Chapter 59

"Comprehensive and in-depth strategic cooperation?!" When Yang Chen called Jin Meifeng and conveyed Zhu Rongqiang's intentions, Jin Meifeng raised her voice in great delight, "Are you sure that Old Zhu said this to you?"

"Um." Yang Chen nodded and replied, "I've already sent his phone number to your phone. Please contact him as soon as possible. After all, the victory banquet is already being prepared. It would be best to finalize some of the cooperation details before the banquet..."

Mentioning the victory banquet, Jin Meifeng's enthusiasm visibly dimmed. She fell silent for a moment, then sighed softly, "It's a pity your father isn't at home... If he were here, this victory banquet would truly be a victory banquet..."

"..." Over the past period, Yang Chen had heard Jin Meifeng mention his father countless times. After a moment of silence, he asked softly, "Has the detective agency in the capital sent any new information?"

"Not yet." Jin Meifeng shook her head.

Yang Chen took a deep breath and said, "Give me the phone number of their head. I'll handle this matter."

"You?" Jin Meifeng was taken aback and asked subconsciously, "What do you plan to do?"

Yang Chen remembered that in his previous life, his father's second trial dragged on for nearly a year, but after a year, the court rejected the appeal and made a final ruling to uphold the original sentence.

The root cause was that the evidence was not sufficient to prove that his father, Yang Xiuyuan, was innocent.

But since the detective agency in the capital had already found some useful evidence, Yang Chen believed that as long as they found the clues, they could continue the investigation... Just because ordinary people couldn't do it didn't mean he couldn't!

After a moment of thought, Yang Chen said, "I'll contact them directly. If necessary, I'll go to the capital tonight. This matter needs to be resolved. My father has been detained for almost five months and can't be delayed any longer."

"But what can you do?" Jin Meifeng was somewhat worried. In dealing with the second trial, her attitude had always been firm and extremely cautious, fearing that any misstep might harm her husband, Yang Xiuyuan!

She knew that Yang Chen was not the same as before and that his current power was astonishing, even the Zhu family had to curry favor with him. If Yang Chen had any improper thoughts and wanted to mobilize certain privileged individuals to intervene...

Firstly, this would leave a significant隐患 (hidden danger), and secondly, since Yang Xiuyuan was innocent, doing this would make it seem like the murder was orchestrated by him, giving others a reason to criticize!

Either stay in prison or walk out with dignity! This was the last thing Yang Xiuyuan said before being taken away from the courtroom.

Jin Meifeng was very worried that Yang Chen might take some improper methods...

However, Yang Chen understood Jin Meifeng's concerns. He said softly, "Don't worry. My father is innocent and should be released. This trip, I mainly want to find evidence to help my father get out of prison as soon as possible!"

"Um." Hearing Yang Chen's words, Jin Meifeng's heart was somewhat relieved, but she still said with some concern, "Mom knows you are capable now, but that detective agency is not to be underestimated. They have a very powerful background... Try to be polite to them. After all, this matter needs to be handled by professionals like them to be done well."

Hearing this, Yang Chen hung up the phone thoughtfully. He sat in the car and considered for a while before picking up his phone and calling Tang Yino, "Where are you?"

"Running errands outside..."

"Put your current tasks on hold. Drive to Shazhou Airport and go to the capital with me."

"Go to the capital?" Tang Yino was taken aback but didn't ask any questions, just agreed, "Okay, I'll be right there."

...

A private detective agency, 'extremely low-key,' was located in the寸土寸金 (highly valuable) Zhongguancun area. Yang Chen couldn't understand what the head of the detective agency was thinking. When he and Tang Yino arrived at the luxurious office building, the security guard rudely stopped them and asked for their work IDs.

Yang Chen looked at his attire in surprise and asked, "Do I look like I work here?"

A pair of white and blue sneakers, a light-colored pair of jeans, and a pure white T-shirt, no watch on his wrist, no thick gold chain around his neck, and no briefcase under his arm...

At first glance, he looked like a poor boy. If it weren't for his demeanor and Tang Yino carrying a bag behind him, the security guard probably wouldn't have let him in at all! Now, at least he was allowed to enter the building.

"Sorry, it's working hours now. You need a work ID to go up... Or someone can come to pick you up. Register at the side, and you can both go up." The security guard was a young man in his early thirties, looking very energetic.

Hearing this, Yang Chen could only smile bitterly and called the woman he had contacted before...

"Hello, Miss Zhang? I'm already at your detective agency, but the security guard won't let me in. Someone needs to come down to pick me up." Yang Chen said, "Could you arrange for someone to come down?"

Most of the time, Yang Chen was a rule-abiding person and didn't want to make things difficult for the security guard.

Unfortunately, the Miss Zhang on the other end of the phone sounded like she had just woken up, yawning and lazily said, "Our detective agency only starts work at 2 PM. Didn't I tell you last night?"

