Wandering in the vast darkness

Chapter 251 is here.

They were taken to the police station. Yu Wenhao and Brother Wang were led into two separate rooms. As soon as they entered, the police ordered Yu Wenhao to sit down.

The last time Yu Wenhao went to a police station was at the Hubin Police Station in Hangzhou. He had found the old man in Zhoupu and went there to give a statement. The police officers there were very polite to him. He never expected that this time when he went to the police station again, he would be treated like a criminal suspect, almost as if he was handcuffed to a water pipe.

Think about what you did wrong, what crime you committed? Yu Wenhao felt like he hadn't done anything wrong. He thought about Brother Wang and realized that even Brother Wang hadn't done anything wrong. Shouldn't he be the one who was deceived? Why were the police arresting them instead?

Yu Wenhao was indignant and wanted to seek justice, but when the police started questioning him, he followed Brother Wang's instructions and told himself not to be arrogant. He said he didn't know anything and that he was just a ride-hailing driver hired by Brother Wang to drive from Hangzhou to here.

Yu Wenhao showed the police his ride-hailing service qualification certificate, which confirmed that he was a ride-hailing driver. Yu Wenhao then showed the police his work ID to further confirm that he was not a drifter or a fraudster. The police officer's expression visibly softened.

He asked Yu Wenhao how much it cost.

"What?" Yu asked.

"How much did he hire you for?" the policeman asked.

Yu Wenhao was stunned for a moment. Only then did he remember that at the toll station, the police had immediately separated him from Brother Wang. Brother Wang was taken to a police car, and a policeman got into Yu Wenhao's car. When they arrived at the police station, as everyone got out of the car, Brother Wang saw Yu Wenhao, put his hand behind his back, and secretly stuck out a finger at him, like volleyball players on TV making a secret signal during a match.

At the time, Yu didn't understand what "asking a question" meant. Now, thinking back, perhaps Brother Wang had anticipated that the police would ask this question and then compare their statements. But what does "one" mean? Ten thousand? Based on their ride-hailing prices, even ten thousand is too high for a trip to Shangrao.

Yu asked the police, "Brother Wang, that is, the guest, said he's here for four days. He's coming today and leaving on Monday. He'll cover his food and lodging and give me a thousand a day."

"If it's four days, why are you leaving today?" the policeman asked. "We stopped you at the tollbooth, right?"

"I don't know either," Yu Wenhao said. "In our line of work, passengers can stay or leave whenever they want."

"Didn't he tell you why?"

"No, but things must have gone wrong. I don't know what happened, I'm just guessing, because the passenger in front of me told me he almost got scammed." Yu Wenhao said, secretly helping Brother Wang out here.

"Oh, how did you get scammed?"

Yu Wenhao then recounted everything he had seen and heard during their meal to the police, which served as indirect evidence. This evidence proved that if there was any wrongdoing, it wasn't Wang Ge's fault, but rather that of the man with the mustache and General Manager Hu, for not following the pre-arranged agreement.

Having accompanied Brother Wang on several trips, Yu Wenhao had gained some understanding of their business. He thought that if what they said at dinner was true—focusing on volume and operating transparently—there wouldn't be any problems. The one who changed later was the man with the mustache and Boss Hu, not Brother Wang.

However, when he was talking, Yu Wenhao omitted the part where Brother Wang said, "If you want to do non-Yang business, I will find you non-Yang funds." He understood that what Brother Wang meant by non-Yang business was something that should never be mentioned in front of the police.

The police questioned Yu Wenhao in great detail, leaving him waiting in the office for a while. He went out twice: once to answer a phone call, presumably to discuss something, and another time, around lunchtime, to eat before returning.

After all the questions were asked, the police printed out the interrogation record and asked Yu Wen to review it. After Yu Wen reviewed it and found it to be correct, the police asked him to sign and put his fingerprint on it.

Then the policeman went out again with the interrogation record. When he came back, he nodded towards the door and greeted Yu:

"You can leave now."

