fictionpage Chapter 1645 A Single Net Sweep
Chapter 1645 A Single Net Sweep
Chapter 1645 Sweeping Them All in One Wrap
Is Sun Ming inside?
Fang Yuan, the head of the joint investigation team who was walking at the front, asked the security guard at the door a question.
After the guard saluted, he turned around and used the key to open the door. During this time, Fang Yuan glanced inside through the observation window and saw Sun Ming sitting there with his head down.
"Sun Ming! Stand up!"
The security personnel from the group were clearly more serious and disciplined than the joint investigation team.
Upon receiving the order, Sun Ming reflexively stood up and looked towards the door.
Liu Wei, who was walking behind, was a little surprised. He looked at Sun Ming and then at the guard.
"Director Fang, Director Liu, Sun Ming has arrived. Please give instructions."
"Thank you, that's fine, leave this to us."
Fang Yuan had been investigating the group's internal situation recently, so he had a lot of contact with the security personnel and wasn't surprised by their serious work style.
To ensure the safety of relevant personnel, the management of Jia Yun, Sun Ming, and others was entrusted to the Group's Security Brigade from the beginning, with their daily lives under 24-hour uninterrupted surveillance.
However, each time relevant personnel are reviewed, communication with the security team is required.
Liu Wei was surprised because, apart from meeting Yu Zhe on the first day, he had spent the rest of his time investigating the situation outside Honggang Group.
The two of them each led a group with a clear division of labor: one checked internally and the other checked externally.
Taking Sun Ming, who remained silent, as the origin, the movement spread in two directions.
After nearly a month of investigation, I'm back to square one, finally about to meet Sun Ming.
The two men sat at the interrogation table, watching Sun Ming being ordered to sit down by the guards, and they were deeply moved.
At just over twenty years old, after only two months of living on the third floor of the Unity Hotel, his entire appearance has undergone a tremendous change.
This is no longer the same spirited and extravagant older brother who used to splurge at the Unity Hotel; he is now a lifeless, dying middle-aged man.
To be honest, life here isn't bad. How could the investigation team not provide support for such a crucial person?
The security team also regulated his work and rest schedule and eating habits, and a doctor came to check on him regularly.
But the mental pressure during the investigation and the period when he hesitated to confess were the real culprits that tormented him.
"You still don't intend to be honest, do you?" Fang Yuan looked at him and said, "Do you know why we arranged this conversation so long ago?"
Sun Ming merely raised his eyelids, glanced at her sideways, and remained silent.
"It's okay, you don't have to say anything."
She pulled a stack of documents from her briefcase and placed them on the table, looking at Sun Ming and saying, "It wasn't for nothing that we worked hard for a month. Would you like to take a look?"
"Just say what you have to say," Sun Ming said, tilting his head slightly and looking at her with an arrogant expression. "I'm listening."
Liu Wei raised an eyebrow, looked Sun Ming up and down, and asked, "So you're saying you're not convinced?"
"Why should I submit?" Sun Ming looked at her, tilting his chin as he retorted, "Do I need to submit?"
"You know what you've done."
Liu Wei frowned, pointed at him, and said, "Do I need to read aloud what you've done?"
"Then tell me—" Sun Ming said, looking at her with an air of utter indifference, "I'm sometimes clear-headed and sometimes confused right now."
"Ha—" Liu Wei sneered, "You weren't confused when you were engaged in smuggling activities in Yingcheng."
She pushed aside the information she had gathered and looked at Sun Ming, saying, "You can't carry this burden of tens of thousands of yuan alone."
Sun Ming lowered his eyelids. He was tired of hearing this. He had already told the joint investigation team that he wasn't easily intimidated.
Liu Wei and Fang Yuan exchanged a glance, nodded, and opened their notebooks to continue, "We've also learned some information from the capital. Would you like to hear it?"
"Whatever," Sun Ming shrugged indifferently, "I'm practically growing mold here anyway."
Fang Yuan kept a close eye on his expression. When Liu Wei uttered the words "capital city," Sun Ming's hand visibly trembled.
