A Small Case

Because Zhen Rongrong had been taken into the police station that evening, she could not be released until the following night.

So during the day, Li Ye and Sister Zhen could only rack their brains to find out the details of the case themselves.

Brother Jin and Sister Zhen both had a knack for digging up information, and Ilena had also found a formidable criminal defense lawyer. Before long, everyone had gathered quite a bit of information.

"Yesterday at around six thirty in the afternoon, Ruan Shujun was sent out by Cao Yuanmao to deliver takeout. At around seven, Cao Yuanmao also left the restaurant.

Neither of them returned by ten, and then the restaurant received notice from the police that Cao Yuanmao was dead."

"I heard from Old Meng in the kitchen that this sort of thing had been happening often over the past half month. Whenever Cao Yuanmao answered the phone at the restaurant, there would be lots of strange takeout orders—small amounts, but scattered delivery addresses that took a great deal of time.

And every time, he sent Ruan Shujun to make the deliveries before heading out himself shortly after. So everyone believed those takeout orders had simply been scribbled up by Cao Yuanmao himself."

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"A few days ago, the boss's wife, Chen Juming, had a fight with Cao Yuanmao. But since Chen Juming was six months pregnant, Cao Yuanmao bought her flowers again the next day.

The restaurant staff mocked Cao Yuanmao for having both flowers at home and wildflowers outside, keeping two vixens on either side."

"What we heard from inside the police station was that this case could be serious, or it could be nothing serious, because Miss Ruan's evidence was not very substantial, yet it was the only evidence."

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Li Ye