Chapter 192 Unbelievable
"Xingyu, what are you talking about?!" Xiao Weiyu jumped three feet high when he heard that. "What was stolen was your grandfather's life's work. How can you not recover it and drop the case? Your father and I are still alive. What right do you have to act on your own?"
Xiao Mumu stopped Xiao Weiyu, who was furious, and said, "Dad, don't get excited!"
Xiao Huai on the side tried to persuade him, "Uncle, he just said it casually in a hurry."
"Xiao Huai, I didn't say that casually." Xiao Xingyu stood up, and Zhang Moyan was also helped up by Sun Li and a female police officer behind him, with a very surprised expression.
"It's true that we don't need to look for those five notebooks." Xiao Xingyu said in a calm tone.
"Why?" many people asked in unison.
Xiao Xingyu glanced around, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly said, "Because my grandfather has a backup of that set of notes."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked by this sudden information.
"You said you had a backup set, how is that possible?" Xiao Mumu asked doubtfully, still holding Xiao Weiyu back.
Xiao Xingyu said sincerely, "What I said is true. This is what my grandfather told me when I came back during the National Day holiday two years ago."
Amidst everyone's skeptical gazes, Xiao Xingyu said, "But the latter set of notebooks should only have two or three. Grandpa said that the previous ones were sloppily written as work notes, with many repetitions and errors. He was worried that I wouldn't be able to understand them when he gave them to me in the future. So, he started to systematically sort out the new notebooks by eliminating the unnecessary and retaining the essentials two years ago. He mentioned this several times in our conversations over the past year. This time when I came back, Grandpa even told me that the progress of the new notebooks was in sync with his current research and he planned to show them to me. But he said that these notes have other uses now, and it's not convenient to keep them in a safe place. He told me to stay for a few days and not to worry."
"Xiao Xingyu, this is impossible!" Xiao Huai suppressed all his emotions.
"Why is it impossible?" Xiao Xingyu looked at Xiao Huai with a complicated look and snorted, "You worked so hard to manage this family business, and in the end, the old man didn't give you the notes. Can't you accept it?"
Xiao Huai frowned, clearly feeling insulted, but considering the situation, he suppressed his temper: "You're overthinking it. Please speak more seriously."
Xiao Xingyu ignored him and turned to Xiao Weizhou: "This is absolutely true. My father knows it too. If any of you don't believe it, you can ask him."
"Brother, is what Xingyu said true?" Xiao Weiyu asked immediately.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Weizhou again. Xiao Weizhou's pupils shrank, and he stared at Xiao Xingyu, then frowned deeply, and sighed: "You!"
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Lin Yin's mother rushed towards Xiao Xingyu with a heart-wrenching cry, "If you had told me earlier, if you had dropped the case earlier, no one would have suspected our Lin Yin, and my Lin Yin might not have died!"
"Aunt, please calm down!" Xiao Huai blocked the angry mother Lin Yin.
Lin Yin's father was also a little confused at this moment.
Xiao Xingyu replied to Lin Yin's mother, "Grandpa told me to keep it a secret. For the sake of family harmony, he didn't want everyone to know that he was going to leave the notes to me so early."
Everyone present understood the implication of his words.
The wheel of time has entered the enlightened 21st century. On the surface, the Xiao family treats all descendants equally, but in fact, some things still stick to the old feudal ways. For example, some core technical knowledge will only be passed on to the eldest son and grandson.
Even if the Xiao family held a duel of civil and military affairs, Xiao Xingyu would win with his personal qualities and become the trustee of this inheritance, but Xiao Guotao's direct preference still made many people sad.
"So," Xiao Xingyu turned around amidst everyone's shock, "the contents of the notes are still in our Xiao family. We just need to wait for Grandpa to wake up and ask him where the new notes are. As for the lost copy, I don't think it's useful for anyone to take it."
Xiao Weiyu said angrily: "How do you know it's useless to take it?"
Xiao Xingyu asked in return, "Because Grandpa himself hasn't even developed celadon porcelain, what use are those notes? Ultimately, they're just records of trial and error."
Xiao Huai couldn't bear to listen any longer: "Xiao Xingyu, you are too arrogant. Stop talking! If you don't catch the criminal, how do you know he won't do it again?"
Xiao Xingyu: "How do you know that if we catch the criminals there won't be a next time?"
At this moment, Lin Yin's mother suddenly screamed: "No, no, no, I almost got fooled by you! The murder cannot be undone. The police will continue to investigate Lin Yin's case, right? They still won't let Lin Yin go, right?!"
"Alright! Have you made enough of this?" Lin Yin's father snapped out of his chaotic thoughts, dragged Lin Yin's mother into the bedroom, and called two relatives to watch her. "You stay in there and don't come out again!"
In a study room of more than ten square meters, Xiao Xingyu and two policemen, a man and a woman, sat across a table from each other, with Zhang Moyan standing beside him.
"Mr. Xiao, please recall where you went, what you did, and who you met between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM this Thursday."
"It was a little before seven on Wednesday afternoon. My girlfriend and I were driving to the company after visiting my grandfather in the hospital. On the way, we had a car accident on the C344 highway. The vehicle lost control and ran off the road and overturned. My right hand..." Xiao Xingyu straightened his back and subconsciously reached out to pat the plaster on his right hand with his left hand. Before he could pat his hand, he was caught by Zhang Moyan and received a stern look.
Xiao Xingyu's eyebrows curved just right, and he continued to tell the police, "I fractured my right pinky finger in the car accident, so the ambulance they called 120 immediately took me to the Provincial People's Hospital. So, I was at the Provincial People's Hospital from 1:00 to 4:00 PM on Thursday. My girlfriend was with me the whole time. The 120 emergency center should be able to check the dispatch records, and I can also provide a written discharge certificate from the hospital."
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