Jiang Baiyan looked down at Jian Jing's notebook and asked, "What is the use of this order?"
Jian Jing said, "No, for now. The murderer couldn't have chosen this time period to attack."
He supported his head, and his eyes spoke in the screen, and he could tell what she meant without opening his mouth: What are you writing for?
Jian Jing smiled, but it was hard to say.
She closed her notebook and said calmly, "It's already 11:30. I think you have experienced so much today and must be very tired. Why don't you go back and rest for the time being?"
The suggestion hit the mark.
From three o'clock in the morning until now, everyone has been arguing endlessly. If it weren't for the huge inheritance hanging in front of them as a carrot, even the strongest man would not be able to hold on.
Everyone scattered like birds and beasts, and went back to their rooms to rest.
Lawyer Li booked a five-star hotel, and Jian Jing got a room.
Although no one lived there, the villa was fully equipped: a brand new four-piece suit, high-end brand silk pajamas, underwear and eye masks, a travel set from La Mer, and brand new slippers and toiletries.
The nanny even brought yogurt, fruit, and a small bowl of tremella and donkey-hide gelatin soup.
Jian Jing took a hot bath, changed into pajamas, and ate the midnight snack.
Then, she became even hungrier.
A box of yogurt, a small bowl of mango, banana and coconut, and a bowl of tremella, it would be strange if they could fill her up.
Who eats so little?
She was starving.
She turned on her phone, but there was no store in the surrounding area, and the takeout was ten kilometers away.
"Knock, knock," someone knocked on the door.
"Come in," she said briefly.
Jiang Baiyan came in with a plate of midnight snacks: "Want to eat? Spaghetti."
The aroma of tomato sauce and pepper was calling the taste buds, and Jian Jing sat up suddenly: "Where did you get it?"
"I made it." He brought it to her, dragged the shoe-changing stool over and sat down, "There is everything in the villa, but the housekeeper is asleep, so I have to make it myself."
"Then I won't be polite." Jian Jing picked up the fork, rolled up the bright orange noodles, and put it into her mouth.
Carbohydrates went into the stomach, and the fruit yogurt and health desserts were all dregs.
She praised: "Not bad."
"You are hungry." Jiang Baiyan lay on the small tea table, his voice suddenly softened, "Teacher Jingjing, what do you think about the chairman..."
Jian Jing glanced at him and said: "It is impossible to draw a conclusion before the investigation is thorough, but you also realize it. If there is really no problem, the nurses and doctors will not say so." When
a patient is suspected of unnatural death, doctors and nurses are the primary responsible parties. If everything is normal, they should argue.
But no.
What they said is "It is not strange for the chairman to die at any time."
Not strange and no problem are actually two different things.
Jiang Baiyan sighed softly and said self-deprecatingly, "I don't know who did it. It's so ironic."
Jian Jing said while eating, "I already know some of your brothers and sisters. Tell me about your father. What kind of person is he?"
"The chairman..." He thought about it and said pertinently, "He is a very tough person, a dictator, and he doesn't go back on his word. Don't look at Jiang Ou so arrogant. He once called me a 'bastard' in front of the chairman, and the chairman slapped me in the face."
"Oh?" She was a little surprised.
Jiang Baiyan said, "The chairman cares most about the group. Jiang Ou was able to get into the circle with money purely because the chairman didn't let him join the group and thought he was not capable."
Jian Jing turned the fork, thinking.
"Have you really never talked to the chairman alone?" she asked.
Jiang Baiyan made a big grimace: "How is that possible?"
As expected, it was not so easy for the Jiang brothers and sisters to deal with him.
"What did they talk about?" She was curious.
"Actually, we just talked about movies for a while. He said he watched "Hide and Seek" and "Rose Gold" that I shot, and then asked me why I wanted to act." Under the warm yellow wall lamp, Jiang Baiyan's expression became a little unpredictable, as if covered by a layer of illusory filter.
"I said that my grandfather died that year and I had no money to go to school, so I dropped out of school and went to work." Jiang Baiyan said, "I had been planning to apply for a model position at a magazine, but then I saw Director Ding's casting, so I gave it a try, and unexpectedly I got chosen."
"Then what?"
"The pay was 100,000 yuan, so of course I went back to school and took the exam for drama school at the same time." He said as a matter of course, "Although my grades are not very good, my grandfather will beat me if I don't go to college."
Jian Jingbai asked him, "I'm asking you, what happened after you talked to the chairman."
"Well..." He looked up and smiled suddenly, "The chairman said, you are my son too, and I will not leave you behind."
As expected, he still talked about the will.
Jian Jing pondered and said, "What do you think the chairman's will would contain?"
Jiang Baiyan's face fell, "How could I know? I haven't seen him for ten years."
"Stop playing dumb." She slapped him on the shoulder, "I came all the way here to save you, tell me the truth."
Jiang Baiyan looked at him and said, "Yeah, how did you know I was here?"
"Didn't you send a photo?"
"I just wanted to let Sister Chen and Sister Lin know I'm safe," Jiang Baiyan said, "Secretary Fan said that Sister Lin called the group. Once the news of the chairman's serious illness gets out, the group's stock will fall. That's why I posted a circle of friends."
Jian Jing said, "A picture is enough."
Jiang Baiyan grinned, "That's amazing."
Not really. But Jian Jing deliberately didn't clarify and frightened him: "So, if you have done something bad, confess it as soon as possible, otherwise I will find out... Ha," she sneered, "I will go to prison to visit you."
"Family visit... It hurts!" Jiang Baiyan held his pinched cheek and surrendered, "Okay, I'll tell you."
