After Yu Hanjiang assigned tasks to his teammates, everyone got busy.
That afternoon, Shao Qingge returned home with the driver sent by his father and immediately began investigating the reasons for Uncle Zhong's resignation.
His persona in this secret room is that of a wealthy second-generation heir with a father who is a business tycoon who owns a real estate company and is busy with meetings every day, and a mother who is a gentle and virtuous housewife.
The Shao family owns a detached villa in the suburbs with an area of over 500 square meters. Shao Qingge lives on the third floor, and all the rooms on the entire floor belong to him. In reality, Shao Qingge is also a second-generation rich kid, so he is very familiar with this environment and doesn't find it new or surprising. After arriving home, he went back to his bedroom to change into some pajamas. Just then, his father was in a meeting at the company, and Shao Qingge took the opportunity to go to his father's study to look for clues.
Shao Zhengyang's study was filled with books on business management and economics; the bookshelves were unremarkable. His desk had three drawers; the top two contained company documents, and the bottom drawer was locked.
Shao Qingge secretly opened the lock using a "master key" card —inside the drawer was a manila envelope containing three printed documents: a kidney transplant donation consent form, a liability waiver, and a confidentiality agreement.
Shao Qingge quickly took out his phone, took a picture of the document, and sent it to the WeChat group: "I found this in my father's drawer. The person who signed this consent form is not Wang Wei, but someone named 'Zhou Yong,' a death row inmate."
Yu Hanjiang stated firmly, "It's a forgery."
Xiao Lou also said, " CEO Shao's kidney genes are completely identical to Wang Wei's, confirming that it came from Wang Wei. However, the confidentiality agreement was signed by Zhou Yong, a death row inmate. There are two possibilities: First, the organ transplant organization concealed the truth and told Uncle Zhong that the kidney was donated by Zhou Yong, a death row inmate; second, Uncle Zhong colluded with the organization, knew that the kidney's source was illegal, and forged the agreement to deceive your father."
"Judging from Uncle Zhong's inexplicable resignation, the second possibility is more likely," Yu Hanjiang said.
"I also think Uncle Zhong is suspicious. I'm looking into information about him, but I haven't found any other clues in my father's study. I'll go downstairs and ask my mother later. If we still can't find anything, I'll go to the company to check in person tomorrow."
Just then, a gentle voice rang in her ears: "Qingge, come and have dinner. Mom made your favorite fish porridge." Shao Qingge responded downstairs, put away her phone, and hurried downstairs.
This mother was arranged by Guardian and was not Shao Qingge's real biological mother. However, Guardian instilled a lot of memories in him, so when Shao Qingge saw this gentle middle-aged woman, he couldn't help but feel a sense of kinship.
He sat down at the dining table, smiling at the woman: "Mom, why are you working so hard, even cooking yourself?"
The woman gently held Shao Qingge's hand, saying with heartache, "It's all my fault. My health was so poor during pregnancy, and you were born with so many illnesses. You just had a kidney transplant last year... and now you have a heart attack. You suddenly fainted that day, it almost scared me to death. Luckily, you were saved, otherwise I..."
Her eyes welled up with tears as she spoke, and Shao Qingge took her hand in return, gently comforting her, "Mom, don't worry, I'm fine. The heart stent surgery was very successful, and the doctor said there shouldn't be any major problems." As he served the woman rice, he changed the subject, "By the way, when I had my kidney transplant last year, Uncle Zhong found the kidney, right?"
The woman wiped away her tears and nodded, saying, "Old Zhong knows a lot of people. He asked his friends to pull strings and finally found a kidney that matches yours."
"Was this kidney really donated by a death row inmate?"
"Yes. He was in good health, without any illness. He was willing to donate his kidney to you before his execution, which was a good deed. After your surgery was successful, I asked Uncle Zhong to visit his family and gave them some extra money. I heard that he left behind a 16-year-old son, and I want his son to grow up well, study hard, and become a useful person," the woman said gently.
"You gave them extra money?" Shao Qingge raised an eyebrow in surprise. "How much?"
"50 million gold coins," Mrs. Shao said with a smile. "He can save my precious son; I feel that no amount of money is enough."
"..." The gold coins that Shao's mother mentioned were equivalent to 500,000 RMB. For a wealthy woman, this amount of money was only enough to buy one or two limited-edition handbags, but for ordinary people, it was an astronomical figure. Shao Qingge rubbed his forehead helplessly. This mother was too kind and gentle. Not only did she give the other party the 200,000 RMB stated in the contract, but after her son's surgery was successful, she also gave an extra 500,000 RMB as a thank you.
