Lu Sen's regard brought a flicker of joy to Meng Jingwei's heart.
After chatting with Lu Sen for a while longer, she left the company.
Back home, Meng Jingwei opened her computer and began to investigate Han Junyan's surveillance footage, starting from the day Li Yun'er died three months prior.
From his appearance in the surveillance areas near his home, Meng Jingwei painstakingly cracked each location's surveillance video.
Meng Jingwei discovered that on the day Li Yun'er died, Han Junyan was not at home. He returned at nine in the morning, spent less than twenty minutes packing his belongings, changed his clothes, and left with a suitcase.
The clothes he was wearing were the same ones he had on during their last meeting.
Meng Jingwei traced his movements backward. From the surveillance footage, she found that Han Junyan had indeed appeared near Longxi Villa but had not entered.
However, the surveillance near Li Yun'er's Longxi Villa only played for a few minutes before the video cut out.
From the time Han Junyan appeared, all subsequent videos had been wiped clean.
Meng Jingwei attempted to restore the deleted videos using her skills, but it was all in vain.
The deleted videos were over three months old and could not be recovered.
All leads ended there.
Li Yun'er had been buried for months, making it impossible to find any evidence or conduct an autopsy…
Autopsy?
The young woman's eyes narrowed thoughtfully.
Han Yu was the one who handled Li Yun'er's case. Since Han Yu was at the Lancheng Public Security Bureau, his station must have the autopsy report.
Thus, she switched her IP address, hid all browsing traces, and infiltrated the system at lightning speed to access Li Yun'er's autopsy report.
The final result showed… no record found!
Seeing this outcome, Meng Jingwei could no longer remain calm.
Li Yun'er's death concealed too many unknown secrets.
And Han Yu's evasiveness regarding her affairs at the time, coupled with Qing Muye's complete ignorance, suggested more.
It now appeared they weren't unaware but were deliberately concealing something.
What exactly was going on?
With the clues cut off, Meng Jingwei leaned back on the sofa, gazed at the ceiling, and fell into deep thought.
If Han Junyan was involved in Li Yun'er's death, why would Qing Muye remain indifferent?
Could it be because Li Yun'er had conspired with Xiao Cheng to kidnap her, enraging Qing Muye, which led him to turn a blind eye?
Thinking about it this way, it seemed plausible.
"Forget it, I won't think about it anymore."
After much deliberation, Meng Jingwei couldn't pinpoint where the problem lay. She felt that since Li Yun'er was already dead, there was no need for her to dwell on the matter.
While she tried to comfort her emotions, she couldn't suppress the deep yearning for the truth within her.
She sighed, preparing to close her laptop and rest, only to realize it was already four or five in the morning.
"So late?"
Investigating Li Yun'er's case had taken up a significant portion of the night.
She quickly washed up and went straight to bed, burying herself in sleep.
Since she had taken another two days off from Lu Sen, she didn't have to work the next day.
Even though she didn't have to work, she couldn't escape Old Chen Tou's torment. He came to wake her up for training at 5:30 in the morning.
Hearing the knock on the door, Meng Jingwei got up to open it, "Old Chen Tou, let me sleep a bit longer. I just slept for half an hour."
She pleaded pitifully, her eyes showing dark circles.
Seeing Meng Jingwei's pale complexion, disheveled hair, and haggard appearance, Old Chen Tou felt a pang of sympathy. He waved his hand, "Alright, you get a day off today. But you'll have to make up for it double tomorrow."
"Hehehe, old man, thank you."
With Old Chen Tou letting her off the hook, she closed the door and went back to bed to sleep.
Ever since she broke up with Qing Muye, her sleep quality had returned to its previous state. Her sleep duration was short, and she had started experiencing insomnia.
She had seen a doctor and gotten medication, but the effects were minimal.
At nine in the morning, Meng Jingwei's phone rang.
Fiddling with her phone, she answered directly, "Crazy?"
"Where are you? Steve and I are ready. Have you decided where you want to take us?" Ji Lanfeng asked eagerly.
Meng Jingwei, acting as a part-time tour guide, sat on the toilet, her phone on speaker. The browser interface was open, and she was scrolling through pages, "I'm looking. The weather's been nice these past few days, how about I take you for a barbecue?"
"A picnic? That's not bad. But it's no fun with just the three of us."
"You bring Steve, and I'll invite a few more friends. We can all go together."
"I don't know your friends."
"Whether you know them or not, you'll get to know them by playing together."
"Alright, I'll ask Steve first." Ji Lanfeng hung up.
Meng Jingwei continued browsing through Lancheng's travel guides. After looking through them, there didn't seem to be any particularly fun places, so she decided to take Ji Lanfeng for a picnic.
A moment later, her phone rang. It was Ji Lanfeng.
"Steve agreed. But we'll be bringing a friend along, is that okay with you?"
"Sure, no problem. Don't rush, I'll send you the location later."
After speaking with Ji Lanfeng, she hung up.
Then, Meng Jingwei contacted Lin Meng, Shi Ran, Tang Si, and Han Yu, inviting them out.
This time, Meng Jingwei had a specific purpose.
The reason she invited Tang Si was to have a more plausible way to invite Han Yu out, so she could indirectly inquire about Li Yun'er.
For some reason, she was desperately eager to know about Li Yun'er's death.
This matter seemed to possess a great magic, constantly attracting her, compelling her to investigate deeper.
After arranging the outing with the others, Meng Jingwei said to Tang Si, "Tang Si, I have a task for you. Make sure you bring Lu Yanming out, but absolutely do not tell him that I'll be there."
Tang Si was utterly bewildered, "Why?"
"Because… I ran into Lu Yanming once and we argued, and I angered him. Looking back, it was indeed my fault, so I want to take this opportunity to apologize. If he knows I'm there, he definitely won't come."
Meng Jingwei fabricated the lie effortlessly, speaking with a serious expression and utter nonsense.
To her surprise, Tang Si believed her wholeheartedly, "Okay, it's a piece of cake. I'll definitely get him out."
"I believe you. If you can't get him out, we won't be friends anymore. Also, your idol Steve will be there today. If Lu Yanming doesn't come, you don't have to either."
Because Tang Si was also quite skilled, his idol was Steve Arthur.
With him there, getting Tang Si's help was as easy as pie.
As expected, after Meng Jingwei said this, Tang Si's eyes lit up. He immediately nodded vigorously and vowed to bring Lu Yanming along.
Meanwhile, at Songyu Group.
Qing Muye, who was busy working in his office, received a call from Lu Yanming.
"Muye, that kid Tang Si is organizing a picnic. Are you going?"