Chapter 75 Hou Xin

Not only Wen Yue, but also Wen Rongsheng wanted to see the kidnapper.

But Wen Rongsheng didn't watch TV much, and he mostly read business-related newspapers, and he was used to reading them during breakfast, when he had more time.

So he learned the news half a beat slower than Wen Yue, so when he contacted Superintendent Lu, he learned from him that Wen Yue also wanted to see the kidnapper, and asked if they could arrange their visiting time together.

After considering it, Wen Rongsheng decided not to meet the kidnapper first, but called Wen Yue and asked her to go home in the evening.

Wen Yue guessed the reason why Wen Rongsheng wanted to see her, and did not refuse. She called Yi Huai and went straight to No. 36 Barker Road after work. When she

arrived at the Wen family, she watched a good show as usual.

A few months was enough for Wen Jiaxin to come out of the shadow of the failure at the beginning. After entering the trading company opened by Xu Meifeng, she was like a fish in water and made several million-dollar orders in a row.

Isn't it like a fish in water?

Although Wen Jiaxin was forced to leave Lirong Real Estate, many Hong Kong citizens thought that she was dating Xu Tianen, so she was not a good person. But as the incident progressed, everyone gradually calmed down, and the number of people who were angry with her like before gradually decreased.

As for the wealthy circle in Hong Kong, many people speculated that she was forced to leave Lai Wing Properties, in other words, she was fired, but the person in charge of Lai Wing Properties dared not admit this, and many of her colleagues were willing to testify that she resigned on her own.

So just a few months later, Wen Jiaxin began to explain to the outside world that the reason for her resignation from Lai Wing Group was that she didn't want to do repetitive things every day, and she also wanted to see how far she could go without relying on her parents.

What? You said that the trading company she is working for now is opened by her mother?

She would say that she is in charge of that company now, and her mother did not provide her with any other help.

What? You said that many customers of the trading company cooperate with their company because of her father?

She would say that she had never publicized her identity to the public, and had never used her father's name to coerce or induce them to cooperate with her.

In short, just a few months had passed, and except for a few shareholders who still remembered that Wen Jiaxin's company's disorganization almost ruined the group, most people seemed to have forgotten what happened before, and began to praise her for being a good son.

Or maybe they did not forget, but just felt that Wen Jiaxin had just started working and had no experience, and after experiencing setbacks, she had an order in doing things.

In short, Wen Jiaxin's reputation in the Hong Kong wealthy circle has finally bottomed out and rebounded, and began to be different from those unproductive second generations.

Well, Wen Jiaqi is mentioned here.

In the past, when the original body and Wen Jiaqi were not producing, no one thought that their behavior was problematic. First, there was no control group, and second, Wen Jiadong had not been in trouble at that time, or the incident had not been exposed.

In the minds of most of the wealthy circles in Hong Kong, Wen Jiadong will definitely inherit the Wen family in the future, and it is a good thing for the two girls not to participate in company affairs.

But as Wen Jiadong was exposed to have lost his fertility, Wen Yue rose up and entered Lirong Department Store, and now even Wen Jiaxin, who had made mistakes, has been on the right track...

With so many expensive rentals, everyone looks at Wen Jiaqi again, and can't help but feel that as the eldest of the Wen family, how can she not know how to strive for success? Can't tens of billions of assets urge her to make progress?

Although most people in the wealthy circle are shrewd and won't ask these questions easily, they can't help but feel a little curious when they see Wen Jiaqi's eyes, or they think she is a hopeless case.

Although Wen Jiaqi is not smart, she is not completely unable to read the expressions, not to mention that she has bad friends. Seeing that Wen Yue and Wen Jiaxin are becoming more and more popular, those people, whether they are sincere or not, always show some worries in front of her. After

so many times, Wen Jiaqi is of course aggrieved in her heart, and she is even more unhappy to see Wen Jiaxin when she returns home, so naturally she will make trouble to quarrel with her.

But Wen Jiaxin is no longer the person who is powerless to fight back. After returning to Hong Kong from the UK, even when she just made a mistake, she has never tolerated Wen Jiaqi without bottom line, not to mention that she has been in the limelight recently, and she will definitely retaliate if she suffers a loss.

