Lu Yuanhong held his wine glass in one hand and said, "Tell those traffic police to wait. I'll go see them right away. You must insist that she didn't enter this room, and that she went out for a walk after getting out of the car."
"Yes," the bodyguard replied and left.
Jia Nanfang said irritably, "That bitch must have told the police about you and handed the USB drive to them."
Lu Yuanhong glanced at Amei, who was already a corpse lying on the bed, and said with a laugh, "Even if the police get the USB drive, they'll only consider her a slut. Drag her body to the bathroom first, change all the bedsheets and pillowcases, and then go to the study to delete all the surveillance content from today. After the traffic police leave, I'll have someone bury her."
Jia Nanfang nodded. Now that the police were here, no matter how big their disagreements were in private, they had to be united against the police.
...
Qin Tianyi sat restlessly at Su Kangxi's residence, constantly feeling that Amei was in danger.
He recalled infiltrating this criminal group from the beginning, and now that the police were finally about to crack down, such a mishap had occurred. He feared all his efforts would be in vain.
He didn't know how long he had waited. He almost dozed off on the sofa when he heard the sound of the door opening, startling him awake. He immediately and alertly hid behind the door.
Su Kangxi returned from outside, holding a black sealed bag. Seeing Qin Tianyi emerge from behind the door, he said, "You're quite alert now."
"I can't help it. You know the environment I'm in every day; I have to be careful at all times," Qin Tianyi said, glancing at the sealed bag in his hand.
Su Kangxi raised it and said, "I got it from the locker at the supermarket. There's a USB drive inside."
"Did you go to the traffic police?"
Su Kangxi changed his shoes and said, "Yes, they should have arrived at the old Lu family mansion by now. Let's see if they can bring anyone out."
Qin Tianyi was still uneasy. Amei's face, sometimes pure and sometimes seductive, kept flashing before his eyes, making him feel a great sense of responsibility if anything happened to her.
If he had believed her earlier, if he had revealed his identity to her sooner and asked her to cooperate with him, perhaps she wouldn't have had to risk coming out tonight, and Lu Yuanhong wouldn't have discovered anything.
Su Kangxi patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, they'll contact me as soon as they have any news. If Lu Yuanhong still wants to maintain his disguise, he won't openly confront the police."
"I hope she's alright." Qin Tianyi followed him to the computer and watched him open the backup USB drive he had retrieved.
This time, the content on the USB drive did not disappoint. It seemed that the USB drive Amei had given him earlier had indeed been swapped, and Amei herself was unaware of it.
This could only mean that her USB drive had been replaced recently, and not long ago, otherwise, she would have noticed.
Su Kangxi looked at these irrefutable documents and exclaimed excitedly, "Excellent, excellent! Even if Lu Yuanhong hires the most famous lawyer, he won't be able to get acquitted! He can't escape this time!"
Qin Tianyi asked cautiously, "When can the arrest warrant be officially issued? Before you get the warrant, you must have people watch Lu Yuanhong's office and residence to prevent him from fleeing."
"Alright, I know that. I've already sent people to stake out his residence." Su Kangxi, fearing that evidence might be lost, backed up these files to his own computer.
Just then, Su Kangxi's phone rang, and Qin Tianyi's heart tightened.
He listened as Su Kangxi picked up the phone and reported something.
Su Kangxi only repeated phrases like, "Okay," and "Got it."
Before hanging up, Su Kangxi also said to the other party, "Thank you for your hard work."
Before Qin Tianyi could ask, Su Kangxi spoke to him first, "Lu Yuanhong insists that Amei did not return. Although the car Amei drove is parked outside the main gate, Lu Yuanhong said that when he returned, he only saw the car, not the person. His bodyguards also said that after Amei got out of the car, she didn't return to the old mansion but walked off towards the scenic area by herself and was not seen again."
"This is impossible. Who goes for a walk in the middle of the night? They are all lying! Could Amei have met with foul play?" Qin Tianyi stood up indignantly.
Su Kangxi said, "Calm down. The two traffic police officers who went there did not have a search warrant and could not enter the house without authorization. Moreover, there are no public surveillance cameras at the entrance of the old Lu family mansion. Lu Yuanhong must have his own surveillance system, but he won't show it to the traffic police. Therefore, the traffic police could do nothing but tell them that as soon as they see Amei return, she should go to the traffic police brigade."
Qin Tianyi felt that Amei must have met with an accident. Since she had driven her car to the entrance, it was impossible for her not to go home for a walk. Besides, she had two children at home and wouldn't abandon them to go missing.
What exactly did Lu Yuanhong do to Amei? Was she locked up, or was she silenced?
"What should we do now?" Qin Tianyi asked.
Su Kangxi said helplessly, "We can only wait. Wait for the official arrest warrant to be issued."
Qin Tianyi inadvertently looked out the window. The sky had begun to turn white, the darkest night had passed, and the dawn's light was about to illuminate the earth.
...
As soon as the two traffic police officers who came to find Amei left, Lu Yuanhong immediately ordered his men to move Amei's body from the bedroom to the garden behind the large house.
While Lu Yuanhong was dealing with the traffic police, Jia Nanfang had already wrapped Amei's entire body in the soiled bedsheets.
As two bodyguards, one lifting the head and the other the feet, carried her out of the bedroom and passed by the children's room, the younger boy suddenly came out, rubbing his eyes with a crying voice, searching for something everywhere. "Mommy, I want Mommy..."
The two bodyguards were startled by the sudden cry of the child. One of them accidentally loosened his grip, and Amei's head struck the ground stiffly. The bedsheet wrapped around her loosened slightly, revealing Amei's long hair and one side of her face.
The child, unafraid, immediately rushed forward, wanting to call Amei to get up and accompany him. "Mommy, I'm scared, I want you to stay with me."
Lu Yuanhong and Jia Nanfang, who heard the commotion in the bedroom, came out. Seeing the younger boy clinging to the bedsheet and calling for his mother, Jia Nanfang went over, grabbed the child, and said coldly to scare him, "This isn't Mommy; this is garbage to be thrown away. Go back to sleep quickly, or the big bad wolf will catch you!"
The child burst into tears from fright. Lu Yuanhong took his younger son from Jia Nanfang's arms and coaxed him, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Mommy has gone out on business. I'll accompany you back to your room to sleep." He then signaled the two bodyguards to quickly carry the body out.
The two bodyguards did not dare to delay, carrying Amei's body downstairs quickly and to the back garden.
As Lu Yuanhong carried the child into the children's room, he glanced at Jia Nanfang, seemingly displeased with her actions just now.
Jia Nanfang watched him close the children's room door heavily, feeling unhappy herself. Even though Amei was dead, compared to Xiaoxiao, Lu Yuanhong's most treasured children were Amei's children.