This young girl wrapped herself tightly in a hat and mask.
"You?" His tone was full of suspicion. "Are you the special consultant for the police?"
Xia Zhining nodded calmly.
Jiang Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "I only know that there is a specially hired crime-solving expert named Xia Zheng in Jiangcheng."
"He helped me solve a transnational fraud case in my early years. But he relied on the Xia family's extensive network of contacts and accurate judgment of the situation."
His eyes swept over Xia Zhining. "You are also specially hired? But it seems... you are alone, without even an assistant."
Xia Zhining's eyes shone brightly beneath the brim of his hat. "Without an assistant, he can still become a specially-appointed consultant. Don't you think he's more valuable than Xia Zheng?"
Jiang Yuan was startled when he heard this: "You are quite articulate, girl."
He waved his hand and said, "As long as you find out the truth within a day, you can clear Jiang Yuan's name!"
He took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, then said in a deep voice, "Our group has poured so much effort into building this super flagship store. It will be live-streamed online and offline at 9 a.m. tomorrow. It's 2 p.m. now, so you still have 19 hours."
He looked at Xia Zhining sharply and put forward a condition: "Listen, before nine o'clock tomorrow morning, for every hour you solve the case early, I will reward you with an extra 100,000!"
A bonus of 100,000 for every hour of advance?
Xia Zhining did quick mental calculations.
If she could solve the case within two hours, wouldn't she get 1.7 million? This figure shocked her heart.
What made her feel even more bizarre was that when Mr. Wu was in a coma, his children were only busy preparing to fight for the inheritance, and the one who came to seek the truth at a huge cost was actually his mortal enemy.
However, there is really nothing that can be done for Mr. Jiang, this innocent man. If he continues to bear the hat of "number one suspect", the damage to the brand reputation and stock price of his "Jiang's Food" will be more than just a few million.
Just as Xia Zhining was concentrating on thinking, she suddenly felt something furry rubbing against her ankle.
She looked down and saw the majestic King Li Zhi.
King Li Xi raised his head, his cat eyes gleaming with energy: [Woman, I have found that Egyptian!]
It swung its tail and said helplessly, "But that guy was so scared that he hid in the corner and refused to come out."
Upon hearing this, Xia Zhining immediately followed King Li Xi through the corridor and came to a secluded small Xi Garden.
In the deepest part of the vine-covered trellis, she indeed saw a slender tail with unique agouti patterns, sweeping nervously across the ground.
Seeing this, King Li Zhi stepped forward, stretched out his paw, and gently pressed down the restless tail:
[Hey, Egyptian guy inside, stop hiding!]
[The police advisor is here, and she's here to help you.]
[Come out and tell us if you've seen any clues. Help catch the bad guys who've hurt you, and you won't have to tremble in fear all day!]
But who would have thought that the Abyssinian cat hiding at the bottom of the frame did not come out after hearing what King Li said. Instead, it shrank even tighter into the corner.
Even the exposed tail was quickly rolled into the gap, and the whole cat disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Xia Zhining was stunned: "This little guy... is he afraid of the police?"
Seeing this, King Li Xi slapped the ground impatiently with the tip of his tail. He moved closer to the gap and said in a low voice, "threateningly":
[If you don't come out, I'll contact the stray cats in the wetland park and ask you for protection money!]
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rustling noise from under the frame.
The beautiful Abyssinian cat crawled out tremblingly. When it raised its eyes and saw Xia Zhining, all its fur trembled.
Then, the cat put its two front paws together like a human, stretched them straight in front of Xia Zhining, and said in a crying voice:
[Officer, officer...I confess.]
[I’m the one who killed this person. You… you can arrest me. Wuwuwu…]
Xia Zhining was completely stunned: "...Ah?"
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