Hit and run …
The driver even knocked down Chief Dong's mother …
Even without Dong Xuebing's instructions, the Traffic Police had started to investigate. Although it was after work hours, they still contacted the person in charge and got the CCTV footage of the area around the shopping mall at around 8.30 am. This is not Beijing, and the coverage of the surveillance cameras is not high enough. Because the incident happened at the main road junction, there are no surveillance cameras. The Traffic Police can only investigate the vehicles passing by at other roads. They also sent a few officers to investigate the area and see if there are any witnesses.
Ring … ring … ring … Dong Xuebing's phone rang from his pocket.
Dong Xuebing, who was in the hospital corridor, answered. "Chief Liang."
"How is your mother?" Liang Chengpeng asked.
"She is on an IV drip, and her condition has stabilized."
"That's good. Don't be anxious. I had sent more officers to investigate, and I believe there will be results soon." Liang Chengpeng is very concerned about this incident. After receiving the information from his subordinates, he immediately ordered for an investigation. If necessary, he can even block off the roads. Chief Dong had offended many people and is from the Public Security. That's why Liang Chengpeng is prepared for the worst. Other than an accident, someone might be trying to take revenge on Chief Dong and his family. No matter what, the culprit must be found!
After hanging up, Dong Xuebing returned to the ward and looked at Luan Xiaoping. He sat at the foot of the bed and held his mother's hand. "Why are you still awake?"
Luan Xiaoping replied. "I can't sleep. Have you found the driver?"
Dong Xuebing replied. "Not yet. Mum, can you tell me what happened?"
Luan Xiaoping thought for a while and sighed. "I went to the shopping mall after leaving the Public Security Bureau's Family Quarters. I should have left earlier, but I met a student's parent and chatted with him for a while. When I finished buying the yarn, it was already past 8 pm, and I walked west along the shopping mall's South Road. I wanted to take a bus there, but when I was about to exit the street, a car came from behind. I did not expect that car to hit me, and that car was driving very slowly. When I reached the junction of the street and the main road, the car behind me passed me and turned right."
Dong Xuebing asked. "Did it hit you directly?"
"It's the back of the car and not the front of the car."
"How did the rear of the car get scratched?"
"Mom didn't pay attention to that car. She saw that the traffic light at the intersection was about to change, so she jogged a few steps to catch the green light. However, the car behind her also made a turn. Mom didn't pay attention and was scratched. She bumped into my hand, and then I fell to the ground." Luan Xiaoping recalled the scene. "The car didn't stop, and it was the road after turning the corner. When Mom fell to the ground, she happened to be at a small green belt. There were trees and flowers blocking her way, and I didn't see the car's license plate."
Dong Xuebing paused for a second. "Do you think that car purposely hit you?"
"No." Luan Xiaoping shook her head. "Maybe it was a coincidence."
"Coincidence? Since it wasn't intentional, why didn't he stop the car when he didn't hit anyone? You didn't even come down to have a look? " Dong Xuebing is also afraid someone is trying to take revenge on him. "What is the color of that car?"
"I remember it was … black."
"What brand?"
"I don't know, and I didn't see it."
Dong Xuebing asked more questions and felt this is not revenge. If the other party wanted to hit his mother, he should have used the front of the car and not make a turn. But even if it was an accident, Dong Xuebing is still furious. He didn't even get out of the car to check on his mother and drove off. Luckily his mother is not seriously injured. If she had broken her arm and was bleeding profusely, the car that caused the accident did not even call for an ambulance. Dong Xuebing's unconscious mother will surely die! After their father passed away, Luan Xiaoping and Dong Xuebing had been relying on each other. Now, his mother almost died, and Dong Xuebing is furious!
F * * k!
Just you wait and f * cking die!
Dong Xuebing left the hospital and drove to the County's Public Security Bureau.
