This was definitely a difficult woman to deal with. Since there had been a collision, traffic regulations should be used to determine responsibility. What was the point of shouting so loudly? It even attracted onlookers.

The reason she wouldn't let me move the car was that the road was quickly getting blocked. I was getting a little anxious just watching. Some people from the blocked cars behind came to point fingers at me: "Isn't the responsibility obvious? Blocking the road, be careful of getting a fine?"

I calmly pointed at the woman and said, "What can I do if she won't let me move the car? You'd be helpless if you met someone like this. Reason doesn't work. Why don't you try to persuade her?"

The man sheepishly walked back to his car. The traffic police arrived quickly and immediately told me to move the car to the side of the road, then gradually cleared the traffic...

This wasted a lot of time. I stood by the car, waiting anxiously. At this moment, Director Li called to urge me. I briefly explained the situation and then walked to the traffic police and said, "I have important business to attend to. Can you handle this first?"

The traffic police glanced up and replied, "Don't you know you should move the car immediately after an accident? Blocking traffic is punishable."

A decisive answer. I didn't want to correct him on what caused it, so I could only continue waiting slowly.

About ten minutes later, the traffic police asked what happened, and the woman started to accuse me incessantly, insisting that I had hit her. I couldn't be bothered to waste my breath. I heard the traffic police ask her, "Do you know about right-of-way?"

The woman finally shut her mouth. The traffic police didn't explain much and just wrote out the accident report, handing it to her as he said, "You are fully responsible. Yield to oncoming traffic when turning. The right-of-way belonged to the other driver. When turning, you must first check the road conditions and turn only when it is safe."

With that, he got on his motorcycle and drove away. As soon as the traffic police left, the woman started to rage at me again: "Are you in such a hurry to reincarnate? I had already turned out, couldn't you have braked?"

I didn't want to argue with her, nor did I have time to argue. I just asked her, "Do you think I wanted to have an accident?" Without waiting for her to answer, I quickly jumped into the car and left.

As soon as I drove into the police station, I saw Director Li anxiously waiting at the gate. Seeing me, he immediately ran over and said, "You've finally arrived. The old man is furious. Don't argue with him later."

From the conversation this morning, I understood what he meant. Everyone was just trying to earn a living, and I would definitely endure what I could.

"Understood."

"Then hurry up and park the car. I'll wait for you inside."

As I parked the car and went inside, I heard Pei Xianglong's voice at the door, loudly asking Director Li, "Where is he?"

"He's here, parking the car." His tone was slightly subdued.

As soon as he saw me enter, Director Li immediately said to me, "Lin Che, quickly go inside and explain clearly to the police."

I casually responded and walked into the investigation room. Pei Shiyu was also there, explaining the situation to the police. She glanced at me when I entered. I walked to the desk and listened to her account. The police interjected, asking, "Besides the security guard, were there any other people present at the time?"

Pei Shiyu pointed to me and said, "He was the one who took me back."

The police then turned their attention to me and began to ask, "What happened?"

"After taking her back, I called her dad and then left."

"Was the bag still there at the time?"

"It should have been..."

The police interrupted me: "Don't say 'should have been.' Are you sure it was there or not?"

"It was!" I replied decisively this time.

"Reason?"

"When I helped her out, I took her phone out of her bag to make a call, and then I put it back. She was holding her bag tightly at the time. I left after her dad called the security guard."

"It's become a mystery. Mr. Pei said he never saw the bag."

Pei Xianglong's statement was indeed a headache. The bag was clearly there at the time, but he was stubbornly insisting otherwise because of a personal grudge. Without evidence, there was no use in arguing.

Pei Shiyu's attitude was reasonable. During the questioning, she never suspected that I took it. She only said that the things in the bag were very important.

"Have you checked the surveillance cameras?" I asked the police.

"We checked. What's the use? The front cameras didn't capture it, and the back cameras were blocked by them. The surveillance camera at the elevator entrance is broken."

The police looked up and asked Pei Shiyu, "Are you sure you've searched the whole house?"

"I've searched everywhere I could."

"Was the phone battery full at the time?"

Pei Shiyu thought for a while, probably not paying attention to that detail... Then she asked, "Is that relevant?"

"Of course! If the battery was full at the time, it means the bag had already been taken. If the battery was low, it might have turned off automatically, then there's still a chance to find it. It might be lying in some corner. Go back and look carefully again. If you really can't find it, then it will be hard for us to close the case. After all, his hands were empty when he left."

At this moment, Pei Xianglong suddenly pushed open the door. He happened to hear this and immediately overturned the police's judgment.

"Couldn't he have hidden the bag inside his coat? Calling him over took so long, a clear sign of a guilty conscience."

Although I was quite angry after hearing that, I wouldn't argue with him again. I just assured him in a determined tone, "I really didn't take the bag, nor did I need to..."

I pulled Director Li, who was standing next to me, over and said, "He is our mutual friend. We two are not familiar, but for Director Li's sake, I wouldn't do such a thing. I had a dispute with her dad in the past, and I don't want to explain my attitude towards him. I hope you can investigate and get to the bottom of this, so everyone can have an answer."

Hearing this, the police finally sensed something was up and said seriously, "Don't mix personal grudges into this. Go back and search carefully again. If you can't find it, then we'll open a case."

The police's attitude made Pei Xianglong unhappy. He started dialing a number and walked outside, not even closing the door. Those inside could clearly hear him talking on the phone in the corridor.

I saw the police start to get nervous, and he looked at Pei Shiyu and said, "Go out and say something. Don't alarm anyone over such a small case."

Pei Shiyu probably caught a cold last night. She sneezed and walked out the door, saying to her dad in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, "Don't make things so complicated. The purpose of coming here is to find the bag. What's the use of you making these calls? You don't even know where the bag was lost, but you just have to jump to conclusions. You were also responsible last night. Why didn't you just wake me up?"

"I didn't say you, but you're blaming me instead. If you were drunk, why didn't you just call? I could have sent someone to pick you up. Knowing his character, you still asked him to take you back. Aren't you just asking for trouble?"

"Stop talking. You go back. I'll handle this myself."

Any normal person would feel uncomfortable after hearing such a conversation, especially when said in front of Director Li. I instantly lost face. Using such words to describe me, it was more painful than a slap in the face.