Chapter 70: No Benefit Can Be Missed Following Wang Hong's explanation, even if Liu Hong'e's mental state was better, there was no point in persisting. Chu Zhongxin took advantage of the victory and soon obtained Liu Hong'e's confession. As the mastermind behind Wang Hong, Liu Hong'e knew more details and also revealed the motive for killing Liu Xinwen. Liu Hong'e was also desperate. She took off her clothes on the spot, revealing the scars on her body, and sobbed: "He beat me. That bastard is simply a beast. He doesn't treat me as a human being. Not only does he beat me, he also tortured me. When he was doing that, he used whatever he could get his hands on to hit me... If I don't kill him, I will die in his hands sooner or later." Ning Weidong and several people present were surprised. I originally thought it was Pan Jinlian, but I didn't expect this situation to happen. Judging from the scars, what Liu Hong'e said should be true. The new wounds on her body are stacked on top of the old ones, and they were not formed in a short period of time. Chu Zhongxin frowned. He didn't ask why they didn't get divorced or why they didn't find the Avengers. To some extent, this was Liu Hong'e's own fault. She had a dirty trick of her own, so naturally she dared not speak out. She had only two choices: either wait for Liu Xinwen to beat her to death, or take the initiative.

She didn't want to die, so she chose to let Liu Xinwen die. But she still refused to give up the person who provided her with technical support. Apparently Liu Hong'e still held on to a glimmer of hope; as long as she could protect that person, she could still be saved. She was being abused, and her sentence could be mitigated if someone could help her. If she gave that man away, she would have no hope at all. But then again, Liu Xinwen is dead, and she had said it all, so whether it was true or not, Liu Xinwen had no way of refutation. Anyway, no matter what, they are both biting each other. …… At noon, Chu Zhongxin was in a good mood and asked Ning Weidong to have a small meal together in the factory cafeteria. Two people, four dishes and a soup, in a small private room. Chu Zhongxin asked while eating: "Weidong, now that we have come to this point, what do you think we should do next?" Ning Weidong was stuffing a piece of spicy and sour potato shreds into his mouth with chopsticks, chewing a few bites and swallowing them, saying, "Brother Chu, you are testing me. You must have known the answer in your mind~" Chu Zhongxin smiled, which was considered as his agreement. Ning Weidong sorted out his thoughts and said, "I think it's about right. Some things can't be perfect. If you keep nagging Liu Hong'e, you might end up with a bigger one. Then it won't be a shame for the factory anymore..." Chu Zhongxin nodded. He had reached a tacit understanding with Li Weibing and Wang Guoqiang to resolve the matter without affecting the factory. If we dig deeper, it would be equivalent to breaking the tacit understanding and would inevitably lead to obstruction and counterattack from those two parties. Chu Zhongxin simply couldn't withstand this kind of pressure. After all, Chu Zhongxin is just a section chief, several levels lower than Li Weibing and Wan Guoqiang. The reason why he is qualified to be on an equal footing this time is because of this case. Chu Zhongxin's power comes from the matter, not from himself.

So from his point of view, the safest thing to do is to stop here. With Liu Hong'e and Wang Hong, plus a line of speculation and profiteering, and Wang Jingsheng's gang operating this line, it is enough. However, Ning Weidong could see that Chu Zhongxin was very unwilling to accept this result, but he tried his best to hide it on the surface and appear calm. Seeing the truth but not saying it out loud will only make Chu Zhongxin feel even more uncomfortable. …… The next day, with Liu Hong'e being arrested, the newly established investigation team was disbanded on the spot. In the morning, the news that Liu Xinwen's death was not a production accident but murdered by someone had spread throughout the factory. In comparison, Xu Jinshan's disappearance seemed to be insignificant. Yesterday, Chu Zhongxin sent people to capture Xu Jinshan but came up empty-handed. Ning Weidong was not surprised by this result. Although Xu Jinshan was only a security squad leader, his position was quite important and could implicate many people. He could escape or die, but he could not be caught. Today, Ning Weidong specially wore new clothes and went straight to Li Peihang's office when he arrived at the unit. Seeing Ning Weidong, Li Peihang smiled, stood up and walked to the door, saying "not bad" and "not bad" twice in a row. Ning Weidong said: "You are a good leader..." After some business exaggeration, Li Peihang finally talked about Ning Weidong's follow-up arrangements. Li Peihang had previously put Ning Weidong into the investigation team in an attempt to sway the issue, but he didn't expect that things would end so quickly. It was also a coincidence. Li Peihang originally estimated that Wang Guoqiang would use this accident to make a big fuss, and the two sides would pull each other for at least several months. Unexpectedly, the situation was far more serious than expected and it went straight from an accident to a murder. Li Weibing and Wang Guoqiang were forced to change their plan from confrontation to cooperation, to cover up the matter, cut the Gordian knot and end it. Ning Weidong was one of the chess pieces and was a byproduct of Li Weibing's attempt to show goodwill to the Wang family. Although the situation has changed and the investigation team has only been established for two days, Ning Weidong's benefits cannot be lost at all. Li Peihang personally took Ning Weidong to the stairs and led him to the first office. The door was always open, and Ning Weidong was asked to stay in that room when he first came. "Old Chen~" Li Peihang said to the middle-aged man in his forties in the office, "This is the Ning Weidong I told you about." He then said to Ning Weidong, "Weidong, his name is Section Chief Chen." Ning Weidong called out, and Lao Chen quickly said, "What section chief? Just call me Lao Chen." He then said to Li Peihang, "Section Chief, you can rest assured that Comrade Weidong will be with me~" Li Peihang didn't stay long. He just said a few words and left. In addition to Lao Chen, there were two other people in the office. Ning Weidong had a vague impression of them. When he came for the first time, he took a look inside and saw these two people were also there. Lao Chen introduced: "Weidong introduces you, this is Feng Wen..." Ning Weidong stretched out his hand: "Hello, Comrade Feng Wen." It was the young man who had been chased out of the house last time for interrogation.

Today he was still wearing a Zhongshan suit and black leather shoes, with pride in his eyes. When he saw Ning Weidong extending his hand, he looked him up and down before shaking his hand: "Hello, Comrade Ning Weidong." Ning Weidong was not surprised, because Li Peihang had just said in the office that Feng Wen was Deputy Director Wang Kaifeng's man, and was said to be Wang Kaifeng's nephew. Old Chen looked at another female comrade and said, "This is Comrade Wen Aiying, a famous writer in our department." Ning Weidong hurriedly called out, "Hello, Sister Wen." Wen Aiying was of medium build and good-looking, about 27 or 28 years old, with wavy curly hair, which was quite fashionable in that era. He treated Ning Weidong very warmly, and was somewhat straightforward and familiar: "Comrade Ning Weidong welcomes you." While shaking hands with Ning Weidong, he gestured to his head with his left hand: "Xiao Ning, you are really tall, are you meters tall?" "I'm not that tall, barely meters." Ning Weidong replied with a smile. Wen Aiying is very sociable. She was able to bring the two people closer together with just a few words, just like old acquaintances. Then he said, "That's high enough. You have to sign up for the factory basketball game this year." Feng Wen pouted without trying to hide it, but he didn't say anything sarcastic. However, when he looked at Ning Weidong, a hint of gloating flashed in his eyes. (End of this chapter)