"You've been to the Beijing office of Sanhe Corporation, haven't you?" Liu Wei narrowed his eyes slightly and asked Sun Ming, "Who took you there? Who did you meet?"
"Who said I'd been to some kind of place again?"
Sun Ming looked at the two of them with amusement and said, "I've never even heard of this thing you're talking about."
"You must have been to the International Hotel, right?"
Liu Wei pulled a ledger from a file folder, flipped to the marked page, pointed to the name on it, and asked, "Your identity registration information and signature are here. You're not going to say someone is impersonating you, are you?"
Sun Ming glanced at what Liu Wei was holding up, then turned his head away with amusement, scoffing, "So what if it's my identity registration information and signature?"
He countered, "Can't I stay at that place?"
“Of course,” Fang Yuan nodded and said, “Since the International Hotel is willing to give you a room, it means they have accepted your check-in request, so there’s nothing wrong with that.”
She raised an eyebrow and asked, "What we want to ask you is, who were you with that night?"
"Think it over before you speak," Liu Wei solemnly reminded him. "If we can get physical evidence, we can also get witnesses."
"Then why are you even asking me?" Sun Ming stretched out his hands and said, "Just shoot me and that's it."
You think you can escape?
Liu Wei said coldly, "I've already told you, you can't handle such a huge burden."
"And then what?" Sun Ming sneered, "Do I think I can live if I confess everything?"
"Then we need to see your attitude first."
Fang Yuan looked at him and said, "You are resisting the organization's investigation and refusing to confess the facts. How can we help you?"
"You want me to betray my uncle, is that it?"
Sun Ming looked at the two of them with amusement and said, "Your target can't just be my second aunt's husband."
"Is his trivial hat really worth all this effort?"
"You are very smart, Sun Ming."
Fang Yuan crossed his arms, looked him up and down, and said, "Tell me, how can you tell the truth?"
"A life for a life," Sun Ming said tentatively, his gaze sweeping over the two men's faces. "I'll tell you the truth, and you can exchange that important person's life for mine. How about it?"
Fang Yuan and Liu Wei exchanged a glance, and Fang Yuan spoke first: "Tell us which important person it is. We need to determine if he's worth your life."
"Can I tell you that now?" Sun Ming glared at him and said, "If I tell you, it won't work."
"So what do you want?" Liu Wei asked impatiently, "Do you want us to give you a guarantee?"
“You guys? Heh—” Sun Ming shook his head dismissively and said, “You’re no good, I don’t trust you.”
"Then tell me, who do you want to vouch for you?" Fang Yuan looked at him and asked with great interest, "Name someone, and we'll go and ask them for you."
"But I'm warning you, don't take yourself too seriously," Liu Wei reminded him. "They might not be willing to help you with this."
“Of course he’s willing,” Sun Ming said emphatically. “He’ll definitely agree as long as you call.”
"Okay, go ahead and say it." Fang Yuan pointed to the telephone in the corner and said, "Tell me now, and I'll make the call right now."
"Fine!" Sun Ming knew that this was all the secret he had, and he also knew that he was doomed to die.
He had thought it through; if he dragged it out until the end, the investigation team would run out of leads and would still come back to make a deal with him.
I don't need to escape, I just need to survive.
What's that saying again? It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death.
As long as he survives, he will still have a chance to go out again, after all, he is only in his early twenties.
“Su Weide, deputy director of Honggang Group.”
Sun Ming watched as his secretary moved the telephone to the table, thought for a moment, and then stated his request.
Upon hearing this answer, Fang Yuan and Liu Wei both had a strange look on their faces. This kid really is stubborn.
"Okay, I'll call Deputy Director Su of Honggang Group right now. Tell him what you need."
Fang Yuan picked up the phone and, in front of Sun Ming, asked for Su Weide's office.
It took some time for the call to connect, so the group waited in the interrogation room, seemingly determined not to give up until the call was answered.
After a while, a voice came from the phone. Fang Yuan chatted for a few words; it was Su Weide's secretary.
