The intersection of Panshan Road, that was where Chen Shiming had a car accident in his previous life.
Some things seem to be destined, and seem to be arranged in advance.
"The traffic at the Panshan intersection is indeed complicated." Zhang Yazhi paid attention to Chen Qizhao's expression. Seeing that he didn't seem to be emotionally fluctuating, she continued, "There are many residential buildings over there, and there are also shops and elementary schools around. It was raining at the time and the vision was blocked. If I had known earlier, I should have sent a car to pick you up. Otherwise, Aunt Fu wouldn't have crossed the road to wait for the car on the other side."
"Does Uncle Lin know about these things?" Chen Qizhao asked, "It's just that his wife's accident was an accident."
"Your uncle Lin knows that he was on a business trip with your father at the time, and he came back immediately after receiving the news from home." Zhang Yazhi sighed, "But things are unpredictable. Who could have expected something like this... At that time, I said to send a car to pick her up, but she said it would be troublesome for the driver to go back and forth, so she refused."
Chen Qizhao listened to Zhang Yazhi talk about the past, helped her organize the photo albums, and then returned to the room.
The first thing he did when he got to the room was to check the car accident at Panshan intersection that year. Due to the long time interval and the blurry surveillance at the intersection in the early years, he could only find some short reports. This incident was probably about a drunk driver who ran a red light and drove directly onto the sidewalk at the Panshan intersection, causing a major accident with 6 deaths and 12 injuries.
Such malicious software is relatively rare, but it does exist.
After all, such reports on the Internet were a bit one-sided. After a moment's thought, Chen Qizhao called Xiao Zhou directly, then went to the cloakroom to get a coat and prepared to go downstairs.
But when he just went downstairs, he met Zhang Yazhi, who called him and said, "Xiao Zhao, where are you going?"
Chen Qizhao answered casually: "I have something to do in Feihong. I will be back before dinner."
"What's going on at the company? You haven't even recovered from your illness yet." Zhang Yazhi didn't know how to stop him after hearing about the company's matter. "You're wearing too little. Wait, change into something thicker."
It was already past three in the afternoon when Xiao Zhou arrived at Chen's house. After he parked in the garage, he saw his boss coming out of the villa. He was dressed very warmly and from a distance he looked like a ball. He was running outside when his boss called him and he had to detour to pick him up.
When the boss got in the car, he saw the boss unbutton the collar of his coat and took it off.
Xiao Zhou asked: "Boss, where are we going?"
Chen Qizhao took off his scarf and saw that Xiao Zhou had already turned out of the villa. He said, "Let's go to Panshan Road."
It was a bit troublesome to go out. The only driver left in the family was Lao Lin who was resting. The other drivers had basically all gone out. Chen Qizhao used the excuse of going to the parking lot to learn how to drive and took the driver's license test again, but it would probably take until next week for him to get the license, and it was not convenient to go there, so he had to ask Xiao Zhou to come and pick him up.
Panshan Road is not far from Chen's home. In less than ten minutes, Xiao Zhou drove to the vicinity of Panshan Road.
Chen Qizhao asked him to find a place to park, then got out of the car and looked at the road.
In the road planning of S City in recent years, Panshan Road is also a road to be repaired. It is just an ordinary trunk road now. After a few years, when the road planning is completed, this place will also become a shortcut. The current road conditions were similar to what he saw online. He walked along the road, glancing at the surrounding buildings out of the corner of his eyes, and saw a hospital building not far ahead.
Chen Qizhao used the navigation to check how long it took to get to the hospital. It was no more, no less, about ten minutes on foot.
The road planning has not been done yet, and the road here is not much different from where the accident happened. Chen Qizhao looked up the route based on the navigation, feeling a little confused.
This place is not on the way, so why did Aunt Fu go here in the first place?
He compared the pictures on the Internet, found the place where the accident happened, and paid attention to the surrounding shops.
"Boss, the car is parked." Xiao Zhou ran over.
