Chapter 776 A Man with a Double Face
Zhao Yun'er nodded solemnly.
After the last recording ended, Zhao Yun'er learned from Ye Wanxi that her sister's boyfriend was not a good match and was very likely to hurt her sister in the future, and she has been in a state of anxiety ever since.
She couldn't keep secrets, and if Li Guangjun hadn't kept stopping her, telling her not to alert the man, to gather evidence first, and then bring that evidence to her sister to expose the man's true colors, she would have been in trouble.
Otherwise, without any evidence, if they rashly go and tell Sister Zhao that her boyfriend is a bad person, they will not only fail to achieve their goal, but may also be bitten in return.
Zhao Yun'er was eventually persuaded by Li Guangjun, and the two secretly investigated her sister's boyfriend. However, the man was too good at pretending, and it took them more than ten days to find a single clue.
“Ah Jun paid a private investigator to keep an eye on him 24 hours a day, and also sent people to investigate his background and family situation. At first, they couldn’t find anything. His neighbors, colleagues, and even his former classmates all said that he was a very kind, gentle, and exceptionally good-natured person.”
Sister Zhao's boyfriend's surname is Dou, his given name is Hong, he is 29 years old this year, he comes from a single-parent family, his mother passed away early, and he only has his father to depend on.
Dou Hong's family was of ordinary means, neither rich nor poor, but he was exceptionally intelligent from a young age and had excellent academic performance. He was always the "other people's child" that relatives and friends talked about.
Dou Hong joined Zhao's company six months ago. Because of his outstanding work ability, he was promoted from an ordinary employee to a department head in just a few months, which is how he met Sister Zhao.
Li Guangjun had someone check all of Dou Hong's records from childhood to adulthood and found that he had lived a very smooth life for more than 20 years. Apart from his mother's early death, he had rarely experienced any major setbacks or hardships.
In every aspect—appearance, ability, temperament, and character—except for his less-than-ideal family background, this person was practically the perfect prince charming that teenage girls often fantasize about.
If Ye Wanxi hadn't said those things back then, Zhao Yun'er might have actually believed that this person was innocent after seeing these investigation materials.
But it was precisely because of Ye Wanxi's words that Zhao Yun'er felt increasingly uneasy. Could someone really be so perfect, so perfect that everyone said he was good and he didn't even have a single flaw?
If all of this was just an act, then...
The fleeting thought sent a chill down Zhao Yun'er's spine.
"Just when we were at our wits' end, we learned something by chance."
"What's up?"
Zhao Yun'er turned to look at Li Guangjun, and only after seeing him nod did she whisper, "Dou Hong's former neighbors said he was a very kind-hearted person. They often saw him feeding stray cats and dogs on his way to and from get off work, and later he even adopted a stray dog. But..."
"But what?"
"But about two or three months later, the dog suddenly disappeared."
"Gone?" Gao Min frowned upon hearing this and asked, "How could it be gone? Did it run away?"
"That's exactly what Dou Hong said to the outside world."
"The official explanation?" Ye Wanxi raised an eyebrow. "That's not the truth?"
Zhao Yun'er nodded, her expression somewhat unpleasant.
“Let me tell you,” Li Guangjun patted Zhao Yun’er’s hand reassuringly and took over the conversation. “Dou Hong’s neighbor was quite familiar with him. According to him, Dou Hong loved the dog very much after adopting it and would take it for a walk almost every day. The reason the neighbor noticed that the dog was missing was because Dou Hong hadn’t taken the dog out for several days in a row, so he asked out of curiosity.”
"Dou Hong's account at the time was that the dog ran away on its own while he was at work and didn't close the door properly, and never came back. The neighbors knew that he liked the dog and comforted him by saying that stray dogs are wild and can't be tamed, and suggested that if he liked dogs, he could go to a specialized pet store and buy a puppy that had just been born. If he raised it from a young age, he would definitely have a deeper bond and it wouldn't run away."
"Did he raise any other dogs after that?"
Li Guangjun shook his head: "But that's not the point. The point is that we happened to meet a homeless man in the vicinity during our investigation."
"A homeless person?" Gao Min found this turn of events rather strange. "Is there anything wrong with a homeless person?"
Li Guangjun glanced at Gao Min and pondered, "This homeless man has been wandering around that area for years, doing nothing and not working. He either relies on others' charity or rummages through garbage cans to find food to barely survive. After he learned that we were investigating Dou Hong, he told us something. His adopted dog wasn't lost; it was most likely that he..."
Gao Min's hand trembled as she picked up the meatball, and a plump braised lion's head fell into the bowl with a clatter: "He...he abused dogs? No way."
“It should be true. The homeless man usually sleeps near the community's garbage bins. He said that one night, Dou Hong came downstairs carrying a large bag of garbage and wearing a mask. Although he was disguised, the homeless man had been in that area for a long time and was very good at recognizing people, so he saw through his disguise at a glance.”
"When he saw the other person carrying such a big garbage bag, he figured it must contain a lot of good stuff, so as soon as the person left, he immediately ran over and rummaged through it. He didn't find any food, but he did find..."
Considering there were still several girls present, Li Guangjun didn't speak too bluntly. Even so, the group immediately lost their appetite.
Gao Min's blood pressure spiked upon hearing this. There have been many news reports of animal cruelty and killing in recent years, but since this hadn't happened to her personally, she could only vent her anger by cursing a few times after reading them.
Now, discovering that there are such people among those I know, especially those who may usually pretend to be very virtuous and upright, making it impossible to find any fault with them, sends chills down my spine.
Why...why would he do that?
"Who knows? It could be a twisted mind, or it could be pure malice, a disregard for animal lives."
Regardless of the reason, once Zhao Yun'er found out about this, she would definitely not allow her sister to continue associating with such a terrifying man who had no respect for life.
"Yun'er was terrified when she found out about this." Li Guangjun reached out and hugged Zhao Yun'er, gently touching her arm to bring her some warmth.
"I immediately ran home and told her sister about it."
Ye Wanxi's eyes flickered slightly: "Did her sister believe it?"
Li Guangjun gave a wry smile: "No. Although we have the homeless man's testimony, we still have no evidence. Dou Hong moved away from that neighborhood a long time ago, and so much time has passed that there's no way to verify it. The words of a homeless man alone are clearly not enough to easily overturn one's preconceived notions about a person."
(End of this chapter)
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