The recent status of the two is basically that Wen Jiaqi picks a fight with Wen Jiaxin, and the latter tries to make trouble in front of Wen Rongsheng, and

then Wen Jiaqi apologizes after the argument. Or Wen Jiaxin retaliates against Wen Jiaqi for picking a fight, doing something behind her back, provoking her anger, and then speaks or starts a fight first, and finally makes trouble in front of Wen Rongsheng, and it is still Wen Jiaqi who apologizes.

Yes, that's right, Wen Jiaqi suffers almost every time they quarrel, and the more she suffers, the more aggrieved she feels, and the more aggrieved she feels, the more she wants to make trouble, so there has been basically no peace in the Wen family recently.

After a few months, Wen Rongsheng's patience has run out. As

soon as Wen Yue walked in that day, she saw Wen Rongsheng scolding the angry Wen Jiaqi, and Wen Jiaxin sat aside with her head down, looking aggrieved.

But it was obvious that Wen Rongsheng was annoyed with Wen Jiaqi, but he didn't feel sorry for Wen Jiaxin. It was

obvious that although Wen Jiaqi was the one who started the fight every time they quarreled, she was always the one who had the upper hand when it came to details. Wen Rongsheng was not stupid, so how could he not see that Wen Jiaxin was not innocent.

He said with a sullen face, "This is the last time. If I see you quarreling again, you will both move out!"

Wen Jiaqi was struck by lightning and shouted, "Daddy!"

Wen Jiaxin was also a little bit unbelievable. Although the last mistake made her realize that Wen Rongsheng's love for her was very limited, and he would not be soft on her at work just because he loved her, so that she was a little afraid of him after being forced to resign.

But she soon discovered that Wen Rongsheng did not change his attitude towards her because she did not do her job well. Every time he quarreled with Wen Jiaqi, he always sided with her.

So Wen Jiaxin thought that no matter what, she must be more important than Wen Jiaqi in Wen Rongsheng's heart.

During this period, she and Wen Jiaqi quarreled every now and then, not only because her temper became bigger and she had no scruples, but more because she wanted to take a gamble. It

was too uncomfortable to live under the same roof with a brainless firecracker like Wen Jiaqi. She didn't want to endure it all the time, but she didn't want to move out, so she took the opportunity to quarrel with Wen Jiaqi.

She felt that Wen Rongsheng loved her more, and it was Wen Jiaqi who started trouble every time. If one person had to move out to get peace, she believed that her dad would choose Wen Jiaqi.

Who would have thought that after Wen Rongsheng ran out of patience, he asked them all to move out.

Wen Jiaxin looked at Wen Rongsheng and saw that he had no hesitation in his expression. She knew that he had made up his mind, so she had to give up the plan and said, "Don't worry, Daddy, I won't quarrel with my elder sister again in the future."

Wen Jiaqi was unwilling, not wanting to agree, but also afraid that Wen Rongsheng would really chase her out.

Wen Rongsheng didn't wait for her guarantee. After he finished speaking, he looked at Wen Yue and invited her to the restaurant for dinner.

Because of the incident before the meal, the meal was a bit dull. It was not

until Wen Rongsheng put down his chopsticks and stood up to go to the study that Wen Jiaqi dared to look up at Wen Jiaxin, who was obviously jealous of her father's words and ignored her.

Wen Yue did not pay much attention to the confrontation between the two and went to the study after dinner.

When she entered, Wen Rongsheng was smoking a cigar again. Because the window was open, Wen Yue pushed the door open and a smell came up to her head, leaving her with nowhere to hide. She said, "Can you please not smoke or smoke cigars when you wait for me in the study in the future?" It really smelled bad.

This was unpleasant to hear, but Wen Rongsheng was not angry. He walked to the desk, put out his cigar in the ashtray, and said, "Let's go to the reception room."

After moving to the reception room, Wen Rongsheng did not ask directly about the kidnappers, but asked, "Am I a very unsuccessful father?"

Wen Yue was surprised, "You still have this realization?" Wen

Rongsheng choked, paused for a while and continued, "I always hope that you brothers and sisters can get along well, but whether it's you and Jiaqi or Jiaxin, or the two of them, it seems that you can't get along well."

"Even brothers can't necessarily work together, let alone we are not born from the same mother," Wen Yue thought for a while and said, "Look at Wen Jiaqi and Wen Jiadong, Wen Jiaxin and Wen Jiayi, aren't they on good terms?"

Wen Rongsheng stood in front of the French window, looking at the scenery at the bottom of the mountain and sighed, "Yes, Jiaqi, Jiadong, Jiaxin and Jiayi are on very good terms."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly turned around and asked Wen Yue, "If Akai were still alive, would you and him also have a good relationship?"

