Chapter 36 Private Investigator (2)
Hong Tu's words confirmed Sun Liang's judgment:
Hong Tu had far more information than he had reported to Ms. Fang Yuan. However, due to the double pressure from Mr. Lao Qiao and Mr. Qiao, he dared not say a word.
"Well, now, you can tell us the details of your follow-up investigation, which can be regarded as making up for your mistakes." Sun Liang said to him seriously.
"Comrade police, I will make sure to tell you everything." Hong Tu said honestly.
...Since Lina left the company, Hong Tu has been paying attention to Lina's whereabouts.
He discovered that in the first two years after Lina left the company, she was mainly involved in a passionate affair with Mr. Lao Qiao, and would often go to Mr. Lao Qiao's private room in the five-star hotel to hang out, and would stay there for a long time.
"I guess this is also the reason why she asked Mr. Lao Qiao for money... I found out through Lina's ID number provided to me by Fang Yuan that in the past few years, Mr. Lao Qiao gave Lina a total of 3.2 million yuan in several installments. Among them, the first time was 2 million yuan, the second time was 200,000 yuan, and the third time was..." Hong Tu took out his notebook and listed the accounts one by one.
However, starting from the second year, Lina also began to contact Mr. Qiao.
"I discovered that they often met at Mr. Qiao's suburban villa. So, I installed a surveillance camera on the telephone pole opposite his villa, which can automatically record the time when Lina arrived at the villa. They met once every two months at the beginning, and then the intervals became closer and closer... My video records have detailed time details." After Hong Tu finished speaking, he took out an iron box from the drawer, which contained reels of numbered videotapes.
"Well, this is the videotape." Hong Tu handed it to Sun Liang.
"When I received the threatening message from Mr. Qiao, I was so scared that I wanted to burn the videotape immediately..." Hong Tu.
"But fortunately, bravery defeated cowardice, and justice defeated evil. I finally didn't burn it. Now, I'll give this tape to you. It's my contribution." The fat man smiled when he heard this.
"Every time Lina comes here, she drives her own car. However, sometimes she also carries a suitcase. It seems like she wants to stay here permanently. But she will never stay here for more than 24 hours." Hong Tu.
Hearing this, Sun Liang was overjoyed. This must be a clue...
"Okay, go on." He encouraged the fat man to continue.
"Okay." Hong Tu took a few sips of water and continued to recall.
In the fourth year after Lina left the company, she basically stopped paying attention to Mr. Qiao. It seemed that all her attention was focused on Mr. Qiao.
"I found that Lina didn't even try to avoid suspicion and often went to the head office to see Mr. Qiao. But she always came and went in a hurry." Hong Tu.
During the investigation, Hong Tu also happened to find that an employee of Lina's company was also following Lina. Hong Tu told Fang Yuan about this.
"I told Ms. Fang that someone was following Lina. She asked me where I found them, and I told her truthfully that I found them in Mr. Qiao's suburban villa." Hong Tu.
This is probably why Lina knew that Lianzi was following her:
Hong Tu told Fang Yuan;
In order to protect his son, Fang Yuan told Qiao Keli;
Qiao Keli told Lina again...
The above information from Hongtu Law Firm essentially matched up with earlier interviews with Lianzi, Zouping, Shuaiye, and others, as well as inquiries from Laoqiao and Fang Yuan. The thread was becoming increasingly clear.
However, there's still no sign of the container truck that helps Lina deliver special cargo every month...and this might very well contain a major clue. Sun Liang pondered and calculated as he listened.
"Hong Tu, when you were following Lina, did you see a container truck?" Sun Liang asked.
"I don't seem to have noticed this. Because I basically don't go to Lina's company. After all, I mainly investigate Lina's private life." Hong Tuhan smiled.
"Okay. If you don't know, then don't talk about it. So... besides having close contacts with Mr. Lao Qiao and Mr. Qiao, who else does Lina have close ties with, or unusual relationships with?" Sun Liang began to raise new questions.
"Yes!" Hong Tu.
"This woman is so capable. I don't know where she gets so much energy to deal with different men..." Hong Tu began to talk incessantly.
According to his recollection and records, in the four years after she left the company, there were about a dozen men who had affairs with her, or had close contact with her, or had unusual relationships with her!
Then, he listed the simple identities of these men one by one...
"The first one is a director of the Foreign Trade Office, who is probably in charge of the approval authority." Hong Tu looked at the notebook.
"The second one is a customs officer, probably responsible for the goods leaving or entering the port." Hong Tu said to Sun Liang.
"The third one is a salesperson from a plush toy manufacturer in Northeast China. He probably sold fake products to Lina Company as real ones. After all, imported products are too expensive. If they find a township enterprise to make high-quality imitation products, ordinary people will find it difficult to recognize them." Hong Tu smiled.
"The fourth one is a crew member of a ship..."
Hong Tu was talking with great energy when suddenly, Sun Liang interrupted him.
"Wait, stop for a moment..." Sun Liang looked up. His eyes sparkled with wisdom.
"You just mentioned that the fourth person was a crew member of a certain ocean-going vessel. Could you please tell us more about this?"
"Let me take a look." Hong Tu quickly looked through his notes from that year, searching for records related to this sailor.
"Oh, it's been too long and the contents of the notebook have become blurred. Look, police comrade." Hong Tu handed the notebook to Sun Liang and showed it to him.
That's right, several pages have been soaked by water, and the pen writing is no longer legible...
"Then think carefully and remember those fragments or scenes." Sun Liang.
Memory is magical.
If Rao had seen the scene clearly at the time, he would have likely retained the memory in the form of a picture. Thousands of years later, if he could find this picture among the fragments of his memory, he would likely be able to clearly reconstruct the scene...
"Okay, please let me think about it carefully." The fat man closed his eyes and pondered.
After an unknown amount of time, Hong Tu opened his eyes.
"He's of medium height, with black hair, big eyes, a high nose bridge, and fair skin. A typical Chinese." It was like saying nothing...
In China, there are so many people with this appearance that it is basically impossible to describe their features.
"He and Lina seem to be from the same hometown... Yes, they seem to be from the same hometown!" Hong Tu suddenly shouted excitedly.
Fellow villager, that's a fairly obvious characteristic, Sun Liang thought.
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