Gu Qing, who had barged into the office, almost screamed when he suddenly saw Du Tingtao. Fortunately, Liu Tianming reacted quickly and covered Gu Qing's mouth!
Gu Qing snorted slightly and looked at Liu Tianming in horror.
Liu Tianming raised his index finger to his lips, signaling Gu Qing to be quiet. He then turned his finger around and pointed at Du Tingtao, who was still sitting on the bed.
Liu Tianming did not dare to shine his flashlight directly on Du Tingtao. He only shone the flashlight on the white roof. With the help of the reflected light, Gu Qing suppressed his violent heartbeat and looked at Du Tingtao again.
Du Tingtao did not seem to notice the intruders at all. He continued to sit cross-legged and meditate. He was wearing a white shirt with his collar and cuffs unbuttoned. His hands were hanging down and placed naturally on the bed. However, his forehead was covered in bean-sized sweat, and his chest was also drenched in sweat.
When Gu Qing first saw Du Tingtao, his facial expression was one of pain, and the muscles at the corner of his mouth were contorted. After Gu Qing mustered up his courage to look at him for a while, his expression slowly relaxed, and his breathing gradually became steady and long. Clearly, he had entered a deep sleep.
Liu Tianming signaled Gu Qing to leave with his eyes, and the two of them tiptoed out of the small cubicle. Gu Qing was in a hurry to leave and hurriedly walked to the door. Liu Tianming was careful. With a small flashlight in his mouth, he tiptoed to the office desk and restored the documents that Gu Qing had read earlier.
It was not until Liu Tianming and Xuan Gang walked out of the office and locked the door that Gu Qing felt relieved. She patted her chest and said," I was scared to death. Why is Du Tingtao sitting in a small room so strangely?"”Liu Tianming smiled and said,"Is this your first time doing something bad?" Haha…he wouldn't be afraid after a few more times.”
"You're still in the mood to joke?" Gu Qing frowned.
"Ha…I wasn't caught at the scene, what's there to be afraid of? However…could Du Tingtao be the Taoist master that Yuwen Shuxue had mentioned?”
"Maybe it's him! Look, there's a huge calligraphy painting of "Dao Discussion" in the outer room.”
"Hmm…And this Xuangang is also a monster…Was it showing us the way?”Liu Tianming looked down at Xuan Gang, but Xuan Gang ignored him.
"How would I know? Let's go ask Yuwen and tell him that we probably found his savior.”
"Don't be in a hurry. You still haven't told me why you want to enter Du Tingtao's office. I didn't want to know just now, but now I'm very interested!”Tianming Liu said seriously.
"This…is indeed related to our company, and it's just a guess.”
"Tell me, it's fine." Liu Tianming took out a cigarette and lit it. It seemed that he wanted to hear Gu Qing's reason.
Gu Qing smiled awkwardly and said," Even if you want to talk about it, you have to change the place. It's not good to talk about other people's right and wrong in front of other people's office, right?"”
Liu Tianming blew out a smoke ring and said in a muffled voice,""Alright, let's change places. We've already seen some strange things today. Why don't we go back and rest early? Haste makes waste.”
Gu Qing thought for a while and didn't insist on checking the other rooms.
Compared to the air pumped by the central air-conditioner in the building, the air outside was much fresher. Gu Qing took a deep breath and began to explain to Liu Tianming why he was investigating Du Tingtao.
"I suspect…hmm…just suspect that Du Tingtao might have serious financial problems!”
"Oh?"
"Look, the Teng Long Building behind you, the early construction plus the later renovation and supporting facilities, cost the Teng Long Group a total of 190 million.”Gu Qing's voice was heavy.
"Your Teng Long Group is really rich. There seem to be several such buildings in the country, right?”Liu Tianming sighed.
" From the accounts, every sum of money has been put into practice, and there seems to be no problem. However, the Tenglong Building that we saw today has many hidden flaws. No matter how you look at it, you can't feel that the nearly 200 million yuan is worth it.”
