Ouyang Chen drove towards the detention center, piecing together the clues about these two individuals in his mind.
He even had reason to believe that Old Shen's resignation was directly related to Mrs. Su's death.
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Weeks ago.
The moment Ouyang Chen learned of Mrs. Su's fatal fall, he immediately began investigating what had happened that day.
But strangely, no one saw how Su Hui got to the rooftop before falling from the Su Group's building.
Even more inconveniently, all the building's networks were down that day.
Although the subsequent investigation concluded that the Su Group was undergoing network maintenance, thus all internal surveillance cameras were off, Ouyang Chen immediately harbored doubts. If electronic devices couldn't record, surely someone would have seen Su Hui entering the building?
But no one had. This could only mean Su Hui didn't enter through the main entrance, leaving the underground parking lot as the only possibility.
Upon arriving at the parking lot, Ouyang Chen discovered a special express elevator designated for the company president, which was the only way to access the rooftop.
However, using the president's elevator required a special access card, and apart from Xu Shuming, no one else should have had the authority to use it.
Xu Shuming himself claimed he wasn't at the group that day because he had lost his access card and had returned home.
Another suspicious point was that Xu Shuming didn't have his driver, Old Shen, drive him. Instead, Old Shen had taken over Mrs. Su's original driver's position. After the incident, the driver disappeared. Did this signify something?! 138 Reading Network
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Ouyang Chen, filled with conjecture, arrived at the detention center. He had Ms. Lan use her connections to arrange a visit, which allowed him to meet Shen Yuxuan smoothly.
Shen Yuxuan: "Mr. Ouyang? Mr. Ouyang, you have to help me!"
Ouyang Chen glanced at the police officer standing behind Shen Yuxuan, then nodded. At this point, only Ouyang Chen and Shen Yuxuan remained in the visiting room.
Shen Yuxuan: "Can you believe me? I really didn't kill Mrs. Xie."
Ouyang Chen: "All the evidence points to you now, but I heard your lawyer intends to argue for manslaughter."
Shen Yuxuan: "What should I do now? I don't want to admit it."
Ouyang Chen: "Who found your lawyer for you?"
Shen Yuxuan: "My father."
Ouyang Chen: "Your father is the Su family's driver, correct?"
Shen Yuxuan: "Yes. He said Mr. Xu Shuming helped him find the lawyer to assist me. They said as long as I confess, they can definitely argue for manslaughter, and I'll only have to serve a few years."
Ouyang Chen: "Do you know why Xu Shuming would help your father?"
Shen Yuxuan: "The Su family has been very good to my father. Years ago, my father had many gambling debts, and the Su family helped him pay them off. So, for many years, my father has been driving for Xu Shuming to repay the Su family's favor."
Ouyang Chen let out a long sigh. Just as he suspected!
If not for owing a favor, why would Old Shen be working for Xu Shuming!
The entire internet was calling for Shen Yuxuan's death sentence. If the lawyer hired by Xu Shuming could truly get Shen Yuxuan a manslaughter conviction, it would be a huge favor to Old Shen!
It was practically impossible not to help Xu Shuming with something in return for such a great debt!
Ouyang Chen: "What about your father? Does he still visit you?"
Shen Yuxuan shook her head and continued, "It's been a long time. Is he sick? Mr. Ouyang, can you go and see him for me?"
Ouyang Chen: "I will."
Shen Yuxuan quickly gave Ouyang Chen the address. Ouyang Chen knew without going that Old Shen wouldn't be there. He was either silenced or had truly fled to a place no one knew.
Ouyang Chen: "Did anything happen before Mrs. Xie left?"
Shen Yuxuan recounted the day's events again.
She remembered very clearly that she couldn't have taken the wrong medicine. As a nursing student, she had memorized drug packaging, precisely to avoid medication mix-ups.
Ouyang Chen was also convinced that the medicine Shen Yuxuan took had been replaced, though he didn't know by whom.
Shen Yuxuan: "Oh, right, Mr. Ouyang. I also mentioned the name you told me to Mrs. Xie."
Ouyang Chen: "Song Yuandong?"
Shen Yuxuan: "Yes. But Mrs. Xie reacted very negatively to that name. When she was delirious, she mistook me for Song Yuandong, constantly cursing me and trying to strangle me."
Ouyang Chen frowned. What did this mean?
Could Song Yuandong have had a feud with Mrs. Xie?
If there was such deep hatred between them, could it explain why Song Yuandong was protecting Xie Youlin from behind the scenes?!
Because Song Yuandong owed Mrs. Xie something?!
Shen Yuxuan: "But the doctor also said that what Mrs. Xie said during her delirium shouldn't be trusted. She might have been mentally confused. If she had trouble recognizing things, how could her words be taken seriously..."
Shen Yuxuan thought for a moment and added, "After Mrs. Xie died, Xie Youlin could really give away that house."
Ouyang Chen: "What do you mean?"
Shen Yuxuan recalled the deaf and mute elderly couple arriving at the Xie residence and described what happened that day before Ouyang Chen arrived.
This made Ouyang Chen even more convinced that Xie Youlin was not Mrs. Xie's biological son, but was adopted by Xie Hongtian from an orphanage!!!
Ouyang Chen: "Do you still remember the appearance of that elderly couple?"
Ouyang Chen listened carefully to Shen Yuxuan's description. He had found a new lead that might unravel the mystery of why Song Yuandong was protecting Xie Youlin!!!