The old live-in nanny has a lot of information.
The eldest, Jiang Lian, is not favored by his father for her marriage. The second, Jiang Qi, has a dispute with his father over his sexual orientation. The third, Jiang Qi's uncertain attitude obviously makes the chairman lack trust in him.
They all have their own problems, so what about Mrs. Jiang?
The nanny doesn't want to say.
Jian Jing smiled and deliberately asked a romantic question: "Are they in love?"
The nanny immediately showed a funny expression, half persuading and half joking: "You are still young and don't understand this. A young woman marries an old man. The man wants to be served, and the woman wants money. How can there be any love or not?"
"I thought the chairman married Mrs. Jiang because he liked her very much." Jian Jing said.
The nanny said, "The boss is not interested in this. His wife is a good woman. She is very polite to us and the elderly and children. She is more like a mother than the previous boss's wife."
"What kind of person was the previous boss's wife?"
The past events emerged frame by frame, and the nanny fell into recollection: "She and the boss jointly opened a company. She was rarely at home. I was originally introduced to take care of her during the confinement period, but I ended up taking care of the child. She went back to work as soon as she was out of confinement. She was very capable and shrewd, a little calculating, and too strong-willed. She insisted on taking that flight to go abroad, and the result... Alas."
"Have the children mentioned her?"
"Of course not." The nanny said quickly, "The eldest brothers didn't want to invite the wife in at first, for fear that she would take away the family money. The third brother always said that this was a company started by the boss's wife and the boss, so why should they give it to outsiders, so there was no wedding."
Jian Jing understood.
The three brothers and sisters of the Jiang family obviously believed that Jiangshui Group was founded by their biological mother and father, so they should inherit it. Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Xue, a mistress and an illegitimate daughter, could share a little bit of money, but it was unacceptable to let them share the core group shares.
And Mrs. Jiang married the chairman, of course, not out of love. She could tolerate it at ordinary times, but it was absolutely impossible to tolerate it when it came to the distribution of inheritance.
She had an idea in her mind and asked about other people in the villa.
According to the nanny, in addition to the Jiang family and her, Secretary Fan, Nurse Yu and Nurse Jiang all live here. During the day, Doctor Tao, Lawyer Cai, the driver and the cook come to work.
Jian Jing asked, "Were Secretary Fan and Nurse Jiang also here the night before yesterday?"
"Yes."
She wanted to talk to Secretary Fan first, but he seemed to be sent out by Jiang Lian to contact the funeral, so she had to ask Nurse Jiang first.
Nurse Jiang is the nurse hired by the chairman to take care of him. She is a 25-year-old woman with a beautiful appearance. She is usually responsible for taking care of the chairman's daily life.
Jian Jing asked, "How long have you been taking care of the chairman?"
"Half a year ago," Nurse Jiang replied awkwardly, "When the chairman's stomach cancer relapsed." Jian
Jing slowed down her tone and asked, "Did the chairman say anything to you a few days before he passed away? Or, did you hear him scold anyone?"
Nurse Jiang was silent.
"Anything is fine, let's just chat." Jian Jing tried to lower her guard as much as possible.
After a long while, the girl said, "A lot of people."
"He scolded a lot of people?"
"He thinks..." She raised her eyes and glanced at Jian Jing. After receiving an encouraging look, she said, "He thinks his children are hoping that he will die soon."
Jian Jing was surprised: "Why?"
"The chairman thinks that none of them can manage Jiangshui Group well." Nurse Jiang said, "Miss Jiang Lian wanted to join the board of directors several times, but was stopped by the chairman. He also scolded her for looking forward to others."
"Anything else?"
Nurse Jiang thought for a while, and then said, "The chairman seems to have told someone that he is afraid that his wife will remarry after his death and the money will go into someone else's pocket, so he will not give her shares, but his wife has always wanted to join the group."
Jian Jing seemed to be thinking about it. This was another clear clue of a will.
"Has anyone else experienced this?"