Wen Yue shrugged and said honestly, "I don't have any impression of him anymore, and I can't guarantee that if he or she were alive, our relationship would definitely be good."

It wasn't that she didn't have any impression of Wen Kai, but she had never seen this person. She wanted to know what happened 22 years ago, not because she had deep feelings for him, but because she felt that she had been reincarnated into her original body and he had to do something for her.

If he was still alive and noticed something was wrong with what happened 22 years ago, he would want to know the truth, right?

But Wen Rongsheng obviously had his own ideas and said, "I know you contacted the Central Police Station and applied for a visit to Hou Xin."

Hou Xin was the bandit leader who kidnapped Zhou Mingtang this time, Brother Hou.

Wen Yue did not hide it and said, "I think he kidnapped Zhou Mingtang in the name of Zhao Zikun. He may have some relationship with Zhao Zikun. Maybe from him, we can know what happened 22 years ago."

"I think so too."

Wen Rongsheng fell silent after speaking. He stared out the window for a long time before asking in a calm voice, "Ayue, do you think your brother is still alive?"

Of course it is possible that he is alive. After all, when the police arrived, they only found Wen Kai's blood on the shore, and the police arranged people to search in the nearby waters for half a month, but did not find his body.

But the question is, if he was not dead at the time, where did he go?

There are two possibilities. One is that something may have happened at the time, and he ran away, but he did not jump into the sea or he was caught after jumping.

But there is a problem with this. After the kidnappers caught up with Wen Kai, they had three choices: one was to let him go, two was to kill him, and three was to take him away.

Wen Kai's life or death is still unknown, so the answer is definitely not one.

The kidnappers kidnapped Wen Kai for the purpose of asking for a ransom. If they got the money, they would have achieved their goal. Taking Wen Kai away would not be beneficial, and it would easily expose their identities, which would not be worth the loss. So the possibility of three is not very likely.

As for killing him... it is also unlikely. When they got the ransom and wanted to run away, they would definitely not take the body with them. As long as they left Wen Kai's body, whether he was exposed in the wilderness or buried, it should be found by the police dog.

The second is that he did jump into the sea at that time and was not caught by the kidnappers.

There are two possibilities. One is that he died after jumping into the sea, but because of ocean currents and other reasons, his body drifted away from the offshore sea surface and later sank to the bottom of the sea, so he was not salvaged.

Another possibility is that he was lucky enough to be rescued.

There are two possibilities for being rescued. One is that he lost his memory at the time and didn't know where his home was. But there is also a problem. Wen Rongsheng announced a bounty at the time. Even if he lost his memory and didn't understand anything, the person who saved him should send him back after seeing the news, even if it was just for money.

Unless the person who saved him was cut off from the news and didn't know about the bounty, but the probability of this is too small.

The second is that he didn't lose his memory, but the person who saved him was unwilling to send him home. Regardless of whether the other party regards money as dirt, he couldn't go home when he was a child, but he wouldn't be unable to go home when he grows up.

If he didn't come back, it's likely that he died in an accident in the past few years.

In short, there are many possibilities, but the possibility that Wen Kai is still alive is very small.

Wen Yue believes that Wen Rongsheng understands this very well. He asked this question only because he might have someone related to the events of that year. Even though he knows the probability is very low, he still can't help but hope.

Wen Yue did not expose Wen Rongsheng, but said lightly: "I don't know, maybe I will get the answer after meeting Hou Xin tomorrow."

"Yes, if he is really related to what happened back then, he must know whether your brother is still alive or not." Wen Rongsheng nodded, and said, "Remember to tell me the result after you meet Hou Xin tomorrow."

Wen Yue asked: "Aren't you going to see him?"

When Wen Rongsheng first learned that Hou Xin was pretending to be Zhao Zikun, he wanted to rush to the police station immediately to ask him if he had anything to do with what happened back then. If so, why did they break their promise and kill him when he had paid the ransom? Was his son killed by them, or did he escape?

But after a day, Wen Rongsheng hesitated. He wanted to know the answer, but he was a little afraid to know the answer.

After hesitating, Wen Rongsheng said, "Let's not meet for now. Wait until you get the answer from him."

"Okay."

...

