Yue Xingwen overheard the conversation between president Jiang’s personal assistant and the police. According to the personal assistant, after president Jiang signed an agreement with the workers’ representative on the construction site yesterday. The driver sent the two people on the way back, and president Jiang suddenly said ‘a little personal matter to deal with’, and then got out of the car in the middle of the way, and did not return to the hotel until late at night.
President Jiang often went to various clubs to have fun when he was on business trips, playing all night was a common thing. The assistant thought he went out to play again, so he did not care at first, until president Jiang’s wife called this morning to check, and said that president Jiang’s mobile phone could not be called. Only then that the assistant noticed something wrong, he called his mobile phone and it was turned off.
Even when president Jiang went out to have fun, his mobile phone was never turned off. Things were a bit abnormal, so the assistant called several of president Jiang’s friends in City A in anxiety, and they all said they had not been in contact with president Jiang yesterday. The assistant was uneasy and had to call the police.
Recently, there were a lot of people on the Internet cursing Dexin Group, coupled with the accidental fall of someone at the construction site brushed off the hot search. The police immediately intervened in the investigation, and rushed to the construction site as soon as possible.
Even Yue Xingwen was called in for questioning. “Did you see Jiang Dexin yesterday?”
Yue Xingwen said, “I have seen him.”
Police: “Did you see him leave the construction site with your own eyes?”
Yue Xingwen nodded and replied, “After president Jiang signed the agreement with us, he got into the black Audi at the entrance, and the car drove out of the construction site, and we all saw it.”
Yue Xingwen was telling the truth, they did see president Jiang leave the construction site with their own eyes yesterday afternoon. The police asked the others, and all the workers’ responses were consistent; President Jiang had never returned after he signed the agreement.
Zhao Anming said loudly, “President Jiang’s disappearance has nothing to do with us for sure! Yesterday, we negotiated with him smoothly, and in the end he also promised to pay everyone at the end of this month. Several of our representatives have put their fingerprints on the agreement!”
Immediately, someone next to him echoed, “Exactly, how could he suddenly disappear?”
Someone else said with righteous indignation, “This son of a bitch isn’t going to back out and run away with the money, right?!”
“Comrade police, go and check whether he ran away, don’t let our wages go down the drain!”
A group of workers surrounded president Jiang’s assistant, who was in charge of drafting the agreement yesterday. “Your president Jiang shouldn’t really run away, right?”
“Is everyone still getting paid? If he had run away, is the signed agreement still valid?”
The assistant was distraught and hurriedly said, “Everyone rest assured, yesterday’s agreement was stamped with the official seal of the Dexin Group, as well as the signature of president Jiang. It has a legal effect and president Jiang already talked to the finance side, everyone’s wages will definitely be paid this month.”
Only then did the workers let him go.
The assistant struggled out of the crowd in a daze, crying, “Comrade police, please find president Jiang as soon as possible. Madam Jiang has already booked a ticket to fly from City B this afternoon, and if I don’t keep an eye on president Jiang, she’ll definitely tear me apart!”
Several police officers turned around and left after a fruitless investigation at the construction site.
While walking, they whispered.
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Zhang Xiaonian added, “The police suspected that there is a problem with the Dexin Group, and Jiang Dexin is likely to have run away with the money. The police have already called with colleagues from the economic crime investigation, so that they can properly investigate the financial problems of the Dexin Group.”
Hearing this, Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce glanced at each other, and a trace of confusion appeared in their eyes at the same time.
Liu Zhaoqing could not help but curse, “Did this son of a bitch really run away with the money? He isn’t missing, but secretly going abroad? Is the mobile phone turned off because he’s on the plane right now?”
Yue Xingwen rubbed his chin and analyzed, “If he really left the country, Dexin Group might have a serious financial problems, and Jiang Dexin’s body might still be carrying a murder case—— the death of Zhao Dayong’s brother and sister-in-law was related to him, and Zhao Dayong found out the truth and was also silenced by him at the construction site. Now, he’s afraid that things will come to light and he’s simply running away with the money?”
Lin Manluo said, “He bought a ticket to go abroad the day of Zhao Dayong’s accident, which really sounds like a guilty conscience.”
Qin Miao said calmly, “But if president Jiang is the mastermind behind this, how can we explain the hot search on Weibo? Someone signed up for Weibo’s side account last month and was ready to expose the inside story of Dexin Group’s unpaid wages. Immediately after Zhao Dayong’s death, this person sent photos and triggered the media. He can’t help president Jiang to silence Zhao Dayong and expose the Dexin Group in turn, right?”
Yue Xingwen carefully rationalized the logic——
President Jiang killed Zhao Dayong’s brother and sister-in-law when he invested in the Qingshui Bay project in Zhao Village back then. Zhao Dayong found out the truth and was silenced by president Jiang’s people that he arranged to work on the construction site. President Jiang appeared at the construction site, pretending to be benevolent and signing agreements with the workers, just to make a show for the city leaders. The real purpose was to take a plane from City A and run away with the money.
