Secret Past (4)
Yan Ming was sitting in the chair, sweating profusely. Jiang Shuiying seemed to be still staring at him through the phone screen. His hand trembled and he threw the phone on the desk.
Impossible…Impossible!
The knife was so deep and the mountain was so high, how could she still be alive!
And, if she's still alive, doesn't that mean...
Are they all still alive?!
Yan Ming clenched his fists and placed them on the table. His hands were shaking and his mind was in a mess.
No, I'm Yan Ming, not some Li Ming! Whether they live or die has nothing to do with me!
As long as we stick to this point, no one will be able to uncover this case!
No one can hurt me, no one can hurt me!
He huddled in the chair and waited until he calmed down before getting up. He then called Yan Ying, who was still sleeping, and woke her up.
"Hello? Bro?"
"Why are you calling me so late? Aren't you supposed to be asleep?"
Yan Ming calmed himself down and told Yan Ying what he was thinking.
"Yan Ying, something happened at the company. Tomorrow, secretly go to Director Guo and find out what happened. If he doesn't want to see you, dig up the account book issue."
"I'll be busy these few days. If anything happens to me, you must help me get to the bottom of it! Especially Jiang Shuiying!"
After Yan Ming finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for a response from the other party and began to order his men to track down Jiang Shuiying's whereabouts.
But Yan Ming stayed in the study for a little too long. By the time Yan Ming sent someone out to chase him, Jiang Shuiying had already sat down in a bar deep in an alley in the city.
The location of this bar is not very good. The area is not busy and the road is not easy to drive, but there are many customers inside.
Jiang Shuiying had not been sitting at the bar for long when someone came out and walked up to her, whispering something in her ear. Then Jiang Shuiying stood up, turned left and right, and walked into a room in the corner.
This was an office, and inside was a woman with short black hair, her back facing her.
This woman is the owner of this bar, You Ziyin.
"Coming?"
Jiang Shuiying nodded, and without hesitation, she said straight to the point:
"Where's what I want?"
You Ziyin turned around and pushed a small bottle in front of her.
"This stuff will turn into red marks if you apply it to your skin with water. Give some to the orphanage."
"Do you still have the scar patch I gave you before?"
Jiang Shuiying nodded, took the small bottle and thanked him.
"I've done what I need to do here. The rest depends on them."
"What about you?"
You Ziyin rubbed his brows, it seemed that this matter was a bit tricky.
"Before, Zhong Yun had no trouble finding me. I also gave him a hint, and he also found Director Guo."
"But someone on Director Guo's side leaked the information and cleared himself of all charges."
"Anyway, let's stick to our previous plan. Did you get the divorce agreement?"
Jiang Shuiying unfolded the two pieces of paper in her pocket in front of You Ziyin, on which were written the words "Divorce Agreement" in large letters.
You Ziyin walked over to her and patted her shoulder.
"Well done, go and rest first. I've reserved a room for you upstairs."
Jiang Shuiying took the paper back and put it back where it belonged.
"Thank you very much."
***
On the day of Yan Ming's death, at Yan's house.
Yan Ming was extremely nervous and barely slept the entire night. After daybreak, he hurried to the basement, opened the secret door to make sure the things inside were still there, and then hurried upstairs to change his clothes and go to the company.
But when Yan Ming came to the cloakroom and opened the wardrobe, he found that all his formal clothes were gone. There were only some casual clothes and the clothes that Jiang Shuiying didn't take away.
Yan Ming suddenly became furious and stood in the open space and shouted at the people downstairs.
"Butler! Butler!"
"Where are my clothes?"
The butler came over after hearing the news, holding a suit in his hand, and explained with sweat on his forehead:
"Master, today is maintenance day. All your previous suits have been sent to the store for maintenance..."
"You're wearing this today?"
The butler was holding a black suit, which Yan Ming did not like very much. He stared at the butler with a sharp look, full of distrust.
"Maintenance day? I didn't know there was a maintenance day!"
The butler trembled with fear, bowed his head respectfully and explained again:
"Your clothes have always been kept by... your husband... Miss Jiang. She also personally takes care of them. Today is indeed a maintenance day."
Yan Ming looked at the time and thought it was more important to go to the company. He grabbed the clothes from the housekeeper's hand and went back to the room, glaring at the housekeeper fiercely.
"I'll fire you when I get back!"
Yan Ming was in such a hurry that he put on his clothes hastily and came to Yan's. He did not notice that the housekeeper had put a piece of paper folded into a square in the inside pocket of his suit.
Everyone in the Yan family was in a panic. After seeing Yan Ming enter the company with an unhappy look on his face, everyone became more certain that something had happened to the company.
The male secretary was holding documents and standing in the exclusive elevator lobby with Yan Ming. Seeing that his expression was not right, he asked with concern what was wrong.
In order to avoid suspicion, Yan Ming did not answer the male secretary directly.
"Nothing, I might go look for Zhu Zhi later, so please bring me the drinks I ordered first."
Seeing Yan Ming like this, the male secretary didn't ask any more questions. He just nodded and the two of them returned to the office floor.
At the moment the male secretary ordered the fruit and vegetable juice, two streets away from Yan's, the bookstore manager Qu Qing greeted the staff and went to the dessert shop she often went to.
The owner made the glass of fruit and vegetable juice. The bell at the door rang and Qu Qing pushed open the door and walked in.
"Miss Qu, you're here. Your order is at the bar, take it yourself!"
"Okay, then I'll find it myself."
