Chapter 14: The Disappearing Ex-Boyfriend
The man stared straight at him, which made Gao Mingfei feel embarrassed as if he was seen through. His arrogance seemed to be frustrated little by little under the gaze of the man opposite him . Finally, he lowered his head and told the truth: "Lulu is a proud person, but actually she is very fragile. I know she broke up with me because of the child. I also know that she was schemed by Sheng Yuandong. But if she knew that I knew the truth and still remembered her all these years, she would be under a lot of pressure. So I have been protecting her secretly all these years. Sometimes when she goes home alone at night, I will protect her from behind. Yesterday..."
Gao Mingfei lowered his head and looked embarrassed: "Yesterday morning when I was going to work, I happened to see her. I secretly thought that I could see her more, so I followed her all the way to her house. After she went upstairs, I stayed downstairs for a while. I didn't expect that you police would come so soon. You went to her building. Before I could get upstairs, I saw her being carried down by your people. I was anxious, so I followed her to the hospital. Until now, I haven't had the chance to get into her ward, so I thought of following you..."
He is indeed a lovesick guy. Gu Nankai and Wu Qingluan looked at each other. They were sure that this silly boy was not lying.
"Sheng Yuandong is dead." Gu Nankai told him the truth. Gao Mingfei was stunned. He didn't expect the matter to be so serious. At first, he just guessed that something happened in Sheng Yuandong's company. He didn't expect that someone was dead. He was stunned for a while and murmured: "People like him will get retribution sooner or later. I didn't expect it to come so soon!"
"Oh? What do you mean?" Gu Nankai raised his eyebrows. Gao Mingfei seemed to know a lot.
"Hey, you two, let's just chat here?" Seeing that the two were ready to have a big chat, Wu Qingluan was starving after a day of hard work. She rolled her eyes at Gu Nankai to express her dissatisfaction. Gu Nankai also suddenly realized what was going on. Gao Mingfei was even more forthright and said directly, "There's a restaurant nearby that's pretty good. We can go there to chat."
The three of them hit it off immediately. After being delayed in the hospital for a long time, Gu Nankai looked at the time and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. Not long ago, he also received news from Li Meng that Zhao Kaichuan, who was in close contact with Sheng Yuandong, was on a business trip and was not in the country for the past two days. He would not be back until tomorrow. This also put their visit to Zhao Kaichuan on hold temporarily. Thinking of this, Gu Nankai did not arrange any more field work.
"Tell me, how much do you know about Sheng Yuandong? Also, what do you mean by that he will get his retribution sooner or later?" Gu Nankai asked his question as soon as he sat down.
Gao Mingfei sneered, his face full of contempt, and said indignantly: "People like him can only achieve their goals through shameful means. Won't they get retribution? He fell in love with Lulu and used such dirty means to get her. Lulu is so proud that she would never tolerate others defiling her. If I hadn't arrived in time, she would be dead by now!"
"Qin Lu committed suicide?" Wu Qingluan seemed a little surprised and raised her eyebrows.
"Yes." Gao Mingfei's eyes flashed with suppressed pain and heartache: "She had already taken sleeping pills at the time. I arrived in time and rushed her to the hospital. Her life was saved, but I also found out that she was pregnant."
"Then she decided to break up with you." Gu Nankai's opinion of Qin Lu deepened at this moment. She was a strong woman, but also a rational woman. She knew in her heart that it was unfair to him to continue to be with Gao Mingfei, so she chose to marry Sheng Yuandong, thinking that in her eyes, Sheng Yuandong owed this child, and she could not let go of the man who ruined her in vain.
"Yes, she threatened to commit suicide to separate from me. She has always liked children. For this child, she can give up everything." Gao Mingfei was a little depressed. He could choose to understand Qin Lu's choice, but he could not let it go.
