Su He called Ma Mingzhe and got on the police scooter of Jiang Wei, riding straight to Jinan City People's Hospital.
Sitting on the scooter, suddenly, a map emerged in his mind, as if from the perspective of God, with him at the center, real-time road conditions within a radius of five kilometers were in his mind, and an optimal route to the hospital was also identified.
"Turn right," Su He suddenly said.
It was during the morning rush hour now, and the road was jammed. When they got to an intersection, Jiang Wei was about to stop and wait for the light, but hearing Su He, he reflexively turned right.
Apparently the right turn route would be one kilometer farther. Jiang Wei asked in puzzlement: "Wouldn't going straight be closer?"
"There's always a traffic jam there in the mornings," Su He explained. Of course he couldn't say that the map in his mind indicated there had been an accident up ahead.
Suddenly, Jiang Wei's mobile phone rang. He answered with his Bluetooth headset.
"Attention all units, there has been a traffic accident on Huilan Avenue. The taxi driver who caused it is suspected of drunk driving and fleeing the scene. He has now driven to Sanxing Street. Officers in the vicinity please carry out special interception immediately..."
Jiang Wei slammed on the brakes, and Su He was thrown against his back, nearly flying off.
"You get off first," Jiang Wei said, looking back.
"What's going on?" Su He asked in surprise.
"A cab driver caused an accident and is fleeing... You go on to the hospital in a taxi. I have to go after him..."
Su He had one foot on the ground. Two options appeared before his eyes.
[Option 1: Get off immediately and hurry to the hospital. Reward for completion: 500 RMB in Alipay balance]
[Option 2: Assist the police in intercepting the vehicle that caused the accident. Reward for completion: 10,000 RMB in Alipay balance]
His toes lightly tapped the ground and Su He sat back down, hugging Jiang Wei's waist: "Suddenly I don't feel uncomfortable anymore. I'll come with you to catch the criminal!"
Jiang Wei frowned: "Hurry up and get off. This is no joke. Catching criminals is police work. Why are you, a deliveryman, getting involved... If you don't get off now, you'll be obstructing officers, and I'll take you in!"
Hearing this, Su He immediately jumped off.
Jiang Wei turned on his siren and left.
Watching Jiang Wei leave, Su He sighed by the roadside. 10,000 yuan reward gone just like that!
Suddenly, in the corner of Su He's eye he noticed an electric scooter with a deliveryman sitting on it playing with his phone.
"Wu Xiaodong, let me borrow your scooter for a bit."
"Su He?" Wu Xiaodong reacted as if he'd seen a ghost. He was badly startled, but the delivery group had announced today that Su He was not a murderer, so he said: "No lending. This scooter is my girlfriend. How can I lend her to you!"
"Fifty yuan!" Su He took out the only cash he had in his pocket.
Wu Xiaodong immediately handed over the keys to Su He, shouting melodramatically: "Please take good care of my girlfriend!"
Su He had no time to chat with him. He took the keys and rode off on his "girlfriend"... Whoops, on the electric scooter.
"Hey... You haven't said when you'll give her back!" Wu Xiaodong reacted, but Su He was already gone without a trace.
The police sirens blared continuously as police cars raced by. Su He followed on the electric scooter.
In his mind, countless pieces of information flowed back - pedestrians, vehicles, traffic lights. He put his phone in a holder and opened the deliveryman WeChat group.
"Damn, is this a cops and robbers movie?"
"That cab driver who caused the accident and fled... rammed into people in the crosswalk on Huilan Avenue and killed two students instantly... Looks like big trouble."
"All the cars along this row on Sanxing Street got wrecked. Not one rearview mirror left."
"He just raced past me on Yufei Road. That bastard's trying to switch cars and slip away!"
Su He read the messages in the group while checking the route in his mind. Past Yufei Road was an intersection. One way led to the countryside, the other directly onto the highway.
The highway entrance was surely blocked off by now. As long as the driver wasn't an idiot, he'd definitely head for the countryside. Once he got to the rural areas without surveillance cameras and with many side roads, even if he abandoned the car and fled on foot, there would be places to hide.
Su He whipped the scooter around a corner into a small alley and rode straight for one of the roads leading to the country town.
Jiang Wei chased the cab to the end of Yufei Road, watching it turn right, clearly getting on the highway. He hurriedly said: "All units, the vehicle turned right, trying to get on the highway..."
Just as he finished speaking, the cab in front suddenly stopped. Jiang Wei slammed the brakes but still crashed into it, flying right off.
Reacting quickly, he grabbed the taxi's roof lights with both hands. As the driver started up again, Jiang Wei clung to the roof, swaying back and forth.
On the other side, Su He saw the message in the group that the cab had inexplicably turned right, wanting to get on the highway!
Damn, and he was already out 50 yuan!
Su He dejectedly prepared to go to the hospital to see if he could still complete option one.
Just after he'd turned the scooter around, there was another message in the group.
"That cab driver is too aggressive. Spun the wheel for a u-turn and sent the cop flying. He's clinging to the roof now. Movies don't even dare show stuff like this!"
Su He's eyes lit up. He turned back around and continued toward the intersection leading to Jiulong Township.
It depended whether he could catch up to the cab before it reached the intersection.
A few minutes later, Su He arrived at the intersection and saw a taxi swaying back and forth with a cop clinging desperately to the roof.
Looking around, there was a pond right across the street. Su He timed it perfectly, twisted his right hand, and the electric scooter shot out.
The cab driver was badly startled, reflexively yanking the wheel right, driving straight into the pond. The policeman on the roof tumbled off as well.
Su He whipped the scooter around again, smoothly stopping at the roadside.
He'd been about to jump off actually, but didn't expect the cab driver to turn early.
The cop surfaced and swam for the shore. Su He saw a dark shadow suddenly appear underwater, heading for the other side of the pond.
Seeing the fleeing cab driver, Su He grabbed a tree branch and chased along the bank of the pond.
The cab driver had decent lung capacity. He'd dived over ten meters before his head popped out above the water. Through blurred vision he saw a flash of yellow, then a slender tree branch lashed toward his face.
"Slap!" The branch struck the cab driver's face, instantly leaving a red welt.
"That's for hitting people! That's for fleeing... You still dare hide... I'm going to whip you to death!" Su He shouted and swore while fiercely lashing the driver with the branch.
Recalling the group saying two students had been killed, Su He was furious. A year ago, he'd been out with Shen Yue when a drunk driver had raced at them. Shen Yue pushed him out of the way but was struck and thrown five meters. She was saved but rendered vegetative.
"Please stop beating me... Ow!... Help!"
"Slap! Slap!" Su He was like a madman, still striking the water surface even after the driver had reached the middle of the pond.
The cab driver was nearly exhausted. Seeing the arriving police, he yelled loudly: "Help!"
Jiang Wei climbed up the bank, took off his helmet and jacket. Just then the police cars arrived and several colleagues got out.
"Hurry, save him!"
"Zhang, come with me to catch him!"