【Chengyu】Turnabout: Bloodline

[When Yu Jian said that he was unable to participate in the investigation due to physical reasons, and said that this would help me participate in this case, I didn't expect that it was because I was required to investigate for him. 】Wright Cheng sighed deeply, drooping his shoulders.

[No matter who I talk to, no one pays attention.It was as if someone had told them to avoid chatting with me - a guess not entirely out of the question given the circumstances.Even the cleaners didn't say anything extra.Now I'm starting to regret leaving Gouyu in the office. 】

"Hey buddy!" Wright almost screamed like a little girl when Gumshoe burst into the men's room, which he attributes to the fact that he nearly ripped off his own baby in the sudden fright . "The nurse told me you were here!"

"I thank her." Wright leaned against the urinal, trying to hide himself, because he knew he couldn't talk and piss at the same time—at least not face to face.

"We arrested the suspect in the nurse case! The victim's husband did it! Because she was unfaithful to him, he prescribed her migraines, but they were all strychnine! His medical The ID is printed on the label of the prescription bottle! Witnesses even saw him walk into the pharmacy to fill the prescription."

Wright suddenly opened his eyes and raised his forehead from the cold china. "What? You arrested . . . her husband?"

"Yes! Dr. Benjamin Ward, because he was betrayed by his own wife, poisoned her, and pushed her out of the window. Obviously, all the staff at the hospital knew this well except him. Except myself. Even when he was arrested, he claimed to know nothing! Does he think we are fools?"

"Dr. Benjamin Ward... Nurse Polly Ward..."

Gumshoe tilted his head, looking innocently at him with his unscheming dog eyes. "How are you?"

"Dr. Ben Ward is—is Edgeworth's doctor. I've seen him...he couldn't have done it. He was with me in the morning—at the time of the crime, I think." Wright scratched his face anxiously, "It's hard to be sure, though. I'm kind of at a loss right now."

"Unless you can prove it, I can't release him just because you think he didn't do it. Well, I'll give him your name and see if he's interested in naming you as his defense attorney. Then you can turn what you feel inside into a paid job!" Gumshoe laughed and slapped his hands on the wall next to him.

"Well... of course. I haven't had any case appointments since the Sledgehammer case. Please be sure to pass on my name. I think I'll be visiting the detention facility tonight."

"Not tonight. The doctor will be interrogated from head to toe. You have to wait until tomorrow morning. But now, I advise you to get out of the bathroom quickly, before you step on the minefield."

Halfway through washing his hands, Wright blinked like an owl, suddenly realizing what he meant.He left the bathroom as if fleeing, so fast that he almost forgot to pull up his pants chain.

Wright let out a long sigh of relief on the bench in the courtyard, feeling like his whole body was going to melt into the rough wood.Unearthing the secrets lurking in this hospital was far more difficult than he had imagined, prying these people's mouths open was like asking them to sing in public.Perhaps the latter is easier.

"Mr. Chengbutang?"

The defense attorney pulled away from his thoughts and looked up at the figure blocking the sun.How close he was to noticing. "Maya-chan. Your bus took a long time."

"If anyone in Wright's Universal Office can learn to drive, I won't be here now! In fact, I went to buy some food." The young psychic raised the paper bag in his hand and grinned , "Of course it's your treat!"

Wright groaned, wondering how much this would affect his credit rating.Then he stood up from the bench and took the bag from her.

"Hey, Wright-kun? Why are there a bunch of police over there?" Maya pointed over his shoulder to the aisle behind them.When Cheng Butang thought of the reason why his whole body was tense now, he almost wanted to shrink back.

"A nurse was murdered. She was poisoned and thrown from a sixth-floor window." He glanced back. "The police are still investigating the scene, and the coroner just finished the autopsy."

"It's terrible! Is the hospital locked down now?"

Cheng Butang blinked: "No?"

"Why not block it? Just let the murderer come in and out at will? It's too scary!"

"This is a hospital, Maya-chan. You can't lock it up. I'm sure everyone would rather let the murderer get away than cut off treatment for hundreds of patients." Wright paused, rubbing his neck, "Sorry, I didn't mean to get mad at you."

"It's nothing." Maya waved her hand casually. "You haven't been home in days haven't you? Not even a shower. If I smell like you I'd be a little stressed too."

Cheng Butang just hummed a few times, and finally pulled Maya into the hospital so that she would stop staring at the scene of the crime. "When I left the room, Edgeworth's doctor was just starting to check. They should be done by now, so let's go see him now, shall we?"

