Xue Nuofu pondered, "This is rather peculiar. Song Keren has to sign countless docunts every day, so it's easy for soone to forge her handwriting.
Even extracting fingerprints and forging them isn't that difficult—how did it beco evidence to suspend soone?"
"Precisely because of that, she was only suspended; otherwise, she would have been jailed already," Xiao Feng chuckled.
Xue Nuofu frowned, "Going by this logic, the matter seems unsolvable. We'll have to wait for new evidence to erge."
"Not necessarily," Xiao Feng mused, "You must have heard the saying, the more elaborate the plan, the more flaws it might have.
Since the ti the Shen Group began faltering, planning involved even private bank branch managers. Such grand sches—can every aspect truly be foolproof?"
Xue Nuofu didn't reply. The logic was clear; flaws must exist, but only if they can be found.
If they're untraceable, then no matter how nurous the flaws or significant the breaches, it's all futile.
"You go back first; I'll ponder over it more," Xiao Feng waved dismissively, signaling Xue Nuofu to leave.
Xue Nuofu nodded, turning to leave, but after taking just two steps, he heard Xiao Feng say, "Use the door, don't sneak through windows like a thief."
"..." Xue Nuofu.
Aren't you minding too much?
Xiao Feng looked up at the sky, there was no sun, but the sky was piercingly white.
The icy snowflakes landing on his face brought an indescribable fresh sensation.
Cool to the core, heart soaring, almost capturing the feeling.
Suddenly, Xiao Feng thought of a seemingly unrelated person—Miao Youmin.
In terms of timing, Song Keren ca to Jiangcheng about the sa ti as his return.
Back then, Miao Youmin had hopes of advancing to head director, but Song Keren unexpectedly broke his upward montum.
This prompted Xiao Feng to suspect that Miao Youmin might have been plotting against Song Keren since then.
If not for his accidental stint as a consultant for the police, perhaps the old guy might have succeeded.
Supposing Miao Youmin was involved, the most likely person to assist him or whom he trusted the most would undoubtedly be Yu Xiuzhi, previously responsible for cafeteria duties.
"Yu Xiuzhi... Yu Xiuzhi..." Xiao Feng muttered to himself, his eyes increasingly bright, as though finding a new breakthrough point.
Just then, his phone rang in his pocket.
Seeing the caller ID, a chill ran down Xiao Feng's spine.
The call was from Wang Qiang.
This led Xiao Feng to uncontrollably muse if he was encountering a clichéd suspense drama twist.
Typically, this exact mont of uncovering a lead and then receiving a coincidental call often marks the end of a lead.
Could it be that Yu Xiuzhi has already been silenced?
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Feng answered the call, preemptively asking, "Is this about Yu Xiuzhi?"
"Yu Xiuzhi?" Wang Qiang sounded utterly baffled, asking, "Brother Feng, how did you suddenly bring her up?"
With relief, Xiao Feng inferred that Yu Xiuzhi was likely still safe hearing Wang Qiang's reaction.
Ignoring Wang Qiang's inquiry, he further questioned, "Wasn't Yu Xiuzhi caught when apprehending Miao Youmin months ago?"
Wang Qiang pondered briefly, responding, "According to Miao Youmin, Yu Xiuzhi didn't know much.
Her involvent was mainly from instructions; although we're searching for her, we haven't located her yet."
It's as he says, but Xiao Feng understood the subtext—without any incidents, there's no incentive to devote massive efforts in capturing Yu Xiuzhi.
"Why did you call?" Xiao Feng asked.
Wang Qiang laughed, "Actually, nothing major. We all thought of inviting Brother Feng for a al; wondering if he has ti."
"Maybe next ti," Xiao Feng courteously declined, "I'll treat you all next round."
Ending the call, Xiao Feng dialed Shi Yong's number.
He didn't know Shi Yong's number, but he recalled Song Keren's office line.
"Hello, who is this?" Shi Yong's voice was slightly weary.
Indeed, having been through a battle, the middle-aged Shi Yong seed physically exhausted.
Xiao Feng cut to the chase, revealing his identity and narrating the pursuit of Yu Xiuzhi.
After a montary pause, Shi Yong replied, "I'll try my best. Although Jiangcheng isn't huge, finding soone isn't imdiate."
The subtext being, don't get your hopes too high.
Xiao Feng furrowed his brows but stayed silent.
His desire to clear Song Keren's na didn't an everyone was equally urgent.
Moreover, Yu Xiuzhi wasn't guilty of murder or arson, nor was there direct proof linking her to Song Keren's affair, providing no right grounds to allocate substantial police resources.
Nonetheless, this wasn't the crux of the issue.
The crux was that Xiao Feng urgently wanted to know whether Yu Xiuzhi was dead or alive.
…
"I've decided to visit the Bai Family soon," Xiao Feng casually stated.
In the living room, the four won eating buns and drinking soy milk simultaneously paused and looked at him.
"Why are you visiting the Bai Family?" Du Qingyue frowned.
The young girl gulped a mouthful of soy milk, helping the bun down, and said while patting her chest, "Brother Xiao Feng, take with you."
Evidently, the young girl had fewer concerns than Du Qingyue did.
In her view, whatever Bai Family might be was no match for Brother Xiao Feng!
Xiao Feng smiled, "The Bai Family plans to deal with , don't they? I thought, rather than being passive, it's better to strike first, know thy enemy to win every battle.
Besides, Bozai's gifts to us last ti might be expiring soon, right?
Let's seize this opportunity to hand so out; keeping them would just take up space."
Du Qingyue frowned, "If you're truly idle, why not enjoy tea or sunba—"
She intended to say "enjoy tea and sunbathe," but seeing the whiteness outside, her words faltered.
Xiao Feng chuckled, "Sunbathing isn't always good because while you sunbathe, the sun bathes you too."
"..." Du Qingyue.
"..." Jiang Yixin.
"..." Lu Yao.
"..." The young girl.
This statent seems evidently flawed at first, yet pondering deeper, it's hard to refute.
While sunbathing, isn't the sun indeed bathing you as well?
"If you wish to go, fine, but change clothes from the wardrobe first" Du Qingyue compromised.
She agreed partly with Xiao Feng; given inevitable confrontation, shifting from passive to active might work.
At least the Bai Family would never expect Xiao Feng to walk straight in.
The more surprises one encounters, the more uncertain the Bai Family will beco, gradually tipping the scales of victory toward Xiao Feng.
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