Chapter 75: Attracting Snakes

"How old is Chen Weiguo this year?" Lin Qiao asked a question on the way.

When Ji Duo heard this, he knew that she had asked the right question again. He turned to look at her and said, "He is one year older than Xiaoze."

He is one year older than Ji Ze, which means he was exactly nine or ten years old when Shao Zhen got into trouble. Could he really know something?

Lin Qiao expressed doubts.

And if the other party really knew something, why didn't he tell it back then, and didn't tell it later, but now that he's in trouble, he remembers to tell Ji Duo?

But since there are clues, we should listen to them.

When the two got off the car at the police station, Ji Ze was already waiting there. He was a little surprised to see Lin Qiao, but not that surprised.

He walked forward and whispered, "Yu Jin is still being rescued. The Yu family hasn't stepped up to help yet. Chen Weiguo will be sent to the detention center tomorrow morning."

What he meant was that if he had anything to say, it would be best to say it now. Once Jia Teng took action, he would remember Chen Weiguo and it would not be so convenient for him to say anything anymore.

Ji Duo nodded and went in with Lin Qiao. Chen Weiguo had already been taken to a separate room, handcuffed and sitting on a chair.

Lin Qiao couldn't help but look at the other person.

He was in his early twenties, clean-looking, not short, and wearing glasses. Judging from his appearance, he didn't look like someone who would stab someone multiple times.

He looked very haggard, with sunken cheeks and bloodshot eyes. Although he was young, he sat in a chair with his back hunched over, like a man in his fifties or sixties.

Hearing someone opening the door, he raised his head subconsciously, and when he saw Ji Duo, he called him "Uncle".

Ji Duo closed the door but did not go in. He just stood by the door, tightly shielding Lin Qiao behind him.

The man was tall, and with this protective posture, Chen Weiguo could only see his slender outline. He did not dare to look at him for too long, and after a glance, his eyes fell back on Ji Duo's face, and he smiled bitterly, "When I was a child, Ji Ze and I followed you, but I never thought that one day you would come here to see me."

Ji Duo said nothing.

Chen Weiguo lowered his head again. "I didn't want to do that either, but my mother is gone. If it weren't for him," a clear sound of grinding teeth could be heard from the room, "if it weren't for him cheating me and refusing to even use the money he cheated me to pay off my debts..."

Ji Duo still didn't say anything, his eyes were calm and peaceful, without any trace of emotion.

This silence brought an invisible pressure to people, and Chen Weiguo could no longer continue speaking.

He raised his eyes to look at Ji Duo and found that the man was dressed in a neat military uniform, looking the same as when he came in.

The woman behind Ji Duo was equally calm, and neither of them rushed to ask questions. For a moment, his voice was the only one heard in the room.

He stopped talking nonsense, "Ji Ze has told you, right? I don't want to get away with it, I just want to prevent the Yu family from doing anything bad to me. There is not a single good person in that family, they will definitely beat me to death."

He glanced at Ji Duo and said, "I am not saying this because I have a grudge against them. Didn't I get close to the Yu family in order to buy the production line? I even went to their house during the Chinese New Year and gave them a lot of gifts."

Even though they were childhood friends, the Chen family had fallen on hard times, so he still had to go to their house and give gifts when he wanted to ask them for favors.

Moreover, Yu Jin could have cheated him like this, and he didn't really consider him as a childhood friend. "Once I went there at an unfortunate time, and I happened to see the old man of the Yu family scolding someone in the study."

He looked at Ji Duo again.

This made Lin Qiao ponder. He heard it from the Yu family, but he didn't know it before. Could it be that the Yu family was related to this matter?

Ji Duo finally gave him a look, "What are you scolding?"

This made Chen Weiguo feel relieved. "Scold you idiot, haven't you caused enough trouble back then? That old bastard Gu Chengye is still investigating!"

Gu Chengye is the name of Mr. Gu.

This obviously means that someone in the Yu family was involved in that incident.

Ji Duo listened, his expression still unrecognizable, "During the Chinese New Year?"

"During the Chinese New Year, Yu Jin's father came out to pick me up. As soon as he spoke to me, the voice inside became silent. I didn't know what was going on at the time. Later, I heard that you and Mr. Gu had been looking for Gu Shaozhen's whereabouts. Then I thought that it might be related to this matter, but I never had the chance to say it."