"Okay! I brought him some ramen noodles too, and this little jar of iced treats. I heard he likes this." Maya grinned at him, and Wright couldn't help smiling, already in the In my mind, I sketched the expression of the chief inspector when he faced these desserts.

When they re-entered Edgeworth's ward, the room was much darker.The figure on the bed was motionless, only turning his head in the direction of the door when the two visitors walked in.

"Miss Maya." Yu Jian seemed to be trying to sit up, but he didn't have the strength to do so.Wright frowned.

[He was fine when I left.Maybe the doctor put him on something for the pain? 】

"Mr. Yujian, how do you feel?" Maya walked up to the patient, and sat on the end of the bed with her legs raised.She saw Wright's tie and jacket draped over the chair by the bed, and she knew it was his night watch post.

"Excellent." Yu Jian grinned, one hand was pressed on his stomach, and the other held a glass of water, "But these medicines don't feel very good."

"Did Dr. Crispin give you painkillers?" Wright asked softly.He sat down slowly on the chair, putting the food they had brought at his feet.

"No, he said I'd better stop taking the pain meds right away to judge the extent of my damage. He closed the blinds, thinking it was the light making me uncomfortable, but it didn't really help. He then brought me a Fresh jug of water, and started me drinking water to get rid of dehydration symptoms; but it was completely futile." He looked at Wright.He's finally ready to admit it to him: that he's suffering, that he's not well, that the so-called "inconvenience" he's been trying to ignore may actually be threatening his life. "Did you find anything from the hospital staff, Wright?"

"Nothing." Cheng Butang shook his head, watching Yujian take a tentative sip from his cup. "Nobody wants to talk to me. It's like all employees are gagged."

"...Amazing. You're not a cop, though, and your tie and blazer are left here. The color of your suit doesn't look like a cop at all, and it's worth it if you want to re-investigate someone One thing to think about." Yujian seemed to stiffen a little, and then put the glass back on the cart next to him. "I think a better option would be to assist Gumshoe in his investigation. Frankly, I'm not very comfortable with him."

"Speaking of which, your fears seem to have come true. Your former doctor, Mr. Benjamin Ward - he's been arrested. Gumshoe thinks Ward killed his wife because she was having an affair behind his back. It was said to be well known in the hospital. He didn’t say who the nurse was having an affair with, but he did say that Benjamin claimed to know nothing about it, so to speak.”

"This... is also surprising." The Chief Prosecutor snorted, closed his eyes again, and took a slow and deep breath. "I hope he has some kind of evidence to support his arrest."

"Apparently, it was Benjamin Ward who compounded her migraine prescription."

"Then what?" Yu Jian laughed.

"Then those pills are actually all strychnine that's been pressed into tablets at the pharmacy." Wright shrugged, "Damn it, Dr. Ward's ID is on the label of the prescription bottle, and witnesses Saw him walk into the pharmacy the day the label was printed."

"That sounds pretty bad." Edgeworth opened his eyes, turned his head to Wright, and glanced over Wright's pensive face. "And you seem very interested in the case. I suppose you'll be Mr. Ward's defense counsel?"

Cheng Butang nodded and touched his neck.

"So, you're not here just for me..." Edgeworth tried to hide his emotion in his trademark tone, but all Wright heard in his words was disappointment.

"Dissent!" Maya suddenly shouted, "Brother Chengbut came here for you! He's been here all night, worried that you're almost dying of worry! Stop putting on airs with your neurotic pretty boy Yes! Accept my statement, it is the truth!"

Edgeworth opened his eyes slightly, responding to her with silence.

"You're responsible for a murder before you've even left the hospital! I mean, Mr. Buttercup, do you need a day off?" Maya jumped out of bed and bent over to get Buttercup's leg Side bag for food. "Leave it all to Gumshoe!"

"That's exactly what I'm worried about," Edgeworth said, fighting back some pain, "but I think the prosecutor in charge of this case should be able to command Gumshoe in my absence, no matter what his rank."

"That's good!" Maya cheered, and began to rummage in the bag.A small gift she bought for the inspector—with my money, Wright thought.

At the same time, Cheng Butang couldn't help but continue to look at Yujian's expression.He looked almost exhausted, his voice trembling weakly, sweat soaking the edges of his bandages.Compared to when Wright left the room, his hands trembled several times more.Just looking at him like that makes Wright feel the same dark murmur he felt at the scene of the nurse's suicide - there must be something wrong with it, but he can't find it yet.