Chen Qizhao sent him a photo and said, "Ask people nearby to see if they have seen him."
Xiao Zhou took out his mobile phone to look at the photo and recognized that the man was the driver of his boss's family.
He was confused but didn't ask any more questions. He immediately took the photos and went to the nearby area to inquire about the situation.
Chen Qizhao was waiting on the side of the road, paying attention to the traffic lights on the sidewalks around the intersection.
By the way, he went into a grocery store near the intersection to ask about the situation. Chen Qizhao picked up a few things and paid for them. Then he asked, "Sister, I want to ask you something. Have you seen this person?"
The lady at the grocery store saw Chen Qizhao bought a lot of things and quickly came over to take a look. "You look familiar."
Chen Qizhao asked, "Has he been around here?"
"This should be someone from nearby. He looks familiar."
The eldest sister was still looking at the photo. An employee passing by came over to take a look and then said, "Isn't this the one who used to come here often?"
Chen Qizhao frowned slightly: "Do you have any impression?"
"Yes, he used to come here often, but I haven't seen him much since last year." The employee thought for a moment and said, "This guy is quite strange, because he occasionally wears a suit, so I remember him more clearly. He used to sit near the toy store opposite, why don't you go and ask him?"
"Okay, thank you." Chen Qizhao left the grocery store carrying a bag of things, and then asked a few stores along the way. The others were new stores and he had no impression of this person.
This side of Panshan Road is where the car accident happened that year. Chen Qizhao just planned to ask about it, but he didn't expect that the driver Lao Lin had not only been here before, but also came here frequently.
It is actually quite broad and difficult to track a driver's behavior trajectory. Lao Lin is a rather honest and dull person, and he doesn't talk much. When he has work, he goes out with Chen Jianhong or Zhang Yazhi at two o'clock, and when he doesn't have work, he stays at home...but his daily expenses may require him to go to gas stations, convenience stores, shopping malls and other places.
If I hadn't come over here to take a look, I wouldn't have known that he had been here before.
Chen Qizhao pondered for a moment, and before long, he saw Xiao Zhou running over from the sidewalk.
Xiao Zhou: "Boss, I asked around and only one or two people had some impression of him."
Chen Qizhao glanced around and handed him a bottle of water from the grocery store. "Let's talk in the car."
After getting in the car, Xiao Zhou took a sip of water and began to talk, "This guy used to come here alone a year or two ago, but he seldom comes recently. Then he just sits there where I just went, and seems to be looking at the sidewalk all the time. When others talk to him, he doesn't respond. Oh, by the way, isn't there a toy store across the street?"
"Toy store?" Chen Zhongzhi glanced sideways.
"Yes, I just happened to ask the toy store owner. When I first asked him, he didn't say anything. He thought I was a reporter who came to the neighborhood to inquire about the situation." Xiao Zhou continued: "Later he told me that this person was ruining his business."
Chen Qizhao was puzzled: "Why is the business bad?"
"Occasionally, parents bring their children to buy toys..." Xiao Zhou said, "It's quite outrageous. The toy store is close to the flower bed. The boss also said that he stared at parents who brought their children to buy things here several times. I don't know if he hates children or what. Once, he even threw mineral water at the parents. We almost had a quarrel."
"Then what?" Chen Qizhao frowned.
Xiao Zhou: "That was all. The boss had a quarrel with him, and he rarely came over after that."
He was a little puzzled when he said this, "I met Uncle Lin when I went there before, and I felt that Uncle Lin usually didn't act that excited."
"Really?" Chen Qizhao lowered his eyes slightly, thinking of what he had asked Lao Lin in the car before.
He suddenly smiled: "When you saw Jiang Yuze before, didn't you also think he was a good person?"
Xiao Zhou hesitated, "Ah? There's no comparison..."
"Who knows?" Chen Qizhao looked out the window and said, "Go ask again."
Chen Qizhao and Xiao Zhou walked around the area several times, but most of the shops had changed hands. Most people only remembered that a car accident had happened here before, but they couldn't remember anything else clearly.
