Chapter 62 Burn the Evidence
Ling Tianyi, the richest man in A City, had both significant business connections and political connections. He just made a phone call, and the traffic management department provided him with all the surveillance videos on that day in A City, which amused Yao Sheng a lot.
Yao Sheng could utilize the opportunity to investigate into other cases while looking for Xia Xiaoluo.
There were a large number of surveillance videos and some flatterers were helping him like headless chickens. Ling Tianyi said to them, “Go and find the surveillance videos near Dwichen’s College at noon time. Do it carefully!”
Yao Sheng was absent-minded, thinking about other cases. But Ling Tianyi knew him a lot. He just kicked Yao Sheng and said, “I’ll kill you if you do your personal work while working for me.”
Yao Sheng replied disrespectfully, “Please don’t. I will make great efforts, so investigating into some personal cases is a reward of working for you.”
Whether Xia Xiaoluo could be found depended on Yao Sheng. Thinking of that Yao Sheng would not focus on finding Xia Xiaoluo without obtaining a promise, Ling Tianyi said to him, “You can investigate into whatever you want after finding Xia Xiaoluo. I will ask their leaders to help you.”
Yao Sheng said, “Deal! I will go to look for your sweetheart right now.” He drove several workers away and looked at the surveillance videos by himself. Before long, Yao Sheng saw Xia Xiaoluo in pajamas entering the college.
Ling Tianyi recognized Xia Xiaoluo and shouted, “It’s her! It’s her!” The image was not clear enough, but Ling Tianyi was familiar with the childish pajamas.
Yao Sheng said to Ling Tianyi, “Take it easy, bro. We just need to focus on where she went after she left the college and follow her. I can also use my connections within this range. You will see your sweetheart soon.” Yao Sheng did not look serious, but he was not an idiot. He knew that Ling Tianyi, his friend since childhood, cared for Xia Xiaoluo very much. But his friend, the chief executive, was still unaware of it.
Yao Sheng knew Xia Xiaoluo’s traces thoroughly with the help of the numerous surveillance videos in A City. Ling Tianyi felt hurt when he saw Xia Xiaoluo fall over herself. However, he suddenly became angry with his eyes wide open like the pattern of an Er Tong in mahjong when he noticed that Ouyang Ziqian took Xia Xiaoluo to the hospital.
Finally, Xia Xiaoluo disappeared in Haitang Garden Community.
“Was she going to meet Xia Youfeng?” It was usual that Xia Xiaoluo entered the community, because Xia Youfeng lived there. But Xia Xiaoluo didn’t come out since then.
Yao Sheng, a sharp-sighted man, finished watching the surveillance videos but could not find Xia Xiaoluo anymore.
“Bro, your sweetheart must be there. Let’s go and find her.” Yao Sheng stood up, bent his arm round Ling Tianyi’s shoulder, but he was pushed away by Ling Tianyi.
Ling Tianyi left his car in the traffic police corps. And Yao Sheng drove at the fastest speed with Ling Tianyi sitting beside him.
Ling Tianyi phoned Xia Youfeng and asked, “Xia Youfeng, did Xia Xiaoluo go to your house today?”
“Well, Manager Ling, Xiaoluo didn’t go home today.” Xia Youfeng said with joy and fear. For one thing, he could take this opportunity to make friendly contacts with Ling Tianyi; for the other, he didn’t want to be involved if something bad happened to Xia Xiaoluo.
“Please answer me after asking your family members!” Ling Tianyi replied coldly.
Xia Youfeng hurried to ask his wife who was busy watching TV in the dining room in a high voice and then rushed to Xia Jingru’s bedroom. Xia Jingru became extremely frightened immediately, but she pretended to be calm, saying that she hadn’t seen Xia Xiaoluo.
“Manager Ling, Xiaoluo didn’t go home today for sure. Anything happened to her?” Xia Youfeng replied with a flattering smile.
Ling Tianyi suddenly asked, “You develop Haitang Garden Community with KS Company, do you?”
“Yes, Manager Ling.” Xia Youfeng answered according to the truth though he didn’t know what Ling Tianyi wanted to do.
“Go and inform them that I want all the surveillance videos in Haitang Garden Community this afternoon. I will arrive there in 15 minutes and I don’t want to wait for another minute.” Ling Tianyi hung up right after finishing.
Xia Youfeng didn’t dare to neglect Ling Tianyi’s order, so he phoned the estate manager at once. Knowing that Ling Tianyi would come, Xia Youfeng changed his clothes and intended to meet him.
“Dad, please don’t go!” Xia Jingru rushed from upstairs to his father in order to stop him.
