Chapter 981 - If I Knew Earlier, I Would Have Kept a Low Profile

Song Jiang had indeed put all his eggs in one basket, because where he stood now, he appeared to have cut off all his escape routes.

He did not care who would benefit from this. He just wanted to make the Shen family restless..

Therefore, he spread the news of Mayor Shen’s suspension.

For the past few years, the Shen family and Zhongteng had relied on each other and were at the height of their power in Jianchuan. Now that the Shen family was suddenly being investigated, would it be Sheng Xiao’s Zhongteng next?

The outside world was abuzz with discussion. In such a situation, no matter what the Shen family did, it would be magnified infinitely. It would even be casually spread.

What was that about Mayor Shen and his mistresses? Where did they have a few villas? When these people spread rumors, they even made up stories. It was unbelievable.

Seeing that, Mayor Shen was depressed, but he had no way to defend himself.

However, from Sheng Xiao’s point of view, Zhongteng’s public relations department and legal team were not to be trifled with. They would resort to the law.

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When Mu Qiqi saw the news at the hospital, she wanted to stand up for her second uncle. However, with the current crisis, whoever spoke out would be attacked by keyboard warriors.

“Song Jiang is really hateful.”

Mama Sheng saw her angry expression and said, “Let Song Jiang be happy. In any case, he is almost at his wits’ end. Mommy believes that justice is in the hearts of the people. The Shen family will definitely survive this crisis.”

“Unfortunately, I am not a man. If I were a man, I would definitely beat Song Jiang into a pulp to vent my hatred.” Mu Qiqi hugged her baby daughter and snorted angrily. “Mommy, why don’t we leave the hospital and go home? That way, we will be more at ease.”

“You don’t have the final say in this matter. Only the doctor has the final say,” Mama Sheng said.

“But I want to do something that I can do.”

She wanted to help find the whereabouts of the mother and daughter so that she could prove her second uncle’s innocence as soon as possible.

“Your task now is to recover well. Before this, we didn’t stop you from going wherever you wanted to go.”

Mu Qiqi thought about it carefully and told herself that she shouldn’t be willful.

“Besides, do you think it’s so easy to get out of the hospital? Everyone knows that you gave birth to a daughter, and they’re all waiting for you.”

“Sigh... if I knew earlier, I would have kept a low profile.”

While Mu Qiqi sighed, the baby in her arms began to cry. Mu Qiqi quickly coaxed her. “Do you miss Daddy? You’re the apple of Daddy’s eye, aren’t you? And mine too. Okay, okay, you poor thing... Don’t cry.”

..

The Shen family was in such a mess. Song Jiang was celebrating with champagne at home.

He wanted the Shen family to become a notorious family.

That way, his years of planning would not be in vain.

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All the problems were caused by the mother and daughter.

According to the information provided by passers-by and the surveillance footage, Mayor Shen’s secretary had kindly bought bus tickets for the mother and daughter. They were allegedly returning to their hometown.

Tang Yan had found the tickets, but he still needed to confirm whether they had left or not.

Lin Mu’an followed the tickets to the train station. In such a crowded place, it was not easy to confirm whether the mother and daughter had gotten on the train or not.

He had to check the train station’s surveillance footage.

From the footage, he could see that the mother and daughter had not gotten on the train when the train was checking the tickets and had left through exit number five of the train station.

In other words, they were still in Jianchuan.

Lin Mu’an went to exit number five and saw several snack bars and beggars.

Lin Mu’an first asked for the surveillance footage from the snack bar.

Tang Yan said that he had to make a breakthrough today or else he wouldn’t be qualified.

However, the surveillance footage from the snack bar didn’t record the pair’s whereabouts.

Lin Mu’an tried his luck and asked the homeless man at the door, although he didn’t think that these people who only cared about money would remember or had seen the mother and daughter before.

“These two? I’ve seen them before, but I’ll only tell you where they went if you give me money.”

“I’ve seen them too. I saw them get into a black car.”

“That’s not right. They were heading that way.”

The three beggars had their own opinions, but they were just trying to get Lin Mu’an to pay for it.

Lin Mu’an sighed. Just then, an old man sitting at exit five said, “The two of them left in a taxi. The taxi driver, surnamed Liu, often hijacked cars in this area. The mother and daughter were in a hurry to leave that day, so they got into his car. I don’t know where exactly they went.”

“Thank you, sir.” Lin Mu’an turned his head to thank him.

“Go to Hongyuan, the taxi company, and you can find this driver surnamed Liu.” The old man waved his hand and closed his eyes again.

He was an old ‘resident’ here, so he was familiar with the environment.

After Lin Mu’an learned of the situation, he immediately rushed to the taxi company. With the help of the manager, he found two drivers surnamed Liu. After combining the opinions of his colleagues, Lin Mu’an locked onto the target.

God knows how much effort he had put in to get to this point.

By the time he found the driver surnamed Liu, it was already evening.

It was snowing in Jianchuan.

“It wasn’t easy to find you!” Lin Mu’an forced himself into the driver’s car and took out his ID as he tried to catch his breath.

When the driver saw that it was a police officer, he got a little nervous. “Officer, I didn’t do anything wrong. Don’t arrest the wrong person.”

“Then, tell me this. Have you seen this mother and daughter pair?” Lin Mu’an took out the photo and asked the driver.

The driver took a few glances and scratched his head. “I think so. I even had a fight with this woman. That’s right, this stinky woman. She rushed out of the car. She didn’t even give me enough money.”

“Where did she go?”

“A residential area on Changwen road called Tian He Yuan.”

“What else?” Lin Mu’an asked. “If you missed anything... I’ll...”

“Don’t, Officer. After sending the mother and daughter to their destination, the woman got out of the car with the little girl. I saw that she didn’t give me enough money, so I immediately chased after her. And what do you know, two strong men had appeared behind her. They entered the residential area together. I was afraid of getting into trouble, so I didn’t get out of the car.”

In other words, the mother and daughter were hiding in Tian He Yuan.

“I remember your license plate. If you dare to lie, I’ll...”

The driver quickly waved his hand and begged for mercy. “Officer, I’m just a driver. You don’t have to be angry with me.”

Lin Mu’an let out a sigh of relief. He finally let the driver off and got out of the taxi.

Then, he stood by the street and called Tang Yan. “Deputy Chief, I found out that they’re at Tian He Yuan.”

“No, they’re not,” Tang Yan replied immediately.

“How do you know?”

“Common sense suggests that if you’re able to follow the clues to the destination, the target would know that they had left a trail. Therefore, going to Tian He Yuan is just for show. It’s definitely not the real destination,” Tang Yan replied.

“So, the information I found is useless, right?”