An hour and a half later, she called Jonah into the office again to ask about the two chemicals from yesterday.
She breathed a sigh of relief knowing it was handled properly.
"Tell me about that number."
Qiao Na stood at her desk, her expression a bit complicated. After a moment's pause, she spoke, "The previous holder of that number was an old lady named Gu. She passed away in Kangtai Nursing Home last year. She had no children, and her funeral was handled by her nephews and nieces."
"old lady?"
Meng Sheng was a little surprised and confused, "After she died, what happened to the number?"
Qiao Na shook her head. "I don't know. The family said that the phone disappeared on the day the old lady died, and they can't find it."
Meng Sheng was really surprised this time.
The doubts in my heart also deepened.
how so?
The cell phone is missing, but the number is currently being used by Gu Ci.
Could it be that Gu Ci has some relationship with this old lady surnamed Gu?
But if there really is a connection, with the influence of the Gu family, it would be impossible to find out the identity of that old lady Gu.
Moreover, how come once the number fell into Gu Ci's hands, calls could no longer be made and she could only send text messages unilaterally using other people's tools?
Meng Sheng couldn't figure it out.
How did she do it?
After pondering for a moment, she frowned again, "When did the old lady die?"
Qiao Na replied, "At the end of September last year."
Meng Sheng pursed her lips and said, "Go check when Gu Ci returned to China last year and see if you can find her medical records, hospitalization records, and discharge records abroad.
Remember, when investigating these matters, do not alert anyone, and do not let Gu Ci and the Gu family discover any clues. If there are any signs or risks, stop immediately."
Qiao Na was slightly startled, and her expression gradually became incomprehensible. "Director, do you suspect that old lady Gu is Gu Ci?"
Meng Sheng looked at her expression and smiled, "Well...what if it is?"
"Impossible! This is too..."
"I know it's impossible." Meng Sheng interrupted her with a smile, "Gu Ci is not as innocent as she seems. You have to put the number aside for now. Just check it as I said."
Qiao Na stopped asking questions and nodded slightly, "Yes, I understand."
After she left, Meng Sheng glanced at the sticky note in front of him with the number starting with 159. His calm eyes became deep and the smile on his face gradually faded.
Gu Ci, what unknown secrets do you have?
She sat alone in the office for a long time, and it took her a while to put the sticky notes away.
She called Qin Yong to the office again, asked about Ning Weiwei's situation yesterday, and then gave him the money that she asked Qiao Na to withdraw from the bank yesterday.
She pushed the bag over and said, "This is a little gift from me, and also a reward for your hard work the night before last. That night was quite thrilling, and it was thanks to your help. Otherwise, I definitely couldn't have done it alone.
You guys can buy something good, eat something good, calm down, take it and share it among yourselves. I won’t call them up one by one, it would be too conspicuous.”
Qin Yong was stunned when he saw the bag of money. "Director, is this... money for buying my life?"
Meng Sheng was amused by him. "Your life and Li Cheng's life are only worth this much? Besides, do I have to ask you to sign a contract to sell your body?"
"no……"
Qin Yong hurriedly shook his head, then felt something was wrong, nodded, and finally waved his hands incoherently, "That's not what I meant, Director. It's just that you suddenly gave us so much money... I feel it's too much... I don't accept rewards without merit."
"Why didn't you guys succeed? If it weren't for you that night, my office might have become a ruin."
"Besides, it's not much, only 200,000. How can it be too much? There are five of you. You, Li Cheng, and Wang Chao can just take the lion's share.
Okay, enough with the politeness, I won't elaborate on the risks and confidentiality of this matter. I'm sure you understand."
Qin Yong patted his chest and assured, "Yes, don't worry, Director. Even if it's for our own sake, we won't say a word. If anything happens to you again, we will go through fire and water, no matter what."
Meng Sheng smiled helplessly, "Okay, thank you for your trust. Don't be so conspicuous when dividing the money. I have other work to do, you can go down."
"Oh, okay, don't worry, I know what to do. Director, you're busy, I'll be leaving first."
After watching Qin Yong leave, the office returned to calm again, and she subconsciously looked out the window into the distance.
The sky seemed like a flawless piece of fluidity, crystal clear without a trace of impurities. The bright sunlight poured in from the windowsill almost in an elegant manner, reflecting extremely gentle spots of light.
Her originally heavy mood suddenly became much lighter. She unconsciously sorted out the whole process in her mind, and carefully described where she had not done a good job of cleaning up the mess.
But she had only thought about it for two or three minutes when she felt a headache. Something was trying to drill out, piercing her entire brain and causing severe pain.
She raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows, temporarily gave up thinking, poured herself a glass of warm water and drank it, then simply dealt with work matters seriously.
*
At three o'clock in the afternoon, after finishing work, I drove to the suburban community where Qiuyi lived, and bought some snacks and two cups of milk tea on the way.
"Coming?"
"Ms. Qiu, the crispy spareribs and octopus balls, two servings of noodles with soybean paste and milk tea you ordered are here. Please give us a five-star rating." Meng Sheng held up the snacks in his hand and winked playfully at the people in the room.
Qiu Yi smiled and pinched her nose, "Not only will I give it a five-star rating, I'll also give you a tip later."
After saying that, he took the thing in her right hand and turned to walk towards the living room.
Meng Sheng followed and jokingly said, "I don't want any reward less than a thousand."
Qiu Yi looked at her incredulously. "How many times more expensive than what you bought? How dare you ask that? What's going on? Is that shameless Meng Sheng I used to know back?"
"How can I be shameless? I drove this here myself. Besides, you're my sister, how can I be embarrassed? Forget a thousand, I can even ask for ten thousand."
"Well, go ahead and drive. I'll kick you out soon."
"So cruel?"
"What else? If you stay any longer, you'll rip my heart out."
"Tsk tsk, your heart is so valuable. I don't dare to take it, and it's not my turn to take it."
"loquacious."
"Hahaha."
Meng Sheng smiled and joked with her for a few words, then sat down with her at the coffee table to eat.
After taking a few bites, Qiu Yi raised an eyebrow and looked at her with interest, "Don't you want to talk about it?"
"say what?"
"Still installed?"
Meng Sheng looked innocent. "What? What are you trying to say to me?"
Qiu Yi suddenly asked, "In that photo of the coffee art you posted this morning, I saw a shadow that looked like a man's hand on the glass bowl on the table. Is there something you're not telling me?"
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