If there is no chance to say it is false, there is no possibility to say it is true, right?

He was asking the Yu family to cooperate and currying favor with them, so how could he tell others about the Yu family's affairs...

Ji Duo and Lin Qiao didn't say anything. Chen Weiguo thought they didn't believe him and said anxiously, "I'm telling the truth. It was the first day of the new year. I gave them two old mountain ginsengs."

He tried to recall, "Not only did the old man of the Yu family curse at people in the study, he also smashed a cup. I didn't see him when I left."

As soon as he moved, the handcuffs on his wrists jingled. He then realized it and quickly calmed down. "I remember that Gu Shaozhen was very obedient and timid when he was a child. He never ran around. How could he suddenly get lost? There must be something strange about this. You should check the Yu family."

"Do you know who is in the study?" Ji Duo's voice was very cold.

Chen Weiguo hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "I don't know. From the time I arrived until the time I left, the study door was never opened."

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of him, Ji Duo turned around, opened the door, and let Lin Qiao out first.

"Actually, even if this didn't happen, I would have told you about it. After all, Yu Jin cheated me, but Ji Ze was willing to lend me money."

Chen Weiguo's mournful voice came from behind him. Ji Duo said nothing and closed the door again.

Ji Ze was waiting in the corridor. When he saw the two people coming out, he immediately asked, "How was it? Was what you said useful?"

Ji Duo said nothing, and neither did Lin Qiao.

Only after he thanked the police station comrades and walked out of the police station gate did the man give his nephew a cold look and ask, "What kind of friends are you making?"

These words made Ji Ze blush, "I, I didn't know they would become like this..."

Ji Duo and Ji Ze's friendships are completely at two extremes.

Ji Duo doesn't have many friends, but they are good at helping each other, and they are really helpful for a long time; Ji Ze has a wide range of friends, and he can talk to anyone, but his friends are of mixed quality. Yu Jin, who is paid enough money, dares to help his childhood friend with any problems, and Chen Weiguo, who is also cunning.

In comparison, Ji Ze seems a little simple, and it is not known whether it is due to genetics or living environment.

He rubbed his head and said, "Now I see it clearly. When I am no longer in the army, it will be easier to tell who treats me as a friend and who wants to take advantage of me."

After all, everyone knows that he is rich now, so those who want to borrow money from him or take advantage of him should stay away.

Ji Duo didn't say anything else. The three of them got in the car and drove for a while. Ji Duo threw a pack of cigarettes to Xiao Fang from the back seat and said, "Go down and have a cigarette."

Xiao Fang understood and quickly found a secluded place on the side of the road to park the car. He got out, lit a cigarette, and turned his back to the jeep.

This was to avoid suspicion, and also to be alert to the surroundings to prevent others from eavesdropping. Lin Qiao immediately reacted and realized that the man had something to say.

As expected, Ji Duo asked Ji Ze directly: "Do you understand how much truth and how much falsehood Chen Weiguo's words are?"

After being cheated, Ji Ze thought carefully this time before saying, "He doesn't talk much, but he's usually quite reliable. He's not the type who talks a lot. It's just that this matter between him and Yu Jin

Once it comes out, I’m not too sure.”

He turned around and looked at Ji Duo, "Do you suspect that he is not telling the truth?"

Ji Duo didn't say anything, but turned to look at Lin Qiao beside him, "What do you think?"

His uncle has always been good at hiding things. There are some things that even his grandpa and grandma don't know. He didn't expect that he would ask Lin Qiao. Ji Ze looked over unconsciously.

Lin Qiao groaned for a moment, "In terms of timing, it's a bit too coincidental."

Ji Ze might not understand what this meant, but Ji Duo certainly did. They went to arrest someone but came up empty-handed, and that happened during the Chinese New Year.

However, Lin Qiao did not say that he was dead. "It is also possible that he just wanted to find someone to protect himself and to take revenge on the Yu family."

That statement is too vague. You can say it's Shaozhen's business, or you can say it's Shaoping's business. It's more like a pointer than evidence.

The point is that the old people in the circle should all know that Ji Duo and Su Zheng have been helping Lao Cha with what happened back then.

