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"Wu Xie has arrived."

Those 4 words were enough to make Zhang Qiling jumped out of his seat and run out of the office. Fatty ran after him as well.

"Xiao Ge, Xiao Ge, stop!!" Fatty yelled and stopped Qiling holding his hand.

Qiling turned around and looked at him. 'You dare stop me? It better be a good reason.' Qiling's eyes screamed anger.

Fatty took a breath and said, "Xiao Ge, Wu Xie is in the hospital now. And guess what, the commotion we heard was the press and the media people. So there's no way he can go out now."

Fatty felt relief after explaining Qiling this. 'Please don't kill me for stopping you.' He mentally begged.

"Okay, then's let's go." And Zhang got in the passenger seat while Fatty was the driver. 'Good for you, Si Fatty.'

The drive to the hospital was a silent one. But even Fatty knew that a little bit of talking was better than a silent treatment.

Zhang Qiling was a man of very few words. 99% of the times, he would just nod or hum or at time only blink. He never spoke much. It was only the 1% which was all related to Wu Xie that he spoke a full sentence.

But the understanding between Fatty and Zhang Qiling was better than everyone and second to only Wu Xie.. They were a part of the Iron Triangle after all. They were brothers.

It was after 30 minutes of driving, that they reached the hospital. As police, they had the sirens on and so many people immediately ran out of their way. Of course they weren't alone. On hearing the siren, the other detectives who were in place quickly went out and stood in line to greet their department head.

Everybody in the town knew how cold and ruthless the Department Head was. And he was rarely seen, as his subordinates made sure to solve the case before it reached to him. Fatty was the only bridge between Zhang Qiling and the rest department.

"Xiao Chen, make sure no media or press people or anyone suspicious enters the hospital. If anyone does or is caught, he/she is to be put in jail and interrogated as a suspect in the case." Fatty told one of the men who was leading the team in investigation.

As soon as the people heard him utter these words, all scattered around like ants. Fatty and Zhang Qiling finally went inside and they found out the room numbers where Wu Xie's parents and Wu San Xing were.

Upon reaching they saw another familiar face, who upon seeing them frowned thinking they were from media as well. Xiao Hua or Xie Yu Chen. But when Fatty introduced themselves and showed their badge, he bowed a little and asked them if anything was found.

While Fatty did all the Q&A with Xiao Hua, Zhang Qiling's eyes searched for one person in particular. And soon that person stepped out of the room.

"Xiao Hua, what's happening?" Wu Xie asked and having heard the voice, both Qiling and Fatty looked at the source of voice with love and longing for their best friend, their brother, Qiling's lover and an angle of their triangle.

"Wu Xie," Zhang Qiling called Wu Xie's name.

Upon hearing his name, Wu Xie felt nostalgic and warmth spread in heart. His heart hurt in pain and tears welled up in his eyes. The voice and the one that called him both felt very familiar yet stranger. Xiao Hua noticing this change quickly went to his cousin's side.

Wu Xie, nor Zhang Qiling, neither left each other's eyes first.

"Wu Xie," Zhang Qiling called again, "We're from the Department of Violent Crimes. You are our primary suspect and you will have to go with us for interrogation. You can get yourself a lawyer if you want one before we talk." And he walked away.

But something stopped him in his tracks. More specifically, someone stopped him. He turned around at the speed of lighting and looked at the person who called him. It was Wu Xie. And like always he called him-

"Xiao Ge?"

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