They were made to wait a while before they heard Su Weide's voice.
"Hello? This is Suvid."
"This is Deputy Director Su, I'm not lying to you."
Fang Yuan waved the phone in her hand, looked at Sun Ming and said something, then spoke into the phone: "Hello, Deputy Director Su, this is Fang Yuan from the joint investigation team."
"I have something to report to you now. Sun Ming, the key suspect in this case, has questions about his personal safety after confessing the truth and would like to communicate with you in person."
"Who? Sun Ming?" Su Weide asked with a frown, and then heard Sun Ming's voice.
"Hello, Deputy Director Su, I am Sun Ming."
Sun Ming held the phone; he had been watching and listening to Fang Yuan's call the whole time.
Telephones in those days were like this; they weren't exactly loudspeakers, but they didn't pick up sound either. The interrogation room was quiet, and since we were only a meter apart, we could hear everything clearly.
Just like now, the phone is in his hand, and others can hear their conversation clearly.
However, there was a problem: he had seen Suvid, but had never heard his voice.
Su Weide had seen him once from a distance when he came to the steel city industrial zone for research, but he hadn't paid much attention to him.
Now, listening to the other person's voice, he couldn't tell if it was true or false, but he was already standing on the edge of a cliff and had no choice.
"What do you want? Speak."
Su Weide didn't want to get involved in this mess, especially after receiving news that the joint investigation team had already turned its attention to him. He even suspected that Fang Yuan had set a trap for him.
So his tone on the phone was somewhat impolite.
Sun Ming didn't think so; in fact, his tone made him believe him a little more.
In his limited understanding, a high-ranking leader should be stern and domineering.
“Deputy Director Su, I will tell you everything, but I need your guarantee that I will survive.”
How can you expect me to guarantee that?
Suwei asked somewhat impatiently, "Do I need you to write me a written statement?"
"What you need to do now is to actively cooperate with the investigation team, confess and you will be treated leniently, understand?"
"Deputy Director Su!" Sun Ming said quickly, seeing that he was about to end the call, "You'll definitely be interested in the person I'm going to mention!"
"Hmm?" Suvid's voice rose a few decibels as he asked, "What do you mean?"
“Deputy Director Su, let me put it this way, as long as I give you this person’s name, you will be very satisfied.”
Sun Ming said firmly, "I have solid evidence that that person is the one you've always wanted..."
"Alright, get to the point!" Suweide, not wanting to listen to his nonsense, asked seriously, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
Sun Ming knew it was time for him to make a choice. Looking at the two people behind the interrogation table, he said, "I have evidence to prove that this business was handled by a leader of a certain group in Honggang."
"Moreover, he was involved with a foreign company..."
"Who are you talking about?!" Su Weide on the other end of the phone retorted sharply, "Nonsense!"
"I'm not talking nonsense!" Sun Ming raised his voice and emphasized, "As long as you can guarantee I won't die, I'll confess!"
"What exactly do you want?" Su Weide's breathing became heavier, and he suspected that this man named Sun Ming was threatening him.
But Sun Ming felt that he was a bit confused. Hadn't he already regarded Li Xuewu as a thorn in his side? Why was he so angry when he could provide such a good opportunity?
Could it be that he didn't want to bring down Li Xuewu through his own means? What kind of logic is that?
“I want to live,” Sun Ming said earnestly. “As long as it allows me to live, I’m willing to confess.”
Su Weide's mind raced, and he was almost certain that Sun Ming was threatening him.
The business he was talking about, and the foreign-invested enterprises, it seems to refer to him.
Otherwise, why would Sun Ming insist on calling him when he doesn't even know this person?
Furthermore, Sun Ming's urgency and tone on the phone seemed to suggest that he was being sarcastic.
As long as he can keep the other person alive, he won't talk nonsense.
Or rather, he can bite anyone he wants?
The former is somewhat acceptable, but how could he trust the latter? This must be a joke.
Therefore, if you can't figure it out, you can only make a judgment based on the former.
He wasn't sure if this guy named Sun Ming had ever been in contact with Sanhe. What if he had?
