Li Ying wanted to resolve the matter concerning her senior brother, but at this moment, the only person she could turn to was Jing Chi.
However, seeking out Jing Chi would put her in a difficult position, so Li Ying turned to Leng Yan instead.
"Tang Shimu, your senior brother, poisoned the Tang family patriarch?"
Leng Yan had indeed not received this information yet. After listening to Li Ying's words, he decisively said, "Needless to say, your senior brother must be taking the blame for someone else."
"So I would like to ask you to help me find evidence so that my senior brother can be cleared of his name."
“Xiang Ming is very fair in judging cases, and his methods of investigation are also very ingenious. You don’t need to ask me for help.” Leng Yan stated the facts.
“Of course I know Xiang Ming is a very fair person, but I’m afraid his superiors will put pressure on him. Think about it, what kind of influence does the Tang family have in Shanghai? That’s why I wanted you to help while Xiang Ming is investigating, so that the police station can’t make a wrong judgment.” Li Ying was well prepared.
Because the Tang family's influence was too great.
"Actually, this matter is easy to investigate. Just see who takes over the Tang family next, and that person will be the prime suspect."
Li Ying pondered: "The successor of the Tang family?"
"Indeed, the Tang family appears to be a large clan, but there are not many successors in the Tang family. Old Master Tang has five daughters and two sons, but unfortunately the sons died young, both in their thirties."
"When my eldest son died, my wife gave birth to a daughter and a son, but the son is mentally challenged."
"The youngest son is very smart, but he's only sixteen. He can't support the Tang family."
Li Ying never expected the Tang family to be so complicated, and how did her senior brother get involved in such a complicated family affair?
“No matter who takes over, as long as they take over the Tang family, they can investigate this person’s relationship with your senior brother, and they will gradually discover the problem.” Leng Yan finished speaking and looked at Li Ying.
Li Ying thought it made sense: "Thank you."
"Li Ying, I helped you, could you help me too?" A rare tenderness appeared in Leng Yan's eyes.
Li Ying knew what he meant. "Leng Yan, don't you think this is a good time? The Tang family is in complete chaos right now. If you marry Tang You, wouldn't you be able to take this opportunity to rise in status?"
Leng Yan laughed: "Comrade Li Ying, who usually seems so honest and upright, can actually say something so surprising?"
Li Ying gave an awkward smile: "I'm not a saint. Besides, you'll eventually lose in your fight with Jing Chi. You might as well take this opportunity to leave the Jing family."
Leng Yan frowned slightly: "Even if Tang You were the Tang family's real daughter, I wouldn't do that. I don't want to climb the social ladder by relying on a woman!"
He got to where he is today through his own strength and luck.
Li Ying felt that she was being too narrow-minded.
"I'm sorry, my suggestion was too rough."
"fine."
After Li Ying left, she returned to Tang Shimu's house to visit Tang's mother. Tang Shimu's clothing store was about to open, and Li Ying couldn't manage both, so she asked Ah Hu to watch the store for Tang Shimu.
I must say, Ah Hu is quite the smooth talker, and he sold a lot of clothes in one day. He was pleasantly surprised when he counted the money in his hand.
"No way, this is making way too much money! And there's no guilt involved in making it. I need to talk to the boss and tell him to change careers."
Ah Hu thought this way, and he said this way.
"Clothing business?" Leng Yan tapped the table, looking thoughtfully at the day's bills compiled by Ah Hu.
"Yeah, Master Leng, this business is incredibly profitable. I think it's worth doing, I want to do it." Ah Hu felt that following the Jing family around all day would just mean eating their stinky farts, so he'd rather go it alone.
"Okay, I support you. If you want to open a clothing store, I'll give you the funds."
Ah Hu was overjoyed: "That's great! Master Leng, don't worry. Even if the Jing family really kicks you out in the future, you still have me, Ah Hu. As long as I have food to eat, you will have food to eat too."
Leng Yan tossed the bill to Ah Hu: "Put it away. This is Senior Brother Li Ying's bill. Don't let him know."
"Understood, Master Leng."
After Ah Hu left, Leng Yan received a call from a friend.
"So, have you made up your mind?"
"Okay, I agree to cooperate with you." After hanging up the phone, Leng Yan's eyes were deep and unfathomable.
Aunt Jing wanted to gradually take back his power and hand the Jing family over to Jing Chi, so of course he had to make plans in advance and find a way out for himself.
Li Ying never expected that Ye Wennian would contact her.
In the living room in the backyard of the clinic, Li Ying poured a glass of water for Ye Wennian.
"Your mother has asked you to come home for dinner several times, but you refused. Are you really planning to sever ties with the Ye family?"
Li Ying smiled bitterly: "I've been too busy lately, and besides, I'm no longer a daughter-in-law of the Ye family."
“Jingchi was raised by our Ye family. No matter where he goes, he will always be a child of the Ye family. But I have heard about your eldest brother’s situation.” Ye Wennian also came for this matter. “I asked Lisa for help. She can use her status as a foreign friend to make the police take this matter seriously, so that we won’t be led by the nose by the Tang family.”
Li Ying was extremely grateful and couldn't have asked for it.
With Ye Wennian and Lisa joining the team, the senior brother investigated the case very carefully and diligently.
Interestingly, after all the investigation, it turned out that the change in the Tang family's shareholding actually involved Lisa.
Lisa was also puzzled. She went with Ye Wennian to the Bureau of Commerce to check the company that had acquired the Tang family, only to find that it was actually under her own company's name.
Lisa guessed who it was and went straight back to the company to call Manager Tang over.
"Tell me, what happened?"
Manager Tang realized he couldn't hide it any longer and told the truth: "That's right, I asked Tang Shimu to drug the Tang family patriarch. I wanted to poison the Tang family patriarch to death."
“You should be surnamed Tang!” Ye Wennian said, looking at Manager Tang.
“Yes, you’re right. My surname is Tang. My mother was a servant in the main house of the Tang family. Because she was somewhat beautiful, she caught the eye of the eldest son of the Tang family, who defiled her body and gave birth to me.” As Manager Tang spoke, the veins on his forehead bulged, and his eyes flashed with scarlet hatred.
“The Tang family promised to give my mother a proper status, but I never received that status before I died. They didn’t even want me, their illegitimate child, and sent someone to assassinate me. If it weren’t for you saving me, sir, I would have died long ago.”
Ye Wennian adjusted his glasses: "You're too foolish. Just to avenge your mother, you poisoned an old woman who was about to die. Is there any point in doing that?"
"Yes, I originally planned to take over the Tang family under Miss Lisa's company when the family was leaderless, but I didn't expect you to find out."
Manager Tang didn't try to make excuses for himself and went to the police station to turn himself in.
"Is there any way to get them both released without charge?" Ye Wennian asked.
Xiang Ming pondered for a moment and said, "If the Tang family writes a letter of understanding, this matter can be dropped."
After all, the old man is so old. It's not a big deal if he doesn't die from poisoning. The key is the Tang family's attitude.
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