"Ah…what's the flaw? Moreover, what did this have to do with Du Tingtao?”Liu Tianming was puzzled.
"This is why I investigated Du Tingtao's office. Du Tingtao was the person-in-charge of the infrastructure department during the construction of the Teng Long Building!”
When Gu Qing was talking to Pu Yuan, he noticed that there were large traces of water soaking in the building after the heavy rain. It was obvious that they had cut corners during the construction and had not done a water leakage test. That was when he suddenly remembered this matter.
"Today, I reviewed the building's property management maintenance records for the past six months. There were nearly 40 cases of water leakage on the ceiling, the fan stopped running, and the water pipe burst in the wall. How was this a qualified construction project?”
"But this could also be a one-sided problem of the construction unit that is undertaking the construction. After all, Du Tingtao was only a marketing manager, not a construction engineer.”Liu Tianming felt that Gu Qing was being a little too arbitrary.
"Du Tingtao must be in charge of the general project acceptance. With his personality, even if he doesn't understand it himself, he will definitely ask an expert to help.”
"Are you going to sue him for corruption just based on these maintenance records?”Liu Tianming smiled.
"The maintenance records are just the tip of the iceberg.”Gu Qing's expression was very serious." Do you still remember Yuwen making fake surveillance videos? At that time, you sighed and said that our building only installed surveillance cameras at the entrance and the engine room. There were no cameras installed in the corridors and elevators on each floor. The entire surveillance system was useless.”
"Yes…Yes! At that time, I was wondering which layman designed the security system for you.”
"Perhaps this security monitoring system existed in the original design! Today, I went to the security office to take a look. There was a wall there. The wall had been framed. It was originally prepared to install more than ten surveillance cameras, but now it was empty.”
Liu Tianming's expression gradually became serious.
"Let me ask you another question. Have you seen the 200-inch electronic LED screen in the hall on the first floor of the Tenglong Building?”
"Of course I've seen it. Didn't you use it to write some welcoming words and play some festive animations at the cocktail party?”
"The Tenglong Group has branches all over the country. This kind of large screen is used in the buildings of other branches, but the other areas use the same red, green, and blue LED screen. This is already a standard. But here, we only use red and green screens. I checked the price on the Internet. The price of the same size of these two screens is seven times different!”
" It seems that there is something fishy about your Tenglong Building..." Liu Tianming nodded and admired Gu Qing's keen observation. "However, since you have the information, why didn't you report it to Pu Yuan? Wouldn't it be better for him to investigate Du Tingtao openly than to sneak into his office in the middle of the night to find evidence?”
Gu Qing lowered her head and didn't speak. There seemed to be a subtle relationship between Pu Yuan and Du Tingtao. Her intuition told her that reporting her findings to Pu Yuan wouldn't be of much use. Du Tingtao might even realize that she was suspicious of him. At that time, it would be even harder to uncover the truth.
The two of them walked quietly side by side for a while before Gu Qing raised his head and smiled at Liu Tianming."This kind of economic case doesn't seem to be under your jurisdiction, right? It's better for us to handle the internal matters of our company ourselves. When the time is right, we will ask the audit and supervision authorities to come forward.”
Liu Tianming tilted his head and thought for a moment before asking,""Du Tingtao is probably Yuwen Shuxue's savior. Do you still want to continue investigating him?”
Gu Qing was also troubled by this matter. If Du Tingtao was that Taoist master, she would need his help to completely remove Hun Dun's threat. However, she was now collecting evidence against Du Tingtao.
"Perhaps…we should temporarily stop investigating Du Tingtao and focus our attention on the investigation that Yuwen Agency entrusted us with. If necessary, we should invite Du Tingtao to fight against the evil spirit?”Gu Qing looked at Liu Tianming for his opinion.
Liu Tianming nodded. He had always been handling criminal cases. In Liu Tianming's heart, economic cases were obviously not as important as murder cases.