Chen Weiguo looks gentle and honest, but the more honest a person is, the easier it is for him to accomplish great things. Besides, he is not as honest as he appears.

Although Ji Duo didn't say anything, his eyes were always on Lin Qiao's face, and it seemed that he had the same idea.

The couple had a tacit understanding, but in Ji Ze's opinion, it was just a mystery. "So is this information useful or useless?"

He couldn't help but ask, "What about Chen Weiguo? Should we protect him or not?"

"Of course I will."

"Save."

The couple spoke in complete unison.

Ji Ze looked at this and then that, not knowing who to ask.

As a result, Ji Duo's gaze also fell on Lin Qiao, as if he wanted to hear her opinion.

Lin Qiao said directly, "If we don't protect him, how can we test whether what he said is true or false? Anyway, he said that he should be sentenced as he should be. We should not only protect him, but also protect him publicly so that everyone will know about it. Only then will they doubt how much he has said and lose their balance."

This is totally a way to lure the snake out of its hole.

This time the blame is entirely on the Yu family. If the Yu family really has problems, can the old ones sit still and can the young ones sit still as well?

Moreover, Yu Jin had just gotten into trouble and the Yu family was in chaos at the time, so it was very likely that they would not be able to take care of him.

After Lin Qiao finished speaking, he realized that the uncle and nephew, one in front and one behind, were all looking at him without saying a word.

"What did I say wrong?" She looked back at them one by one.

"No." Ji Ze immediately retracted his gaze, but his expression was inevitably a little complicated.

He had not had much contact with Lin Qiao before, so he had not realized that Lin Qiao was not only smart, but also clear-headed, calm, and even had such a good understanding with his uncle. No wonder his uncle would...

He subconsciously looked back again, but this time he met Ji Duo's cold gaze.

For some reason, Ji Ze felt a little disappointed and said hurriedly, "Are you done? I'll go get the driver to come up."

Ji Duo said, "Hmm," "You don't have to come up."

Ji Ze was stunned.

The man gave him a cold look and asked, "Do you still want to go home with me and your aunt?"

He looked outside and found that the car was parked near his factory. He immediately opened the door and went out, "Then I'm leaving."

"Be careful." Lin Qiao waved at him politely.

Unexpectedly, Ji Duo also came down with him, took out money, went to a nearby place to buy an ice cream, brought it back and handed it to Lin Qiao in the car.

The car door closed and started quickly. The two taillights at the rear of the car came on, illuminating the figure, which slowly blended into the deepening dusk and could no longer be seen clearly.

Since they were going to protect him with great fanfare, Ji Duo went to greet the detention center and asked them to make sure that Chen Weiguo was not tortured.

Not only did he say hello, he also gave gifts, clearly sending a signal to the outside world that he took care of this person.

In this way, Chen Weiguo will not suffer any hidden losses, at least before the case is officially heard. When a case is being heard, one must also consider whether the trial is fair.

When the news got out, the Yu family was obviously not happy, and they even called Old Master Ji.

Grandpa Ji had already received his son's call. "Our Xiaoze insisted on intervening and asked the second son for help. We had no choice. You know Xiaoze, he is very loyal. We have been friends for so many years and grew up wearing the same pants. How can he just ignore our relationship?"

He sighed as he spoke, "Besides, he had thought about buying that production line, but he was just one step away from it. He was really scared."

There is not a single word of blame in the remark, but the details are full of blame.

The old man of the Yu family was choked. "It's Xiao Jin who didn't understand this matter, but the kid from the Chen family is too... Five knives, a full five knives."

His tone was full of heartache. "One of the knives stabbed his spleen. He almost died."

"That's quite dangerous. Is Xiao Jin okay?" Old Master Ji took the opportunity to ask about Yu Jin's health, but he didn't ask Ji Duo to stop worrying about Chen Weiguo.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately snorted and said to Xu Li: "His grandson almost betrayed my grandson, and he wants me to take care of the second son. Do I look like a fool?"

Xu Li was soft-hearted, "I just feel sorry for the boy from the Chen family, and the girl from the Song family. I heard from Qiao Qiao that she teaches well."

"What's the point of teaching well? With such parents, the eldest son and his wife treat him like a treasure all day long."