Qu Qing was rummaging on the bar, a small green pill between his thin, fair fingers.
It's not poison, it's just concentrated kale powder.
The outer seal was intact, but the juice itself was sealed with a transparent coffee drinking cap. Qu Qing searched for it with one hand and used his little finger with the other hand to pry open the straw mouth. With a plop, he threw the small tablet in his hand into the juice. The green tablet melted into the green liquid and no one could see it.
The process was extremely fast. When the delivery man behind him hurried in, Qu Qing had already picked up his things and was walking back. Seeing that the delivery man had taken the wrong thing, he kindly reminded him.
Qu Qing walked slowly to the corner of the street. After the delivery man walked away, she curled the corners of her mouth imperceptibly and returned to the store with the sugar water.
In another block, in Zhu Zhi's agency, Zhu Zhi was trying to persuade her agent to change her schedule.
"Sister, please let me go to another place to shoot this time!"
"Going to City A to shoot will definitely be better than shooting here, and the scenery there is so beautiful, the photos will definitely turn out well!"
Zhu Zhi's announcement today was to shoot a commercial for her own company. Not long after she became famous, she suddenly changed her schedule, which gave her agent a headache.
But the agent looked up at the sky and found that the weather in City G was indeed not very good.
Seeing hope, Zhu Zhi pursued the victory.
"Besides, isn't my next announcement going to City A? It's just perfect that I can stay there after filming, so I don't have to run back and forth. Kill two birds with one stone, right?"
Although the agent was very annoyed by her, he thought what Zhu Zhi said made sense, so he finally changed the location of Zhu Zhi's announcement.
"You have to treat me to a meal!"
Zhu Zhi agreed readily, took her cell phone to the terrace and called Yan Ming.
Yan Ming was busy in the office, thinking about how to revive the company, while at the same time fearing that Jiang Shuiying would suddenly come back and report him.
Yan Ming could no longer find any trace of Jiang Shuiying. This woman had completely disappeared from his sight.
Moreover, Yan Ying just sent a message saying that she had found Director Guo, but she refused to see him and did not give him any chance to explain.
Yan Ming began to panic, fearing that all his years of hard work would be wasted.
His thoughts began to drift to the past, and the images of those children in that house appeared in his mind.
The situation was so urgent at the time that there were no photos or videos, so Yan Ming could only search based on his memory.
"How many people were in the house at the time?"
"If Jiang Shuiying is alive, does that mean they are all alive?"
Yan Ming was feeling upset when there was a knock on the door. Seeing that the person coming was a male secretary with juice in his hand, Yan Ming raised his chin towards Chao's office and motioned him to put it on the coffee table. The male secretary did as he was told and walked out.
During the entire process, Yan Ming only glanced at the male secretary and then withdrew his attention.
A phone call happened to come in at this moment, and the caller ID showed it was Zhu Zhi.
Zhu Zhi is interesting and Yan Ming likes her very much. The lovely lover happens to soothe his restless heart at this time.
Everything seemed normal. Yan Ming went to the terrace to get some fresh air, holding the phone, and lit a cigarette before answering the call.
"Hello, Zhu Zhi?"
Normally, Zhu Zhi's excited voice would be heard at this moment, but today was unusual. The other side was silent for more than twenty seconds before speaking in an unusually cold voice that Yan Ming had never heard before.
"do you remember me?"
Yan Ming was stunned. Isn't this the same text message that had been harassing him before?
"What did you say?"
"I said, do you remember me?"
"Yan Ming, how long have we been together?"
"What do you want to say?"
Yan Ming is now on the verge of a mental breakdown and he has no intention of playing this kind of game with Zhu Zhi.
"Zhu Zhi, what on earth are you doing?!"
The person on the other side chuckled, ignored Yan Ming's anger, and continued talking.
"It's been three months, and you haven't realized that I look exactly like one of the girls you killed before?"
"It's not just me. Those people you thought you killed are actually not dead. Tell me, if we unite to report you, will your Yan family still have room for recovery?"
"Yan Ming, you are really too arrogant and too stupid."
The person on the other end hung up the phone without waiting for Yan Ming to respond, leaving Yan Ming alone on the terrace, his hands trembling and his chest heaving violently.
Yan Ming's brain was a little out of order at this moment. He stood on the terrace. It was summer, but he felt extremely cold.
Impossible, they can't still be alive. I'm Yan Ming, not Li Ming. Those things have nothing to do with me...
Impossible, impossible...
Yan Ming's face was pale and he walked back to the office with unsteady steps. He sat on the sofa. His back and chest were soaked.
He swallowed dazedly.
He was in high spirits from last night until now, but he realized that he had not drunk a drop of water.
The glass of juice on the table, which had already begun to emit cold water droplets, was quietly placed in front of Yan Ming.
Yan Ming gasped, took it and drank it all in one gulp.
Yan Ming felt that the juice tasted terrible right after he finished drinking it, but ten minutes later, Yan Ming suddenly felt dizzy and began to have difficulty breathing.
His face flushed red and he wanted to stand up and call for help, but when his hand touched the door handle, his brain stopped working due to lack of oxygen.
Yan Ming died in his office.
By the time his secretary discovered the situation and called the police, Yan Ming had already died. The police discovered his will in his chest pocket, with his signature and fingerprints. After handwriting analysis, the police discovered it had been signed a month earlier, and in the will, Yan Ming had bequeathed all his property to Jiang Shuiying.
Jiang Shuiying became the largest shareholder of Yan's overnight.
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