: Captain Morgan, you…

Darius Morgan: I’ll be handing these photos upwards right away, as well as increasing investigation on and tracking Hang Jiahe.

Darius Morgan: Thank you for your hard work.

Marius: No problem. Although, Captain Morgan, I think it’s better to not go overboard on tracking Hang Jiahe right now, so we don’t scare her off.

Darius Morgan: But if we don’t follow her, what if she runs off?

MC: Based on how Hang Jiahe has operated before, I feel like she will not opt to run away for now – it would be too obvious.

MC: Captain Morgan, how about we split up?

MC: Marius and I will continue our investigation for Wang Chunchong and confuse her judgement.

MC: Captain Morgan, you can investigate her secretly.

Darius Morgan: That works.

Darius Morgan: What do you two plan to do after?

MC: We’re planning to see Wang Chunchong first and question him.

MC: Based on what we were thinking earlier, Hang Jiahe’s motive for killing Hang Fei is very obvious.

MC: But we still haven’t figured out the fingerprints on the murder weapon, the DNA in the suitcase, as well as the records of Wang Chunchong taking G24D.

MC: We also haven’t figured out Hang Jiahe’s alibi.

MC: And we also don’t know why Hang Jiahe framed Wang Chunchong.

MC: So we’ll go ask Wang Chunchong first – maybe he’ll have some thoughts.

Darius Morgan: Then how about this – the police will oversee investigating her alibi.

Darius Morgan: When we were investigating the Simon issue, we noticed an abandoned door in the natural park – we could try to look for any witnesses.

Darius Morgan: As for proof that Hang Jiahe was at the vacation villa… maybe we missed something before.

Marius: Leave the apartment part to us, then. This might have to do with Wang Chunchong.

Darius Morgan: Okay. Then I’ll send the apartment surveillance records of the 28th to you. Remember to check it.

MC: Sure.

[Obtained January 28th Apartment Full-Day Surveillance Records]

Darius Morgan: Also, we need to inspect the things you brought.

MC: Speaking of which, Captain Morgan, please pay special attention to anything that has to do with Qi Yu when inspecting.

MC: We know why Hang Jiahe murdered Hang Fei, but her murder of Qi Yu…

Darius Morgan: Maybe Hang Jiahe hated Qi Yu for being a bystander, and considered her an accomplice?

MC: That works, logically… but…

I thought of how Marius had evaluated Qi Yu’s personality, feeling like we had missed something.

Darius Morgan: I understand. I will contact you if anything comes up.

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Meeting Room

After bidding farewell to Darius, we went to see Wang Chunchong again.

Wang Chunchong: Miss Lawyer, have you figured out my case?

MC: Not completely, but there have been some excellent developments.

MC: We already have absolute evidence that proves that you were not the one who committed the murder and disposed of the bodies.

Wang Chunchong: That’s awesome! Then… when can I get out of here?

Marius: Not so fast. Though we did get absolute evidence…

Marius: There are a few things among those that the police charged you with, which we aren’t sure about right now.

MC: So, Mister Wang, we need to confirm a few things with you.

Wang Chunchong: Is that so…

Wang Chunchong: Alright, go ahead.

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START QUESTIONING

⊳ What he did on the night of the crime

MC: Then, Mister Wang, I’ll get straight to the point…

MC: What did you do at the natural park on the night of January 28?

Wang Chunchong: Didn’t I say before that I went there to see my creditor?

Marius: Wang Chunchong, are you sure?

Marius: At this point, I recommend that you do not lie.

Wang Chunchong: … Marius von Hagen, what do you mean?

Marius: You’ll know what I mean after seeing this.

Marius turned on his phone, displaying a screenshot from the video Artem had gotten.

MC: Mr. Wang Chunchong, are you familiar with this place?

Wang Chunchong: What place is that… I’m not familiar with it…

MC: You aren’t? So you’ve already forgotten how you murdered Simon?

Wang Chunchong: Wha-

Wang Chunchong’s face blanched immediately.

MC: We’ve already obtained a video that clearly records your murder of Simon.

MC: Mister Wang, are you willing to tell the truth now?

Wang Chunchong: How can this be… impossible… I confirmed that there was no one that day…

Wang Chunchong: H-how much do you know?

