Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 64 The Invisible Man
The sight of the two trembling figures infuriated the Song people and left Nie Guoqiang with a helpless expression.

What the police fear most is these kinds of idiots who hide the truth or lie nonsense!

Not only can they not help, they can also easily lead the police astray, wasting the police's precious time and hard work along the way.

Admittedly, they were only trying to cover up their mistakes, but the consequences of this selfishness...

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Song Guoren rubbed his temples and said, "Tell me! What exactly happened? If it's just that you, as a safety officer, didn't do your job, that's an internal matter for your company and the audit bureau. But if your case involves a criminal case, don't blame me for treating you as accomplices!"

"No...no involvement!"

Yang Qiu cried out in a panic.

"no!"

But before he could finish speaking, Deng Haibo said anxiously, "Some people in the factory...they outsource their work to others! Especially people like Yang Yang, no one can control them, they never come here! They found someone outside who isn't a factory employee, and every day he uses Yang Yang's work badge to walk around for him and clock in and out! There are probably seven or eight people like that in the factory, I don't know their identities, and we can't control them even if we wanted to!"

"Deng Haibo!"

Yang Yang glared and screamed, as if he wanted to kill Deng Haibo. By now he was sober and no longer sleepy, but he still looked menacing towards his boss.

Yang Qiu covered her face helplessly.

"Cuff him!"

The Song people showed no respect for Yang Qiu, nor did they tolerate this person with connections. He glared at Yang Qiu and Deng Haibo, then issued a new order: "There are seven or eight more unregistered employees hiding in the factory. Find them all! These people are even more suspicious!"

Several police officers hurriedly ran out.

Seeing his relative finally stop struggling after being handcuffed, Yang Qiu's face turned ashen. He knew he was finished; the factory owner and manager would never let him go.

"Tell me, who covered your shift? What's their name?"

The people of Song came before Yang Yang.

"I...I don't know."

Yang Yang's mouth trembled slightly as he stammered, "I...I met him while playing cards. He called himself Wang Zhaohu and said he did odd jobs around here. I...I asked him if he wanted to cover my shift and clock in for me, and I'd pay him, and he agreed..."

“Wang Zhaohu? Long Xiaojun? Long, Hu…”

The man from Song considered for a moment, then continued, "From what you're saying, you're not exactly acquainted with him, right? Didn't you care whether he was reliable or not? What was his identity?"

"It was just... just a clock-in, he didn't need to do any work, so I didn't think much of it." Yang Yang said with a bitter face, "Officer, what exactly happened? I'm so confused, did Wang Zhaohu do something wrong?"

"You bastard! Are you still out of it?! What the hell have you done? Hiring a murderer to cover for you?"

Before the Song man could speak, Yang Qiu shouted angrily, "Didn't you go to Old Liu next door before? At least you know him well. What business is it of yours if he's a little older?!"

Yang Yang almost burst into tears, looking like a useless piece of trash: "Old...Old Liu thought the money wasn't enough. I had just lost money gambling at that time and didn't have enough. Wang Zhaohu asked for less...How...How was I supposed to know he was a murderer? A murderer is still gambling outside?"

Yang Qiu was so angry he wanted to kill someone.

Song Guoren waved his hand: "Do you have a photo of Wang Zhaohu, or his contact information? Since you hired him to work for you, you wouldn't pay him all his wages in cash, would you? Show me his WeChat or bank transfer details."

Yang Yang lowered his head and remained silent.

The people of Song were even more troubled.

What was this idiot thinking? What kind of world is this? Who doesn't have a mobile phone? Who doesn't get paid via bank transfer, WeChat, or Alipay? This guy who only wants cash—isn't that just plain weird?

"Don't you two usually keep in touch?"

"Because it was just... a formality, nobody cared whether I clocked in or not... so... Wang Zhaohu never pressed me for money, so I didn't care whether he came to work or not. Sometimes when I ran into him at the teahouse, I would give him the money when I won some. He didn't press me for a month or two..."

