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Fortunately, Wu Renxing wasn't really drunk. He quickly called He Xiuli and told her that Feng Weida was drinking at his place. He asked He Xiuli to take a taxi back later. Only after Feng Weida heard He Xiuli say that he didn't need to come pick him up did he relent and agree to just have one drink.

After downing two ounces of baijiu, Feng Weida immediately felt a line of fire shooting from his throat straight to his stomach. Before the alcohol took effect, Feng Weida quickly called Chen Ergou to come pick him up. After that, he remembered nothing.

Feng Weida's recollection of last night came to an abrupt end there.

"That's it?" Wu Renxing was very dissatisfied. "I know all that you've said, but the problem is that Xiuli didn't come home last night, and her phone was off. The last time I spoke to her, you said she was in your car!"

"I drove?"

Feng Weida was admitted to a mental hospital the first time he blacked out from drinking; it seems he'll be in detention the second time!

Fortunately, he remembered that Chen Ergou had come to pick him up last night, and Chen Ergou should know best what happened afterward!

The problem is, we can't get through to Chen Ergou by phone either. He usually only turns off his phone when he's behind on rent, and it's only the beginning of the month!

Feng Weida decided to go home and ask Chen Ergou for clarification. After leaving the hospital, he and Wu Renxing discovered another problem: the BMW was missing!

So here's the question: how did Feng Weida end up in the hospital last night? Did he hit someone?

Just then, Wu Renxing received a call from the traffic police.

Are you the owner of vehicle Jiang RH5588?

"Yes, it is." Wu Renxing felt uneasy.

"Your car is at the traffic police station. Please come and handle it, and while you're at it, come and identify the person who drove it."

"Recognize someone? Whom?"

Wu Renxing was stunned. Feng Weida had run someone over and ended up at the traffic police station?

Half an hour later, at the traffic police station, Feng Weida and Wu Renxing finally found the BMW and also met Chen Ergou and his girlfriend, a blonde delinquent.

"Brother, you're finally here!" Chen Ergou cried, snot and tears streaming down his face. "Quickly explain to the police officer that I didn't steal the car—"

What's going on here?

According to Chen Ergou's recollection, last night, when Chen Ergou received Feng Weida's call, he was preparing to have a passionate encounter with his girlfriend, whom he had only known for six hours.

"Ergou, come pick me up!"

"I'm busy, no time!" Chen Ergou hung up the phone and started to unbuckle his belt.

Seeing that Chen Ergou, who was trying so hard to maintain his rich second-generation persona, was living in this run-down place, the girl turned around and left without a second thought. Chen Ergou panicked, realizing that the girl he was about to win was about to slip away. So, Chen Ergou had a sudden idea and said he would drive the girl for a spin. The girl didn't believe he had a car at all.

"Sada, wait for me, I'll be right there!" Chen Ergou called Feng Weida back.

Chen Ergou and the girl arrived at the restaurant to pick up Feng Weida, who was already in a semi-automatic stream of consciousness. To the girl's surprise, the car Chen Ergou mentioned was a BMW, and a brand new 2025 model at that.

Chen Ergou said that Feng Weida was his driver and that the basement was actually Feng Weida's house. Because he didn't come to pick him up, the girl misunderstood. Upon hearing this, the girl immediately perked up, and the two of them shouted and yelled all the way, speeding wildly in the middle of the night with the half-drunk Feng Weida, making Feng Weida's stomach churn. Just as the two of them stopped by the roadside to kiss passionately, Feng Weida was afraid of vomiting in the car, so he opened the car door, got out, and vomited to his heart's content. But when he turned around, the car had driven away!

"Ergou, Ergou, I haven't gotten on the bus yet—"

Unfortunately, Chen Ergou could no longer hear. Twenty minutes later, Chen Ergou was impounded by the traffic police for speeding. Because he couldn't explain whose car it was, the traffic police suspected that Chen Ergou had stolen it, so they called Wu Renxing to come and identify him.

Chen Ergou explained it clearly, but He Xiuli still couldn't be found.

"Think again, where did you go after that?" Wu Renxing asked Feng Weida.

later?

Later, through tears, I finally understood that some people, once missed, are gone forever.

Despite his best efforts, Feng Weida couldn't catch up with Chen Ergou's car. Walking alone on the dark road late at night, even a tough guy like him felt his heart pounding. He could only call Wu Renxing for help, but Wu Renxing didn't answer. Feng Weida couldn't think of anyone else, so he called He Xiuli.

"Mr. He, this is Xiao Feng. Could you please pick me up? I don't have any money with me—"

It is estimated that Feng Weida is the first driver in the history of Leping Town to have his boss pick him up; there has never been one before and there will never be one again.

He Xiuli had also been drinking. She hailed a Didi (ride-hailing service) and asked Feng Weida why he was there alone. Feng Weida said he hadn't expected it either.

A gentle night breeze made He Xiuli a little tipsy. She rummaged through her bag for hangover medicine, but accidentally dropped it under the car seat. Feng Weida quickly picked it up and handed her the bottle of medicine that had fallen out. Under the influence of alcohol, He Xiuli didn't check carefully and swallowed the sleeping pills instead of the hangover medicine. She even took one more than usual. Before long, she fell into a deep sleep.

"Mr. He, Mr. He?"

The driver first took Feng Weida to his dormitory. Feng Weida wanted to say hello to He Xiuli, but He Xiuli was fast asleep and couldn't be woken up no matter how he called her. Feng Weida was worried and decided to take He Xiuli home first. Just then, He Xiuli's phone rang. Feng Weida told Wu Renxing that He Xiuli was in the car.

At Wu Renxing's prompting, Feng Weida discovered a seafood porridge business card had fallen out of his pocket.

"Where did this come from?" Feng Weida couldn't remember at all.

"You definitely went there last night!" Wu Renxing sniffed it. "It still smells fishy!"

Regardless, seafood porridge was their only clue. The two sped to the seafood porridge shop, where the owner was astonished to see Feng Weida. "Are you alright?"

Feng Weida was puzzled. What could possibly be wrong with me?

Feng Weida asked the shop owner if he had seen He Xiuli. The owner said he hadn't. Last night, Feng Weida came alone, bought a seafood porridge and asked for it to go. But for some reason, he got into a conflict with another customer. The two of them started slapping each other. Feng Weida was stunned. He said, "Why is my face burning?" So the question is, why did I slap someone? The owner said it seemed to be because of jealousy.

Wu Renxing looked at Feng Weida with a strange gaze, as if to say, "I never thought that a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes like you would also be a womanizer. What kind of woman could like a mentally ill person?"

"Can I see the surveillance footage?" Wu Renxing wanted to find the root of the problem.

"What are you looking at the security camera for? I have a recording!" The congee shop owner pulled out his phone and showed Wu Renxing and Feng Weida a live stream he had recorded the night before. In the live stream, Feng Weida glared and slapped the other person across the face without even blinking. A crowd had gathered to watch the spectacle. Feng Weida finally recognized the person who had been slapped.

"The top-ranked guy?" Feng Weida said in surprise.