Nurse Jiang said, "Miss Jian, cancer patients are suffering all the time. In the past six months, the chairman's health has been getting worse and worse. He is particularly sensitive to death, and the slightest action can make him very angry."
She confessed, "I don't think it makes sense for you to ask this."
"Then let's talk about the night before last." Jian Jing got started and brought the topic to the point.
"You know that many people came into his room that day. Do you remember the chairman's mood?"
Nurse Jiang recalled for a long time before saying, "At 9:30, the chairman asked me to get him something. He didn't look very good at the time."
Jian Jing flipped through the book. 21:30, wasn't that after Jiang Xue left?
"What did he say?"
"Something about my daughter being too immature. Even now, she's still thinking about money. I've never let her down by a penny." Nurse Jiang said.
Jian took note.
"You should have seen the chairman before he fell asleep, right? How was he at that time?"
Nurse Jiang said, "He was a little tired and had difficulty breathing. Nurse Yu gave him an injection, and he looked much better. I waited until he fell asleep peacefully before leaving."
"What time was that?"
"Ten minutes at most, the chairman falls asleep very quickly."
Jian Jing asked, "Where do you stay at night?"
"Nurse Yu and I take turns to stay with him at night these two days. It was her turn the day before yesterday, and I slept in the guest room." Nurse Jiang explained very clearly, "At around three o'clock, the alarm suddenly sounded, and I hurried over and saw Nurse Yu doing cardiac resuscitation on the chairman."
Jian Jing raised her eyebrows, "So, you were the second person to arrive at the scene?"
Nurse Jiang nodded.
"Tell me about the scene at that time," she said, "What did you see when you entered the room for the first time?"
Nurse Jiang immediately said, "The chairman's face was blue, Nurse Yu was doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the monitoring instrument kept ringing, it was very harsh."
"Is there anything particularly strange?"
Nurse Jiang hesitated, "There were several broken injection bottles on the ground. I wonder if Nurse Yu was too anxious and knocked things over."
"There were glass fragments on the ground when you entered? Are you sure?"
"I remember it very clearly. The fragments almost pierced my slippers." she said.
Jian Jing made another note: "Who came after you?"
Nurse Jiang frowned, revealing a look of reminiscence: "It seemed to be Jiang Qi, I didn't pay much attention to it, everyone was very nervous at the time, not knowing whether he could be saved, and didn't pay attention to other people."
"Is that so..." she thought, "Is there anything else that you are more concerned about?"
Nurse Jiang hesitated, and just as she was about to speak, the door of the small restaurant was pushed open, and Secretary Fan walked in: "Miss Jian is looking for me?"
As she asked, she glanced at Nurse Jiang, her eyebrows slightly wrinkled.
"Yes, wait until I finish asking Miss Jiang." Jian Jing said.
"I have nothing else to say." Nurse Jiang stood up and gave up her seat, taking the opportunity to ask, "Secretary Fan, the chairman has passed away, do I need to stay here any longer?"
Secretary Fan nodded.
"Well, I hope it will be over soon." She turned and left the room.
Jian Jing began to question Secretary Fan.
"Were you here the night before yesterday?"
"Yes, I have always had a guest room at the Jiang family, and the chairman may have some temporary instructions." Unlike the strict and cautious lawyer Cai, Secretary Fan's tone was also strict, but more tactful.
He seemed to have realized that the chairman had passed away, and the next boss might be one of the children of the Jiang family, so even if it was the most unlikely Jiang Baiyan, he released a certain amount of goodwill.
"The day before yesterday, I went to bed very early and didn't hear any noise. I was called up later."
Jian Jing said, "The chairman met with each of his children that day. How much do you know about this?"
Secretary Fan pushed his glasses and said thoughtfully, "The chairman doesn't have much time left. It's normal for him to want to spend more time with his children."
"But I heard that the process was not pleasant." "
The chairman is just like that. He never said soft words. In the end, he wanted to give a few instructions, which sounded like a lecture."
