Chapter 471: Diamond Omega Watch (1/2)

Xiaotao bit her lip, ”Damn it!”

”Let’s go back to the car,” I sighed. “We can drive and keep looking. There’s no way we can continue on foot.”

A considerable amount of time passed before we managed to hail a cab. The driver said that he could take us to the airport but not elsewhere.

Suddenly, Xiaotao shouted, ”Get out of the car now!”

The driver stared her blankly.

”Where did you get the watch on your wrist?” Xiaotao asked, flashing her badge.

It was only then that I noticed the Omega diamond-encrusted watch on his wrist. It turned out Mr. Huang had the exact same watch which I failed to observe yesterday.

Frightened, the driver cried, ”Officer, my watch is a counterfeit. It’s not the real thing. I bought it for a few hundred yuan.”

”I said get out!”

Xiaotao pulled the driver from his seat and grabbed his watch. Clenching her teeth, Xiaotao confirmed, ”It's my dad's watch. This is a limited edition watch issued by Omega to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the British Queen's accession to the throne. There are only a hundred of these in the world.”

Her gaze fell upon the driver as she demanded, ”Where did you get this? If you dare lie, I'll cuff you right away!”

Trembling like a leaf, the driver confessed to being acquainted with the miscreants around the area. This morning, when he was having breakfast in the outskirts of the city, a deadbeat known as Two Scar mysteriously leaned in and said he had something good to offer, which was this watch.

Although Two Scar insisted on a steep price of a thousand yuan, the driver happened to be celebrating his father-in-law's 60th birthday so he purchased the watch. He only wore it temporarily to show off but Xiaotao unexpectedly pulled him over.

”Just think of the money as a lesson,” sneered Xiaotao. “Where’s Two Scar?”

He reported an address and begged Xiaotao to return the money after catching Two Scar, vowing never to buy stolen goods again. With Xiaotao's current mood, I was worried she would pull out her gun and shoot him on the spot so I urged the driver to leave his contact information and sent him off.

Tears swirling in her eyes, Xiaotao clenched her fist around the watch. ”I’m so afraid the next thing we find is my father’s corpse lying on the ground!”

Having experienced the same despair the day my grandfather died, I understood there was nothing more heartbreaking than seeing the dead body of a loved one. I gently rubbed her shoulders, hoping to comfort her.

By this point, Xiaotao looked exhausted, both physically and mentally. ”Are you thirsty?” I asked. “Let’s get a bottle of water!”

I was walking to the stall to purchase some water when I happened to overhear this conversation–

”The old man wouldn’t give it to me at first. But when I showed him my knife, he was so scared he wet himself and removed all his valuable belongings.”

”Damn Two, you’re actually robbing the rich and helping the poor!”

There was a small table under the huge locust tree in front of the stall where several young men sat, chatting and sipping on soda. One of the young men happily babbling had dry, yellow hair like hay and two scars on his left cheek. I beckoned for Xiaotao to come over.

Upon noticing Xiaotao and me, two of the men at the table realized something was wrong and left immediately while the other winked at the speaker.

”What's your name?” I asked.

”You’re mistaken, I’m not Two Scar. He’s a friend of mine!”