Interrogation

It proved that Lin Yumo had been right to keep Ma Shuhua. Ma Shuhua's individual ability was truly formidable. After obtaining a few leads, she had caught hold of Chen Qilong's trail in just one week.

Chen Qilong had exploited his position to take hefty kickbacks in both pharmaceutical raw material procurement and drug dumping.

However, the kickbacks Chen Qilong received had all been paid in Bitcoin, leaving no financial trail whatsoever. This stumped Ma Shuhua.

Chen Qilong had indeed been cautious enough, but his three accomplices had not been nearly as careful. Unlike Chen Qilong, who had kept up with the times by accepting digital currency for kickbacks, their money trails could still be traced.

After organizing the accounts showing the three of them accepting bribes and lining their own pockets, Ma Shuhua handed them over to Lin Yumo.

Without any hesitation, Lin Yumo called the police and had the three men taken away.

Chen Qilong began to panic. He had never expected Lin Yumo to be so ruthless as to send the managers of three core company departments straight to prison.

Wasn't she afraid the company would descend into complete chaos?

But Chen Qilong soon discovered that the arrests of those three seemed to have had no impact on the company whatsoever.

Everyone continued doing what they were supposed to do, and there was not the slightest sign of disorder.

That was because Lin Yumo had promoted capable people from those three departments to fill the vacant positions almost immediately.

This round of promotions showed just how unconventional Lin Yumo was. Ordinarily, when a department manager left, the deputy manager should take over. If there was no deputy manager, then the department's second-in-command would step up.

Yet among those three departments, only one had its former deputy manager, the original second-in-command, promoted to manager.

Of the other two departments, one promoted the former manager's secretary directly to the position of new manager, while the other promoted a supervisor to department manager.

The department where Lin Yumo had made a supervisor the new manager immediately fell into turmoil. The deputy manager could not accept it and submitted his resignation outright.

Lin Yumo did not waste her breath trying to persuade him. She signed off on it directly; he could leave once he had completed the handover.

Meanwhile, the department where the former manager's secretary had become manager had no reaction at all.

That was because the people in that department discovered that after the new manager took office, everything remained much the same as before. Even many of the manager's signatures looked identical—the only difference was the name.

Everyone finally understood. The former manager's secretary had actually been their department's hidden manager all along.

So what was there to make a fuss about? They simply accepted it.

As for the supervisor who had become manager, people had been somewhat unaccustomed to it at first. Yet after only two days, he displayed outstanding ability, organizing the department's workload in perfect order.

Just like that, the company's situation stabilized.

Chen Qilong was dumbfounded. He had never imagined that Lin Yumo could find suitable replacements for all three positions so quickly.

It made no sense!

Although Lin Yumo had held company shares before, her official position had only been that of a research team leader. How could she know the company's personnel arrangements so well?

Chen Qilong could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought.

Meanwhile, Lin Yumo thanked Guo Yuan over WeChat. Guo Yuan had told her all of this after making a round through the company.

Following the hints Guo Yuan had given her, she successfully stabilized the company.

Now, Chen Qilong was the one who should be worried.

And indeed, Chen Qilong was anxious—extremely anxious. His financial dealings had been flawless, but the three accomplices who had been arrested knew some of the inside details.

If they implicated him, he would not be able to escape prison either.

People always fear exactly what comes to pass. A few days later, the police came to Longcheng Biology again. This time, they took Chen Qilong away.

Chen Qilong was led away in handcuffs, his face deathly pale.

With that, every destabilizing factor within Longcheng Biology had been eliminated, and Lin Yumo immediately felt a wave of relief.

But what Lin Yumo had not expected was that the police came again just one day later.

This time, they had come to question her.

"Miss Lin, do you know this person?" A female police officer handed a photograph to Lin Yumo.

It showed a man with a crew cut. Lin Yumo studied it for a long time before finally shaking her head. She truly did not know him.

"His name is Zhu Xiaorui. He was the perpetrator of the robbery during the old district redevelopment project in the urban village. According to our investigation, he stole all of Wang Qiu's belongings that night, including a bracelet.

"According to Wang Qiu, there was a memory card hidden inside that bracelet. The card contained video evidence of the three of them murdering your father.

"Only a few days after they were robbed, Miss Lin, you suddenly submitted this evidence. Isn't that all a bit too much of a coincidence?" the female officer asked, staring at Lin Yumo.

"I don't know anything about any bracelet. I've never seen one. As for this evidence, Su Yurou gave it to me," Lin Yumo answered expressionlessly.

"Su Yurou? Why would she help you?" the female officer pressed.

"Su Yurou knew that helping Wang Qiu launder money could very likely get her arrested. She wanted to leave herself a way out, so she gave me the video she had stolen.

"I promised that after she got out, I would give her a sum of money and arrange a job for her."

"Then, Miss Lin, when and where did you meet Su Yurou to make this exchange?" the female officer continued.

"I don't remember the exact date, but after that day, Su Yurou said she was going to turn herself in. As for the location, it was at the Corner Café on the next street."

"We will verify that. If you are lying, you will bear legal responsibility."

"I know that. I'm not lying."

The female officer nodded and continued, "One last question, Miss Lin. Do you know the relationship between Zhu Xiaorui and your father?"

"Zhu Xiaorui has a connection to my father?" Lin Yumo asked, putting on a surprised expression.

The policewoman stared at her face for quite a while. Only after confirming there was nothing unusual did she say, "There's a Hope Primary School in Zhu Xiaorui's hometown that your father donated money to build fifteen years ago. Zhu Xiaorui was a college student who came out of that mountain village.

After graduating, he specifically came to Bingzhou to thank your father. Your father also helped him find a job in Bingzhou, since he had some underlying health issues.

Zhu Xiaorui now runs a supermarket of his own and has bought a house in Bingzhou. His business is doing very well. He isn't short on money and has no reason to commit robbery, yet he did it anyway.

Oh, and according to our investigation, Su Yurou also graduated from that Hope Primary School. Her family was extremely poor, and she only managed to finish college with the support of a mysterious benefactor.

Miss Lin, do you think there could be some connection between them?"

"I don't know about that."

The policewoman did not ask anything further. She stood and said, "Miss Lin, thank you for your cooperation. We may come back later to learn more about the situation. I hope you won't leave Bingzhou for the next few days."