Even if you buy organs on the black market, a kidney wouldn't cost that much.
She gave the money to Uncle Zhong, asking him to pass it on to the son of a death row inmate. But in reality, the death row inmate did not save Shao Qingge at all; the kidney was not his, and his son had no relation to the Shao family.
Where did this money go? Uncle Zhong must have taken it, right?
Shao Qingge continued, "By the way, why did Uncle Zhong resign? I remember he had worked for Dad for many years, and Dad always trusted him."
"He's getting old. He's nominally your dad's assistant, but he also has to take care of us, mother and son. He's doing the work of a housekeeper, which is really tiring," Mrs. Shao sighed and explained. "Besides, his son got married and had a child last year. He wanted to go back to take care of his grandson, so we couldn't force him to stay. Your dad gave him some money and let him go back to his hometown to enjoy his old age."
" Uncle Zhong must be having a very leisurely time after resigning," Shao Qingge said with a smile, stroking his chin.
"Do you know where he's from? I'd like to visit him sometime, since he's practically my savior."
"I know, his hometown is in a very remote place…" The woman wrote down an address for Shao Qingge. While she turned around to get fish soup from the kitchen, Shao Qingge took a picture and sent it to the group chat, quickly typing: " Uncle Zhong's address. Also, my mother gave him 50 million gold coins to give to organ donors. I suspect he embezzled that money."
"Received, I'll arrange for someone to investigate." Yu Hanjiang immediately called to check Uncle Zhong's bank statements and, incidentally, his son's wedding. The results surprised Yu Hanjiang greatly.
Uncle Zhong's son is an ordinary employee at a company, and his wife is a kindergarten teacher. Both are wage earners with average salaries. Their wedding was very simple, and they had a son a year later. Strangely, at the beginning of this year, the couple suddenly bought a 200-square-meter duplex apartment in the city center, paying for it in full without a mortgage.
The price of this house is far beyond what their salaries can afford.
Uncle Zhong's bank account had an exceptionally clean record, showing only his monthly salary from the Shao family. As the Shao family's butler, his salary was three times that of his son, enough to buy a 200-square-meter duplex in the city center in one go. Even if he didn't eat or drink for ten years, he still wouldn't be able to save enough money.
His son and daughter-in-law have no source of additional income, so Uncle Zhong's source of income is definitely problematic.
Xiao Lou speculated, " Uncle Zhong might also be a member of an organ transplant organization. Isn't it said that he knows a lot of people? If he didn't know anyone in the organization, how could he have found a suitable kidney match for CEO Shao so quickly?"
Shao Qingge also thought Xiao Lou's speculation was reasonable. His impression of Uncle Zhong was that he was a slightly overweight, always smiling, and very kind uncle who had been dutiful to the Shao family over the years and had even picked up and dropped off Shao Qingge at school every day when he was a child.
As for who Uncle Zhong associates with, Shao Qingge is also unclear.
Shao Qingge said, "How about I go to his hometown to investigate myself?"
Yu Hanjiang immediately stopped him: "No, if Uncle Zhong is really a member of the organization, he knows you, and it would be very dangerous for you to suddenly investigate him. How about this, Lao Mo and Xiao Ye go to Uncle Zhong's hometown together. One of you is an old man and the other is a child, so it won't arouse suspicion."
Old Mo replied, "No problem, we'll set off tonight. I think his hometown is a beautiful place with clear waters and lush mountains. Xiao Ye and I will go there under the pretense of tourism to find out more."
Ye Qi joked, "On a company-funded trip, will CEO Shao reimburse our travel expenses?"
"Okay." Shao Qingge immediately sent 100 red envelopes with the largest amount in the group, "Those who need money, come and get them quickly."
Everyone: "..."
This is the first time I've seen so many red envelopes in a group chat; everyone is almost overwhelmed by the rain of red envelopes.
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou also grabbed a few – these are generous red envelopes, why not take them?
With some progress made in Shao Qingge's investigation, Lao Mo and Ye Qi immediately packed their bags and set off.
Xiao Lou soon brought good news as well. He compiled all the kidney transplant cases in the hospital and, through gene comparison, finally found the whereabouts of Liu Renyuan's kidney.
Xiao Lou said, " Liu Renyuan's right kidney was transplanted to a woman named Luo Yuwei."
Yu Hanjiang asked with some doubt: "Can men and women use each other's kidneys?"
Xiao Lou explained earnestly, "The kidney is not a reproductive organ. Men's and women's kidneys look the same. If they are of similar age and the type is compatible, a man's kidney can be transplanted into a woman, and vice versa."
