Sorry, I forgot about this today, lol 
Yue Xingwen analyzed carefully, “Assuming that Zhao Liang was bullied by his uncle, suppressed for many years, and finally killed his uncle to obtain the compensation money. This motive is actually fine, but why did he break down and cry when he saw his uncle’s death, crying until his eyes were swollen? Can an 18-year-old high school graduate have such good acting skills?”
This morning, Zhao Liang was really emotional when he went downstairs to see the scene of Zhao Dayong’s death. He rushed over to hug the corpse and cried. Senior brother Liu also said that Zhao Liang’s eyes were red from crying, very sad when chatting, and mentioned that his uncle was his only relative.
If he was the murderer, his acting skills were really better than professional actors in the entertainment industry.
Yue Xingwen continued, “Zhao Qiang had an argument with the deceased and also had a motive to commit the crime. But the murderer did not leave a clue in the camera, and fled through the underground passageway without leaving any evidence, suggesting that the murderer is not an impulsive type of murderer, but the murderer had been planning for a long time. How could such a cautious murderer let the roommate easily discover that he was not in the dormitory for half an hour?”
Zhao Liang and Zhao Qiang were both suspicious, but if they were the murderers, there were indeed many unreasonable things.
Everyone fell silent, lowering their heads in thought.
Jiang Pingce suddenly said, “Perhaps, Zhao Dayong’s death is not a personal grudge between him and anyone, but is related to the workers’ unpaid wages in the project? As you mentioned before, we’re going to investigate from two aspects.”
Yue Xingwen nodded. “Right, if there is no progress in personal grudges, we will check this line of unpaid wages. Listening to the workers’ chat for a long time this afternoon, we found that the developer of this project is the Dexin Group and the boss is called Jiang Dexin; The construction unit is the 8th Engineering team of City A, and the person in charge is Director Zhang, named Zhang Zhiwei.”
Ke Shaobin immediately opened his laptop, “I have the project bid list, the construction contract, the project budget and so on here. We copied all of this information when we went to Director Zhang’s office yesterday.”
After all, Yue Xingwen was not a professional and he did not understand the content of the contract.
Xu Yishen took it over and went through it, saying. “On the surface, there’s nothing wrong with this contract, it’s a common template, and it also clearly states the project delivery time, the construction progress, the settlement of the first and second phase payments, and so on.”
Jiang Pingce said, “Some workers mentioned that the Dexin Group is developing a high-end residential area in City B at the same time and is moving the funds over there, which is what caused the Xinyue Plaza project construction’s late payment and the workers’ wages are unpaid.”
Thinking of those workers who were smoking and chatting in the afternoon, Yue Xingwen sighed lightly and said, “It’s also quite difficult for the workers, they were supposed to be paid in March, but delayed until July, and then delayed until October. Today, Director Zhang used the megaphone and said that it would be paid at the end of the year, which is equivalent to everyone working for a whole year without any income, and many of them have bad conditions at home, they are also relying on this money to continue their lives.”
Ke Shaobin actively analyzed. “Could someone whose family is about to make a fuss have gotten extreme ideas in anger and killed Zhao Dayong? In other words, Zhao Dayong had no personal grudge against the murderer, who killed him only to draw public attention and delay the construction progress, so that the media would expose the matter, the purpose is… getting the wages?”
Yue Xingwen frowned and thought for a moment, “It’s possible. With unpaid wages for more than half a year, the workers had a long-term grievance, the murderer had plenty of time to make preparations and pick a suitable time to do it. Didn’t the city leaders come to visit yesterday? As soon as the leader left, there was an accident at the construction site, and the city government will definitely pay attention to it.”
Zhang Xiaonian remembered those people from yesterday and immediately said, “Secretary Qin? The middle-aged man with a plump figure, I think he’s the big leader in charge of this area, right?”
Qin Lu also said, “When we went to copy the information yesterday, Secretary Qin chatted with Director Zhang and mentioned that the Xinyue Plaza must open in July for the Tourism Festival to attract tourists from all over the world. Another woman reported that the progress of the commercial tender had been 70% completed, the cinema, the gym, and many restaurant brands had signed contracts to move in, so there’s no problem opening in July for sure.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Xu Yishen interjected, “For the city government, a big project like Xinyue Plaza is the face of the entire southern district of City A. The government contracted this land to the Dexin Group for development, and of course, they hope that the development process will go smoothly, and that it will open in July to take advantage of the tourism festival and also boost the GDP of the entire city next year, so the last thing they want is for something to happen to the construction site.”
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With the suspension of the investigation, the workers would not be able to hide the fact that their wages were unpaid and the developer would bear the pressure of public opinion. The next step was for the city government to intervene and force the developer to pay the workers and appease them?
