Chapter 8 Lai San

  Wang Hua kicked open one of the doors upstairs, and inside sat several people eating instant noodles. They hadn't expected that just eating instant noodles would get their door kicked in - who had they provoked?

  "Which one of you is Lai San!" Wang Hua looked around at the few people in the room. He didn't recognize Lai San, so he had to ask.

  Several people still had instant noodles hanging in their mouths and hadn't swallowed them, looking at Wang Hua, pointing to his back, it turned out that they kicked the wrong door, it was the house opposite them.

  King Hua, who was a bit embarrassed, tried to ease the atmosphere, "What's that, smells pretty good, what flavor is it?"

  "Old vinegar dish." One of them mechanically replied, and the noodles in his mouth fell back into the bucket because he hadn't swallowed yet.

  "Go on, go on!" Wang Huagan laughed twice and turned to leave. He walked to the opposite unit door and was about to kick it with his foot when he thought better of it and decided to knock instead.

  "Who is it!" Wang Hua heard a man's voice coming from inside, with a somewhat impatient tone.

  "Police!" Wang Hua replied when someone asked him.

  As soon as Wang Hua's voice fell, he heard the sound of dong dong dang dang coming from inside, like the sound of rushing and bumping into things. As soon as Wang Hua heard this sound, he knew he couldn't wait any longer, and with one foot, the door creaked open.

  Because the house door was kicked down, the room suddenly became still for a moment, but soon several people reacted and were about to jump out of the window and run. Wang Hua saw that there were too many people, so he had no choice but to shout loudly: "Stop for me, if you run again, I'll shoot you dead."

  When they heard that Wang Hua had a gun, several people stopped moving. They didn't know if Wang Hua really had a gun or not. Among them, two were eager to escape and planned to find an opportunity to run away. As a result, Wang Hua pulled out the pistol from his waist and waved it in front of him.

  It was confirmed that Wang Hua indeed had a gun in his hand, and several people finally stood still without moving.

  "Everyone, get down and squat in the corner, I won't let you move if I don't say so." Wang Hua saw that he had subdued these people, looked at what they were trying to hide, and found various wallets, bank cards, and ID cards. It turned out that these people were pickpockets. Wang Hua called the nearby police station and asked them to send someone over.

  "Who is Lai San? Come out." Wang Hua found a stool to sit on, looking at the several people with their backs against the wall in the corner.

  "It's me, big brother!" One of the men wearing a leather jacket stood up.

  "Turn around and let me take a look."

  Lai San turned around, wearing a leather jacket on top and ripped jeans on the bottom. His hair was styled like a punk rocker's, with several earrings in his ears and a nose ring on his nose. "Are you Lai San?"

  "Yes, big brother, what's up?" Hearing Wang Hua call his name, Lai San hastily nodded and bowed like a grandson.

  "Still a local accent." Lai San has some Northeastern accent, should be from that part of the country.

  "Ah, big brother, you're also from the Northeast, which part of the Northeast are you from? I'm from Shenyang." Lai San thought that since Wang Hua was also from the Northeast, he should take care of him as a fellow countryman, and immediately prepared to put on a show of tears in his eyes when meeting an old friend.

  Seeing Lai San walking forward, Wang Hua pointed to his feet and said, "Step back, who told you to come over? Stand properly! What's wrong with your fellow countryman, what should be done when a fellow countryman breaks the law? You stand properly, I'm asking you, are you often bullying Chen Qitai's daughter?"

  Lai San knew that it was because of the two daughters of Chen Qitai's family, and he also knew that the two women were killed yesterday. Now the police are looking for him, could it be that they suspect him of being related to the death of the two women? Although Lai San is a tough guy in this building, but when facing outsiders, especially the police, he becomes very timid.

  All of a sudden, Lai San knelt down in front of Wang Hua, with a nose full of snot and tears, "Big brother, I'm your own brother, how could I do such a thing? I don't even dare to kill a chicken, let alone those two girls. Their deaths have absolutely nothing to do with me!"

  Wang Hua saw that Lai San was a coward, so he raised his fist to intimidate him. "It doesn't matter what our relationship is, I'll find out after investigating. Now, tell me, where did you go the night before last? Give me a clear account of everything you did. If you dare to hide anything, just wait and see how I'll deal with you."

  Seeing Wang Hua's raised fist, Lai San hurriedly covered his head, worried that Wang Hua would punch him and split his skull open. He finally understood what it meant to have a fist as big as a sandbag. "Last night... last night... I..."

  Lai San was speechless, and seeing Lai San like this, Wang Hua was so angry that he couldn't help but scold him. What kind of Northeastern man is Lai San? He looks like a woman, and his words are so ambiguous. "If you have something to say, say it quickly, if you have fart, let it out quickly, if you continue to be ambiguous, believe me or not, I'll arrest you."