Su Weide didn't dare to gamble, so he told Sun Ming to return the phone to Fang Yuan.
"Deputy Director Su." Fang Yuan answered the phone.
"Well, his explanation wasn't very clear, but I could roughly understand what he meant."
Su Weide paused for a moment before saying, "I don't need to go into the specific case-handling procedures; after all, you are professionals."
"If he can confess and show leniency, I think he can be given some preferential treatment according to the policy, right?"
"Yes, I understand, Deputy Director Su."
Fang Yuan looked at Sun Ming, nodded, and said, "We've been trying to persuade him to confess, but he has reservations."
“It’s understandable to have concerns,” Suweid said, then added, “Then let’s leave it at that.”
After saying that, he hung up the phone without saying whether he agreed to or disagreed with Sun Ming's request.
He seemed to have said a lot, but in reality he didn't say anything. However, it wouldn't be right to say he didn't say anything at all; at least the expression on Sun Ming's face showed a bit more determination.
"Now you can speak, right?"
After Liu Wei and Fang Yuan hung up the phone, Liu Wei asked calmly, "Who did you meet at the International Hotel? And who is the person behind this that you mentioned?"
"Actually, I've already confessed."
Having received assurances, Sun Ming's attitude indeed became much more respectful. He looked at the two men seriously and said, "The person behind this project is indeed Li Xuewu, the secretary-general of Honggang Group."
Seeing that neither of them showed any change in expression, he pressed on, "You should have investigated his driver, Yu Zhe, right?"
“We checked, but Yu Zhe said he has nothing to do with this project,” Fang Yuan said impatiently. “And we couldn’t find any connection between him and this project.”
"How is that possible!" This is the asymmetry of information. Sun Ming has been locked up here and knows nothing about the situation outside. He doesn't even know that Yu Zhe is in Steel City.
“If you can’t provide more accurate information,” Liu Wei said, looking at him. “We can’t believe you.”
"What else do you want me to provide? The International Hotel?"
Sun Ming's legs trembled nervously, his fists clenched and unclenched repeatedly, and he said in anguish, "The person I met had nothing to do with this matter."
"Tell us who it is first, and we'll decide if there's any connection." Seeing that he had spoken, Liu Wei perked up and pressed on, "Is it someone from Sanhe Corporation?"
"Hmm—" When Sun Ming heard her say that, his psychological defenses were further broken down. Since he had already found out about Sanhe, he knew that even if he persisted, he might not be able to hold on for long.
"Who is it?" Fang Yuan asked. "Is it Heiji Tanikura, the office manager of Sanhe Corporation?"
"No! It's a woman named Takahashi!"
Seeing that she had revealed more about Sanhe, Sun Ming quickly explained, "I just met with Takahashi."
"What did you meet for?" Liu Wei glanced at him, feigning ignorance, and asked, "What did you talk about?"
"It's...it's that kind of thing."
Sun Ming hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Yu Zhe gave me the address and told me to come find her."
“Yu Zhe?” Fang Yuan said, squinting slightly. “He said that you parted ways at the train station after you arrived in Beijing.”
"Bullshit!" Sun Ming exclaimed excitedly, "This is my first time in the capital, how would I know where anything is!"
He gestured with his handcuffed hands and said, "A car came to pick us up that day. It was quite luxurious, a big sedan."
"He told me that he was grateful for my care of Zhang Meili and my help to him, and that he would definitely help me achieve great success."
Sun Ming leaned forward and emphasized, "Yes, I remember that car. It's the kind of imported car that Li Xuewu used in Steel City. What was it called again?"
"Volga." Liu Wei casually reminded him, "Think carefully. Even in Beijing, such a luxury car is not common. Are you sure you left the train station in this car?"
"Of course I'm sure. I even asked him whose car it was, and he said it was his."
Sun Ming excitedly explained, "The first time I saw this car was when Li Xuewu owned it, so it left a deep impression on me."
"Are you sure Yu Zhe owns this kind of car?"