Marius: How much we know depends on how much you’re willing to tell us.

MC: If you intend to continue hiding things, either one of the murders – Simon or the Hang couple – will fall onto you.

MC: But if you’re willing to confess and provide us clues to help the police solve the Hang couple’s murder case, you will be considered for good behaviour.

Marius: Wang Chunchong, you don’t need me to tell you which choice is better, do you?

Wang Chunchong: …

Wang Chunchong: Can it really be considered good behaviour…

MC: Are you in any position to haggle?

Wang Chunchong hung his head, his face deathly ashy.

Wang Chunchong: Alright, I’ll talk. As you saw, I came to the natural park on the 28th to deal with Simon.

Wang Chunchong: We agreed to meet at around 11pm on the north mountain’s peak, so I could give him hush money.

Wang Chunchong: When he was counting the money in the suitcase, I knocked him unconscious from behind him, then tied him to rocks and threw him into the sea.

MC: Hush money? What hush money?

Wang Chunchong: About Tyson’s illegal drug development at Heirson.

Wang Chunchong: It seemed like Simon had found out about something that he shouldn’t have, so Tyson wanted to get rid of him.

Marius: Seemed? Does that mean you don’t know the exact reason for the conflict between Tyson and Simon?

Wang Chunchong: I was neither Heirson staff, nor Tyson’s son, so why would he tell me that?

Wang Chunchong: I was merely a knife in his hands for a moment, one that killed someone for him.

MC: (Then what is the secret that Wang Chunchong said he knew?)

MC: …

⊳ Why he murdered for Tyson

MC: Wang Chunchong, murder is not a small issue. Why did you do so for Tyson?

MC: Did he promise you something?

Wang Chunchong: Yes, Tyson promised me that he would give me 10% of Heirson’s shares if I dealt with Simon.

Wang Chunchong: With how massively successful Heirson became, it would be a waste if I didn’t go for it.

Wang Chunchong: All I needed to do was deal with Simon – easy as pie.

MC: … Wang Chunchong, watch what you’re saying!

MC: What do you take human life to be?!

Wang Chunchong: …

Wang Chunchong looked at me apprehensively, seeming to have detected my anger. Marius patted the back of my hand.

Marius: Wang Chunchong, this reason of yours sure is perfunctory.

Wang Chunchong: What do you mean?

Marius: You’re not that smart, but you aren’t so stupid that you couldn’t have realized that Tyson was lying to you.

Marius: No matter why you murdered Simon, if something came to light, Tyson could shove all the blame at you.

Marius: Then, not only would you not have your money, but you’d also have thrown away your life.

Marius: Even a little kid would get this, so there’s no way you wouldn’t have.

Wang Chunchong: What are you trying to say?

Marius: Tyson’s promise was just a tiny portion. You must have acted because of another person.

Wang Chunchong: Who?

Marius: Hang-Jia-He.

⊳ Hang Jiahe’s suggestion

Marius: Wang Chunchong, you must have planned for murder because Hang Jiahe said something to you.

Wang Chunchong: …

Marius: You’re not planning to talk again?

Marius: Alright, if you’re not willing to talk, I’ll investigate myself, but think it through…

Marius: If I investigate, how many people will be alerted and how it might affect your good behaviour performance…

Marius: I can’t make any guarantees.

Marius then got up in a show of departure.

Wang Chunchong: Wait!

Wang Chunchong: I’ll talk, I’ll talk.

MC: Mister Wang, what did Hang Jiahe hell you?

Wang Chunchong: …

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[Flashback]

Wang Chunchong: What?! You want me to murder someone?

Hang Jiahe: That’s right.

Wang Chunchong: Are you crazy? I’ve got nothing against Simon, why would I touch him?

Wang Chunchong: I don’t want to become a murderer.

Hang Jiahe: Tyson promised that he would give you 10% of Heirson shares after everything.

Hang Jiahe: Heirson’s health supplements business is at its peak, and 10% of shares is not a small amount.

Wang Chunchong: I still don’t want it. If the police find out that I did this…

Wang Chunchong: Tyson might just shove all the blame at me.

Wang Chunchong: By then, I wouldn’t be able to enjoy it no matter how much money he gives me. Plus…

Wang Chunchong: Hang Jiahe, don’t think that I don’t know that you’re trying to get in Tyson’s good graces by recommending me…

Wang Chunchong: What are you trying to do, working so hard to get near Tyson?

