"Brother Cheng, over here!"
Cheng Ran took an afternoon off to specifically check the license plate number of the car he saw that night, hoping to find the owner of the car through the license plate number.
His friend was very helpful and quickly found out the truth. The two arranged to meet at a restaurant.
The person who helped him investigate was named Wang Yun. They had crossed paths before and later developed a good friendship through helping each other.
He nodded to Wang Yun: "Thank you for your hard work."
"Don't mention the hardship between us. I've found everything you needed, though I didn't go into too much detail. There's not much of a rush, so see if this is enough for you."
Cheng Ran took a brown kraft paper file folder from Wang Yun, untied the string, and took out a few sheets of paper.
He looked at each car one by one. The owner of the car was a name he had never seen before. His surname was Ye, and he was forty years old.
"Keep scrolling down. Below is a list of the Ye family's direct descendants that I found. See if any of them can help you," Wang Yun pointed down.
He continued flipping through the pages, and when he saw the last one, his face involuntarily scrunched up.
The name prominently displayed above is: Jiang Xiu!
He suddenly looked up and pushed Jiang Xiu's file towards him: "Is there any more detailed information about this person?"
“This is the Ye family’s new daughter-in-law.” Wang Yun frowned and said, “It’s really a bit strange that you mentioned this. This girl is not very old. She married the Ye family’s old man who was about to die, and she managed to outlive him until he died. Now she’s living a good life. The Ye family is quite powerful. A wealthy widow, tsk tsk.”
Wang Yun only talked about gossip, and Cheng Ran didn't get the information he wanted from his words. However, combining these, he was already certain that this Jiang Xiu was the Jiang Xiu he knew.
After all, names may be coincidental, but shamelessness and moral depravity are unlikely to coexist. Moreover, the car was indeed pointing towards the Ye family. Besides Jiang Xiu, who else would deliberately target Jiang Wanqing?
Cheng Ran lowered his eyes and concentrated for a moment. Then he treated Wang Yun to a meal before taking the documents home.
The factory hasn't been busy lately, Professor Xue is still in seclusion, and the schoolwork is light, so Jiang Wanqing has been going home earlier.
When he returned, she had already prepared dinner, and her mood was as usual, showing no signs of distress.
"You're back! Wash your hands and we'll eat right away," she said, making arrangements.
"Okay, let's eat first."
He placed the documents on the low cabinet, afraid that she would lose her appetite after seeing them, so even though he had already eaten out, he still sat down to eat with her.
During the meal, he kept a close eye on her expression and only brought up the important matter when he saw that she had almost finished eating.
"I'll go wash the dishes..."
"Wait, sit down, I'll go wash them." Cheng Ran took the bowl and chopsticks from her hands and handed her the documents: "Take a look at this, and you'll understand the origin of Xiuli Factory."
Upon hearing this, a look of shock flashed in Jiang Wanqing's eyes. When did he investigate behind her back?
She quickly opened the file folder, read through the documents inside, and then he finished washing the dishes and returned to his room.
Seeing her sitting there blankly, I guess she's still processing the information inside.
He sat down beside her, patted her back, and asked softly, "How is it? Have you found the root of the problem?"
He looked down and saw Jiang Xiu's file on top, clearly indicating that she had looked at it many times.
She chuckled: "She really is an unkillable cockroach, managing to evade legal punishment in such a way. The Ye family... humph!"
No wonder he colluded with Guo Xueyun and Chen Zhong; isn't this the iron triangle? It's not surprising that they could work together like this.
She put the documents away and looked at Cheng Ran with gratitude in her eyes.
"How did you come up with the idea of investigating the Ye family and Jiang Xiu?"
"It was a coincidence. That day, when I went to your factory to pick you up, I saw two female workers going to seek refuge at Xiuli Factory. When I went to check, I saw a car, noted down the license plate number, and followed the clues to find out who it was."
"Thank you, I know what to do."
Jiang Wanqing wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek.
If it were some mysterious person, she would really have to think twice. But Jiang Xiu, she knew her all too well. It was just a change of name, nothing more. No amount of money could improve that stupid brain!
Most of the factory workers had left, but as soon as Hung Hing announced the production of new products, a small group of people became very enthusiastic and rushed to stay.
But it is precisely this group of people who are attracting more and more attention...
One night, Jiang Wanqing and Hong Xing squatted in the factory, deliberately leaving a crack in the room where the formula was kept.
Hung Hing lowered his voice: "Sister-in-law, will this tactic work? They didn't make a move a few days ago, but they'll make a move today?"
"Yes, we'll see."
She had previously announced that the batch of new products that were scrapped might be pathogenic, which caused Xiuli Factory to stop production after selling off its inventory, for fear of making a fatal mistake.
They had no goods to sell, so they had to wait for Jiang Wanqing to "feed" them. That's why she was staking out this spot. As soon as someone arrived, she and Hong Xing would immediately go up and pin them down!
One hour... two hours...
It was almost dawn, and there was still no movement. Hung Hing's legs were getting numb from squatting, and he was about to change his squatting position when he suddenly heard a sound, and he froze.
Jiang Wanqing exchanged a glance with him and mouthed, "Look, here they come."
As she said, a furtive shadow crept to the door, looked around to make sure no one was following, and then pushed the door open and went inside.
Not daring to turn on the light, I searched around by moonlight and finally found a glass bottle on the table with a piece of paper underneath.
"Found it..." The thief couldn't hide his joy and was about to leave with the item.
"Bang!"
Before anyone could even step out of the door, Hung Hing immediately got up and closed it. The man was startled, and the glass bottle fell to the ground and shattered.
"You...how are you..."
"You want to ask me how I got here? Ha, you have the nerve? We should be asking you that."
"you?"
The thief felt a chill run down his spine, stiffly turned his head, saw Jiang Wanqing, and thought to himself, "I'm doomed."
"Comrade Jiang... you're here too... ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Wanqing twisted her wrist and punched him in the eye, causing him to stagger and fall to the ground.
"Tie him up!"
"Okay, sister-in-law!"
Hung Hing deftly took out a rope from his pocket, grabbed the man, pinned him to the ground, and tied him up securely.
He was so angry that he slapped the thief twice more across the face.
"Tell me! Who told you to steal things in the middle of the night! Was it you who caused the leak of the new product last time?! You traitor! I'll beat you to death!"
"Stop...stop hitting me, I...I'll talk."
The thief, feeling dizzy from the beating, quickly covered her face, but Jiang Wanqing grabbed her braid.
"Then hurry up and tell me!"
Jiang Wanqing used to believe that sincerity begets sincerity, but now it seems that sincerity is based on self-interest.
"It was...it was Xiuli Factory that made me steal it. They said they'd give me five thousand yuan if I gave them the new formula..."
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