The doctor who came out was accompanied by a somewhat familiar young police officer.
Xiao He recognized that this officer was the young Officer Ye who had been following Officer Yang at the hospital earlier.
"I told you, she has no problems at all! Her heart is perfectly fine! She doesn't even have high blood pressure!" The doctor rolled his eyes dramatically. "She's clearly faking it! The hospital is in chaos right now, please make your assessment before calling us! Don't waste medical resources!"
Officer Ye also gave a bitter smile: "Thank you, we understand."
Not call? Then this old lady would only make an even bigger scene, and they couldn't just let her keep clutching her chest and screaming, so they had no choice but to call a doctor to check on her.
And the result was obvious—the old lady was clearly pretending to be sick.
The doctor, who now understood the situation, showed even less patience. After carefully examining her and confirming that the old lady only had a slightly dry mouth with no other issues whatsoever, he immediately left.
Xiao He stopped walking, subtly turning his ear toward them to carefully listen to their conversation.
However, the doctor was indeed very busy and didn't say much more to Officer Ye, turning around and leaving directly.
Officer Ye also walked back dejectedly.
Xiao He immediately called out to him: "Officer Ye!"
Officer Ye looked over at the sound, then met Xiao He's gaze.
Officer Ye: "...Mr. Xiao."
Although the police investigation was steadily progressing, currently only Xiao He was likely able to come here first to inquire about the situation.
After all, most victims were still undergoing emergency treatment at the hospital, and the victims' families probably couldn't spare the mental energy to come ask about the investigation results.
Officer Ye sighed.
Of course, he wasn't complaining about Xiao He being troublesome. The main issue was that one of the responsible parties in the car accident was throwing a tantrum and refusing to take responsibility, the driver at the scene was still undergoing treatment, and he didn't even know how to broach the subject right now.
"Did you find the person?"
Xiao He discerned the situation from Officer Ye's troubled expression.
"Yes." Officer Ye nodded. "You're here to see Officer Yang, right? Wait a moment, I'll go in and get him—"
"Hey, no need." Xiao He suddenly changed his attitude, casually waving his hand. "I can see you're still busy, why don't I come back later? You handle your business first."
"It's fine, we're not really—"
But before Officer Ye could say more, Xiao He had already turned and left.
Officer Ye scratched his head in confusion: "Why did he come only to leave immediately?"
Judging by Xiao He's sinister expression earlier, he had thought Xiao He was planning to cause trouble for someone here.
Then Officer Ye let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, this worked too. Given Zhang Li's attitude of feigning madness and stubbornly refusing to repent, if the victim learned about the situation, it would likely cause even more chaos.
But Xiao He himself was really intimidating, just like Meng Zetian in "Starry Radiance," giving off the impression of someone with a bad temper.
Unexpectedly, he was actually quite reasonable and cooperative with their work...
But then thinking about the series of problems ahead, Officer Ye gave another bitter smile, shook his head slightly, turned and walked back to the enforcement area, planning to brief Officer Yang on the situation.
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Xiao He had no idea that Officer Ye had been thinking all sorts of random thoughts after he left. He hadn't gone far from the police station when he casually entered a bubble tea shop.
After ordering a lemon water at the counter, Xiao He walked to a relatively secluded corner of the shop and set down his backpack—his original backpack and computer were still in the van from the earlier car accident, and he didn't know if they had been destroyed in that accident. He would have to look into that later. The backpack and computer he had now were brought over by Liu Rulan's assistant after the incident.
Fortunately, he had brought several computers with him, otherwise he wouldn't have any suitable tools at hand right now.
Xiao He opened the computer and began rapidly typing code.
A few minutes later, the staff brought his lemon water, and a surveillance footage appeared on Xiao He's computer screen.
In the surveillance, the elderly woman wearing a red padded jacket and simple attire was still wailing: "I told you I have heart problems! Why won't you believe me? I think you must have colluded together, trying to pin this matter on me."
"Wuwu, heavens! Why must I suffer so much!"
"My son is unfilial, my husband became paralyzed early on, he didn't even die properly, and now I'm being falsely accused with such a serious charge for no reason. What can an old woman like me do? Wuwu—"
Officer Yang finally couldn't take it anymore and slammed the table: "Watch your words! We've already brought a doctor for you! Crying is useless! Do you know that refusing to cooperate with police work is illegal? You're already breaking the law! Please cooperate properly! This is also responsible for your own sake. If you continue making trouble, we will pursue your legal responsibility according to the law!"
However, his words didn't intimidate the old woman at all. She cried even more violently, her originally somewhat rosy cheeks actually turning pale from her forced crying.
Another officer nearby tugged at Officer Yang's sleeve, shaking his head almost imperceptibly.
Officer Yang could only sit back down angrily.
Xiao He: ...So shameless?
Xiao He took a sip of the ice-cold lemon water, feeling his mind clear up a bit. Listening to this old woman in the surveillance footage acting shamelessly like "a dead pig unafraid of boiling water," putting on a show of absolute non-cooperation and determined resistance to the end, he was deeply shocked.
How could someone be so shameless and ignorant to this extent!
In the end, Officer Yang even brought up Zhang Li's son and grandson, but she remained completely unmoved, still crying so hard she could barely catch her breath. Her condition made Xiao He suspect this old woman might actually cry herself to death.
To be honest, this was somewhat absurd.
You don't understand the law, your son doesn't understand the law, you don't care about your own future, and you don't care about your son's future either? Then what exactly are you trying to achieve by putting on this show in the end?
Are you really using your "elderly" status as some kind of immunity token?
Do you really think that by making trouble like this, the police can't do anything about you?
Xiao He put down his cup and began investigating this old woman and her reportedly only son's situation.
Huh? Her son is actually quite respectable, working as a middle manager at some company.
Logically, someone with such a position shouldn't completely neglect his elderly mother, right?
Xiao He investigated further and discovered something even more shocking—it turns out this unfilial son is truly unfilial!
Although this guy has an enviable, respectable job publicly, he personally has a hobby—gambling.
Three years ago, after squandering his family's wealth, he set his sights on the old couple's pension and years of savings.
Through his relentless efforts, he took all of the old couple's money.
Because of this, the old man suffered a stroke from anger. Although he was fortunately saved in the end, he was left partially paralyzed.
So Zhang Li really wasn't lying—she truly hates her son, which is why she couldn't care less when the police brought up her son and threatened her with her son and grandson's futures.
Perhaps the old woman would be thrilled if he dropped dead immediately!