It was late at night, and there were few pedestrians on the street. Under the sparse streetlights, there were two people and a dog. Ever since Gu Qing had met the dillo in the underground parking lot, she had never parked her car in the Teng Long parking lot. She preferred to walk a few more steps and park in a nearby open-air paid parking lot. After Tianming Liu learned of Gu Qing's habits, he often parked his car near the white Santana. Just as the two of them slowly walked to a place not far from the parking lot, a watering cart suddenly played the tune of " Jasmine Flower " and sprayed water mist as it rushed over. It was very fast, and by the time Gu Qing and Liu Tianming noticed it, it was already too late to dodge. Seeing that the water mist was about to envelop the two of them, Liu Tianming actually pulled Gu Qing into his arms and aimed his broad back at the watering cart that was about to pass by! Gu Qing was shocked by this strong hug and forgot to struggle for a moment. The water valve of the watering cart suddenly turned off and quickly drove past the two people who were hugging. The young man driving the car stuck his head out and whistled at the two people. He laughed and left. Liu Tianming and Gu Qing looked at each other in dismay and then separated awkwardly. Gu Qing's face was red as she tidied up her clothes. Her heart was pounding wildly. The mature manly aura on Liu Tianming's body made her dizzy. Liu Tianming had subconsciously wanted to use his body to block the mist for Gu Qing. Now that he was out of danger, he felt a little rude for his rashness just now.”
With such a small episode, the atmosphere between the two became a little subtle. After entering the parking lot, Gu Qing took the initiative to bid farewell."Hmm…It's getting late. I wanted to go see Yuwen, but it looks like I'll have to wait until tomorrow…You can send me here and go back to rest early.”As they spoke, Gu Qing naturally flung his long hair, and a wisp of fragrant hair drifted past.
Tianming Liu's heart ached, but he could only smile and stand beside his car, waving his hand as he silently watched Gu Qing's Santana disappear from his sight.
In the next two days, Gu Qing and Liu Tianming continued to investigate the building openly and secretly. At night, they secretly checked the employees 'offices one by one, but unfortunately, they did not find any valuable discoveries.
Yuwen, who was recuperating, was very interested in Du Tingtao's cross-legged meditation at night, but he did not agree with Gu Qing's suggestion of inviting Du Tingtao to fight against the evil spirit together.
" Daoists are all about opportunities. There is naturally a reason why a master is unwilling to take the initiative to show himself. If we directly reveal to the other party that we already know his identity and force him to destroy his cultivation, it will be a bit too much. It is better to wait until it is convenient for me to move and formally visit him according to the rules of the industry before we discuss it…" Yu Wenru said.
Gu Qing did not understand the rules of the art world. He only felt that Yuwen Tai was too pedantic. Since someone had already died, why was Du Tingtao still hiding? Wasn't it the mission of monks to subdue demons and devils? However, Yuwen's attitude was very firm, and she could not refute it. She could only pay attention to Du Tingtao from time to time during the investigation in the past two days, hoping to confirm his identity as a Taoist master. As for the blue shadow floating on Xuan Gang's body, Yuwen insisted that he did not know. Gu Qing clearly felt that Yuwen was hiding something, but there was nothing he could do.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the fourth day since Yuwen was admitted to the hospital. The Tenglong Building was still considered peaceful.
In the afternoon, Liu Tianming stayed in the police station to sort out the case information. He opened the file with the words " Teng Long Building's Vicious Murder Case ". There was only a thin stack of information inside. Liu Tianming tore a page from his notebook, looked at it, and put it in the file.
On the page was a simple pencil sketch that Liu Tianming had drawn from his memories. Although it was only a few strokes, it was clear that it was a huge swaying and twisting tail. Was there really an unnatural force involved in this strange case? Tianming Liu smiled bitterly. Right now, he really needed manpower and material resources to help him, but if he took this sketch to the bureau chief and asked for a re-investigation of the case, he would definitely be scolded.