This line of logic seemed reasonable, but the question raised by Qin Miao was also critical—— the hot search could not be explained.
The photos of Zhao Dayong’s tragic death were exposed on Weibo in order to expand its influence to get the workers’ wages. The ID called ‘Seeking Justice’ was very familiar with the manipulation of public opinion, and this person bought the account in September. The photos were sent the first time after Zhao Dayong’s death was not like a coincidence, it was more like a premeditated plan.
This person could not be the murderer sent by president Jiang to silence Zhao Dayong.
He made a big deal out of it and even affected the reputation of the Dexin Group by doing something contradictory.
Yue Xingwen frowned, “Could it be two people? The one who killed Zhao Dayong was the murderer sent by president Jiang to silence him; The one exposing the unpaid wages are the workers who have been lurking around the construction site to help everyone?”
Ke Shaobin adjusted his glasses and said with a serious look. “The words of two people can barely explain the logic of the current events. But, there are still doubts ah, the person who exposed this incident had expected that Zhao Dayong would be silent a month ago?”
Everyone: “…”
Too much of a coincidence indeed. After Zhao Dayong came to the construction site a month ago, this person was prepared for everything and bought a large number of side accounts. This person could not have ‘prophetic’ ability to know that something would happen at the construction site.
Jiang Pingce suddenly asked, “Do you really believe that Jiang Dexin has gone abroad?”
Everyone looked back at Jiang Pingce.
Jiang Pingce said, “Pay attention to the details relayed by Ke Shaobin, the police only said that they found out that Jiang Dexin had purchased a ticket to fly to City M this morning and suspected him of running away with the money. Instead of seeing him at the airport, or seeing Jiang Dexin’s record of going abroad at the immigration registry—— the ticket alone doesn’t mean he’s on the plane right now.”
Yue Xingwen looked at Jiang Pingce and patted his shoulder appreciatively, and smiled, “Pingce is indeed great at pointing out the details, and this is very crucial. At present, there is no clear evidence that Jiang Dexin must have gone abroad. Running off with the money, not even informing his wife and children in advance, running off by himself? And he had to come running to City A’s airport? That doesn’t make sense.”
Ke Shaobin had a flash of inspiration in his mind and said excitedly, “The ticket doesn’t have to be bought by him personally, right? As long as a person knows his ID number, others can also help him book a ticket ah! Even if he bought it himself, is it possible that he missed his flight and got hijacked halfway?”
Xu Yishen said, “I think there’s something wrong with this ticket. My mother is European, and I used to go abroad a lot, so it was usually easier to leave from my own hometown. President Jiang and his family live in City B, and if he wanted to take the money to run, the most reasonable thing to do is to take his wife and children with him to leave the country from City B overnight. Instead of flying from City B to City A, wasting time negotiating and signing agreements with workers, and then running out of the country from City A alone after signing the agreements? This path is too roundabout.”
Senior brother Xu was right. If he wanted to run, he would certainly seize the time to run from the airport in city B. It was so much effort to change to City A, explaining a bunch of nonsense to the workers to sign the agreement and then run, was he overdoing it?
Jiang Pingce’s gaze sharpened and he said in a deep voice, “Jiang Dexin’s going abroad is the misleading information given by the murderer.”
Just now, everyone’s thinking had been on the ‘mastermind behind the scene to run by going abroad’, Jiang Pingce was careful and put forward the key point of ‘buying a ticket is not the same as taking a plane’.
After careful analysis, they found that Jiang Dexin’s operation of going abroad was indeed strange and weird.
Yue Xingwen said, “It’s very likely that the ticket was not bought by him, and that he didn’t leave the country, but… was killed.”
Jiang Pingce nodded in agreement and said, “I also think so, the murderer bought Jiang Dexin’s ticket for going abroad. After the police found the information about Jiang Dexin’s purchase of the ticket, they would definitely go to the airport to verify and then find out that Jiang Dexin doesn’t leave the country. A big boss suddenly disappeared, the first thing the police want to investigate is the Dexin Group. Once the economic crime investigation is involved, the old accounts of the Dexin Group can be turned over—— perhaps, this is the real purpose of the murderer.”
He turned back to Yue Xingwen and said, “Do you ever get the feeling that there is someone behind the scenes who seems to have long expected how the story will develop and planned everything well, and that we, the police, have been guided by this person to do things.”
Yue Xingwen also had this feeling.
The murderer seemed to have opened up God’s perspective, laid out a game of chess, and coldly watched the police investigate and collect evidence step by step, guiding the incident to the directly the murderer expected. Now that Jiang Dexin was missing, the police would definitely go to the Dexin Group, which was the murderer’s goal.
Yue Xingwen summed up the logic from the beginning and concluded, “Zhao Dayong died, a hot search exploded on Weibo that the wages of the workers were unpaid for up to six months, the Internet was excited, Dexin Group was cursed to the point that its stock fell, and the boss, Jiang Dexin had to personally come to the construction site to appease the worker. On his way to leave the construction site after signing the agreement, Jiang Dexin suddenly told his assistant that he had a personal matter to deal with, and then got off midway, with his mobile phone switched off and his whereabouts unknown.”
