Chapter 9 — Mystery At 3 A.M

Captain Dien's fingers slowly tightened. Khuong Hoa saw his eyes darken. Captain Dien's son never wears red shoes. This is the code the couple agreed upon before. If she just answers one detail in life wrong, it proves that there is someone next to her or the call is being monitored. Captain Dien's voice is very stable.

“Don't panic.”

“Do as he says.”

“Don't hang up.”

Having finished speaking, he used his other hand to write four words on paper. Phone is controlled. Police Officer Ha immediately turned around and contacted his colleagues near the school. An An sat in the car, her face as white as paper. She heard the words "home name". That feeling is very familiar. It's not just about being watched. It's that the opponent has already placed each person's weakness on the table, then flipped each card out in turn. Khuong Hoa held her hand. But An An looked down at the bridge.

“Mom, we can't let Captain Dien leave here.”

Khuong Hoa was stunned. An An's voice is very low.

“They are forcing him to leave.”

“As soon as the thing under the bridge was taken out, they immediately took action against his son.”

“If he leaves, the Nam Kieu bridge will be chaotic.”

Captain Dien heard it. He looked at An An but did not praise, just told police officer Ha.

“The school matters are left to the second group.”

“This side will not withdraw.”

“Sealing evidence on the spot, not transporting via normal routes.”

Officer Ha nodded. But just as he was about to put the iron pipe in the box, An An suddenly spoke.

“Don't use the box you brought with you.”

Everyone looked at the baby. An An pursed her lips.

“Last time, they knew what we said in the deposition room.”

“This time, they can also know how the evidence will be transported.”

Captain Dien did not object. He asked someone to bring the dredging worker's old tool bag under the bridge, and asked two plainclothes policemen to bring the empty evidence box first. Khuong Hoa looked at the empty box being put into the car, her heart rate gradually increased. Ten minutes later, as soon as the truck carrying empty boxes left the east side of Nam Kieu Bridge, a motorbike suddenly rushed out from the alley. The person sitting on the back of the motorbike raised his hand and threw a glass bottle. The bottle hit the car's front cover, causing fire to immediately flare up. The driver hit the steering wheel hard, causing the front of the car to hit the roadside railing. Two plainclothes policemen rolled out of the car and immediately called out loudly. Khuong Hoa's legs under the bridge were soft. If real evidence was in that car, it was stolen. Captain Dien's face was very ugly, but he still did not move. He said softly.

“An An guessed correctly.”

The bridge became chaotic. Passersby shouted and backed away. Someone took advantage of the chaos and ran down the bridge. That person wore a gray baseball cap, was not tall, and walked very fast. As soon as Khuong Hoa saw it, her heart almost stopped beating. Team leader Dien raised his hand. Two plainclothes policemen rushed out from behind a pile of waste stones to block the road. The person wearing the gray hat turned and ran. He did not run to the main road but crawled into the sewer next to the bridge. Police Ha immediately chased after him. An An suddenly pushed the car door. Khuong Hoa immediately held her back.

“You can't go.”

An An stared at the sewer door.

“He didn't come to steal things.”

“He came to confirm that Who are you on?"

Before Khuong Hoa could react, he saw an old man wearing a sanitation worker's uniform slowly approaching Team Leader Dien. In his hand the old man held a long tong. The movement was slow, as if just passing by by chance. But his eyes always stopped on the old tool bag behind Captain Dien. Team leader Dien suddenly turned around. The long clip in the old man's hand suddenly opened, hiding a thin blade inside. Khuong Hoa screamed in horror. When the plainclothes police rushed in, the old man stabbed the knife towards the tool bag. Captain Dien kicked his wrist off. The old man was pressed to the ground, his hat fell off, revealing a face full of wrinkles. That's not an old man at all. On his face was a layer of old fake skin. At the same time, police officer Ha also pulled the person wearing a gray hat out of the sewer. The person wearing the gray hat struggled violently, continuously cursing. But when the brim of his hat was turned up, Khuong Hoa was stunned. It was a young man over twenty years old. Not the man in the stairwell last night. Not even the person An An saw last time. Captain Dien squatted down and grabbed his collar.

“Where is Luong Thua Vien?”

The young man laughed.

“You can't catch Boss Luong.”

“Do you think you win if you get the list?”

“That thing is just a page in a book.”

Captain Dien asked coldly.

“Where is the really important stuff?”

The young man looked at Khuong Hoa. That look sent chills down her spine.