when the moon whispers

Chapter 445: Accomplice - Ventilation (Part )

Six accomplices in the case
Eighty-eight Ventilation (Part 1)

Wang Jiahao slammed the metal door of the locker room with a "clang", stretched himself, and jumped a few times on the spot with his arms and legs stretched out, then slung his backpack over his shoulder and carefully calculated the rare and precious time to get off work by looking at his watch.

He counted on his fingers how many games he could play and how many episodes he could watch tonight, then he jumped up and rushed out of the locker room door. Half of his body was in the corridor, but his feet suddenly paused. He blinked his eyes and pondered inexplicably for more than two and a half seconds, then pulled the door handle and took three steps back, half-closing the door, and looked at Yang Qian, who had been sitting on the shoe-changing bench three meters away, shaking his legs anxiously since twenty minutes ago.

"Brother Yang? You've been checking the cargo at Chenghai for a week. You finally handed it over to the team and got off work early. Why don't you leave? Didn't your sister-in-law urge you?"

"...Hmm? Ah - why is she rushing me? There are so many inspections in the city recently. How can I dare to report to my boss at home that I will leave work on time before I stand at the door and put my key into the keyhole?"

Yang Qian was obviously absent-minded. He only heard the second half of what Wang Jiahao said at the top of his voice with headphones on. He raised his hands and rubbed his face, which was full of sorrow and resentment. He gestured with a hoarse voice to drive away the brat who was about to come over to ask about his family's affairs under the guise of being a caring little vest. He urged him on for a long time, until he left reluctantly with a pout on his face. The door of the locker room closed completely with a "click". Then he held the phone in his hand, bent down a little weakly, supported his hands on his knees, and rummaged through the address book. At last, his thumb hovered for a long time on a familiar name but he had not contacted it much.

Yang Qian scratched his hair which was greasy and sweaty after just taking a shower, and hesitantly put his phone on the side. He took a deep breath and was about to stand up with his knees supported, when the phone, which was silent a moment ago, suddenly made a buzzing sound and exploded on the bench.

Yang Qian was stunned. He raised the phone to his eyes as if it was hot. When he saw the name with the prefix of Criminal Investigation Detachment on the caller ID, he quickly swiped the phone and put it to his ear to answer the call.

"...Captain Gu?! You finally called me, Captain Gu!"

"Old Yang, did you run into or contact Chen Rui at the Chenghai post yesterday?"

Gu Xing asked directly, with a hint of eagerness in his voice, "Did he ever tell you about a—"

"A cloned car." Yang Qian immediately suppressed his pent-up irritability and answered Gu Xing's question without hesitation, "But I didn't contact him first. Chen Rui sent me a message."

"Did he send you a message?" Gu Xingsheng raised his voice tone and paused for a moment. "Some people in your detachment should know about Chen Rui's disappearance. We have checked the approximate location and time when his mobile phone disappeared. When the fake license plate car passed Chenghai Avenue, there should have been no signal?" "I guess it was the electronic watch his apprentice gave him. Chen Rui showed it off to me before. He has been in poor health since he was sick. The electronic watch his apprentice gave him was originally used to monitor his physical condition. But it can send messages and it seems to be usable when the phone is turned off. I don't know whether it can locate it."

Yang Qian gave the person on the other end of the phone a brief summary of the previous situation. He stood up and glanced at the locker room. He then took a step forward to tighten the tightly closed door panel and locked it. Without beating around the bush, he said, "I know roughly what Chen Rui is like. I won't say more about the polite greetings. Captain Gu - I noticed the fake license plate car mentioned in Chen Rui's message on the surveillance camera at the sentry booth before it reached the spot check section. I had already grabbed the intercom to arrange for someone to stop the car, but when I looked down, I saw that the phone on the center console had received a message from Chen Rui, asking me to make sure the car passed. If possible, it would be best to take the opportunity to give the driver a hint to avoid being stopped halfway - but no one else should notice the problem with the car."

Gu Xing responded dully, as if a heavy stone hanging in his heart had finally fallen to the ground, and he let out a long sigh of relief: "Chen Rui is in the car?"

"To be more precise, it's probably in the trunk." Yang Qian was still irritable, pinching his knuckles. "...Although the car was not stopped, an overloaded truck was seized on the side of the road, and there was another inspection on the three lanes next to it. The other two lanes were moving slowly. I didn't know much about your investigation at the time, but Chen Rui's sudden message must have his plan. I was curious and worried about some trouble, so I pushed aside the two new soldiers who followed me and noticed something was wrong, and moved closer to the fake car to take a few glances. Chen Rui didn't hide his phone well, and threw it on the passenger seat with a broken screen and blood on it. The driver was a young man, and when he saw me coming over, he thought he wanted to check my driver's license, so he rolled down the window as if he had something to ask, so I patted the roof of the car, signaling him to drive over quickly and not block the road and be an eyesore."

Gu Xing's voice tightened again: "Didn't you find a chance to meet Chen Rui?"

"If the person is in the trunk, it's hard to alert the enemy, so how can we have the chance to meet each other... Besides, there are four traffic police standing inside and outside the Chenghai intersection, not to mention two big soldiers. If there is any abnormal situation, there will be a big commotion immediately." Yang Qian shook his head, "So I patted the roof of the car, then moved closer to the trunk, and heard two very light knocks inside - Chen Rui must be alive, and judging by the condition of the phone, he must have been injured."

"Didn't the driver notice the two of you meeting?" Gu Xing paused for a moment, as if he had finally noticed the key point that Yang Qian had passed by: "And according to what you said, Old Yang, although Chen Rui contacted you, he didn't ask you to take the initiative to inform the detachment. Where is the fake license plate car going to?"

"... Let me think about it - I can guarantee that at least 80% of the time, the guy definitely didn't hear it... It seems that one of his ears is not working well. When he wanted to ask me what was going on through the car window, he tilted his head a little deliberately." Yang Qian thought seriously for a while, and slapped the metal cabinet with a firm hand. "In fact, I really planned to report it at the beginning, but who would have thought that Chen Rui would hurriedly add a message, saying that the situation of this license plate car must not be followed up through our detachment, and asked me to - to wait for your call, and take the initiative to call me, and then discuss the next matter with you."

Gu Xing was stunned at first, then turned around and glanced at the three young men in the room, then slapped his head in annoyance and sudden realization.

"Chen Rui suspects that there might be an insider between us."

Yang Qian thought for a while, but didn't dare to be too explicit. "If I tell him more, he won't have a chance to pass it on. It's probably troublesome for the watch to send messages... He didn't directly say whether he was an insider or not, or whether he was an accomplice or not. He just mentioned that 'the driver knows too much about the road conditions'... I wanted to ask more, but I don't know if it was a signal or some other reason, Chen Rui just left it unsaid until now——"

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
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