"How did you figure that out?" the female manager asked, intending to say "Don't talk nonsense," but her tongue had slipped. Realizing her mistake, she became extremely embarrassed.
"It's nothing. This kind of situation happens in almost every company. Alright, that's all for today. If Nian Qiwei returns, notify us immediately, understand?"
As I spoke, I exchanged a look with Liu Yuning and Gao Mingqiang, and we left.
After going downstairs, Gao Mingqiang anxiously asked, "How did you know Nian Qiwei was involved with the boss here?"
"I passed by the boss's office earlier and noticed lavender there too. But that's not the point. The point is, there were marks on Manager Nian's footrest from high heels frequently spinning. How do we confirm it's the female boss's? Because I saw their intimate photos in her drawer. These two likely do that kind of thing in the office frequently! But the female boss doesn't like doing it in her own office. That's what I couldn't figure out!"
"So you have things you don't understand too? I thought you knew everything!" Liu Yuning quipped.
"Isn't that normal? Everyone has things they can't figure out, even Sherlock Holmes."
"Don't mention that person. Detective He, what's your take on their relationship?"
"I opened Nian Qiwei's computer and found that what he frequently chatted about had nothing to do with business. Yet the female manager said he often brought clients to the company. What does that imply?" I posed a question deliberately.
Gao Mingqiang pondered for a moment: "It proves he didn't bring the clients in himself?"
"Exactly. If I'm not mistaken, the boss probably found them, and Manager Nian was just asked to meet them. However, I also found traces of him being involved with other women in his office!"
"How did you see that?"
"There were many long hairs from different women on his office chair!" I shook the evidence bag, showing it to them.
"Uh, why is it that when we investigated the same office, we didn't find anything?" Gao Mingqiang said awkwardly.
"It's not that you didn't find it, it's just that while you were looking, I was observing."
Liu Yuning interjected, "Even if Nian Qiwei had something going on with the female boss, it doesn't mean anything, does it?"
"Unless they are connected to Wu Qingxia. Theoretically, there's no connection because the three are completely different types of people. This is the biggest question right now."
"Are you saying they intentionally wanted to kill Wu Qingxia's entire family?"
Liu Yuning's words suddenly reminded me of Wu Yisong. I slapped my thigh excitedly, "I get it! It's probably not because Wu Qingxia held a grudge against them. This hatred likely stems from Wu Yisong, and her family just became collateral damage. If it wasn't a deep-seated hatred, there'd be no need to slaughter an entire family!"
As I said this, Gao Mingqiang and Liu Yuning immediately understood. Liu Yuning happily snapped his fingers and started the car, "Then let's focus our efforts on investigating this female boss! I hope your deduction isn't wrong!"
"I completely trust Consultant He's judgment! He's never wrong!" Gao Mingqiang said to me.
I made a grateful gesture, and the car soon sped off at top speed.
Beside He Xin, I signaled what we needed to investigate. Her speed was undeniable. However, when we checked Guangming Tobacco, we discovered that the registered legal representative of the company was Nian Qiwei.
And the female boss was named Yin Yanlu. The two were actually husband and wife, but they hadn't announced this relationship.
"I think these two lovebirds are getting more and more suspicious!" Liu Yuning said, looking at the information on the screen.
"Sneaky and shifty, it's hard not to suspect them!" He Xin replied, taking a sip of her coffee.
I looked at Yin Yanlu's information. This woman was quite attractive. When He Xin traced her location, she told us that this person was also not in Fuming City at the moment.
Could it be that she knew we were coming and had fled?
He Xin and Yuan Hezih dared not delay for a moment. If they really fled, finding them again would be troublesome.
The clatter of keyboards was like lightning, bombarding the keys. With an excited keystroke from He Xin, a location was suddenly locked on the map: "Here! The two of them are together! Their location is the Furumoto Hotel in Gaogang City!"
"Let's go immediately!" Liu Yuning commanded. No one dared to delay, and they all rushed out.
We drove all the way to Gaogang City. We had previously notified the local Public Security Bureau to cooperate with us on this mission. I saw that Liu Yuning seemed to have considerable influence; with just one phone call, their chief immediately dispatched over a dozen police officers.
We surrounded the Furumoto Hotel and took control of the front desk and the surveillance room. Then, with the help of the front desk staff, Liu Yuning and I found Yin Yanlu and Nian Qiwei's room, 1406.
We took the elevator to the 14th floor. Five accompanying detectives stormed the room with us. At the time, the two were engaged in illicit activity on the bed. From their appearance, it seemed they had no idea we would find them here.
Even though we saw their naked bodies, we still surrounded them with guns.
"Get dressed immediately!" Several female officers turned away. I yelled at the two of them.
Yin Yanlu cursed, "What are you doing? We're just in a normal relationship, not that kind of relationship. Why are you arresting us?"
"It's not about that. Yin Yanlu, stop pretending. Do you really think we don't know what you've been doing behind our backs? If it weren't for something important, do you think we would have dispatched so many people?" Liu Yuning replied coldly. Yin Yanlu and Nian Qiwei quickly put on their clothes. Xiao Yuande and Liu Yuning directly subdued them and put handcuffs on their wrists.
About an hour later, we had placed the two in separate interrogation rooms.
I was facing Yin Yanlu, with Liu Yuning accompanying me.
"Do you know we've been looking for you?" I asked.
Yin Yanlu shifted her handcuffs and cursed, "Officers, I've absolutely done nothing wrong. What's going on with you?"
"Nothing? Wu Qingxia, do you know who that is?" Liu Yuning asked probing.
"Wu Qingxia? Who is that?"
"If you don't remember, I'll help you recall!" I took out photos of Wu Yisong, Wu Qingxia, and two elderly people and placed them one by one in front of her. I noticed that with each photo she saw, Yin Yanlu's pupils would contract slightly, and a blood vessel in her nose would twitch. It was clear she was tense internally.
"Remember now? What exactly did you do to them? Confess everything truthfully, otherwise the consequences, given your education level, should be quite clear!"
"I don't know what you're talking about. I want to call my lawyer! Her name is Song Xiao!" Yin Yanlu said angrily, simultaneously reaching for her phone to make a call.