Chapter 21

Féilún's words made the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks feel a bit uneasy, but he still said with a show of bravado, "Anyway, it was you who did it, and I will definitely report you!"

Xie Yixin, upon hearing this, quickly and discreetly tugged at Féilún's clothes.

Féilún patted Xie Yixin's hand to reassure her and sneered at the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks, "If you want to sue, I'll see it through to the end. I can even help you hire a lawyer, any of the top ten lawyers in Hong Kong, and we'll see if the judge will rule in favor of me for intentional harm or you for defaming a police officer!"

The man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.

Féilún continued, "Brother, I'm not forcing you. Decide for yourself whether the Ferrari or your legs are more important! But I have to warn you, if your legs lose sensation for more than ten minutes, even a god can't save you." He glanced at his watch, "Three minutes have already passed, I'm not in a hurry!"

The man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks was drenched in sweat, while Xie Yixin's eyes sparkled with admiration for Féilún's interrogation technique, which left no room for any accusation.

After two minutes, seeing that the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks was still holding out, Féilún, tired of waiting, said to Xie Yixin, "Madam, please watch him, I'll go check if the surveillance footage can be recovered!"

Xie Yixin, with a slightly flushed face, half-protesting and half-coquettishly said, "No, I want to go too!"

Féilún, showing a look of exasperation, casually picked up the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks and said, "Suit yourself!"

In the surveillance room, the door was locked. Xie Yixin was about to search the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks for keys, but Féilún flipped out a palm-length iron wire with his fingers and easily picked the lock.

Xie Yixin stared in amazement and sighed, "Féilún, it's a waste that you're not a thief!"

Féilún, irritated, said, "Madam, are you praising me or insulting me?"

"What do you think?" Xie Yixin gave him a flirtatious look and handcuffed the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks to the door handle.

"Search for his ID card!" Féilún said as he sat down at the control panel and began to search the previous footage.

Sure enough, the surveillance camera directly facing the Ferrari's parking spot had about half an hour of footage that had been erased.

Xie Yixin found no ID card on the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks and looked at the blank monitor, asking, "What should we do?"

Féilún smiled, "What else, restore the deleted footage!" He pulled out a floppy disk from his hidden ring and inserted it into the computer.

Xie Yixin asked curiously, "What's that?"

"A video recovery program!" Féilún answered.

"You know computers too?" Xie Yixin was surprised.

Féilún explained briefly, "In college, I also took computer science courses at MIT, so restoring footage is no big deal!"

Xie Yixin was taken aback, "What's MIT?"

Féilún rolled his eyes, "I won't explain, look it up yourself! By the way, since we can't find his ID card, let's bring in the building manager and ask him. Also, don't forget to call 999 and report the case."

Xie Yixin, not getting the answer she wanted, was a bit annoyed and muttered, "Who's the boss here, you or me?"

Féilún, while copying the program and working on the recovery, said, "The problem is that the car was stolen from me, not you."

After Féilún restored the footage, the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks looked devastated and blurted out, "Sir, Sir, I'll talk, I'll tell you everything. It was Jinmao Jian who gave me two thousand dollars to keep watch for him, I don't know anything else."

Féilún glanced at him coldly, "Too late, prepare to spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair!"

The man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks was stunned, then pleaded with Xie Yixin, "Madam, Madam, please beg Sir for me, I have a two-year-old daughter to raise, I don't want to be disabled!"

Xie Yixin hesitated, looking at Féilún, hoping he would show mercy.

Féilún sneered, "Madam, are you feeling sorry for him? If we let him go, it would be a dereliction of duty."

"But his legs..."

"What about his legs?" Féilún grinned, "Do you really think I made him lame with just two pins?"

This question left Xie Yixin stunned for a moment before she asked, "Then why can't he stand up?"

"His inability to stand has nothing to do with me!" Féilún said coldly, operating the control panel, fast-forwarding sixteen screens simultaneously, showing footage from an hour ago.

Xie Yixin, who was about to argue, was stunned by the scene. The property manager and the special task force colleagues who had just arrived were also dumbfounded.

After regaining her composure, Xie Yixin, no longer surprised by Féilún's godlike performance, asked, "The cameras for the floor where the car was stolen are numbers 7, 8, and 9. Should we slow down and look more closely?"

"No need," Féilún smiled, "You take care of your colleagues!" For him, handling a dozen screens at once was far from his limit.

Following Féilún's reminder, Xie Yixin turned and saw Song Kui from the special task force.

"Hey? Song Sir, why did you come in person?" Xie Yixin asked curiously.