Liu Wei began to think that Sun Ming was talking nonsense, but she couldn't contradict him, as that wouldn't be proper interrogation technique.
Sun Ming shook his head and said, "Of course I don't believe it, but I can guess that this car must belong to Li Xuewu."
"How could that be?" Although it didn't conform to interrogation techniques, Liu Wei couldn't help but deny it: "Secretary Li's Volga has never returned to Beijing; it's always been in Liaodong."
“Of course I know! I didn’t say it was that car.” Sun Ming looked at her and emphasized, “Who can guarantee that Li Xuewu can’t own that kind of car himself?”
He confidently tapped the small table and said, "We can earn hundreds of thousands every few months. He's the mastermind behind this project. How much must he be making!"
"Let's not talk about that now. Tell me what happened after you got to the International Hotel." Fang Yuan pointed to the registration book and asked, "Did he accompany you in, or did you check into the room by yourself?"
"Can I get in by myself?" Sun Ming explained, "He was the one who took me in, and he also paid for the room. He said it was for me to stay, so he had to register my name."
"Think about it, back then I couldn't afford to pay for that hotel room, which cost 8 yuan a night!"
He gestured with his fingers in amazement and exclaimed, "That was the most expensive night I've ever stayed in!"
Fang Yuan and Liu Wei were amused by his exaggerated description, but to be fair, the International Hotel was indeed very expensive.
It costs 8 yuan a night, which is probably the best room I booked. A regular standard room costs around 3 to 5 yuan.
"And then? He just left?"
Fang Yuan asked, "Is it the same Takahashi you met together?"
"He walked me to my room and said someone would come to my room that night, and then he left."
Sun Ming, not afraid of sounding embarrassed, said with dissatisfaction, "He said it was a gift for me."
"What gift?" Liu Wei asked, frowning.
“It’s…it’s that Takahashi…” Sun Ming lowered his head, secretly glanced at the two of them, and stammered as he explained, “She…she took off her clothes as soon as she came in…”
"She made you do this?" Fang Yuan asked. "I mean, did she give you access to Yingcheng?"
“No, that’s not it,” Sun Ming explained. “She was simply… a gift.”
"It's a pledge of loyalty, return the gift," Liu Wei said disdainfully. "You willingly let them hunt you down."
"I didn't! She initiated it!"
Sun Ming emphasized, "I said no, no, but she said it would only be for a little while..."
Fang Yuan and Liu Wei looked at him speechlessly. This kid really knows how to make things up; he's saying the opposite of what he means.
"Besides this, you two haven't had any other communication?" Liu Wei asked. "Didn't she say anything?"
"They didn't say anything useful, just... those things."
Sun Ming smirked and said, "After it was all over, a man came in and talked to me."
"Who?" Fang Yuan perked up and asked, "Is it Heiji Tanikura, the director of the Beijing office of Sanhe Corporation?"
“I really don’t know that—” Sun Ming explained with a bitter face, “He doesn’t speak like a Japanese soldier at all, and even has a bit of a Northeastern accent.”
“He told me that as long as I did what he asked, I could make money, but he was only in charge of the maritime channels.”
Sun Ming paused here and explained, "He meant that I should handle the channels on land myself, including the source of electrical appliances and the sales of imported goods."
"What about the funding?" Liu Wei asked, frowning. "You need to get the money first, right?"
"It's very simple. We take the goods to international waters, hand them over to the cargo ship anchored there, and pay on the spot, not a penny less."
Sun Ming explained, "We need to unload cargo from the ship, which also requires payment. Sometimes there's too much, sometimes we need to make up the difference, but it's all our money anyway."
"How did you find the ship on the high seas without anyone guiding you?" Liu Wei raised an eyebrow and said, "Surely someone had to guide you the first time, right?"
“You might not believe it,” Sun Ming said helplessly, “but that ship was in a very conspicuous position on the high seas.”
He looked up at Liu Wei and explained, "Once we leave the inland sea, we'll drive past a few iconic uninhabited islands in one direction, and we'll see it soon."
"Anyone can trade freely? Anyone can go?"