It was already past six o'clock when I got home. Zhang Yazhi was drawing in the garden, and there was still some time before dinner.
Seeing the butler here, he asked something casually.
"Mr. Lin was actually very concerned about this matter. After the accident, he was given a six-month leave to adjust his mood. His family also helped with the funeral arrangements for his wife and children. Mrs. Lin also blamed herself at first. She originally wanted Old Wu to pick up Xiao Fu and his son. I made the call, but Xiao Fu refused. It seemed that he wanted to go buy something."
Chen Qizhao asked: "What do you want to buy?"
"It was raining and the wind and rain were strong, so I didn't hear clearly what they were buying." The housekeeper asked in confusion: "Why is the Second Young Master suddenly interested in this matter?"
Chen Qizhao casually said: "I was sorting out photo albums with my mother and saw Aunt Fu's child. I was a little curious."
The housekeeper added: "The gentlemen came back late at night, probably around eight o'clock."
"I understand." Chen Qizhao simply went upstairs. He felt that this matter was a bit strange, so he sent the location of Panshan Road Intersection to Chen Shiming, mentioned the car accident in passing, and then sent an email to ask the other party to check what happened at Panshan Road Intersection during this period.
Suspicions without evidence are likely to be ruled out as causes in the end.
Chen Shiming is investigating the whole story. The driver may be just one of his suspects, but the matter cannot be concluded until evidence is obtained.
So sometimes, you should push the other party.
But one cannot act too hastily, he has to wait until the target falls into the trap.
Chen Qizhao lit a cigarette, sat cross-legged on a chair, and glanced at the dark sky outside the window, feeling calm.
He didn't smoke it, but let the cigarette burn to the end, and finally threw it lightly into the ashtray.
The phone on the desk vibrated, and Chen Qizhao came to his senses and noticed the VX message reminder that popped up on the lock screen. He stopped thinking about lighting another one and picked up his phone to scan the messages.
Shen Yuhuai sent him more pictures of succulents.
Chen Qizhao's eyes paused, and he walked to the bed with his phone. When he clicked on the photo to enlarge it, he did not see the reflection in the glass like last time.
[-Zhao: Are you at home? ]
[-Chen Yuhuai: Yes, taking a rest today. ]
Chen Qizhao tapped the screen with his finger, absentmindedly thinking about the strange dream he had a few days ago.
He simply sent a video message and the other party answered the call shortly afterwards.
Chen Qizhao's eyes paused slightly.
The person who came into view was Shen Yuhuai, who was wearing home clothes. He was holding a spray bottle in his hand. After connecting the video, he put the spray bottle on the chair with a little inconvenience and said, "Why did the video pop up suddenly?"
Chen Qizhao's gaze briefly lingered on Shen Yuhuai, and then he said, "It's interesting to look at succulents. Do you have a lot of them?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuhuai pointed the camera at the plants covering the balcony. The plant racks were filled with flowers and plants that Chen Qizhao couldn't name. He asked, "Which one do you want to see?"
Chen Qizhao: “The one on the left.”
Shen Yuhuai smiled: "There are quite a lot on the left, which one are you referring to?"
Chen Qizhao said one casually.
Shen Yuhuai walked over and pointed the camera at the potted plant, and the voice of introduction was heard besides the video.
Chen Qizhao watched as Shen Yuhuai's hand appeared in the camera, fiddling with the potted plant, causing the light to shine on the potted plant, making the effect more obvious in the video.
Chen Yuhuai said: “It doesn’t look good like this, I’ll take you here to have a look when I have time.”
Chen Qizhao hummed, his eyes fixed on Shen Yuhuai's hand.
It’s indeed not clear in the video... not as clear as in photos or dreams. When he thought of that dream, Chen Qizhao's gaze paused for a moment. He listened to Shen Yuhuai's voice and said, "Brother Huai, what's on the leaf of the potted plant on the right?"
Shen Yuhuai adjusted the camera, “Which one?”
