During the journey from the police station to the prison, Nan Cheng asked, “Chief Wu, are you really in the dark about this?”
He was incredulous. Why did she go missing all of a sudden?
She had been relying on Jiang Mohan all along, so no one else could’ve helped her except for him and me.
Is it really that easy to escape from a prison?
He started to suspect that Chief Wu was the one who allowed her to escape.
Meanwhile, Chief Wu remained silent because he didn’t need to give an explanation anyway.
After all, a missing inmate was totally unexpected for him as well. He was even more anxious than Nan Cheng to find out what happened.
A while later, they arrived at their destination. Chief Wu put on a facade as he asked the warden to bring out one of the inmates because he wanted to question her.
When the warden heard her name, he said, “This inmate is sick, so she’s receiving treatment in the hospital.” Nan Cheng immediately asked Chief Wu, “Don’t tell me you don’t know about this?”
“I don’t!” Affairs like this needed Chief Wu’s permission, but he never saw the relevant documentation!
Besides that, what sickness does she have to warrant a visit to a hospital outside of the prison?
He avoided Nan Cheng’s gaze as he commanded the warden coldly, “Bring me there now.”
“Alright.” The warden sensed that something was amiss.
The three of them left together as the warden asked during their journey to the hospital, “Chief Wu, don’t you know what happened?”
Chief Wu squinted, “What do you mean?”
“We kept a close eye on her as per your instructions, but the reason why she managed to leave the prison was because Wang gave her permission. We thought that he was there on your behalf.”
Chief Wu furrowed his brows instantly. Some time ago, Wang tried to bail out one of his relatives who committed a crime, but Chief Wu denied his request because the nature of the crime was too heinous.
Wang then brought the same matter up a few more times and angered Chief Wu. Chief Wu reprimanded him harshly, “As enforcers of the law, we must be a good example and punish those who are a menace to society. Your relative is involved in this, but rules are rules, so they should be punished accordingly without exception.”
After the lecture, Wang didn’t bring up the issue again and behaved himself.
Don’t tell me he was just pretending to listen to my advice?
Chief Wu’s expression darkened.
They arrived at the hospital in no time. The warden brought them to the special ward where inmates stayed. Even though the inmates were qualified to stay in an external hospital due to the severity of their illnesses, two policemen were still required to stand guard to prevent them from escaping. The warden made sure all the procedures were done accordingly, and he even came by yesterday to personally make sure everything was in order.
When they reached the ward, they saw that there wasn’t anyone there. The warden asked around and heard that the patient was undergoing some tests, so they all headed to the examination room. They then asked the nurse which examination room was Ling Wei in.
The nurse looked around and said that she was in the ultrasound room. Nan Cheng followed up with another question, “What illness is she having?”
“I’m not too sure.” Ultrasound was used to make an accurate diagnosis, so the nurse only knew that the patient was due for an ultrasound test without details of the illness.
“Let’s go.” Chief Wu instructed. Our main priority is to find her.
I’m pretty sure that Ling Wei isn’t even sick.
After they reached the ultrasound room, they breathed a sigh of relief because they saw two policemen standing guard at the door. Thank God they’re still there. Probably nothing bad happened.
“When did she go in? Are they still not done yet?” The warden asked.
One of the policemen answered, “She already went in for quite a while. She should be coming out soon.”
At that moment, Wang strolled towards them with a snack in his hands. When he saw Chief Wu, he immediately dropped what he was holding and tried to leave, but Nan Cheng caught hold of him.
Wang was panicking, so he stuttered, “C-Chief Wu…”
Chief Wu ignored his stammering and glared him coldly.
“Next.” The doctor inside called for the next patient, but no one heeded the call.
Nan Cheng threw Wang onto the ground and stepped into the examination room. The only people he saw was the two doctors in charge of carrying out the examination.
The warden stepped in as well and asked, “Where’s the patient?”
“She said she wanted to use the restroom, but she hasn’t come back yet.” She didn’t show up, so they wanted to call the next patient.
“Seal all the exits now,” Chief Wu commanded.
The warden paced around as he made some calls while Nan Cheng hurried off.
According to what the doctors said, she must’ve taken off not too long ago.
However, they couldn’t find her after three hours of searching.
The two policemen who were standing guard and Wang were brought into the interrogation room.
“According to our rules, at least one person must stay by the inmate’s side at all times when dispatched to a hospital. Don’t you know the rules? Why did you both stand outside instead?”
The two policemen looked at Wang and replied, “He said that you instructed him that there was no need for us to escort her.”
Wang knew that he had been caught red-handed, so he slumped onto the floor.
Wang had served under Chief Wu for a long time, so Chief Wu actually trusted him. He never expected something like this to happen, so he was disappointed beyond belief.
“What the hell happened?” Captain Song’s face turned ashen with anger. He had to take responsibility as well because after all, he was the one who promoted Wang.
Sigh. I’m such a bad judge of character.
“Would I be exonerated if I told you?” Wang was somber because he too didn’t expect Ling Wei to escape.
“We’ll punish you even more if you don’t say anything!” Chief Wu hissed, “Do you know where she went or not?”
“I really don’t know.” Wang let out a self-deprecating laugh. “There’s no point in me hiding anything from you at this point anyway.”
He was already in hot water, so why should he even defend her now?
“Let’s just hope we can find her. In fact, you jolly well pray that we do!” Chief Wu asked someone, “Lock him up!”
He then turned towards the two policemen, “I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourselves. Go and search for her.”
Both of them nodded in agreement.
After a fruitless day of searching spent with the police, Nan Cheng returned to the hospital at night.
When he reached the door, he heard someone talking inside. From the gap of the slightly ajar door, he saw Qiu Mingyan and Jiang Jun, who was in a wheelchair.
They finally arrived after two days of finding out that Jiang Mohan had been involved in an accident.
If they genuinely cared for him, they would’ve showed up long ago. After all, the news that Hengkang suffered billions in losses due to Xinhai Investment being a shell company and resulting in Jiang Mohan being in a traffic accident had already spread like wildfire.
At least, that was the media’s interpretation of the event.
Only the ones directly involved in the accident knew what actually happened.
“We must have someone running the company now that you’re like this. Let Youqian take over. After all, he’s family, right? He should be better than those outsiders.” Jiang Jun ‘subtly’ hinted. Currently, Nan Cheng was the one Jiang Mohan trusted the most and he helped him take care of the company’s affairs.
