Fractured Hues of a Winter's Night Chapter 3

Langston Xing looked at him without moving.

Theo Hammond calmed down and was about to walk towards Langston Xing when he saw a policeman who had not yet taken off his raincoat walk into the office before him.

"Captain Xing, news came from the Huayang District Police Station that Guo Jianmin is dead."

Langston Xing took the phone he handed over and said with a smile, "Hey, Chief Zhou."

Langston Xing turned around and leaned against the table, facing the door sideways. While talking to the person on the other end of the phone, he glanced at the door from time to time.

"died?"

He frowned and flicked the ash off his cigarette with his thumb: "How did he die?"

Theo Hammond was left at the door by him, standing in the cold for a while, listening quietly to him and Zhou Yiqing talking about Guo Jianmin's case.

About five minutes later, Langston Xing hung up the phone and returned the phone to the criminal police who came to report the news. He held the cigarette to his lips, pulled up one corner of his lips and said with a smile: "Fcuk, he got it for free."

After saying that, he turned his head to look at the door, raised his hand and snapped his fingers at Theo Hammond, and said with a smile: "Come in."

So Theo Hammond walked in slowly with an umbrella, stopped in front of Langston Xing, and said: "Hello, I am Theo Hammond. Director Liu should have told you about this."

Langston Xing's face was very calm, expressionless. He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if trying to see the new consultant more clearly.

The first impression of a person comes only from his appearance and aura. At this moment, in Langston Xing's eyes, Theo Hammond is indeed different from the previous elite. The new consultant is very good-looking, so good-looking that there is nothing wrong with him. What is more eye-catching is that he has a head of slightly curly long hair, not very long, just reaching the neck, but it is also quite rare among men.

Before him, Langston Xing had seen many men with long hair. One type was the rough guy with a full beard and a ponytail, another type was the literary, melancholy, and transgendered Lin Daiyu type, and the other type was the unstylish, nondescript type. But this was the first time he had seen a man with long hair that looked so pleasing to the eye, so harmonious, neither sloppy nor effeminate, but rather a noble and elegant demeanor.

Unconsciously, he had been staring at Theo Hammond for a long time.

Theo Hammond was stared at by him. At first he was able to remain calm, but later he became a little panicked. However, he could not avoid it, so he had to endure it.

Langston Xing did not notice his sudden nervousness and impatience, he only noticed that he looked away, his eye wrinkles trembling slightly, his hands clasped together holding the umbrella, and his right thumb rubbed the base of his left hand hard.

Langston Xing suddenly realized, oh, this person is nervous.

"...Have we met before?"

This was the first sentence Langston Xing said to him.

Theo Hammond's fully alert and tense brain quickly processed his words, and then smiled and said, "I think today should be the first time we meet."

Langston Xing discovered that although Theo Hammond had been looking directly into his eyes, his gaze was superficial, even evasive. Theo Hammond's slightly lowered chin, the smile he deliberately brought out when speaking, his neither humble nor arrogant posture, and his calm eyes all showed that this person was deliberately weakening his presence, not wanting to show off his edge at all, and just wanted to quietly hide behind others.

A gust of wind blew in from the window, breaking the cigarette that Langston Xing was holding at the corner of his lips. The cigarette turned into ashes after being dyed by the light circle. With a 'click', the ashes fell on the cover of the document in his hand.

Langston Xing shook off the cigarette ash that had fallen on the documents and asked with a smile: "Why are you so nervous? Do I look scary?"

Theo Hammond raised his eyes slightly and looked at him, then said politely and distantly: "No, the room is a little cold."

He made up an excuse, but he didn't expect Langston Xing to actually close the window.

Langston Xing closed the window and wiped the rain off his hands, then returned to him, held out his hand and said, "Langston Xing."

Theo Hammond shook hands with him through his gloves: "Theo Hammond."

Langston Xing looked down at his gloved right hand, and suddenly there was some interest in his eyes: "What should I call you?"

