Xie Wan's heart sank. Their IDs were indeed forged, but Chu Jiangnan had once guaranteed that the Hong Kong police would never be able to find out that their IDs were fake.
Even if you check their registered address, there will be someone to prove it for them.
Unless the police check the original files, it will be impossible to discover the problem.
Xie Wan thought, there is no electronic file backup now, how can paper backup files be found so quickly?
Presumably, Howard learned their identities from others.
Xie Wan looked at Howard with an innocent look on his face and denied, "Inspector, you really like to joke. We are just ordinary residents of Kowloon."
Howard looked up and down at what Xie Wan and Xu Bing were wearing and said with certainty, "No, you are from the mainland. You are soldiers from the mainland.
Tell me, what is your intention in going to Hong Kong Island?
This is the territory of our British Empire, and mainland soldiers are prohibited from entering or leaving.
Whether you admit it or not, we will lodge a protest with your Special Administrative Office and deport you immediately."
Judging from Howard's appearance, it seemed that he didn't need any evidence at all to expel Xie Wan and Xu Bing.
Xie Wan followed Howard's gaze and looked at the two men's clothes.
There was nothing wrong with her. She was wearing a lace shirt and bell-bottom pants that she bought the last time she came to Hong Kong City. Her outfit was not much different from that of most young people on the street.
Xu Bing was also wearing a white shirt and a pair of trousers, so that wasn't a big problem.
I don’t know why Howard was so confident after seeing how they were dressed.
Xie Wan's eyes fell on Xu Bing's discipline button, and suddenly he understood.
When people in Hong Kong wear shirts, very few of them will button up their shirts.
But Xu Bing is a soldier, and he is used to wearing the discipline button.
Although it’s just a button, a person’s temperament is completely different whether it is buttoned or not.
Xie Wan asked to contact his lawyer.
According to Hong Kong's rules, the police cannot refuse, so Xie Wan told them Chen Ziqiang's phone number.
The call was made to the film company. Chen Ziqiang was a man of few connections, and Xie Wan believed that he would be able to find her a trustworthy lawyer.
Before the lawyers came, Howard tried to test their purpose, repeatedly mentioned the theft of the office purchase money and the murder of Li Baili, and said firmly:
“You appeared in that place probably because of the murder of the staff there.
You are overstepping your authority. This is Hong Kong City. Our Hong Kong City police will solve the case. It is not your turn to investigate."
Xie Wan twitched his lips and said sarcastically, "I do know the people inside. Although I am a resident of Hong Kong City now, I am also Chinese. If my compatriots are in trouble, I will help them. Is there any problem?
If you, the police, can successfully find the murderer, there won't be any need for others to come to me and ask for help.
In addition, I would like to remind the inspector that Hong Kong City is not the territory of your British Empire. You are just renting it. You have to return what you borrowed sooner or later."
Xie Wan's identity document showed that he had joined the Hong Kong city household registration five years ago, and that he had investments in Hong Kong city. This kind of identity was quite common in Hong Kong city today.
In the 1950s and 1960s, a large number of immigrants from the north flocked to the port city. As long as they had a certain amount of assets, they could quickly obtain port city resident status.
Xie Wan's words were very tough and angered Howard, but he was afraid that Xie Wan and Xu Bing were really from the northern military, so he did not dare to torture them.
Howard left angrily.
Xie Wan and Xu Bing were left alone in the interrogation room.
Xu Bing wanted to talk to Xie Wan, but Xie Wan exchanged a look with him, meaning that someone must be eavesdropping outside.
Both of them were worried.
If it's just a problem of identification, it's easy to handle. I guess once a lawyer comes, they can be released.
But if there is a traitor in the office who colludes with outsiders to deliberately report them in an attempt to have the two deported and hinder the progress of the review, it will be troublesome.
Xie Wan thought that maybe something he had been investigating in the past two days had alarmed the murderer behind the scenes, and he was already close to the truth, and the murderer was desperate and resorted to this trick.
What she is investigating now is that she suspects Ji Wen of colluding with outsiders. It is indeed possible that Ji Wen exposed her and Xu Bing's identities.
But Howard, as the inspector of Kowloon, is not like Ji Wen, a mainland staff member who has just arrived in Hong Kong for two months. He can contact and direct the people behind him, and they must have a certain background.
But how could someone with a certain background be interested in a mere 280,000 yuan purchase price?
After waiting for about an hour, Chen Ziqiang brought a lawyer and bailed out Xie Wan and Xu Bing.
Xie Changle and Xie Sanjin also came.
Both of them are local residents of Gangcheng, especially Xie Sanjin, who used to run a watch shop and had tax payment certificates in Gangcheng. She claimed that Xie Wan was her great-niece and had always lived with them.
Chen Ziqiang also brought proof of Xie Wan’s investment in the film company in Hong Kong.
Xu Bing is an employee of a film company.
In this way, the police no longer have any reason to deport the two.
Xie Wan was still waiting for Howard to ask the whistleblower to come out and testify, but he didn't.
Howard said to Xie Wan fiercely: "Since you have joined the Hong Kong City household registration, you must abide by our British rules.
I will send someone to keep an eye on you. If you misbehave in Hong Kong, I will arrest you at any time!"
It seems that Howard is well aware of the identities of Xie Wan and Xu Bing, but he cannot provide more convincing evidence.
He was unwilling to expose the person who reported it behind the scenes.
After leaving the police station, Xie Wan asked Xie Changle: "Why are you here too? Shouldn't you be at the office?"
Xie Changle said: "When I went there today, they were all very sleepy and didn't want to play anymore.
Ji Wen and Jiao Yongxin are sleeping.
It was annoying to see Zhang Ke wandering around the house alone.
I stayed there for more than an hour, but couldn't stand it any longer, so I went home.
Brother Chen sent someone to look for Fan Zhi, but Fan Zhi wasn't there, so I rushed here with my dad."
When Xie Wan heard that Ji Wen and Jiao Yongxin were sleeping in broad daylight, he felt something was wrong.
Xie Wan told the Xie family father and son and Chen Ziqiang that there was an urgent matter and immediately rushed to the office.
She had a bad feeling.
The police car monitoring downstairs was still there, so Xie Wan and Xu Bing went to the back and climbed in through a window on the first floor.
Without disturbing anyone in the house, the two men turned into the corridor, went upstairs and knocked on the office door.
No one opened the door.
Xu Bing kicked open the office door.
Despite such a loud commotion, no one in the house came out to see what was going on.
When I entered the house, there was no one in the outer room. I pushed open the inner room and saw Jiao Yongxin and Zhang Qiushan lying on the bed and the floor respectively.
Judging from the situation at the scene, Ji Wen knocked two people unconscious and ran away.
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