After talking to Bo Ma, I was in a good mood and took a cab back to Maple Villa.
I was sure Bo Ma would call me because the advice I gave him was the best for him to do.
I slept very soundly that night. When I woke up early the next morning, I looked at my phone. There were three missed calls, all from Bo Ma.
The call was made at 1, 00 am and I put the phone on silent then I went to bed at night, so I didn’t hear it.
I looked at the watch, it was only 6, 30. I was going to call over, but I considered that Bo Ma was probably sleeping at this point, then I didn’t.
After breakfast, I got a call from a company asking me to go to an interview at 10, 00, I got changed and was about to head out the door.
Suddenly, the phone rang, it was Bo Ma.
I picked up the phone, “Mr. Ma, Have you thought it carefully?”
“May I ask if it’s Nala Yao?” The voice on the other side was a deep baritone, not unlike Bo Ma’s.
“Yes, I am.” I answered.
“This is Zhipeng Zhao from the Criminal Police Unit of the Shuanglin District Public Security Bureau in Hai City. We’re in front of your apartment in Twin Bridges Road, please come out for a moment. We have some thing that requires your cooperation in the investigation.” He said.
I vaguely felt something was wrong. Why did the police call me on Bo Ma’s phone?
“Hello Officer, I’m at Maple Villa, not on Twin Bridges Road. What can I do for you?”
“Ok, I’ll arrange for a colleague in the vicinity to pick you up right away. Thank you for your cooperation. My colleague will contact you when he arrives.” Then he finished and hung up the phone.
I held the phone in a daze. Why was the Criminal Office looking for me?
My phone rang again after only a few minutes later, a strange number. The caller said he was police officer and he was at the door of the villa and told me to get out.
Fortunately, they didn’t drive a police car into the Vila. Otherwise, the other residents in the villa who saw me being taken with a police car, would definitely guess that something unusual had happened in Leon’s family.
I took my bag and walked quickly to the entrance of the villa. There was a police car with flashing lights waiting there.
“Officer, what’s going on?” I asked the young cop.
“Let’s go back to the police station. It’s not convenient for us to talk here.” The police said cautiously.
Considering that they had certain rules about their work, I didn’t ask any more.
When I arrived at the Public Security Bureau, I was taken to an office and sat there for two minutes when a tall, handsome police officer walked in with a young female officer.
“I’m Zhipeng Zhao. This is my colleague Rong Zhang. There some situations we need to ask you now. This process we will record and videotape. Here is an introduction to you first.” The handsome officer said to me.
I glanced at the job tag he had hanging on his chest, the position was Lieutenant, and he was the one who had called me on Bo Ma’s cell phone.
I nodded in agreement.
Zhipeng Zhao looked at the female officer who made the statement and gestured to begin.
“May I ask Miss Yao, do you know Bo Ma ?” Zhipeng Zhao asked.
“Yes.” I replied immediately, then added, “We just met not too long ago.”
“What is your relationship?” He asked.
I hesitated. It was a little complicated. It was as if we were neither friends nor foes.
This relationship between me and Bo Ma was really not easy to explain. It involved Nan Lin and Leon Hua.
“We don’t have a relationship. He is just a person I know.” I said, “What happened to him?”
The police locked eyes with the officer who made the statement, “You didn’t know?”
“I don’t know, what’s wrong with him?” I was even more restless.
“He was dead.” He said.
I had been restless and vaguely guessed that something bad had happened to him, but to my surprise, he was dead.
“He was dead? How is that possible? How did he die?”
“Car accident. As far as we know, Bo Ma kidnapped a woman named Nan Lin, held her under duress. Then he drove Nan Lin ‘s car to escape, because the car was going too fast and hit the suburban road fence, he died instantly. Nan Lin was also seriously injured and is now being resuscitated. This happened at 2, 30 a. m. And before this happened, Bo Ma had called couple of phones, and one of them had your number on it. It was only after we checked it that we knew it was your number, right?”
I was so confused for a moment that I forgot to answer Officer Zhao’s question.
“Miss Yao, are you not going to deny that Bo Ma called you? We have proof.” He reminded.
“No, I won’t deny it. He did call me early in the morning and I put my phone on silent, which I just saw this morning.”
“Why did he call you? You said you were in an ordinary relationship, so why did he call you at dawn?” He stared at me and asked.
For a moment, I didn’t know how to explain it, because I also didn’t know exactly what Bo Ma was going to tell me, and his call was so late in the night.
“I’m sorry. I don’t know. The calls I didn’t get. I can show you the phone. They were missed. So I don’t know exactly what he came to me for. I can’t answer the your questions.”
“Miss Yao, Bo Ma called you at night, I’m sure there won’t be no reason. There’s no way you can’t guess a little at all. I don’t believe two people who don’t have much contact, but one of them would call the other? Have you had any contact lately. Is there anything going on between you?”
It was obvious that Zhipeng Zhao was suspecting me of lying. As a police officer, his suspicions were certainly justified.
“Officer Zhao, Mr. Ma and I just know each other. I do have some personal interactions with him, but it is no appropriate for me to reveal them because of the privacy of others involved. And you might as well ask Miss Lin about it directly, she may tell you more.”
The two policemen looked at each other again, an officer Zhao was clearly a little angry, and he thought I wasn’t cooperating.
In fact, it was not that I didn’t want to tell them more. This involved the Hua family, and what I would said was so complicated that I couldn’t explain it clearly in a short time.
The Hua family was a big family and Leon Hua was well known, so I couldn’t talk more about him. I thought it was more appropriate for Nan Lin to tell them.
“Miss Yao, it is the duty of every citizen to cooperate with the public security organs in handling cases.” Office Zhao reminded me again.
I was about to say something when someone came in and said to officer Zhao, “The Bureau Lu is here and he wanted to talk to Nala Yao.”
Zhipeng Zhao looked at me and said, “Miss Yao is really somebody. Bureau Lu wants to talk to you specifically.”
Before the words were finished, the door was pushed open again. A slightly chubby middle-aged man in casual clothes entered. Both policemen stood up and addressed him Bureau. Lu.
The middle-aged man nodded, “You guys go out, I’ll ask her some questions.”
Office Zhao and the the female police glanced at each other and had to go out.
“You are Mrs. Hua? You can go now.” He said.
I’m a little confused. This officer was here just to let me go? I could go so easily?
“This case has nothing to do with Mrs. Hua. You can go now. Mr. Hua is waiting for you outside.” Deputy Bureau Lu said with a smile on his face.
It turns out to be that Leon Hua came. I really can’t underestimate him. He could even let the deputy bureau release people.