“Mr. Lin, why don’t we call the police?”
Huo Yanhui suggested.
Lin Bai asked, “What reason should we use?”
“UH…”
Huo Yanhui was stumped by Lin Bai’s question.
Strictly speaking, they did not even know Zhao Yiming. They had no relationship at all.
Furthermore, they did not have any evidence. If they suddenly called the police, they would say that Zhao Yiming could not take it lying down and ask the police for help in finding him.
It would be strange if the police could care less about them.
Lin Bai watched as the time for Zhao Yiming to strike was getting closer and closer. He was extremely anxious.
He racked his brain to think of a countermeasure. Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind. He thought of a problem that he had overlooked previously.
That was Zhao Yiming’s car!
Zhao Yiming was already so embarrassed. Even if he had a car under his name, there was a high probability that he had already sold it for money.
Then where did he get the car that he drove when he was taking revenge on society?
The news only mentioned the brand and model of the car, but it did not mention the specific license plate number, nor was it mentioned that the car belonged to Zhao Yiming.
Then it was very likely that he rented it, or even stole it!
Of course, there was another possibility, which was to steal money to rent a car.
Considering that Gu Yiming was only an ordinary worker in the past, he probably did not have the corresponding skills to steal a car.
Therefore, Lin Bai judged that it was more likely that he would use his own money to rent a car or steal money to rent a car.
Lin Bai asked Huo Yanhui, “Do you know the police station or the people from the car rental company?”
Although Huo Yanhui was very puzzled as to why Lin Bai suddenly asked this, he still answered honestly, “I do know a few people in Dragon City, but I’m really not familiar with the people in S City.”
The Huo family’s roots were all in Dragon City, and he had grown up in Dragon City since he was young. He had never been to S City before, so it was naturally impossible for him to have any connections.
Lin Bai had the mentality of trying to make a last resort, so he said to Huo Yanhui, “Please go and ask if there’s anyone who can talk to this side.”
Huo Yanhui asked, “Is it related to Zhao Yiming, or is it something else?”
Lin Bai said, “This will take a while to explain. You should go and contact him first.”
“Okay.”
Huo Yanhui did not ask any more questions. He hung up the phone and went to contact his friend.
Lin Bai went to look for Luo Yang and asked the same question.
“Is there any relative in your family at the police station, or at the Traffic Control Bureau?”
Luo Yang thought for a while and said, “I don’t think so.”
“But my second uncle has a classmate who sells used cars. Maybe he knows some connections.”
At least there was some hope. Lin Bai quickly said, “Then please help me find out if anyone rented a black Toyota today?”
As he said that, Lin Bai opened the Future News app again and carefully looked at the photos of the accident scene.
He found that on one of the photos, he vaguely took the license plate number!
“The license plate number is S572… I can’t see the last two numbers clearly. Anyway, the one in front is definitely correct!”
“Please help me find it. This is very important to me! The sooner, the better!”
This was the first time Luo Yang had seen Lin Bai so agitated. He knew that the matter was definitely not small.
Therefore, he did not ask any more questions and directly agreed.
“Alright, wait a moment. I’ll call my second uncle and ask him to ask that classmate.”
After a while, Luo Yang came back and said to Lin Bai, “What a coincidence. Today, there really is someone who went to my second uncle’s classmate to rent a Toyota.”
When Lin Bai heard this, he immediately perked up.
“Male or female? How old are they?”
Luo Yang said, “Male. He looks to be in his forties. He’s extremely thin.”
“And he seems to be in a bad mental state. My second uncle’s classmate was afraid that something might happen to him, so he didn’t dare to rent his car to him.”
Zhao Yiming was forty-two years old, and he was very thin!
His age and body type were all right, and the type of car he rented was also the same. That person was very likely to be Zhao Yiming!
Lin Bai asked anxiously, “Then what happened after he was rejected? Did that person leave?”
Luo Yang nodded. “Yes, he left.”
“He didn’t say anything and just left?”
“Yes.”
Lin Bai felt an indescribable disappointment in his heart.
It was not easy to finally find a clue, but there was still no way to determine where Zhao Yiming was.
“Oh right, where is the car rental shop of your second uncle’s classmate?”
Lin Bai subconsciously asked another question.
Luo Yang replied, “It’s on the east side of Xiang Yun Street, at the intersection of An He road.”
Lin Bai’s heart skipped a beat.
That location was only two blocks away from the place where the accident happened!
Lin Bai hurriedly asked, “When did that person go to rent a car?”
Luo Yang said, “My second uncle said that when he called to ask, that person had just left.”
That’s right, it must be Zhao Yiming!
He must have been even more unhappy after being rejected from renting a car, so he had been wandering around the neighborhood.
Then, for some reason, he got another car and started hitting people!
Lin Bai looked at the time. It was already four o’clock. There were only one and a half hours before the accident.
He couldn’t wait any longer. He had to rush over as soon as possible.
If he could find him before Zhao Yiming made his move, he could prevent such a tragedy with zero losses.
If he could not, he could at least control him as soon as he made his move and reduce the number of casualties to the minimum!
Lin Bai grabbed Luo Yang’s arm and said anxiously and solemnly,
“Luo Yang, there’s something I need you to do for me!”
Luo Yang was shocked, but he still nodded and agreed without any hesitation.
“Tell me, I’ll do my best!”
His thoughts were very simple. Lin Bai had brought him to earn so much money, so it was only right for him to do something in return.
Even if he had to go to Hell and back, he would not refuse!
Lin Bai said, “Please go to my father’s company. No matter what reason you use, you must stall him. You can’t let him leave the company!”
Luo Yang was stunned.
He had never thought that Lin Bai’s solemn request would end up like this.
“That’s it?”
Luo Yang blurted out. Then, he immediately realized that something was wrong and coughed awkwardly.
“Ahem, that… What I mean is, as long as you stall him, you don’t need to do anything else?”
Lin Bai nodded. “Yes, as long as you don’t let him leave the company.”
“No matter what the reason is, and no matter what happens, we must never let him leave the company!”
Luo Yang really couldn’t understand why Lin Bai would make such a request.
However, he understood Lin Bai’s personality. He knew that Lin Bai wasn’t the kind of person who would randomly make jokes, especially when it came to using his father as a prank.
In addition, Lin Bai had emphasized it repeatedly and solemnly, which made Luo Yang feel that this matter was indeed very important.
Therefore, even though he did not understand, Luo Yang still nodded his head heavily.
“Okay, don’t worry. I will definitely not let uncle walk out of the company.”