Liu Wei was particularly concerned about this and asked, "Don't you care about your identities?"
“Of course we’ll see. The first time we went, we mentioned Yu Zhe’s name, and that’s how we got on the ship,” Sun Ming explained. “Otherwise, they wouldn’t have accepted our goods.”
"You mentioned before that Yu Zhe also has a fleet in this project, right?" Liu Wei asked. "Have you seen his fleet again during the months you've been managing it?"
“This…” Sun Ming suddenly hesitated.
Liu Wei, however, fixed his gaze on him and pressed, "What? Is there something you can't say?"
“I’ve already said all this, what else can’t I say?” Sun Ming gave a wry smile, then explained, “I really don’t know where his fleet is.”
“That doesn’t make sense—” Liu Wei tapped his pencil and looked at him, asking, “Didn’t you say you took you to Yingcheng to see the boats, and even went out on a boat for a while?”
“It’s true, but I only know Yu Zhe, not the crew members.” Sun Ming spread his hands and said, “It’s nighttime, and it’s pitch black, so who could I possibly know?”
“I don’t recognize the boat, and I didn’t see the people clearly, but I know that Yu Zhe is very familiar with them and they even greeted each other.”
“Heh—” Liu Wei shook his head and said, “What you said is completely different from what Yu Zhe said. He said that you brought him here.”
"Bullshit!" Sun Ming retorted, "If I had this channel earlier, would I have waited until now?"
"Besides, why would I go to the capital for no reason? That was my first time in the capital!"
“What you’re saying is useless; you need to tell us the facts.” Fang Yuan shook his head as well. “For example, you said this project belongs to Li Xuewu, the secretary-general of Honggang Group. What evidence do you have?”
“Yu Zhe is the evidence!” Sun Ming said matter-of-factly. “Go and interrogate Yu Zhe. If he doesn’t tell the truth, you can lock him up for three months, torture him, and torment him, just like I did!”
"Are you teaching us how to do things?" Liu Wei looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Tell us your own business."
“I only have this little thing to do, but Yu Zhe absolutely cannot be let off the hook. That kid is too vicious!” Sun Ming said fiercely, “He brought me into this business, and now he’s innocent. Is there any justice in this world?”
"You mean... Yu Zhe framed you?"
Liu Wei glanced at Fang Yuan and continued to ask him, "Do you have a grudge against him?"
“We—” Sun Ming thought for a moment, realizing there seemed to be no real grudge between them, “but—”
He thought for a while, then frowned and said, "Anyway, there's something wrong with him. Even my uncle analyzed that he was working for Li Xuewu, otherwise where would he get the money? Yes, money!"
Sun Ming seemed to remember something, and pointed at the two of them, saying, "Go and check Yu Zhe's expenses in Steel City. He spent at least several hundred yuan those days!"
“We’ve already investigated this.” Fang Yuan placed a file on the table, flipped through it, and said, “We have records here of every expense, the specific time, place, and who was involved, but that doesn’t prove anything.”
"Where did his money come from?" Sun Ming asked indignantly, "Did it fall from the sky? He spends it without a care in the world!"
“It wasn’t blown in by the wind, it came from his father.” Fang Yuan explained calmly, “This was given to him by his father for living expenses after he got married, it was considered a division of the family property.”
"What!" Sun Ming looked at her in disbelief and asked, "Yu Zhe said this? You must be talking nonsense!"
"We don't know whether he's making things up or not, because what he said is consistent with what we found out from his home."
Fang Yuan closed the document in her hand, looked at him and said, "Unless you have evidence to refute his claims."
“I—” Sun Ming panicked a little. He really couldn’t imagine what kind of leverage or evidence Yu Zhe had left behind.
Could it be that Yu Zhe was trying to frame him?
But that doesn't make sense. He and Yu Zhe have no conflict, so why would he go through all that trouble, going back and forth between Yingcheng and the capital, spending so much money just to frame him? Yu Zhe must be seriously ill!
