Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Yuyan sat in the passenger seat of his cruiser, watching the passing scenery change from rundown to affluent as the sun set behind the city. What a beautiful city," he murmured to himself. "I wonder what it would be like to live here."His gaze landed on a group of well-dressed men strolling down the sidewalk.They were talking and laughing as they checked their Rolexes and talked about their yachts. He wondered what kind of lives they led. "Maybe one of them would be my father, the other my uncle, and the third my godfather. That would be nice."The car ride back to the station seemed longer than the one to the ballgame.Maybe it was the fact that he had to drive through the city's notorious red-light district. The light-skinned men stopped their stroll and stood at the gates of the parking lot, looking like they were waiting for someone."Finally," he said to himself, exhaling smoke out the window. "This place needs cleaning up anyway. Might as well do it while I have the time.”He pulled out his phone and called his boss, Commissioner Gordon. "I'm running a little late, sir," he said.
On the other end of the phone, Yuyan's boss replied: "Very well, your fake ID card and the clothes you need are in the mailbox of the second building yesterday. Remember, this phone has to be thrown away."
It took him less than ten minutes to walk from the parking lot to the front door of the station. He pushed through the heavy front doors and walked down the hall to the detective bureau. The smell of fresh paint and disinfectants filled the air. In the back, a group of detectives sat around a mahogany desk piled high with neatly organized paperwork. Directly across from the desk was a window with a view of the street.Beyond the glass, the empty parking lot stretched as far as the eye could see.
“Detective Yuyan, how can I help