“The boss is missing, the police will definitely have to investigate in detail if Jiang Dexin has any enemies, and the projects that the Dexin Group has invested in within the past few years will be turned up for investigation, including the Qingshui Bay project in Zhao Village. Maybe, instead of finding out where Jiang Dexin is, we’ll find out a whole lot about Dexin Group’s unclean past.”
“Zhao Dayong’s death was like a fuse, triggering a series of follow-up events.” Yue Xignwen couldn’t help but see Jiang Pingce as he spoke.
Both of them exchanged glances and said in unison, “A bait?”
When the students heard this keyword, they suddenly had a feeling of ‘suddenly enlightened’ in front of their eyes!
Ke Shaobin’s eyes widened slightly and said, “Zhao Dayong’s death was a decoy, in order to lure out Jiang Dexin?”
Liu Zhaoqing lamented, “The murderer is a hunter, Zhao Dayong is the bait he put out, Jiang Dexin is the snake, and all these actions of the murderer are for the sake of—— lead the snake out of the hole?!”
Senior brother Liu summed it up very appropriately.
—Yue Xingwen nodded, “That way, all the events can be linked together.”
Xu Yishen narrowed his eyes and said, “Jiang Dexin is Dexin Group’s president, and it’s difficult for ordinary people to approach him. However, there was a person who died on the Xinyue Plaza’s construction site developed by Dexin Group, and the matter about the developer who hadn’t paid workers’ wages was on the hot search, which caused widespread concern among netizens and the media. The leaders of City A also attached great importance to it, and the city leaders will definitely put pressure on Dexin Group to let them solve the workers’ unpaid wages as soon as possible. Only in this way could Jiang Dexin personally come to the construction site.”
Yue Xingwen said, “This is also the best opportunity for the murderer to kill Jiang Dexin.”
One link after another, the murderer’s meticulous logic made Yue Xingwen convinced.
Jiang Pingce said, “Something must have happened to Zhao Village’s Qingshui Bay project, and it won’t be a coincidence that there are so many people from Zhao Village at the construction site. The death of Zhao Dayong’s brother and sister-in-law is not an accident, and it’s likely to be directly related to Jiang Dexin.”
Liu Zhaoqing said thoughtfully, “I always think that it’s not reasonable for Zhao Dayong to suicide at such a young age before, but what if the murderer persuaded him to commit suicide on the condition of avenging his brother and sister-in-law? Would he be willing to be the bait?”
Xu Yishen shook his head and said, “This is still unconvincing. Was Zhao Dayong so confident that the murderer would succeed? Willing to gamble with his life? In case the murderer’s plan failed, won’t he have died in vain and let Zhao Liang become an orphan? How is that a good deal?”
Jiang Pingce suddenly said, “Do you guys still remember how Zhao Dayong’s parents died?”
Everyone looked at each other. “Seems like they died of illness?”
Jiang Pingce replied, “Both died of liver cancer.”
Liu Zhaoqing’s eyes suddenly lit up. “Liver cancer, I almost forgot about this! People with liver cancer in their families have a much higher probability of developing malignant tumors than normal people! Because they have cancer genes in their bodies, many cancers have familial aggregation characteristics, and hypothetically, what if Zhao Dayong was also diagnosed with liver cancer and it was advanced cancer?”
Yue Xingwen’s heart tightened slightly, “He knew he wouldn’t live long enough to commit suicide, so he wouldn’t have to drag his nephew down because of the high medical expenses, instead, he could get a large amount of compensation for his nephew, and he could also assist the murderer to draw out Jiang Dexin and help his brother and sister-in-law take revenge. He is simply killing two birds with one stone.”
Liu Zhaoqing’s expression looked heavy and said, “If that’s the case, he would indeed be willing to commit suicide, right?”
In the case of Zhao Dayong, the murderer left no clues, and the police could not find fingerprints, hair and other information with high-tech means, as if the murderer did not exist at all.
They had previously wondered if Zhao Dayong could have committed suicide, but always felt that the reason for suicide was not strong enough.
However, what if Zhao Dayong had been diagnosed with liver cancer, like his parents?
When faced with a life and death decision, would he feel that by dying, he would not have to let Zhao Liang bear the burden of his uncle’s serious illness at a young age, and would be able to give Zhao Liang a compensation payment in return?
Everyone fell silent for a moment at the thought of the young man who had fallen from a high building and been instantly stabbed through the abdomen with a steel pipe.
The puzzling case was finally straightened out, but the results of the reasoning were shocking.
Next, it was time to verify the conclusions.
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thanks for the chapter <3
Sounds like my guess last time was right.
Too heartbreaking
The reasoning for committing suicide is strong but it’s sad to think about it. You know you’re gonna die soon and there’s no escaping it. Takes a lot of courage to use your own short life and speed up death even faster for the sake of others.
Thanks for the chapter ~~~