Chapter 173: Chapter 83: Full of Doubts (Seeking Subscriptions and Collections)_3
"Hmm, we basically understand the situation. Right, Auntie, I heard that before Chen Chahua planned to escape, she called you. Is that true?"
"Yes."
"What did she say at the time, do you remember?"
"Remember, how could I not remember." Zhang Lan suddenly gritted her teeth, "That day her uncle and I were picking corn in the field, it was around ten in the morning, she suddenly called and said she couldn’t stand Yang Dawei hitting her every day. She had decided to run away with someone else and told us not to look for her."
If it were just these words, Zhang Lan wouldn’t be this angry, so Luo Fei guessed that Chen Chahua must have said something else afterward.
Sure enough, Zhang Lan let out a sigh and continued, "Originally, what she said was enough, but after such a bizarre account, she actually said she felt guilty towards Yang Dawei, so she wanted us to give the compensation money to Yang Dawei... you tell me, is she out of her mind, being beaten like that, and still feeling sorry for him."
Listening to her complaint, Luo Fei and Yang Su exchanged a glance, also finding it unreasonable.
At that time, Chen Chahua was planning to escape, clearly fearing and hating Yang Dawei, so why would she feel guilty towards him and even voluntarily give her parents’ compensation money to him?
Luo Fei still leaned towards his previous assumption, perhaps before calling, Chen Chahua was already under Yang Dawei’s control, and it’s possible that she didn’t make the call willingly.
"Auntie, what was her tone like when she called, was she happy or scared?"
"How should I know? Anyway, she kept crying on the phone, but I felt she should be happy. After all, Yang Dawei was never good to her."
"Okay, I understand. Did Yang Dawei know about Chen Chahua’s decision?"
"Of course he knew, said Chahua also called him. Because of this, he often came around to cause trouble, but he never considered that after treating Chahua like that, how could we possibly give him the money!"
"So, does it mean that he still comes around to cause trouble now?"
"No, he hasn’t lately. He used to be quite aggressive a couple of years ago, but then he made her uncle so angry that he threatened to go to the police station to report him, saying that Chahua’s disappearance was his doing and he had to compensate for her. Perhaps seeing he couldn’t gain anything from us, he gradually calmed down, and hasn’t come by much in the past two years."
After asking some more questions, Luo Fei left Zhang Lan’s house.
He looked at the time; it was already half-past one.
Originally planning to walk around the village, but now there’s obviously no time.
The two could only drive away, planning to come back next time.
Since they needed to continue staking out Yang Dawei in the afternoon, the two didn’t return to the police team and decided to grab a quick meal in town, then head directly to the game room.
On the road, the two of them discussed the clues obtained from Zhang Lan.
After their analysis, here’s what they knew.
First, Yang Dawei was aware of the compensation fund belonging to Chen Chahua’s parents, and he likely approached Chen Chahua because of it.
Second, Yang Dawei had visited Zhang Lan’s house multiple times for the money, even knowing about Chahua’s arrangement to give him the money before she disappeared.
This involves two doubts: one, why did Chen Chahua decide to leave the money to him, and two, does Yang Dawei really know because Chen Chahua called him, or is he orchestrating the whole thing from behind?
Third, Yang Dawei’s repeated visits show he is very persistent about the money, so why did he back off after Wang Jian’s few angry words? Was he guilty?
Although this trip didn’t yield significant findings, and the doubts increased, the suspicion towards Yang Dawei also intensified, which counts as a discovery.
For now, it seems their general direction isn’t wrong.
Based on this, the two became even more careful and serious in their afternoon surveillance.
Yang Dawei spent the afternoon playing cards. However, when he left at seven in the evening, his demeanor was more arrogant compared to the previous day.
As he walked to the door, he deliberately waved the stack of bills in his hand to the people inside, boasting about how much he won today.
Luo Fei looked disappointed and said to Yang Su, "Leader, it seems your prayers didn’t work. This guy actually won money today!"
Yang Su was also a bit frustrated, "Then let’s switch, you try praying tomorrow, maybe you’ll be luckier than me."
"No, I’ve never won anything in the lottery, what luck are you talking about."
"As if anyone has ever won..."
The two jokingly teased each other in the midst of hardship, and Yang Su drove to continue following Yang Dawei.
As usual, they followed him to the fork outside the village, then returned.
For several days after, Luo Fei commuted between the police team, home, and Wenshui Town with Yang Su.
Yang Tianfu also reported Yang Dawei’s movements to them daily without fail. Additionally, to prevent any accidents, they alerted the town’s bus station, asking to be notified immediately upon any ticket purchase under Yang Dawei’s identity.
Having done all this, they believed nothing could go wrong and began patiently waiting for an opportunity.
Yang Dawei remained oblivious to being watched by the detectives, playing cards every day and then going home to sleep, only to repeat the cycle the next day.
In the process, he had both losses and wins, but what Luo Fei and Yang Su never expected was that Yang Dawei mostly won, which was absurd.
This became a struggle for Luo Fei and Yang Su, as they knew if Yang Dawei wasn’t short of money, his chances of going out were low, meaning they might have to wait longer...
This made them a bit impatient, so when they saw Yang Dawei not going home but entering a barbershop with a red light, Yang Su became more unsettled.
"Didn’t expect Wenshui Town to have such places. What do you say, should we just rush in and arrest him? Surely such a thing would get him detained for a few days, giving us a chance to interrogate him properly."
"Leader, but what evidence do we have? Are you sure you can make him talk?"
Yang Su was just joking, knowing such an approach wouldn’t work, "I was just saying, but how long do you think we have to follow him?"
"Stay calm, Leader. We’ve already been at it for so many days, just endure a little longer!"