The secret of three people

Moreover, at such a critical juncture, the male secretary actually resigned! It is hard not to wonder whether he had a reason or was just feeling guilty.

Luo Yuwen immediately turned around and asked the receptionist standing nearby, "Why did this male secretary resign?"

"Do you still have his resignation report? Can I take a look?"

The receptionist seemed hesitant and didn't answer Luo Yuwen. She just walked out of the monitoring room holding her phone. About ten minutes later, she returned and told Luo Yuwen that the file couldn't be viewed, but that the male secretary's resignation was for personal reasons and had nothing to do with Yan Ming's death.

"He has resigned. As for where he went afterwards, we don't know. We can't help you with that, sir."

Luo Yuwen had no choice but to get the male secretary's number and dial it. As expected, the number was no longer in service. No one knew where the male secretary had gone. He had disappeared from the face of the earth.

Luo Yuwen came out of the logistics department and stood downstairs of Yan's Group. He raised his head and looked up, feeling mixed emotions.

He was torn because he didn't want to doubt Jiang Shuiying. The red scars on Jiang Shuiying's body that day were etched in his mind. In his mind, Jiang Shuiying was now a victim of domestic violence. But now that the doubts were before him, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and investigate further.

"Jiang Shuiying, I really hope you have nothing to do with Yan Ming's death."

Having spent quite a while in the logistics department, it was already four in the afternoon. Luo Yuwen got on his motorcycle and headed for Qu Qing's bookstore again.

The most suspicious people at the moment are Qu Qing and the male secretary, but the male secretary has disappeared. The only clue that can be investigated now is Qu Qing, whose testimony is inconsistent.

But asking again would easily alert the enemy, so Luo Yuwen decided to use the old method, which would always allow him to find any clues revealed by Qu Qing.

track.

There are many kinds of shops in the commercial street. In order not to attract attention, Luo Yuwen parked the car far away. Diagonally opposite Quqing Bookstore is a convenience store with a row of single seats next to the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Luo Yuwen ordered a drink and sat in the corner, secretly observing the warmly lit bookstore diagonally across the street.

From day to evening, and then to late night, Luo Yuwen waited from four in the afternoon until the bookstore closed at ten in the evening, and did not see anything unusual.

During the day, the bookstore was crowded with people drinking coffee, and at night, many residents strolling nearby would come in to hang out. Qu Qing worked with the staff in the store until the end of the day, never leaving the store.

Qu Qing was the last one to leave. After she and the shop assistant tidied up the shop, they turned off the lights, locked the door and drove away. There was nothing unusual during the period and no one came to look for Qu Qing.

Luo Yuwen followed her from a distance on his motorcycle. He was very careful and should not have been discovered. Qu Qing's residence was not far away, only a ten-minute drive away. It was a relatively new residential complex and the security seemed very strict. It used a card system and delivery drivers had to register before entering.

He was at a distance, and after confirming that Qu Qing had gone in and writing down the address, he started the car and left, intending to go back and sort out the clues and come back early tomorrow morning.

It’s better to keep a low profile and not alert the enemy.

When Luo Yuwen returned home and was still standing in the entrance hall, he received an unexpected call.

It was Yan Ying calling.

"Hello?"

“Sizzle…sizzle…”

Luo Yuwen frowned and raised his phone in front of him. After seeing who was calling, his tone became impatient: "Yan Ying, speak! What on earth are you going to do?!"

"Zizi...zizi...brother...zizi...help..."

In addition to the sound of electricity, Luo Yuwen's extremely familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

It was his brother's voice.

"Yan Ying! You!"

"Shh...Luo Yuwen, relax. I'm just reminding you. I don't mean anything else."

"Did you find what I asked you to look for?"

Luo Yuwen remembered that a few days ago, Yan Ying was still begging him, saying that only he could help, but now he changed his tone and started threatening him.

Yan Ying's sudden change in attitude made him upset and anxious.

Could it be that Yan Ying already knew that I had previously collaborated with Jiang Shuiying?

"I've found out a little bit. Please...give me some more time."

The other party kept asking: "Oh? What did you find out?"

Luo Yuwen had no choice but to tell Yan Ying about watching the surveillance video in the sugar shop. This clue was a big breakthrough and unexpectedly comforted Yan Ying.

Yan Ying on the phone snorted coldly and said:

"Oh, you'd better hurry up, otherwise I can't guarantee whether your brother is dead or alive."

Luo Yuwen threw his cell phone on the sofa and stared at the whiteboard beside the sofa in frustration.

Hurry up, hurry up, this case must be solved!

***

The next day, Luo Yuwen stopped near Qu Qing's residential complex before dawn. He didn't ride his scooter that day, but drove his SUV. He sat in the scooter, waiting for Qu Qing to come out.

It was still dawn and there were almost no people on the streets, only some elderly women and men doing morning exercises and some vendors selling breakfast.

He hardly slept last night, but now he wasn't sleepy at all. He just wanted to finish the case quickly.

At dawn, around eight o'clock, Qu Qing's white car finally drove out of the residential complex. Following the same route as yesterday, Luo Yuwen started the car and followed.

When he followed Qu Qing to the bookstore, the store was already open. Although there was some distance between them, Luo Yuwen still saw many customers coming in and out. After Qu Qing parked the car, he went into the store.

Later, Qu Qing was busy in the bookstore. There was nothing unusual, at least Luo Yuwen didn't notice anything so far.

