rebirth retreat

"Gu Jie is dead."

After listening to what Gu Liuguang said, Gude was so surprised that he accidentally knocked over the teapot he had just brewed.The hot tea dripped from the table and fell to the floor in embarrassment.

"How could this be!" Goode asked in disbelief.

"It happened early this morning. She didn't know the reason. She drove a car whose brakes had been tampered with and fled in the direction of City G. An accident happened at a corner of National Highway 235, and she died after being rescued by the hospital." Gu Liuguang spoke expressionlessly, as if he was talking about something unrelated to him, but the clenched fists at his side revealed his concern.

"A car that has been tampered with?" Goode's heart skipped a beat. "You mean, didn't she die accidentally?"

"According to the road monitoring we have investigated, there is indeed a suspicious car following behind the car she was driving. Regardless of whether the accident was caused by that car, it is certain that the car must have been involved in the accident when the accident happened. At the scene." Recalling the clues that the police investigated early in the morning, Gu Liuguang frowned tightly, with a hint of hesitation in his tone, and said slowly: "But the police said that when they rescued her from the mountain, they smelled something on her. There was a strong smell of alcohol. So in order to rule out the possibility of the accident being caused by drunk driving, the police are sending a forensic doctor to conduct an autopsy on her while they are searching for the suspicious vehicle."

Unexpectedly, there are such twists and turns in it. Just imagining such a scene, Goode feels chills all over his body.Suppressing the anxiety in his heart, Goode asked, "So, what do you think?"

Gu Liuguang raised his eyes to Gude, and looked at the familiar face in front of him. He was slightly startled, and suddenly thought of something.

He thought that the woman chose to give the key to Yan Dongting instead of him before she died, and said such last words, probably because she didn't want to involve him in this incident.

However, this also just shows that this accident—or the key, must have a great relationship with "him", a relationship that cannot be disclosed to the police and can only be investigated by themselves.

Gude felt a little nervous when he saw him, and he couldn't help calling out in a low voice: "Liu Guang?"

Looking away, Gu Liuguang took out the blood-stained key, handed it to Gude, and said, "This is something she gave to Yan Dongting alone to avoid the police before she died."

He didn't answer Goode's question directly, but the answer was self-evident.

After taking the key, Goode frowned.Why did Gu Jie avoid the police and keep this thing alone?Is it because you don't trust the police's ability to handle affairs, or is it that this key cannot be used as direct evidence to confirm the murderer?

As if understanding what he was thinking, Gu Liuguang firmly held his hand holding the key, and said in a low voice: "Gude, I ask you one thing, and this is also the purpose of my coming to see you."

Goode said without thinking: "Your business is my business. Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"As 'Gu Liuguang', apply to the police to intervene in this case," Gu Liuguang said, "Yan Dongting and I have special identities after all, but you...you are different. Now only you can enter her house legitimately, Take over her legacy."

Gu Liuguang spoke very slowly. He wanted to try his best to appear calm and composed, but how could Gude not hear the bitterness in his words?Gude thought, this person must be blaming himself again. The pain and responsibility of self-blame should be borne by him, but now Gude is required to complete it for him.That car accident did turn their lives upside down, but it also made the stubborn man in front of him face his fate more cruelly as a bystander.

Good held his hand instead, and replied clearly, "Don't worry, I will."

"After the autopsy is over, help me get her body back."

"it is good."

The stone that had been hanging over his heart fell in vain, and Gu Liuguang was suddenly overwhelmed by fatigue, leaning on the sofa exhausted.He raised his hands to cover his slightly astringent eyes, and let out a long breath.

He wouldn't let her die in vain, for sure.

***

In the conference room of Dongtian Media, Shen Xi stood in front of the projection board and analyzed the recent financial report for Yan Dongting in detail.

"The reputation compensation requested by the three advertising partners, the breach of contract compensation for two TV dramas that are preparing to start filming, and the estimated box office of the upcoming movie whose reputation was affected in this leak... 380 million, this is the leak. All the losses caused by the incident to Dongtian. Since the amount is too large, it can be classified as vicious commercial theft. I have prepared the documents, and we can hand them over to the lawyer at any time to appeal to the court."

Yan Dongting propped his hands in front of his body, silently looking at the string of slightly startling numbers on the screen.

More than 6000 million, this series of figures is a huge blow to both enterprises and individuals.When he made that decision, he had already expected such a result.It's just that the person who was responsible for this result has changed from Gu Jie... to him.

"No need." He said.

I don't know if it was because of the back and forth between the hospital and the scene of the crime, he felt the biting coldness of a winter snowy night wrapped around his body, making everyone a little breathless.

