Chapter 75
Xie Rongcheng, 58 years old, is from Mawei Village, Xingsha County, Xiangcheng. He was a college student in the 1980s, but he was not satisfied with the status quo when he was young. In the 1990s, he resigned from his public office and went to work in the south. Seizing the opportunity, he worked with others in real estate and earned his first pot of gold. Later, he went to Hong Kong to develop his career, and got involved in real estate, finance, and logistics industries, and he was able to gain a firm foothold in the Hong Kong business community. After 2001, Xie Rongcheng seized the opportunity of the rapid economic development of the mainland and returned to invest in and develop multiple real estate projects. His assets expanded exponentially and his business territory further expanded. Now, although he is not as wealthy as those wealthy people who have lived for generations, he is already a well-known figure among Hong Kong businessmen.
When Xie Rongcheng was in his 20s, he married a wife in his hometown who was a university teacher and had a daughter. After he went south to work, the couple spent less time together. Five years later, the two divorced and the daughter went to the wife.
Today, Xie Rongcheng's first wife has retired and has been living in Xiangcheng with her remarried husband, who is also a university professor. They also had a son. Both children are very successful. The daughter is studying for a doctorate and the son is a graduate student. However, the simple and down-to-earth life trajectory of this family seems to have nothing to do with billionaire Xie Rongcheng.
When Xie Rongcheng was 35 years old, he married another wife in Hong Kong. At that time, he had already made a lot of money and married an unknown female artist. They had a son. Ten years later, when their only son was 10 years old, the couple divorced. Surprisingly, Xie Rongcheng didn't want this son either. He had a very tight control over his property, and through some unknown means he managed to successfully divorce the mother and son by just giving them a sum of money. This caused a lot of discussion outside, and people said that this son was definitely not his own.
Two years after the divorce, his second wife was arrested by the police and imprisoned for drug use and drug trafficking. His son went to study in the UK and never returned to Hong Kong.
Eight years ago, in 2016, when Xie Rongcheng was 50 years old, he was diagnosed with early-stage liver cancer. Later, he brought his younger brothers and sisters from his hometown to Hong Kong and joined the management of Huading Group.
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After reading Xie Rongcheng's basic information, Li Qingyao had some guesses in his mind. For example, could it be that Liu Tingmei and he were from the same hometown, which led him to help her? Also, Xie Rongcheng created so much wealth in most of his life, but when he was old, he was suffering from a terminal illness, his wife and children left him, and he was alone, so he adopted Liu Tingmei as his adopted daughter. What story is hidden in this?
You will know everything only after meeting Xie Rongcheng. ◎
When Li Qingyao and Xia Yongze drove to the sanatorium on the outskirts of Jiangcheng, the results of Xie Xinrui's expedited DNA comparison came out.
Her DNA completely matched the DNA found in the bloodstains in the cabin, and her kinship with Liu Tingmei's parents was 99.99%.
The police also found several golden wigs in her home, all made of real hair. One of them matched the broken hair in the cabin exactly.
Xie Xinrui is Liu Tingmei, and she is also the owner of the pistol that killed Qian Chengfeng and attempted to murder Luo Long in the cabin.
Ye Songming's diary mentioned that she was "tall and thin". It has been confirmed that Xie Xinrui is 171cm tall. On the day of the murder of Qian Chengfeng, she must have worn large-size shoes to confuse the police. The stride length corresponding to her height is also consistent with the police's calculations.
She had the financial resources and channels to support her criminal plan and purchase a pistol. She is the serial killer the police are looking for.
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The sanatorium is very large and is built around a lake. Xie Rongcheng lives alone in a small building inside it.
Li Qingyao and his companion followed the staff and drove to the front of the building. They drank tea and waited for a while on the first floor. Then they saw a foreign doctor and a female nurse coming down the elevator pushing Xie Rongcheng in a wheelchair.
Li Qingyao looked at Xie Rongcheng carefully. He has lost a lot of weight compared to a few months ago. The last time we met, he seemed energetic and elegant. Now, he looked a bit old and sick, with a pale and dull face, many more wrinkles, and swollen and dark bags under his eyes.
Without waiting for them to speak, Xie Rongcheng looked up at Li Qingyao and said with a smile: "Miss Li, may I have the honor to accompany me for a walk alone?"
Li Qingyao nodded to Xia Yongze, indicating that he should stay here. Xie Rongcheng said to the nurse: "You stay too."
The nurse hesitated, and Xie Rongcheng said, "This is a police comrade. It's safer for me to be with her than with you."
Li Qingyao replied: "I'm fine. But I don't know anything about medicine. If you need anything, I'm afraid I can't take care of you."
"It's okay. We won't go far, just where they can see us. And my condition has been stable these days, so I'll be fine."
There is a greenway by the lake. The sun is shining brightly and the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold. The sparkling lake water, like a soft mirror, lay at their feet. Li Qingyao pushed Xie Rongcheng and walked slowly. He looked at the surrounding scenery without saying anything, and she also didn't say anything.
"Li Jincheng's sister?" He asked suddenly.
"yes."
But he stopped asking.
"Did Xie Xinrui mention my brother to you?"
He smiled and did not answer. Instead, he looked up at her and said sincerely, "I sincerely hope that you can find your brother as soon as possible and that he is healthy and safe."
Li Qingyao's heart warmed and he said, "Thank you."
After walking a few more steps, she asked, "Why did you adopt Liu Tingmei back then?"
Xie Rongcheng was looking at the vast expanse of water, and a water bird was flying by with its wings spread. He sighed softly and said, "She was very unique and desperate at that time. You know, every pore and every hair on her body revealed despair. She and I, I guess, are just like-minded."
"You were..."
"You are a police officer, you should have checked my information, right? When I was diagnosed with cancer, the doctor discussed with me the five-year survival rate. Fortunately, I have lived for five years, which is enough. I raised my son for ten years, but found out that he was not my biological son. My marriage was also a trap set by my friend and her. If I hadn't discovered it early and fought back against them severely, I am afraid that most of my property would have been swindled away by them. The business war dramas on Hong Kong TVB are very exciting, but the scam that happened to me was even more bloody and vicious than the TV dramas. At that time, I really wanted to kill them.
I want to have a descendant, but my own daughter doesn't recognize me. Because I cheated on her and abandoned her and her daughter, she was very determined and said that she would never recognize me in her life and didn't want my money. It is comforting that my ex-wife raised a very good child, but she no longer belongs to me. Of course, this is also my own fault. When you are young, what do a wife and a daughter in your hometown mean? How can it compare to Hong Kong and Shenzhen? I could have any woman I wanted. At that time, I felt that I was still young, so how could I not have descendants? Some women gave birth to sons for me.
2017 was the year when my assets were the highest and I was the richest, but it was also the year when I realized that I would end up with nothing in this life. Then, I met Liu Tingmei. ”
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