At ten o'clock in the evening, after the SUV parked in the parking lot near the "Daqiang Taxi Co., Ltd." where the orange taxi belonged, the three members of the investigation team except Tang Xiuxiu got out of the car and went straight to the company.
Using Lin Yuexiang's police ID, the three of them were successfully regarded as plainclothes policemen. After the receptionist girl called down the company manager, Lin Yuexiang explained their purpose to him.
At first, when the company manager heard that these three policemen were looking for a taxi and its driver in his company, he thought that the driver had committed a crime. He immediately said a long speech to try to distance the company from the driver at the first moment.
Then, after learning that the driver hadn't committed a crime and had just picked up a guy who might be a suspect in a theft case, he awkwardly apologized. Then he went to find out who the driver of that license plate number was and called to ask the driver to come back as quickly as possible.
While waiting for the taxi that the criminal had taken to return, the company manager led them to a rest room and entertained them with good tea and snacks.
The three of them were not real policemen, so they didn't stand on ceremony. They not only finished a pot of tea but also ate most of the snacks. Although their impolite behavior might make the manager suspect that they were not real policemen, they didn't care. After all, Lin Yuexiang's police ID was genuine, and the police officer number on it was also valid and could be found on the police network, so there was no need to worry.
Maybe the taxi was on the other side of the city. By the time it rushed back to the company, an hour had passed.
After the taxi driver and his taxi arrived, Lin Yuexiang learned through questioning that the taxi driver had indeed picked up a passenger dressed in black at almost one o'clock in the morning today and told them where the passenger had gotten on the taxi. As expected, the dashcam was broken.
But it didn't matter. After asking some more questions, Lin Yuexiang made an excuse and asked the taxi driver to take the three of them to his taxi.
Liu Wang took the opportunity to use his ability and nodded towards Lin Yuexiang after a while.
With the past images obtained, there was no need for the three of them to stay any longer. After saying "Thank you for your cooperation", they left.
"The driver wasn't wrong. The criminal indeed took the taxi on Changlin Road in Dongpu New Area." On the way back, Liu Wang said.
"Yeah, let's go there next. I have a hunch that we can catch that guy before dawn." The corners of Lin Yuexiang's mouth turned up slightly, showing that he was in a good mood.
Back in the car, Tang Xiuxiu, who was too young-looking to play the role of a policeman, didn't ask about the situation when the three of them came back and remained silent.
"Is she always so taciturn?" Lei Ting whispered in Liu Wang's ear.
"Sort of. Sometimes she talks a bit more." Liu Wang thought for a while and said.
"Sometimes? When?" Lei Ting asked curiously.
Liu Wang recalled that scene and the corners of his mouth twitched. He said, "When she needs to pretend to be a child..."
...
At the same time, on Changlin Road in Dongpu New Area, Ma Yang, dressed normally, carried his backpack and stopped a taxi. After the taxi stopped beside him, he quietly damaged the dashcam using his ability.
If he put on all his clothes at the beginning, the driver would easily suspect that he was going to do something bad. After all, if he wasn't going to do something shady, why would he cover himself so tightly?
"Master, go to Binjiangyuan." Ma Yang said after getting in the taxi.
"Yo, going there? I remember the housing prices there are really expensive, hundreds of thousands per square meter. You don't look like someone with money, bro. What are you going there for?" The driver uncle was obviously someone who was friendly and liked chatting. He started chatting right away. "Going to meet a friend." Ma Yang was obviously no stranger to enthusiastic taxi drivers. He made up an excuse skillfully.
"Going to meet a friend? Your friend must be powerful. He can live there. He might be a big boss of a big company." The driver master continued chatting.
"His company is just so-so. It's not big. He was just lucky recently and completed a big order, so he had the money to buy the smallest house there." Ma Yang lied without batting an eyelid as if he really had such a friend.
"Even the smallest house there must cost tens of millions. Bro, don't be modest for him. Your friend is really capable and can earn tens of millions. But you must be special too, bro. You can be friends with such a big shot..."
"Ah, I'm not that good. I just had some acquaintance with him since childhood. If I were really as powerful as you said, I wouldn't be living in this area..."
About twenty minutes later, when the taxi was only five hundred meters away from the destination, Ma Yang suddenly said, "Wait, master. Just stop here."
"Ah? There's still some distance to go?" The driver master found it strange. Why would someone ask to get off the taxi in advance when they were almost at the destination? But he still obediently pulled over.
"I can't explain it clearly. Anyway, I have to get off here." Ma Yang couldn't come up with a good excuse, so he could only say so.
Seeing that the passenger insisted, the driver master didn't say anything more and handed over the WeChat payment QR code.
When paying, the driver master wanted to add Ma Yang as a WeChat friend on the grounds that they had a good chat on the way, but Ma Yang found an excuse to refuse.
After getting out of the car, Ma Yang didn't immediately walk towards Binjiangyuan. Instead, he hid in the shadow of the building beside him and started changing his clothes.
He had already damaged the surveillance cameras nearby before getting out of the taxi, so he didn't worry that this scene would be seen at all.
After changing his clothes, Ma Yang walked out of the shadow. While damaging the surveillance cameras along the way, he walked towards Binjiangyuan.
...At the same time, on the other side...
The four members of the investigation team arrived at Changlin Road. Liu Wang quickly found the spot where the criminal had gotten on the taxi according to the images.
Tang Xiuxiu's illusion domain was activated. Liu Wang squatted down and touched the stone slab. The past images around here appeared in his mind.
Just as he was about to "rewind", he suddenly noticed that almost half an hour ago, the criminal had taken a taxi and left from the same position.
Although the car was not within the scope of the image, he could still hear the conversation between the criminal and the driver.
He clearly heard the criminal Ma Yang say to the driver, "Master, go to Binjiangyuan." (The police found out the criminal's identity through the photo)
"Damn, he's going to steal from our office!" Liu Wang exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Lin Yuexiang, who doesn't play games, didn't have much trouble understanding what Liu Wang meant. The same was true for Tang Xiuxiu, who only plays casual management games. Only Lei Ting leaned his head back slightly, as if he had guessed something.
"I mean, he's going to our office in Binjiangyuan to commit a crime!" Liu Wang said in a more formal way.
At this time, all three of them understood and stood there in surprise.