Song Kui, also a senior inspector, shook hands with Xie Yixin and said, "I just finished a patrol in Central, and upon receiving the report, I brought my team over. Madam Xie, what's the situation?"

Xie Yixin quickly explained, and Song Kui was slightly surprised, "What? The Ferrari is gone?" At the same time, he was guessing about Féilún's background.

One of his subordinates muttered, "What can you find by fast-forwarding a dozen screens? It's a waste of time!"

Féilún, with his sharp hearing, glanced at the man and said calmly, "Could you do me a favor, colleague? Rewind cameras 2, 4, 7, 13, and 16 to 7:17 PM."

The man looked at Song Kui, who did not object, and immediately complied.

As the time ticked by, the screens of the five cameras simultaneously glitched at 7:17:30 PM. If not viewed together, anyone would have assumed it was just a signal interference causing the screen to flicker.

This discovery left the special task force members speechless. The experienced Song Kui, however, sensed something was amiss, as the other cameras did not show the same glitch at that time, ruling out signal interference.

"Advance the time by twenty minutes!" Féilún ordered again.

To everyone's surprise, at 7:37 PM, the screens of the five cameras glitched again. More surprisingly, the surveillance cameras at the garage exits showed no signs of the Ferrari entering or leaving.

Féilún watched the footage of the exits between the two glitches several times and pointed to a medium-sized truck on the screen, "My Ferrari was likely loaded onto this truck and taken away."

Song Kui agreed with Féilún's assessment and immediately ordered his subordinates to check the license plate of the truck. The control center reported that the truck was a cloned license plate with no records.

Féilún seemed unconcerned about the dead end, patted the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks on the shoulder, and sneered, "No worries, we still have a co-conspirator! By the way, manager, who is the surveillance administrator?"

"The man is named Yi Huan, he was recently released from prison and was introduced to us by a regular customer," the property manager said.

At this moment, the man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks suddenly shouted at Song Kui, "Sir, I want to file a complaint against this Sir for intentionally harming me, causing me to be disabled. I want a medical examination!"

With the property manager present, this accusation was serious. Song Kui's expression changed, and he looked at Féilún, "PI Féi, do you have any explanation?"

Féilún glanced at Xie Yixin, who looked hesitant, and casually stuck a thumbtack into his own hand, "Sir, I did indeed throw a thumbtack at his thigh when he was trying to escape. You can check his knee bends; there should be two puncture marks, and nothing else. Madam can vouch for this, and we can call a forensic doctor to examine him."

Seeing Féilún's honesty, Xie Yixin, who was considering whether to cover for him, breathed a sigh of relief and nodded vigorously.

This explanation was reasonable and backed by Xie Yixin's nod. Song Kui, after glancing at the thumbtack in Féilún's hand, instructed his subordinates, "Check this man's injuries and call the forensic doctor over!"

The subordinate looked at Féilún, "Sir, this..."

"Follow Sir Song's instructions; it will clear my name," Féilún said calmly, "Manager, continue. Who is the regular customer?"

The man with the pointed face and monkey cheeks immediately shouted, "Sir, are you just going to believe your colleague's one-sided story? Look at me, I can't even stand. You have to do justice for me!"

At this point, if Song Kui still couldn't see through Yi Huan's attempt to divert attention, he would be a fool. "Drag him out and keep a close eye on him. Call the forensic doctor to examine him on the spot to clear Sir Féi's name."

Song Kui's words made Xie Yixin a bit worried about Féilún, but Féilún was unconcerned and said to the manager, "Continue."

The property manager, fearing trouble, quickly said, "The regular customer is named Cheng Honghui, a trucking company owner. Most of his trucks are parked in our area. Sir, the truck you pointed out looks like one of his."

"Where is his company located?" Xie Yixin, sensing a lead, asked sharply.

"His company is not in Hong Kong Island; it's in Cheung Sha Wan Dock."

Féilún smiled, "That makes sense!"

"What makes sense?" Xie Yixin asked curiously.

"I'll explain later," Féilún said, brushing off Xie Yixin and turning to Song Kui, "Sir Song, are you interested in joining me to investigate?"

Song Kui smiled, "Although the special task force has been focusing on anti-prostitution recently, we haven't neglected car theft cases. Of course, I'll go and check it out!" He then turned to one of his subordinates and instructed him to watch Yi Huan until the forensic doctor arrived.

Féilún, however, disagreed with Song Kui's approach, "Sir Song, since we're crossing the harbor anyway, to avoid any mishaps, let's take a detour and bring this man to the headquarters."

"Alright," Song Kui hesitated for a moment and agreed, "Xiao Jie, call the forensic doctor and have them go directly to the headquarters."