TPODN Chapter 11

Wang Linfei and Lu Yao reported the situation to the “Special Criminal Investigation Unit.” The two of them told Captain Hu Shi what Zhang Lan had said. Hu Shi calmly gave them a sentence:
“Thoroughly investigate the existing fragments of clues, and report any new discoveries to the bureau in a timely manner. Currently, the entire Fengyun City Public Security Bureau is paying attention to this case. Keep going!”
With Hu Shi’s encouragement, Wang Linfei had the confidence to investigate the case according to his own ideas.
Now, Wang Linfei and Lu Yao were driving to the factories where the two suppliers provided by Zhang Lan were located. On the way, Lu Yao was constantly organizing notes. He reported the information that Zhang Lan had just provided to Wang Linfei in detail.
“‘Brilliant Jewelry Production and Processing Factory,’ the factory director is Lin Meng’s uncle, and the administrators under his factory are more or less related to Lin Meng…”
The two quickly arrived at the jewelry production and processing factory managed by Lin Meng’s uncle. The factory looked very busy. Some workers were using forklifts to move goods, and some were sorting out a lot of metal raw materials. They looked very busy, unlike the passive slowdown in work that Zhang Lan described.
Wang Linfei and Lu Yao walked to the factory gate, and the security guard in front of them stopped them.
“What can I do for you two?”
Wang Linfei didn’t want to waste words with the security guard, so he signaled Lu Yao to take out his police ID. Wang Linfei also took out his police ID. When the security guard saw that they were two police officers, he immediately called the factory director – Lin Meng’s uncle.
As soon as Lin Meng’s uncle heard that the police had arrived, he immediately ran to the small gate to greet them. He said with a smile:
“My name is Zhao Wei. I don’t know what mistake my small factory has made that requires the Public Security Bureau to investigate?”
Wang Linfei got straight to the point. As soon as Zhao Wei heard about Lin Meng, his face immediately lengthened. However, he knew that the police would not “visit the Three Treasures Hall without a reason,” so he restrained his expression and happily invited Wang Linfei and Lu Yao to the lounge to talk.
“Lin Meng is dead, do you know? And she is the victim of the ‘dismemberment case’ that the city TV station has been broadcasting about since yesterday.”
Zhao Wei was taken aback. He couldn’t believe that Lin Meng had been dismembered? He immediately called Lin Meng’s mother, and Lin Meng’s mother admitted that Lin Meng had indeed been killed.
Zhao Wei was so frightened that his face turned pale. His first reaction was to ask Wang Linfei and the others to investigate thoroughly and that he was definitely not the murderer who killed Lin Meng.
“What are you trying to hide? It’s like saying ‘I have three hundred taels of silver here,’ your reaction is too intense.” Lu Yao told Zhao Wei not to be agitated, as this reaction made him look like the murderer.
Seeing that Zhao Wei was a little agitated, Wang Linfei went straight to the point and said: “We have just investigated Lin Meng’s parent company. According to the company’s general manager, your company, as a cooperating supplier of Lin Meng’s company, has been slowing down work during the time Lin Meng disappeared. We are very puzzled as to why your company chose to slow down work during the entire peak season of the supply chain. Why is that?”
Zhao Wei lit a cigarette. He said with a worried face: “Police officers, to tell you the truth, our company has long wanted to stop cooperating with Lin Meng’s company. Our company is a serious gemstone craft company, and the business that Lin Meng brought to us are all some fake jewelry, which we can’t stand. If it weren’t for the fact that her mother and I are siblings, I wouldn’t even bother with her.”
“Then you are a very upright uncle. But then again, since your company is unwilling to make fake jewelry, why do you have to keep doing things you are unwilling to do? You can just tell Lin Meng, why bother?” Wang Linfei said.
Zhao Wei said that during the development stage of Lin Meng’s company, she set her sights on making fake jewelry, and these jewelry were all replicas of some celebrity’s jewelry, in order to attract fans to buy them, and Jin Sisi’s fans were the largest group. Lin Meng was very smooth. First, she pestered her uncle Zhao Wei, and then, when the time was right, she signed a contract with Zhao Wei’s company. Zhao Wei, thinking that Lin Meng was his niece, didn’t look at the contract carefully and signed it without thinking.
Because Zhao Wei’s company had a skilled gemstone craft chain, Lin Meng valued his company very much. As a result, the profit sharing and time in the contract far exceeded Zhao Wei’s expectations, so sometimes Zhao Wei wanted to disgust Lin Meng, so he deliberately slowed down the work. Then Lin Meng would scold him. Once Zhao Wei was scolded so impatiently that he wanted to terminate the contract, but he later learned that Lin Meng had tampered with the contract, resulting in Zhao Wei having to pay a large amount of liquidated damages when he wanted to terminate the contract later.
“Without considering the family relationship, I would be annoyed with this girl even if she was alive now, but thinking that she is your niece after all, it is still a bit shocking that she is dead. But even if you hate her, you have no reason to kill your niece.” Zhao Wei said very sincerely, although Lin Meng was annoying, she was still his niece.
At this moment, Wang Linfei had a thought. Lei Minghua had nothing to do with Zhao Wei. He couldn’t possibly implicate an innocent person in order to kill Lin Meng, right? Zhao Wei was just an honest businessman, and he didn’t look like a cunning murderer.
“Thinking that Lin Meng hasn’t come to you recently, you just take pity on her and her company. I didn’t expect her to be dead… now that she is dead, let it go… Although Lin Meng often complained about you in the past, you don’t hate her anymore. Completing the content of the contract can also be regarded as a sacrifice to Lin Meng’s spirit in heaven.” Zhao Wei said helplessly. He immediately notified his subordinates and asked them to immediately notify the workers to speed up the completion of Meng Zhi Yi company’s orders.
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After leaving Zhao Wei’s factory, Wang Linfei and Lu Yao didn’t find anything abnormal about Zhao Wei. However, it was certain that Lin Meng was not a “good person.” She must have had grudges with others in the business world. As for how much this resentment would swell to, and whether it was enough to kill Lin Meng, it was still unknown.
After an hour’s drive, Wang Linfei and Lu Yao arrived at the next stop, the brand clothing processing factory opened by Lin Meng’s two overseas classmates.

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