Yang Yang dared not hide anything any longer and quickly and honestly told everyone what he knew about Wang Zhaohu. But to everyone's surprise, he and Wang Zhaohu were practically strangers, not even card-playing buddies. Wang Zhaohu rarely played cards and never pressed him for his wages, which made him feel very comfortable, much more so than the greedy old man who had filled in for him before.

But who would have thought that this person was actually a murderer?

The thought that he had brought a murderer into the factory and even given him his employee ID so that he could move around freely in the factory made Yang Yang feel a strong urge to urinate.

"It's almost certain that Wang Zhaohu is the prime suspect."

Song Guoren and the other detectives whispered among themselves, then sighed, "We almost let this lead slip by. We didn't expect there to be someone in this factory who wasn't on the roster. But… since he's active in this factory, he must have left traces. Let's investigate carefully. Right! Check the security cameras at the entrance to see if they've captured Wang Zhaohu. Take him with us! If he's supposed to clock in, he can't be sneaking around every day, can he?"

Several police officers glared at the bastards who almost caused trouble, then hurriedly left.

Lin Ge never expected that Long Xiaojun, whom he thought was trapped in the glass factory and would only have his true identity exposed once the police surrounded him, actually had another identity and could continue to hide.

The glass factory's unregulated management and nepotistic practices allowed a murderer to find a loophole and caused the police a great deal of trouble.

It's good that Long Xiaojun didn't escape from the glass factory!
If he had already escaped by now, then Lin Ge could only be thankful that he had chosen to protect the evidence. If even this last bit of evidence were destroyed, wouldn't Long Xiaojun's escape be like a fish swimming into the sea?

Now, at least we know that there is such a person hiding in the darkness, that the scarred face and dragon-patterned dragon mentioned by the deliveryman are both disguises, and that we still have Long Xiaojun's DNA clues, so we won't end up with nothing.

But has Long Xiaojun really escaped?

In this situation of citywide surveillance and heightened tension, where could he possibly escape to?
Lin Ge looked up at Nie Guoqiang.

Just then, Nie Guoqiang also looked down, seemingly thinking of the same thing as Lin Ge.

"Mimi, shall we take a walk? Hang in there a little longer, be brave! Let's walk around the factory, and I'll take you to the hospital after we're done."

Nie Guoqiang turned around, holding Lin Ge in his arms.

Lin Ge did not refuse.

He hates things that start strong but end weak.

Just like Zhao Liang, who remains a thorn in his side and whose whereabouts are still unknown, Lin Ge does not want such a vicious criminal to be hiding around him.

"There aren't many places where people can hide and evade police searches or even police dogs."

As Nie Guoqiang walked, he instructed Lin Ge, "Even though the glass factory is quite large, with its pungent chemicals, high temperatures, and high pressures, there are many things that would hinder reconnaissance. But if we also consider the possibility of hiding people, the options become very limited."

The two of them completely ignored places like the office and changing room, and even just took a short walk around the cafeteria.

“The police dogs in the station are not useless either; they can't beat ordinary hide-and-seek. So what we need to consider is a place that can both shield the police dogs and make people feel that no one can hide, a place outside of common sense.”

Nie Guoqiang walked further and further astray, eventually arriving at the boiler where coal was piled up on the edge of the factory area.

As a glass factory, high temperatures are undoubtedly a factor. And as an old company that started more than a decade ago, although they introduced new equipment a few years ago, they also preserved the boiler room and the coal chimneys that are dozens of meters high.

After all, dismantling this thing without affecting the adjacent factory buildings is quite troublesome. In addition, the factory has plenty of land, so it was just left unattended.

However… this place doesn’t have any pungent smell, and a slight odor wouldn’t affect the analysis. If someone were really hiding nearby, they definitely wouldn’t be able to escape the noses of the police dogs.

But Nie Guoqiang still came to the foot of the towering chimney.

Looking up from below, the chimneys appear ridiculously tall.

Even the trick of climbing a ladder to hide at the top of a chimney, as depicted in TV dramas, wouldn't escape the eyes of police drones.

But upon arriving here, both Nie Guoqiang and Lin Ge revealed smiles that said, "I knew it."

(End of this chapter)