Chapter 509 - That Is the Man! (2/2)

“Stop arguing.” Tian Lei was tired. He did not expect Captain Yan would show up; this disrupted his plan. “Captain Yan, you’ve seen the written record, and we’ve checked the video surveillance at New Century Park’s entrance. Last night, Chen Ge did hail a cab to get to Eastern Jiujiang.”

“What about the video after that? Now the biggest problem is at the fresh water plant. The driver said that Chen Ge used some special method to knock him out, but what kind of method, he could not remember. If the driver cannot tell us what really happen, the entire accusation barely holds water.” Captain Yan looked at the record and easily picked out the problems.

“The surveillance at the fresh water plant was all destroyed beforehand. I feel like this is a premeditated crime.” Tian Lei took out another document. “This morning, we had the people from the tech department look over the driving record and camera inside the taxi. The damage was expertly done. The machine itself wasn’t damaged, so this could be a high-tech criminal.”

Captain Yan turned to look at Chen Ge and put the document down. “Does he look like someone who knows how to do that to you?”

“One can never tell. We cannot judge a book by its cover.” Tian Lei insisted on his conclusion. Captain Yan knew that he would not be able to convince Tian Lei, so he turned to the driver. “On the record, you said that you fainted at the fresh water plant but woke up at an old residence in Eastern Jiujiang?”

“Yes.” The driver was a good observer. He saw that Captain Yan was the leader, so his tone was reverential. “When I woke up, there was a paper note next to me. It had a phone number and these few words—My name is Huang Ling. I live on the 4th floor.”

“This means you did not lose your money or your phone? The person was even so kind as to leave you a note and did not run from the responsibility?”

“Hey, you can’t just brush it off like that!” The driver sweated. “I’m just a normal taxi driver. I was waiting in the car, and suddenly, I fainted. When I woke up, I was at a strange place. Who would be able to accept that so easily? And the person on the call, just talking about it made me mad. I never thought to call the police. At the time, I was so afraid, so I made the call. Guess what happened?”

Everyone turned to look at the driver. “What did the person on the phone say? Threatened you? Refused to give you compensation?”

“This is already beyond that. My god. I just made the call and barely said anything, and it sounded like there was a murder. A woman was screaming for help at the top of her lungs. Then before I can say a second word, the call was ended. Tell me, wouldn’t you be afraid if this happened to you?” The driver was agitated, and he got up from his seat.

“You said you called the lady? She was asking for help?” Chen Ge’s eyes turned serious and he also stood up. “Did you go upstairs to see if something had happened to the woman?”

“I don’t have the courage to do that. This is the thing that made me angry the most. I thought that there was a real murder, and when the police arrived around dawn, they went to the house to check. The wife suffers from a mental illness, and she was acting up last night.”

“I can prove that. We communicated with the woman’s husband.” Tian Lei told the driver to sit down and took out a bag from his drawer. There was a phone inside. “This is the mad woman’s phone. All the phone records have been deleted, but we discovered something weird.”

He looked at Chen Ge. “Why would the patient have your number as her first speed dial? What is your relationship with her?”