From the beginning, Ye Minshu used Song Jing to arrange a marriage for Ji Ze, and the Song family did not avoid suspicion. The old man knew that his eldest daughter-in-law would suffer at the hands of this family sooner or later. But when Ji Ze changed his job and returned to the local area to do business, the Song family immediately changed their target and arranged an engagement with the Yu family. As the grandson who was rejected, he was still unhappy.

What a result! After such a commotion at the engagement party, Yu Jin's health is probably ruined and his reputation is ruined. I wonder how that family feels now.

No matter what the Song family thought, when the news came out that Mr. Gu was going to investigate Chen Weiguo in person, someone finally couldn't sit still.

That day, Ji Duo had just come out of the detention center when he unexpectedly saw someone who did not surprise him very much.

Yu Wu stood in the shadow outside the detention center with a gloomy face, cigarette butts scattered around his feet. "You really like to meddle in other people's business. You meddle in the Gu family's business and the Chen family's business. People who don't know would think that the rumors that you don't like women are true. If she's not your mistress, why do you care so much?"

This was really unpleasant to say, but Ji Duo didn't even blink, and walked down the stairs as usual, "I'm protecting him, so of course he's worth being protected."

The sound of Xia Changfu's leather shoes stepping on the ground was obviously not heavy, but as he watched the man walking steadily towards him, Yu Wu still felt the pressure.

This made his face look even worse, and his eyes were fixed on Ji Duo's face, "He just committed a crime and hates our Yu family. Aren't you afraid that what he said is all false?"

Ji Duo just raised his eyelids, his eyes were so dark that no emotion could be seen, "If it's fake, why are you here?"

Yu Wu was silent, and then the hand holding the cigarette began to tremble, and the color on his face gradually faded.

It took him a long while to find his voice again. "Isn't it just about Gu Shaozhen's little thing?"

He put the cigarette into his mouth with shaking hands and took a deep puff. His eyes turned red from the smoke because he moved so quickly.

He threw the cigarette butt to the ground. "Since you want to investigate, I'm not afraid of you knowing that I did take it out on that girl Gu Shaozhen in Southern Province. That's what Chen Weiguo told you, right? But do you think I'm the only one who did that? Dai Cheng from the Dai family, the second and third sons of the Tang family, and..."

He listed several names in succession, "They were all involved. Can you catch them one by one and take revenge on them all?"

Yu Wu smiled, his smile was full of malice, and he even looked at Ji Duo provocatively, "You want to control everything? Can you manage it?"

Unexpectedly, Ji Duo repeated all the names he had mentioned, "That's all, any more?"

His tone was calm, his eyes were equally calm, but it was just too calm, making people's scalps tingle for some reason.

"Are you really going to take revenge on them one by one?" His face was full of disbelief, and his fingers trembled subconsciously as he looked at Ji Duo without any emotion.

He tried to justify his behavior, "You can't blame us for this. Who would want to be thrown to such a barren place when they were living well in Yandu? It's normal to be angry but have nowhere to vent, right? Besides, didn't she say anything herself?"

"So you can bully her? Lose her?" Ji Duo suddenly stepped forward, grabbed his neck and pressed him against the wall. "She was only nine years old at the time! Don't you have a sister yourself?"

This force

The impact was so heavy that Yu Wu's back ached and he almost burst into tears.

He hadn't heard of Ji Duo fighting for many years since he joined the army. He didn't expect that he would be so cruel and strangled him so hard that he couldn't speak at all.

"Who, who lost her... It was obviously she who lost herself..."

Yu Wu struggled to squeeze out a sentence, "I was afraid that you would listen to Chen Weiguo and make random associations, so I came to find you..."

He twisted Ji Duo's fingers hard and tried to breathe. "We lost her. Who can we find to vent our anger on? We are not stupid..."

However, when Ji Duo heard these words, his anger did not decrease at all, but became even more intense.

But he still let go of his hand, and Yu Wu immediately bent down and started coughing violently.

He thought he had finally escaped, but just when he was relieved, Ji Duo suddenly leaned over and asked, "What about Shao Ping's death?"

Yu Wu's pupils shrank suddenly, almost as a conditioned reflex, "What are you..."

At this moment, an old voice came from the side, "You are so old, and you are still fighting here!"

