Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 59

Chapter 59: Another move
Chapter 59

“Keep moving!”

“Take the next turn!”

“You cannot enter unless you have permission!”

Yang Gu was having a hard day. Since his senior was busy chasing after a young master of some family, he was the one who had to deal with all the other cases dumped on their unit. Small cases were fine but such a big case and the head of the homicide department wasn’t here, his bad luck was increasing by every second.

“What’s the analysis?” Yang Gu asked.

“How do I explain this… Well, you see, for the starters, it’s quite a simple ambush and an assassination but it’s hard to tell who those legs belong to. To the victim or the assailant. As for those three, from their matching clothes and choice of weapons, I would say they were also assailants.” The forensic expert explained the scene the best he could after an hour of examination.

“And? That’s it?” Yang Gu asked.

“Further analysis of the debris is needed. And as for the body parts found, I will let you know after some checking.” The forensic expert replied and added, “In the meanwhile, you could have someone check the number plates to see if they can be salvaged. They could be helpful.”

Yang Gu nodded and replied, “I will see to that.”

Yang Gu then formed his own theory but even he was stumped at the point whether the body with only legs left was the victim or the assailant. He decided to hold that thought and informed his chief.

“And that’s all we know for now, senior.” Yang Gu reported Zhao Hui who was just pulling in a studio at the moment as he replied, “Got it. Keep me updated.”

Zhao Hui got out of the car and made his way to the studio where the preparations for the movie that day were being made. He entered the set to see Wei Jun busy barking orders and some actors in the corner talking to each other.

He smirked as he entered the set after displaying his badge to a guard. He made his way to Wei Jun who also noticed him with displeasure as he said, “You are here again without an appointment. Do I need to spell it for you or will you leave on your own?”

“Didn’t I say last time I won’t be needing an appointment?” He said as he displayed a paper to Wei Jun and added, “Quan Li and Zhan Yi are to follow me to the police station for questioning.”

Wei Jun gave him a stink eye as Zhao Hui reveled in triumph. Wei Jun read the whole page and said, “It says they are to answer your questions. It doesn’t say which questions. You get one hour in the presence of an attorney.” Wei Jun was smart enough to know the laws that were intentionally omitted from the warrant.

Zhao Hui’s expression was pure annoyance once his loophole had been found. A normal citizen wouldn’t know about this and once a warrant was displayed, which citizen would be able to keep their calm and even before that, the police would rush which was why Zhao Hui hadn’t given the paper in the beginning.

But now that his ruse was discovered, Wei Jun simply said, “They go with you and they answer what they think should be answered. If you are not happy with their answers, then bring an attorney or the people’s representative to continue this. However, if you take them this time, you will lose your free questioning chance and I will sue the police for harassment for baseless questioning based on circumstantial evidence.” Wei Jun recited laws that even Zhao Hui wasn’t aware of.

Zhao Hui could only bite the bullet and go with a much more secure option of appointing a D.A. prosecutor for questioning because he knew that with a lawyer present to defend Quan Li and Zhan Yi, he wouldn’t be able to get all the answers he needed.

“Then I will arrange a prosecutor in an hour.” Zhao Hui said reluctantly before he turned to leave. But not before watching the same triumphant grin on Wei Jun’s face that Zhao Hui had a while ago.

“You’re very petty.” Xia Lu didn’t fail to mention this part. The shooting began and since it was mostly Wei Jun and Xia Lu’s scenes, the rest just spectated. Like two experts, they shot five scenes in just two hours and Zhao Hui, who came with a lawyer had to wait an hour because there was no fixed time for questioning either which was another police technique that was now biting themselves back.

“Please state your name and affiliation with Wei Jun Ruan.” Zhao Hui began.

“I don’t think that this questioning has anything to do with Mister Ruan. He wasn’t involved in the accident.” The attorney hired by Wei Jun hurriedly interjected.

“Well, I want to know why they were there.” Zhao Hui said.

“They were there because it’s their job and also, this questioning is about the incident that happened to them and once again, Mister Ruan was not involved so his mention in this questioning does not make sense.” The attorney countered.

