Chapter 146 Anxiety

Han received a call from Xie Ming: "Jiang Jin's car has been found."

Han looked at the worried-looking Gu Ningli standing not far away, and she was overjoyed. She breathed a sigh of relief and blurted out, "Have you found the car? Where is it?"

Gu Ningli immediately ran over, sat down next to Han Que, pulled Han Que's arm, and asked anxiously, "Did you find it? Where is it?"

Han turned on the hands-free mode and continued to ask, "Where are they? Where are they?"

"Yes, yes, where are the people from Jiangjin? Where are they now?" Gu Ningli asked anxiously.

Xie Ming paused and continued, "The car is in a public parking lot near the river. But the person is not in the car."

"Public parking?"

"Riverside?"

Gu Ningli and Han Que looked at each other in surprise, bewildered.

Gu Ningli whispered to Han Que, "Is this news true? Why is Jiang Jin by the river? He clearly made an appointment with me to go home."

"Xie Ming, is your source reliable?" Han continued to ask, "Jiang Jin parked his car in the parking lot, but do you know where he went?"

"Yes, yes, it's so late, is Jiang Jin going to the riverside to meet someone? Who is he meeting?" Gu Ningli was also surprised. She had never heard that Jiang Jin would often go to places near the riverside or make friends.

"The source of the information should be reliable. My friend sent me the surveillance video from the parking lot at that time. It clearly shows Jiang Jin's car entering the parking lot at 11 o'clock last night. He then locked the car door and walked out of the parking lot." Xie Ming said, and sent the video to Han Que. "Although the video is not very clear, the license plate number is still visible. Can you confirm it?"

Han opened WeChat on his phone and watched the video with Gu Ningli.

In the blurry video, you can clearly see Jiang Jin's BMW X5 driving into the parking lot entrance and stopping in front of an empty parking space.

The camera captured from a distance that Jiang Jin did not get out of the car immediately, but could vaguely be seen staying in the car.

The camera couldn't see what he was doing from far away, let alone his facial expression. We could only vaguely see his figure leaning against the back of a chair, looking very lonely.

About five minutes later, Jiang Jin came out of the car. He stood in front of the car for a while before walking out. After a few steps, he remembered to turn back and lock the car.

Gu Ningli's tears suddenly burst out again. She sobbed and muttered to herself, "Why would Jiang Jin go there? He clearly told me that he would go home to meet me, and he even told me to wait for him at home. How could he..."

"Don't cry yet." Han interrupted her with a frown: "First, confirm whether this person is Jiang Jin and his car?"

Gu Ningli wiped her tears with a tissue and nodded.

Han took a deep breath and said to Xie Ming, "Yes, we can confirm it was Jiang Jin. However, we still don't understand why he suddenly went to the riverside parking lot and left his car there since he had an appointment with Gu Ningli to meet him at home."

Xie Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Based on my judgment, Jiang Jin either received a sudden notification that made him change his mind, or..."

Or maybe he deliberately called Gu Ningli to confuse others.

Because if Gu Ningli can't contact Jiang Jin, it will definitely become known to everyone, which will be a kind of protection for him.

He paused and didn't say anything else.

Han understood what he meant, but she couldn't say it in front of Gu Ningli. She said to Xie Ming, "Thank you, Xie Ming, for your hard work."

"You're welcome." He paused and wanted to say something, but changed the subject: "Hang up first, I'll think of another way."

After hanging up the phone, Han fell into deep thought. She searched for the memory of Jiang Jin in her poor memory.

Riverside? Parking lot? They don't seem to be related.

She looked at Gu Ningli, who was crying beside her, and kicked her feet. "Hey, don't cry yet. Think about who Jiang Jin might contact. Does he know anyone near the river?"

Gu Ningli raised her head blankly, stared at her, and shook her head for a long time.

"Hey, you really are..." Han looked at her, sighing with a half-smile, "I said, you and Jiang Jin have been together for so long, how come you can't even provide any useful information? How much do you know about him?"

Gu Ningwei looked down at the message sent by Han Que, his brows slightly furrowed.

At this moment in the conference room, everyone's mind was focused on this incident.

Almost everyone was panicked by Jiang Jin's disappearance. Everyone present could imagine the seriousness of the situation, and no one had the heart to continue discussing the original topic.

Gu Zhicheng returned from his office, his phone in hand, and sat back in his chair. He propped up his face and remained silent for a moment before comforting the others: "I have already reported the situation to the relevant leaders, and they have promised to maintain confidentiality while searching for Mr. Jiang's whereabouts."