"She wants to create a better life and a better starting point for her child. Although she can do it herself, Sheng Yuandong is undoubtedly a better choice. Sheng Yuandong's death seems to be a good thing for her. Once Sheng Yuandong dies, Sheng Lei, as his only son, can inherit all his property. And with Qin Lu's ability, she can completely return to the business world, and even the entire Kaisheng Group, she can gradually erode it. What do you think?" Gu Nankai spoke in a calm tone while picking up food, as if he was talking about something very ordinary. He thought that according to Gao Mingfei's character, he would definitely refute excitedly at this moment, but Gao Mingfei did not. As he thought, Gao Mingfei also had this view in his heart.
"Qin Lu had a reason to kill Sheng Yuandong, didn't she?" Gu Nankai stared into Gao Mingfei's eyes and asked this question. Gao Mingfei frowned. He wanted to defend the woman he loved, and his face was a little red. After a while, he slowly shook his head: "She won't, she is a very kind girl. If she is a person who puts herself first, she will kill Sheng Yuandong, but she is not. She always puts herself last. She has her family and her children in front of her. It doesn't make any sense for her to kill Sheng Yuandong."
"You're right." Gu Nankai nodded and drank a bowl of soup. He exhaled to express his comfort at the moment: "So tell me, what else do you know?"
Gao Mingfei looked around subconsciously, looking a little funny, then he leaned forward to the center of the table and lowered his voice slightly: "Zheng Yi, Zheng Yi's death back then must have been caused by Sheng Yuandong!"
Hearing Zheng Yi's name, Gu Nankai suddenly became excited: "Tell me about it."
Gao Mingfei paused and said, "After Lulu married Sheng Yuandong, I checked his background. Sheng Yuandong has no other abilities, but he has many tricks. I suspect that the cooperation with Zheng Yi was a conspiracy. The huge insurance compensation after Zheng Yi's death was Sheng Yuandong's ultimate goal!"
"Sheng Yuandong forced Zheng Yi to death in order to get compensation?" Gao Yuan's information was sent to everyone's mobile phone, and Wu Qingluan also had a general idea of it. When she heard Gao Mingfei say this, she also perked up.
"I have inquired about Zheng Yi. He comes from a poor family, but he is very hardworking. He started his own business after graduating from university, but he encountered many setbacks until he met Sheng Yuandong and Zhao Kaichuan. This cooperation gave Zheng Yi a chance to succeed, and he also made a small profit. He is an honest man, so Sheng Yuandong and Zhao Kaichuan naturally regarded him as a soulmate."
"Go on." Gu Nankai understood something. It seemed that Gao Mingfei had indeed put some thought into investigating Sheng Yuandong.
Gao Mingfei didn't even bother to eat. He was a little excited at the moment: "Don't you understand yet? Zheng Yi is just a technician. He can't beat Sheng Yuandong and his friends in the business world! Don't you think his car accident happened at a too-timed time? If something went wrong, why should he be held fully responsible? Zheng Yi has failed before, and he is not the kind of person who gives up when faced with setbacks. How could he die in a car accident? And he has a huge insurance after his death? And why are his family members willing to use the compensation to repay Sheng Yuandong and his friends? There must be something fishy here!"
"There is indeed a ghost, but this is just your guess. We will investigate it thoroughly. Now we should leave."
Gu Nankai's thoughts at the moment were also heading in this direction. What Gao Mingfei said at the beginning was fine, but what he said later was just groundless speculation, and he couldn't say anything further.
He stood up and looked at Gao Mingfei, who was still a little excited: "Go to the hospital to see Qin Lu, she may need you now."
As soon as he heard the name Qin Lu, Gao Mingfei's desire to argue with him disappeared all of a sudden. He was a little hesitant. Although he wanted to see her very much, he was more worried about whether Qin Lu would be even more excited after seeing him. She was so strong-willed, would she think that he was pitying her?
"If you keep thinking too much, the girl has been discharged from the hospital!" Wu Qingluan saw the confusion in his eyes at a glance and reminded him before leaving.
