After Zhang Jingye heard Auntie Li's report, it was as if a bolt from the blue had struck him. He was stunned. After a while, he slammed his fist on the desk and scolded,"Damn you, how dare you steal my son! Why don't you ask who I am? How dare you attack me. If I catch you, I'll skin you alive, pull out your tendons, and tear you into pieces!”He put aside all his company affairs and immediately picked up the phone to inform the driver, Xiao Wang, to prepare the car. He wanted to go to the scene to personally check, inquire, and find clues to solve the case. He believed in his Nanshan Villa. The two walls were tall and sturdy, and the two iron gates were tightly locked. The thief had to climb over the two walls and open the two doors to steal the child. It was impossible to do it flawlessly. He would definitely leave clues for the case to be solved.
Zhang Jingye got into the car and arrived at Nanshan Villa half an hour later. The university student opened the door, and Auntie Li and Sis Liu quickly came forward to greet him. With a stone-faced face, he ignored everyone and said nothing. When he saw the door of the inner courtyard open, he walked straight in.
Zhang Jingye entered the inner courtyard and walked into the building. He went up the stairs to the second floor and went straight to Sister Liu's bedroom. When he saw that Jiye's little bed was empty and his cute son was gone, he could not help but cry out,"My son, your life is so bitter! Just a month old and already met with such a great disaster, how could father bear it? My son, where are you? Father will definitely find you, bring you home, and tear the thief into pieces! I'll avenge you."
Auntie Li brought a chair over and helped him sit down."Mr. Stanley, I'm sorry for your loss. Now is not the time to cry. The most important thing now is to find your successor as soon as possible. Calm down and think about how to deal with this matter.”
Zhang Jingye stopped crying and wiped his tears. He calmed himself down and asked Sister Liu,
"When did you find out that Jiye was missing?”
"At dawn." Sister Liu stammered.
"Didn't you hear the sound of the thief opening the door at night?”
"No, I fell asleep."
"You didn't even hear the sound of the thief opening your bedroom door? Is there something wrong with your ears?"
"There's nothing wrong with my ears. It's all my fault for sleeping so soundly that I didn't hear anything. I deserve to die!" Sister Liu looked at Zhang Jingye's cold face and felt a little afraid. She blamed herself.
"Your ears are fine. Did you not hear anything the whole night? Not even once? She didn't even feed Jiye once? What kind of nanny are you? Is my salary not high enough?”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Stanley! You paid me a high salary, but I didn't fulfill my responsibilities. Perhaps it was because she was too busy during the day and slept too soundly at night, she did not wake up even once the whole night. She did not feed Jiye even once, so she did not hear anything the whole night. If you think I'm incompetent, I'm willing to resign and you can hire someone competent.”Sister Liu was afraid of taking responsibility and took the initiative to resign.
"You wish! If Jiye is not found and the matter is not investigated clearly, none of you can think of leaving!”Zhang Jingye said fiercely. But then he thought of another problem. Was the door opened with a key, or was it pried open with some other iron? He stood up and walked to the door to take a closer look. The door was still the same, and the lock was still the same. It was obvious that it was opened with a key. So he thought of the key. He asked,
"Aren't the keys to the living room and your bedroom in your hands? How did the thief open the door?"
"Yes, the keys to the living room and the bedroom are in my hands. They are still there. Who knew how the thief opened the door? Could it be that he has the same key?" Sister Liu took out the keys to the living room and bedroom and showed them to Zhang Jingye. As expected, there was not a single one missing.
Auntie Li walked over to take a look and said,"Yes, these are the two. I gave them to her." This was strange. How could a thief have the same key? Did they really have the Master Key?”
"What Master Key?" Zhang Jingye asked.
"I heard that thieves nowadays have a master key that can open any door lock.”Auntie Li explained based on the rumors she heard.
"Nonsense! How could there be such a key? Have you seen it before?"
"No, I just heard about it." Auntie Li saw that Zhang Jingye was unhappy and immediately shut her mouth.
