Chapter 1551 — "Xiaoshu, Tang Zhi, Stay Home. I'll Go Alone, No Need to Follow" -- Gu Mengyao Decides to Go by Herself
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Qiu Lingshan drove Gu Mengyao back to the villa, then took the other three with her to the police station. Qiu Lingshan's mood was equally heavy. Upon returning to the station, she had Liu Wangli hand the evidence over to the technical department, then drove straight to the hospital to compare timelines with Chen Yuxuan regarding the ancient tomb visit.
Meanwhile, a phone rang at the end of Da Luozi's line -- An Liwen's number-one enforcer.
"Boss, I've done as you instructed and pushed the suspicion as far toward Wei Zhao as I could, but the police don't seem to believe me -- especially that Qiu Lingshan, she's as stubborn as they come. Should I go over her head and file a complaint with her superiors?" the man on the other end said. "I still carry plenty of weight around here. I believe Qiu Lingshan's superiors will order her to recuse herself!"
"No need. If you have her recused, it'll only raise suspicions!" Da Luozi said. "Over there, you've done your best -- that's enough!"
"Alright, boss!" the man on the phone said. "As for that Land Rover, don't use it anymore -- the police have already found Wei Zhao's car!"
"Understood," Da Luozi replied. "I'll switch vehicles."
"Alright, boss. I'll reach out the moment I have news... though my fee..." The man on the phone finally got around to asking about his payment.
"Rest assured -- five million has already been wired to the account you provided. Once this matter is settled, you'll get the remaining five million!" Da Luozi said. "But you need to keep feeding us information at all times!"
"No problem, boss. You know me -- whoever pays the most, that's who I work for!" the man said quickly.
Da Luozi hung up the phone and turned toward An Liwen's room. But the moment he pushed the door open, he found An Liwen sprawled on the floor, howling "Awooo!" at the ceiling light!
"Young Master Wen... you..." Da Luozi jumped in shock, staring at An Liwen on the floor with a baffled expression, unable to make sense of what he was seeing.
"Awooo-wooo!" Seeing Da Luozi had arrived, An Liwen climbed to his feet and said with perfect composure, "Oh, I was working out. It's a kind of calisthenics -- no need to make a fuss!"
"Oh..." Da Luozi nodded, not thinking much of it, and got straight to the point: "Young Master Wen, part of our plan has succeeded, but that Qiu Lingshan doesn't seem to be buying it..."
"Hmph. I never expected the police to believe it in the end. If this works, it works; if it doesn't, we lose nothing. We just need to disgust Wei Zhao a bit -- ideally, to bring about his complete ruin." An Liwen said. "Our real goal is to redirect the floodwaters -- to shift the police's attention squarely onto Wei Zhao while we walk away clean and move on to the next money-making scheme!"