Zhao Hui turned to confirm with the lawyer of his own who unfortunately nodded so Zhao Hui had to move from it.

“Please state your names.” He rephrased his question which wasn’t interjected so both Quan Li and Zhan Yi answered one by one.

“Were you involved in an accident on the 15th of May, this week?” Zhao Hui asked next. The attorney was about to interject when he stopped and nodded to both Quan Li and Zhan Yi to answer.

“It wasn’t an accident, we were attacked.” Zhan Yi, taking Xia Lu’s advice, curtly replied.

“Ahem.” Zhao Hui coughed as he rephrased, “Did you know your attacker?”

“No.” Zhan Yi simply replied.

“How do you know Miss Na Tong?” Zhao Hui asked next.

“I don’t. She’s just some woman who sent me gifts.” Zhan Yi replied.

“So one could say you allowed her contact?” Zhao Hui asked, acting as if it was mostly his fault. Had he not allowed Na Tong any interaction, she wouldn’t have been involved with them.

“I didn’t accept them. I returned them to which she replied with a threat.” Zhan Yi replied.

“And what was that threat? Was it on a phone call or what?” Zhao Hui asked.

“It was in a red letter.” Zhan Yi replied.

“Do you have that with you?” Zhao Hui asked.

“No. the letters to my name arrive at the agency. They are agency property before I am allowed to read them.” Zhan Yi replied.

“So your boss has them?” Zhao Hui asked.

“Yes.” Zhan Yi answered.

“So one could say he was aware of this issue?” Zhao Hui had finally found a way to get Wei Jun involved which was actually very ingenious. The excuse that Wei Jun wasn’t involved couldn’t be used anymore.

Zhan Yi was left speechless by how he was riled up by Zhao Hui. On the other hand, Zhao Hui thought, ‘This is the normal reaction.’ He recalled all the interrogations he had with Wei Jun. He couldn’t even get the guy flustered. Zhan Yi’s reaction was completely normal for his age; Wei Jun was an abnormality.

Zhan Yi turned to the attorney who nodded after a few seconds of staring. Zhan Yi nodded back and replied, “Yes, he was aware of it.”

“Did he confront Miss Tong about it?” Zhao Hui asked which Zhan Yi didn’t know so he shook his head saying, “I don’t know.”

“Has he not mentioned anything about it to you?” Zhao Hui asked to which he received the answer, “No, he didn’t.”

“I see. Let’s move on to how you were treated.” Zhao Hui said before he asked, “Can you tell me how you were healed of such severe injuries?”

“No, they cannot because it has nothing to do with Miss Tong.” The attorney spoke up.

“They are not here because of Miss Na Tong. We are simply following up on their situation.” The D.A. lawyer argued.

“Then my clients refuse to answer this question.” The attorney simply said to which the other party couldn’t say anything about.

“Then you can at least tell me where Mister Ruan, your boss, was during your time at the hospital?” Zhao Hui asked.

“He was with sister Xia.” Quan Li was the one to answer this one. “Sister Quan said that she was devastated after witnessing my condition and the boss had to console her.” Quan Li recounted the story that they were told by Xia Lu which to them was true.

“They must have a very special relationship then,” Zhao Hui commented to which the attorney swiftly said, “Are you insinuating something, Detective? Should I write it down for future issues?”

The D.A. lawyer held Zhao Hui’s hand and shook his head to which Zhao Hui nodded and apologized, “My apologies, I said it without thinking.”

“Good. But I will still hold your remark against you should that ever become necessary.” The attorney spoke before he added, “And from the looks of it, we are done here. Have a nice day.” The attorney signaled both Quan Li and Zhan Yi to leave.

Wei Jun, who was sitting comfortably in his office and listening to the conversation through a microphone with the attorney and delivering instructions through an earpiece, simply smirked.

[He sure knows how to spin tales]

‘Never interrupt a wise man when he is making a fool out of himself. Why would I worry about him when he is making everything easier for me?’

[By heading in the completely wrong direction?]

‘Exactly.’