Chapter 58 I believe you have a lot to say to him
Saying goodbye to Mr. Zhou.
Jiang Ling found a quiet coffee shop.
The afternoon sun shone through the glass window onto the freshly served coffee.
She took out her phone and dialed Attorney Zhang's number.
"Attorney Zhang, the 20 million has been transferred to your account, and the remaining debts have all been paid off. Please help distribute the excess to the victims' families."
"Okay, Ms. Jiang. The payment has been received and I will transfer it to the creditor today. The debt will be completely settled the moment the funds are received. From now on, if you receive any more harassing text messages or calls, please contact me at any time, and I will provide the necessary legal assistance."
With that, the matter was finally brought to a close.
Jiang Ling sat quietly for a moment and finished her cup of coffee.
Then he took a taxi to another place.
After a drive of more than an hour, we finally arrived at this dilapidated urban village.
She took out a yellowed piece of paper and found the corresponding house number on it.
This is a small courtyard on the first floor.
The gate to the courtyard was half open, and you could see some miscellaneous items piled up inside.
The men working in the yard stopped abruptly when they saw Jiang Ling.
After a moment of silence, he invited her into the house.
"Uncle Kang, I've come today with some questions I'd like to ask you. I hope you can answer truthfully for my father's sake," Jiang Ling said, getting straight to the point.
Kang Yong paused in his tea-serving hand. "Go ahead and ask."
"Where were you on the day of the explosion?" Jiang Ling looked into his eyes.
"Your dad sent me out to discuss business that day, and I still have our chat history as proof. Didn't I show you the chat history last time?"
"Last time you said you went to Chaoyang Road, but why does the car's dashcam show Yongtai Road?"
Kang Yong drives a company car, which is why Jiang Ling was able to get the dashcam.
Kang Yong paused for a moment, then explained somewhat hastily.
“That day…that day, the customer said he was on Yongtai Road, so I turned over there. I still have our phone records on my phone. There’s no recording though. Look.”
He then took out his phone and found a call record from that morning, made around the time he left the house.
Jiang Ling couldn't find a flaw in her answer for the time being, so she asked again.
"Where did you go on June 21st?"
Upon hearing the date, Kang Yong paused again.
"That day, I was also out discussing business."
Jiang Ling didn't say anything, but took out a photocopy of a purchase order from her bag.
"That day, the factory received a new batch of sulfur powder. Uncle Kang should know about it, right?"
Kang Yong's fingers trembled slightly, but he quickly pressed them down.
He avoided Jiang Ling's gaze and stared at the photocopy.
“I didn’t handle this batch of goods! I was out running other business at the time, and when I came back, your dad had already signed the purchase order! And the goods had already been sent to the processing workshop. Later, when we did the sample testing, everything was normal, and we didn’t find any problems!”
Jiang Ling looked up at him, a hint of heartache flashing in her eyes.
“Uncle Kang, I didn’t say there was a problem with this batch of sulfur powder.”
Kang Yong trembled all over, stared at Jiang Ling with wide eyes, and his face turned deathly pale.
He opened his mouth, but his throat seemed to be blocked. "I...I just..."
Jiang Ling sneered, "Uncle Kang, ever since I can remember, you've been my dad's best friend. Every year on my birthday you would come to my house and give me a gift, and every year during Chinese New Year I would receive a red envelope from you. But in recent years, I've noticed that I see you less and less often, and my dad rarely talks about you anymore. I've thought about it carefully, and it seems to have started when I started high school. Uncle Kang, can you tell me why?"
Kang Yong seemed to have all his strength drained away, and he sighed heavily, "Jiang Ling, you wouldn't understand the affairs of adults."
This is a private matter, and if he doesn't say anything, there's nothing Jiang Ling can do.
She stopped asking for the reason and instead took out her phone to pull up a blurry surveillance video.
The scene is set in her father's office.
In the video, it appears that a customer came to discuss business, but they couldn't agree on a price and a considerable argument ensued.
Unfortunately, the surveillance footage was damaged due to the explosion, and only a small section remains.
Do you remember this guest?
Kang Yong gritted his teeth and watched for a while.
“This customer came to discuss business. He wanted to order a large quantity of fireworks from our factory to put on a show by the river to boost the company’s anniversary celebration. But his budget was too low, and we couldn’t agree on a price. The customer said that we could be a little more lenient on the quality control, since it was going to be set off by the river in large quantities, and the audience would be far away and wouldn’t be able to see any minor flaws or problems. But your father disagreed, saying that safety and quality were the bottom line, so we couldn’t reach an agreement in the end.”
There are always a few deals that the factory can't close each month, it's not a big problem.
Jiang Ling then asked, "Do you know who placed the order for this batch of goods?"
Kang Yong's Adam's apple bobbed, and after a few seconds of silence, he said in a low voice.
"...It's Wansheng Company."
Wansheng Company?
Wang Jingjing's family business!
Just before the incident, Wansheng Company came to her father to place an order. Is it really that coincidental?
Jiang Ling pondered for a moment, then took out a piece of paper, wrote down an address, and handed it to him.
“Uncle Kang, I have nothing more to ask. This is the address of my father’s grave. You didn’t attend his funeral, and I’m sure you have a lot to say to him.”
On her way back, Jiang Ling contacted the private investigator she had used before and sent him three photos.
The first picture shows Wang Jingjing and her stepfather Wang Fugui, and the second picture shows Kang Yong.
"Old Chen, help me find out where these three people have been, what they have been doing, and whether they have had any private contact in the past few days."
The 100,000 yuan deposit was transferred, and the other party immediately accepted it and replied with an "ok".
It was already afternoon when I got back to the grocery store.
Jiang Ling didn't open the wooden door, but went directly to the large supermarket at the street corner.
Her grocery store needs to be restocked.
Because she wanted a lot, she contacted the manager directly.
Order several cases of instant noodles in various flavors, several cases of bread and pastries, several cases of soap, and several cases of soda.
The cosmetics she ordered hadn't arrived yet, so she bought a lot more cosmetics and lipsticks at the supermarket.
I took the manager for a walk around the supermarket, picking up whatever caught my eye. I took whatever seemed suitable.
Because we were a major client, the manager gave us a very favorable price and even personally helped with the delivery to our door.
When he opened the door, he was dumbfounded. "Miss Jiang, you own a department store, and you're going to a department store to buy goods?"
His first thought wasn't about competitors stealing his business, but rather, "Where's the profit in doing this?"
After all, the price he sold to Miss Jiang was only slightly lower than the retail price, but much higher than the purchase price.
Jiang Ling gave an awkward smile and explained, "Um... I'm not running a shop. I'm just stocking up on food for myself. I have a lot of family members. You can just leave it at the door, and I'll tidy it up myself in a bit."
She didn't want to be blacklisted the next time she went.
Since the buyer had already said that, the supermarket manager couldn't say anything more.
Two people were assigned to help unload the goods.
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