He not only helped Yu Zhe keep an eye on Zhang Meili, but also treated Yu Zhe to two meals. When he heard that Yu Zhe had made a fortune, he only said nice things to him. How could he possibly offend Yu Zhe?
It doesn't make sense, it just doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it!
"Think about it again," Fang Yuan tapped the pencil in her hand and asked, "Yu Zhe said you have an accomplice."
"Accomplices?" Sun Ming stared at her blankly and asked, "What accomplices?"
“It’s a gang that’s lurking in the Honggang Group,” Fang Yuan explained. “He said that person is your friend and helped you contact a leader in the Honggang Group. This project belongs to that leader.”
"What?!" This was the second time Sun Ming had been stunned by their words. "Are you kidding me?!"
He explained helplessly, "He's Li Xuewu's driver. What could I possibly have to do with Li Xuewu?"
“The group leader he’s talking about isn’t Li Xuewu, it’s someone else.” Fang Yuan looked him in the eyes and asked, “Do you know someone named Zhang Mingyuan?”
"Who? Who is Zhang Mingyuan?" Sun Ming frowned and said, "My uncle is Jia Yun. Of course I know many cadres from the metallurgical plant, as well as cadres who have been transferred from the metallurgical plant to other plants."
He emphasized earnestly, "But I'm certain that I don't know anyone named Zhang Mingyuan."
"But Zhang Mingyuan said he knows you."
Fang Yuan pursed his lips and looked at him as he said, "He said that the leader instructed him to contact you, saying that you and that leader already knew each other and needed someone to pass on the message."
"I'm truly—I have to admit defeat!"
Sun Ming grabbed his hair, looking at them blankly. Something just didn't feel right. How did he end up being the villain?
It was clearly Yu Zhe who caused this, so how did he get pinned on him and made up about things he didn't even know about?
He and his uncle Jia Yun guessed that the project belonged to Li Xuewu, based on Yu Zhe's performance, but they never thought that he was Yu Zhe and had any connection with the group's leaders.
Uncle Jia Yun had fantasized about getting close to Li Xuewu, but he didn't have much of a chance. He was thinking of making some achievements through this collaboration so that he could get closer to Li Xuewu.
Do you know Deputy Director Su?
Fang Yuan had lost his patience and asked bluntly, "Is it Deputy Director Su Weide, whom you just contacted?"
"..."
Sun Ming felt as if he had fallen into a trap. It might not be aimed at him, but it was definitely very dangerous.
Moreover, his first reaction upon hearing this question was that it seemed he had made a mistake in asking Suvid for a promise.
"I don't know him/her, I've never seen him/her before."
“Sun Ming, lying will only make us distrust you more.” Liu Wei shook his head and reminded him, “When Deputy Director Su came to Gangcheng for research in June this year, you told many people that you have connections and can do things that others cannot.”
"I was just bragging—"
Sun Ming, on the verge of tears, explained, "You all heard me on the phone just now; we don't know each other."
Fang Yuan and Liu Wei remained silent. "You think someone you don't know, who only exchanged a few words with, can plead for you? What a joke!"
Looking at their expressions, Sun Ming knew he had made a mistake. He had said so much today, thinking he was escaping his predicament, but it turned out he had walked right into a trap.
Did this Deputy Director Su offend someone?
No, it should be Li Xuewu!
What he just expressed to Deputy Director Su was that he wanted to implicate Li Xuewu and bring him down.
Sun Ming learned from his uncle that the two had a conflict because the case of Furnace No. 4 had been at a standstill.
Now it's Li Xuewu's counterattack, and it's Yu Zhe!
Suddenly, he understood everything and felt enlightened, but he was also utterly shocked.
This must be an enormous chessboard, containing all of them. Yu Zhe is the one who initiated the game.
Everyone, even the seemingly insignificant Zhang Meili, has become a pawn in this game of chess.
Cold sweat trickled down his neck; even in the warmest room during the dead of winter, one shouldn't be sweating.
But now he's like someone who's crawled out of the water, sitting there in a daze.
Liu Wei and Fang Yuan exchanged a glance, giving him time to think.
"I'm sure I'm not the person you're looking for."