When Chen Qizhao saw him push aside the branches, he took a screenshot of the hand that appeared in the camera and said in the same voice: "No, maybe I saw it wrong."
In the evening, when Chen Shiming finished his meal, he saw Chen Qizhao curled up on the sofa and watching a popular TV series with Zhang Yazhi.
Chen Qizhao looked listless, and he seemed to be looking at something on his phone.
Chen Shiming coughed.
Zhang Yazhi tilted her head to look at him, "Is your throat bad?"
"No." Chen Shiming gave Chen Qizhao a look, but the latter didn't seem to see his hint.
He had no choice but to walk over and sit next to Chen Qizhao. Before that, Chen Qizhao suddenly sent him a report about the car accident at Panshan intersection, and he never replied to his messages again.
Zhang Yazhi looked at the two brothers puzzledly, especially Chen Shiming who was still wearing a suit and seemed a little out of place in this space. She asked doubtfully, "Are you okay tonight?"
Chen Shiming: "It's okay, I'll watch TV with you for a while."
Zhang Yazhi looked at the two brothers in confusion, and seeing that they had no other reaction, she finally focused her attention on the TV series. Seeing her attention diverted, Chen Shiming turned his head to look at Chen Qizhao and noticed that the latter had hidden his phone slightly behind him.
Chen Shiming asked: "I didn't look at your phone."
Chen Qizhao said, "Really?"
"What are you going to do?" Chen Shiming lowered his voice. "Uncle Lin has already given him a week off. Now that no other evidence has been found, it might alert the enemy if we delay any further."
"Not really." Chen Qizhao's eyes fell on a screenshot of a video on his phone. He turned off the phone screen and said casually, "We are the ones who are anxious. If there is no evidence, we will wait for them to release the evidence... Let's continue the holiday. If it lasts too long, some people will get anxious."
For Chen Qizhao, the bottom line is the safety of his family.
Once a cordon is lifted, he has enough patience to wait for his prey... He doesn't care how many difficulties or reasons the driver Uncle Lin has. The person is right under his nose. With the surveillance cameras in his villa and Chen Shiming's spies, it is too easy to keep an eye on such a person.
Chen Shiming frowned, thinking about Chen Qizhao's words thoughtfully, "As for the rest, I'll bring it home to you after Xiao Xu comes out with the results tomorrow."
"I won't be here tomorrow." said Chen Qizhao.
Chen Shiming: "Where are you going?"
Chen Qizhao looked at him doubtfully, "Shouldn't you go back to school after you recover?"
Zhang Yazhi, who was watching TV, suddenly turned around. She thought of the doctor's words, "Why are you going to school so soon? Stay at home during this period and let the driver take you to class."
"I just had a fever, and it's been gone for a few days now. There's nothing else wrong with my physical examination, right?"
Chen Qizhao paused and said, "It's convenient for going to school. I'll come back on the weekend."
Going to class is secondary, the main thing is that I have something to do outside.
Zhang Yazhi asked: "When are we leaving?"
Chen Qizhao: "Tomorrow morning."
There were only three days left until Saturday, and Zhang Yazhi was still worried that he didn't bring enough clothes, so she gave him an extra set of clothes before he went out in the morning. Chen Qizhao was carrying a bag and happened to take Chen Shiming's car to go out. After he got in the car, he casually said, "Can you ask the parking lot to hurry up? Why hasn't my driver's license been issued yet?"
"How long have you just finished taking Part 4?" Chen Shiming saw him unbuttoning his scarf and said, "Put it on."
Chen Qizhao: "You feel stuffy in the car."
Chen Shiming looked at Assistant Xu, who quickly opened the rear window. He added, "It's ventilated now."
Chen Qizhao: “…”
The car drove out of the garage. Through the window, Chen Qizhao glanced at the room above the garage and seemed to see the curtains there shake twice.
He quickly withdrew his gaze and saw Zhang Yazhi talking to the housekeeper not far away, and slightly tightened his scarf.
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