Chapter 75 (1/2)
Scouting the Eneht
Ma Xiao-An was taken away in an a back
The police and traffic police arrived The slag truck driver was taken away by the traffic police in the end and not the police The incident was being treated initially as a traffic accident and not a criminal case The result made Xia Lei and the employees of Thunder Horse Workshop frustrated but the laas the law and it favoured neither side nor took emotions into consideration
Xia Lei rode in the traffic police car to the hospital and looked at Ma Xiao-An in theat Ma Xiao-An’s peaceful sheet-white face He did notRu-Yi rushed over when she heard the news and cried for quite a while Ma Xiao-An was her friend too but he was not as close to her as he had been with Xia Lei She sent Xia Lei ho Ru-Yi cooked two dishes for Xia Lei but he just looked at theed painfully, “How can you keep going on like this? Eat so in your sto at the dishes but un Ru-Yi frowned, “Are you going to eat or not? If you aren’t, I’ll feed you” So saying, she picked up a piece of fried to and shoved it at Xia Lei’s mouth
Xia Lei twisted his head away, “Ru-Yi, Ma Xiao-An was murdered Do you believeRu-Yi
“Then go arrest that slag truck driver Interrogate him He will tell you that theto kill me but Ma Xiao-An pushed o on; tears ca Ru-Yi was at a loss She put down the chopsticks and looked at Xia Lei quietly She actually had no appetite either but she did not want Xia Lei to be so sad, so she had made some dishes to try and distract him but it looked like her efforts were in vain now
“Go arrest that driver Go, now!” Xia Lei see Ru-Yi caught hold of his hand and said coly, “Lei, Xiao-An is dead I know you’re heartbroken but can you please calm down?”
“How can I calm down?” Xia Lei shouted at her
“Icentre in the afternoon That slag truck’s brakes were not functioning properly and its navigation syste under the influence of alcohol or drugs either You want me to arrest him but ill I base my arrest on? Even if I did arrest hi Ru-Yi
The slag truck had ed and did not know Ma Xiao-An either Based on these, the driver could escape being punished by the law The slag truck driver didn’t even need to give monetary compensation because the insurance company would take care of that This was the real world and it was not fair
The scene froain in Xia Lei’sto Thunder Horse Workshop, laughing and chatting with hi forward in his rearviewtruck After it zoomed past, Ma Xiao-An stuck his head out theand shouted a curse
Xia Lei’s left eye twitched A still of the scene was displayed in his head and in the still, the slag truck was in the rearviewtruck windshi+eld The driver had a faint, ruthless smile on his face and his tattoos and face were very clear
The slag truck was the same as the one which had killed Ma Xiao-An and the driver was the same person too This was not a coincidence - it was murder, only that the murderer had wanted to kill him but had killed Ma Xiao-An byRu-Yi’s eyes filled with tears, “Don’t be like that, please Do you knoorried I a more He sat there like an empty carcass without a soul He looked lifeless on the surface but his heart was afla truck driver was just one of He Lao-Qi’s dogs The real mastermind is He Lao-Qi or it was Gu Ke-Wen who had incited it You wanted to kill e on you!’
“Lei, say so Ru-Yi’s face was full of worry
Xia Lei suddenly raise his head and looked at her “Let’s eat”
Jiang Ru-Yi was th to get things done when your stoe mouthfuls of food as he spoke in a muffled voice, “Mm Your dishes don’t taste half bad Why haven’t you showed off this skill before?”
Jiang Ru-Yi spoke after a bit of a pause, “Lei, you… Are you okay?”
“How about you? Weren’t you urgingnow and you ask me if I’m okay Do you want me to eat or not?” said Xia Lei
“U Ru-Yi put food on her plate as well
After they ate, Jiang Ru-Yi went to wash the dishes and Xia Lei went to sleep in the living roo Ru-Yi walked over fro the dishes, Xia Lei had already begun to snore
“Really, he sleeps like a pig That’s good too He’ll be letting his i Ru-Yi muttered, then closed the door to the flat and left