Mr. Wang, the investor's representative, breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said, "That's good, that's good. This matter still needs official intervention. Otherwise, it's not a solution for us to just sit here and dream. Where can we find anyone? In such a big city, finding someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"Yes, there's something fishy about Mr. Jiang. We need to find him and find out what's going on. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous..."

"At this critical moment, he suddenly disappeared. Who knows if there are any issues other than those exposed yesterday that he hasn't said anything? Oh, this is a big problem."

Mr. Zhu, the independent director hired by the board of directors, is a legal expert. He looked gloomy and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Gu Zhicheng listened to these discussions with his brows furrowed. He glanced at him and asked, "Mr. Zhu, you are a lawyer. What is your opinion?"

President Zhu frowned, carefully choosing his tone as he spoke, "I'm not familiar with the situation before... but now that things have developed to this point, I'm sure this is no accident. Someone is definitely targeting Chengguang Group, and the nature of this is extremely malicious. The problems revealed in President Jiang's report yesterday are very serious and may have infringed upon the interests of certain individuals. I suspect someone is trying to silence them."

When he said this, everyone was in an uproar, and some people even secretly looked at Gu Zhiguang's expression.

The air in the conference room froze.

Gu Zhicheng looked at Gu Ningwei again and saw him nod slightly. A sudden surge of thunder flashed through his heart. He said awkwardly, "Boss Zhu, you're...speaking too seriously...is this matter of ours, Chengguang, worth someone's life?"

"I'm not exaggerating." Mr. Zhu said with a serious expression.

Now that things have come to this, President Zhu doesn't shy away from the topic. "Actually, everyone thinks this is strange. President Jiang didn't disappear earlier or later, but at this crucial time. This is definitely not a coincidence. So, we can deduce who is trying to prevent these circumstances from being exposed. Who is trying to silence him? Of course, it's the victim of this report..."

He stopped talking here.

Some people recalled the dispute between Gu Zhiguang and Gu Ningwei just now, and couldn't help but look at Gu Zhiguang.

Gu Zhiguang's face flushed crimson. He said angrily, "Don't doubt me. This has nothing to do with me. Jiang Jin is my future son-in-law. Now that he's in trouble, I'm even more worried than you are. If you don't believe me, I can tell you all about the message my daughter sent. She's on the verge of collapse. I only have this one daughter, and I would never do anything to make her sad... Don't wrongly accuse a good man."

"Hey, hey, Mr. Gu, don't get excited. I don't doubt your intentions." Mr. Zhu quickly explained, "I just guessed that someone must have gotten the news. This person might be leaking information..."

"Who? Who's leaking information?" Gu Zhiguang was furious. He pointed at everyone present and said angrily, "I think every one of you is suspicious. You all attended the meeting yesterday. Who knows if you leaked information to others after the meeting?"

"Mr. Gu, what you said is wrong. We are only here to attend the meeting. We don't usually participate in the internal management of Chengguang. What do these things have to do with us? Why should we go and tip off?"

"Yeah, what does this have to do with us? Normally, they just asked us to sign something as a decoration, but now they are suspicious of us... How unreasonable."

Some people were whispering in dissatisfaction, especially the representatives of the investors, whose faces looked extremely grim.

They were originally sent by the company, just to get some allowances and never took care of anything. In the past two years, Chengguang has had too much negative news and the pay has been getting less and less, so they don't want to work anymore. Now, they have gotten themselves into trouble without getting any results. They came to attend the board meeting and became murder suspects.

"How can it have nothing to do with you?" Gu Zhiguang gritted his teeth and sneered, "You are all members of the board of directors of Chengguang Company. If Chengguang has problems, don't you have any responsibility? You won't be condemned by the China Securities Regulatory Commission and shareholders? Don't forget that you signed all the documents."

"Hey... Mr. Gu, what you said is wrong. It was you who concealed the truth and refused to provide authentic and reliable information. Now you are turning the tables and blaming us? What responsibility do we have? The one who is responsible is you..."

"You should know better than us where President Jiang went. If it weren't for the meeting yesterday, we wouldn't have even seen him..."

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There was a lot of noise and arguments in the meeting room. Gu Ningwei watched with cold eyes and sneered in his heart.

"Okay, stop arguing now." Seeing that they were getting more and more outrageous, Gu Zhiguang had completely lost his usual composure, and Gu Zhicheng had to shout to stop them.

"It's not that serious yet. We still need to stay calm and not blame each other."

"What is our responsibility? We know nothing." Someone still grumbled dissatisfiedly.

"Just because you don't know anything means you are responsible." Gu Ningwei said coldly.

He raised his eyes, and a hint of sneer flashed in his dark eyes. These directors usually just sit in their positions and do nothing, with no sense of responsibility. Now that something has happened, they are all busy trying to clear themselves.