Yu Hanjiang said knowingly, "Very good. There's been new progress on the Liu Renyuan lead. I'll immediately arrange for people to investigate this woman who underwent a kidney transplant."
Xiao Lou asked, "How's the situation on your end? Are there any suspicious individuals in prison who had contact with Yu Fugui?"
Qu Wanyue and Long Sen were also helping Yu Hanjiang organize the data. After all, there were too many people who were imprisoned at the same time as Yu Fugui, and they needed to organize the time of their imprisonment, what crimes they committed, and their relationship with Yu Fugui during their imprisonment...
The thick stack of documents made the three of them dizzy and overwhelmed.
Yu Hanjiang said, "We don't have any leads yet. There are too many prisoners who are close to Yu Fugui. He was convicted of burglary, and most of the people in his cell are robbers and thieves, as well as some economic criminals. Over the past ten years, there has been a lot of inmate turnover in the prison, and the social backgrounds are very complex. I have excluded those who were released a few years ago and those with simple family backgrounds, narrowing the scope down to 50."
Shao Qingge felt a headache just listening to it.
Finding the mysterious figure among 50 prisoners who has a close relationship with Yu Fugui, and even who introduced Yu Fugui to the organ transplant organization, is no easy task. Captain Yu is in for a lot of work.
Yu Hanjiang asked, " Where's Liu Qiao? @Xiao Liu"
It was getting dark, and only Liu Qiao hadn't reported her progress. Worried, Yu Hanjiang tagged her in the group chat, but Liu Qiao didn't reply— at that moment, she was hiding in Chen Yehua's pocket in Shadow Guard.
Chen Yuqing's body had been kept at Morgue until this afternoon when Chen Yehua finally had someone from the funeral home come and take her daughter's body away. Liu Qiao went to wait outside the Pediatrics Department beforehand. The moment Chen Yehua came out, she immediately shrank to the size of a thumb and used a " Light as a Swallow " card to fly into Chen Yehua's coat pocket with lightning speed.
Chen Yehua followed the hearse to the crematorium to cremate Chen Yuqing's body. Afterward, she carried her daughter's ashes back to the prepared mourning hall—the seven-year-old girl's radiant smile in the black-and-white photograph on the wall was particularly jarring. The entire mourning hall was empty. Chen Yehua walked in step by step, standing before her daughter's portrait, silently shedding tears.
She cried for a long time. Liu Qiao didn't dare to move at all in her pocket, listening intently with her ears perked up.
Suddenly, Liu Qiao heard footsteps outside the door—the sound of leather shoes on the floor, it must have been a man.
Chen Yehua turned around abruptly, and upon seeing the other person, immediately screamed in despair: "It's you? You scumbag, how dare you come here! How dare you show your face to me and my daughter! Yuqing was only 7 years old, and she's gone just like that!"
The woman's desperate screams sounded particularly jarring.
The man hugged her tightly, nearly squeezing Liu Qiao, who was hiding in his pocket, into a pancake. She quickly moved to the side, and the man said softly, "I'm sorry, Ahua, I know I owe you, and Yuqing too, I never imagined a suitable heart would be so hard to find..."
Chen Yehua had clearly lost her temper. She forcefully pushed the man's hand away and interrupted him, choking back tears: "Stop talking. None of you in the Cheng family are any good..."
The man said in a deep voice, "What happened back then wasn't entirely my fault. How was I supposed to know that Cheng Shaoyu, that beast, wouldn't even spare my girlfriend?! He never treated me like a younger brother, just because I was born to a stepmother!"
The man's anger was palpable as he spoke, his voice low and roaring, "What can I do? Can I choose my own birth?! He's always been the eldest son, constantly going against me. He has a congenital heart condition, and I dare not rebel, fearing that if anything happens to him, my father will skin me alive! I'm so unlucky to have a brother like that. I wish he would have a heart attack one day and just die!"
Liu Qiao, who overheard the juiciest gossip in his pocket: "......"
It seems that Chen Yehua was originally Cheng Shaofeng's girlfriend, but was slept with by her shameless older brother and gave birth to a daughter who inherited a heart condition... This dramatic family feud is truly a major drama of the year.
The man who appeared at Chen Yuqing's funeral was none other than Cheng Shaofeng, whom the police had been searching for!
Liu Qiao couldn't send a message to Xiao Lou right now, so she could only try to minimize her presence, shrinking her thumb and hiding in the female lead's pocket as a bystander, continuing to eavesdrop on their conversation.