Hong Kong Film: Night Cop

Chapter 599 Catching Lin Yueji
Previously, the highest rank a Chinese person could hold was a police superintendent, and even then, the superintendent had to be pro-British, such as Li Shutang, who was the first Chinese police superintendent.

Because Hong Kong is about to return to China in recent years, the British have realized that they can no longer control the promotion channels for Chinese people. Therefore, Chinese people have been promoted very quickly in recent years, and their positions have become higher and higher. There have even been Chinese deputy directors.

But the top police officer is still British, and the power of speech is still in British hands.

While Li Fei's rise to the position of Chief Inspector was partly due to his own merits and the help of others, the most important factor was his relationship with Vivian.

If it weren't for this connection, it would have been impossible for Li Fei to be promoted to Chief Inspector in such a short time.

After all, the British didn't want a chief inspector in his twenties in the police force.

However, when the British learned that Vivian had been transferred from the UK to Yau Ma Tei as a police superintendent, the British in Hong Kong investigated the reasons and thus learned about the relationship between Vivian and Li Fei. It was precisely because of this that the British regarded Li Fei as one of their own.

Even Li Fei himself was unaware of this; he still thought he was a pure policeman.

Raymond was aware of this, but he didn't remind Li Fei, since it wasn't something he could say anything about.

After Raymond left, Li Fei began to ponder whether or not he should solve the case.

Although Lin Yueji killed Chen Qiang, she was also a pitiful person.

After all, even He Lijin and her son thought Chen Qiang deserved to die.

But if the real culprit isn't caught, it will be difficult to explain to Li Shutang.

Li Fei paced back and forth in his office a few times, secretly worried.

"Damn it."

Li Fei slapped his forehead and complained, "How could a transmigrator like myself, with all these cheat codes, be stumped by something so trivial?"

Thinking of this, Li Fei suddenly had an idea and came up with a solution that would satisfy both sides.

Having made his decision, Li Fei picked up the phone on his desk and called Liang Xiaorou, asking her to bring people to his office.

A short while later, Liang Xiaorou led her team to Li Fei's office.

"Ah Fei, what do you want us to do?" Liang Xiaorou asked.

"Go and arrest them," Li Fei said.

"Arrest people? Arrest who?" Liang Xiaorou and the others were completely bewildered.

"The real culprit who killed Chen Qiang," Li Fei said.

"what?"

Liang Xiaorou was shocked. Didn't she just say she knew nothing? Now she even knows the real culprit.

Try messing with me!
Shen Xiong and the others were also shocked. Madam had clearly said there were no clues when she came back, but how come they had found the real culprit in such a short time?

Li Fei said, "Check how many flower shops in Hong Kong are called Rose Flower Shop, and whether the flower shop owner's name is Lin Yueji. If so, take her back to the police station."

"Could Lin Yueji be the real culprit who killed Chen Qiang?" Liang Xiaorou asked curiously.

“Yes, according to the information I have, Lin Yueji was Chen Qiang’s mistress twelve years ago. You’ve been investigating Chen Qiang’s case for so many days, you should know what kind of person he is,” Li Fei said.

"Chen Qiang abused Lin Yueji, and then Lin Yueji killed Chen Qiang in retaliation?" Shen Xiong's mind raced, and his eyes lit up.

Li Fei smiled slightly; Shen Xiong had basically given the correct answer.

"Alright, now hurry up and take Lin Yueji back to the police station," Li Fei urged. "YESSIR."

In half an hour, following the information provided by Li Fei, Liang Xiaorou and the others checked the database and found many women named Lin Yueji, as well as several flower shops named Yueji.

The two factors combined led them to choose only one shop: a rose shop owned by Lin Yueji's woman.

After noting down the address, Liang Xiaorou and the others drove to the rose shop.

An hour later, Lin Yueji was brought back, along with He Lijin and Xiao Jie.

When Lin Yueji arrived at the police station, she was not flustered at all; clearly, she understood what was going on.

He Lijin and her son, on the other hand, looked panicked and confused, not understanding why the police were arresting their good friend and godmother.

After bringing the person back, Li Fei had Liang Xiaorou interrogate Lin Yueji, while he listened in from the monitoring room next door.

Following the normal procedure, Liang Xiaorou asked Lin Yueji for her name, gender, occupation, etc., before starting to ask her about her relationship with Chen Qiang.

Lin Yueji, of course, would not admit it.

After half an hour of interrogation, nothing was gained.

This made Liang Xiaorou and Shen Xiong, who were interrogating her, very anxious.

The man was caught, but there was no evidence whatsoever, and the other party insisted that they did not know any Chen Qiang, so they couldn't do anything about it.

Li Fei, who was watching from the next room, shook his head slightly. If the interrogation continued like this, it probably wouldn't end well.

He walked out of the room, pushed open the interrogation room door, and said to Liang Xiaorou and Shen Xiong, "You two go out first, then turn off the recording. I'll talk to Miss Lin."

Liang Xiaorou and Shen Xiong exchanged a glance. Although they didn't know what Li Fei was planning, they obediently went out and asked the people next door to turn off the video recording in the interrogation room.

After glancing at the video recorder and seeing the light go out, Li Fei said to Lin Yueji, "Miss Lin, let's talk calmly about your relationship with Chen Qiang."

“Officer, I already told you I don’t know Chen Qiang,” Lin Yueji said.

Li Fei wasn't angry. He calmly said, "Twelve years ago, you met Chen Qiang at a nightclub. Chen Qiang lied to you, saying he didn't have a wife, and pursued you. After that, you accepted his advances, and the two of you even lived together..."

"After some time, you discover that Chen Qiang is a complete scumbag. He's abusive, a gambler, and lazy, making you earn money to support him. Because of this, you try to get rid of him time and time again, but you're repeatedly beaten and seriously injured by him. You're scared, so you can only eke out a living..."

Listening to Li Fei's story, Lin Yueji was extremely shocked. How did the police know about her past?

And he knew it so clearly, as if he had seen it all.

This made Lin Yueji very flustered.

"One day, you came home and saw Chen Qiang lying on the sofa covered in blood... Even though he was injured, he still cursed at you. You wanted to take the opportunity to leave him, but he wouldn't let go of you... In a fit of anger, you accidentally found a knife, stabbed Chen Qiang, and then left in a hurry."

"Miss Lin, do you think I'm right?"

After finishing his speech, Li Fei looked directly at Lin Yueji and said.

"You... Sir, I'll say it again, I don't know any Chen Qiang. Your story is very well told." Lin Yueji looked at Li Fei with trembling eyes, her gaze unfocused, and forced herself to speak.

Seeing that Lin Yueji still denied it, Li Fei laughed and said, "The police did not suspect that you killed Chen Qiang. They thought that Yu Dahai, who injured Chen Qiang, was the murderer. So the police have been looking for Yu Dahai. You hid in the countryside for a while. When you saw that the murderer the police were looking for was a man, you returned to Hong Kong and opened a flower shop. You also hired an employee named He Lijin and adopted He Lijin's son, Ajie, as your godson."

(End of this chapter)