Yue Xingwen carefully ran through the logic of this link and concluded. “If the murderer wanted to help the workers to get their wages by killing a person. Although it was an extreme practice, it also makes sense. After all, no matter how much trouble the workers made, it’s not as serious as getting someone killed. When a person dies at the construction site, the construction unit, the developer, the city leaders, all of them can’t sit still.”
Ke Shaobin got an inspiration and said, “The murderer should expand public opinion and influence, right? So, is the murderer going to take photos or videos of the killed person at the construction site and post them online?”
Yue Xingwen remembered that when the accident happened early in the morning, someone hurriedly picked up the mobile phone and called the police at 110. There were 11 examinees and they did not have mobile phones on them, but the workers around them were all holding mobile phones. As Ke Shaobin said, they could have taken some photos with their mobile phones, given mosaics, and posted them on the Internet, so as to win the sympathy of public opinion.
Yue Xingwen immediately asked, “Young Ke, does your laptop have Internet access?”
Ke Shaobin said, “My laptop only has a data transfer function, and there is no automatic Internet access. I had to go to their office and connect to their WiFi to get online.”
The construction site was closed today, so Director Zhang had all the doors to the office locked for fear of workers causing trouble. The finance and personnel departments, of course, went home on vacation.
Yue Xingwen looked at Qin Lu, “Use plate movement to take us in.”
Qin Lu took out the globe, positioned the coordinates, and teleported everyone into the office collectively.
Director Zhang’s office was very large, and the 11 of them staying in the office did not look crowded at all.
Ke Shaobin found the router and tinkered with it, letting his laptop connect to the WiFi network. A search box popped up as he opened the web page, and Ke Shaobin’s heart fluttered with joy, “Internet access!” Then, he quickly typed in his university ‘Hua’an University’, and a red message popped up on the page: “No relevant information was retrieved”.
A hint of loss flashed in Ke Shaobin’s eyes. “This place isn’t connected to the world where we live, we can’t find our school, and I don’t know what happened to us over there.”
Yue Xingwen patted Ke Shaobin’s shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, there are so many of us, we shouldn’t all be missing. Check this case first, and one day we’ll all go back together.”
Ke Shaobin nodded and quickly searched the keyword Xinyue Plaza. A large amount of information did pop up on the webpage.
“The Xinyue Plaza project officially opened on March 1st!”
“The Xinyue Plaza building was topped out, and the city leaders personally inspected the construction site…”
These were official news reports, and had little reference value.
Ke Shaobin scrolled down and clicked on a Weibo message——
#A Worker Falls to His Death at Xinyue Plaza#
The headline was simple and tagged(@) many local media outlets.
This Weibo post had several accompanying photos, which were the photos of the scene of Zhao Dayong’s fall. Although the deceased’s face was mosaics, the bloody scene of the abdomen being directly pierced by a steel pipe was clearly presented in the photo.
The steel pipe pierced the intestines and broke the belly, shocking to the eyes!
There were thousands of comments under this Weibo’s post. Many people expressed their sympathy for the deceased, netizens discussed very fiercely, “So pitiful, it hurts so much to watch!”
“Oh my God, it’s terrible.This construction site didn’t do the safety measures right? How did he fall?”
One of the comments said: “It is said that the wages of the workers of the Xinyue Plaza project are still unpaid for a full six months”, and the comment was liked to the top. Some people replied that: “My eldest brother is on this construction site, it’s true.”
“Indeed, no money was issued, the developer has various excuses to shirk the responsibility, saying that it will be issued at the end of the year, playing the workers as monkeys.”
Workers’ wages had been owed for half a year, and someone had fallen to their deaths? A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and this Weibo had topped the social news hot search in the blink of an eye!
Seeing the overwhelming news online about the dead person at the construction site, Yue Xingwen looked back at Jiang Pingce and whispered, “This person who posted the Weibo had a premeditated plan.”
Jiang Pingce looked at the Weibo ID, ‘Seeking Justice’, and frowned slightly, “This person posted the Weibo at 5:45am, and Zhao Xuemei’s scream that attracted our attention was at 5:30am. At 5:45am, the police had not yet arrived at the scene, and at that time, in addition to us, many workers heard the scream and rushed to watch. The scene was very chaotic.”
Yue Xingwen said, “Those workers might have taken photos of the scene and posted them online. The person who posted the Weibo is very good at timing and directing public opinion. Could this person with ID ‘Seeking Justice’ is the murderer?”
The police immediately sealed off the scene after arriving at the construction site, and the onlookers were not allowed to take photos. The photos on Weibo were taken and posted online before the police arrived, and the police also did not have time to deal with it. As a result, the incident was brushed up on the hot search, attracting widespread attention from the media and netizens. It would be troublesome to try to suppress the public opinion.
Seeking Justice? This was obviously a Weibo’s side account, who would it be?
