"I'm afraid you won't be able to leave until you explain yourself clearly." Yue Mingyuan had already spotted Officer Cheng's figure.
"I'd like to see if you have the ability." Yue Mingzhou sneered and walked out.
Yue Mingyuan did not stop him, but simply followed behind Yue Mingzhou. Yue Mingzhou was unimpressed, thinking that Yue Mingyuan's actions were ridiculous. Did he really think he could keep him occupied like that?
As Yue Mingzhou reached the main entrance, Officer Cheng led his men in.
“That’s him.” Yue Mingyuan nodded to Officer Cheng.
Officer Cheng and the others immediately surrounded Yue Mingzhou.
"You bastard, you dare to kidnap people in broad daylight?" Yue Mingzhou looked at the group and raised his voice.
There were other people and staff in the coffee shop at the time, and they all looked over when they heard Yue Mingzhou's words.
“We are police officers, performing our duties. This is our work ID,” explained a junior officer next to Officer Cheng, showing him his ID.
Upon hearing this, everyone stopped panicking and began to whisper among themselves.
When he heard that the other party was a policeman, Yue Mingzhou was terrified. He was most afraid of the police now, but he had no other choice but to surrender.
Yue Mingzhou was thus taken back to the police station.
In the interrogation room, just as Officer Cheng revealed that Wang Huadong and Liu Baoshan were dead and detained respectively, and then mentioned that Yue Mingzhou was involved in murder and extortion, Yue Mingzhou immediately confessed everything.
"Officer, I wasn't involved in any of their murders. I just happened to run into Liu Baoshan hiring someone to murder that guy named Li something, and that's when I started keeping an eye on him. Nothing else has anything to do with me." That's all the courage Yue Mingzhou had.
Officer Cheng had never heard of such a thing before. He frowned and said to Yue Mingzhou, "Tell me slowly and try to recall carefully."
"I am a good citizen, and I will definitely cooperate fully." Yue Mingzhou's attitude was extremely sincere.
So Yue Mingzhou recounted how he saw Liu Baoshan go to find Scarface, and how Scarface tampered with Manager Li's car, ultimately causing Manager Li to have a car accident and become a vegetable.
Officer Cheng and the recorder listened attentively. As Yue Mingzhou recounted the incident, Officer Cheng recalled the car accident and everything made sense.
"That scarred man seems to be a key suspect. Do you know where he is?" Officer Cheng asked.
"I don't know, I just heard from the people at the bar that he went back to his hometown." Yue Mingzhou wasn't lying.
"That scarred man, doesn't he have a deep scar on his face, this long, from here to here? He's about forty years old, and he looks fierce," a police officer next to Yue Mingzhou suddenly asked, gesturing to his face as he spoke.
"Yes, yes, it's this long from left to right." Yue Mingzhou nodded hurriedly.
“Boss, I think I’ve seen this person before.” The officer said something surprising.
"Where have you seen this before?" Officer Cheng asked, his voice trembling with excitement.
"I went to Beishan Police Station a few days ago to pick up some documents, and there happened to be a prisoner there who looked just like him. It seems he was imprisoned because he accidentally killed someone in a brawl, just a while ago," the officer recalled.
"Go contact them immediately. I need this prisoner's photo and information," Officer Cheng hurriedly ordered.
"I'll go right away." The officer immediately got up and went to do it.
A short while later, the police officer brought a faxed photo to Officer Cheng.
Officer Cheng glanced at the portrait, then held it up to Yue Mingzhou. "Is this the person?"
“Yes, that’s him!” Yue Mingzhou recognized him at a glance.
As soon as Yue Mingzhou finished pointing it out, Officer Cheng jumped up and, ignoring everything else, immediately went to Beishan Police Station.
After explaining the situation to them, Officer Cheng learned that the scarred man had been sentenced to death and was currently serving his sentence, awaiting execution by firing squad. Officer Cheng then turned around and went to the prison.
When Scarface was brought up, he was quite surprised, wondering who else wanted to see him.
When Officer Cheng questioned him sternly about the matter, Scarface looked indifferent. Anyway, he was going to die soon. The person he accidentally killed during the gang fight had some influence, and this time he was going all out to make him pay with his life.
He has been all alone for many years, with no relatives to help him. He also knows that he has been in the underworld for a long time and that this day would come sooner or later, so he is very calm.
I'm about to die, so let bygones be bygones. I won't involve anyone or bring it up again. Besides, what good will it do to bring this up, other than to make myself even more guilty?
"I don't know what you're talking about. Do whatever you want with me," Scarface said nonchalantly.
"Do you want to atone for your crime by doing good deeds? If you can provide valuable clues, perhaps your punishment will be reduced." Officer Cheng already knew that Scarface had been sentenced to death, and his words were extremely tempting.
Scarface had already accepted that he was going to die, but then someone suddenly gave him hope. No one really wants to die, and Scarface was no exception.
"Does what you said count?" A slight ripple appeared in the scarred man's voice.
"That depends on your performance." Officer Cheng noticed Scarface's wavering.
"I'll tell you, this is how it is..." Scarface's will to survive still prevailed.
Scarface began to recount the whole story, from how Liu Baoshan found him again and taught him how to do sleight of hand, to how he did it...
"Officer, that's all I know." Scarface said, looking at Officer Cheng with hopeful eyes.
"Very good. Are you willing to testify and identify the individuals later?" Officer Cheng was very satisfied with the results of this trip.
“I do.” Scarface nodded repeatedly.
"Then wait for my news. You'll be fine in the meantime," Officer Cheng assured Scarface.
Watching Officer Cheng's departing figure, the scarred man seemed to be dreaming. He muttered to himself, "Great, I don't have to die. I want to live."
Officer Cheng returned to the police station, where Liu Baoshan was already in a bad mood, as the 24-hour period was almost up.
"When are you going to let me go?" Liu Baoshan asked excitedly.
"I'm afraid that's not possible for the time being." Officer Cheng was now confident of victory.
"What! I need to hire a lawyer!" Liu Baoshan roared angrily.
"Liu Baoshan, we suspect you are involved in a car accident case. Do you know this person?" Officer Cheng took out photos of Scarface and Manager Li.
Upon seeing the two familiar photos, Liu Baoshan slumped into his seat.
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