After so many days of investigation, Lao Ma finally found some clues.
To Lu Yi's surprise, he neither called him nor went to the Fan family to find him. Instead, he went to the reception room of the Fan Group and started drinking coffee.
"What, is the coffee here good?"
Lu Yi joked, sat down at his desk, and quickly buried himself in a large stack of documents.
Only after he finished signing the last document, connected to the internal line, and had his secretary take it away did Old Ma sit up from the sofa and stretch.
“Our colleagues managed to visit everyone connected to Daniel and actually found something.”
Lu Yi placed his untouched cup of coffee in front of him.
He said something unrelated to the case, "This coffee tastes really good. I'll have someone get you a few more boxes and give them to Lao Wen for me."
Old Ma stared at him for a few moments.
Seeing that Lu Yi wouldn't meet his gaze, he couldn't hold back any longer.
He took a file folder from his bag on the sofa and tossed it onto the large mahogany coffee table.
"I knew you wouldn't act until you saw the profit. Did you think I was just trying to trick you into giving me a few boxes of coffee without any proof?"
Lu Yi frowned slightly.
He picked up the file folder, loosened the sealing rope circle by circle, took out the documents, looked at them, put them back untouched, and sealed it up.
Old Ma picked up his warm coffee and drank it all in one gulp. "So, what do you think?"
Lu Yi got up and went to his desk, made a phone call, and gave instructions in a cold voice.
"Xiao Yuan, go to the purchasing department and get two cases of coffee. Put them in my car!"
The transaction is complete.
Lu Yi sat back down opposite Lao Ma, raised his eyelids slightly, and said, "You guys are professionals, I wouldn't dare to show off my limited skills before an expert!"
Old Ma was taken aback.
"Just say it! Wen Jialiang released me so I could hear your thoughts. If you're going to just brush me off like this, I really can't do this job!"
Lu Yi dared not say that he possessed firsthand materials that exceeded Lao Ma's imagination.
But judging from his evasive expression, it was clear that he had encountered a tricky problem this time.
Putting aside Daniel's murder case, the overseas lead should be completely lost.
At the time, all fingers pointed directly at the Huo family.
Huo Jingxi skillfully evaded responsibility, revealing his identity as an instructor in the Black Owl organization and passing the hot potato back to Lao Ma's team.
Gu Huaibei, however, used public relations strategies to fight fire with fire, turning the crisis into nothing.
Lu Yi's "murder" suspicion was completely cleared of any suspicion thanks to Fan Shenglun's doting attitude.
Once imprisoned, Wang Da knew nothing about the situation.
He's stubborn as a mule and hasn't uttered a single useful word yet.
If Wen Jialiang hadn't kept bringing up this case, Lao Ma would have really quit.
"Since you know that this Wu Si last spoke to Daniel on the phone, why don't you ask him?"
It's all written clearly in the file.
Wu Si, 38 years old, unemployed, is Daniel's neighbor and admitted to making a phone call to Daniel.
What was the content of the call?
Old Ma sighed sadly, "Didn't you see the part in parentheses? 'Where is he?'"
"As they kept asking him questions, the kid said he needed to pee, and then he disappeared and never came back. We still don't know if he's alive or dead."
Lu Yi did see them, but he deliberately ignored them.
He frowned. "So the trail still hasn't been broken?"
Old Ma was speechless, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
He casually picked up his coffee cup, tilted his head back, and used the bottom of the cup to hide his panic.
"Alright, Uncle Ma, stop pretending. Just tell me what you need me to do!"
Lu Yi treated Lao Ma as an elder in his family, but he also maintained a sense of principled boundaries.
Old Ma's profession is special, and Lu Yi will never ask questions unless he takes the initiative to speak, just so as not to put him in a difficult position.
However, this case has far-reaching implications.
Even experienced investigators like Lao Ma were at a loss, so Lu Yi had to show some resolve.
He stood up, put his hands in his pockets, and walked slowly.
The fact that I went to Fuyun Mountain cannot be kept secret.
Gong Che knew this early on because he had kept an eye on the Huo family.
Old Ma's tongue was trembling with difficulty as he struggled to speak, which meant something unusual must have happened on Mount Fuyun, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to come all this way.
"You've been to Fuyun Mountain, haven't you?"
Old Ma's question did not surprise Lu Yi.
"Yes, when I was kidnapped, a friend of mine unfortunately fell into the water. It's presumed she reached the shore near Fuyun Mountain, so..."
Lu Yi's gaze was far-reaching, as if he could see the Floating Cloud Mountain hidden among the trees through the floor-to-ceiling window in front of him.
Old Ma stood beside him, turning his head to look at his profile.
"Lu Yi, I will not doubt you, even if one day, irrefutable evidence is placed right under my nose..."
“I will defend you, and even tell everyone that you must have had your own reasons for doing this.”
"But, the biggest mistake you ever made was jumping into this pit of desperation. How can I explain it to you so you understand?"
After letting out the words that had been bottled up inside him, Old Ma felt much more relaxed, and his face no longer looked so bad.
This case, which involves almost several powerful families in Fengcheng, Jiangzhou, has been transformed from a poisoning case into a frame-up through the Gu family's indirect public relations efforts.
Wen Jialiang took the opportunity to get rid of the case files and handed them over to the criminal investigation team.
He also suggested that Lao Ma shift the focus of his work, both domestically and internationally, to the goods themselves, and see if he could catch a big fish.
Seeing how easily Lu Yi handled things, Lao Ma also had this plan.
But just yesterday, an anonymous package suddenly appeared on Wen Jialiang's desk.
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