Soul Patch

Chapter 173 is about a woman.

Wenjie hesitated for a moment, glancing at Captain Wu before lowering his head to think.

"Captain Wu, do you think there was anything wrong with the driver turning the steering wheel after he got in the car?"

When he said this, he wasn't very sure. He just vaguely felt that something was wrong, so his tone was hesitant, as if he wasn't sure.

"Problem? What problem?"

Captain Wu was taken aback by Wenjie's question. There was a police car in front of the taxi, so he backed up a few meters...

Right, the police car had already backed up several meters. The taxi driver didn't need to swerve so sharply.

Anyone who drives knows that making sudden turns of the steering wheel while stationary can affect a car's performance and cause severe tire wear. Taxi drivers should be even more aware of this.

It's important to know that taxis belong to taxi companies, and if damage occurs due to human error, compensation is required.

Furthermore, taxi drivers spend all day in the driver's seat. If there are problems with the vehicle's direction or balance, their own lives are at risk.

"Yes, why would a taxi driver suddenly turn the steering wheel while stationary? Even if he starts driving straight and then turns the wheel slightly to the left, he can easily miss the police car in front of him."

Upon hearing this, Wenjie's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "Quick, after them!"

Captain Wu stared blankly as Wenjie started the police car and waved to him, signaling him to get in.

He was utterly bewildered, with nowhere to vent his questions. Head bowed, he opened the driver's side door and whispered, "Get out, I'll drive!"

Wenjie shook his head helplessly, got out of the driver's seat, walked around to the passenger seat, sat back in, and grumbled while fiddling with the seatbelt, "What's the difference?"

“Of course there’s a difference!” Captain Wu said, and started the car.

Seeing that Captain Wu had started chasing again, Xiao Zhang on the other side was even more confused. He asked on the walkie-talkie, "Captain Wu, Captain Wu, should we continue chasing?"

A hissing sound came through, mixed with Xiao Zhang's voice.

Captain Wu glanced at Wenjie, then pulled over the walkie-talkie next to the driver's seat: "Chase them!"

Oh, so that's the difference: you can answer a walkie-talkie while it's charging from the driver's seat.

Team Leader Wu cut off the connection with Xiao Zhang and glared at Wen Jie with a dark expression.

Wenjie felt the scrutinizing gaze from Captain Wu.

He just shrugged and laughed it off, saying, "I'm not sure either. I just think this driver is weird. Who knows how Wen Tianyi disguised himself as a driver?"

He still doesn't understand what system function Patch Carrier 2 uses to change its shape at will.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh to himself: I doubt even a ghost would know.

It seems that the patch system after connecting to the internet has too many features waiting to be unlocked.

"So we might be chasing the wrong target?" Captain Wu was furious upon hearing this, and a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes as he looked at Wenjie.

Wenjie checked the time; there was still more than an hour until four o'clock. He stretched and said slowly, "Now you're the driver. You can drive wherever you want. The steering wheel is in your hands, so who can interfere?"

But then again, besides chasing taxi drivers, you don't really have anything else to chase, right?

That was a truly infuriating remark. Captain Wu slammed his fist on the steering wheel and glared at Wenjie: "Who said there's no direction? Check the road network surveillance footage at the intersection and see if anyone got out of the car."

"What if the person getting off the bus is actually the driver?" Wenjie looked at Captain Wu with great interest.

Captain Wu was stunned for a moment, his anger instantly dissipating. He looked at Wenjie inquisitively: "Could this really happen? You mean Wen Tianyi turned into a taxi driver? What will we see on the surveillance footage?"

“I can’t see anything…” Wenjie remembered that Patch Carrier 2 was restored to its original state in front of the surveillance camera. He said calmly, “I can only see the taxi driver getting out of the car at the intersection, that’s all.”

Captain Wu shut his mouth, no longer wanting to speak. Today's events were beyond his comprehension. He'd rather focus on driving, catch up with the taxi as soon as possible, and get the driver to explain everything.

After driving for a while, we caught up with the taxi, but there was no one in the taxi.

When the two of them arrived, the taxi was parked at the entrance of a residential complex.

Team Leader Wu was a little annoyed, and he punched the steering wheel again.

Seeing that Captain Wu was so agitated, Wenjie lowered his head and fiddled with his nails.

"What are you doing looking at my nails, you big man? Hurry up and tell me which way we should go?"

When Captain Wu saw that Wenjie wasn't hurrying to find a taxi and was still daydreaming, he scolded him somewhat displeased.

"Oh...I see!"

Wenjie stared at his fingernails for a while, then looked at Captain Wu with a smile, seemingly in a good mood.

However, Wu was furious at this expression. What kind of good mood is this? He lost track of them once, is he going to lose track of them a second time?

"Hurry up, tell me which way to chase them?" Captain Wu's police car drove into a dead end. He backed up, and behind him was an old man with a cane slowly strolling around. There was no road ahead.

In his haste, his temper flared up, and he kicked open the car door with his left foot, about to get out.

Wenjie grabbed Wu's right sleeve and said calmly, "Hey, Wu, Wen Tianyi is definitely waiting for you to abandon the car so he can make a run for it!"

"You know where he is, huh? Then hurry up and tell me!" Captain Wu released all the pent-up anger he had been holding in at Wenjie.

Wenjie felt that Wu's output relied on shouting, which was actually useless and a waste of time.

"I bet he's hiding in the women's restroom," Wenjie said, pointing to the public restroom at the entrance of the residential complex.

Wu, feeling annoyed, fiddled with the cigarette pack in his hand. Upon hearing Wenjie's words, he immediately crushed the pack in his hand.

Wenjie glanced at the cigarette pack in Wu's hand and laughed.

No wonder his cigarette packs were so shrunken; he must have squeezed them in anger. This guy has quite a temper; he'd squeeze the cigarette packs several times if he wanted to.

Team Leader Wu stood by the car door, reaching into the crumpled cigarette box and rummaging around for a while before finally finding a cigarette broken in two. He then comically held the half with the filter in his hand.

Wenjie laughed again, took one out of his pocket, and tossed it to Captain Wu: "Have one of these!"

After saying that, Wenjie got out of the car. He looked warily at the entrance of the residential area and pulled Captain Wu behind a tree by the roadside. The two lit up a cigarette, and Wenjie, puffing out his cigarette, said casually, "After one cigarette, when the murderer sees that there is no one in the police car, he will go back to the taxi or find another way to take a car back to Huahai International."

Captain Wu was very suspicious. He didn't believe Wenjie's words at all and scoffed, "How the hell are you so sure this driver will go to the women's restroom?"

"Look, the women's restroom scared away several women," Wenjie said, pointing towards the restroom.

Following the direction he pointed, Captain Wu saw a girl run out of the restroom as soon as she entered.

"But……"

"But what? The murderer is a woman!"

(End of this chapter)