Chapter Ten

Zhao Suifang stood at the Zhan Family's entrance for a long time. Since her husband's death, she had been living in a daze, unable to believe that her once happy family had been shattered in an instant.

She didn't even dare to tell her daughter, who was studying away from home, about the incident.

It wasn't until her family called the child back that the child, upon hearing the cause of her father's death, refused to believe it was natural causes and dragged her to the police station to report it.

What was the use of reporting it? Would the police really believe them?

But as she recounted everything that had happened these past few days at the police station, she increasingly felt that her husband's death was not so simple.

And it was at this moment that she realized the company was in chaos, and the one who benefited the most was Zhan Hongye.

This was a simple deduction problem. Excluding all external factors, whoever benefited the most after her husband's death was the suspect.

To outsiders, she probably seemed crazy, daring to make wild accusations without any evidence, but she just felt that Zhan Hongye was the one who had harmed Old Qin.

After a while longer, Madam Qin stiffly turned around and walked towards her home.

When she opened the door, she was surprised to find several strangers sitting in her living room besides her daughter.

Seeing her return, one of them stood up. "Hello, Ms. Zhao. We are officers from the Special Case Investigation Section of the Qing City Public Security Bureau. Here are our credentials."

The person handed over the credentials with both hands. Zhao Suifang took them somewhat dazed, looked down at the badge number and photo, and then looked at her daughter.

Her daughter, Qin Suisui, walked to her side and whispered, "I called 110 to verify. It's real."

Although she had never heard of this department, nor had she seen any police officers specifically come to investigate at night, 110 would not be wrong.

Zhao Suifang nodded, returned the credentials to the officer, and then looked at them expectantly, "Then you are here now..."

The young buzz-cut police officer said, "The police have opened a case for your husband, Qin Kai, and transferred it to the Special Case Investigation Section. We are here today mainly to ask you a few questions."

"Okay, okay," Zhao Suifang's voice trembled. "Please ask whatever you want, I'll tell you everything."

An hour later, the police officers left the Qin family's residence.

After getting into the car, the officer in the back seat said to the buzz-cut officer driving in front, "Captain, do we need to notify Consultant Yan about Qin Kai's case?"

Fang Chuan shook his head. "Not for now. Consultant Yan is attending a meeting in Jing City these days, so even if we told him, he couldn't come back. Didn't Ms. Zhao provide us with a clue? Although it's just a guess, it's indeed worth investigating thoroughly."

The officer in the back agreed. "It's not just Zhan Hongye; Dong Zhenghao is also suspicious. As Zhan Hongye's brother-in-law, he is also Qin Kai's business partner. This relationship is really messy. When Qin Kai had an accident, Zhan Hongye almost immediately seized more than half of the Qin family's resources. The remaining benefits would naturally go to Dong Zhenghao."

Fang Chuan hummed. "Of course, it's also possible that the Qin family staged it themselves. When we get back, sort out Qin Kai's social connections. No detail should be overlooked."

The investigation of such special cases was more difficult and covert. People with special means had all sorts of bizarre reasons for killing, sometimes even laughable. However, all murder cases had a common root and purpose; they could always trace back to the source.

Madam Qin did not tell anyone about the police opening a case. Even Dong Zhenghao, who had been closest to their family in the past and visited her twice, did not hear any related topics from Madam Qin.

This day happened to be Qin Kai's funeral. Attending two funerals of close relatives in less than a month, Dong Zhenghao couldn't help but feel somber.

After most people had left, he slowly walked out of the cemetery.

Not long after walking out of the main gate, he suddenly saw someone holding a bouquet of white chrysanthemums. Dong Zhenghao looked closely and saw it was Mr. Zhuo.

This Mr. Zhuo had been very cold to him at the Zhan Family's banquet. He figured he probably wouldn't have a chance to cooperate with him, but out of politeness, he still greeted him, "Mr. Zhuo."

"Mr. Dong, are you here to pay respects to Mr. Qin?"

Dong Zhenghao nodded and sighed with some emotion, "Yes, this person is gone just like that."

Mr. Zhuo was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm late. Could I trouble Mr. Dong to lead the way?"

"Of course, no problem."

After Qin Kai's funeral that day, Dong Zhenghao's mood was like the August sun, dazzlingly bright.

He could even smile when he saw his troublesome eldest daughter, Liu Mumu, which showed how happy he was.

