Chapter 98

The internal energy that Ye Feng used on Zhao Cai Ping was benign, so it didn't take long for her to regain consciousness. Ye Feng wasn't in a hurry to send Zhao Cai Ping home. In the heat of the moment, he had brought her out of the police station, but he still didn't know the full story. He wanted to quickly ask Zhao Cai Ping what had happened.

"Brother-in-law, it's me, Xiao Ye. How are you feeling now? Are you okay? Do you need to go to the hospital or a clinic first?"

Zhao Cai Ping was still a bit dazed. She realized she was no longer at the police station but in a small alley, which made her even more confused. She was also puzzled as to why this young man named Ye Feng was here. She asked, "Wasn't I at the police station? How did I end up here? Brother Xiao Ye, why are you here?"

Ye Feng naturally couldn't tell her the truth. He replied, "Brother-in-law, I've already found a buyer for the ancient jade for you, but I couldn't get through to you on the phone. Later, when I went to your shop, I found the door wide open and you were gone. There were two people waiting for you, from Zhengyang Group, saying they wanted to sign a compensation agreement with you. When I called you again, someone answered, and that's when I found out you were at the Xiapu District Police Station. Brother-in-law, what exactly happened? When I got to the Xiapu station, I found you unconscious. The police didn't tell me what happened, they just told me to take you away. By the way, Brother-in-law, here's your phone."

Ye Feng took Zhao Cai Ping's phone out of his pocket and gave it to her. He had taken it from the Xiapu station earlier. The phone was indeed not with her at the time but was being kept by a female officer. It wasn't damaged, perhaps because someone didn't want Zhao Cai Ping to contact anyone outside.

Actually, Ye Feng hadn't gone to the jade shop before, but he had sensed her through his divine sense. This explanation was something he had come up with on the spot.

Once Zhao Cai Ping realized she had been released from the police station, her spirits and emotions gradually recovered. But thinking about what had happened in the morning, and the two pieces of ancient jade being taken away, she couldn't suppress her anger and burst into tears.

Seeing this, Ye Feng became even more anxious and comforted her, "Brother-in-law, don't cry. Tell me what happened. If you've been wronged, just tell me, and I'll definitely help you."

After crying for a while, Zhao Cai Ping slowly calmed down and said, "Xiao Ye, let's go back to the shop first. No one is there, and I'm worried."

Ye Feng said, "Brother-in-law, you don't need to worry about that. When I went to your shop, people from Zhengyang Group were there, and they're temporarily watching the shop for you."

"How can I let them watch the shop? I need to go back first. Xiao Ye, I'll tell you everything once we get back. I'm really sorry, I promised to leave those two pieces of ancient jade for the person you found, but now they've been taken away."

Ye Feng was taken aback. Could this be related to those two pieces of ancient jade? Seeing that Zhao Cai Ping was worried about the shop, he didn't want to ask more questions and accompanied her back home.

When they returned to the jade shop, the two people left by Gu Nian were still there. They were very happy to see Zhao Cai Ping return and immediately asked her to go with them to the Zhengyang Group headquarters to handle the compensation. However, Zhao Cai Ping was clearly in a bad mood, still upset about the two pieces of ancient jade being taken away. She didn't say anything and didn't agree to go to Zhengyang Group right away.

Ye Feng walked to a distance and called Gu Nian, telling her to sign the compensation agreement with Zhao Cai Ping later and to let the two staff members go back first.

Soon, one of the Zhengyang Group staff members received a call, nodded a few times, and put away his phone. He said to Zhao Cai Ping, "Ms. Zhao, the headquarters has informed me that we can sign the compensation agreement later. Whenever you have time, you can go to the Zhengyang Group Legal Department on Changjiang Road, and we will have someone responsible for handling your case. We'll leave now."

After the two left, Zhao Cai Ping sat down on the sliding chair in front of the counter, sighing deeply, her mind full of worries.

Like Du Lijun, Zhao Cai Ping was a person who valued promises. The two of them had come together because of this shared trait.

So Zhao Cai Ping felt she had let Ye Feng down. Since she had promised to sell the two pieces of ancient jade to the person Ye Feng found and to wait for him for three days, she should have kept her word. But she never expected that the jade would be taken away so soon. Even though the person who took it had forced a check on her, it still felt like a robbery to her because it wasn't voluntary.

