Afterlife Department

Chapter 192 – Persona

Ke Congyi nodded as he stopped what he's doing to read the printed papers before he raised his hand and hit his knuckles on Jiang Xinduo's forehead. "Idiot! Can't you read?" he asked as he pointed the names on the paper.

"OW!" Jiang Xinduo cried. "This is domestic violence! Wife, how could you hurt your husband?! Don't you have a heart?" he asked, his voice sounded aggrieved and pitiful.

"What 'domestic violence'? Remove the first word!" Ke Congyi said as he hit Jiang Xinduo again, and on the same spot. "Who is your wife? I am definitely a husband, not a wife! And yes, I have a heart, but you don't have a brain!" he told him albeit the fact he is talking to a deputy chief.

Jiang Xinduo held himself not to roll his eyes, or Ke Congyi might hit him again. "Yes, yes. Husband is the best. That's why this husband is also working hard like my husband." He said.

Ke Congyi's face turned green in disgust as he rolled his eyes at him before he resumed the topic. "Gerard Jackson is hiding a child." He said as he took the first page. "As I watched the video of his interrogation, I noticed he is calm. But, a different type of calm of Huo Meiying, since the princess has an emotional disorder." He said.

"How can Gerard Jackson not be calm when he still has a son left after the older one died?" Jiang Xinduo sneered.

Ke Congyi nodded. "En. However, I noticed something about this child." He said as he smiled. He tried to also crack the underworld's intelligence, and he managed to dig up some bits of information. "When someone in the underworld died, their death would be covered up. Since the child didn't inherit Gerard Jackson's looks, I searched a woman that could match the child's face. But look what I've found out – " he pointed an 'X' in the paper. " – there's no match. There is no zero probability that a child can inherit either of his parents' genes. Thus, although ludicrous, but I tried searching a man that could match the child's face and see this – " he said and pointed a '90%' in the paper. "There's someone who looked like him, and it's someone from the underworld. Thus, his father is from the underworld, but not Gerard Jackson." He evilly grinned. "Even if Gerard Jackson is a homosexual, but there's no technology yet that could make both males produce a child." He said.

"So, Gerard Jackson…" Jiang Xinduo doesn't know whether to laugh at the man or pity him.

"Yeah. He was deceived." Ke Congyi said. "The child isn't his. I was curious who could have cuckolded him, and so I looked for the child's mother. And I found her – " he said and pointed a woman's picture. " – she died of cancer a year after she gave birth. Thus, it was the father who raised the child alone. However…" his smile faded and he pointed the child's father's status: deceased. "He died. The cause of death written was car accident, but I didn't find any news about his said accident. So it's likely he died in the underworld." He explained.

Jiang Xinduo sighed in pity for the child's fate. He was orphaned. "You wouldn't know when you die… especially in the underworld." He said.

Ke Congyi nodded. "It's just that, in the underworld, you're living with already one foot in your grave." He said as he continued. "This child is now living with his adoptive parents. And…" his brows scrunched up.

Jiang Xinduo was amused at his reaction. "Just say it." he said.

"One of the child's parents is the daughter of the housekeeper of Secretary Lewis, Lewis Johnson." Ke Congyi said. "The child's biological father is someone from the underworld, and a subordinate of a powerful lord." He said. "This underworld lord is mysterious, but some said his name is 'Lewis'." He explained. "Just that, whether 'Lewis' is his first name or last name is unknown…" he muttered.

Jiang Xinduo just laughed. The truth is just in front of them, printed on the paper. "Why don't you say, why is an underworld lord working as a secretary for Gerard Jackson for two decades?" he said.

Ke Congyi pursed his lips, but he didn't speak.

"Say, what do you think could be Lewis Johnsons' motive?" Jiang Xinduo asked as he looked at the second page containing the information about Secretary Lewis and Lewis Johnson.

"Hmph." Ke Congyi just said as he looked at Secretary Lewis' profile picture where he wore a suit and a black-framed eyeglasses which gave him an abstinent charm.

Jiang Xinduo chuckled. He was about to open the third page again to have Ke Congyi explain to him in details the information printed on the last page in the folder when suddenly, they heard a voice called.

"Excuse me…" it was a weak and muffled voice.

Both of them raised their head and saw a man standing with his whole face covered. "Yes?" Ke Congyi answered.

The man looked around and saw some people were curiously looking at him. Helplessness registered in his golden eyes that they had just noticed. "I am looking for the chief officer. I want to ask him something." He explained.

"Our chief has arrived earlier, but he went somewhere for official business." Ke Congyi answered. "May I know your name, sir? And… can you take off your mask and hat?" he asked.

"It isn't convenient for me to show my face. But I am not a criminal!" the man immediately said. "And, my name is Kale Gabriel Jackson." He said.

"Oh. 'Kale Gabriel Jack…'" Ke Congyi typed on his keyboard to fill up an inquiry sheet when his voice and fingers abruptly stopped. Like him, Jiang Xinduo sported a shocked expression as they looked at Kale. "What did you say?!" he said, though his voice is not loud.

"My name is Kale Gabriel Jackson." Kale repeated with patience. He understood their reaction. How can a prince, and a crown prince at that, just visit a police station? A mere police station, and without the company of his bodyguards?!

Ke Congyi shut up while Jiang Xinduo's eyes sharpened. He looked around.

"No. I don't have anyone with me. I came alone." Kale told him when he saw his action.

Jiang Xinduo and Ke Congyi. "…" Your Highness, that's not the point! They roared in their mind as they looked at each other and felt their back was bathed in cold sweat.

Jiang Xinduo immediately rose from his seat and dialed Gu Xingfeng's number to inform him that a big visitor has arrived while Ke Congyi immediately led Kale to Gu Xingfeng's office under the curious gaze of their colleagues. However, they are all veterans so they didn't ask just out of their curiosity. They are many things to wonder in this world, and the cool-headed Ke Congyi's panicked face is one of them.

"Your Highness…" Ke Congyi called after he closed the door. "Why didn't you…" he said as he hesitated.

Kale saw his expression and he sighed. "No need to show me that expression. I escaped." He said.

Ke Congyi's eyes immediately sharpened when he heard the word 'escaped'. However, he didn't ask again and just made Kale a coffee. "His Highness came for His Highness Howee…" he said and paused.

Kale gave him a grateful smile. Ke Congyi knows he was pleased to hear his respectful address of Huo Ling, and even addressed Huo Ling by his foreign name.

"Yes." Kale answered. "You can call xiao Ling as 'Huo Ling'. I prefer calling his Chinese name." he said and his golden eyes were covered with emotions. "In fact, I like to stay here more than my own country." He sighed.

Ke Congyi coughed. He decided not to comment.

Kale chuckled. He really likes talking with smart people. "I heard xiao Ling's death from Lei Shan." He added.

Ke Congyi's face twisted. Even though he has a hobby to pry in people's life, but it's not extreme. He only pry when needed. However, Kale must have already seen through him, or that he might have heard them earlier since they didn't notice when he had arrived, thus Kale is feeding him these classified information!

He escaped? Why should he escape? Because he was detained by someone – and it's likely his mother, the queen! He likes China more than his country? Why? His country must have a problem! He heard his cousin's death from an outsider? Bah! What else is there to infer from that other than the information was withheld from Kale?

When Jiang Xinduo came in, he saw Ke Congyi's colorful expression. He was itching to take a picture of it, but he is aware he's in the presence of a prince. Thus, he held back his desire and sat beside Ke Congyi who turned to him and made him shock.

Ke Congyi has an expression he was bullied. What's with this feeling he wanted to pet him to comfort him?