Bai Longfei's worries were unreasonable. After all, this taxi driver had to pick up and drop off a lot of passengers every day. It was really suspicious that he could remember so clearly the passengers he picked up and dropped off here yesterday. But I didn't have any worries in this regard. After all, this driver was notified by their taxi company. I guess the people in their taxi company had asked him this question before he came, so it was not surprising that he could answer instantly.
Sure enough, the driver patiently repeated my analysis in his mind. Their company had asked him this question in advance, and he had been thinking about it all the way to determine the answer, so he was able to answer it so quickly.
After hearing the driver's explanation, Bai Longfei finally felt relieved, and I said, "Okay, do you know the way? Take us there now."
"Of course I recognize it. Do you want me to take you there or somewhere else?" the driver said confidently.
I looked at Bai Longfei and said, "Xiaoxue, you take a taxi. Brother Long and I will follow behind you."
I asked Lin Yingxue to take a taxi just to ask her to keep an eye on the driver. Although the driver is just an ordinary citizen, it is still better to be careful.
Lin Yingxue nodded. She naturally understood the purpose of my doing this, so she sat in the passenger seat of the taxi. Bai Longfei had already driven Bai Qi's car over. After I got in the car, the taxi led the way in front, and we followed closely behind, driving all the way forward.
The morning rush hour has passed, and the traffic here is not as severe as in the capital. The road is relatively smooth. After driving for about half an hour, Bai Longfei suddenly said to me: "I know why you are so confident that you can catch a criminal today."
"What do you mean?" I was interrupted from my thoughts by Bai Longfei's words and asked in confusion.
"If we go to the Taibaiju Hotel, we can find the person who met Zhou Bo the day before yesterday based on the surveillance video in the Taibaiju Hotel. Even if this person is not one of the gangsters, he or she will have a very direct relationship with the gangsters. With the footage and images in the surveillance video, we can directly find at least one suspect. With the suspect's appearance, we don't have to be completely clueless like before. If we are lucky, we can indeed catch the suspect within a day."
I smiled and nodded, "Brother Long, you are smart and skilled, you are born to be a policeman."
Bai Longfei chuckled and said, "That's right, but I'm still not as smart as you. I thought about this matter all the way to figure it out, but you have already figured it out. In the future, you should do the thinking. I won't teach you how to do it."
"You can't say that. Many problems require the collective wisdom of many people. If I rely on myself alone, I will probably die of overwork sooner or later."
Bai Longfei and I were chatting when we encountered a red light ahead. What was speechless was that the red light came on after the taxi in front had passed, instantly separating us from the taxi in front. When I was anxiously preparing to call Lin Yingxue to ask her to steady the taxi, I saw the taxi in front stopped by the roadside after passing the traffic light, apparently waiting for us.
Seeing this, I finally breathed a sigh of relief. I thought the taxi was deliberately trying to escape. But who knew that before I could explain the situation to Bai Longfei, I saw with my own eyes a small truck turning left on the right side of the intersection and slammed directly into our car!
The small truck was going very fast, and even tilted slightly when turning. Bai Longfei noticed the situation and wanted to retreat immediately, but there were already vehicles lined up behind us, and he had no time to react. He watched helplessly as the small truck crashed into us. I only felt the earth shaking for a moment, and then I knew nothing.
When my brain started to think again, the scene of the small truck crashing into our car still appeared in front of my eyes. I instinctively wanted to dodge, and suddenly I opened my eyes and sat up abruptly.
It was then that I realized I was in the hospital again. What was wrong with me this year? Why was I constantly in the hospital? Was it my zodiac year that hadn’t arrived yet
After waking up, apart from a slight headache, I moved my arms and legs slightly and there was no problem at all. Next to me were Lin Yingxue and Bai Longfei. When they saw me wake up, they hurriedly asked me how I was.
I shook my head and said it was okay, then looked up at Bai Longfei. There were some gauze wrapped around his face. It seemed that I was not the only one injured. I hurriedly asked them what happened. Only then did Lin Yingxue tell me what happened.
When Lin Yingxue passed the traffic light in a taxi, she found that we were stopped by the red light, so she asked the taxi driver to stop and wait for us. However, when they parked the car and went to see us, they saw that the minivan crashed directly into my car and Bai Longfei's car like crazy. After a loud bang, the minivan immediately reversed, and then turned around and fled to another intersection regardless of the traffic light!