Yu Wenhao breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that after checking, there was no mistake. The "one" that Brother Wang had gestured to him earlier also meant a thousand a day.

Yu stood up, said thank you, and then asked, "Brother Wang... oh, I mean, my passenger, when can he leave?"

The policeman rolled his eyes at him: "You care about this? Just mind your own business."

"No, no, I need to know whether I should stay in Shangrao or go back to Hangzhou?"

The policeman looked at him, guessing he couldn't answer the question right now, and said, "Let's go, let's go."

Helpless, Yu Wenhao could only stand up and walk out.

As Yu Wenhao walked out of the police station, it was already getting dark outside, past eight o'clock, and he was starving.

He saw a small restaurant across from the police station, so he went in and ordered a plate of fried noodles. He sat facing the police station, eating his noodles while observing the situation at the entrance. He noticed that several more people had appeared at the police station entrance, and that Mr. Hu would occasionally come out of the police station, whisper to these people for a while, and then go back inside.

Yu Wenhao understood. Brother Wang came out at this time, but he probably wouldn't be able to leave and would be taken away by these people.

After finishing his meal, Yu Wenhao walked out of the restaurant. He saw that the shops next to the restaurant were closed, so he squatted in the shadows in front of one of the shops, still looking at the police station across the street, feeling worried for Brother Wang.

After squatting for a while, his legs started to go numb, and he began to feel a little dazed. Yu Wenhao thought to himself, "Human fate is really strange. Even I, yesterday, would never have imagined that I would be in a police station today, and now I'm squatting across from a police station in this city I've never been before, not knowing what to do next."

Yu Wenhao picked up the phone, intending to call Cao Fang and ask her how Qianqian was doing today. But the phone rang; it was Cao Fang calling. Yu Wenhao quickly answered.

As soon as the call connected, Cao Fang started sobbing on the other end. Yu Wenhao's heart sank, and she quickly asked, "What's wrong, Cao Fang? What happened to Qianqian?"

Cao Fang burst into laughter through her tears on the phone, and Yu Wenhao was puzzled, but a weight was immediately lifted from his heart.

"I'm pregnant," Cao Fang said.

Yu asked, still confused, "What? You've got it?"

"What did you say? You idiot!" Cao Fang scolded. "Of course, it means Qianqian is pregnant with a younger brother or sister."

"Really!" Yu Wenhao shouted. Her voice was so loud that several people opposite her turned to look, but Yu Wenhao ignored them and continued asking:

"Cao Fang, are you serious?"

Cao Fang nodded repeatedly on the other end of the phone: "It's true, I just took a pregnancy test, and there were two lines. The test line is showing, although it's still a bit faint. I'm afraid it's not true. I've used three pregnancy tests, and the results are the same all three times. I'll go to the hospital for another check-up tomorrow."

They had used countless pregnancy tests, each one ending in disappointment. Yu Wenhao, of course, knew what two lines on a pregnancy test meant, and he chuckled.

Cao Fang asked, "How are things over there?"

Yu Wenhao said, "I'll be back today, maybe a little late."

"Is everything taken care of over there?" Cao Fang asked.

Yu hummed in response, not wanting to say too much. "By the way, how's Qianqian today?"

Cao Fang lowered her voice: "Still the same."

"Alright, then let's wait for her younger brother or sister to come and save her," Yu Wenhao said, while Cao Fang chuckled. Both of them knew the answer, but neither said it aloud: even if a younger brother or sister came, the chances of them and Qianqian being a perfect match were only one in four.

Even this one-quarter chance was enough to make them happy.

"Okay, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going to take a shower. Qianqian and the others are already asleep," Cao Fang said.

"Okay... Oh, right, don't throw away that pregnancy test!" Yu Wenhao called out.

"Okay! Okay! I won't throw them away, I'll keep them all for you, you can treasure them." Cao Fang laughed and hung up the phone.

Yu Wenhao squatted there, still chuckling to himself. Only after hanging up the phone did he realize that tears had already been streaming down his face.

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