Chapter 24 The Second Victim
Everyone heard Shang Lu, who was beside Wu Qingluan, suddenly yelled in surprise: "Li Ting answered the phone!"
Everyone stopped at this moment, holding their breath and trying to get more information from Li Ting. Wu Qingluan quickly gave Shang Lu a look, and Shang Lu nodded seriously, released his hand covering the phone receiver, and immediately turned on the loudspeaker: "Hello, Miss Li, we are the police, and we want to ask..."
"Stop talking. I know what you want to ask. I'll tell you." Although Li Ting quickly interrupted their questions like the first time, this time she agreed to cooperate and tell them the original reason, which made everyone very happy.
Li Ting naturally couldn't feel their situation. She seemed to smile bitterly on the phone: "If Qin Lu hadn't kept calling me, I wouldn't have agreed to tell you these things."
Everyone was stunned when they heard Qin Lu's name. Gu Nankai was even more surprised. Li Ting's words came over quickly: "You don't have to be surprised. If she hadn't told me about Sheng Yuandong's death, I wouldn't have thought of telling you these things."
Without waiting for Wu Qingluan and the others to speak, Li Ting muttered to herself, "Sheng Yuandong and I were college classmates. Although we broke up after graduation, we have always kept in touch." She smiled again, "I won't hide it from you. I have always thought about Sheng Yuandong and have always wanted to reconcile with him. There was a time when I wanted to get back together. When I found out that he had a relationship with Zheng Yi, I told him about Zheng Yi's parents buying insurance for Zheng Yi. I didn't expect that this incident would become the beginning of Sheng Yuandong's calculations."
Gu Nankai had been paying attention to the situation over there. At this moment, he quickly typed on his phone and sent it to Wu Qingluan. Wu Qingluan received his message quickly. She gave Gu Nankai a nod from the video, and then signaled Shang Lu to give her the phone. Then she began to ask questions based on the message sent by Gu Nankai: "Ms. Li Ting, you mean that Sheng Yuandong learned from you about Zheng Yi's parents buying insurance money before Zheng Yi died, right?"
"Yes." Li Ting answered her quickly, but soon she said: "But I didn't expect that this would be the beginning of his plot against Zheng Yi. It was not until Zheng Yi got into trouble that I felt that this incident might be related to Sheng Yuandong."
Gu Nankai's message was sent quickly, and Wu Qingluan took a look and asked, "What do you mean?"
Li Ting took a breath and spoke again: "Although he seemed to be doing well on the surface, I knew that he owed a large sum of money to Macau at that time. I discovered this by accident. At that time, his ex-wife was diagnosed with a disease. After Sheng Yuandong found out, he came to me without saying a word and wanted to get back together with me." She paused for a moment, then laughed at herself: "In fact, I knew in my heart that he just wanted to use me to pay off his debts, but I still agreed until I saw his ex-wife."
"What happened to his ex-wife?" Wu Qingluan asked. Li Ting's voice was a little heavy. "His ex-wife was very ill. She was a good woman, but Sheng Yuandong chose to abandon her when she was dying because he needed the money for gambling. He also wanted to support his company to maintain his glamorous appearance. That's why I planned to leave."
Recalling the past, although it was still vivid in her mind, it was like reopening her own scars for Li Ting. She continued, "Just when I was about to leave, Zheng Yi died, and I was the main person in charge of his insurance money, so I left after I had resolved this matter. The autopsy showed nothing strange about Zheng Yi's death. I inquired about it and found that the money eventually fell into the hands of Sheng Yuandong and Zhao Kaichuan, but I can be sure that it was Sheng Yuandong and Zhao Kaichuan who planned Zheng Yi's death."
The person she loved so deeply was so cruel and calculating. Li Ting's voice was full of disappointment and a hint of guilt: "If I hadn't told him about this, Zheng Yi might not have died."
"Don't blame yourself too much." Wu Qingluan didn't want to comfort her. Indeed, if she hadn't revealed the news, Sheng Yuandong and Zhao Kaichuan would not have planned to use Zheng Yi's death to obtain the money.
"Why are you so sure that Zheng Yi's death was planned by Sheng Yuandong and Zhao Kaichuan?" Wu Qingluan's cell phone vibrated slightly. She saw that Gu Nankai had sent another message, so she asked.
Li Ting replied on the other end of the phone: "Because I heard their conversation. On the day Zheng Yi's parents took the insurance money, I went to Sheng Yuandong Company to question him. At the door of his office, I heard his conversation with Zhao Kaichuan." She paused for a few seconds, looking a little tired: "I secretly recorded the conversation. Now that he is dead, I have sent the recording to Qin Lu. I think you will receive it soon."
Li Ting hung up the phone after she finished speaking. Everyone was stunned for a long time, and at this time the car arrived at the crime scene.
Everyone immediately prepared and entered the crime scene, Zhao Kaichuan's home.
Zhao Kaichuan's death was exactly the same as Sheng Yuandong's.
The logistics troops soon arrived. Cao Cang and Li Meng quickly organized a search. Gu Nankai approved Wu Qingluan to stay outside because of her last situation. Unexpectedly, Wu Qingluan shook her head. Although her face was still a little ugly, it was obvious that she was in a much better condition than the first time. "Only by going deeper into the scene can I analyze the murderer in more detail. I am ready this time. Let's go in together."
"Teacher Wu, please wear a mask, it will be a little better." Cao Cang came up from the side and handed Wu Qingluan a medical mask. He also remembered Wu Qingluan's situation that day, which made Wu Qingluan's impression of this young man even better.
"Thank you." Wu Qingluan thanked him while taking the mask. Cao Cang just smiled and didn't take it to heart. He turned around and went to work.
"Let's go." Gu Nankai and Wu Qingluan went together towards the core location of the crime scene where Shang Lu was.
What no one expected was that, like Sheng Yuandong, although Zhao Kaichuan had such identities, the places where both of them lived seemed inconsistent with their identities.
"It now appears that the reason their residences are somewhat inconsistent with their identities is not because they have remained true to their original aspirations as the media once reported." Combining Li Ting's testimony, Wu Qingluan has come to a conclusion: "It is because they have become puppets of Macau casinos. They appear to be glamorous on the surface, but secretly they are just pawns of the casinos. Their glory is only superficial."
Gu Nankai agreed with her as he walked: "There must be someone behind Zhao Kaichuan and Sheng Yuandong. I'm afraid that Mr. Dong is not someone we can touch. If we dig deeper, I'm afraid the forces behind these two people are another world. But now we just want to verify the information. There won't be any major conflicts with Macau, otherwise this matter will be complicated."
Wu Qingluan nodded: "We should do our job and not touch things that we shouldn't touch. Is that what you mean?"
Gu Nankai remained silent, which seemed to be an acknowledgement of this statement.
Although she was already prepared, Wu Qingluan still subconsciously closed her eyes. Finally, she opened them with great difficulty to look at the crime scene. At this time, Cao Cang, Li Meng and Gao Yuan also came in. With the preparation from the previous time, the men were not surprised, but when they saw Shang Lu squatting in front of them examining the corpse, the men still took a breath silently.
"What a fierce woman..." Li Meng tilted his head and whispered in Gao Yuan's ear. Gao Yuan nodded in agreement and whispered back, "She's so fierce that I don't dare to mess with her..."
Shang Lu was so engrossed that he couldn't hear their discussion, but the others did. They all grinned in tacit agreement. Wu Qingluan's discomfort also improved with the addition of several men. Gu Nankai whispered, "Check to see if the murderer left any different clues this time."
