Chapter 167 I Let Her Live a Little Longer

Pang Le's words attracted everyone in the office to look at her subconsciously.

Pang Le frowned, his expression a little confused as he said, "Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I always feel that it doesn't make sense that Wu Yingze's ex-girlfriend is the legal representative of Kangjian Physical Examination Center. According to some of the situations Xu Nian just described, she was able to study abroad like Wu Yingze. Even if her family conditions are not that good, they are definitely not bad. How could such a girl be so obedient to Wu Yingze? They both broke up, but she is still willing to be the legal representative. A girl who has studied abroad should have some experience and won't be so easily deceived or even manipulated, right? Also, she never reconciled with Wu Yingze. After graduation, she only stayed in Shangshuang City for three years before going abroad again. After that, she reduced the frequency of returning home, and even stopped going home altogether. I think about it over and over again, and I always feel that this girl is in trouble."

After Pang Le finished speaking, Lu Tingfeng suddenly said, "Ten years ago, Wu Yingze was already in his twenties. He'd been influenced by his father, Wu Xingxian, since he was a child. Even if he wasn't very sophisticated, judging by the clues we've uncovered, he was definitely vicious. I don't think his ex-girlfriend was necessarily willing. Perhaps she was coerced or bribed by him. But there's a question: why did this legal person choose an ex-girlfriend? If he wanted to completely distance himself from the matter, shouldn't he have found someone who was truly unrelated? With a careful investigation, it's easy to bring an ex-girlfriend into the scope of the investigation."

This was indeed a puzzling point. Guan Xia thought about it carefully but couldn't come up with any clues, so he looked up at other people. He saw that everyone's expressions were similar. Obviously, there was no reasonable explanation for this abnormal behavior.

The office was quiet for a few minutes before Xu Nian finally changed the subject, saying, "Write down any doubts you have. We've just started investigating Wu Xingxian and his son, so we have too few clues and can't speculate on many things. As we find more clues later, many doubts will naturally be resolved."

"Then how do we investigate later?" Qi Bai asked first.

Xu Nian did not answer, but looked at Guan Xia first and asked, "Guan Xia, what do you think?"

Guan Xia thought for a moment and said, "I want to follow Wu Yingze over the next few days. I'm very curious about why he went to the Kangjian Physical Examination Center so late that night, in the heavy rain. Was he going to meet someone? Or was he going to do something? Also, the senior management of the Kangjian Physical Examination Center. Since the Kangjian Physical Examination Center has nothing to do with Wu Xingxian and his son on the surface, there must be a confidant of the father and son in the dark. This person is the key figure, and he must have a lot of important evidence in his hands. I think we should find a way to find this person first."

Xu Nian nodded in agreement. "Then how about this? Let's split up. Brother Jiang and Wang Yu will investigate Wu Yingze's ex-girlfriend, the legal representative of Kangjian Physical Examination Center. Lu Tingfeng and I will investigate Kangjian Physical Examination Center. We'll quickly check all the employees to see who's okay and who's suspicious. The rest of us will follow your group and track Wu Yingze. How do you say that?"

After Xu Nianfen finished his work, he went to Guan Xia to ask again.

Guan Xia naturally had no objection, but Lu Tingfeng laughed in surprise. "That's strange! It's been a long time since we last worked together to find clues. I thought you would assign me to Guan Xia to follow her on the surveillance mission. After all, since leaving the police force, this is what I'm best at now. Did you just say it casually? You were actually thinking of Qi Bai, not me."

To be honest, Guan Xia was also a little surprised when Xu Nian divided the work just now. Obviously, other people had the same idea. After Lu Tingfeng finished speaking, she subconsciously looked at Xu Nian.

Xu Nian glanced at Lu Tingfeng with annoyance and said calmly, "You're right, I'm targeting you. Although you've left the police force, you've always been the most creative and have a keen eye for detail. To save time, I think it's best to bring you along."

Lu Tingfeng raised his eyebrows proudly. Although he didn't say anything, the expression on his face expressed his thoughts clearly.

Guan Xia felt that he deserved a beating when she saw his expression, let alone Xu Nian.

Guan Xia noticed that one side of Xu Nian's cheek bulged slightly, as if he was secretly gritting his teeth, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just raised his wrist to check the time and said, "It's almost midnight again. Let's go back to the hotel and get a good night's sleep. We'll be busy again starting tomorrow."

So a group of people rumbled downstairs. After getting in the car, Guan Xia suddenly remembered something. She looked up at Ji An in the passenger seat and asked, "By the way, Sister Ji, we had a meeting all night tonight. You and Zhong Xiaoyu haven't seen the physical examination report yet. How is it? Is the report normal?"

After Guan Xia mentioned this, Pang Le and Lu Tingfeng also remembered it and urged a few more times.

Zhong Xiaoyu found the medical report from the gap in the back seat, flipped through it quickly and said, "I'm fine, just some of the same old issues."

Pang Le immediately looked at her and raised his voice in surprise, "Old problem! How old are you? How come you already have old problems?"

Zhong Xiaoyu casually handed the report to Pang Le and said nonchalantly, "Didn't I tell you before? I was discharged from the army due to injury. I have a little problem with my calf, but it's nothing serious. I just need to pay attention to it. Other common problems, such as lumbar muscle strain and inflammation, are all minor problems. Don't worry."

Zhong Xiaoyu spoke lightly, but Guan Xia and Pang Le were a little nervous. They quickly leaned over to take a look and saw that most of the values ​​were within the normal range, with only a few small arrows floating up and down. The doctor's diagnosis on the last page recommended regular check-ups, so they felt relieved.

After returning Zhong Xiaoyu's report, Pang Le immediately asked, "Sister Ji, what about yours?"