It's after work hours, and most of the Public Security Bureau's offices are dark. Only a few departments on night shift have their lights on. Dong Xuebing went upstairs to the command center and pushed open the door. A Deputy Chief and a few officers are standing there. Bureau Chief Liang Chengpeng is also there. Everyone is looking at a monitor in front of them, and the monitor is showing the CCTV footage.
"Chief Liang." Dong Xuebing walked over.
Liang Chengpeng turned. "Chief Dong, you are here at the right time."
"You have found something?" Dong Xuebing asked. "What car?"
A police officer next to him said, "According to the tire marks at the scene and the descriptions of the surrounding witnesses, there were about three cars that appeared at the time of the incident. After our investigation, we finally locked onto the most suspicious car from the surveillance video." He pointed at the computer monitor. "Look, it's this one." On the screen was a picture of a black car passing through a junction. It was a black Toyota Reiz.
Toyota? Dong Xuebing was stunned.
"This is the plate number." The officer zoomed in on the monitor and showed the plate number.
Dong Xuebing is furious. This number plate belongs to the Japanese team! There's no mistaking it!
"Are you sure?" Liang Chengpeng asked with a straight face.
The officer replied. "There is no mistake. This is the car that crashed into the driver."
The monitor showed a clearer image, and Dong Xuebing can see the driver. It is the same driver who crashed into someone with his Toyota in the afternoon. Dong Xuebing clenched his fist. These bastards! I still have not settled what happened in the evening, and they dare to bully me again?! The Police had told them that the driver's license had expired, and he is driving without a license. He should be banned from the roads. But the driver dares to drive and hit someone! He does not care about the law!
Dong Xuebing turned and was about to leave.
"Xiao Dong, come back first!" Liang Chengpeng stopped him. "Calm down."
Dong Xuebing turned and looked at Liang Chengpeng. "How can I calm down? My mother almost died! "
"What can you do if you go back now? Bring her back? Don't worry. Although your mother is not seriously injured, only serious injuries or death can result in a sentence of 3 to 7 years for hit-and-run. But even if this is not a hit-and-run, this incident will not end so easily. " Liang Chengpeng immediately turns to the officer beside him. "Go to the hotel where the Japanese site visit team is staying to investigate the car involved in the accident and confirm if it is that Toyota that hit that person."
"Yes, Sir." The officers replied.
Dong Xuebing suppressed his anger and shouted. "Chief Liang!"
"Wait here with me. We will talk after the results are out."
"Everything is clear now. What are we waiting for?"
Liang Chengpeng is afraid Dong Xuebing will act rashly. "What if we check the wrong car? Don't be anxious. We will know the results soon! "
Liang Chengpeng knew this incident is serious, but it is different from the collision in the afternoon. Hit-And-Run is not a simple civil dispute. If it is serious, the offender will have to face legal consequences. Furthermore, Yan Tai County's leader's family and the Japanese site visit team are involved. To be on the safe side, Liang Chengpeng took out his phone and called the County's Party Secretary, Xiang Daofa.
Xiang Daofa frowned when he heard the news. Why is Dong Xuebing involved in everything? Why are there so many accidents during this critical period?! Xiang Daofa drummed his fingers on the table and thought for a while before calling Meng Xianglin. He asked him to go to the hotel to settle this incident.
Meng Xianglin was stunned when he heard about this. He immediately called Country R's team.
Hotel.
Third floor, Room 3012.
The translator hangs up and said in Japanese. "Mr. Sakamoto, it's Chief Meng from the Investment Promotion Agency. He said the Police are rushing over, and our car is involved in a traffic accident." Mr. Sakamoto told the translator what he heard over the phone, and the translator asked nervously. "Is it about an hour ago when we returned from the restaurant at the junction?"
Mr. Sakamoto's face changed. "What happened?"
The secretary and the rest looked at each other, and the driver became nervous.
After a few seconds, the secretary replied. "I think we hit something at the junction, and I heard some screams."
