The time quickly turned to Tuesday, which is China's traditional festival, the Lantern Festival.

The planned marriage registration of Huo Guangheng and Lulu on Monday was temporarily shelved due to the accident on Sunday.

In that accident, two people were seriously injured, and two were lightly injured.

The seriously injured driver at fault and the seriously injured victim both survived after rescue efforts. However, the driver has remained in a coma ever since that day.

Lucky to have narrowly escaped, Huo Guangheng, under Lin Jie's strict orders, stayed at the Affiliated Hospital under the pretext of work for the past two or three days, not returning to the accommodation arranged for them by the military.

Lin Jie's prohibition was that Huo Guangheng could not leave the hospital until the details of the accident were thoroughly investigated.

Lin Jie reasoned that the hospital, being a public place and his own turf, made it very inconvenient for the person behind the plot against Lulu to take any risky action.

He also held out hope that even if something bad did happen, the hospital would be a good place for immediate rescue.

This morning, Lin Jie received news that the driver at fault had finally woken up.

Kong Mingqing, who also received this news, was unable to leave his duties at once and hurried to Tianqiao District People's Hospital after finishing his current tasks.

Close to three in the afternoon, just as Kong Mingqing stepped into the People's Hospital, a young, handsome guy approached him and politely said, "Hello, Captain Kong!"

"I'm Shao Tianzong, I work at the Night Charm Bar, and Expert Lin and Boss Ye sent me over."

Kong Mingqing, who had previously received a call from Lin Jie, knew about this person.

The Boss Ye that Shao Tianzong spoke of, Ye Hongqing, was a renowned figure in Binhai, and his relationship with Lin Jie was quite close.

"Did you find any useful information?" Kong Mingqing asked solemnly.

Shao Tianzong smiled slightly and shook his head, "I only learned some basic information about the driver at fault, nothing substantial."

Seeing Kong Mingqing's skeptical look, Shao Tianzong spread his hands and said, "Captain Kong, our goals are the same. If we did find something useful, we would definitely tell you."

Kong Mingqing nodded slightly, expressionless, and asked, "So what's your purpose in looking for me?"

Shao Tianzong explained, "There are police guarding the driver's ward now, and I can't get in. I was instructed by Expert Lin and Boss Ye to speak with the driver."

Kong Mingqing's face darkened, and he asked cautiously, "Do you need to speak alone?"

Shao Tianzong chuckled lightly, "No, not alone! You, Captain Kong, and the police on guard can all listen in."

Kong Mingqing's expression softened, "Alright, follow me then!"

Arriving at the driver's ward, after greeting the police on duty, Kong Mingqing brought Shao Tianzong into the room.

Looking at the pale man in his thirties lying on the hospital bed, Kong Mingqing casually showed his work ID and said, "Wang Lei, I've already learned from the Traffic Accident Department that you confessed this morning that you drove while fatigued after being up all night playing mahjong, and dozed off, causing the accident by running into pedestrians."

"Wang Lei, now that I'm standing in front of you as a detective, do you have anything different you want to say?"

Wang Lei glanced at Kong Mingqing and then at Shao Tianzong beside him, weakly saying, "Officer, if I wanted to shirk responsibility, I wouldn't have admitted to fatigued driving and taken full responsibility for this accident."

Kong Mingqing let out a cold snort, took out his phone, and brought up surveillance footage to show Wang Lei.

"This is a composite of several surveillance videos from the day you were driving the Buick with the license ending in 36."

"In this footage, the Buick you drove is moving steadily with a stable speed. Your reactions to stopping and starting at red lights can be considered very quick, with little delay."

"This sufficiently indicates that your mind was very clear while driving."

"Only twenty seconds or so after the last piece of surveillance footage, you suddenly became so fatigued that you dozed off and hit pedestrians?"

"Do you take us all for fools?"

Wang Lei took a few hurried breaths, then slowly spoke, "Detective, before, I was holding on, but later I could no longer take it."

"I just had a moment of drowsiness, and then..."

Resignedly, he said, "Anyway, I'm taking full responsibility for the accident caused by fatigued driving."

"The rest, investigate as you please."

Just when Kong Mingqing was about to speak again, Shao Tianzong stepped forward a bit and softly asked, "Captain Kong, may I?"

After a brief consideration, Kong Mingqing nodded and stepped back.

Shao Tianzong smiled at Wang Lei on the hospital bed, took out his phone, and dialed a video call.

After the call connected, Ye Hongqing's chubby face appeared on the phone screen.

"Boss, you can speak now!"

After saying this, Shao Tianzong pointed the phone screen at Wang Lei on the hospital bed.

Kong Mingqing, who had been closely observing, noticed Wang Lei's expression froze upon seeing the person on the phone screen.

Following this, he heard a loud voice coming from the phone, "Wang Lei, from your reaction, you recognize me. That's good, no need for me to introduce myself."

"I always like to get straight to the point."

"On the day you drove into those people, there were three of them. They were Huo Guangheng, Gao Yanhong, and Guo Peng."

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