Maya was chatting happily, explaining how she got this jar of ice point from a pastry shop, and Edgeworth nodded occasionally, and responded softly at the right time.Wright recalled Edgeworth mentioning that the drugs made him feel bad, that they were supposed to take away his pain, but now it seemed to be fueling them.If Edgeworth had an adverse reaction to those drugs, shouldn't that be taken more seriously than simply closing the shutters and avoiding dehydration?Cheng Butang couldn't agree with this, and a certain ominous premonition enveloped him further.

"What are those pink things on the floor?" Maya asked suddenly.

Wright blinked and looked down to see that it was the remains of his lunch.At that time, he had thrown the bowl somewhere to prevent Edgeworth from hitting the bed rail, and completely forgot about it.It looked like someone had stepped on it, and the sticky stuff clung to the sole of his shoe.

"Ah, that's my fault." The defense attorney patted the back of his head, "Mitzer turned over, and then I stood up, and the paste was...uh."

"The color looks amazing! Harumi sure wouldn't believe there was food of that color in the hospital!" Maya giggled, before turning her attention back to what seemed to be falling asleep (or at least during her enthusiastic conversational barrage) Before laying down Yujian who was about to fall asleep), he quickly took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the mess on the floor.

It seemed a long time since Edgeworth reacted to Maya's words for the last time.Maya has turned all the food she brought into her own dinner, and she is talking about what she saw and heard when she walked Chunmei to the train station earlier today and took the car home.In the midst of a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, the Chief Prosecutor who was lying on the bed suddenly cursed loudly and curled up, pressing his hands against his abdomen fiercely.

"Yu Jian?" Maya blinked, "Do you need us to help you go to the bathroom?"

Edgeworth failed to respond to her gag.

"He had a catheter installed," Wright said, rising quickly from his chair, grabbing a disposable bowl from the bedside table.He'd discovered the location of those things back when they were both young, while he was in the hospital with a bad cold—yes, the time he fell from the burning Oboro Bridge into the river.The inspector shivered and vomited the contents of his stomach as he shoved the bowl under Edgeworth's nose.

Maya gasped, turned around, and covered her ears with her hands.It was an understandable reaction, one that Wright wished he could do the same, but it was clear Edgeworth needed him more at this point.He gently brushed his remaining silver bangs away from his pale face and tucked them behind his ears when Miles lost control.

Wright didn't even care that something from the bowl touched his thumb, and even though his own stomach was irritated by both the sound and the smell, Edgeworth was suffering so badly that it was enough for him to overcome a trivial cleanliness.

"Feeling better?" Wright whispered reassuringly, "There must have been something in your stomach that made you uncomfortable just now."

Edgeworth was almost out of breath, and he managed to raise his hand to his mouth, brushing his lips with the back of his hand. "It, it..." Wright removed the full bowl and gently put him into a comfortable side-lying position. "My...stomach." He struggled to squeeze out the words between gasps, and rolled over on his back, Wright could see his chest heaving violently. "Cheng Butang..."

"It's okay." The lawyer whose name was called said softly, gently stroking the chief prosecutor's hair and cheek, and wiping off the cold sweat with the cuff of his shirt. "You know," Wright said, as reassuringly as possible, "the last time I saw you throw up was about 17 years ago when Yahari challenged you to eat a hot dog that rolled under the freezer a week ago. As a result, you kept throwing up, and Yazhang's mother was almost scared to death. Your father was also very angry."

Edgeworth let out a mosquito-like "hmm," and turned his face to Wright's palm.

"Do you remember that you almost passed out in order not to vomit out?"

There was another grunt in response.

Cheng Butang sighed, and turned to Maya, who had already put down her hands covering her ears.The eyes of the two met, and both could see the deep worry in the other's eyes.

"Maya, I don't think we should have dinner here. Yu Jian really needs to rest..." Cheng Butang said so, but he cursed himself for it in his heart. He didn't want to leave here, and there was something in his heart A voice begged him not to go.But Edgeworth should have been well taken care of in the hospital, and he couldn't be of much help here.His nose was almost unable to recognize any smell other than medical disinfectant.

"You're right." Maya sighed exaggeratedly, and piled the empty food containers back into the handbag they brought. "We come back here every morning when we get up, okay?"

"Of course." Wright picked up his coat and tie and slung them casually over his shoulders.Then, he bent down again and covered the man's forehead with his hands.This is more just to get his attention, because those thick bandages almost cut off the body temperature. "Yu Jian," he said, "Mayao and I are leaving, so you can take a good rest, okay?"

no respond.