Mr. Sakamoto had also heard the screams. They had just had dinner with some old friends, and their car bumped into something on their way back. Sakamoto was on the phone with his company's headquarters and did not notice the screams. After he hangs up, he asked the driver what the screams were, but the driver, whom he trusted, said it's nothing and only said the car bumped into a staircase.
The secretary and translator also did not see the screams as they are not paying attention to what happened outside. When they heard the screams, they turned around and saw a small patch of greenery. There is nothing there, and they did not think much of it.
Only the driver saw it clearly. When he turned the corner, he saw the middle-aged woman, and when he heard the sound of the car crashing, the driver's heart skipped a beat. He looked at the rearview mirror and saw that the woman might have been knocked down, but there was no blood. The driver was relieved and thought that the woman would not be seriously injured. Furthermore, he had already been in a car accident in the evening, and the driver was afraid that Mr. Sakamoto would blame him, so he kept quiet and continued driving.
"Zhang Zhifeng." The rest looked at the driver.
The driver, Zhang Zhifeng, pretended to say. "I did not notice anything and did not see anyone."
Two car accidents in one night, and even Mr. Sakamoto, who trusts Zhang Zhifeng, frowned.
Zhang Zhifeng was a little uneasy and tried to shift the blame. "Mr. Sakamoto, there is a kind of scam in China. The people here call it scamming. Because of the traffic laws, when a vehicle hits a pedestrian, no matter who is at fault, the vehicle will bear most of the responsibility in the end. So, some people take advantage of this loophole and pretend to hit a vehicle when they see it. Then, they lie on the ground and pretend to be injured in order to cheat money. Yes, we were driving normally at night, and someone suddenly appeared behind us and hit us. I think it must be scamming."
Mr. Sakamoto asked curiously. "There is such a thing?"
The translator nodded. "Yes, and it is common here."
"What about the injured person?" Mr. Sakamoto asked. "What's the injury?"
The translator replied. "Chief Meng said it's nothing serious. It's just a sprain and a minor injury."
At this time, the Police arrived, and a few of them went to the carpark to look for the Toyota Reiz. There were marks at the back of the car, and the rest of the Police officers went upstairs and rang the doorbell to room 3012 to ask the Japanese about the accident. By right, the driver and the Japanese should be brought back to the Traffic Police for questioning. But these people are special, and the Traffic Police are only allowed to collect evidence at the hotel.
Because this kind of accident investigation is troublesome, the investigation is still ongoing after 20 minutes.
Mr. Sakamoto looks at his watch and is getting impatient. "Is it still not done?"
The driver, Zhang Zhifeng, was no longer nervous. The person who was hit wasn't injured, so it wouldn't be a big deal. He looked at the traffic police and said, "I've already said it several times. I didn't see anyone, so I drove away. She was the one who hit us. She's trying to extort money from us. If you want to investigate, go investigate that woman. She wasn't injured, right? Is there a need to do this? Mr. Sakamoto still needs to rest! "
"Extort money from you?" One of the Traffic Police officers is furious. "Say that again!"
Another senior officer stared at the driver. "That is our Public Security Bureau's family member! She is Chief Dong's mother! Extort money?! How dare you think of this?! " The driver's words infuriated the other officers, and they want to bring him back to the station. Chief Dong's mother is trying to extort money? Even an idiot will not believe this. Everyone in the County Bureau knows Chief Dong is rich. Just look at his Mercedes MPV. He had bought a car worth more than 1 million RMB, and he still needs a few hundred or a thousand RMB?
Chief Dong's mother? Zhang Zhifeng was stunned. She is the family member of a Public Security Leader?
Just as the few officers were arguing with Zhang Zhifeng, Meng Xianglin arrived.
"What are you shouting for?!" Meng Xianglin shouted at the officers. "Mind your manners!"