Hang Jiahe: What am I trying to do? Aren’t I doing all this for you?

Wang Chunchong: For me?

Hang Jiahe: Yes. Think about it, Tyson’s only daughter is me. If I make him trust me completely…

Hang Jiahe: Won’t Heirson end up in our complete control after?

Hang Jiahe: But you know how vigilant Tyson is. If I hadn’t happened to hear him fighting with Simon on the observatory…

Wang Chunchong: Fighting? Over what?

Hang Jiahe: I’m not too sure on the details – I only heard something along the lines of “illegal raw materials”.

Hang Jiahe: Maybe Tyson was performing some sort of illegal drug research.

Hang Jiahe: Hah, there are a ton of secrets hidden at that Opaline River laboratory.

Wang Chunchong: Drug research…

Hang Jiahe: Chunchong, this is our best chance to get at the centre of Heirson’s power. We can’t give it up that easily.

Wang Chunchong: But what if Tyson does end up blaming everything on me?

Hang Jiahe: Don’t worry. When time comes, I’ll give my testimony in court that Tyson is the true culprit.

Hang Jiahe: You just need to act in a place where no one’s around. That way, you’ll leave no evidence.

Hang Jiahe: The criminal punishment will fall onto him, and once he meets his downfall…

Hang Jiahe: Heirson will fall into our hands, and you’ll be able to hold your head high within the Wang family.

Hang Jiahe: Don’t you hate your brother for supplanting and hurting you? When you have Heirson, how can he even match up against you?

Wang Chunchong: I can hold my head high…

An excited light ignited itself in Wang Chunchong’s eyes.

Wang Chunchong: Okay, I’ll do it.

[Flashback end]

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Marius: …

MC: So you took a life, just for this?

Wang Chunchong: S-Simon brought it on himself, anyways, for embezzling and giving the illegal materials to Gordon Grant…

Wang Chunchong: I heard that he even tried to extort Tyson. He was asking for it.

MC: …

Marius: So Hang Jiahe also knew about your plan to murder Simon?

Wang Chunchong: She only knew when and where I planned to meet Simon, not what I’d be doing there.

Marius: Is there any proof of that?

Wang Chunchong: …

Wang Chunchong: Oh right, I fully recorded it when I spoke to her about this, just in case.

Wang Chunchong: I thought that her saying that she’d help me was just a verbal agreement, with no backup.

Wang Chunchong: So when discussing this, I had her agree to help me again.

MC: Where is the recording?

Wang Chunchong: It’s in a locked drawer in my office – the password is 1232.

Marius took out his phone and tapped on it, probably to send a message for Vincent to go get Wang Chunchong’s recording pen.

Marius: Wang Chunchong, did it never cross your mind that Hang Jiahe might have been tricking you, too?

Wang Chunchong: Her? No way.

Wang Chunchong: She’s just a canary that I’ve raised. How could she have tricked me?

MC: (What in the world does Wang Chunchong see Hang Jiahe as?!)

⊳ Relationship between Wang Chunchong and Hang Jiahe

MC: Wang Chunchong, I remember you told me before…

MC: You fell in love with Hang Jiahe at first sight, got into a relationship with her freely, and then started to prepare for marriage.

MC: But now, you call her your “canary”…

MC: Can your lies get any more clumsy?

Wang Chunchong: I did fall for her at first sight, o-only…

Marius: Only that your first meeting was no accident.

Marius: Rather, it had been plotted by Xu Yin for a long while, correct?

Wang Chunchong: … Yes.

Wang Chunchong: Xu Yin wanted to develop a connection with me through marriage and bind our interests with that.

Wang Chunchong: I wasn’t planning to agree, but after meeting Hang Jiahe herself, I did fall for her at first sight.

Wang Chunchong: So I went with the flow and agreed to the marriage.

Marius: Then did Hang Jiahe agree?

Wang Chunchong: She didn’t at the beginning, and was even adamant about going to some acting school overseas.

Wang Chunchong: So I secretly used some “tricks” and got her to stay.