Zhu Yufen said, “Jingru, don’t bother your father, he has something important to do.” Although Zhu Yufen didn’t like Xia Xiaoluo, this matter was about Ling Tianyi and it would influence whether Ling Tianyi would invest in Xia’s Group. So she would definitely give a hand to Xia Youfeng.
Not knowing what to do, Xia Jingru bit her lips, cried and said, “Sorry, dad. Xia Xiaoluo went home today and we quarreled, so I pushed her into the well without sewer cover.”
“What? You…you…why are you so stupid?” Xia Youfeng was extremely furious, because the whole family would pay for the price if something bad happened to Xia Xiaoluo.”
“Dad, please don’t show the surveillance videos to Ling Tianyi. Please help me, dad, please…” Xia Jingru knelt down suddenly, crying in a flood of tears.
“Jingru, why did you do that?” Zhu Yufen loved her daughter, but she was also angry with what Xia Jingru had done. But she finally knew why Xia Jingru was so strange today.
Xia Jingru was her only daughter and Zhu Yufen didn’t want Xia Jingru to be punished. So Zhu Yufen said, “Go to destroy the videos immediately before Ling Tianyi arrived.”
“But…” Xia Youfeng was pushed out by Zhu Yufen before he finished his words. “Hurry up! That is our only choice!”
Xia Youfeng sighed but he had to do it at once. Xia Jingru stood up and looked at her mother sadly. “Mom, what should I do?”
“Did anybody see that?” Zhu Yufen asked nervously.
“No, absolutely no. I’m sure that nobody was around then I pushed her. And I didn’t go home until the builders cover the well.” Xia Jingru told her mother in details.
Zhu Yufen said, “OK, remember to keep it as a secret. Forget everything including Xia Xiaoluo in that well. Do you remember?” She cared about her daughter very much, so both Xia Xiaoluo and the investment from Ling Tianyi were not important, as long as Xia Jingru was safe and sound.
“I know, I will keep silent about this. But I’m afraid that it will be discovered.” Xia Jingru was still worried.
Zhu Yufen comforted Xia Jingru and said, “They will not get any evidences as long as your father destroys the surveillance videos.” Although Xia Jingru was still scared, she leaned on her mother and felt better with her mother’s support.
When Ling Tianyi and Yao Sheng arrived at Haitang Garden Community, they happened to meet the ashy Xia Youfeng.
“Manager Ling, here you are!” Xia Youfeng flattered Ling Tianyi, his son-in-law, like an obedient dog without dignity.
“Where are the surveillance videos?” Ling Tianyi said coldly with anxiety in his mind.
“Sorry, Manager Ling. I went to the monitoring room at once at that time, but only to find that there was a serious fire. I tried my best to save all the surveillance videos but I failed. I’m sorry for that.” Xia Youfeng was a little worried about Xia Xiaoluo because Xia Xiaoluo was also his daughter. But he must hide the truth in the face of benefits. What’s more, he wouldn’t be able to afford the consequence if Ling Tianyi knew the truth.
As a professional detective, Yao Sheng was not an idiot easy to be cheated. “Oh, Mr. Xia, what a coincidence!”
Yao Sheng looked at Ling Tianyi and said, “Well brother, the monitoring room in Haitang Garden could avoid the fire if nobody informed them.”
Ling Tianyi was so angry on hearing what Yao Sheng said. But nothing could overwhelm his anxiety and worry about Xia Xiaoluo. He was almost crazy. At the beginning, he thought that Xia Xiaoluo just enjoyed playing, but at this moment, he knew that his sweetheart must be in an accident.
Ling Tianyi decided to deal with it thoroughly, so he phoned the director of the police station in A City directly. In that case, he had to depend on regular army.
“Don’t you trust me?” Yao Sheng asked unconvincingly, thinking that 100 cops could not beat one Yao Sheng.
“Go to look for her!” Ling Tianyi said coldly. He also called some gangsters in A City for help.
Ling Tianyi was extremely anxious, so he would utilize every force to look for Xia Xiaoluo. He must find his poor sweetheart even though there was only a little hope.
Seeing that Ling Tianyi not only called the police, but also asked for some gangsters, Xia Youfeng couldn’t help sweating, because he was afraid that his family would pay significant price if it became extremely terrible.
For cases that Ling Tianyi cared about, the most excellent police would be sent and everyone was awesome. The police immediately dispersed in Haitang Garden Community the moment they arrived. And the gangsters who were opposed to the police were hanging there as well.
No conflicts happened between cops and gangsters at the same time in the community. They wanted to save Ling Tianyi’s face, so they focused on their works respectively, intending to find Xia Xiaoluo first to gain special respect from Ling Tianyi, the richest man in A City.
Ling Tianyi regretted letting his sweetheart look for the evidence and destroying her cellphone. However, there was no use regretting.