Chapter 8 The Hidden Secret

  Liu Jianjun watched Wu Hui and Guo Yining's every move through the gap in the curtains, it seemed that the investigation against him was impossible to stop, there were some things he had to deal with as soon as possible.

  Liu Jianjun made a phone call to the driver, "I'm at home, come and pick me up."

  Before long, the sound of a car engine came, and Liu Jianjun picked up his coat and prepared to go out.

  "Sir, it's so late, are you going out again?" Wu Ma heard the noise and came out just in time to see Liu Jianjun preparing to go out.

  Hearing Wu Ma's voice, Liu Jianjun turned his head and said: "Wu Ma, I won't be back tonight, lock the doors and windows well and get ready to rest."

  "Alright, I understand!" Watching Liu Jianjun's back as he walked away, Wu Ma was lost in thought.

  "Director Liu, where are you going?" Liu Chong, Liu Jianjun's driver, had been standing at the door waiting for Liu Jianjun. Seeing Liu Jianjun come out, he hurried to the car door and opened it for him.

  Liu Jianjun said to Liu Chong after sitting well in the car: "Go there!"

  Although Liu Jianjun didn't say where he was going, Liu Chong knew in his heart that the place Liu Jianjun mentioned was somewhere, so he didn't ask much and started the car to head there.

  A black figure disappeared in the place where Liu Jianjun disappeared, stayed for a moment and then took advantage of the night to disappear into the darkness.

  "Is it done?" Liu Jianjun sat in the car, and in order not to attract attention from others, he did not start the engine. The chill of winter penetrated through the body of the car, and Liu Jianjun felt a wave of coolness.

  Liu Chong returned to the car, feeling that it was even colder inside than outside. He saw Liu Jianjun shivering with cold and took out a thick woolen blanket from the trunk, covering him with it. "Everything has been taken care of, don't worry, Chairman."

  Liu Jianjun tidied up the blanket covering his body, his voice somewhat tired. "You handle things, I'm at ease."

  Perhaps due to the exhaustion of a whole night, Liu Jianjun felt drowsy and fell silent in the blanket. Liu Chong looked at the extremely tired Liu Jianjun in the rearview mirror, let out a soft sigh, started the car, and left this place.

  It's strange to say, since the last time two policemen came to find Wu Jianjun, Wu Jianjun has not left home except for leaving the villa once that night. He claimed to be ill and stayed at home, closing the door and not going out. Many company matters were also brought home by Liu Chong for processing. Wu's mother returned home after buying vegetables and happened to see Liu Chong taking out a document bag processed by Liu Jianjun.

  "Director Liu, are you still eating at home today?" Wu Ma asked as she saw Liu Jianguo walking out of the house.

  "What's for dinner today?" Liu Jianjun seemed to be in a good mood today, walking into the living room and sitting down.

  "Hao didn't have anything he wanted to eat, so I just made something casual. Does Liu have anything he wants to eat? I'll go make it." Wu Ma looked up at the second floor, but there was no sound. Since Liu Jianjun had been home for a few days, Liu Hao would stay in his room after school and not come out.

  Liu Jianjun followed Wu Ma's gaze to the second floor. This son of his was too introverted, how could he be at ease leaving such a large family business to him in the future? Although he was only a third-year high school student now, there were some things that he should also come into contact with and not always follow his own nature. "Never mind, just do something casually."

  "Alright, you wait for a while, I'll call you after I'm done." Wu Ma took the dishes into the kitchen, leaving Liu Jianjun alone in the living room reading the newspaper.

  Wu Hui looked at the wall full of case files, his brow furrowed, "Liu Jianjun..." Wu Hui looked at Liu Jianjun's photo, his brow furrowed, all these cases intersecting at Liu Jianjun, but where should he start to break through?

  "How about it, still no new leads? Have a cup of coffee and take a break." Zhang Qiang saw that Wu Hui had been struggling with this case for two days. Liu Jianjun had been fighting in the business world for so many years, and he didn't seem like an easy person to deal with.

  Wu Hui took the coffee handed over by Zhang Qiang, took a sip, "Liu Jianjun, this person is too deep-minded, we need to find a way to get the information we want from him. You've been following him for the past few days, what have you found?"

  These days, Zhang Qiang has not been idle either. Wu Hui asked him to observe Liu Jianjun's every move. "Nothing at all, he's always at home, saying he's sick. Company matters are all handled by Liu Chong, who goes to the company to pick up documents and then sends them to his home for Liu Jianjun to deal with."

  "I'll believe it when I see it that he's staying home and not coming out." Wu Hui took off his glasses, pinched the bridge of his nose, looking somewhat tired.

  Zhang Qiang didn't want to keep watching Liu Jianjun, it was so cold now, he couldn't bear it. "It's not a solution to always do this, if the murderer is not Liu Jianjun, we can't just keep watching him like this either."

  "It won't be long, I believe he will soon take action, you just keep working hard." Wu Hui had a very strong feeling that Liu Jianjun would definitely take some action in the next few days.

  As expected by Wu Hui, Liu Jianjun left home in just two days. There was a very important meeting at the company that he had to attend, and he had no choice but to cancel his vacation and return to the company.

