Chapter 1559 — Didn't Come Back
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By the time Zhao Qilei woke, daylight had flooded the world outside. Wei Zhao had been waiting for the strange man to return the entire time, yet now that Zhao Qilei was awake, the strange man still had not come back — three or four hours had passed since he fled.
"You're awake?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Mm... Boss, where's that old madman?" The moment Zhao Qilei opened his eyes, the strange man was nowhere to be seen. Apart from Wei Zhao, the only other occupant of the cave was the Heavenly Thunder Pig dozing in the corner.
"He hasn't come back." Wei Zhao shook his head. "And who knows whether he ever will?"
"Good riddance — he scared me half to death..." Zhao Qilei patted his chest. "A Heaven Stage expert really is terrifying!"
"Hah..." Wei Zhao was somewhat at a loss. Although he had no intention of appropriating the strange man's map, the man had left and shown no sign of ever returning. Leaving the thing lying about in the cave, Wei Zhao feared it might be lost, so he had no choice but to keep it on his person for the time being. "Let's eat something. If that strange man doesn't come back, we'll hit the road."
Zhao Qilei nodded and rummaged through the pack, pulling out some rationed food. He handed some to Wei Zhao, then took a piece of compressed biscuit and a sausage for himself and began to eat.
The two finished their meal and rested a while longer until roughly midday. The wind and snow outside the cave had eased considerably — though not yet stopped, the road had become visible again. Having waited long enough for the strange man, Wei Zhao could only take Zhao Qilei and get into the car first, leaving the cave behind.
Meanwhile, in Songshan City, a major incident had unfolded!
The suspect behind a string of robberies, while assaulting several middle school students that day, was spotted by a brave young man nearby. The youth lunged forward and ripped the mask clean off the suspect's face — and this scene was captured on video by a nearby university student citizen journalist, who uploaded it to the internet...
The suspect's true face was finally exposed to the public. Although in his furious shame the suspect had beaten the brave young man badly, his identity was now in the hands of the police for the very first time...
Qiu Lingshan stared at the footage before her in gloom. She could not bring herself to believe her own eyes — but the person on screen, she knew him without question. It was undoubtedly Wei Zhao!
But how could this be? Was it truly Wei Zhao? Looking at the savage, inhuman figure on screen, Qiu Lingshan felt as though a knife had been plunged into her heart... No — it could not be. The Wei Zhao she knew would absolutely never do such a thing!
"Captain Qiu... You can know a man's face but never his heart... Don't be so hard on yourself..." Liu Wangli tried to counsel her with a bitter smile. At this point, if anyone still claimed the suspect was not Wei Zhao, no one would believe it.
"It's not him... It definitely isn't him!" Qiu Lingshan shook her head. "Liu Wangli, look at the suspect's eyes — they're dull and lifeless. Those are not the eyes of a normal person..."
"Perhaps it's just the numbness of a career criminal..." Liu Wangli was already convinced. The suspect was Wei Zhao.
All the evidence, this video included, was now more than enough to prove the point beyond doubt.