Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter

Ji Bing asked this with a slightly surprised tone.

Her face was also full of astonishment.

Lan Yanqiu, however, neither confirmed nor denied it.

"I don’t know if there’s a direct connection. But I can more or less guess who did this."

As she spoke, Lan Yanqiu’s expression grew even more grave.

It was clear she was being very serious, analyzing the situation in all earnestness.

Luo Fei also spoke slowly.

"Boss Lan, are you sure you’re being serious? You need to understand, every single word you say next will become police evidence and may be used in court as testimony. You must not lie."

Luo Fei spoke in a completely serious manner.

Lan Yanqiu, however, found it somewhat amusing.

"Mr. Luo, if I wanted to lie, then back when you first started this case, I could’ve just called you directly and filed a report, couldn’t I?"

"I wouldn’t have had to wait until now, or go to all this trouble to invite you here alone."

As she spoke, there was a hint of amusement on her face.

Luo Fei then asked,

"So what exactly is going on, President Lan? Or rather, who exactly is it that makes you this cautious, to the point that you had to specially call me over to Shenchuan?"

He could see her expression was heavy, the look on her face obviously a bit complicated.

Lan Yanqiu patiently explained,

"Mr. Luo, to be frank, I really do feel that this time Zhao Ligang has gotten himself into serious trouble. His old enemy is taking advantage of the opportunity to kick him while he’s down and is trying to go after him."

As she spoke, Lan Yanqiu’s expression stayed somber.

Only then did Luo Fei turn on the voice recorder.

"President Lan, if you know something, just go ahead and say it."

"Mr. Luo, here’s how it is. Some time ago, when Zhao Ligang was doing business, he got into some conflicts with a certain big boss surnamed Shen."

"Because of that, the project they’d originally planned to partner on fell apart. In the end, Zhao Ligang went to another company and finished it in cooperation with a Boss Jin."

"But no one expected that this Boss Jin would stop at nothing. During construction, he substituted inferior building materials for good ones. In the end, someone died during the project. Originally, this could have been covered up. But the people under Jin Hongwen didn’t handle things properly, and the other side went straight to the Supreme People’s Court."

Hearing her explanation,

Luo Fei suddenly understood.

"So that’s what happened."

Seeing that moment of realization on Luo Fei’s face,

Lan Yanqiu smiled and said,

"So at the time, Zhao Ligang was miserable. He couldn’t sleep for days. Some people said it was Boss Shen who wanted revenge, so he deliberately hired lawyers to help the victims’ families file a joint appeal. And on top of that, Zhao Ligang is sloppy in how he does things."

"That’s how the whole thing got blown up."

Lan Yanqiu had even heard that

back then, Zhao Ligang specially took his company’s sales department manager and a few senior executives to toast Boss Shen.

But unexpectedly, the other side didn’t even bother with him, clearly toying with him on purpose.

In order to apologize, one of Zhao Ligang’s sales managers actually drank so much baijiu that he ended up with a bleeding stomach and had to be taken to the hospital.

Hearing this,

Luo Fei also nodded.

"Miss Lan, I get what you’re saying. Looked at this way, you do have a point."

"However, if that conflict had ended with Boss Shen taking his revenge and everything wrapping up to everyone’s satisfaction, then things probably wouldn’t have flared up again a few years later, would they?"

"For him to be this enraged, to the extent of resorting to something like an ’accidental fire’ to deal with Zhao Ligang, this matter must be more complicated—at least more complicated than what we know so far."

Seeing how seriously Luo Fei was asking,

his face full of sincerity,

Lan Yanqiu again neither confirmed nor denied it.

"Mr. Luo is indeed very smart. You’re absolutely right."

"Zhao Ligang wasn’t a good person to begin with. He deliberately stirred things up. Later, he even got involved with Boss Shen’s daughter. He lied to her, saying he was devoted to her. Because of this, Boss Shen’s daughter developed depression and for a long time didn’t dare tell her father."

"Later he just kicked her aside. That’s what made President Shen furious, to the point he practically wanted to tear Zhao Ligang to pieces."

When she got to this point,

even Luo Fei was a bit surprised.

"Miss Lan, you broke up with Zhao Ligang really because you realized he was a playboy? Or is there something else going on here, some other reason?"

Noticing the curiosity in Luo Fei’s eyes,

Lan Yanqiu didn’t try to hide anything; in fact, she was rather candid.

"Mr. Luo, I know what you’re getting at. Even though I’ve parted ways with Zhao Ligang, I never thought of harming him. Shen Liufeng, on the other hand, once came to see me alone and asked if I was interested in teaming up with him against Zhao Ligang. I refused him outright, of course."

"Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to find out so much. This is all information that President Shen’s people specially came to tell me. You could say President Shen has gone to great lengths to achieve his goals."

As Lan Yanqiu laid out her analysis,

it still left Luo Fei feeling there was something a little hard to fully trust.

But outwardly, he remained impassive.

He simply took a deep breath and asked,

"Miss Lan, you’ve gone to all this trouble. It can’t just be to tell me these things, can it?"

He could see that Luo Fei was somewhat puzzled,

not quite able to understand her behavior.

Lan Yanqiu only gave a faint smile.

"Mr. Luo, I understand. From your perspective, my actions are probably hard to make sense of. You might even suspect I’m deliberately trying to frame Boss Shen, which is why I’m saying he did all this."

"But I just want to protect myself. I don’t want to end up in danger. Or if trouble does come, I hope Mr. Luo can understand how I feel."

Lan Yanqiu really was afraid.

If someone decided to go after everyone connected to Zhao Ligang, then she might inevitably end up in danger too.

Seeing her intentions,

Luo Fei nodded and said,

"I understand what President Lan means. You’re right."

"It’s also possible that the other side already knows how much you know about them. They just appear calm on the surface, waiting for a chance to target you, maybe even hurt you."

When Luo Fei said this,

Lan Yanqiu still neither agreed nor disagreed.

"Mr. Luo, that’s exactly what I’m worried about. Even though I don’t have feelings for Zhao Ligang anymore, I don’t want to hurt him. That’s my basic bottom line as a person. He hasn’t pushed me to the point where I’d resort to schemes and dirty tricks."

"But while I won’t harbor malicious intent, I can’t be without caution either. If I contacted the police directly, it might draw attention, make Boss Shen suspicious. So I had no choice but to come up with this lousy idea."

He noticed Lan Yanqiu clutching the cat-ear hair clip in her hand.

There was clearly a small bulge near the right ear.

Luo Fei nodded and said,

"President Lan, this really has been hard on you."

"I wouldn’t say hard. It’s just that I’m often nervous, afraid something might happen to me. But now that Mr. Luo is here, I’m not as nervous. I also believe Mr. Luo can get to the bottom of this case."

Buzz—

Just then,

Luo Fei’s phone rang.

Lan Yanqiu also told him,

"Mr. Luo, I’ve sent you everything I know, all the details of the case and related materials, including the gossip about how Shen Liufeng might have caused the death of one of his former secretaries."

"I’ll be counting on you for the rest of the investigation."

As she said this, Lan Yanqiu also nodded to Luo Fei.

Though she was much more composed than most women,

Luo Fei could still feel

that this was a gesture of trust, and at the same time, a kind of entrustment.

It was out of trust and understanding toward him that Lan Yanqiu spoke this way.

Seeing the sincerity written all over her face,

Luo Fei also gave a small smile.

"Miss Lan, don’t worry. We in the police will handle this matter properly; you can rest easy on that."

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