  After Liu Jianjun left, Wu Hui called up Guo Yining and came to Liu Jianjun's home again. The door was opened by Wu's mother, who saw the police standing at the door and felt a bit tense. "Mr. Liu is not at home today, what's the matter? You can come back tomorrow."

  "We're not here to see Mr. Liu today, we're here to see you." Guo Yining blocked Wu Ma's attempt to close the door and stated their purpose.

  Wu's mother did not expect Wu Hui and the other person to come looking for her. "Looking for me? What could they want from me, I don't know anything."

  "Wu Ma, don't be nervous, I've heard you've been working in this house for many years, so you must know a lot about what's going on here?" Wu Hui asked at the door since Wu Ma didn't seem to want to let them in.

  "I'm just a servant, I'll just do my part and that's it, I don't know anything else."

  Guo Yining looked at Wu Ma and said, "We haven't even asked what's going on yet, how can you be so sure whether we know or not?"

  "Alright, what do you want to ask?" Wu Ma looked at Guo Yining with some hesitation.

  "Actually, there's nothing much, we just want to know one thing, about Liu Jianjun's wife Wang Ting, why did she commit suicide in the first place?"

  When Wu's mother heard Guo Yining's words, she was somewhat surprised that they would ask about something from many years ago. "I don't know."

  "How could you possibly not know, I've seen Wang Ting's file, it was you who discovered Wang Ting's body and then called Liu Jianjun, after Liu Jianjun returned home, that's when you reported the crime, isn't that right?"

  When Guo Yining mentioned Wang Ting's case, Wu Ma had to say: "That's right, at the time it was indeed me who found Madame's body. At that time I was so scared, didn't know what to do, so I called Liu Zong. After Liu Zong returned home and found out that his wife had passed away, he was very sad, then asked me to call the police. This all happened many years ago, what else do you want to know?"

  "What I'm asking is not these, I want to know why Wang Ting wanted to hang herself at that time."

  "I told the police back then, Liu was very busy with his business and rarely came home. His wife was alone at home and had no one to talk to. She wasn't a talkative person to begin with, so we didn't notice when she developed depression. By the time we realized something was wrong, it was too late. Even though we took good care of her, who would have thought that she would still hang herself."

  "How is Liu Jianjun and Wang Ting's relationship?"

  "Mr. Liu and his wife have always had a good relationship."

  "But we heard that Director Liu has many mistresses outside, so Wang Ting would rather die."

  When Wu's mother heard Guo Yining say that Liu Jianjun had many debts outside, she was extremely emotional. "It's impossible! A man like President Liu, those little girls all want to stick to him, but he loves his wife the most and never pays attention to them."

  Wu's mother's reaction made Guo Yining somewhat concerned, "According to what you said, Liu Jianjun and Wang Ting have a good relationship, they also have a son, they should be very happy, how could he possibly get depression and commit suicide?"

  "I don't know this."

  "You've been with the Liu family for so many years, you must know some things, we hope you can cooperate."

  "I'm just a nanny, I'll do my own job well and won't bother with anything else. I'm old and my memory isn't good either. If there's nothing else, I need to go cook now. Mr. Liu called back and said he'd be coming home for lunch." After that, Wu Ma shut the door on Wu Hui and the other person, ignoring them.

  Wu Hui looked at Guo Yining, who seemed a bit embarrassed, and smiled, "The more she doesn't want to talk about this matter, the more it proves that this matter is absolutely not as simple as it seems on the surface. It looks like we need to review the case files from back then and see if there are any suspicious points."

  "Well, let's go back then."

  Guo Yining drove back to the Public Security Bureau with Wu Hui, and on the way, he had already called Fang You to notify him to take out the case file of Wang Ting's suicide that year and put it on his work desk.

  Guo Yining sat alongside Wu Hui, carefully examining the case files from back then, analyzing as they read.

  "It's a bit strange." Wu Hui looked at Wang Ting's dossier and felt that something was off.

  "Where?" Guo Yining looked up from the case files and asked in response to Wu Hui's questioning.

  Depression is a common mental illness, mainly manifested as low mood, decreased interest, pessimism, slow thinking, lack of initiative, self-blame, poor appetite and sleep, worrying about suffering from various diseases, feeling uncomfortable all over the body, and severe cases can lead to suicidal thoughts and behaviors. You see that Wang Ting's body did not show any signs of self-harm, and Wang Ting only had a diagnosis from a hospital a week before her suicide. If Liu Jianjun and Wang Ting were in good relationship as Wu Mu said, they should have found something unusual, if they found something unusual, they should have gone to the hospital, but there was no record of Wang Ting's visit to the hospital, which is a bit strange. After hearing Wu Hui's analysis, Guo Yining took over Wang Ting's forensic autopsy report, and indeed, there were no scars on Wang Ting's body, which did not quite match some basic symptoms of depression.

  "The proof of depression was provided by Lincheng People's Hospital, and the doctor is Duan Qicai. Let's go find this doctor and see if he can remember Wang Ting." Wu Hui put away the case file, picked up his coat and set off with Guo Yining to Lincheng People's Hospital.