Chapter 337 Tracking and Testing
Sure enough, after the two got out of the car, they saw Secretary Yan carrying some things and heading straight to Huashikou Hutong.
The alley was narrow, and Jiang Si didn't dare to get too close.
Not long after, Secretary Yan stopped in front of a small courtyard with a white banner hanging in the air.
Then the door opened, and he went inside.
However, he was shoved and pushed out of the room in less than five minutes.
As for the things he brought, they were unceremoniously thrown into the alley.
"You killed my son, and now you're here pretending to be all righteous, bringing these things. What are you trying to do?"
Tan's mother spat at him, "You want us to forgive you? Dream on!"
"Mom, why are you wasting your breath talking to this murderer!"
As he spoke, the eldest son of the Tan family grabbed a carrying pole from the yard and rushed out.
They had suspected from the beginning that the second son's death was not simple.
The second son is honest and upright, and never speaks ill of others behind their backs.
He would never have done such a thing unless someone forced or threatened him!
Who else in the company could pose a threat to him besides his immediate superior, Yan Weiliang?
"Boss, stop right now!" Although Tan's mother was angry, she still retained a sliver of rationality.
"Mom, don't stop me! I'm going to beat him to death today!"
Tan Laoda had had this idea for a while, but the construction department's family compound was strictly managed, and he couldn't get in.
Today, this person finally came to his doorstep. If he didn't seek justice for his unjustly killed brother, he would feel unworthy of being a brother.
"I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?!"
Tan's mother grabbed his arm tightly, "The second son is already gone. If anything else happens to you, how will your father and I live?"
As she said this, Tan's mother's voice was already trembling with sobs.
The neighbors were also talking about it.
"I'm sorry... I..." Since his serious illness, Secretary Yan has been very weak, and now he can only speak in a weak breath.
You can't hear what he's saying unless you listen carefully.
He wanted to explain.
But Tan's mother didn't give him a chance to speak. "Stop your crocodile tears! You've already killed my son, what's the use of saying all this now!"
"If you really feel sorry for us, there's a river right in front of you. Go ahead and jump in now if you dare!"
A life for a life. If he really dared to jump, Tan's mother would still respect him as a man with courage and responsibility.
Unfortunately, he wasn't!
If so, he should have come here to repent on the very day the incident occurred.
Instead of waiting until they're desperate to come and offer a fake apology!
Sure enough, the moment that thought crossed my mind, I heard Secretary Yan say, "I... I can't die now..."
"Ha!" Mother Tan couldn't help but sneer a few times.
She turned around and went back into the house, where she fetched a basin of cold water and splashed it on Secretary Yan's face.
"Get out! Get out of here! The Tan family never wants to see you again!"
After saying that, Tan's mother slammed the door shut.
The door was closed, but the chatter in the alley continued.
They were all old neighbors who had lived together for decades, so naturally, everyone's words were biased towards the Tan family.
Moreover, they had watched the second son of the Tan family grow up.
Everyone was already saddened by his death, and now, after hearing what Tan's mother said, they were even more convinced that the person in front of them was the murderer who killed the second son of the Tan family.
But since this wasn't their own family matter, they couldn't just take action directly.
While the adults were still hesitant, the children didn't have as many concerns.
It's unclear who started it, but soon, one after another, sandbag-sized stones and clods of earth began to rain down on Secretary Yan.
He staggered slightly, but did not flinch.
Besides the whistling wind, all I could hear were sharp curses and the jeering of children.
As the world spun around me, the figures in front of me gradually began to blur and distort.
He felt as if his last bit of strength had been drained away.
Until his body crashed heavily to the ground.
When I woke up again, I was already lying in a hospital bed.
Smelling the familiar scent of disinfectant, Secretary Yan looked blankly at the nurse who was giving him an IV drip.
"How...how did I get here?"
The nurse didn't know what was going on either; she only knew that a young woman had brought him there.
"A...young girl?"
"yes."
The nurse nodded. "She's in her early twenties and very pretty."
After saying that, he asked curiously, "Don't you know her?"
Secretary Yan shook his head.
"That's really strange," the nurse muttered.
The girl not only took him to the hospital, but also paid a few yuan of his medical expenses.
There aren't many good people like this these days.
The nurse was puzzled by the same thing, and on the way back to the city, Officer Chen also asked her the same question.
"Comrade Jiang, why did you help him just now?"
However, Jiang Si remained silent when faced with this question.
She didn't know what was wrong with her.
Just now, she even wondered if she was having a blissful moment.
Otherwise, how could she have felt pity for such a person!