"Don't worry about the key. There will be a sound when the door is opened. Why didn't you hear anything?”Zhang Jingye continued to blame Sister Liu.
"It's all my fault for sleeping too soundly. Damn it!”Sister Liu blamed herself and sobbed.
"Did you just sleep too soundly last night? Had there been such a situation in the past?”
"I haven't. Because I wanted to feed Jiye, I used to wake up in the middle of the night. Even if I didn't wake up sometimes, Jiye's crying woke me up.”
"Didn't you hear Jiye cry last night? You didn't feed him all night, how could he not be hungry and cry?”
"I swear, I didn't hear Jiye cry all night. If he cried so hard, how could I not wake up? Because Jiye didn't cry all night and I slept too soundly last night, I didn't hear anything until dawn.”
"Just like last night, this is your only chance?”
"Yes, just this once. We country bumpkins are honest and will never lie.”
"That's strange. I haven't had it before. It was only last night, and it was so serious that I didn't wake up even once the whole night.”
Zhang Jingye felt that Sister Liu's deep sleep was abnormal and had some doubts. He wondered if Sis Liu's food had been drugged. Otherwise, she wouldn't have slept so soundly the entire night. He suddenly changed the topic and asked,"
"What did you eat for dinner last night?”
"Just a bowl of noodles with shredded pork and vegetables.”
"How does it taste?"
"Not bad, it smells good."
"Is there any difference in the taste from the previous vegetable and pork noodles?”
"I don't feel any difference. They were all cooked by the same restaurant, and the taste was the same.”
"Where's the bowl and chopsticks you ate last night?"
"The security guards took it away last night."
Zhang Jingye turned to ask Dasheng. "Usually, Sister Liu's bowls and chopsticks are collected by Auntie Li. Yesterday, Auntie Li went home and arranged for me to collect them." After I took it, I put it in the guard room. This morning, Old Wang from the restaurant came to deliver breakfast and took back the bowls and chopsticks from last night.”
"Was it always like this in the past?" Zhang Jingye asked Auntie Li.”"Yes, restaurants have always been like this. When he delivered the next meal, he also brought back the bowls and chopsticks that he had used for the previous meal to wash. I mentioned it to them several times and told them to clean up the dishes in time, but they refused. They said that they would have to make two trips to deliver a meal. The distance was too far and they were too busy.”
Zhang Jingye frowned and said to Auntie Li,"Quickly call the restaurant. Don't wash the dishes that Sister Liu used last night. I want to take them for testing to see if there's something wrong with last night's food.”Auntie Li immediately called Old Wang, but Old Wang replied that the bowls and chopsticks from last night had already been washed and disinfected. All the bowls and chopsticks were washed and disinfected together, so Sister Liu's bowl and chopsticks could not be found. Zhang Jingye shook his head and said,"It's too late." However, I only suspect that it might not be the problem with last night's food. Maybe Sister Liu was too busy during the day and too tired. She slept too soundly last night. Or maybe her second job was stolen by a thief in the middle of the night and she didn't cry at all, so she slept until dawn.”Zhang Jingye used his words to cover up his thoughts.
Zhang Jingye turned to Dasheng and asked,""What time did you leave the duty room and go to bed last night?”
"Eleven o'clock. This is the rule of the villa. I get off work at this time every day.”
"Did you hear any different voices in the courtyard before you were laid off, or throughout the night? For example, the sound of the guardrail being sawed by the stream?”
"No, I haven't. The villa was very quiet at night. I could hear the sound of the car in the distance and the sound of the wind blowing on the branches and leaves. If there was a different sound, I would definitely be able to tell.”
"That's strange. I didn't hear any different sounds. How did the thieves cut the steel bars of the guardrail? Could it be that there was no sound when such thick steel bars were sawed off? I don't quite believe it." Zhang Jingye was very dissatisfied with Dasheng's answer. He did not suspect that Dasheng was a thief, but he thought that Dasheng must have gone to bed early since Auntie Li had returned home last night. He must have gone to bed before eleven o'clock, so he did not hear the sound of the thief cutting the guardrail. He did not fulfill his responsibility as a security guard.
