Chapter 10

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Since she couldn’t reach Kan Chen on the phone and Xu Lan didn’t allow her to visit him, she knew nothing about his injury.

Qin Yue was at a loss.

Fortunately, Li Mo told her important bits of information about the accident.

There was something fishy about the accident.

Qin Yue and Li Mo studied the surveillance footage at the police station.

Li Mo frowned as he showed the photos of the accident to Qin Yue. “Although it has been determined that it was an accident, there were no problems with Kan Chen’s car. Furthermore, from the photos taken of the scene, it doesn’t appear to be a simple accident.”

It was only when Li Mo pointed this out that Qin Yue snapped out of her despair. She carefully scrutinized the photos and compared it to the surveillance footage. Initially, she only wanted to prevent Kan Chen’s accident from happening, but she didn’t consider the possibility that the supposed accident was an intentional setup.

Li Mo asked, “Did Kan Chen contact you the past few days? Do you know where he had gone?”

“Kan Chen seemed very busy the past few days. He was either at the office, at business meetings, or at home. There weren’t any problems…” Qin Yue frowned and thought about it carefully. Then, her eyes widened.” Oh! There was actually a major problem…”

Qin Yue scrolled through the news on her phone. Now that she had a good understanding of the business world, she quickly found out that on the day of the accident, there had been a massive shift in the business circle.

“As the young master of Pengfei Corporation, Kan Chen should have been in a meeting in his office that day to discuss a collaboration. The party that Pengfei Corporation was going to work with was Kunxiao Corporation, which belongs to my father. During such a critical juncture, Kan Chen was unexpectedly absent from the meeting, and even got into a car accident. In the end, the two companies were not able to come to a mutual agreement. This feels really suspicious.”

Li Mo took Qin Yue’s phone and looked at the business report. “It’s really quite strange. What could be more important than the cooperation of two powerful corporations?”

Qin Yue patted Li Mo’s shoulder and pointed at the surveillance footage. “Look, there’s someone in the video!” Li Mo and Qin Yue watched the surveillance footage carefully. A person whose countenance was indiscernible had tampered with the car. Not long after, Kan Chen came to the garage and drove off.

All of this made sense now.

If it was a premeditated murder, then Kan Chen’s car accident would have been unavoidable.

However, the surveillance camera couldn’t capture the person’s face clearly, since the person deliberately avoided the camera. It would be very difficult to catch the murderer.

Holding his police cap, Li Mo patted Qin Yue’s shoulder. “We can’t easily retrieve surveillance footage from a large corporation like Pengfei Corporation. I need to contact my superiors, and with approval, we can start investigating. There’s been a sinister plot to murder the boss of a financial corporation. This is a serious situation. The higher-ups will take it seriously, and we’ll surely be able to catch the suspect very soon.”

Approval was needed? How long would it take to find the suspect then? I might as well look for the clues on my own!

Qin Yue found an excuse to leave the police station and headed straight for Pengfei Corporation.

The entrance and exit of the underground parking of Pengfei Corporation relied on facial recognition and a passcode. Moreover, Kan Chen’s car was parked in an exclusive parking spot. Anyone who could enter the carpark and tamper with Kan Chen’s car must have been very familiar with the structure of the building.

Qin Yue stood in front of Kan Chen’s luxury car in a daze.

Kan Chen had kept five cars in the carpark. How could the person who tampered with the car be certain which car he would take?

Qin Yue arrived at the Pengfei Corporation’s security office. Taking advantage of the absence of the security guards, she wanted to copy a video of the surveillance footage around the building, hoping to study it herself. What she didn’t notice was a figure quietly approaching her.

A gust of cold wind came from behind her. When Qin Yue saw a black shadow reflect on the computer screen, she instinctively shifted her body to avoid the person behind.

Bang!

The person behind her had already smashed the metal rod in his hand down at the computer, and instantly, the screen cracked!

Qin Yue was so shocked that she broke out in a cold sweat. She quickly stabilized her footing, spun her hips and sent a flying kick behind her, landing squarely on that person’s waist.

The assailant grunted, tossed the iron rod away and attempted to escape.

“Who are you?!” Qin Yue quickly chased after him and reached out to pull the hat off his head. Unexpectedly, he stopped in his tracks, and a glint flashed from his hand as he turned around and pounced on Qin Yue.

He had a knife!

Qin Yue quickly grabbed the man’s wrist and used the momentum to retreat a few steps back. Qin Yue didn’t dare to hesitate. She nimbly avoided the knife in his hand, then clenched her fists and smashed them against the assailant’s wrist.

The knife fell from the man’s hand. Qin Yue quickly grabbed the knife and stabbed it into his arm!

“Police! Don’t move!” A few police officers appeared at the entrance of the fire escape. Just as Qin Yue was about to explain, she was kicked to the ground by the assailant.

Within a few seconds, he was gone.

“Don’t let him escape!” Qin Yue got up from the ground and wanted to turn to the police for help, but she was attacked by the stun gun in a police officer’s hand. “We’ve captured a suspicious person. Please send backup!”

After being electrocuted, Qin Yue lay on the ground, her body twitching from the shock.

What? How did I end up as the suspect?!