The handkerchief that had been used to wipe the blood had been tested and found to have three blood types. The PGM reagent test also confirmed that the blood was quite fresh. The forensics team was amazed that they could find a large number of blood cells on this clean towel. Liu Tianming did not leave the towel with them. He brought back the test results and evidence, only saying that his friend who was engaged in chemical research was experimenting with a new cleaner. Liu Tianming didn't dare to tell Gu Qing about these things. He was afraid of scaring her again, so he could only investigate whether there had been any missing person reports recently. However, not only had no one gone missing recently, even Zhu Ling's husband hadn't come to report it…
In this world…if his wife disappeared, his husband might even raise a glass to celebrate. Thinking of this, Liu Tianming could not help but frown and smile bitterly.
Liu Tianming still hadn't given up on the situation of the internal personnel of the Teng Long Group. He asked for a statement. He checked the personnel information of the Teng Long Group behind Gu Qing's back. This time, he included the list of people who had left their jobs into the scope of investigation. After eliminating those retired old people one by one, a name left a deep impression on Liu Tianming.
Song Qiaozhi, female, thirty-five years old. She resigned last January and served as the director of the finance department.
There was only one sentence in this woman's information. Such a simple personnel information attracted Liu Tianming's attention. He repeatedly looked at Song Qiaozhi's one-inch ID photo.
She was a beauty with long and thin eyebrows, fair skin, and a pair of big eyes that were slightly narrowed.
Liu Tianming suddenly had an impulse to know where this beauty was now. Would she stay at home to take care of her husband and raise her children after she got married? Or go to a company with more prospects than Tenglong and continue to climb to the peak of his career?
In addition to his curiosity about the beauty of the opposite sex, there was another reason that made Liu Tianming pay attention to Song Qiaozhi. That was the fishy thing that Gu Qing had mentioned about the construction of the Teng Long Building! According to the time when Song Qiaozhi left her job, it seemed to be the day when the foundation project of the Tenglong Building was completed. As a finance director, she was probably related to the flow of funds. Could he have resigned for money?
Liu Tianming recorded the question marks in his head in his notebook. Anyway, he had searched the entire building with Gu Qing for the past two days, but there was no progress at all. He might as well find a rat and investigate this economic case that had not been reported. It could also be considered as helping Gu Qing.
He called Chen Shi to inquire about Song Qiaozhi's whereabouts. Who knew that other than praising Song Qiaozhi's beauty, Chen Shi did not know anything about her whereabouts.
"She left without saying goodbye. Even I, the manager in charge of human resources, didn't receive her resignation.”
"What? How could there be a human resources manager as muddle-headed as you? He didn't even investigate properly after the finance director left!”Liu Tianming was stunned.
"Hehe…Captain Liu still doesn't understand the situation. This Song Qiaozhi is used to being free and undisciplined. She's over 30 and still unmarried. She relies on her unusual relationship with a few senior managers and rarely comes to the company to work. As long as the company's accounts are clear and there aren't any bad debts left behind, I can't control where she goes.”
From the way she spoke, Song Qiaozhi seemed to be a woman with a style problem. However, there were many disputes in the office building. Rumors were often mixed with the truth, so one did not have to believe everything she said. Tianming Liu hung up and shook his head slightly.
" Beep beep…" His phone received a text message. Liu Tianming grabbed his phone and glanced at it. It was from Gu Qing.
"Are you still going to be a thief tonight?”
The corners of Liu Tianming's mouth curled up slightly as he replied,""Why don't you be an official and I be a thief?”
"Who's joking with you? We still have four floors to check.”
"As you wish!"
A gust of wind blew, tearing the curtains apart. The air suddenly felt damp. Liu Tianming, who was still looking at his phone, was shocked. He looked back out the window and saw the dark clouds rolling in the sky, as if a thick ink had been knocked over.
Tonight, it was hard to escape a storm.
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