Secretary Fan said sincerely, "Miss Jian, think about it. What's the point of a dying person scolding his children? He must have given them a few more instructions. Unfortunately, several young masters and young ladies misunderstood his meaning and thought he would control them in the end." "Tsk.
" The rotating fountain pen tapped against the knuckles. Jian Jing said, "I don't quite understand. As far as I know, the chairman has a tough style. He wants to take control of the initiative before he takes his last breath. It's in line with his temperament."
"Well, that's true." Secretary Fan explained, "What I mean is that although the chairman thinks that he can act according to his own will in the end, he also understands his own body. The ultimate goal is to hope that everyone is well."
Jian Jing did not comment, but asked, "Then, who is the chairman most worried about?"
Secretary Fan said, "Xiaoxue and Jiang Ou. One is still young and the other is unstable. I must worry more about them."
"What about the next generation? Miss Jiang Lian has a child, doesn't she?"
Secretary Fan sighed, "When the little girl was just born, the chairman loved her very much and even prepared shares for her, but in the past two years..." He shook his head, "After all, she is a person from another family, we have to be on guard."
"Miss Jiang Lian works in the group. Is she the tacit successor to the people in the group?"
Secretary Fan hesitated and nodded, "Yes. However, there are also some traditional people who are optimistic about President Qi, but he has been helping the chairman deal with overseas affairs in the past few years and has not been in the group much."
"Water, energy or communications?"
"Communications." Secretary Fan replied, "Water was in the 2000s, and energy was about 10 years ago. You can see that the chairman pays more attention to traditional industries, and communications was planned after President Qi came back.
"To be honest, the chairman was not interested in this kind of high-tech stuff at first. In order to convince him, President Qi designed a set of identification system for the group to improve the coordination efficiency of various departments. The chairman then took out a large sum of money to acquire the American telecommunications company.
"This was handled by President Qi himself. I think this part is undoubtedly given to him."
Jian Jing asked: "Then who do you think wanted the water business in the conversation that Jiang Xue heard?"
Secretary Fan kept silent.
"Don't be nervous."
She smiled, and her calm face suddenly became bright and vivid: "We are just chatting about our feelings, not asking you to reveal any secrets. Besides, you have worked for the chairman for so many years, and you can't bear to see him die in a muddle."
In fact, the more times you ask for confessions, the more you can get the pulse of different types of people.
Some people are honest and willing to cooperate with the work; some people have to deliberately say something that they don't agree with in order to elicit their true thoughts; and some are like Secretary Fan, who can't get over a hurdle in their hearts for some reason, and they must be given a reason to convince themselves before they can let go of their scruples.
Secretary Fan's lips moved, and his attitude softened in silence: "President Lian's energy is in the group, and his wife knows very little about foreign investment."
The implication is Jiang Qi or Jiang Ou.
Since Jiang Qi is almost certain about the communication, the probability of him taking away the water supply is a little lower than Jiang Ou.
Jian Jing nodded: "I'm done asking."
There was still time, so she decided to return to the crime scene to see if she could find more clues.
The body had been sent to the funeral home, and the broken glass on the ground had been cleaned up by the diligent aunt. However, the medicine box was still there. Jian Jing counted it specially. There were two left in a box of ten.
Doctor Tao used one, and at eleven o'clock, Nurse Yu knocked out one, and the other six were broken.
60 mg is enough to cause acute poisoning.
"Interesting, but why?" She murmured to herself.
The bedroom is not big, and the instruments take up at least half of it, but they are basically piled on the left side. Jian Jing recalled the scene she saw when she came in last time. The chairman was clearly lying on the right side of the bed.
Could it be... She put on gloves, lifted the quilt on the bed, and felt around inch by inch.
This was a mahogany bed, in typical Chinese style, with exquisite carvings, and obviously worth a lot of money. But no matter how expensive it was, it couldn't change one fact - a bed with many carvings was difficult to clean and easily accumulated dust.
A thin layer of dust fell on the area between the bed and the bedside table, but there was one place that was very clean.
She reached out and gently broke it off.
A secret door popped out from under the edge of the bed, revealing a small all-metal safe.