Theo Hammond took back his hand, took a small step back without being noticed, and said, "It's all right. In school, students call me Teacher Wei. You can just call me by my name."

Langston Xing laughed and said, "That's so rude. I'll call you Teacher Wei too. What do you think? Teacher Wei."

His voice was originally low, and he deliberately lowered it when he called out the three words "Teacher Wei". When Theo Hammond heard these three words, it was like a steel brush gently rubbing across the ear canal, scratching deep into the cochlea.

Although the other party had no intention of teasing him, and his aura and face were all written in capital letters - a straight man, Theo Hammond still felt dry in his heart and tight in his stomach because of the way he looked at him and the voice that called his name.

Because he is gay, he is always very sensitive to men's gazes. However, in his eyes, Langston Xing is the kind of man who is extremely suitable to be a S3x partner. There is a kind of man who is born to be a S3x partner. Just looking at him or listening to his words can easily arouse his S3xual desire.

Langston Xing is that kind of man.

Theo Hammond responded to all changes with the same attitude: "Okay."

After saying this, he took two steps back as if he couldn't stand anymore and leaned against the table.

Langston Xing carefully observed his every move, looked at the umbrella he always carried with him and asked, "Teacher Wei, are you having trouble walking?"

Theo Hammond said: "It's just a minor problem."

Langston Xing smacked his lips: "What a pity."

Theo Hammond looked up at him: "What a pity?"

Langston Xing smiled and said, "It's a pity that you have this little problem. When I entered the building just now, I heard several female police officers gathered together and said, 'Sister Lan brought in a brother who looks like a god.' With your appearance, if you didn't have that little problem on your foot, you could take away several wives and Concub!nes after leaving me."

Theo Hammond understood that he was being used as a prey. He was a relative of Professor Chen, and he was young and inexperienced, so no one believed that he had any real ability. This person also regarded him as a useless person with nothing but good looks.

Theo Hammond had already been annoyed by his lengthy "face reading", and now he was ridiculed by him, which made him very angry. Theo Hammond met his gaze, not wanting to argue with him, but just wanting to disgust him.

After a brief look, Theo Hammond smiled crisply and said, "Captain Xing, don't worry, I can't take your little girl away."

Langston Xing asked with great interest: "Why?"

Theo Hammond looked him in the eyes and said clearly, "Because I am gay, if I want to take someone away, I can only take a few guys away."

Langston Xing is straight, this is too obvious, Theo Hammond can see it too. And he infers that Langston Xing is very likely homophobic. If Langston Xing is homophobic, then his revealing his homoS3xuality is undoubtedly a torture for Langston Xing.

As if his revenge was successful, Theo Hammond looked at him with a smug smile on his face.

Langston Xing didn't know whether he believed it or not. After hearing him say that he was gay, he just remained silent and looked at him for a while, then smiled and said, "Hey, what's the big deal? It happens all the time. Don't feel stressed. Just keep a normal mind."

Theo Hammond seemed to be choked, his face was a little unnatural, and he decided to speak more directly, looking into his eyes and said: "I like men, do you mind?"

Langston Xing smiled, took a few steps forward and closed the distance between them, until they were only one step away, with one hand on the table and the other on his H!ps, in a rather playful and dissolute manner, he said: "I don't mind, because I don't distinguish between men and women, I only look at faces."

Langston Xing looked at his face and added emphatically: "Don't mind, I'm obsessed with looks."

Theo Hammond: ...

At this moment, he clearly saw a line of big words written on Langston Xing's face - come on, let's see who can disgust whom to death.

However, neither of them was disgusted by the other, and the mysterious contest between the two was suddenly interrupted by a few hurried knocks on the door.

The detective in a raincoat came back and stood at the door and said, "Captain Xing, someone reported a case. A bag of arms was found in the garbage dump."

Langston Xing: "...what is it?"

"Cut the body into pieces, boss! Chop the body into pieces!"