Wen Yue didn't sleep well that night. She had many bizarre dreams and woke up in the morning with a listless face. Fortunately, she looked much more energetic after washing her face. At least Yi Huai didn't notice anything wrong with her when he returned to the room after exercise.

However, Yi Huai knew what Wen Yue was going to do in the morning. He mentioned it during breakfast and asked, "Do you need me to go with you?"

"No, it's just a meeting and it will be over soon."

Wen Yue had her own system and didn't think she needed to have a long chat with Hou Xin after meeting him. "Just go to work as usual. I'll call you if there is any problem."

Although Wen Yue's expression was calm, it was difficult for Yi Huai to be completely relieved when he knew why she was meeting Hou Xin.

He put himself in his shoes and thought, if he was going to meet someone who was suspected of killing Yi Dong, he would definitely not be able to stay calm. If he found the wrong person, it might be okay, but if he found the right person, he would definitely be in pain and sadness after the scars were exposed.

But seeing Wen Yue's firm expression, he didn't act too forceful and said, "I don't have any important work this morning and I can answer the phone anytime."

"Okay."

When they arrived at the Central Police Station, Wen Yue went to see Superintendent Lu first.

The other party already knew the purpose of Wen Yue's visit, and before taking her to meet the person, he specifically said: "Our people have already checked Hou Xin. He said he didn't know Zhao Zikun. He used his name because he thought he was famous. His family would be more cautious if they knew the kidnapper was Zhao Zikun, and it would also be easier for them to hide their identities after escaping."

Wen Yue asked: "Do you believe this?"

Superintendent Lu naturally didn't believe it, but he didn't answer. He only said: "Hou Xin did change his words. After knowing that the mastermind behind the scenes was exposed, he said that using Zhao Zikun's name was a request made by the other party in order to hide himself."

This is indeed a possibility. Zhuang Shaoyun had mentioned it to Wen Yue before, but she still remained skeptical and thought that Superintendent Lu didn't completely believe what they said.

Superintendent Lu did not completely believe Hou Xin's words, because the mastermind behind the scenes asked him to act under the name of Zhao Zikun, which did not conflict with his relationship with Zhao Zikun.

Moreover, Zhao Zikun was not the only famous kidnapper in Hong Kong over the years.

Why didn't the mastermind behind the scenes let them use other people's identities and do these things under the name of Zhao Zikun? Is it because he is the most famous?

Superintendent Lu was suspicious. He thought that Hou Xin refused to admit that he had a relationship with Zhao Zikun because he was afraid of digging up the old incident 22 years ago and increasing his sentence.

The sentencing standards would definitely be different if he had one case and two cases, not to mention that Wen Kai was killed at the time.

If it is confirmed that someone in Hou Xin's gang was involved in the kidnapping case 22 years ago, that person would have been involved in not only two kidnapping cases, but also a murder case.

Zhou Jiahao happened to mention to him that Wen Yue wanted to meet Hou Xin, and Wen Rongsheng also called. Considering that they were the family members of the victim of the kidnapping case 22 years ago, Superintendent Lu arranged this visit after careful consideration.

Although he knew that Hou Xin was a person without conscience, even if he had done something wrong, he would not wake up after meeting the victim's family, but he might be flustered or stimulated after meeting Wen Yue, either of which might make him give in.

Anyway, even if he could remain calm and make no mistakes, or if he really had nothing to do with Zhao Zikun, the police would not suffer any loss.

As for why he told Wen Yue so much, it was mainly because he was worried that she would lose control of her emotions because the results were not as expected, so he gave her a preventive shot in advance.

After a brief chat, Superintendent Lu took Wen Yue to the detention center and arranged for her to meet with Hou Xin.

It was still a small room, and Wen Yue went in alone, but Hou Xin was brought in by the police from the detention center, so there was no need to worry about his safety.

When he saw Wen Yue, Hou Xin's first reaction was to frown and asked, "Who are you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Yue heard the system prompt: [Ding - there's a melon! ]

Then the system voice rang: [Host, he is lying, he knows you! 】

Wen Yue thought that she had seen through it, but she still introduced herself: "My name is Wen Yue, you may not know me, but I have a brother named Wen Kai."

Hou Xin's eyes flickered, but he said: "I don't know what you are talking about, I don't even know anyone named Wen Kai? Could he be my henchman before?"