In fact, Luo Yuwen was already prepared to wait in the car for a day. He put some functional drinks and emergency food in the car. He opened the car window and supported his chin, and the bookstore was always in his sight.

The turning point happened at noon that day.

At twelve o'clock noon, Luo Yuwen was biting a biscuit. At this time, people were coming and going in the bookstore and the clerks were changing shifts. The scene was a little chaotic for a while. He watched carefully, fearing that Qu Qing would slip away from his sight if he was not paying attention.

Before Luo Yuwen could swallow the biscuit in his mouth, Qu Qingcong, dressed in white, walked out of the bookstore.

At first Luo Yuwen thought she was out for lunch or to the dessert shop, but Qu Qing got into her white car right in front of him, started the car and drove away.

Luo Yuwen was startled. He quickly drank two sips of water, started the car, and followed the car out of the commercial street.

The two cars were driving steadily at a distance from each other. Qu Qing was alone in the car from the moment he got in until he set off.

Where is Qu Qing going?

Today is a weekday and there is not much traffic on the road. Qu Qing didn't seem to notice Luo Yuwen. The two cars, one black and one white, drove out of the city smoothly.

Luo Yuwen had a good memory. As he followed Qu Qing, the scene in front of him seemed more and more familiar to him.

The two cars drove for nearly three hours and reached the suburbs. Qu Qing's car turned left and right and stopped at the destination. Qu Qing got out of the car, took some things from the trunk and went into the building.

Luo Yuwen, who was in the car, witnessed all this and finally understood why the scenery along the way looked so familiar.

Because the building that Qu Qing walked into had five big words written on the door: Rainbow Orphanage.

It turned out to be the orphanage that Jiang Shuiying brought Luo Yuwen to when they first met!

A strange thought suddenly appeared in Luo Yuwen's mind, and this thought made him sweat coldly.

But he didn't have time to think about it. Qu Qing had already walked into the orphanage with ease, and Luo Yuwen got out of the car in a hurry.

There is no wall around the orphanage, only a very high fence with some ivy crawling in the gaps. There are some short trees planted inside the fence, which unexpectedly provides a natural cover for Luo Yuwen.

Luo Yuwen did not enter the orphanage, but observed Qu Qing's every move through the fence and leaves.

The children in the orphanage had probably just finished their nap, and many were in the small playground. Qu Qing, like Jiang Shuiying, was very familiar with the staff and the children. After handing her things to the staff, she dove into the group of children and quickly became one with them.

Luo Yuwen watched them play for about half an hour. Perhaps because the sun was too strong, the children and Qu Qing went into a room far away. Fortunately, Luo Yuwen had good eyesight and could see Qu Qing reading with the children inside and had not come out.

As the sun set, Luo Yuwen guessed it was dinner time. The children came out of the room and rushed to eat, while Qu Qing followed them and turned into the bathroom next to the stairs in the corner, exactly the same place Jiang Shuiying had entered last time.

Luo Yuwen stared at the direction of the bathroom, fearing that Qu Qing would disappear like Jiang Shuiying did last time, and then suddenly appear on the second floor again.

Fortunately, this did not happen. About five minutes later, Qu Qing came out, waving his hands, greeted a staff member, got in the car, started the car and drove away. In order to avoid being discovered by Qu Qing, Luo Yuwen turned the car and parked it behind the orphanage. He jogged to the car, started the car and chased after him again.

Then Qu Qing drove all the way back to the bookstore, turned around twice, and got back in the car and drove back home.

Luo Yuwen confirmed that Qu Qing had entered the community, and started the car and returned home.

He had no time to waste, as he had a hypothesis that urgently needed to be verified - Jiang Shuiying and Qu Qing might know each other!

Although the two did not seem to know each other during the previous investigation, Luo Yuwen always felt that Qu Qing's return to the orphanage today was no coincidence. He also thought of another person in this case - Zhu Zhi.

Could Zhu Zhi also be related to that orphanage? If so, then these three people are very likely to know each other!

There are not too many orphanages in this city, and he doesn't believe that three women involved in the same case will end up in the same orphanage. The probability of this is lower than being hit by a flower pot falling from the upstairs when going out.

The weather was not hot, but Luo Yuwen's back was still soaked with sweat.

"Are these three guys playing a trick on me?"

The most urgent task now is to know Zhu Zhi's whereabouts, but the whereabouts of celebrities have always been kept secret, and Luo Yuwen doesn't know anyone in the entertainment industry, so he is thinking about how to find Zhu Zhi.

Afterwards, Luo Yuwen used his computer to open Zhu Zhi’s social media.

Zhu Zhi updated again, just two days ago, with a selfie, and it looked like she hadn't taken off her makeup yet. The location was the set where Luo Yuwen and Jiang Shuiying had come to visit her, and the caption was:

"Calling out! Back to the office..."

Wait a minute, isn’t Zhu Zhi’s company here?

The company that Zhu Zhi signed a contract with was public, so it was not difficult to find the address. Luo Yuwen found it quickly. He wrote down the address and planned to set out early tomorrow morning to stake out the address, because time waits for no one.

Luo Yuwen took a shower and lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

He didn't want to believe that Jiang Shuiying had tricked him or lied to him, because the scars on her body couldn't lie to anyone. But now her relationship with Qu Qing was unclear, and Luo Yuwen couldn't ignore it.

He was puzzled and couldn't understand why Jiang Shuiying would go to so much trouble to bring him, an outsider, in.