But her intuition told her that she had to do it.
This question had been weighing on Jiang Si's mind.
She was still somewhat restless even after arriving at work in the afternoon.
So much so that I almost missed a step while going upstairs.
"Hey, be careful!" Just then, a concerned voice came from behind.
Jiang Si steadied herself and turned around to see that it was Vice Minister Xu.
Seeing that she didn't look well, Vice Minister Xu asked, "Xiao Jiang, you don't look too good these past few days. Is it because the construction schedule has been too tight lately and you're too tired?"
"It's alright." Jiang Si thanked him for his concern and then said, "I was thinking about work and got a little lost in thought, so I wasn't paying much attention to where I was going."
"It's good that you're alright. No matter how busy you are, you should take care of your health."
"Yes, I know."
Looking at the other person's kind face, Jiang Si didn't know why, but suddenly asked a question as if possessed.
"Vice Minister Xu, have you seen Secretary Yan recently?"
Perhaps somewhat surprised, Jiang Si suddenly brought up Secretary Yan.
Vice Minister Xu was visibly stunned for a moment.
Realizing what was happening, he sighed, "Ever since Old Yan retired due to illness, he has stopped seeing visitors."
“He wouldn’t even see us old colleagues when we went to visit him. I haven’t seen him for a long time.”
"Oh, I see." Jiang Si said casually, "I just saw him at the hospital."
"Hospital?"
"Yes, it seems he was beaten up. His forehead was covered in blood, and he was still unconscious when he was taken to the hospital."
Upon hearing this, Vice Minister Xu immediately stopped in his tracks, clearly quite surprised.
"You were beaten up? Who beat you up?"
"I don't know. I heard from the person who brought him here that he found Secretary Yan near Tuanjiehu Lake."
"At that time, Secretary Yan was lying unconscious on the roadside, so he took him to the hospital."
As if suddenly remembering something, Jiang Si added, "By the way, Vice Minister Xu, isn't Secretary Tan's house in that area?"
"I think so, but I'm not very familiar with him, so I'm not sure."
"That must have been done by the Tan family."
When she said this, Jiang Si's tone remained as indifferent as ever.
"But he deserved it; a perfectly healthy life was lost just like that."
"If I were a member of the Tan family, I wouldn't let him get away with it either!"
"Sigh..." Vice Minister Xu sighed again upon hearing this, "Old Yan has really made a huge mistake this time."
Jiang Si nodded and continued, following his words: "He did something wrong and hasn't said a word of apology since, but he's been submitting materials everywhere to protest his innocence."
“Vice Minister Xu, tell me, where does he get the nerve to do this?”
Sensing the dissatisfaction in her tone, Vice Minister Xu could only offer words of comfort.
"Alright, don't be angry anymore."
"I'm not angry at all." Jiang Si said this, but rolled her eyes in front of Vice Minister Xu!
Vice Minister Xu smiled helplessly.
"Engineer Jiang, you've finally arrived!" Just as he was about to say something more, Xiao Qi caught up from behind, carrying a stack of blueprints.
"What's wrong?"
"Director Yang said that these few places might not be acceptable and need to be modified."
Jiang Si glanced at the blueprints. "Did they say when we needed them?"
"Director Yang said it would be best if it could be finished today, as it is needed first thing tomorrow morning."
Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although there is no holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival, the company is considerate of its workers and will finish work a few hours early after distributing benefits tomorrow afternoon.
"Okay, I understand, I'll revise it right away."
After saying this, Jiang Si nodded slightly to Vice Minister Xu, "Vice Minister Xu, I'll go and get back to work now."
"Go ahead, go ahead, I have a ton of things to take care of here too," Vice Minister Xu said with a smile.
Director Yang was anxiously awaiting the blueprints, and Jiang Si couldn't think about anything else at the moment.
Back in her office, she began revising the drawings.
The main structure of the building is now half-built, which is a case of "a single hair can affect the whole body".
Therefore, Jiang Si was extremely cautious when making the changes.
She was busy for several hours.
After all the details were checked and confirmed to be correct, it was already past 8 p.m.
After rubbing her sore neck, Jiang Si packed her things and prepared to go home.
Stepping out of the office building, a gentle evening breeze greeted me, carrying the faint fragrance of osmanthus blossoms.
It's said that the moon is roundest on the 16th, but the 14th seems pretty good too.
Jiang Si couldn't help but stop and look up for a while longer.
She watched intently, her thoughts drifting into the distance.
Completely unaware, a dark shadow was slowly approaching from behind—
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