Car-hailing Driver: Rewards from Complaints-Chapter 126 - 124: There’s a Fugitive in Your Car

During breakfast, Yang Chen handed his ID card and other documents to Yu Shishi.

Her task today was to register a company for managing online influencer training and commercial operations.

After breakfast, Yang Chen drove off to start his ride-hailing work.

After dropping off two passengers, Yang Chen thought about taking a break, since he didn’t need to work so hard anymore.

But just then, a man wearing a baseball cap got in his car.

Yang Chen quickly said, "Brother, what’s going on?"

Baseball Cap: "Bro, I’m in a hurry. Please take me to the high-speed rail station. A hundred bucks, is that enough?"

Yang Chen: "Bro, we have rules against offline payments."

Baseball Cap: "Then just log off the system and think of it as a private job. I’m really pressed for time, and it’s hard to get a ride during the morning rush. Please, I’m begging you."

Seeing his luggage, he must be rushing to take a train out of town.

With a helpful spirit, Yang Chen nodded in agreement.

However, to be safe, Yang Chen logged off the platform system, treating it as a private job, basically running an unlicensed ride.

After driving for about ten minutes, Yang Chen’s phone rang.

Yang Chen glanced at it; it was an unfamiliar number.

Yang Chen didn’t think much and answered the call.

"Hello, who is this?" Yang Chen asked.

"Hello, this is the city’s Criminal Investigation Unit. I’m Captain Wang Aihua. Do you have a middle-aged man wearing a baseball cap in your car?"

Yang Chen immediately felt something was wrong and instinctively turned his head to look. The man in the baseball cap was glaring at him fiercely.

Damn, could this be an escaped criminal?

An escaped criminal isn’t scary, but a murderer would be frightening.

He could do anything to survive.

Thinking quickly, Yang Chen immediately cursed, "Screw you! I’ve installed an anti-fraud app, and you still want to scam me? I’m just a ride-hailing driver, earning hard-earned money. You want to scam even this? Are you even human? Don’t call again, or I’ll really call the cops to catch you! Bastard!"

After speaking, Yang Chen hung up the phone.

Yang Chen composed himself, turned to the serious-looking male passenger in the back, and said, "Scammers these days are really arrogant. Just the other day, I got a call claiming to be customs, saying they found an issue with my package and asked me to send them money. Damn, wouldn’t I know if I had a package at customs? Why deceive when you can do honest work? Right, bro?"

For a moment, the man in the baseball cap couldn’t tell if Yang Chen was being genuine or trying to fool him.

"Ah... Umm, yes, you’re absolutely right. If worse comes to worst, I could also drive a ride-hailing service to support a family," replied the baseball cap.

Yang Chen nodded and said, "Bro, you’re absolutely right. While driving for a ride-hailing service isn’t a great job, it’s easy and carefree, and you can earn enough to support a family."

Then, Yang Chen deliberately burped and said, "Sorry, bro, my girlfriend made too much this morning, and I overate. I’m loosening the seatbelt. Are you heading out of town for work?"

As he spoke, Yang Chen unbuckled his seatbelt.

Though the car sounded an alarm, the man in the baseball cap didn’t find it suspicious.

He replied, "Yes! Going out of town for work. The cost of living in Hai City is too high. My entire month’s salary goes to the landlord."

At this moment, there were traffic officers at the intersection ahead, stopping citizens riding scooters without helmets.

Yang Chen felt the opportunity had come and deliberately took the right lane.

"The morning rush is quite crowded. I’ll take a detour through a side street," Yang Chen said.

The man in the baseball cap didn’t speak, his attention fixed on the traffic officers.

Yang Chen turned on the hazard lights to alert the cars behind of danger, thinking it was their bad luck if someone still came close.

The traffic officers stopping scooters also noticed Yang Chen’s hazard lights and instinctively became alert.

Catching the right moment, Yang Chen locked the doors and windows, immediately braked, and rushed out of the car.

"I have someone you’re looking for in my car!" Yang Chen shouted.

The man in the baseball cap tried to push open both doors but couldn’t.

Then, he gave up and sat quietly waiting for the traffic officers to approach.

The traffic officers quickly rushed over and signaled all vehicles to steer clear.

"What’s going on?" a traffic officer asked.

Yang Chen explained, "I just received a call from the city’s bureau asking if I had a man with a baseball cap in my car. Damn, I had my phone on speaker. It almost scared me to death. I’m not sure what’s happening; you’d better ask yourselves."

The traffic officers quickly heightened their alertness and surrounded Yang Chen’s car, checking all four doors.

They quickly contacted the city bureau and confirmed that the man in the car was a scammer, who had gotten into a conflict and violently injured someone during a mahjong game the previous night before fleeing.

The city bureau quickly dispatched personnel, including Wang Aihua, who had called Yang Chen.

Wang Aihua: "Comrade, I’m truly sorry for earlier; it was a misjudgment on my part. I should have considered the inconvenience of you answering the phone. It was a work oversight, and I apologize. Please forgive me."

Though Yang Chen initially wanted to complain, he felt it inappropriate given the officer’s sincere attitude.

"It’s fine, just don’t do it again next time," Yang Chen replied.

Wang Aihua: "Alright, alright. I’ll definitely pay more attention in the future. Sorry again. Please don’t lodge a complaint against me. Hehe..."

Ah, so he was worried about getting complained about.