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[Flashback]

Wang Chunchong’s House

Hang Jiahe: Mister Wang, my admission application was disqualified…

Hang Jiahe: Were you the one who had someone report to the school that I’d cheated on the entrance exam?

Wang Chunchong: That’s right, it was me.

Hang Jiahe: I relied completely on my own ability during testing. Why would you slander me like this? Why?!

Wang Chunchong: Why? Obviously because you refused to marry me – not to mention how you keep wanting to run overseas.

Hang Jiahe: Mister Wang, I have made things very clear.

Hang Jiahe: There are no feelings between us, and I still have things I want to do. I can’t marry you.

Hang Jiahe: If you really do want to pursue me, we can try starting out as friends.

Wang Chunchong: Friends? I don’t want to start as your friend. I just want to marry you.

Wang Chunchong: As for what you want to do… isn’t that just going to that acting school?

Wang Chunchong: Look, you have no chance now.

Hang Jiahe: You… you’re despicable! Shameless!

Hang Jiahe: That was the one dream that kept me going. It was so hard for me to get a chance to leave…

Hang Jiahe: Why did you have to ruin it? Why?!

Wang Chunchong: Alright, alright, stop whining. As long as you stay by my side in the future…

Wang Chunchong: I’ll give you whatever you want, and I’ll treat you well.

Wang Chunchong: I even bought the residence under yours at a high price – see, don’t I love you a lot?

Hang Jiahe: …

[Flashback end]

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Wang Chunchong: From then on, she never left me.

Marius: …

MC: …

Looks like this is why Hang Jiahe framed Wang Chunchong.

MC: (Then the murder weapon, drug procurement records, and DNA that we didn’t quite understand…)

MC: (Maybe Hang Jiahe did it when Wang Chunchong wasn’t aware.)

MC: (I’ll try asking.)

⊳ Hammer and G24D

Marius: Have you seen the hammer that was the murder weapon near Hang Jiahe, or seen her ever use it?

Wang Chunchong: … No, she never let me go to her house, and I didn’t really care what she did on a daily basis.

Marius: …

Marius sunk into thought. I asked Wang Chunchong my question.

MC: Mister Wang, has Hang Jiahe ever asked you for G24D or procured the drug for you?

Wang Chunchong: … At the beginning of the year, she did ask me for G24D once.

Wang Chunchong: There was a period when she couldn’t sleep well because she couldn’t go abroad. Though she got better…

Wang Chunchong: Around January – I don’t really remember the day…

Wang Chunchong: She said that her old problem had returned, and she wanted some G24D for relief.

Wang Chunchong: I think I let her go get it from the warehouse herself and sign with my name…

Wang Chunchong suddenly froze.

Wang Chunchong: H-how could this be… was it her that…

Marius: Wang Chunchong, looks like the canary you’ve raised aims to break open your cage and send you to your death.

⊳ Suitcase

MC: Mister Wang, has Hang Jiahe ever opened your suitcase?

Wang Chunchong: Yes, she’s always the one who helps me pack when I go out on business.

MC: Then did Hang Jiahe touch your suitcases around the days that the murder happened?

Wang Chunchong: No, I never left Stellis during that month.

MC: (Then how did the DNA…)

Marius: Then did Hang Jiahe touch them before the police requested to check your suitcases?

Wang Chunchong: … I think so. I needed to go out on business around then.

MC: (There we go! Hang Jiahe might have framed him then!)

MC: (Wait, so the hairs were placed in them after the police found the bodies?)

MC: …

⊳ The secret he holds

Marius: Wang Chunchong, do you still remember what I said when we met you the first time?

Wang Chunchong: What?

Marius: I said, Director Xu promised me that I could get what I want if I helped you.

Marius: You can now tell me about the secret you know on Tyson and Heirson, right?

Wang Chunchong: B-but I haven’t gotten out of here. This doesn’t count as proving my innocence.

Marius: It doesn’t? We found out about your murder of Simon.

Marius: The police have already eliminated you from the list of suspects of the Yaofu Community murder.

Marius: We’ve already proved your innocence in this case.

Wang Chunchong: But…

Marius: …

Wang Chunchong: I-I’ll talk…

Wang Chunchong: I heard from Tyson that all of Heirson’s special raw materials purchases have to do with someone named Xiao Ren.

MC: Xiao Ren? Where is he now?