While others didn't know the internal reason, Jiang Li, his wife, was well aware.

The cooperation he thought was hopeless had unexpectedly given him an opportunity due to that chance encounter in the cemetery.

He had met with Mr. Zhuo privately these past few days and felt they had chatted quite well, perhaps leading to further cooperation.

This news came out when Jiang Jia mentioned it during a family dinner.

Zhan Hongye frowned when he heard this news, then looked at his young wife and asked, "How do you know?"

Jiang Jia sneered, "Of course, my sister told me. She can't help but want to show off whenever something happens. In her eyes, that Mr. Zhuo is a big shot."

Zhan Hongye didn't ask further, seemingly not taking the news to heart.

After dinner, he called his son to the study.

As soon as the study door closed, Zhan Hongye's usually gentle face showed a hint of ferocity. He coldly questioned his son, "You were in charge of Mr. Zhuo's accommodation and meals. How could you not know about something as significant as him meeting Dong Zhenghao?"

Zhan Huitian dared not argue and could only lower his head to admit his mistake. "It was my carelessness. I thought Mr. Zhuo had already made his decision..."

Before he could finish, he received a loud slap.

The buzzing in his ears and the burning pain on his face made Zhan Huitian clench his fist, only to release it the next moment.

"I really raised a good-for-nothing!"

Zhan Huitian lowered his head, not daring to speak.

"Keep an eye on him. Inform me immediately if anything happens. There won't be a next time, understand?"

"But... Dong Zhenghao going to see Mr. Qin, we can't stop that either," Zhan Huitian said hesitantly.

"You don't need to worry about this. I'll handle it." Zhan Hongye waved him away impatiently. "Alright, you can go out now."

After Zhan Huitian left, it took another ten minutes before Zhan Hongye calmly walked out of the study.

Returning to the room, he saw Jiang Jia chatting with someone on her phone. He walked over, pulled her into his arms, and looked down at her phone screen.

Jiang Jia didn't mind him seeing. After all, there was nothing shameful about her conversation with Jiang Li. Oh, wait, the only thing that couldn't be seen was her brother-in-law, as they were both discussing his difficult daughter.

"What are you talking about?" Zhan Hongye asked, whispering in her ear.

Leaning against him, Jiang Jia smiled and shook her phone. "It's about my brother-in-law's daughter who was brought back. My sister said that girl is a bit strange."

Zhan Hongye thought for a moment. "The girl you brought over that day? I thought she seemed fine."

"Fine? She hadn't even been in the house for two minutes before Dong Qi broke his leg and went to the hospital. If you ask me, that girl is probably bad luck for their family."

"It's possible. Master Ning did say before that some people are born with a strong fate and can easily bring misfortune to their families."

Hearing Zhan Hongye agree with her, Jiang Jia turned to him. "Right, I remember Master Ning is in Qing City recently. You have the best relationship with him, can you ask him for a favor?"

"A favor? But this is just your guess. Her fate might be perfectly fine," Zhan Hongye said with a chuckle.

Jiang Jia pinched his sleeve and tugged gently. "It's not to really have him calculate it."

This was a small gesture between the couple. Zhan Hongye understood immediately, but he still refused outright. "No, that would be harming the child."

"Tsk, why are you so stubborn?" Jiang Jia chided. "It's not like we won't care about her at all. We just don't want her living at home. You know my sister, she's all about appearances. Having to face her brother-in-law's daughter from his ex-wife every day, not being able to get angry but still having to treat her well, how can she be happy? She might get sick from the stress."

Even though her relationship with Jiang Li wasn't great, Jiang Jia still sided with her.

Besides, one more outsider meant someone else would be sharing the inheritance that belonged to her sister and nephew.

Zhan Hongye hesitated. "This... I remember Old Dong doesn't believe in these things."

Jiang Jia snorted. "Who cares if he believes it or not? You can invite Master Ning another day, and I'll have my sister bring the whole family over. Once they meet him and hear what the master says, he'll have no choice but to believe."

She used to be skeptical about these so-called masters herself, until she and Zhan Hongye had met one. She could only say that there's always someone better.

If Master Ning wasn't truly capable, she wouldn't have resorted to this tactic against her sister's stepdaughter.

Zhan Hongye was swayed by her for a while before reluctantly agreeing. "Alright, just this once."

Jiang Jia happily threw herself into his arms. Zhan Hongye held her, a smile forming on his lips.