Turbid Light
After the New Year, Chen An returned to his post, and Jiang Li was still enjoying his vacation. During this time, he called Nan Jiaxu, exchanged a few polite words, and then turned the conversation to business. Shen Ji's identity and whereabouts had been found out. Nan Jiaxu asked him if he needed to do it himself, but Jiang Li refused.
As soon as I hung up the phone, another one called. It was the program.
This guy also came to wish him a happy new year and generously gave him a red envelope of 500 yuan. There was nothing he could do about it, as his family had money and he spent it however he wanted. Now, in less than a year, Jiang Li has completely become a "poor man".
"You know, Li Qiuqi didn't go back home this New Year."
Small talk among old classmates often veers into gossip. "I heard Li Qiuqi disappeared after the National Day holiday. I asked Xu Jiaming, but he said she wasn't there. Now her parents are looking for her and can't find her. Oh, it's really tough."
"Where did you hear that? Didn't her parents call the police?"
"I reported it, but..."
"But what?"
"The attitude is weird."
"uh-huh?"
"Her parents said she was missing one moment and then said she wasn't. The alarm was intermittent and we didn't know if they were lying. It was driving the police crazy." Chengxu met Xu Jiaming at the gate of Jiangxi Academy of Sciences a few days ago and asked him about Li Qiuqi. Although their relationship was not very good, their fathers had business dealings and they knew each other since childhood.
Jiang Li laughed and said, "Why do you care so much? They can solve their own problems."
"Hey, hey, hey, you're going to be a policeman, but you have no sense of justice! Besides, Li Qiuqi is our classmate after all. Wouldn't it be pitiful if she really disappeared and no one helped her?" Chengxu immediately scolded him.
Jiang Li sighed. The sense of justice appeared in him too randomly. As a person who had done bad things, he didn't think this quality would remain in him for long.
Jiang Li didn't refute him, but only asked: "Doesn't she still have parents? And there's also Xu Jiaming, he's her boyfriend. Anyway, it's none of your business whatsoever."
"I heard that her parents treat her badly. She has two younger brothers, and her parents seem to be quite partial to her." Chengxu recalled Li Qiuqi in high school. Li Qiuqi's class was right next to theirs. He remembered that once on a trip, her parents went to the school and refused to let Li Qiuqi go, just to avoid paying the fifty yuan. In the end, Xu Jiaming paid the money for her and let her go.
From this perspective, Xu Jiaming seemed not bad, but he changed his mind and felt that relying on a boyfriend was not realistic.
"Even though Xu Jiaming is her boyfriend, who knows if he's reliable or not."
After listening to him, Jiang Li had just finished paying the bill. Chen An sent a message asking him to wait inside for a while. Not long after he sat down, he saw Chen An coming in. He thought to himself: I don’t know if her boyfriend is reliable, but it’s enough that my boyfriend is reliable.
"Hang up."
"Why……"
Chen An picked up the plastic bag and held his hand with his other hand. After they were together, they got used to holding hands outside of work, just like normal couples on the street, holding hands while visiting snack stalls, shopping, and watching movies. When they were tired, they would go home together.
But the peaceful and happy life was eventually disrupted by the case.
On the morning of January 13, shortly after they left, an ice sculpture of a corpse was exhibited at the Changjie Department Store not far from the supermarket. Visitors to the exhibition screamed in surprise as they discovered that a male corpse was sealed in the ice sculpture.
The serious crime squad arrived immediately and cordoned off the scene.
Noon is the scheduled exhibition time. The ice sculpture exhibition is an exhibition created by the department store after the winter comes based on the unique temperature this year. It has attracted much attention since it was announced, but now it has become like this.
Changjie Department Store has five floors. The ice sculpture exhibition is set up in the glass exhibition hall on the first floor. The exhibition hall is very cold. Chen An only put on a cotton coat and walked around it twice. There was nothing left here except some water stains.
According to onlookers who were watching the exhibition at the time, the ice sculpture was taken out from the trunk of a truck by the staff. When they removed the black gauze, they found a corpse sealed inside, which scared them.
"Hello?"
"Boss, the deceased is Xu Mingwei, the owner of Changjie Department Store."
Xu Mingwei, chairman of Mingzhu Garment Factory, fell ill at the end of last year and was hospitalized for more than a month. The last news about him was just now.
He has three sons, two of whom are from his second wife. Since he took office, Mingzhu Clothing has been improving, from a nameless brand to a celebrity clothing brand sold nationwide. Xu Mingwei also frequently donates to welfare institutions, spending half of his year doing charity work.