Ji An smiled and said, "I just have some minor heart arrhythmias from staying up too late. If Guan Xia also goes for a physical examination, maybe I'll be healthier than her."

Pang Le grabbed the report with a skeptical look on his face and took a look at it. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the patient was indeed relatively healthy.

In the next few days, the group of people split up and were busy going out early and coming back late. They didn't even have breakfast together. Sometimes they couldn't even meet at night. Although they lived on the same floor of the hotel, they still shared a lot of information in the group.

Guan Xia and her team didn't make any new discoveries, but the task force and Captain Zhou did make some moves.

Late at night on August 19, Guan Xia and her colleagues had worked in vain for another day. On their way back to the hotel, they received a call from Xu Nian. They had interrogated Liu Xiang for 16 hours in a row and finally got her to speak.

Guan Xia was originally a little depressed, but when he heard this, he immediately became energetic. He urged Qi Bai repeatedly, turned a corner at the intersection ahead and headed straight for Nanping Branch.

Jiang Yingyao and Wang Yu also rushed over after hearing the news, and arrived even earlier than them. When Guan Xia got off the car, the two had already rushed into the office building. Guan Xia and the others immediately rushed in like a whirlwind at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

When Guan Xia entered the interrogation room, she realized how many people were paying attention to the news. Dozens of people were crammed into the 20 to 30 square meter room. Guan Xia and her friends arrived last, so they had to squeeze into the corner and peek at the situation in the interrogation room through the gaps in the crowd.

Fortunately, the sound was played out loud, so even though I couldn't see the person clearly, at least I could hear what Liu Xiang said clearly.

Guan Xia heard the interrogating detective ask, "Do Ning Xin and Ning Ping'an know each other? Look at these two photos."

After the interrogating police officer finished speaking, there was silence for several minutes before Liu Xiang spoke.

Perhaps it was because she hadn't slept for 16 hours, Liu Xiang's voice was hoarse and she replied with a hint of numbness, "I know him."

"Then tell me, how did you meet?" asked the interrogating detective.

The interrogation room was quiet for a while before Liu Xiang spoke calmly, "We met in the mall. Actually, we can't say we knew each other, we just met twice. The first time was when I was eating at a rice noodle shop in the mall. That child, oh, that was Ning Ping'an, she probably thought the stool was a little high and uncomfortable to sit on, so she kept twisting and turning. When her mother was making her food, she almost fell down, and I helped her up. Her mother, Ning Xin, thanked me. The second time was in the bathroom of the mall. Ning Xin went to the toilet, and Ning Ping'an wanted to wash her hands by herself. She stepped on the mop washing sink in the corner and climbed onto the sink. She almost fell down again, but I held her and waited for Ning Xin to come out. I held Ning Ping'an to her, and she thanked me again."

"Did you meet them by chance?" the interrogating police officer asked pointedly, "or did you approach them deliberately? When did you encounter them twice in the mall?"

Liu Xiang said in a tired tone, "I can't remember the exact time, it should be January or February of 2019. I just remember it was before the Chinese New Year. There were a lot of people in the mall, and I almost lost them a few times."

Although Liu Xiang did not give a direct answer, she admitted in her statement that she had approached the man intentionally.

The interrogating detective then asked, "Who instructed you to intentionally approach Ning Xin and Ning Ping'an? What were their names? How did you get in touch? Have you met? What do they look like? Please describe their physical features."

Liu Xiang replied, "I don't know that person's name, and we've never met. We communicated through our cell phone, an old-fashioned keypad phone with no internet connection and no name recognition. Every time we had a target, he would send me a message with his name, age, gender, and home address clearly stated. It also included a time limit, usually one to two months. Ning Ping'an's time was two months."

"Where is that phone?" the interrogating detective demanded. "Did any other monetary transactions take place between you? After acquiring the child, how did you sell it? Did you even meet the buyer?"

The interrogation room was silent for a while before Liu Xiang continued, "The phone was in a secret compartment in the supermarket warehouse. Before each operation, we would receive a sum of money. The person would tell me where the money was placed via phone and ask me to pick it up at a specified time. I was only responsible for getting the child. Others handled everything else, so I naturally never met the buyer."

"Then do you know what the child will face after being bought?" The interrogating detective suddenly changed his voice and asked a question that Guan Xia had always wanted to know.

As Guan Xia expected, Liu Xiang numbly said, "Buying a child, what else can you do? Either you want a child, or you have some special fetish. In short, I do whatever the higher-ups tell me to do, taking money from people and eliminating their misfortunes."

Liu Xiang said it lightly, but Guan Xia felt a chill all over her body. She wanted to ask, she had clearly conceived a child before and experienced the pain of losing a child, so why did she impose this pain on others after several years?

Unfortunately, the police officer in charge of the interrogation did not share Guan Xia's thoughts and immediately asked another question.

The interrogating detective asked, "Since the target was only Ning Ping'an, why did you kill Ning Xin?"

Guan Xia heard Liu Xiang's cold answer, "I didn't kill him. I don't know, but I think he must have been preventing others from taking Ning Ping'an away. They were annoyed by his entanglement and killed him."

Hearing the word "shunshou", Guan Xia felt dizzy.

The interrogating police officer's tone suddenly became sharp as he asked, "When you tricked Ning Xin into taking Ning Ping'an into the car, you didn't intend to let her live. You had already planned to kill her to silence her."

Liu Xiang sneered and said, "We didn't plan that. Otherwise, I wouldn't have changed my disguise when I approached her twice and tricked her into getting in the car. She couldn't see the situation clearly and thought she could fight back. She caused us to have a car accident and scratched and bit my companions. If I hadn't stopped her, she would have died. I let her live a little longer."