She had seen the check, and the amount was substantial, one million yuan. Even if Ye Feng could find someone to buy the two pieces of ancient jade, it might not sell for that much. But to Zhao Cai Ping, the promise was far more important than the amount on the check. Moreover, Ye Feng was a brother who had been with her husband for many years.

Zhao Cai Ping was not a vain or greedy woman. Over the years with Du Lijun, she had experienced both good times and bad. After more than ten years of ups and downs, the couple had managed to stay together, relying on trust and integrity. In this materialistic era, couples like them were rare, but they definitely existed.

Ye Feng walked up to Zhao Cai Ping and asked softly, "Brother-in-law, can you tell me what happened now?"

Zhao Cai Ping nodded and then recounted the entire story to Ye Feng, including the part about the arrogant young man who had forced a check on her.

As Zhao Cai Ping narrated, Ye Feng's frown deepened. He couldn't understand how someone could bring the police to a small jade shop to take away two pieces of ancient jade, and only those two pieces.

Who was this young man? Why did the police follow him without question?

The anger that Ye Feng had suppressed earlier flared up again. He was a person who repaid kindness and avenged wrongs. After the incidents with Liu Yong and Ghost Wolf, he had decided not to hold a grudge against the police in Xiapu District for not harming Zhao Cai Ping. But he would not let the young man who took the jade and the police who accompanied him off the hook.

Ye Feng asked, "Brother-in-law, does your shop have surveillance cameras? Can you show me the footage?"

Zhao Cai Ping shook her head and sighed, "No, they've been destroyed. Everything is gone. Brother Ye, I promised to do something for you, but now I can't. I thought about reporting it to the police, but some of the people involved were police officers. What's the point of reporting it? Since reporting it won't help, I'll go to the government and file a complaint. I'll search every police station in Mingzhu City if I have to. They must be Mingzhu City police officers. I won't rest until I get those two pieces of ancient jade back."

"No, Brother-in-law, you don't need to do that. Your top priority now is to take care of Brother Lijun's funeral and sign the compensation agreement. Leave the rest to me. Even though the surveillance in your shop is gone, there are still cameras outside. If we can find those people or the license plate of the car they were in, we can trace their identities. Leave this to me, Brother-in-law. I'll get those two pieces of ancient jade back for you."

Zhao Cai Ping's eyes lit up at Ye Feng's words. "That's right. The surveillance in my shop was destroyed, but they can't destroy the cameras outside, can they? But there's a problem, Xiao Ye. We need to go to the Zhufeng Street Management Office to access the footage. Will they let us see it?"

"They will, definitely. I have a way. I won't go into the details, but just wait for my news. For now, you should eat something and rest. When you have time in the afternoon or tomorrow, go to Zhengyang Group and sign the compensation agreement. Your brother's funeral needs money, and this can't be delayed. As for getting the two pieces of ancient jade back, leave it to me. I'll take care of it. I'll be off now."

After leaving the jade shop, Ye Feng took a taxi to the Zhufeng Street Management Office. He found a safe place, used his invisibility technique, and entered the office. He found the surveillance footage and, using his soul control technique several times, accessed all the footage outside Zhao Cai Ping's jade shop. To his satisfaction, the footage was clear, showing both the license plate and the faces of all the people who got out of the car.

What made Ye Feng even more pleased was that the person in charge of the surveillance, who had fallen under his soul control, recognized the license plate as belonging to the Mingzhu City Police Department.

This information greatly excited Ye Feng, as it saved him the time of tracing the identities of the people involved through the license plate.

It was now clear that the police involved were from the Mingzhu City Police Department. As long as he could find these police officers, he could trace the identity of the young man who led them.

While Su Qing, Lin Tianhuo, and Wang Yaodong were trying to set up a trap to investigate Ye Feng, Ye Feng was also unknowingly investigating them.

One reason was Ye Feng's special abilities and his connection to the serial murders on a rainy night, and the other was to help the widow of the deceased foreman seek justice.

One was a powerful special agency with many extraordinary abilities, and the other was a small person who had lived at the bottom of society.

Due to various complex reasons, they would inevitably meet. Because of Ye Feng, the Tianji Pavilion would undergo unexpected changes, and because of the Tianji Pavilion, Ye Feng's life would take an extraordinary and unpredictable path. (To be continued.)