Lin Yingxue became very anxious upon seeing this, and hurriedly asked the taxi driver to drive to the place where we had the accident, only to see that Bai Qi's car had been almost scrapped. Fortunately, Bai Longfei and I were both wearing seat belts, and the airbags were deployed in time. Except for some wounds on our bodies caused by the front windshield, we did not suffer any serious injuries. However, my physical fitness was not as good as Bai Longfei's, and I was knocked unconscious by the huge impact on the spot.
Bai Longfei's face was covered in blood when he got out of the car, but he didn't care. He immediately asked Lin Yingxue to get me out of the car and send me to the hospital. Then he got into the taxi of the driver who led us and was already stunned, and asked him to chase the fleeing van with all his strength.
Afterwards, Lin Yingxue contacted an ambulance and sent me to the hospital. Although my face was covered in blood at the time, the doctor said that I was not seriously injured, just that my forehead was pierced by glass and was bleeding. My injury was even lighter than Bai Longfei's. After I was bandaged, the doctor let me lie down here to rest.
As for Bai Longfei, he was chasing the fleeing minivan in the city with a belly full of anger, making it as thrilling as an American blockbuster. However, according to Bai Longfei, the taxi driver had very good skills. He was originally nearly a street behind, but the taxi driver kept taking shortcuts and finally stopped the minivan. Bai Longfei rushed out, dragged the truck driver out and beat him up, then took everyone to the hospital.
I was unconscious for about an hour. Bai Qi had actually been here before. After asking about what happened, he took the small truck driver away for interrogation. Before Bai Qi came, Bai Longfei had also interrogated the truck driver. In fact, when Bai Longfei saw the driver for the first time, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol. It was obvious that the driver was completely drunk and his speech was unclear. If he had not been beaten by Bai Longfei and became much more obedient, he would probably have blew off the roof of the hospital long ago.
After the interrogation, Bai Longfei roughly learned that the driver was actually completely drunk and had no idea what he was doing. The reason why we were hit was simply because of bad luck.
After listening to the explanations of Bai Longfei and Lin Yingxue, I finally felt relieved. I had been wondering whether all this was arranged by the taxi driver. Why did we have a car accident just after he passed the traffic light? Now it seems that everything is just a coincidence, otherwise, this taxi driver would not have tried so hard to help us.
After learning what happened, I immediately took out my cell phone to check the time. I discovered that it was almost eleven o'clock in the morning, and I didn't have any serious problems, so I simply tore off the infusion tube on the back of my hand, got out of bed, and was about to leave.
"Where are you going? Take a good rest first. It doesn't matter if you take an hour or two. We'll leave after the doctor confirms that you are fine." Seeing this, Bai Longfei immediately stepped forward to stop me.
"There's no time. Don't worry, I'm fine. Let's go to the Taibaiju Hotel now. We can talk later if there's anything else."
Bai Longfei also knew that time was running out, so he stopped trying to stop me. Instead, he said helplessly, "But we don't have a car now. My dad's car was damaged and it's probably not going to be fixed in a short time. How can we get there?"
I turned around and looked at the idle taxi driver next to me and said, "What's your name? Can you be our driver for the next two days?"
The taxi driver was unhappy when he heard this and immediately refused, "Forget it. How much business have you delayed for me this morning? Do you think I'll be left starving as your driver?"
Bai Longfei interrupted, "Brother, you have good driving skills, so you are suitable to be our driver. Don't worry, we will pay you double the amount you can earn every day in the next two days. Are you satisfied now?"
The driver was delighted when he heard this and nodded immediately, "No problem. If you have money, everything is possible! You can just call me Xiao Dai."
After agreeing on the price with Xiao Dai, we left the hospital, got into Xiao Dai's car, and continued towards Taibaiju Hotel. After about twenty minutes, we finally arrived at the Taibaiju Hotel.
As soon as we entered the hotel, the waitress was shocked to see Bai Longfei and I, who were covered in scars and looked ferocious. After we revealed our identities, she breathed a sigh of relief. I immediately asked, "Do you remember whether there were any foreigners who came to your hotel to eat around noon the day before yesterday?"
The waiter thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I remember two foreigners and a silly young man eating in a private room inside!"