[Host, he is lying! He remembers Wen Kai, he is the murderer who killed your brother! 】

Wen Yue frowned. Although she intuitively felt that Hou Xin's gang was related to Zhao Zikun, and guessed that he might have participated in the kidnapping case twenty-two years ago, she didn't expect to find the real culprit as soon as she looked for it.

Wen Yue asked in her mind: [Are you sure Wen Kai is dead? 】 That

shouldn't be the case. According to her previous guess, if Wen Kai died, the kidnappers would not take a useless corpse with them. Even if he was buried in the ground, it would be impossible for the police dogs to find him.

【This...cannot be said to be completely confirmed," the system replied hesitantly, 【Wen Kai jumped into the sea because he was injured. It was winter and the sea water was very cold. Hou Xin thought he would not survive after jumping into the sea, so he did not continue to chase him. 】

【So...even if the truth of that year is dug out, it is still unknown whether Wen Kai is dead or alive. 】

Wen Yue thought for a moment and continued to ask, 【Does he know why Zhao Zikun wanted to kill Wen Kai? 】

【It wasn't Zhao Zikun who wanted to kill Wen Kai, it was Hou Xin who wanted to kill Wen Kai! 】The system said angrily, 【Zhao Zikun only wanted money, so every time he kidnapped someone, he would immediately cover the hostage's eyes with a cloth. As long as the hostage did not get rid of the cloth on his eyes before being released and could not see his appearance clearly, he would release the hostage after getting the money. 】

【Did Zhao Zikun also wrap a cloth around Wen Kai after kidnapping him? 】

【Yes! 】The system gave a positive answer, 【But the night before the ransom agreement, Hou Xin secretly took off the cloth on Wen Kai's eyes and let him go. As soon as the others left, he went to wake Zhao Zikun up, knowing that Wen Kai might have seen their appearances, and decided to kill him to silence him. 】

【How did Wen Kai get injured? 】

【Hou Xin caught up with Wen Kai at the beach and shot him. 】

【Where did he get hit? 】

【I don't know. 】

Even an adult might not survive being shot and falling into the sea, not to mention Wen Kai who was only seven years old at the time.

Wen Yue thought about it and continued to ask: 【Why did Hou Xin kill Wen Kai? 】

【Because of Xu Meifeng! 】

This result...to be honest, it's not too unexpected.

After knowing that it was the third house who plotted against Wen Jiadong and made him lose his fertility, and that the original body's death had a lot to do with Wen Jiaxin, Wen Yue knew that the third house was not simple.

In addition, on the day Wen Kai was kidnapped, Wen Rongsheng was originally going to pick him up, but he changed his route because he received news that Xu Meifeng was about to give birth.

Wen Yue didn't think it was too far-fetched to suspect Xu Meifeng of having a hand in Wen Kai

's kidnapping. But sometimes when she thought about it, she felt it was unlikely. First, Xu Meifeng and Wen Rongsheng had not been together for long, so she probably couldn't afford to hire so much money to kill someone.

Second, although she was pregnant at the time, she gave birth to a daughter.

Wen Yue didn't know if there was technology to distinguish whether the fetus was a boy or a girl more than 20 years ago, but if there was, and Xu Meifeng had an examination and confirmed that she was pregnant with a daughter, she was really kicked in the head by a donkey.

If there was no such technology, and Xu Meifeng used non-scientific methods to determine that she was pregnant with a son, when she hadn't entered the Wen family yet and the second wife had a son, she might have done all this to help the second wife.

It is impossible that Xu Meifeng had already made up her mind to make Wen Jiadong lose his fertility more than 20 years ago? If she had such a plan, why did she drag it on for so many years? If she had planned to kill Wen Jiadong in recent years, why did she want to get rid of Wen Kai when there was no plan at all?

Because there was no evidence to prove that the incident was related to Xu Meifeng, and Wen Yue really couldn't figure out Xu Meifeng's train of thought when she did these things. So although Wen Yue had some guesses in her heart, she never thought of taking the risk to go to England to meet Xu Meifeng to confirm it.

Wen Yue asked: [Did Xu Meifeng bribe Hou Xin? Let him do things for her? ]

[It doesn't count either? ] The system explained that [Hou Xin took the initiative to find Xu Meifeng and threatened her to provide them with the opportunity to kidnap Wen Kai. 】

This answer was something Wen Yue had never thought of. She was stunned for a moment before she reacted and asked: [Does Hou Xin know Xu Meifeng? What leverage does she have over him? ]

[They know each other, they dated. ]