Chapter 658: Chapter 656: Old Path (16)_1 Chapter 658: Chapter 656: Old Path (16)_1 It was clear that Jones felt the same.
After hearing the transmission on the intercom, he was stunned for a few seconds, never expecting things to happen so quickly.
âWhere?â
âOn the bridge towards the mountain.â
The response came quickly from the other side.
âHold on⊠wait for me, Iâll be right there!â
Jones first muttered to himself, then yelled inside.
âAll of you come too.â
The next moment, he glanced at Fu Qian and the other two, and gave the order directly.
As the man on the job, Fu Qian naturally had no objections.
Lei and Fran clearly didnât want to defy him either, so the three got into the car in succession.
Without further talk, Jones rushed to the location reported by the officer with lightning speed.
âWhat happened to Harold?â
In the silence, Fran, sitting next to Fu Qian and speaking in a very low voice, still managed to ask her question through lip shapes.
After all, in her understanding, Harold was supposed to be the victim whose wife had been attacked. It sounded like the police were chasing him, which was rather perplexing.
âHim? Wellââ
Even though Fran spoke softly, Fu Qian noticed that Jones and Lei both pricked up their ears at once.
âYou wouldnât understand if youâre not married.â
The next moment, he smiled cryptically and answered.
âAs everyone knows, regardless of how unusually a wife disappears, the husband must always be kept under surveillance.â
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Facing his response, Fran was speechless, and so was Jones, who grunted and stopped scrutinizing from the rearview mirror.
As for Lei, his expression was complex, looking a bit disappointed.
And amid this subtle atmosphere, the greenery ahead grew denser.
âDamn!â
With an angry curse and a sharp screech of brakes, Jones drove the car straight onto a patch of empty land by the roadside.
By now, more than one car had already stopped on the clearing.
And before the car had come to a complete stop, Jones had already jumped out, impatient to get to the chaotic scene nearby.
A familiar blue car had already crashed through the bridge railing and fallen into the deep ditch below, severely deformed upon a glance.
A line of people had already made their way down next to it; several officers were struggling to open the car door, trying to pull someone out.
âWhat happened?â
Jones approached with a cold face, just in time to see a bloodied Harold.
âDonât know. We just got here and were confirming information when this guy suddenly sped up, broke through the railing, and flipped down.â
The young officer Jones had seen before was also baffled.
âBut at least we caught him. This guy is really lucky; falling from such a height and he isnât severely injuredâŠâ
Catching someoneâŠ
Jones snorted, his face void of any delight.
âWas he alone in the car? Are you sure he was the driver?â
âOf course.â
The officer was clearly puzzled by his question.
âThe man was pulled out from the driverâs seat; thereâs no mistake about that.â
âAnd from beginning to end, we didnât see anyone running out of the car.â
âŠ
Jones didnât comment on the officerâs viewpoint but signaled the people checking the injuries to stop, and squatted down himself.
At this moment, Harold, after being fiddled with, had already opened his eyes.
âYou were driving the car? How come youâre here?â
âI⊠I donât know.â
Harold looked bewildered, and after steadying himself, seemed to recognize Jones.
âWhen I woke up, I seemed to have pressed the accelerator subconsciously; I didnât even realize where I was.â
When you woke up?
Jones narrowed his eyes slightly, staring coldly at Harold for several seconds.
The next moment, he grabbed his hair, provoking a burst of cries of pain.
Witnessing this, the officers had complicated expressions, but seeing Jones in a bad mood, no one spoke up to intervene.
Haroldâs calls went unheard by Jones, who was carefully examining his neck and successfully found something resembling a needle mark.
âWhatâs his name?â
Jonesâs hand did not loosen as he asked coldly.
âWho?â
Harold looked utterly confused.
âWhatâs! His! Name!â
Jonesâs voice suddenly turned into a roar as he lifted Harold off his feet.
âI donât know what youâre talking about! I was just at home, and when I woke up, it was like thisâI donât know anyone!â
Haroldâs voice was full of panic.
This guy was certain we couldnât find a body, so he stubbornly refused to recognize anything.
Jones glared at Harold like a predator.
A fool who doesnât know whether heâs alive or dead!
âHeâs quite injured, find a place for him to get a thorough checkup.â
Seeing that the usually meek Harold was now so resistant, Jones sneered and threw him aside.
âWhatâs going on here, who exactly is it?â
At this moment, Lei, who had been silent, finally couldnât help but ask quietly.
âWas there more to the car going off the road just now?â
âIâm curious too.â
Jones did not answer Leiâs question but kept his gaze roaming over his face.
âPerhaps your missing friends know the answer.â
Kateman and JessicaâŠ
As memories of his two friends loomed, Leiâs expression became rigid for a moment.
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On the way back after examining the scene, Jonesâs mood was clearly not great.
Inside the wrecked car, no valuable clue was found.
Everything seemed as if Harold was fleeing in his car, was spotted by the police, and in his panic, floored the accelerator, and that was all.
But to Jones, this was just a seemingly reasonable explanation, coupled with earlier suspicions, the scene could be interpreted differentlyâ
After a confrontation with the Mysterious Killer at home, Harold was drugged, knocked out, and brought here.
Then the mysterious person placed him in the driverâs seat and made sure the police would find him.
When Harold woke up and realized he was surrounded by the police, he panicked due to his guilty conscience, and his instinct was to flee, which led to the accident.
Jones even suspected that the car had been tampered with.
Unfortunately for Harold, he was quite lucky to survive the tumble down such a deep ditch.
Even more regrettable was that after this ordeal, Harold still didnât know the gravity of the situation.
Realizing he hadnât died, he chose to feign ignorance.
As he pondered, Jones stopped the car in front of Benâs red compact and glanced at Lei.
âTake your things and leave this place.â
âŠ
âIâve said it before, you can go wherever you want, even continue your vacation up in the mountains.â
Lei didnât respond right away, and Jones continued, his tone leaving no room for negotiation.
This is clearly a fishing expedition!
Fu Qian watched on the side, feeling pensive.
It was obvious that Jones had little faith in conducting a dragnet search for the mysterious figure.
And after being frustrated by Harold, he quickly came up with the idea of waiting for the rabbit by the tree.
Taking good care of Harold was one thing, but sending Lei away was an even more blatant bait.
ThisâŠ
Lei swallowed nervously, realizing there was no turning back, he resignedly opened the car door.
âI definitely wonât return to the mountain, but itâs okay, Iâll just live in the car.â
His resigned tone made him seem less tense than before.
âIn any case, as you wishâIâll leave when the person is caught.â
âHold on a second.â
However, before he could start the car, the door was pulled open by someone.
Fran, who had been silent on the way back, took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind about something.
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