These officers from the Public Security do not listen to Meng Xianglin. But Meng Xianglin is the person-in-charge of this investment visit and is close to Party Secretary Xiang. That's why they did not argue with him. Meng Xianglin is reprimanding these officers to show the Japanese team. He does not want them to have a bad impression of Yan Tai County.
Meng Xianglin asked. "What's the result of the investigation?"
"They are the ones who knocked into the driver. We had identified the marks on the car." An officer replied.
Zhang Zhifeng retorted. "I had said we are not the ones who knocked into the car. She is the one who knocked into the car!"
Meng Xianglin looks at Sakamoto. "Mr. Sakamoto, what do you think …" He wants to see Sakamoto's attitude. If Sakamoto does not say anything, he will let the Police handle this. But if Sakamoto insists on protecting the driver, then …
Sakamoto looked at Zhang Zhifeng and said something in Japanese.
The translator said in Mandarin. "Mr. Sakamoto said he will compensate for the driver's medical fees, but this incident will end here. They did not see that woman at the scene, and it is not their fault."
One of the officers was furious. Knocking into someone and running away is not your fault?!
Meng Xianglin exchanged a few more words with Sakamoto.
In the end, Sakamoto's translator said. "Mr. Sakamoto said he needs to rest. Let's talk tomorrow."
Meng Xianglin saw Sakamoto's angry face and knew he is getting impatient. He thought for a while and said. "Alright. We will settle this." He turned to the officers from the Public Security Bureau. "Let's go."
The officers were stunned. "Go?"
The driver is not arrested, and this incident is not settled. Leave?
Meng Xianglin can't be bothered with them and called Xiang Daofa. "Hello, Secretary Xiang. The site visit team's car had knocked into someone, but the cause of the accident is still under investigation. Mr. Sakamoto and the rest said Chief Dong's mother had knocked into the car, but they had agreed to compensate for the damages. I can tell Mr. Sakamoto is very fond of that driver, and they might be close. That's why the Public Security Bureau did not say anything about this incident. Anyway, Dong Xuebing's mother is not seriously injured, and I'm afraid Mr. Sakamoto will … "Meng Xianglin does not like Dong Xuebing and will side with Mr. Sakamoto, who can bring him credit.
Xiang Daofa replied calmly. "I know."
After a while, Xiang Daofa called Liang Chengpeng.
"Settle this as a civil dispute." Xiang Daofa said.
Liang Chengpeng was stunned. "What about the driver? He is driving without a license! He had also escaped! "
"The driver does not know he had knocked into someone and did not run away with ill intentions. Don't do anything now." Xiang Daofa said. "Alright. Settle this as soon as possible. Tell Dong Xuebing and his mother to look at the bigger picture and not blow up this matter. This is all for the County's economy."
Beep … beep … beep … the line was cut.
Liang Chengpeng was still holding his phone and frowning. He did not expect this to be the result!
Handle this matter quietly?!
Driving without a license and driving away? How can this case be handled quietly?! Furthermore, the victim is a Public Security officer's family member! If Liang Chengpeng does this, how is he going to answer to Chief Dong? How is he going to answer to the Public Security Bureau? Are we going to sacrifice the County's people for a few Japanese's investments? This is what happened in the evening, and what happened just now. Consider the bigger picture? How can this be considered the bigger picture?!
Even though Liang Chengpeng is promoted by Xiang Daofa, he felt Xiang Daofa's way of handling this matter is too ridiculous! Even if Xiang Daofa does not like Dong Xuebing, Dong Xuebing had contributed a lot to Yan Tai County. He had helped Liang Chengpeng in two cases. Liang Chengpeng was promoted to the County's Party Secretary because Dong Xuebing had found evidence to overthrow the previous Party Secretary. Previously, Liang Chengpeng was rewarded by the City and Provincial Government because of Dong Xuebing's contributions. But now? Chief Dong's mother had been knocked into, and you don't care about Xiao Dong's contributions? You are siding with those Japanese?!
Wasn't this a little too disappointing!?
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