Shen Xi didn't recover for a while, and asked in a daze: "No need for anything?"

Yan Dongting said indifferently: "The suspect died in a car accident in the early morning yesterday. I have already applied to the police to withdraw the case, so I don't need to hand it over to a lawyer."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the conference room turned pale with shock, especially Feng Yi.

After recovering from the shock, Shen Xi asked: "The company's loss..."

"All the losses of Dongtian will be borne by me alone," Yan Dongting said.

"Yan!" Li Sheng stood up in shock, "Doing this will make you..."

Yan Dongting raised his hand to stop his words, and said: "The root cause of this matter is me. It is my personal grievances that have affected the entire Dongtian. Now that person is dead, I should bear the loss."

After a long time, Li Sheng said movedly: "Since this is the case, we have to work harder. If we don't push Dongtian to the top of the industry again, how can we be worthy of Yan's dedication today?"

"Just right, I now have some ideas about the problems Mr. Yan left for us in the last meeting." Mars took the opportunity, straightened up slightly, and confessed the plan in his heart to Yan Dongting.

After listening to Mars' detailed and steady work plan, Yan Dongting frowned slightly, and the coldness in his eyes gradually faded away.

It is a great honor for him and Dongtian to have these capable generals by his side.

An hour later, after the long company internal repair meeting ended, Yan Dongting left the meeting room with everyone and walked towards his office.

There was a familiar sound of footsteps behind him, and he didn't need to look to know who was chasing him.

He said: "How is the progress of the matter that I asked you to check this morning?"

"I have sent someone to look for it, and there will be news in the evening at the earliest." Feng Yi replied, paused, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Yan, what happened? Why did Gu Jie die suddenly? What does it have to do with Liu Guang's car accident half a year ago?"

He still remembered Yan Dongting's urgent phone call in the early morning, and that thunderous guess.If it wasn't for Yan Dongting's reminder, he would never have guessed that the accident that almost killed Gu Liuguang half a year ago would have something else hidden.

Yan Dongting's voice was solemn: "Because the car that Gu Jie was involved in had an accident, the brakes were also broken."

Feng Yi frowned suspiciously.Just because of this, it is a bit too hasty to conclude that the two car accidents are related?

"If someone else had the accident, I wouldn't doubt the authenticity of that accident." Yan Dongting said.

"But..." Feng Yi frowned, "Liu Guang and his mother have long since severed ties. Before that incident, they had no contact at all. How could anyone want to kill the two of them together?"

Yan Dongting didn't answer, he also fell into the same doubt.

Although Liu Guang had an argument with Li Yiran before driving down the mountain, and he also suspected that Li Yiran did it, but...Li Yiran and Gu Jie didn't know each other at all, so how could he kill Gu Jie?No matter what, she should come for herself.

But if it wasn't Li Yiran, who would it be?

A thought flashed through his mind, but he didn't catch this fleeting opportunity.Turning around, Yan Dongting said: "Ask Xiao Qiao to come to my place. I still have some questions I want to ask her about the incident half a year ago. In addition, I want Li Yiran's recent three months' activities. The more detailed the better."

Whether it is or not, he will let go of the gamble.

"Yes!" Understanding the seriousness and urgency of the matter, Feng Yi didn't ask why, and immediately turned around to do what Yan Dongting asked.

And half an hour later, Xiao Qiao's figure appeared in the CEO's office of Dongtian Media again.

***

A City Rongling traffic police detachment office.

With a cigarette in his mouth, Xu Yuan was carefully flipping through the photos in his hand.

Winding brake marks on the road, damaged roadside guardrails, artificially damaged brakes, and a mass of dark surveillance video captures—these are all traces and clues taken at the accident scene, but these clues alone cannot form a complete picture. chain of evidence.

No suspicious footprints, no redundant fingerprints, even if there are many doubts, it can only be concluded as an accident.

Putting down the photo and rubbing his swollen temples, Xu Yuan forcefully took a puff of smoke.

Now we can only rely on the surveillance video and the forensic report.

The door of the office was suddenly pushed open, and a small traffic policeman rushed in, saying, "Captain, there is a situation!"

"We just received a call from the Gaoyuan Fire Brigade. In a sorghum field heading towards Yanjing Village in the Southern District, a black car exploded! Judging from the burnt license plate at the scene, it was exactly the one we were looking for !"

"What!" Xu Yuan jumped up against the case, with a shocked expression on his face, "Explosion? What about the people in the car?"

The little traffic policeman looked solemn: "There is no one in the car, so I ran away."

"Damn it!" Xu Yuan slammed the cigarette into the ashtray, and rushed out while dialing Wang Hao's phone.

"What are you doing in a daze! Go to the scene!"