Last year, he was ill and his three sons were by his bedside. The media also reported on his condition and wrote articles for his family to promote the Xu family's family traditions.
"None of these articles says anything bad about him." Bai Shuo clicked the mouse with his right hand and flipped through the pages one by one.
Why would a perfect person bring disaster upon himself?
The news of Xu Mingwei's death spread quickly on the Internet. When Xu Jiaming woke up and saw the news, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. The housekeeper called him many times but couldn't get through. He had no choice but to send him a message asking him to come back quickly.
As soon as Xu Mingwei died, the Xu family's property had to be redistributed, including who would own the Mingzhu Garment Factory and Changjie Department Store. Xu Jiaming's mother died early, and he alone could not defeat his stepmother and her two stepsons, so he found a lawyer before returning home.
There were tablets and his father's portrait in the main hall. His stepmother was offering condolences in a low voice, but she cried even louder when she saw him approaching. Without saying a few words, she knelt down with her two sons. Xu Jiaming glanced coldly at the two guys, his half-brothers, Xu Jiahe and Xu Jiayan, one a mute and the other a coward.
Xu Jiaming said nothing and didn't shed a tear, and let Lawyer Liu read out the documents he had prepared.
"I will now read the will of Mr. Xu Mingwei. His eldest son, Xu Jiaming, will inherit 60% of the estate, with the remaining 30%. Twenty percent will be donated to charity, and 10% will be left to his wife, Huo Yuanwei, and his sons, Xu Jiahe and Xu Jiayan."
Huo Yuanwei's mouth twisted with anger as she rushed forward and cursed, "Who are you kidding? He didn't even make a will!"
Xu Jiaming's bodyguards stood in front of him. Xu Jiaming stepped out from behind them and walked in front of her. "Who said he didn't establish it? You don't really think my dad would leave his money to a mistress and a bastard from nowhere, do you?"
His dark eyes turned to the two people hiding behind her, and Xu Jiaming smiled happily. He had known for a long time that Xu Jiahe was older than him. He knew it when this woman walked in, but she still lied to others and said she was younger than him.
"Ten percent is already pretty good. My dad is still too kind. You know, this money all belongs to my mom. He shouldn't have the power to control the inheritance."
The Xu family's business was taken over by Xu Mingwei from his wife Mu Qiu. Mu Qiu's parents only had Mu Qiu as their child. After marrying Xu Mingwei, she gradually gave up her career and focused on her family. Soon Xu Jiaming came to this family. At that time, his mother was still a gentle and sensible woman, but Mu Qiu suspected that she had caught evidence of Xu Mingwei's cheating. When she wanted to re-enter the family business, an accident happened.
Mu Qiu got support and went to another place to invite a close friend of her parents, hoping that he could help her regain the right to speak in the company. As a result, she encountered a car accident on the way back, and Xu Jiaming, who was only eight years old, lost his mother.
Half a year later, a strange woman moved into his house with her two children. This woman looked like his mother, even the dimples on her lips when she smiled were the same.
Probably because of her appearance, he didn't have such a strong aversion to Huo Iris at the beginning. He really hated Huo Iris after learning that this woman might have interfered with his family.
In fact, this will was not written by Xu Mingwei, but by him.
He verified that Xu Mingwei had not made a will. He was confident that he could still survive. Even though he had fallen ill once before, he stubbornly believed that he could continue to be in charge of Mingzhu Clothing. Who knew that he was killed before he could return to work.
However, the final result is the same. No matter whether Xu Mingwei is dead or alive, and no matter who kills him, Mingzhu Clothing is his, and he will not let something that belongs to his mother fall into the hands of anyone.
Municipal Bureau
Chen An stood in front of Qin Huaisheng's desk. "How is it?"
"Xu Mingwei was electrocuted." He pulled up some photos. "Look, there are many electric current spots on his body. They are even more obvious after being frozen."
After thawing, patches of scars were indeed seen on some of the relatively intact skin.
"In addition, a small amount of drug residue was found in his stomach, which was confirmed to be fluoxetine after testing."
"Fluoxetine?"
"Well, it's an antidepressant. Taking it may cause side effects such as drowsiness and weakness. The deceased likely had stomach problems, and this drug was digested very slowly in his stomach, so we were able to capture the residual drug now."
"He... also has depression?" Chen An frowned in thought.
Qin Huaisheng shrugged, indicating that he didn't know either.
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