Chapter 325 Going Abroad
Wang Shufen said that around the beginning of this year, before the New Year, Huang Yanli and Zheng Guangming had a big fight, and Huang Yanli even smashed a set of tea sets worth more than 2,000 yuan.
The reason seemed to be that Zheng Guangming had just hired a new secretary who was only 23 years old.
Huang Yanli didn't know about this at first. It was one time when she was shopping and passed by the company, so she went in to take a look. As a result, she caught the two of them having an affair.
Huang Yanli had a big quarrel with Zheng Guangming because of this and asked Zheng Guangming to fire that little vixen immediately.
The fight was so intense that even Zheng Guangming's eldest son came over to mediate.
"Where did this secretary come from?" Zhou Yi asked.
"From what I hear, it seems like Zheng Guangming was on a business trip, picked her up at a nightclub, and then brought her back."
The old man was full of energy. It was true that money and power were the best aphrodisiacs. Most of the girls he picked up at the nightclub were prostitutes. He actually brought them back home to keep them as his secretary. He must have some special talent.
"Was this secretary fired later?" Zhou Yi asked.
Wang Shufen said: "He definitely fired her, otherwise Huang Yanli wouldn't have agreed. She's not a pushover. I don't know if Zheng Guangming kept her after he fired her, but he's been home much less often since then. He must have gone to look for that vixen."
"Another question. Doesn't Zheng Guangming's eldest son, Zheng Tianlan, live in the villa on Shangtang Road?"
"We used to live together, but then, for some reason, his eldest son and his family moved out."
"Do you know where his eldest son lives?"
Wang Shufen shook her head. "It shouldn't be too far, but I don't know where they live. I'm just a nanny, and I've never been there."
"Before you were expelled, did anything unusual happen in the Zheng family?"
"What do you mean by abnormal?" Wang Shufen asked back.
"For example, Huang Yanli or Zheng Tianlan, have either of them ever had a heated argument with Zheng Guangming?"
Wang Shufen thought about it and shook her head: "No..."
"Are you sure?"
"Well, I don't remember it anyway."
Generally speaking, given the complicated family relationships in Zheng Guangming's family, the people most likely to kill him are his wife or eldest son.
The reason is simple, for the family property.
Money has always been one of the main motives for committing crimes.
But even if it is for the sake of family property, they will not go to the point of killing to silence the witness. There are usually other incentives that lead to the decision to kill.
If there is no quarrel, it is either because there is no inducement or because someone is very cunning.
"By the way, what is the relationship between Huang Yanli and Zheng Tianlan like?"
Wang Shufen blurted out: "It's pretty good."
This answer was beyond Zhou Yi's expectations. Normally, Huang Yanli, his stepmother, was one year younger than Zheng Tianlan and had given birth to a younger brother for him. In the drama of wealthy families fighting for family property, this would not only be a tit-for-tat confrontation, but also a discord between the heart and the face.
"Are you sure?" Zhou Yi asked.
"What's there to be uncertain about? Anyway, the two children are adorable, just like brother and sister."
The two children she was talking about were Huang Yanli's five-year-old son and Zheng Tianlan's three-year-old daughter.
At this age, they are usually brother and sister, but if the two sides are relatives, then uncle and niece is also normal. After all, seniority has always been a magical thing.
"Does Huang Yanli have a cell phone?" Zhou Yi asked.
"What is a mobile phone?" Wang Shufen asked.
"It's a mobile phone, a big one." Zhou Yi took out his and said, "Like this."
"Yes." Wang Shufen nodded.
"What's the number? You should know this, right?"
"It's written on the calendar on our wall."
Zhou Yi stood up and glared at him, "Why didn't you tell us earlier? We had to make another trip."
Wang Shufen said aggrievedly: "I don't know."
Seeing the two of them getting up to leave, she quickly asked, "Can we leave too?"
Although she admitted to stealing, there was no witness or evidence, no one called the police, and the matter was settled privately, so generally the case was not pursued.
But her son definitely couldn't leave.
"Follow the arrangements of the police station." Zhou Yi said this and turned to leave with Xia Yu.
The two drove to Wang Shufen's house again. In the mess, they found a number on the calendar on the wall with yellow words written next to it.
Zhou Yi looked at the almost bare house and didn't feel any sympathy at all.
He took out his mobile phone and dialed the number on it.
It took quite a while before the call was connected.
A woman on the phone asked, "Hello, who is this?"
"Excuse me, are you Ms. Huang Yanli?"
"Yes, I am."
"We are from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Anyuan Municipal Public Security Bureau. We have some information we need to consult with you. Where are you now?"
"Criminal Investigation Team? Police?" The voice on the other end sounded suspicious.
"Yes, we are police officers. My last name is Zhou."
The other party hesitated for a moment and replied, "I'm at my mother's house."
"Then please tell me your address, and my colleagues and I will come to find you."
"Can I ask what it is?"
