0111 111 Humans are also the most uncontrollable element.
Nighttime isn't the quietest time in Jingyang, but it's the quietest time inside the government building, especially after the most talkative Su Changce was dragged away, taking away half the noise in the building. But Qi Yu's mind is still in a state of utter chaos.
Although Su Changce's incident hasn't been long, the authorities have been suppressing the public's attention. The only one using this incident to stir up trouble is his in-laws. He used the public opinion surrounding the "wife of a gay man" issue to extricate his daughter and himself from the farce and distance himself from their family.
Su Shaojin had no objections, and was even more proactive than his ex-wife in handling the divorce proceedings. He didn't offer any explanation or even glance at his father. After the divorce, he immediately took a plane and left Jingyang.
The entire Su family fell apart. Su Yi, who had never appeared in public, cut off all contact with the Su family by using her mother's name and disappeared in Jingyang. Gu Chaohuan was taken away for investigation, but she knew nothing about it and disappeared after she was released. Only Su Changce was left quietly living in the Jingyang Public Security Bureau.
In fact, this evidence does not constitute a crime at all. They have never had any substantial evidence. That blurred photo can be interpreted as anyone. The Su family has already found several look-alikes.
Imprisoning him is more of a protection, preventing emotionally charged and extreme individuals from finding him to commit violence.
Qi Yu rubbed his eyebrows, put down his phone which was still silent, and, suppressing his wildly beating heart, called Zhou Cheng in.
"Still can't get in touch with the person surnamed He?"
No news.
Even Zhou Cheng himself found his answer absurd; the country's top leader had been out of contact for an entire day—it was like a joke.
Seeing that Qi Yu was suppressing his heavy breathing, he stepped forward and pushed aside the useless documents.
"Boss, is this a young lady...?"
"It's okay! I'm just sleepy. You tidy up here first, and I'm going to take a nap."
Qi Yu fled the office as if escaping, and slid down the wall into the empty, dark corridor.
This place was once his most longed-for location, but now it has become his prison.
In the police station office, in the room where Qiao Qiangshan's parents knelt and cried, Su Changce and Lao He sat facing each other, the lights off.
Su Changce could hear Lao He sighing heavily across from him, and he would occasionally fiddle with his phone, turning it on and off again.
"I'm telling you, boss, just get rid of me already, I don't care about any of this."
He said it so casually, but Old He slammed his phone heavily on the table, pounded on the surface, and yelled at him.
"Do you think I'm protecting you? I'm protecting this country. Your scandal doesn't even need any substantial evidence to ruin this country. And is this a small matter? This isn't just a scandal, it's an absurdity, it's madness!"
After venting his anger, Lao He left with his phone, instructing the two specially assigned people to keep a close watch on him and absolutely not let him go online.
He pretended to take two steps outside, then quickly turned into another room.
Here he lost the confidence he had before, and even with the cigarette lit, he held it between his fingers without moving it, only the light flashing intermittently.
"Has the matter been resolved?"
"The vice president has already been dealt with, and his suicide note was in his pocket. It was discovered by the forensic doctor. I intercepted it after it was taken out of the autopsy room, and no one else saw it."
"What did he write?"
"The details of those events are all written down, and it was wrapped in two layers of waterproof bags, so the blood didn't stick to it."
"And then?"
"As long as the Bei family keeps quiet, everything that happened afterward can be pretended not to have happened. The elements in those substitutes have long since mixed into their bodies and cannot be detected. Medically, it can be explained as absorption. It's just that their constitutions are weak."
"You, and your brain, get this done."
"That's for sure, but... this Vice President Qi..."
Old He finally put the cigarette to his lips, took a deep drag, and then exhaled.
“Qi Yu, Qi Yu… He still has to stand on my side. The son of a prostitute born in a dance hall, how did he climb to where he is today? Do you know how many people he has blocked the way for? No one will play with him except me. He has to stand on my side. Leave all the messy things to him, and intercept anything related to Xizhou.”
"yes."
It snowed again in Jingyang tonight, and Lao He didn't leave the police station; he went upstairs to sleep.
The moonlight, especially cold in winter, shines on the sleepless people of Jingyang.
Bei Hui came downstairs and entered Bei Shuming's study.
Over the years, his once high-spirited and all-powerful father has aged considerably, and his hands tremble as he gathers the evidence.
Bei Shuming looked up when he heard the sound, then continued to pack his things.
Bei Hui knew relatively little about this matter. In fact, he was not sufficiently influenced by business acumen. When someone proposed to collaborate with Lao He on manufacturing counterfeit drugs in conjunction with their family's newly developed pharmaceutical industry, he disagreed.
At that time, people praised Lao He for his integrity, but the person being praised sent a cunning businessman-looking lobbyist to sit in his living room and describe his "grand plans and great undertakings".
"This wave of flu is too fierce, but it's just a common cold. Just mix some flour and starch together, the ingredients are perfectly fine, eat it, and you'll get better. It's a win-win situation for everyone."
Bei Huaiyi frowned as he listened, while Bei Shuming seemed quite interested and didn't ask about the details, going straight to the last question.
"Who will take responsibility if it gets leaked?"
The persuader chuckled and pointed to the sky.
"Just because you say so, does that mean it is?"
“We can handle these small things. As for making money, the fewer people who know about it, the better. We can split it 344 among the three of us. I’ll take three, and you can each take four. Is that okay?”