He thought for a while before saying, "To be honest, I really don't know what the chairman will do. Although everyone says that he will not treat any of us unfairly, what does not treating us unfairly mean? The chairman is so rich, if he gives each of us 1 billion, we can live comfortably, but is 1 billion really enough?"
"For ordinary people, 100 million is a lot of money, let alone 1 billion. But everyone in the Jiang family knows that the chairman has so much money. No one will be satisfied with 1 billion."
At this moment, Jiang Baiyan finally revealed his sophisticated pessimism. He said very confidently: "If you don't make a move, it's 1 billion. If you make a move, maybe it's 10 billion, 20 billion, or 50 billion. Everyone has a reason to make a move."
"Anyway, he's going to die." He guessed darkly, "Maybe he thinks it's a good thing to end his suffering."
Jian Jing nodded slightly: "I think your father should have expected this."
Jiang Baiyan: "So that's why you made that weird request?"
"It's obvious that he anticipated that someone might attack him." Jian Jing finished her pasta, opened a bottle of soda water with satisfaction, and drank it slowly, "This is very interesting."
Jiang Baiyan leaned his head and said lazily, "Anyway, I can't guess the chairman's mind."
Jian Jing smiled, "The key to this case lies in the 'mind'."
"I thought solving a case depends on evidence." Jiang Baiyan counted on his fingers, "Just like what you wrote, traces of the agency, the distribution of bloodstains, traces of poisoning on the bones, or the tricks of time or something."
"That's usually the case, but the scene has been destroyed, and the chairman was injecting morphine, so the loss is far from a lethal dose." Jian Jing pinched the muscles at the back of her neck to stretch her bones. "Last night, oh, it should be the night before yesterday, no one should have taken action before 11 o'clock. What happened after 11 o'clock is the key."
He said, "No one will admit that they have been there after 11 o'clock."
"Yes." She said calmly, "But the problem is, more than one person should have been there." "
This is the key to breaking the deadlock." Jian Jing glanced over and smiled, "Have you been there after 11 o'clock?"
"No." Jiang Baiyan said slowly, "But I saw someone go in."
The next morning, Jian Jing got up early and asked the nanny about the whereabouts of the others.
The nanny said, "The eldest has gone to pick up the children. The second and the lawyer left early. The third and the youngest haven't gotten up yet. The boss's wife is here too."
She addressed everyone casually, so Jian Jing asked, "You have worked in the Jiang family for many years, right?"
"Many years." The nanny was in her early fifties, with half of her hair white, but she was capable and energetic. "I used to work in the old house, but later I couldn't do it anymore, so the boss asked me to come here to take care of it and take care of me."
Jian Jing chatted with her, "Miss Jiang Lian has a child?"
The nanny said, "Yes, Xiaonan is in junior high school. She has good grades and is a good person. The boss used to love her the most."
"Xiaonan and Jiang Xue are about the same age, right? Can they be related?"
"The eldest doesn't like the youngest, and the youngest rarely meets the eldest." The nanny shook her head, "It's hard to tell in a wealthy family."
Jian Jing agreed, and then praised her for her good cooking skills, and the porridge she made was fragrant and sticky.
The nanny was getting happier. Like most elderly people, although she had no worries about food and clothing and a leisurely job in the Jiang family, few people were willing to listen to her long speeches.
The boss had passed away, and she was happy to say more: "The boss is very generous. He gives red envelopes during the New Year and other festivals. There is nothing wrong with people like us, but he is too strict with the children. Alas, it's also because he has too much money. He is afraid that after he dies, the children will not live up to expectations and ruin the family business."
"But I heard that Miss Jiang Lian is very capable. Isn't the chairman satisfied with her?"
"The boss doesn't like the man she found." The nanny said mysteriously, "She said that he is not a good guy at first glance, and he only has his eyes on money. The eldest son has been shrewd all his life, but he was taken advantage of by that man."
Jian Jing suddenly realized: "Is he afraid that the family property will be swindled by that man?"
The nanny nodded and whispered: "Originally, the boss said that the youngest daughter should have the surname Jiang, but the eldest son lost his mind and insisted that he was the only son there, and he wanted to have another one with the surname Jiang in the future. As a result, he was so busy that he didn't even have a chance to have a second child. The boss scolded her several times."
"What about the second child? Is Jiang Qi married?"
The nanny sighed and hesitated to speak.
"He doesn't want to get married?" Jian Jing asked tentatively, "Or..."
The nanny was heartbroken and sad: "The second child is good in everything and has been sensible since he was a child. I didn't expect it to be him."
Jian Jing's heart moved: "He doesn't like women?"
The nanny nodded with difficulty. She has traditional ideas. What is more difficult for her to accept than not getting married is naturally not liking the opposite sex: "I remember a few years ago, when I was still working in my hometown, the second child said that he wanted to go to the United States to marry a man. His father was so angry that he threatened that if he dared to go, he would not be considered a member of the Jiang family."
"Then what?"
"The second child was stubborn and refused to break up with someone. Who knew that the man was not a good person and ran away with a woman later." The nanny shared the same hatred, "The second child never talked about marriage again. Now he has no girlfriend and doesn't look for anyone else. I feel anxious for him when I see it."
"That's right." Jian Jing sighed meaninglessly for a while, then changed the subject, "Where's the third child?"
The nanny was helpless: "He likes the little star in the play. It would be fine if he got married properly, but he's always playing around and has no stability. One moment he buys a plane, the next he wants to invest, and he only knows how to ask his father for money."
She sighed again and shook her head: "It's difficult for the boss too."
Jian Jing took note and asked: "Where's the youngest child?"
"She's spoiled very much." The nanny said in three words, "Older women are different."
Jian Jing asked the last question: "So, where's Mrs. Jiang?"