Wright stood up again and picked up the glass from the bedside table. "Would you like something to drink before I go? I can help you."

Edgeworth's head was bowed, face completely down, as if he wasn't listening at all.Wright hesitated again, his eyebrows furrowed deeply in worry and confusion.What should he do now?Stay here with Yujian, or go home with the little girl from Lingli's family?

【I stay here will not help his condition.He's in the hospital, which is the perfect place for a convalescent patient.And—and he and I weren't that close either.I'm just here to help him recover as soon as possible and return to a normal life——]

"poison."

Wright's contemplation was interrupted.His heart seemed to miss a beat, and his fingers holding the glass slowly loosened.That familiar voice, sharp and high-pitched, each syllable seemed to have a sharp hiss, like a razor piercing through thick sackcloth, came out from the depths of the Chief Inspector's throat.

"poison."

"Royal Sword," he heard his own voice.All his attention was on the man on the bed, but he felt Maya jump off the edge of the bed and run to him.Her touch was warm and gentle as her fingers tightened the fabric of his rumpled shirt.

She said nothing.For some reason, he felt that Maya's strange silence was not due to fear and uneasiness, but the result of extreme surprise.Wright puts it down to some kind of wonderful intuition, but he certainly doesn't want to explain why now.

Wright couldn't do anything but just look at Edgeworth like that, making sure his alter ego didn't try to throw himself off the bed, throwing all the catheters and needles flying.The doctors already knew—the chief of internal medicine had witnessed it—that they were monitoring his condition; Wright explained to himself, fingers teetering on the verge of pressing the emergency alarm.

In the muttering of the chief prosecutor in front of him, he hardly heard the small gasp beside him.

"Wright," he had never heard Maya's voice so heavy, so serious.She poked him lightly a few times, and pulled him back a step away from Yujian. "Give him some space. He's not himself. He—"

"He's poisoning it!" The eerie voice suddenly screamed, "Poison! Poison!" Yu Jian stretched out a trembling hand and pointed to the calm water in the glass.For a split second the water seemed to vibrate, "He's poisoned!" he repeated over and over until Wright felt like he was going crazy too, and he almost wanted to scream at Edgeworth to let him Stop -- please, stop!

"I didn't poison anything, Edgeworth," he murmured.The glass was still in his hand, and he could feel his fingers sweating on its smooth surface, never more acutely aware that he was leaving fingerprints.

Maya stood motionless behind his buttocks, covering her mouth with trembling hands.Wright doesn't know where to distract him - Edgeworth is clearly insane, Maya looks like he's going into shock, and if he tries to leave the room to find a doctor, Edgeworth might treat Ke as he did earlier in the day. Dr. Rispin tried to strangle Maya like that.

【Damn, what should I do? 】

"Psychic." Maya suddenly said.

Cheng Butang turned his head. "What did you say?"

"He... he's channeling, Wright." Digesting the initial shock, her soft lips finally closed. "The Cangyuanliu psychic said—he is..." She couldn't continue.Wright finally understood what she was trying to explain.

[Kurain-ryu psychic way is a psychic technique that can only be used by women from the psychic family Ayasato in Kurinori no Sato.The patriarch of this family is known as the head of the Kurin-ryu psychic practice.Maya Ayari, my friend, is the current holder of this title. 】

[Generally speaking, when Kurinu-ryu psychic channeling, her body will temporarily change into that of the psychic target.This change covers voice and appearance, but hair and clothing remain the same.During mediumship, the recalled spirit controls the body, while the medium is unconscious and ignorant of the spirit's activities during the mediumship.This loss of consciousness is complete, and it is not the same as the sleep state that people often dream about. 】

"However, he is a man. And...not from the Ayori family." Maya quickly shook her head, pulling the purple beads on her hair, "But, he is undoubtedly using the psychic medium of the Kurin school Ah! But—how is that possible? He's channeling—but he's a man—a man, Wright! Not a single drop of Ayari's blood!"

Cheng Butang stared blankly at the young head of the Kurin School.

"Poison, poison, poison!" The possessed undead was still screaming, as if suffering deep pain.Wright really wanted to save it, but how would he help a dead soul through his friend's unconscious body?What kind of miracle reversal can he pull out of his interdimensional pocket this time?

[I don't doubt Maya's words at all—so far.If he was channeling, that meant it wasn't Edgeworth talking, but something else—someone, using Edgeworth's body to speak. 】

"But how is that possible?" Wright asked cautiously, "You said it yourself, he is not from the Ayari family, and he is a man. No man has ever had spiritual power, has he?"

