“Man, you did a F*cking good job of that. Listen to what he just said, it was a joke, can I F*cking say it was a joke? F*ck, that’s a relief!”
I said, “It’s not a good idea to fight violence with violence, I’m just going along with it this time. What we did today was a relief, but be prepared, Chen Ruhai loves his son like his life depends on it, and we’ve offended him today.”
“Who cares, we’ve already offended him anyway. Let’s go, or do you want to keep watching for a while?”
I shook my head and said to Xia Gehuai, “Pick up Lin Kang, I’ll keep him useful.”
“You really think Lin Fang will come back for him?” Xia Gehuai said, “I see the danger, Lin Fang has run away so far that we police can’t find him.”
“I’m wondering what secrets Lin Kang holds about Chen Yuzhou that would dare him to humiliate him like this.”
Xia Gehuai froze, “You have a point.”
“Take Lin Kang away.”
Xia Gehuai handcuffed Lin Kang back to the police station, and instead of being scared, the boy acted as if he was going home with ease.
He owed a lot of money now, and it was probably safer to go into the station than if he was caught outside and locked up by loan sharks; at least the police wouldn’t put him in a dog cage.
I got back to the police station with Xia Gehuai and just got out of the car and went to run into a charred Xu Xiang.
“Why is that man still here? Why wasn’t he chased away?! An old farmer has nothing to fear.”
“Bureau Xu, we can’t help it. Now the family does not agree to cremate the deceased and must see him. He has the right to do so. Even if we don’t let him see him, we don’t dare to cremate him without permission, in case we are held responsible.”
Xu Xiang stopped walking, forehead when the forehead veins throbbing, looking at the small police officer in front of him, no good: “You are afraid to take responsibility, for the leader to share the trouble do not understand?”
“Xu Bureau, of course I share your worries. You do not know, this old cunning thing, he does not know where to find a lot of reporters.”
When Xu Xiang saw us from afar, he told the little policeman to stop talking, and when he brushed past us, the little policeman didn’t say a word.
Xia Gehuai had Lin Kang locked up, and with his power, only for 48 hours.
I guess what Lin Kang fears he knows is that Chen Yu Zhou once killed someone, other than that, I can’t think of a reason why Chen Yu Zhou should put up with this kid.
The videos that Lu Yu and Lu Zheng had given me were still lying around in my computer, and I needed the best time to get them out, otherwise it was likely that Chen Ruhai would find someone to get rid of them.
I stayed at the police station for a while, seeing that it was about time, I wanted to go pick up Chu Xiaoxiao from work, and when I left I saw Chen Ruhai hurrying to the police station.
I was surprised to see Chen Ruhai come to trouble me, so I waited for a while to see what the old man wanted.
I didn’t expect Chen Ruhai to be looking for me at all, but as soon as he came in, he ran straight to the detention area.
Xia Gehuai followed him and heard Chen Ruhai negotiating with the police on duty to bail out Lin Kang.
Xia Gehuai was dumbfounded: “Sh*t, he’s crazy, Lin Kang is pissing on his son and he wants to bail him out.”
“What now? I don’t believe that this old thing is particularly fond of Lin Kang, so he wants to bail him out, it must be that Lin Kang’s got some incontrovertible evidence in his hands.”
I said, “If we let Lin Kang go, do you think Chen Ruhai will try to get Lin Kang killed?”
Xia Gehuai said straight away, “BullSh*t, I know it with my toes. You and I know what kind of person Chen Ruhai is, is he a good person?”
I laughed, “Don’t worry, Lin Kang has survived so many people, that means this grandson is actually very capable, he can’t die for a while. If Chen Ruhai wants to bring someone up, how long can you stop him?”
Xia Gehuai cursed: “If it was administrative detention I could still delay for a few more days, but now it’s a summons, no need for bail, when the 48 hours are up you can just leave. And if the word comes out from above, I’ll have to let them go straight away, or it’s me.”
“Can’t stall?” I asked.
“Can’t stall.”
“Then let him go and give him a hard time.”
Thinking I was talking nonsense, Xia Gehuai hurriedly caught up and asked, “What the hell are you up to? What are you doing now, and why am I getting more and more confused.”
“Let Lin Kang go, the easier it is, the better, listen to me right. As for why, well, the sky is the limit.”
Xia Gehuai was baffled by what I said, originally he said that he didn’t need to care, Chen Ruhai could easily ask Lin Kang to leave, and with Chen Ruhai’s relationship with Xu Xiang, this police station was like his family’s backyard.
But I told Xia Gehuai that Chen Ruhai couldn’t be the one to ask for him, we had to send him away ourselves. Then I gave Xia Gehuai five thousand dollars and told him to take it to Lin Kang in a place where others could see it.
“What the hell are you up to? Are you going to then hook up with Lin Fang again after Lin Kang, wow, Zhang Chao, I really can’t see you as such Zhang Chao.”
I laughed and gave him a middle finger, telling him to cut the crap and get on with his business.
Xia Gehuai did exactly what I said and let Lin Kang out straight away before Chen Ruhai could get Xu Xiang to ask for him.
At that time, Chen Ruhai was still in Xu Xiang’s office when he heard Xia Ge Huai’s thunderous and deafening laughter and ran to the balcony to see what was going on, only to see Xia Ge Huai sending Lin Kang out and was directly dumbfounded.
Not only was Chen Ruhai dumbfounded, even Lin Kang himself was dumbfounded, wondering why Xia Ge Huai was so nice to him and whether he had taken the wrong medicine.
“From now on, you can’t go out and mess around anymore, you must live a good life. You’re Lin Fang’s brother, you’re the equivalent of my brother, if you need anything in the future, come to me directly.”
Lin Kang’s face was full of confusion, and before he could even think about it, something even more confusing happened, Xia Gehuai actually shoved five thousand yuan into his hand.
“This is what you deserve, you did a good job this time, I know everything you told me.”
Lin Kang was tempted to ask what did I tell you? But looking at the five thousand yuan in his hand, he didn’t feel like pushing it out.
Little did Lin Kang know that on the first floor of the office hall, a pair of malevolent eyes were looking down at him, hating to kill him on the spot.
And unbeknownst to Chen Ruhai, all this was being watched from afar by me.
Without any evidence, just that look on Chen Ruhai’s face, I was sure that Lin Kang must have evidence of Chen Yu Zhou’s murder.
That video of Lu Zheng and Lu Yu could indeed prove that Chen Yuzhou had made a move to kill someone. But whether the man was dead or not, and where his body was after he died, all of it was missing. Chen Ruhai is very powerful in Tong City, even if I put solid evidence in front of him, they may destroy the evidence and reverse the case. It’s not realistic to rely on this video alone to convict a year-old case.
If I ask Lin Kang, he won’t tell me. This kid is a thief, so it’s good that he won’t blackmail me.
“Lin Kang.”
