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Hiring someone to commit the crime?
Huo Qizhen, who was rushing over here, stopped in his tracks, his whole body surging with anger. Father?
Huo Tingzhen was also stunned on the spot.
Bao Yanbai, who had just arrived at the scene, went up to her, helped her up, and put his arm around her.
Huo Tingzhen's eyes instantly filled with tears. Was his father also one of the murderers?
Huo An was furious. "Nonsense!"
"Xu Que hired someone to commit the crime, and Huo An and Xu Niannian were accomplices."
Xu Niannian remained relatively calm and stepped forward a few steps. "Officer, are you sure you've got the wrong person? My aunt didn't hire anyone to commit the crime, and my uncle and I weren't accomplices."
The lead police officer took out a photo and said, "Look carefully before you speak."
Upon seeing the photo, Xu Niannian's expression changed drastically.
Huo An, however, was puzzled. "What's wrong with this photo?"
The angle in the photo clearly indicates it was taken secretly; he was having a meal at a restaurant with Xu Que and Xu Niannian.
Why does this restaurant have pickled food like this?
When the second photo was taken out, Huo An was somewhat surprised, "Ma Rui?"
Didn't Ma Rui resign?
Why would he still eat with Xu Que?
Judging from the shooting angle and the clothing background, it was clearly taken after he left.
Pointing to the photo, he asked Xu Niannian, "After I left, did you leave too? Why was it only your aunt eating with Ma Rui?"
Xu Niannian's cheeks twitched, unsure of how to respond.
“We have video evidence that Xu Que and Ma Rui were discussing how to hire someone to harm the complainant, Jian Yu. We just don’t know if Huo An and Xu Niannian were aware of this. Now, please come with us.”
The person who reported the case is Jian Yu?
Huo Qizhen grabbed the other person's hand and asked, "Have you seen Jian Yu?"
He nodded. "Yes! Jian Yu came to our bureau to report the case and provided crucial evidence."
Jian Yu returned alive.
Huo Qizhen's eyes were blurry, and the hole in his heart began to slowly heal.
His prayer was answered!
Huo An was still in a daze; the more he listened, the more confused he became.
What does Jian Yu's disappearance have to do with him?
Xu Niannian was more concerned about the evidence. "What crucial evidence?"
The police officer tapped on the date and time in the upper left corner of the photo. "This was taken from a video. You probably know what's in the video."
Xu Niannian smiled wryly, "I wasn't inside, how would I know?"
Huo An, "What exactly is going on?"
Xu Niannian said, "I don't know either. After you left, Uncle, I had to go first."
Xu Niannian quickly recalled the situation at the time, and only after confirming that she hadn't said anything she shouldn't have, did she feel relieved.
Huo Qizhen: "Let's go to the police station and find out first."
Huo An refused outright, "I don't even know what happened, why should I go to the police station to be investigated?"
"Police, your wife, Xu Que, is suspected of bribing your former bodyguard, Ma Rui, with ten million yuan to kill a girl named Jian Yu. However, to be cautious, Ma Rui also hired a terminally ill truck driver named Li Yang. Li Yang staged a car accident and a fall off a cliff. Jian Yu was lucky; she was rescued after falling into the water. She then paid Ma Rui's family to buy a video that Ma Rui had secretly filmed, which showed Xu Que and Ma Rui plotting in a restaurant."
Everyone, “…”
Xu Niannian almost fainted. Ma Rui had actually secretly recorded a video. The money and goods were settled, so why was he secretly recording a video?
Isn't this just handing over leverage against someone for nothing?
Xu Niannian still couldn't believe it. "Is there really a video? You're not just trying to trick us, are you?"
The police officers handling the case had never heard anyone say something like this before, and they couldn't help but laugh in anger. "Ma Rui secretly filmed the video to extort money. His family has a hereditary disease, and treatment will cost a lot of money. He also has several younger siblings, and the chances of them developing the disease in the future are very high. Ma Rui told them that if they need money for treatment in the future, they can take this video to Xu Que to ask for money."
"......", Xu Niannian, is Auntie being too clever for her own good?
He intended to use Ma Rui's terminal illness to get things done, but Ma Rui ended up using him instead.
Huo An didn't believe this explanation at all. "Impossible. If such a video really existed, wouldn't Ma Rui's family keep it hidden tightly? How could they let outsiders know?"
The police had to marvel at the power of word-of-mouth. "Ma Rui's youngest brother told his girlfriend about it, and his girlfriend went home and told her mother. Her mother then texted her father, who was away on a business trip. In short, it went around in circles and was discovered by Jian Yu."
Huo Qizhen was very dissatisfied with the people he had sent to investigate Ma Rui. Such a high price and such crucial evidence, yet they hadn't found anything.
If Jian Yu hadn't discovered it himself, it would probably have been buried in obscurity.
Huo An: "I want to see Ma Rui's family."
The police officer nodded. "Sure. We were looking for them anyway, but since they're foreigners, the procedures for having them as witnesses are a bit more complicated than in China. Our colleague has already submitted a report and will be going abroad to investigate. If all goes well, we should be able to bring them back in about three days."
Huo An replied matter-of-factly, "Then let's talk about it in three days."
The police officer turned to look at Fok Kai-zhen, "Mr. Fok, what do you think?"
Huo Qizhen nodded, and Huo Er Taiye immediately spoke up, "Huo An, you go there to clear your mother's name. I get angry just thinking about how your mother was angered to death by your wife and you still have to take the blame for her."
The Huo clan members surrounded Huo Er Taiye in the middle.
Huo An swallowed back the words of refusal that were on the tip of his tongue.
"I'll go there and see if the video is real or fake."
The police insisted on taking Xu Que with them.
Upon learning that Xu Que had mental problems, they split into two groups, one of which went to the mental hospital to investigate.
Someone had to stay behind to keep vigil at the funeral hall, so Huo Tingzhen was left behind.
Huo Qizhen got into his car and drove off before Huo An could even get in.
As soon as the car stopped at the case handling center, Huo Qizhen couldn't wait to get out and walk inside.
However, Jian Yu was not among them.
After inquiring, I learned that Jian Yu had already left.
They probably went home.
Despite his anxiety, Huo Qizhen patiently waited for Huo An and the others to arrive.
Huo An remained unchanged, denying that he had ever met Ma Rui.
Xu Niannian was the same.
Along the way, Huo An thought a lot and concluded that the so-called video must be fake.
Xu Que had no reason to target Jian Yu.
“Mr. Huo, this is what you wanted to see.”
When a police officer showed them the video, he dismissed it dismissively; what a pretentious act.
As the video was shown bit by bit, Huo An's expression grew increasingly strange...
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