"Who else?"
"When it comes to taking medicine to cure illness, who do you think they trust the most?"
Looking back now, Bei Huiyi regrets not stopping her senile father that day, who was blinded by the sudden surge in profits and ultimately lost the entire family business.
After that lobbyist arrived, they walked a tightrope with every step. He claimed to have a guarantee from above, but they had never actually met him. They did make a fortune after the flu outbreak, with trillions going to the Bei family, and the total profit was immeasurable. However, none of them received any news before the vice president jumped to his death, and they had no idea who the person above had offended.
Who else can touch him, and how many people still have a grudge against him?
Bei Hui stepped forward, pressed down on Bei Shuming's hand, and helped his father sit down by putting his arm around his hunched shoulders.
"Dad, don't worry. No matter what, the person upstairs is still fine. Nobody knows why President Yu jumped off the building. We're still safe. Do you know who the third party is now?"
With his last bit of strength, Bei Shuming glared at his son and threw the file folder he had been hiding behind his back at him.
"Someone handed this to me in the early hours of the morning, and I have to do as they say."
Bei Hui opened the bag with suspicion. Inside was a thick stack of documents filled with their evidence. There were two documents in total: one exposing the person in charge and the other exposing the actions of the Bei family.
What does this mean?
“Someone sent me this, asking me to expose what they’ve been doing. If I don’t, they’ll expose what I’ve done according to what’s written on it. The deadline is today.”
"Who could possibly control these things!"
"We don't know, we don't know anything right now."
Bei Huai paced back and forth on the ground, holding the evidence documents, before finally standing in front of his father.
"Dad, we can't do this."
"Then what do you want? No matter who it is, don't they all want the person above to step down? No matter who is in power, aren't we all just their tools? You can't even protect yourself, so why do you care about the people above you?"
"Aren't you afraid that the new person will target you again?"
"What can I do then? I'll just jump off the building too!"
This man, who was once the richest man in the country, is now bent over, squatting helplessly on the ground holding his head, crying and making a fuss like an unreasonable child. No one can take every step correctly, but his steps are particularly difficult, with both advancing and retreating fraught with danger.
He really only deserved it.
It was still dark in Jingyang, but the sky above Qi Shuyao's head was still bright.
She pressed Qin Zhuohan for answers for a long time, but he didn't say anything. Chen Luo went to prepare food for her, and now she was left sitting on the ground, mechanically flipping through her contacts, but she didn't dare to make a single call.
Tu Mi is undercover and can't make phone calls. Sister Xiao Lan must be busy, so she can't disturb her. She doesn't have Xu Mei's phone number, and Li Qing's phone is unusable. Jiang Yu seems to be in the hospital, but she never sleeps well, and it's late at night, so she shouldn't be woken up.
Her fingers trembled uncontrollably as they hovered over Qi Yu's phone. She couldn't find an excuse not to contact him; Qi Yu would always answer her calls from somewhere.
But she didn't dare.
Chen Luo carried the food from the kitchen and called out "Miss" a few times but no one answered. He put down the plate, squatted down, and gently patted Qi Shuyao's shoulder.
Her shoulder twitched, her fingers touched the number, and she dialed it.
She trembled all over, her hand snapped back, clutching the fabric of her pants tightly in her bosom, and she stared nervously at the screen, swallowing hard.
The call kept ringing until a mechanical female voice informed her that no one was answering. Qi Shuyao struggled to her feet, grabbed her phone, and dialed again.
No one answered. She tried calling Zhou Cheng's number, but still no one answered. She then dialed Jiang Yu's number, but no one answered. She also tried calling Sister Xiao Lan's number, but no one answered.
Qi Shuyao was truly terrified this time. She frantically tapped her phone, making the usually smooth-running device lag and become unresponsive. She threw it away and snatched Chen Luo's phone, dialing each number one by one, but no one answered.
Chen Luo quickly helped the young lady, whose legs were so weak they could tie themselves in knots, to sit down. He then tried to contact his superiors, but no one answered either.
Qi Shuyao couldn't understand why everyone had suddenly lost contact. She could only dig out the old-fashioned phone that the contact person had given her and call it. This time, the call was answered quickly.
"Second Miss, I didn't expect you to remember me so quickly."
"What Second Miss? Did you orchestrate this whole thing? What exactly is Pei Yuzhou trying to do? Kill everyone else in the world and leave only himself alive?!"
"Miss, please don't get agitated. I don't believe the Pei family has that much power. What you're seeing now is just a chain reaction. The person who really did wrong hasn't appeared yet."
The person on the other end hung up first, leaving Qi Shuyao furious and with nowhere to vent her anger. She had just stood up when Chen Luo presented her with the latest news.
"Mingren Hospital, the largest private hospital in Taiwan, has been exposed for manufacturing counterfeit drugs. Police say they have conclusive evidence."
Qi Shuyao's hands and feet felt cold. As she walked towards Qin Zhuohan's room, she gave instructions to Chen Luo.
"Let's book our tickets and go back now."
Qin Zhuohan stood at the door; he received a phone call from his father.
"Leave your son outside, and whatever you do, don't come back!"
She's starting to understand Yang Xun and his father a little better now.
The sky darkened at that moment, as if the power had been switched off without warning in a brightly lit room; only then did darkness truly arrive.
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