After Sun Ming's eyes regained their clarity, he first sighed deeply and said, "I'm just a nobody."
Neither Fang Yuan nor Liu Wei spoke, knowing that he was about to confess; it was his reaction after his psychological defenses were breached.
When the Kings of Hell fight, the little devils suffer.
He looked at the two of them and said with a wry smile, "I am that little brat, that greedy little brat who doesn't know his own mortality."
“I swear, everything I said is true.”
Sun Ming looked at the two of them seriously and said, "It was Li Xuewu who set up this game to trap and kill everyone."
As if he had suddenly gained enlightenment, he explained very clearly: "Su Weide was targeting Li Xuewu, so Li Xuewu used his driver to find me and led me into this trap."
"Because of me, this game of chess has been connected to my uncle, which has increased my importance in this game."
Fang and Yuan listened intently to his earnestness, realizing he wasn't making things up, and they frowned as they listened carefully as well.
“I am certain that what I just described about my experience in Beijing is true. I only had a one-night stand with a stranger.”
Sun Ming paused for a moment, then continued to explain, "After returning, I thought I had entered Li Xuewu's circle and become one of his own."
“After I started the city-building project, I became a bomb, a bomb sent to Suvid.”
He looked at the two men and emphasized, "But there's definitely more than just one bomb in this game; there should be other arrangements."
“And the trigger is Zhang Mingyuan, whom you just mentioned.” Sun Ming shook his head slightly and emphasized very seriously, “I’m sure I don’t know this person, and I don’t know what his purpose is in insisting that he knows me.”
"But how can I, this bomb piece, contact Suvid? It must be him."
"You mean—" Fang Yuan frowned and asked, "that Li Xuewu initiated this project at sea to frame Su Weide? And instructed Zhang Mingyuan to give false testimony to frame you?"
"Heh—it doesn't make sense, does it?"
Sun Ming said with a wry smile, "I can't figure it out myself, so how can you possibly understand it? But that's the truth."
He was about to cry, and said in a hoarse voice, "This Zhang Mingyuan must be related to Su Weide, right?"
Fang Yuan did not answer his question, but his silence had already given the answer.
Based on the information provided by Yu Zhe, they conducted an investigation and discovered that Zhang Mingyuan frequently reported to Su Weide by phone alone.
Just as they were about to summon Zhang Mingyuan, he unexpectedly returned to Beijing.
But just as they were sending the summons to the capital, Zhang Mingyuan returned and surprisingly turned himself in.
Based on Zhang Mingyuan's confession, they were able to complete the second half of Sun Ming's statement.
But what Sun Ming said made them suspicious.
"Investigate. Investigate that guy from Sanhe Corporation. He should be the Gukura Heiji you mentioned."
Sun Mingxin said with a look of utter despair, "I don't think you can find anything out from that ship at sea or the Yingcheng canal. Even if you could, it would have been destroyed long ago."
“I don’t even expect you to correct this fact, because I’m in the thick of it and feel it the most.”
He looked at them with great pessimism and despair and said, "I didn't die unjustly this time. I'm lucky enough to know how I died before I died."
At this point, he suddenly laughed, a bitter laugh, his voice mournful, "I'm the one who harmed my uncle and others. If I hadn't been greedy, things wouldn't have turned out this way."
"Also, the fact that I asked you to investigate that Gukura Heiji doesn't mean he can tell the truth."
Sun Ming raised his head and looked at them, saying, "Just like this Zhang Mingyuan, he's willing to sacrifice himself to bring about the destruction of us all."
"Think about it, how many big and small fish are already in this net?"
He shrugged and said, "If I, a nobody, can't escape, then they can forget about it."
“Go investigate Heiji Gukura, the most likely explanation is—” Sun Ming paused, looking at them in shock, and said, “That’s the final bomb…”
Upon hearing his words, Fang Yuan and Liu Wei were also stunned into silence; the plan was so meticulously crafted that it seemed perfectly natural.
Not a single detail was wasted; everyone was brought together and captured in one fell swoop.