Eye of Sin

Chapter 718 Modification
"And the fake license plate of that car." Huo Yan asked Luo Wei, "Is the car at the traffic police station now?"

Lowe nodded: "Yes, they still need to confirm the problem with the bumper."

"That's great. Let's go over and ask them about catching counterfeit cards. They are familiar with the business and in the process they might find some tricks and clues that we don't know about." Huo Yan said to Ning Shuyi.

Ning Shuyi had no objection to this, and the two of them immediately set off to the traffic police team.

Colleagues from the traffic police team were also confirming the problem of the modified front bumper. They were naturally very clear about the fact that the car had a fake license plate, so they were not surprised that two people came to confirm it.

An experienced middle-aged traffic policeman told Ning Shuyi and his colleagues that although they did not know where the den that specialized in making fake license plates was, if they knew where the den was, they would have wiped out the whole gang long ago, and there would be no possibility of allowing counterfeit license plates to enter the market.

However, they don't know where the hideout is, but from their past experience in cracking similar cases, they can roughly conclude what kind of tactics those people who are determined to buy cloned cars have. However, the seller may not be in W City, or even in the province, so a certain amount of luck is involved.

No matter what, you should always give it a try even if it's just a matter of luck.

Before leaving the traffic police team, Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan inquired about the modifications to the car. They were basically certain that the car involved in the accident had deliberately made some changes to the front bumper to ensure that after the collision, their car would get as much cushion as possible and would not collapse on the road due to engine damage.

This kind of modification is definitely not a business that regular auto repair shops or 4S shops can take over. After all, after such modifications, it is impossible for the annual inspection to pass no matter what, and regular stores will not put themselves in such trouble.

However, it is a different story for some small individual studios that will modify the car according to the owner's requirements as long as the money is spent.

Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan immediately made these small car modification workshops the focus of their inspections. They ignored the fatigue of working around the clock and started running around everywhere.

Liang Xuanming was seriously injured and had a broken leg. He was caught off guard when falling from the bridge and his head was hit when the airbag popped out and when the vehicle entered the water, causing bruises that needed to be absorbed slowly. In addition, he almost drowned, so he never woke up.

Fortunately, he was lucky. Although he suffered some broken bones, his critical lumbar and thoracic vertebrae, which could easily cause lifelong disability, were not injured. It was a blessing in disguise.

During the breaks in their investigation, Ning Shuyi and his team would call to inquire about Liang Xuanming's condition. They felt a little relieved when they learned that his vital signs had stabilized and he had passed the critical period.

Soon they found a suspicious car modification workshop.

This small workshop is located in a residential area. Although it is called a workshop, it is actually two ground garages next to each other. The owner of the garage takes some private jobs in it and helps with some specially customized vehicle modifications.

Since the bumper reinforcement component installed later is not commonly used, this small workshop is the only one that has imported such parts in recent times.

So Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan went to the store and contacted the boss, and showed him the photos of the car. The boss was very honest, and immediately admitted that the car was indeed modified by him, but it was three or four months ago. The surveillance video of his studio can only be kept for more than a month, and it was automatically overwritten by new videos, so there is no way to provide the video footage of the person who found him to modify the car at that time.

However, the boss recalled that the man came twice in total. Once he asked how to modify the front of the car to make it more impact-resistant and not break after a collision. The boss thought that this was a person who wanted to learn from others and go off-road, so he provided him with a solution.

The other party adopted the plan of modifying the front bumper, paid a deposit, asked the boss to help him purchase the parts, and he would drive over at the agreed time.

On the agreed day, the man drove over as expected, drove away after the modification, and no contact information was exchanged from beginning to end, and all payment was made in cash.

The boss recalled that the man wore a mask and sunglasses both times he went there, so only his height and body shape could be seen, but his appearance was not clear at all.

"I'm sorry, it's just a modified bumper, and that person didn't show any obvious signs of doing anything bad. I opened this small workshop just to make money, and I didn't want to meddle in other people's business, so I didn't ask anything." The boss realized that the police coming to his door to find out about the situation must mean that something was wrong, so he hurried to explain.

Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan expressed their understanding, made a note of the other party's clothing, height and body shape as described by the boss, and then left the workshop.

When they left, both of them had unhappy expressions, because the general appearance features described by the boss were very consistent with Nie Guang.

"It seems that the two of us need to consider the issue of avoidance at any time and anywhere." Ning Shuyi sighed and said to Huo Yan.

Huo Yan nodded and was about to say something to comfort Ning Shuyi when there was a sudden noise in front of him and he quickly grabbed Ning Shuyi.

Ning Shuyi was preoccupied and didn't pay much attention to his surroundings. After being pulled by Huo Yan, he realized what was going on in front of him. A group of people were arguing there, as if they were arguing about something.

This road is the only way to get to the exit of the residential area. When I came here, there were not many people there. By the time I went to the car modification workshop to understand the situation, it was already densely packed with people, at least 20 to 30 men, women, young and old, blocking the entire road.

The people in the lead had loud voices, and they kept arguing with each other, refusing to give in, until their faces turned red and their necks became thick. From what they said, it seemed that the two families were originally going to get married, but when it came to the last minute, the two newlyweds happened to have problems in their relationship, and the marriage was not going to take place.

But they are not planning to get married, and the gifts and dowries they gave to each other before are real money and were actually delivered to each other.

At this moment, this group of people gathered together and argued about how to return the betrothal gift and dowry.

It can be seen that the emotions of the two groups were quite agitated. If Huo Yan had not held Ning Shuyi back just now, she might have been injured by those people who were fighting if she had gone forward.