"Yes." Maya nodded, "But that's what I saw. I can't explain how he did it."

"He's been poisoned!" Miles growled again, reaching for the glass of water.Wright snatched the cup from under his hand, preventing him from spilling the water on the floor, allowing them to become part of the mess on the floor.The soul in Yu Jian's body gritted its teeth and made a series of noises.

"It hurts! It hurts, I hurt so much!"

"Can't you do something?"

"No—can't... This is a hysterical soul full of resentment. I can try to untie him, but if I force her out, she may react more violently and uncontrollably, then It may cause serious damage to Yu Jian in this state." Maya looked at him gently and apologetically. "sorry."

Cheng Butang shook his head. "Don't apologize. He's been aggressive before, but only for a few minutes. I feel like it's different this time. We just have to wait for it to come out." He stared at the glass in his hand, frowning. Carefully shake the colorless liquid inside.

"Cheng Butang?" Maya asked beside him with concern, looking at Yu Jian with only kindness in his eyes.

"Huh? Maya?"

"Can you take me to the station? I need to go back to Cangyuan. Everyone in the clan is looking forward to my return...uh..."

"You want to do some research on this." Wright put the cup on the cart, and glanced back at Yu Jian, who sat quietly on the bed, but still had that obvious blank look on his face.

Maya nodded. "This shouldn't be happening."

"So there must be some reason behind this. And it's hidden somewhere in the warehouse, isn't it?" When Yu Jian suddenly seemed to be exhausted of all his strength and was slumped on the bed sheet, Cheng Butang felt His muscles tensed slightly.He speculated that the soul should have left his body, and secretly thanked all the gods who were willing to listen to his prayers.

"That's right." Maya closed her delicate lips together, and then let them open with a sigh, "This is really terrible. The dead man was full of resentment."

"As you said. I was there the first time this happened. One moment he's laying here nicely, and the next..." The defense attorney stopped abruptly, rubbing the edge of his jaw. "I wonder if these are all the same spirit. Every time he gets possessed, he mentions the poison. But, the first time... ah... never mind."

[Better not to mention to anyone that Edgeworth (despite being possessed) told me how he was pinned on a table and fucked. 】

Maya blinked, her curiosity clearly at its peak, but at this point her eagerness to return to the warehouse overwhelmed her desire for a new story.

"Let me make one last check that Edgeworth is fully awake, and we'll go outside and hail a cab right away. Leave me some cash before you take my wallet, okay?" It was a subtle hint, but Maya Immediately understood what he meant, and left him a few minutes alone with Edgeworth.

"No problem!" With a bright smile, she took out the wallet from Wright's coat, turned around like a ballet dancer, and pushed open the door to the corridor outside.

As soon as the door closed, Wright turned to the Chief Prosecutor on the hospital bed.He adjusted him into a more comfortable position, then adjusted the bedding, waiting for the man to finally wake from his lethargy.He smoothed the sheet, then folded the quilt around Edgeworth's body, carefully fluffing the pillow around his wrapped head.

There was a drip that got stuck in the bed frame, thus clogging the pipe.As he reached over the edge of the sword to carefully untie it, he felt a strand of silver hair brush his arm.A breath of warm air warmed the underside of his upper arms, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the slight movement of limbs under the covers.

"I'm asleep?"

Wright looked down at the sleepy-eyed chief inspector through his arms, who was clearly struggling with the weight of his eyelids.Seeing Yu Jian's flushed and confused expression, he couldn't help laughing, but then he realized that there was a reason behind it that was enough to threaten his life.

"Yes. I think Maya's babbling is really sleepy." The inspector had just managed to open his eyes when Wright winked at him. "If the anesthesiology department runs out of gas, I think I'm going to have to send her to them."

"Why did you lie to me?" Yujian said hoarsely, and Wright's fingers, which were still trying to untie the infusion tube, stopped.

"I do not have--"

"I know when you're lying, Wright. I know when you're telling the truth, I know when you're bluffing, and I know when you're clutching at straws in court." The dark gray pair The eyes turned to Wright, as if he could see through all his disguises at once. "What's wrong with me?"

The defense lawyer swallowed hard.His posture can basically be classified as "straddling" Edgeworth, the only way he can free the drip stuck between the bed frame and the wall without hurting Edgeworth.He was having a serious conversation with the man below him in this posture.He wanted to pass it off as a joke, but Edgeworth needed him to be honest.can heDoes he have evidence to support Maya's claim?Is it necessary for him to respond to Yu Jian's baseless suspicion?