  "Big brother, big brother, please spare me, we're from the same hometown, can't I tell you? Lai San thought that what happened last night compared to murder was far apart, although it wasn't very glorious, but at least it could prove he couldn't kill anyone. "Big brother, yesterday night I actually went to Chengdu Road, where my girlfriend lives, and I've been there for the past two days without taking a single step out."

  Chengdu Road is a famous street in this city for washing heads, all the shops inside are hair salons and massage parlors. In fact, what's inside is well-known to everyone, locals call it "Little Chicken Street", Lai San's good friend is probably one of them.

  Wang Hua had to go and verify it himself, to see if Lai San had left the place at all in the past two days. "What's the name of this shop?"

  Lai San knew that his acquaintance opening the shop was illegal, although the police temporarily didn't care about it. But if he told Wang Hua the name of the shop and Wang Hua had it shut down, wouldn't those women kill him? However, thinking that he himself was in a precarious situation, he decided to speak out: "127 Chengdu Road, Sister's Hair Salon, her nickname is Jiajia, I don't know her real name, but she and I are from the same hometown, and you, big brother, are also from the same hometown."

  Wang Hua's anger flared up as soon as Lai San put him and the hair washer together, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who is a fellow countryman with her? Is she the only one in this shop?"

  Wang Hua was about to hit him again, Lai San quickly covered his head and confessed honestly, "No, there's also a little sister, I heard she's from the same hometown as me, and she looks quite pretty. The day before yesterday was Christmas Eve, and yesterday was Christmas Day. That girl kept asking me to accompany her, you know, good men don't fight with women, and I didn't have anything else to do, so I listened to her."

  Wang Hua saw Lai San was still quite honest, "I will investigate clearly, if you dare to tell a lie, you'll have good fruit to eat. I ask you, have you seen anyone following the Chen sisters or have you seen anyone looking at them with an unusual gaze?"

  Lai San thought to himself, "In this whole neighborhood, there are only two young girls. Whoever sees them will take a second glance. If anyone's behavior is suspicious, everyone here is a suspect. But he can't say that. If he says that, Wang Hua will think he's talking nonsense." Looking at Wang Hua's fist, Lai San thought to himself, "This little body of mine can't withstand it." "Big brother, I really don't know, I'm not often at home."

  Wang Hua saw Lai San rolling his eyes and knew this kid was definitely hiding something. "I'll give you one more chance, don't say I didn't consider our hometown connection. If you keep being evasive, believe me, I'll break your fingers right now!"

  Lai San makes a living by stealing, if his hands are broken, it's equivalent to cutting off his financial resources and taking his life. Thinking of Wang Hua breaking his own fingers, Lai San quickly hid his hands behind him, this is his breadwinner, absolutely cannot be injured. "Brother, it's not that I don't want to say, think about it, the people living here are all big masters, they are all bachelors, seeing beautiful young women, taking a few more glances or whistling is normal, let alone those few, they have all done this before, how can I say?"

  When they heard Lai San had betrayed them, the few people squatting there were not having it. They turned around and wanted to argue. Wang Hua saw that the situation was about to get out of control and hastily shouted: "All of you just be honest, what are you making a racket for? I haven't even asked you questions yet, so all of you shut up."

  Several people saw Wang Hua get angry, and quickly turned around to face the wall again, squatting there, scolding Lai San in their hearts. Usually, they see him acting bossy, not hitting this one or that one, now he's just a coward.

  "Officer, I have something to say." The thin monkey squatting in the second row worried that Lai San was going to say something unfavorable about them and hastily took over.

  Wang Hua heard someone had news and said: "You, turn around, you say what's going on?"

  The thin monkey hugged his head, not daring to stand up, just squatting there, slowly turning around and looking at Wang Hua. "A few days ago, I saw someone following Lao Chen's second daughter all the time. I thought it was a new person in our building, but I haven't seen him again in these few days. He shouldn't be from our building."

  "How many times have you seen him?" Wang Hua wondered if that person was the one Wu Hui mentioned who had some kind of fetish.

  The thin monkey thought for a moment, "I've seen him two or three times."

  "If you were to see that person again, would you be able to recognize them?"

  Skinny Monkey worried that Wang Hua wouldn't believe him, so he hastily said: "I can, sir. It's not just me bragging. As long as I've seen someone before, Skinny Monkey definitely won't forget."

  Wang Hua wanted to take this man back to the bureau to see if he could give a portrait of that person through his description, but these few people here are all with a record, if he left, these few people would definitely run away, why hasn't the police station sent anyone yet.

  Just as things were getting tricky, the police from the local station happened to arrive. They looked at the people squatting in the house and saw that they were all people they had arrested before. Then they looked at Wang Hua sitting there, who didn't look like a policeman at all, but rather a member of an underworld organization.

  However, the director of the police station and Wang Hua had dealt with each other before and knew Wang Hua. After Wang Hua handed these people over to the police station, he pointed at Skinny Monkey and said, "You come with me."

  The thin monkey didn't need to go to the police station, so he quickly got up and followed Wang Hua, nodding and bowing, and got into Wang Hua's car.