Chapter 33: The Corpse Was Driving
Wang Wenqi saw that Liu Haoyu had fallen into silence, so he asked.
“If there’s anything, just let me know. As long as it’s not about encountering a ghost, I can usually handle it.”
“Unfortunately, this is indeed about encountering a ghost.”
Liu Haoyu sighed.
The matter of Deng Shuyuan was also related to the Red Gate, so it was best not to mention it if possible.
He didn’t want to truly earn the title of being unlucky for teammates.
The police car was driving quietly on the outer ring road of Jiangliu City.
The two people in the car hadn’t spoken a word since.
There weren’t many cars on the outer ring road, and it was very quiet.
Because the two people in the car weren’t talking much, Qin Liu didn’t dare to speak either.
So, to cover up the silent atmosphere, soft music played in the police car.
Wang Wenqi was driving the police car attentively.
When the police car reached an uphill section, Wang Wenqi saw the high beams from the opposite lane shining directly into his face.
The extremely dazzling lights made Wang Wenqi flash his low beams and high beams twice.
But the car from the opposite direction still showed no reaction.
It slowly drove down from the slope, and its speed began to increase.
Wang Wenqi suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Although the lights were extremely dazzling, for some reason, he could still clearly see the car from the opposite direction.
It was a white sedan, and its license plate number was…
JiangS582D?
Wang Wenqi felt that this license plate number seemed a little familiar.
Wait a minute?
Isn’t this the license plate number Liu Haoyu just mentioned?
Could it be that it was his friend’s car.
“Xiao Liu, is this the car you mentioned?”
Liu Haoyu opened his eyes and looked at the car on the slope.
A white Sylphy, license plate number JiangS582D.
It was indeed Deng Shuyuan’s car.
But the problem was… why did the person in the car seem a bit off?
And those high beams were shining directly at them.
Wait a minute?
A terrifying chill instantly climbed into Liu Haoyu’s brain, and he almost instinctively blurted out.
“Quickly steer to the right!”
At this moment, Wang Wenqi finally realized that the white car in the opposite direction was descending the slope at an extremely fast speed andHeading straight towards his position!
Its speed was increasing very quickly, reaching 150km/h in just a few seconds.
Was this the acceleration that this model should have?
Even with the accelerator fully pressed, it wouldn’t reach this speed, right?!
In the fear of death, Wang Wenqi immediately steered the steering wheel to the right.
The blue and white police car narrowly missed the white sedan.
Wang Wenqi escaped death, but the situation of that car was not so fortunate.
“Boom!!”
The white sedan, without slowing down, directly hit the rock walls on both sides of the road, which were almost ninety degrees perpendicular to the ground.
At the moment of impact, the vehicle was severely deformed, and the front of the car and the driver’s cabin were even crushed into a metal pancake.
After the violent collision, the gasoline leaking from the white sedan quickly ignited, engulfing the entire vehicle.
Wang Wenqi, having narrowly escaped death, hadn’t even caught his breath before he grabbed two fire extinguishers from the car, handed one to Liu Haoyu, and rushed towards the burning sedan.
“Quick, put out the fire!”
But the fire extinguishers were useless against the raging flames. In the flames, the car quickly turned into scrap metal.
The driver, who was already crushed into a pancake, was now completely turned into coke.
Wang Wenqi put down the fire extinguisher in his hand, which had already been emptied, then took out his phone and reported the situation.
After finishing everything, the two returned to the police car.
The police officer took off his hat. Although he was already covered in sweat, his entire body was now ice-cold.
He parked the car in a safe place and asked Liu Haoyu, who had a gloomy expression.
“Was that your friend in the car?”
“Yes…”
Liu Haoyu’s face was extremely grim.
As the two cars brushed past each other, he clearly saw the person sitting in the white sedan.
It was Deng Shuyuan.
Even in the brief moment they brushed past, Liu Haoyu saw Deng Shuyuan’s distorted features and his face with a crazy smile.
Even more terrifying was his skin, which was not only green but also purple. This was not like that of a living person at all…
It was more like a corpse.
“What just happened?”
At this moment, Wang Wenqi’s expression was also very solemn. He said to Liu Haoyu.
“Although I know that you, as a ghost exorcist, have to keep many things secret, Xiao Liu, in a situation where someone has died like this, please do not hide anything from the police.”
“Officer Wang…” Liu Haoyu took a moment to compose himself before saying to Wang Wenqi: “Do you know about a rusty iron door with bloodstains on it?”
Hearing this answer, Wang Wenqi nodded.
“My friend saw that rusty iron door before.”
“…”
This time, Wang Wenqi fell completely silent.
***
By the time the two returned to the police station, it had been more than three hours.
The scene did not require Wang Wenqi to handle it. To the outside world, this was just an ordinary accident, but the truth was known only to Liu Haoyu and Wang Wenqi.
Wang Wenqi sat in his office chair and said to Liu Haoyu.
“I received a notification. According to the preliminary identification by the forensic doctor, the deceased died 12 hours ago.”
“…”
Liu Haoyu remained silent. Wang Wenqi continued to speak.
“The driver of that car was already dead.”
“In other words, the corpse was driving…”
Wang Wenqi’s words were chilling. Even Liu Haoyu felt a trace of fear.
If he and Wang Wenqi had reacted a little slower… the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Liu Haoyu took a deep breath and said to Wang Wenqi.
“Now, Officer Wang, you should know why I was reluctant to tell you these things, right? This is definitely something you cannot handle.”
“…Indeed.”
Wang Wenqi nodded and sighed.
Compared to Liu Haoyu, their capabilities were indeed too weak.
“Regarding the matter of the Red Gate, I’ll trouble you with it. I’ll help you investigate Xu Wanlin’s matter. Support from other districts hasn’t arrived yet, so please be careful.”
“No, this is what I should do.”
Liu Haoyu stood up and walked towards the restroom.
Along the way, his steps were as if they were filled with lead. With every step, it felt like he was exhausting all his strength.
He had clearly smashed Deng Shuyuan’s tombstone, but now… the person was still dead.
Was this method effective?
Liu Haoyu didn’t know.
He entered the restroom and looked at himself in the mirror.
His already haggard face looked even more lifeless after encountering this matter.
What made him even more silent was that in the mirror, there was a smear of blood on his face.
This trace of blood was emitting an ominous aura of death.