Zhou Yi hesitated and said, "It has something to do with your husband, Zheng Guangming."
"Old Zheng?" someone on the other side asked curiously, "Didn't he go abroad for an inspection?"
Huang Yanli's casual words exploded in Zhou Yi's ears like thunder.
"Going abroad? When did you go?"
"He passed away on March 16th. After he left, it was too lonely at home with just me and my son, so I took him back to live with my mother."
Zhou Yi said solemnly, "Ms. Huang, please tell me the address and we'll come over right away."
After going downstairs, the two got in the car, and Xia Yu drove to the address given by Huang Yanli.
Zhou Yi fell into deep thought. Was what Huang Yanli said true?
If so, Zheng Guangming should have left Anyuan on March 16th.
Going abroad in 1997 was a rather complicated matter. Not to mention the visa issue, even taking a plane was very troublesome.
Except for a few first-tier coastal cities, there are basically no international flights in the inland areas. Even many provincial capitals only have airports that fly domestic routes.
Therefore, if Zheng Guangming wants to go abroad, he has to fly to a first-tier city first and then transfer to an international flight. Moreover, if he is going to a country on the other side of the ocean, the flight time will be quite long.
Mobile phones are an even bigger problem. Domestic numbers cannot be used, and there are no mobile Internet functions.
Overseas calls could only be made using landlines, and were extremely expensive. Therefore, for many people who went abroad to work at that time, it was normal for them to only make a phone call every two or three months. They were more likely to write letters because they were cheaper.
Of course, for Zheng Guangming, this amount of money is definitely nothing.
Zhou Yi didn't ask for details. He didn't want to ask over the phone. He needed to ask Huang Yanli in person and see her reaction.
If Zheng Guangming really went abroad, then whose body was found in Xiaoqiushan Park?
We don’t have the manpower right now, and it’s not that fast to check entry and exit records, so asking Huang Yanli is the fastest way.
About half an hour later, the police car stopped in front of a three-story self-built building in the suburbs.
Although it is far from being as luxurious and grand as Zheng Guangming's villa, this small building is much more magnificent than the surrounding buildings, and judging from its style and texture, it should have been newly built.
There is an iron wall in front of the small building. Inside is a small garden, but it looks more like a vegetable garden. An old lady wearing a straw hat is bending over to work.
Zhou Yi and Xia Yu had just gotten out of the car when a woman in a long skirt walked out from the main entrance of the small building.
The woman had a curvy figure and delicate features. She wore light makeup, a light pink dress, a large scarf with a luxury brand's logo draped over her shoulders, and was adorned with gold and silver jewelry.
As expected, rich people are not affected by time and region. The woman's elegant and luxurious temperament still looks natural after 20 years.
"Is that Officer Zhou?" the woman asked, standing on the steps.
The two walked over, flashed their IDs, and said, "Ms. Huang Yanli, right? I'm Zhou Yi, and this is my colleague Xia Yu. Please find a place where we can talk. We have something we'd like to discuss with you."
"Please follow me, let's go to the study on the second floor to chat." After Huang Yanli said this, she spoke in dialect to the aunt who was working in the small vegetable garden.
The aunt responded, put down the work in her hands, brushed off the dirt on her body and walked into the house.
Xia Yu whispered, "She asked her mother to look after the child."
Zhou Yi was a little surprised. He had thought that the aunt was their family's servant, but he didn't expect that it was actually her mother.
Judging from her mother's appearance, she is obviously an honest peasant woman, and it is hard to associate her with Huang Yanli, who has the temperament of a noble lady.
Zhou Yi had guessed the situation to some extent. This was a story about a girl from an ordinary family who relied on her natural beauty to change her destiny.
No wonder the house is also new. With such a rich son-in-law, how could he not build a grand new house?
But the father-in-law may not be as old as the son-in-law.
The two followed Huang Yanli up to the second floor and came to a study.
The study is very large, with a row of large mahogany bookshelves at the back, filled with the Four Books and Five Classics. However, judging by how new they are, they were probably put on the shelf after they were bought.
On the desk next to it, there were a lot of crayons used by children, and some white paper with a lot of doodles on it.
"I'm sorry, these are all my son's things." Huang Yanli said as she packed up simply.
Then he asked them to sit down and asked them if they would like some tea.
Zhou Yi waved his hand and said no need, we just need to ask a few questions.
"Okay, then ask."
Zhou Yi nodded and asked, "Ms. Huang, you said on the phone earlier that your husband, Zheng Guangming, left Anyuan to go abroad on the morning of March 16th, right?"
"Well, to be precise, we left Anyuan and went to Haicheng, because only Haicheng has flights to foreign countries."
This information is consistent with Zhou Yi's previous prediction and there is nothing wrong with it logically.
If Huang Yanli directly said that she went abroad, it would be false. With her elegant appearance, how could she not know the procedures for going abroad? It's not like she went to the market to buy vegetables.
"Which country is he going to?"
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