"Don't be like that, Lao He isn't going to take me to the police station! It's an urgent matter."
Li Liwen shouted exaggeratedly and ran down the overpass. They parked their car in a parking lot not far away on the other side.
"Old He, special cases require special treatment. Don't actually arrest Liwen for drunk driving."
Old Deng was half-carried by He Zhongze, and he kept muttering to himself, which made He Zhongze both annoyed and amused.
As a result, Li Liwen drove a Passat like a Ferrari, never letting go of the accelerator. If it weren't for the fact that both passengers were experienced drivers, they would have screamed and wouldn't have stopped.
"Old He, where is Temple Street?"
It took He Zhongze some effort to help Lao Deng fasten his seatbelt in the back seat.
"Don't you know why Lu is driving so fast? Turn left at the traffic light ahead, then turn right at the next intersection and keep going until you reach the subway station and find a place to park."
"Hold on tight!"
After Li Liwen said that, the car accelerated again.
It's only because there are few cars and pedestrians on the nearby roads that they wouldn't dare to act so recklessly.
Old He is now mourning for Old Deng.
Li Liwen, a Qiantang native who lives in Kyoto year-round, neither rented a car nor owned one in Sichuan. The answer is that the car belongs to Lao Deng. Tonight, this Passat is likely to receive a lot of tickets.
When their car arrived near Temple Street, Li Liwen no longer needed to look for the subway station, as there were already police cars parked ahead.
They drove up and stopped nearby. Two police officers who had just come by, who were trying to distract the Passat, saw He Zhongze instead.
"Captain!"
He Zhongze and Li Liwen let Lao Deng lie down in the car. The two of them got out of the car and saw a large number of onlookers in front of them.
"Didn't someone report a large, ferocious beast sighting? Why are so many people watching?"
When Captain He asked them a question, the two police officers quickly answered.
"We've searched all around but haven't found it. The person who reported it was an old lady whose eyesight isn't good, so she might have just misjudged it. As for the onlookers, they're all local residents. If we can't find it after searching around again, we're planning to call it a day."
"Have you contacted the zoo? Are there any circuses or anything like that nearby?"
"I've contacted them. All the animals at the zoo are there, and there's no circus nearby."
Li Liwen had been looking around ever since he arrived, and suddenly spotted two familiar faces in the crowd.
Although I didn't see them clearly from the overpass, the uncle and nephew, whose ages have been switched, are still quite recognizable standing together.
The two were just like the other crowd, peeking around and whispering to each other, their expressions of enjoying the spectacle just like the surrounding crowd.
However, the two of them differed from the crowd in that they would move from one person to another to chat, and from one person to another to talk. In the short time that Li Liwen noticed them, they had moved to three different places.
"Found it!"
The group looked over, thinking that Li Liwen had found a wild beast.
"We've found the uncle and nephew."
"Which uncle and nephew pair, you mean the ones on the overpass? They're here? What are they doing here?"
However, while He Zhongze was speaking, Li Liwen noticed that the uncle and nephew had left the crowd and were heading towards a corner. He pulled He Zhongze and they walked in the same direction.
He Zhongze had no choice but to say to the police officers behind him, "Let's search the area again. It would be bad if some wild animal hurt the people. Tell the officers not to be alone."
Li Liwen is currently experiencing a conflict of emotions.
On the one hand, they wanted to find out the details of the uncle and nephew, but they didn't want to get too involved. On the other hand, the uncle and nephew were obviously not happy about being discovered.
On the other hand, these two people don't seem like ordinary citizens at all. Their act of disappearing under the overpass should be a cause for serious concern, in case they cause any harm to the people.
However, I ultimately decided to observe it privately first before making a decision.
He had high hopes, but reality dealt him a harsh blow. The two uncles and nephews seemed to be walking slowly, but he and Lao He just couldn't keep up.
At first, they planned to sneak ahead, but even when they switched to jogging, they still lost track of the person.
"What the hell? How could we lose track of just two people, a criminal investigation captain and a major from the Central Guard Regiment?"
After chasing for more than ten minutes, He Zhongze finally admitted defeat.
"Could the captain track it down by its footprints?"
Li Liwen twirled a lighter in his pocket with one hand, joking with his old comrade-in-arms with a hint of helplessness.
"Where did all these footprints come from? This isn't a wilderness, it's all concrete. Unless they just stepped in dog poop... Wait! There really are some!"
Li Liwen noticed when He Zhongze called out.
There were a few drops of blood on the ground in the distance.
He Zhongze approached, squatted down, dipped his hand in the mixture, and squeezed it; it was a bit sticky.
"It's not dry yet; it hasn't been there long."
The two looked around. Although they had only been running for a dozen minutes, their stamina was not weak. They had already left the bustling area by winding their way through the crowd.
Now, all that can be seen in the surrounding area are old commercial streets, and at night, none of the roller shutters are open, making it look somewhat desolate and dilapidated.
There isn't even a dog in this place; this blood couldn't possibly have come from an injured pigeon flying by.
"Walk!"
Strictly speaking, both of them were highly skilled and daring. Seeing this situation, regardless of whether they were looking for it or not, they had no reason not to investigate.
He Zhongze was still editing messages and setting his location on his phone, ready to send them to his subordinates at any time for timely support.
There wasn't much blood, but you could see a drop or two every few steps, and the blood had a strange, fishy smell.
The place became more and more remote. After following for almost ten minutes, they could vaguely hear a sound coming from there, and it was the sound of a young woman crying.
However, the direction of the crying and the direction of the bloodstains were quite different.
After a slight hesitation, the two decided to go and see what was going on in the direction of the crying.
I walked briskly for two minutes without seeing a single person. The situation tonight was eerie. Judging from the sound just now, the crying woman should have been found by now.
When they arrived at a small alley, they finally saw the main characters: two young girls leaning against each other, one of them hugging her arms and sobbing.
It's obvious they've encountered some difficulties.
While the two might not be bursting with a sense of justice, they at least had a sense of responsibility and immediately stepped forward to investigate.
"Little girls, what's wrong with you?"
Old He asked a question, and when he saw the two girls become slightly wary, he quickly took out his identification.
"I'm a police officer, you don't need to be afraid."
As they got closer, Li Liwen discovered that the two girls were not Chinese, or at least not of East Asian descent.
One had fair skin and blond hair, while the other had brown hair.
There were two foreigners present, and I didn't know if they understood Chinese.
"Thank God, we need help!"
The one who hadn't cried spoke fluent Chinese to the two of them, relieving them of any worries about communication.
The two girls seemed pleasantly surprised to see Li Liwen and He Zhongze.
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