Chapter 32 (1/2)
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Liu Xiao Tian stood there stunned as Lin Fan left.
“Long Heaven’s Bridge?”
Liu Xiao Tian couldn’t understand why Lin Fan would tell him that. He tried to make sense of it, with much hesitation and doubt.
“Chief, you can’t really trust these fortune-tellers. They’re all con-artists,” said the officer who was in the car.
Since when could one use fortune-telling to catch criminals?
If the chief of the police force found out about it, there was no telling what he would do. A civil servant believing in pseudoscience was absurd. If it was made known to the public, it would definitely affect the image of the police force.
Liu Xiao Tian immediately got into the passenger seat of the police car. “Let’s go to Long Heaven’s Bridge. ”
“Chief, can we really trust him?” a few of the policemen asked.
“It isn’t too late yet. Even if there isn’t anything there, it’s still worth a look,” although Liu Xiao Tian didn’t believe in fortune-telling, he knew that if he didn’t take Lin Fan’s advice, he probably wouldn’t be able to sleep that night.
Long Heaven’s bridge.
One of the first ever bridges to be constructed in Shanghai, it connected the two sides of the Long River. It was also known as Beggar’s Bridge as there was a community of beggars who settled under the bridge.
Under the bridge, a man in dirty tattered clothes sat at a corner. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. His name was Qin Chuan and he disguised himself as a beggar to escape detection from the law after committing a spate of murders. Hiding had proven to be a difficult task with all the high-tech surveillance methods.
However, Qin Chuan had an ingenious method to escape detection, one which was undetected by the police. Hence, he couldn’t use his own identity anymore. So in order to find a way to escape, he had to temporarily hide and lay low under Long Heaven’s Bridge with a group of beggars in order to fool the authorities.
“Have you seen this guy before?”
Qin Chuan was resting when suddenly, he heard some noises. He was stricken with panic. As he lifted his head upwards to see what the commotion was, he saw a few police officers questioning the resident beggars one by one.
“Why on earth would they come here to investigate?” Qin Chuan’s heart was pounding with fear, but he forced himself to calm down as he analyzed the situation.
“Chief, why would Qin Chuan be hiding here out of all places?”
The air under the bridge was extremely stinky and repugnant, so much so that all of the officers lost their sense of smell. Furthermore, there were so many beggars. It was going to take a long time to interview all the beggars.
“Yea, if I were Qin Chuan, I would never hide here,” the other police officer commented.
“Which is precisely why the least expected place is the most probable place! Qin Chuan is extremely intuitive. According to our investigations, he was a psychologist at one point. He has a much better grasp on human behavior than we do. Although Liu Xiao Tian formerly worked for the city council, he was trained in behavioral science. At one point he wanted to become a police officer but due to personal reasons, he chose to work for the city council.
Liu Xiao Tian had a feeling that his years of experience and training would be of use today as a police officer.
As he scanned the area, Liu Xiao Tian found the place peculiar. However, the day was getting dark. It was going to be difficult to continue with the investigation.
“Chief, it’s getting dark. If we’re going to continue interviewing every single one of them, we’re probably not going to get anything much. We probably won’t even recognize Qin Chuan even if we were talking face to face with him,” the other police officer said. “Why don’t we come back tomorrow and do a proper investigation?”
Liu Xiao Tian considered in silence. What he said did make sense.
At that very moment, Liu Xiao Tian saw from afar a figure standing up, slowly walking away with his back facing them.
That silhouette…
“Qin Chuan!” Liu Xiao Tian bellowed.
The silhouette shuddered for an instant. Before Liu Xiao Tian knew it, the person started making a run for it.
Qin Chuan didn’t expect to be recognized that easily. What he did not know was that Liu Xiao Tian and his crew were already planning to leave.
“Get him!”
Liu Xiao Tian was a hundred percent sure that the person who was running away from them was definitely Qin Chuan.
“The b*stard running away from us is a criminal wanted by the law! Don’t let him escape!” The distance between Liu Xiao Tian and Qin Chuan was rather large. If everything went smoothly for Qin Chuan, there was a chance that he might even get away.
Qin Chuan was blocked by a few beggars ahead of him. Liu Xiao Tian did not expect them to be of any help to him, but he still reminded them as it would still have been better than nothing.
“Out of my way!” Qin Chuan screamed at the beggars in front of him.