Yu Wu suddenly came back to his senses and broke out in a cold sweat, "Dad, Dad?"

The people who came were the old man of the Yu family, as well as Yu Jin's father and Yu Wu's eldest brother.

The old man of the Yu family directly asked his eldest son to help his youngest son, "Take him to the car to sober up, don't drink too much and talk nonsense."

This person is not Yu Wu, who lost his guard after being frightened, provoked, and relaxed.

Yu Wu had also recovered from his momentary loss of composure and could not get any more questions out of him.

Ji Duo said nothing and let the eldest son of the Yu family come over and help Yu Wu away, but his eyes were always on the old man of the Yu family.

The look was so deep that the old man of the Yu family felt uncomfortable. "I'm sorry to make you laugh. My son is really not very promising."

The old man was wearing a simple short-sleeved shirt and long pants, with his white hair shaved short. You couldn't tell at all that he had just bought two valuable old ginsengs from Chen Weiguo during the Chinese New Year. "Maybe he felt guilty. Whenever he drank a little bit of wine, he would mention the girl from the Gu family. He always felt bad about it."

Maybe because he has been there for too long, he has the ability to turn black into white. Ji Duo doesn't like to laugh, but he almost laughed when he heard this.

"If you have nothing else to do, I'll leave first."

At this point, Ji Duo had nothing to say to the other party. Just as he was about to say goodbye, he heard the old man of the Yu family say something meaningful: "If you don't believe he drank, you can go to the car and smell it. I guarantee that he smells of alcohol. After all, everything must be based on evidence, right? I can't just say it nonsense."

This is worth pondering. Ji Duo paused, tightened his jaw and looked back at him, "Thank you for your reminder."

After the others left and the old man got in the car, Yu Wu put down the bottle of wine that had just been forced into his hand, and asked his father with fear: "Is this something I should have gotten away with?"

The answer he got was a full-force slap in the face, "You rushed over to deliver it yourself, I have never seen anyone more stupid than you!"

When Ji Duo returned home, he was greeted by the noisy sound of the TV in the living room and Lin Qiao sitting on the sofa with a ceiling fan on.

Hearing that he had returned, Lin Qiao, who was reclining on the sofa, moved her legs back and vacated the side where he usually sat for him.

Ji Duo walked over, but instead of sitting down, he bent over and picked up Lin Qiao horizontally.

Lin Qiao was startled and subconsciously grabbed his neck, "What are you doing?"

Ji Duo didn't say anything. He turned around and sat on the sofa. He put Lin Qiao on his lap and hugged her against his neck.

This person has always been cold and reserved. Even when their relationship was at its peak, he never hugged anyone with the lights on.

Lin Qiao immediately realized something was wrong, "Did something happen?"

Ji Duo hugged her without saying a word.

But this man now reports every time he goes out. Lin Qiao wondered what he was doing and immediately understood, "Is there any movement in the Yu family?"

"Yeah." This time Ji Duo finally spoke, but his voice was obviously a little muffled.

Lin Qiao didn't rush to push the person away, "Who is it from the Yu family?"

"The fifth son of the Yu family." Ji Duo whispered, "He came to tell me about Shaozhen."

"Self-exposure?" Lin Qiao pondered the word. "He wouldn't think that just because he admitted to Shao Zhen's affair, no one would continue to investigate and suspect that he was also related to Shao Ping's death, right?"

When mistakes cannot be concealed, many people will choose to conceal the big ones and admit the small ones.

But Lin Qiao was able to figure out the secret so quickly that Ji Duo couldn't help but touch her hair.

This touch actually had a different meaning, one of intimacy and love, just like that midnight touch when I came back from the hospital.

Lin Qiao paused, but the man seemed to be unaware and even hugged her tighter. "It should be him." She told him what happened outside the detention center before.

"They are unhappy, so they can take it out on Shaozhen?"

Lin Qiao was very angry.

She has never overestimated human nature, but sometimes she is still shocked by the evil of human nature.

"It's okay. I've remembered it all." In front of Lin Qiao, Ji Duo did not restrain the coldness in his words at all.

"Then the next step is to find evidence?"

Lin Qiao and the man looked at each other and said, "Is it difficult to find evidence against Shao Ping?"

Ji Duo said "hmm" and was about to speak when the phone in the living room rang.