"I fell asleep after eleven o'clock. I can't say if there were any other sounds in the villa." I was on duty in the guard room before 11 o'clock. I even went to the outer courtyard twice to patrol. Everything was normal. I can guarantee that I didn't hear any different voices.”
Zhang Jingye saw that he could not get any valuable information from the outer court, so he turned to the inner court, hoping to find some problems here. He asked,
"Did you hear any special sounds in the inner courtyard, the building, or the garden? For example, the sound of knocking on the door, the sound of opening the door, the sound of people whispering, the sound of a baby crying, or the sound of someone rushing through the flowers?”"No," said Dasheng. I didn't hear any of the voices you mentioned. Every night, the inner courtyard was pitch-black. No light could be seen, and no sound could be heard. It was the same last night. Everything was normal and he didn't notice anything different.”
Zhang Jingye saw that neither the outer court nor the inner court could find out anything unusual, so he did not ask or say anything else. Without any evidence, he could not frame someone for no reason. Besides, he couldn't ask the security guards to stay up twenty-four hours a day.
Auntie Li saw that Zhang Jingye could not get any results from Sister Liu and Wang Dasheng, so she suggested,
"Mr. Stanley, I think it's better to report the case. Call the Criminal Investigation Department of the police station to send the police to investigate. They have experience in solving cases.”
"We haven't figured out the basic situation yet. There were people who lost their children every day. How many did the police find? Let's go to the scene and find out how this thief cut through such a thick steel bar. We'll talk about it later.”
Zhang Jingye did not listen to Auntie Li's advice. He stood up and walked out of Sis Liu's bedroom. Because he was afraid of exposing the inside story of the villa and getting himself into trouble, he did not want to report it to the police. Auntie Li understood what Zhang Jingye meant and did not dare to persuade him anymore. Seeing that Mr. Stanley was going to investigate the scene, she waved at Dasheng and Sister Liu and followed Zhang Jingye downstairs.
The four of them left the building. Auntie Li led the way and they came to the guardrail under the high wall. Zhang Jingye bent down and carefully checked the stubble where the steel bar was broken. He said,"It looks like it was sawed off by a hacksaw. Look, the saw is still new.”The three of them went forward to take a look and said,"Not bad, it looks like a hacksaw."”But where did the sawed steel bar go? Zhang Jingye stood up and carefully searched the surroundings. There was no sign of the sawed steel bar on the surrounding grass. He said angrily,"Could the thief have taken the steel bars home?”After pondering for a moment, he looked at the gurgling stream and said to Auntie Li,"It seems that the thief must have thrown the steel bar into the stream. If it can't be found anywhere, he definitely won't take it home. Because his goal was to steal the child. Why would he care about that half of the steel bar? Go outside and find two people who are good at swimming to fish out the sawed steel bars and see if there are any fingerprints left by the thief. With fingerprints, you won't have to worry about finding the thief.”
Mrs. Lewis agreed and walked out of the inner courtyard and the outer gate. She walked towards the residential area by the stream. Not long after, she found two middle-aged men who were fishing and said to Mr. Stanley,"They said that they have been fishing in the river before and are very experienced.”Zhang Jingye saw that the two of them had tanned skin, like people who often went into the water. So he said to them," Last night, thieves came into the villa to steal things. They sawed off one of the steel bars on the two guardrails and probably threw it into the stream. If you go down and carefully salvage the steel bars, I will reward you handsomely!”
The two of them knew that Zhang Jingye was the CEO of the Zhang Group. He was very rich and had always been generous. Now that she heard that he would reward her handsomely, she was very happy. They quickly took off their coats and pants, and went down into the water from the guardrails of the inner and outer walls. They went back and forth in the stream, one by one, and searched carefully. Soon, they found something.
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