"I don't know," Wright replied finally.He sighed, leaning over Edgeworth. "I really, really don't know, Edgeworth. Sometimes you're fine, but sometimes you're not. Your doctor is working on it, but right now, I really can't say much more."

"You sound like you're serious."

"Because I am serious!" Cheng Butang said suddenly.He closed his eyes and momentarily pulled the bed frame away from the wall to release the drip trapped there, allowing it to continue flowing. "Matee—Matee. I don't know what happened to you. But it must have something to do with your brain surgery. I'm not a doctor either, so I can't speculate right now. Just... get some rest, okay?"

Edgeworth looked into his eyes.His fingers were bent, and the fluid dripped into his veins, turning into a cold chill that touched his warm flesh and blood.For a moment, when the Attorney-General was clearly unable to form a sentence, or a decent objection, he just rolled his eyeballs back and forth.Finally, when the last gear clicked shut, his gaze refocused on Wright's eyes, the bewildering black mist in which had disappeared.

He finally let go of his ignorance and anger in such a willful way that Wright finally frowned.Seeing that familiar cheeky smile, Edgeworth clicked his tongue arrogantly, and raised his hand to touch the thorn in Butang's head.

"Go home and take a shower, Wright." He sniffed lightly, "You smell like you just crawled out of a hospital sanitary bin." After a brief pause, "You...no, Yeah?"

Wright smiled, feeling the medical wristband scrape against his cheek, and Miles Edger's fingers continued to mess with his head, messing up his otherwise unattractive hairstyle.The need to wash your hair has become more urgent. "I didn't go through a hospital dumpster while investigating, thank you."

"It really made me pinch my nose and breathe a sigh of relief."

Cheng Butang felt that the laughter could not stop coming out of his throat again.And he laughed as Edgeworth curled his fingers over his ear to pin his hair behind his ear, and Edgeworth slid his callused knuckles across his chin.

"You still need to shave."

"To each other." He stretched out his hand, and used his thumb to draw the shadows of the silver hairs on Yu Jian's chin. Thinking that one day in the near future, he would be able to witness a stubble-faced Yu Jian, he Just marvel at the vision - it's just unthinkable for this guy not to shave the hairs off right away.

But Edgeworth just smiled faintly, and ran his fingers gently along his cheeks, and could feel the short nails of his thumb brushing the sharp corner of his jawline until it reached his ear again.It's... intimate, and there's nothing unpleasant about Wright closing his eyes and letting that tender hand go as he pleases.Hell, this guy is always behind us, making sure everyone is safe, and needs someone to remind him to take care of himself.That's wonderful, even if it's just wishful thinking on his part.

And Edgeworth's fingers briefly rested on his cheekbones, and Wright's eyes instantly opened.His thumb was still resting on Edgeworth's chin, and his other fingers held his chin loosely.Edgeworth could have turned away from him, but he didn't.The Chief Prosecutor looked at him quietly, his eyes following his fingers until their eyes met.

"Hey," the defense attorney said softly, "Didn't I tell you to take a good rest?"

"That's my rest. Or let me read some files, if you want?" His thumb flicked Wright's lips. "Mayah is still waiting for you."

【We have been trying our best to give each other a way out, but my mind will not change, and Yu Jian didn't directly order me to leave... I think he is as reluctant to let me go as I am. 】

"You're right." Cheng Butang finally put down his hand and sighed. "I have to take her to the station, and then I'll follow your instructions and go home." He hesitated, but Edgeworth noticed.He slowly withdrew his hand and pressed it against his stomach.

"You know, you have my number on your phone. If you're feeling lonely, or…" He wanted to say "scared," but he knew Edgeworth's pride would keep him from making that call if he said that word. "...or you want to hear some cold sweat jokes, you can call me. Even if it's the middle of the night. I'll definitely answer, okay?"

"Okay." The Chief Prosecutor coughed and adjusted his position, reaching under the covers with one hand (Wright Wright could only guess) to stabilize the dreaded conduit between his legs.

"Good night, Edgeworth. I'll be back tomorrow—"

"Wright Wright, before you go..."

Cheng Butang suddenly became excited, "What?"

"Can you change the water in the jug for me? It's been left open since the doctor filled it hours ago. I'm almost sure that buzzing fly is drowned in it." The sword pointed vaguely at the kettle on the bedside table, then at the glass in front of him.