Chapter 04 Chapter 4
After hearing Lu Jianing's guess, Jiang Yubai immediately said, "I'll go check it out."
Lu Jianing stopped him: "No hurry, I have something else for you to do."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Yubai asked.
"Go check Zhao Mogan's health condition first," Lu Jianing said, "I heard that people in the Linjiang circle like to hire private doctors. Find out who is the private doctor in charge of Zhao Mogan. I want to know all of Zhao Mogan's health conditions as soon as possible."
"Yes." Jiang Yubai agreed, and seeing that Lu Jianing had no further arrangements, he asked, "Boss, what are you going to do next? Do you need me to find someone to take you home?"
"No need," Lu Jianing looked at the crowd and said, "If I'm not here, the people in Linjiang probably won't cooperate with the police at all."
“If capitalists don’t want to obey, capital should make them obey.”
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A murder had just happened and the lobby on the first floor was extremely noisy. Many wealthy people were standing at the door and confronting the police who were responsible for maintaining order at the door.
"Do you think I, the president of Ji Group, would kill someone? Let me out now."
"Sorry, we will let you go after recording your testimony." The young policeman at the door answered calmly.
"I'm telling you, I have a project worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and I have to rush over now."
"Sorry, provide relevant proof. I can have someone record your statement first," the police officer at the door continued. "If you don't have relevant proof, please wait a moment. There are many people on the scene. We will do it as soon as possible."
"Do you think I will run away?" The president was so angry that he pinched his belt and said, "My Ji family creates tens of thousands of jobs for Linjiang people every year and adds hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Do you think I will run away?"
The young policeman didn't say anything.
"Boss Ji, look at what you said," Lu Jianing came over from behind at the right time, "You don't think that the tens of thousands of jobs you created for the people of Linjiang didn't create value for you, do you?"
"Then how do you qualify to stand here?"
Lu Jianing's disdainful tone irritated President Ji: "You..."
"What do you mean by 'I'?" Lu Jianing continued without fear, "Everyone has pushed you to the altar, but you don't think you are born to be a god, do you?"
Lu Jianing hated people who acted arrogantly just because they had a little money. She murmured quietly, "Why is a toad pretending to be so powerful?"
President Ji was about to get angry when he glanced over and saw a group of reporters holding video cameras following Lu Jianing.
Seeing so many media, Mr. Ji's attitude immediately became much kinder. He tidied his appearance and said in a friendly manner, "Mr. Lu, why are you here?"
Lu Jianing smiled lightly, as if to deliberately annoy people: "This group of journalist friends praised me for my good personality and cooperation. Aren't they planning to do an exclusive interview with me?"
"How come you're here for an interview?" Mr. Ji replied.
"Mr. Ji, you're not right. The venue is so big, I can interview wherever I want, it's up to me," Lu Jianing said nonchalantly, "I thought this policeman was good-looking, so I came over. Is there anything wrong with that?"
President Ji was so angry at Lu Jianing that his eyebrows jumped. He gritted his teeth and said, "Please do as you please."
The few of them were in a stalemate for a few seconds, and Lu Jianing, who couldn't help himself first, signaled with his eyes.
President Ji: “What again?”
"You and your friends are taking up space here, and the reporters' equipment can't keep up," Lu Jianing said, "Do you think you should leave first, or continue to wait at the venue."
Mr. Ji just opened his mouth and before he could say anything, the policeman immediately spoke up: "Sir, you haven't finished the interview yet, so you can't leave yet."
"Oh, so that's it," Lu Jianing pretended to be surprised, "This is difficult. If Mr. Ji goes out now, what if there are rumors that Mr. Ji is unwilling to cooperate with the police investigation because he is guilty or is shielding the murderer? Then Ji's stocks will be..."
Mr. Ji's face turned red and purple.
Lu Jianing continued to analyze, "Look, if you go out now, even if you sign a contract worth hundreds of thousands, when rumors are flying everywhere and public opinion can't be stopped, you still have to hire public relations, buy Internet trolls, and hold various press conferences. It's normal to spend 70,000 or 80,000 for this series of operations. The key is that even if you spend so much money, no one will believe it. They will only believe what they want to believe."
“People love to see the gods fall, and they also love to see the rich go bankrupt.”
"Tell me, when you have no money, can I still call you Mr. Ji?"
Seeing that Mr. Ji's face gradually calmed down, Lu Jianing stepped forward in her high heels and patted Mr. Ji on the shoulder: "Mr. Ji is not a child anymore. You have to consider the overall situation, right?"
“You…” Mr. Ji, who had finally recovered from Lu Jianing’s “brainwashing”, glared at her.
"Hush," Lu Jianing smiled charmingly, "Be calm in front of the reporters."
Mr. Ji had nothing to say.
Lu Jianing turned around and smiled calmly at the reporters behind him: "Reporter friends, in order not to disturb the police work, let's find another place."
As soon as she finished speaking, the phone in her hand suddenly vibrated twice.