Yue Xingwen was silent for a moment and said, “Check out the Dexin Group.”
Ke Shaobin quickly entered the keyword to search and filtered out valuable information.
Dexin group was established 10 years ago, was a very famous local real estate developer and had developed many well-known projects. The boss, Jiang Dexin, was 40 years old, he started from nothing and was a legendary entrepreneur who often appeared on financial websites.
The boss looked smiling and kind. In the photo, he was wearing a gray suit with a tie, in the elite dress of a successful person and his leather shoes were polished.
Xu Yishen pointed at his wrist. “This watch alone costs 200,000 yuan. He has a nouveau riche aura from head to toe.”
Ke Shaobin lamented. “The background of the photo should be his home, right? Five-story villa, this president Jiang is really rich.”
Jiang Pingce frowned slightly, “Retrieve the court information and see if this company has any pending lawsuits.”
Ke Shaobin quickly found the results. “The residential area ‘Jiangnan Seashore’ developed by the Dexin Group in City C two years ago had slow progress and delayed delivery, and was jointly sued by the owners in court. The court judged that the owner won the lawsuit, and the developer compensated liquidated damages according to the contract.”
“The project in City D is also delayed in delivery, and the lawsuit is being fought, with no result yet.”
“Qingshui Bay project…” Ke Shaobin’s mouse suddenly stopped, looked back at Yue Xingwen, and said in excited tone, “Dexin Group had developed a project six years ago, called Qingshui Bay Resort, the location is near Zhao Village!”
“Zhao Village, 6 years ago?” Yue Xingwen looked back at Jiang Pingce.
“Zhao Dayong’s brother and sister-in-law died 6 years ago.” Jiang Pingce said calmly, “These two things must definitely be related.”
“I heard about the story of Zhao Dayong’s family from a person in Zhao village today, and I felt strange at the time. His brother was a carpenter with good craftsmanship, and it was said that he fell to his death when he went to renovate the house for someone. His sister-in-law went to his employer to ask for an explanation and died in a car accident halfway. These two people died one after the other in a bizarre way.” Yue Xingwen paused and speculated. “Could it be that the deaths of the two people are related to the Dexin Group, and Zhao Dayong has been investigating the truth before coming to the project site invested by the Dexin Group this time?”
“If his brother and sister-in-law’s death is really related to the Dexin Group, and he found out killed his brother and sister-in-law back then, he would likely be silenced by the murderer.” Jiang Pingce analyzed along this train of thought, “This president Jiang, when developing the Qingshui Bay project perhaps did something bad and was known by Zhao Dayong. President Jiang was afraid that he would be exposed and simply silenced him.”
“En.” Yue Xingwen was silent for a moment and said, “Keep searching, find out all the projects developed by Dexin Group over the years, as well as the detailed information of this President Jiang.”
“Okay.” Ke Shaobin began to search for information quickly and saved all the information he found in his own laptop, while Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce carefully analyzed it next to him.
“There are three possibilities that have emerged so far.”
“First, because of the personal grudge. The suspects are Zhao Liang and Zhao Qiang, but there is insufficient evidence, and neither of them meets the characteristics of the murderer’s long-planned and thoughtful thinking.”
“Second, the workers at the construction site killed someone in order to attract media attention and to obtain their unpaid wages. The murderer had no grudge against Zhao Dayong, but he was a good target. This is in line with the hot search on the Internet and the murderer’s careful plan. If so, the suspects can be all the workers whose wages aren’t paid yet throughout the construction site.”
“Third, the cause of Zhao Dayong’s brother and sister-in-law’s death six years ago was questionable, related to the Dexin Group’s Qingshui Bay project in Zhao Village. President Jiang killed Zhao Dayong’s brother and ran over his sister-in-law with his car. Zhao Dayong had been investigating the truth and knew something about the inside story, and was silenced during this construction.”
The three possibilities speculated by Yue Xingwen might have certain validity.
The first type of personal grudge was the simplest, and the second and third involved more people and were more difficult to investigate.
Yue Xingwen had a strange premonition. He always felt that things were not over, and there might be next accident at the construction site!
2 and 3 seem to be better options with 3 winning out for me. but lets see where this takes us!
thanks for the chapter <3
i felt the same way too.
the only question i have is, what’s the case have to do with architecture faculty?in the science & mathematic faculty exam before, the subject was clearly pertaining to the faculty. just being a murder mystery in a construction site seems like a cope out. it won’t give architecture students any advantage.
since its architecture, perhaps faulty plans were used? or bad materials? and general cutting corners and the dead guy found out and was unalived
I have a headache. I remembered why I hadn’t finished reading this author’s book once. Detectives with Chinese names are killing my nerve cells
Thank you very much for the translation 🤍🤍🤍
Construction until >>>>> construction unit