Ye Zhiwei's investigation quickly yielded results, but the only findings were that the woman had no private contact with anyone, her remarried husband was in the pharmaceutical business, and her associates were also in the pharmaceutical industry. There was nothing suspicious about these things. Perhaps it was because her husband wanted to build connections, and given that Jiang Jianian's IV Pharmaceutical Technology had caught Peng Yuezeng's eye and had Peng Yuezeng as a private investor, with such a promising future, it wasn't impossible that the woman's husband had sent her over to cultivate relationships.

Ye Zhiwei frowned slightly upon hearing this explanation, but said nothing.

Just as this matter was over, the case of the traffic accident that Ye Qingcheng had previously caused was transferred to the procuratorate, and the victim's daughter, Beanna, contacted Ye Zhiwei again.

Anna's lawyer contacted the prosecutor in charge of the case privately, who told her that since the case was at the end of the year, it would likely not reach the court until next year. Moreover, the case involved a major problem: the evidence against the driver for intentional homicide was insufficient, and the case was very likely to result in a sentence for causing death by traffic accident.

The surveillance footage couldn't determine exactly when the man was hit, and the driver, whether instructed by someone, knew something about the situation, or it was truly the case, repeatedly emphasized that the man was already dead when the accident occurred, and that he was too panicked at the time, which led to him repeatedly hitting people with his car.

Ye Zhiwei felt a headache when she heard about these things. She could only comfort Anna first, and then prepare to go and take a look around.

Ye Qingcheng happened to be at home, and Song Min would take good care of him. Ye Zhiwei's presence would seem superfluous. Jiang Jianian was also busy with Ye's Group affairs, so Ye Zhiwei took the opportunity to go out for a while.

She found the location of the surveillance camera at the crime scene and confirmed that it was indeed a blind spot. Moreover, it seemed that the surveillance cameras here were prone to having blind spots. Ye Zhiwei was unable to directly access the surveillance footage. After confirming it several times, she was about to leave when she unexpectedly saw a medical research institute nearby.

Ji Shuli's car was parked outside the research institute.

Cousin?

Ye Zhiwei immediately contacted Ji Shuli and learned that when she and Jiang Jianian went to Yunchuan Mountain, Jiang Jianian's senior brother Zheng Xuekai had contacted Jiang Jianian to ask him to help get experimental data from Li Lizhang. They had encountered some errors in a project and were preparing to verify the experimental results from both sides. Jiang Jianian simply handed Ji Shuli's phone number to Zheng Xuekai.

As a mere "tool"—the young master Ji, who was working hard for his cousin's love life, could only help IV Pharmaceutical Technology retrieve some materials from Li Lizhang. The experimental data was quite important, so he personally delivered it. When he brought over some materials from Zheng Xuekai that needed to be transferred to Li Lizhang, Li Lizhang was receiving Qin Manshu, whose family was in the pharmaceutical industry.

Although Ji Shuli had met Qin Manshu before, she didn't really have any impression of Qin Manshu and they didn't communicate much. When she saw Qin Manshu, she would just nod slightly as a polite greeting since they had greeted each other a few times before. However, this time, remembering that her little cousin had once subtly inquired about Qin Manshu, she couldn't help but take a second look.

Qin Manshu immediately seized the opportunity and took the initiative to start a conversation with Ji Shuli.

The Qin family is in the pharmaceutical business, while the Ji family is not involved in this field. However, Ji Shuli, having invested in IV Pharmaceuticals, thought he might be able to make connections, so he did not refuse Qin Manshu's invitation to talk.

Li Lizhang also has a relatively high opinion of the Qin family. The Qin family's business in pharmaceuticals is not just for profit. They also use a large portion of their profits for pharmaceutical research and development. They have their own chain of private hospitals and research and development centers in many places. The headquarters of their research and development center is located in S City.

Qin Manshu was interested in Ji Shuli. After Ji Shuli returned to China, she had tried to talk to Ji Shuli several times, but it was mostly Qin Manshu who was interested. Ji Shuli was a little indifferent to Qin Manshu. This time, seeing that Ji Shuli was interested in the research and development done by the Qin family, she took the opportunity of Li Lizhang to invite Ji Shuli.

Li Lizhang nodded and said, "The Qin family's research and development is indeed very good. Xiao Ji, you can go and take a look. Xiao Jiang and Xiao Zheng are both quite busy lately, otherwise you could let them go and take a look. Everyone is doing research for the development of the domestic pharmaceutical industry. It would be great if we could cooperate in the future."

Qin Manshu smiled and said, "My father has great respect for Dean Li. He said that you are a pioneer in the research and development of cancer in the country. This time, he also asked me to come and communicate with you more."

Li Lizhang immediately waved his hand, "What nonsense! How many people in our country have dedicated their lives to this field? Your father is exaggerating more and more these days."

Qin Manshu smiled and said, "Dean Li, you are too modest."

Finally, Li Lizhang acted as matchmaker, using the fact that the Ji family was in the investment industry as an example, suggesting that Ji Shuli visit the Qin family, as there might be future cooperation. Even if the Ji and Qin families didn't cooperate, IV Pharmaceuticals might still need the Qin family's services, so they could make some contact. With Li Lizhang's words in advance and Qin Manshu's invitation, Ji Shuli certainly couldn't refuse. She arranged a time to visit the Qin family's pharmaceutical research center with Qin Manshu, and by a twist of fate, Ye Zhiwei bumped into them.

When Ye Zhiwei made the call, Ji Shuli had just arrived. Although he was only there to visit the Qin family's private medical research center, the whole time was rather awkward because of his relationship with Qin Manshu. He was usually quite polite and gentlemanly in front of other girls, and Qin Manshu wasn't very talkative either. The two of them would occasionally fall silent. Ye Zhiwei's call saved Ji Shuli from this strange atmosphere.

"Shu Li?"

Qin Manshu looked at Ji Shuli with a puzzled expression. She spoke gently and called Ji Shuli by his name directly, and she did so very naturally, a stark contrast to her previous polite address of "Mr. Ji".

Ji Shuli felt a little awkward being addressed like that by Qin Manshu. He wasn't used to being addressed like that by a woman, so he coughed and explained, "My little cousin lives nearby. Would it be convenient for her to come along? She's the largest shareholder of IV Pharmaceuticals. Maybe there'll be a possibility of future cooperation if she comes over."

Qin Manshu smiled and said, "Oh, I knew before, the highest manager of IV is Jiang Jianian..."

When she mentioned Jiang Jianian, her tone changed slightly, but she quickly regained her gentleness and continued, "I was surprised at the time that the largest shareholder wasn't him but your little cousin."

Ji Shuli was always cautious. He did not reveal the specific details about Jiang Jianian and Ye Zhiwei, but nodded slightly and said, "Yes."

Qin Manshu ignored Ji Shuli's wariness and caution, and continued to laugh: "Sure, your little cousin can come over too. I happen to have a sister I'm very close to who also works at Peking University and knows your little cousin. Every time she mentions your little cousin to me, she always praises how beautiful she is. Although I've met her before, it was just a fleeting glance and I didn't get a good look at her. This time, I want to see just how stunning this girl is to be able to make my sister so infatuated with her and keep praising her to me all the time."

Ji Shuli never expected that his little cousin could charm a girl with her looks. However, he was naturally proud that someone was praising his little cousin and humbly said on behalf of Ye Zhiwei, "My little cousin is just so-so in looks, only slightly better than the average person."

Qin Manshu noticed that Ji Shuli's whole demeanor changed whenever her cousin Ye Zhiwei was mentioned.