She looked down and saw a text message from a stranger.
——There was an obvious presence of sleeping pills in Zhao Mogan’s blood, and Zhao Qian’s fingerprints were on the murder weapon.
Lu Jianing subtly retracted his gradually cold gaze, and when he looked up again, there was still a warm smile on his face.
"I'm sorry, journalist friend. The company has some urgent matters to deal with. Please find a place to rest that won't disturb the police. I'll go to the balcony to make a phone call and be back soon."
After hearing Lu Jianing's words, everyone dispersed one by one.
Noticing that the previously defeated Mr. Ji had been looking at him, Lu Jianing smiled and said, "Mr. Ji, am I good-looking?"
"snort."
President Ji rolled up his sleeves and left.
Lu Jianing walked to the balcony in her eight-centimeter high heels, oblivious to the people around her.
She quickly dialed Jiang Yubai's number.
Jiang Yubai immediately picked up the phone: "Boss."
"Have you found out?" Lu Jianing asked in a cold voice.
"Well," Jiang Yubai said, "Zhao Mogan was in the late stage of cancer. The private doctor said he had at least three months to live."
"Did the private doctor say that Zhao Mogan had offended anyone during his lifetime?" Lu Jianing continued to ask.
"No," Jiang Yubai answered quickly on the other end of the phone, "He said that Zhao Mogan is a kind person in private and doesn't have any personal relationship with anyone. Not to mention business, that's not certain."
"Hmm..." Lu Jianing knew that as long as he did business, he would inevitably make enemies with others, whether it was with the company's employees or with other competing companies.
"You're outside, so you can help me check something."
"What?" Jiang Yubai asked.
"Zhao family, is anyone taking sleeping pills?"
Jiang Yubai said confidently: "I know you will ask this question. I have asked the doctor about this question."
Lu Jianing frowned: "Who?"
"It's Zhao Mogan."
Lu Jianing was silent for a moment, as if thinking.
Jiang Yubai analyzed: "If he took the sleeping pills in his body on his own initiative, then there is no need for him to put the sleeping pills in his red wine."
"Yes..." Lu Jianing frowned and thought, "So I'm wondering if Zhao Mogan drank the glass of red wine..."
As his wish was fruitless, Lu Jianing took the initiative to withdraw his thoughts.
"Come back first," Lu Jianing ordered, "I suspect the murderer is still on this cruise ship."
"good."
After saying that, the two hung up the phone.
Lu Jianing sorted out his thoughts.
So far, there are three unresolved issues:
First: Did the sleeping pills in Zhao Mogan’s blood come from the glass of red wine?
Second: Are the person who drugged Zhao Mogan and the murderer two different groups of people, or the same person?
Third: What’s the matter with Zhao Qian’s fingerprints on the murder weapon? Is it a frame-up, or is it really him? If it was him, then how could he run to the second floor and kill people while being interviewed on the first floor?
Is this the art of splitting?
wrong! This is impossible!
Wait...what if we discard this evidence and start with the known motives?
Shen Yuan quarreled with Zhao Mogan because of property, which means that Zhao Mogan had actually made a will before his death. So where is that will that has never appeared?
Lu Jianing withdrew his gaze, raised his leg and walked back to the venue.
Compared with before, there are a lot fewer people and the scene is much quieter.
Lu Jianing walked slowly up the stairs to the second floor. There were yellow lines outside each room on the second floor, and it was obvious that people were not allowed to pass.
She walked and observed silently.
"What are you doing?" A cold voice came from behind.
Lu Jianing paused for a second, then turned around slowly and stared at him calmly: "Looking for you, do you believe it?"
He Qifeng still had no emotion on his face. His gaze lingered on Lu Jianing's face for a long time: "Have we met before?"
"No," Lu Jianing answered immediately without thinking, "But if this is Captain He's unique way of chatting up beautiful women, I don't mind meeting you before."
"I remembered it wrongly," He Qifeng said, "The second floor is not where you should be. You can go back."
Lu Jianing: "But my secretary is too timid. He ran away when you blocked the cruise ship."
The implication is—I can’t go back.
"I'll call a taxi for you." He Qifeng said.
"But I haven't taken a taxi for more than ten years," Lu Jianing said in a coquettish tone, "What if I open the door and leave? I'm a pirate, and your police department will have to hunt me down all over the city. Why bother?"
He Qifeng fixed his eyes on her without saying anything.
At this time, Bai Yunan and Tang Wan came over from not far away.
Bai Yunan was the first to shout: "Captain Congratulations."
"How's the investigation going?" He Qifeng asked.
"Reporting to Captain He, I have thoroughly interviewed all the witnesses at the scene. There were too many witnesses at the scene. I sent the testimony information back to the bureau and asked Xiao Wang to integrate it."
After saying that, Tang Wan caught a glimpse of Lu Jianing who was staring at her. She asked in confusion, "Captain He, who is this..."
Lu Jianing extended his hand in a friendly manner: "Hello, Lu Jianing, I am a - rich second generation."
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