Wang Chunchong: No idea.

Wang Chunchong: Tyson’s always kept this person’s occupational information on strict confidential status.

Wang Chunchong: Especially on how he’s in charge of purchasing raw materials – no one knows, aside from Tyson and Simon.

Wang Chunchong: I only found out about him when Tyson once accidentally let it slip with me.

MC: …

Marius: …

⊳ “Sincerity”

After our questioning, we had basically solved all our questions that centered on Wang Chunchong. But I had another question for him – perhaps it was a question unrelated to the case, but I felt like I had to know.

MC: Mister Wang, I have one last question for you.

Wang Chunchong: What is it?

MC: At this point, you probably know who it is that wants to frame you, don’t you?

Wang Chunchong: …

MC: Is there anything you want to say to Hang Jiahe, as well as Simon?

Wang Chunchong: … No. I don’t have anything I want to say…

MC: Then I’ll change my question.

MC: All you ever say when Simon or Hang Jiahe come up is “benefit” and “obtain”…

MC: When you weigh things against each other, is their benefit to you all you consider?

Wang Chunchong: … Can’t I? Is there something wrong with that?

Wang Chunchong suddenly lifted his head. The rims of his eyes were red – it seemed like he’d been provoked.

Wang Chunchong: Isn’t it normal for people to use each other and scheme together?

MC: Then does “sincerity” not exist between people?

Wang Chunchong: Maybe it exists in your world, but not in the one I live in.

Wang Chunchong: Sincerity? Hah, that’s a luxury.

Wang Chunchong: In my world, doing your best to remain alive and not be eliminated by others is already difficult enough.

MC: …

Marius: Wang Chunchong, you’re wrong. Sincerity does exist in that world.

Marius: At least, I’ve seen and experienced it.

Wang Chunchong: You… right, who are you? You’re the second young master of the von Hagen family.

Wang Chunchong: What’s your von Hagen family like? Close brothers, and a tight relationship with your father.

Wang Chunchong: You stand at the very summit, and you get to look down on everyone.

Marius: What did you just say…

Wang Chunchong: Marius von Hagen, do you know why I hate you so much?

Wang Chunchong: I hate you because you can maintain your goodness and sincerity, even in this circle.

Wang Chunchong: You have a brother who loves you and a father who cherishes you…

Wang Chunchong: Even if the world curses you for being a useless rich son and just plain trash, they will still stand by your side.

Wang Chunchong: Your life is so happy…

Wang Chunchong: But me? My grandfather pretends I don’t exist, and my father despises me for making nothing out of my life, wishing that he could chase me out of the family.

Wang Chunchong: And my brother supplanted and framed me for the inheritance, and even wants to kill me…

Wang Chunchong: Marius von Hagen, are you able to understand the suffering found in “people” and “family” as people like me try desperately to climb up?

Wang Chunchong: You’re trying to tell me that there’s sincerity between people? Don’t you think that’s incredibly laughable?

Marius: …

MC: Does that excuse unscrupulously murdering others?

Wang Chunchong: …

MC: Wang Chunchong, I sincerely feel sorrow for what you’ve experienced, but…

MC: This is not a reason, nor an excuse, for you to hurt or murder as you please.

MC: At the very least, there was no bad blood between you and Simon, and as for Hang Jiahe…

MC: She is a living person. She is not, and she should not be, your caged canary.

Wang Chunchong: …

END QUESTIONING

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After questioning ended, Marius and I hadn’t even spoken when Wang Chunchong bid farewell and left. Simultaneously, Marius received Wang Chunchong’s saved recording, which matched our questioning earlier.

[Obtained Wang Chunchong’s recording pen]

MC: Wang Chunchong…

Marius: He probably wants some alone time right now.

Marius: Alright, let’s not bother with him.

Marius: We got a lot of useful clues from this questioning.

MC: That’s right. In the few issues that were troubling us…

MC: We’ve dealt with the drug procurement record, the DNA in the suitcase, and why the murderer framed Wang Chunchong.

MC: All we need now is why the murder weapon has Wang Chunchong’s fingerprints, and Hang Jiahe’s alibi…

MC: To solve everything about this case.

Marius: Then next…

MC: Yep, let’s go see Hang Jiahe.

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