"…Did you tell me that?" Yang Chen's forehead instantly showed three black lines... 2 PM? It's only 9 AM now! He said, "Anyway, I'm already here. Can't you send someone to pick me up?"

"No one." Miss Zhang said bluntly, "My sister is on a business trip in Xishan Province, and the rest are out of town investigating. I told you, my sister won't be back until tonight. Why are you in such a hurry..."

"Are you not a person?" Yang Chen was puzzled.

"Hey, how do you talk to me..." Miss Zhang said unhappily, "Picking up people isn't my job. Why did you come so early? I still need to catch some more sleep!"

"You..."

"Beep..." The phone made a 'beep' sound, and the other party hung up directly!

Yang Chen held the phone, somewhat stunned. Could this be the reason his mother repeatedly told him to be polite?!

The security guard seemed to understand something and asked Yang Chen, "Are you here to find Qingchen Detective Agency?"

"Yes, that's right." Yang Chen nodded, looking at the security guard.

"If so, you'd better go back and find a place to sleep and come back later." The security guard smiled bitterly, "They usually have someone around after 6 PM... No one will come down to pick you up now."

"…After 6 PM?" Yang Chen was taken aback. How could this be?

"I've been working here for almost two years and have never seen anyone enter or leave during the day..." The security guard thought for a moment and said, "A few months ago, a lady surnamed Jin waited at the door for four or five hours..."

Yang Chen guessed that the lady was his mother, Jin Meifeng, but there was no need to confirm it.

Yang Chen frowned and asked, "Doing business, how can they do this?"

"I don't know." The security guard shrugged, "But listen to me, you should come back after 6 PM."

"But she just told me 2 PM..."

"The last time the lady surnamed Jin came, she also said 2 PM, but in the end, someone only came down around 6 PM." The security guard sneered, "The person you called is surnamed Zhang, right? A young girl in her early twenties. See that pink Maserati outside? That's hers! She's very rich... but very lazy!"

As he spoke, the sound of an engine revving came from outside. Yang Chen looked and saw a bright silver Lamborghini parking in an open-air parking space.

The security guard stretched his neck to look and pointed at the Lamborghini, saying, "Ha... looks like you have good luck. This is the car of Miss Zhang, the head of Qingchen Detective Agency..."

"Also surnamed Zhang?" Yang Chen looked suspiciously at the slowly rising scissor door.

The security guard smiled matter-of-factly, "The Miss Zhang you contacted is called Zhang Xiaoman, the younger cousin of Miss Zhang Bingyu, the head of Qingchen Detective Agency. They are from Xijiang, but have a deep background in the capital..."

"Is it her?" The security guard was still talking, but Yang Chen's gaze fell on Miss Zhang Bingyu, his face showing a hint of surprise, which quickly disappeared.

Wearing a black and white tailored suit, a white baseball cap, and a large pair of black sunglasses that covered most of her face, Yang Chen recognized her at first glance... Wasn't this the girl he met at Nanshan Temple on Wutai Mountain that night?

At least 1.70 meters tall, her hair was tied up and hidden under the cap, exuding a neutral beauty and a confident aura.

Even Tang Yino, standing behind Yang Chen, couldn't help but exclaim, "So cool!"

Yes, although these two words might seem abrupt when used to describe a beautiful woman, they perfectly described Zhang Bingyu!

The scissor door of the Lamborghini slowly closed, and Zhang Bingyu, holding a diamond-encrusted iPhone, walked straight toward Yang Chen and the others. At first, Zhang Bingyu didn't notice Yang Chen standing with the security guard, but once inside, she glanced at him a few times... Clearly, she remembered the guy who climbed the mountain in the early morning!

Their gazes met in mid-air, and after a brief silence, Yang Chen smiled and walked over, "Miss Zhang Bingyu? Hello, I'm Jin Meifeng's son, my name is Yang Chen..."

Initially, Zhang Bingyu thought Yang Chen was trying to chat her up, so she ignored him.

Only after Yang Chen introduced himself did she raise her hand to remove her sunglasses, revealing a beautiful face with a hint of fatigue. Her delicate eyebrows were clearly well-groomed, and her perfect features left Tang Yino speechless...

"How can there be such a beautiful woman in this world?!" Tang Yino's mouth was slightly open, staring at Zhang Bingyu's beautiful oval face, feeling extremely jealous!

Yang Chen had only seen Zhang Bingyu's profile that night, but now, seeing her true face, he understood why she needed such large sunglasses to cover it!

"Are you Mrs. Jin's son?" Zhang Bingyu was used to the look Yang Chen was giving her. She glanced at him indifferently, folded her sunglasses, and said, "Follow me up."

"Okay." Yang Chen's eyes flickered with a faint light, and he was now certain about Zhang Bingyu's true identity.

This incredibly beautiful girl was actually the successor of the Celestial Master's Mansion on Longhu Mountain in Xijiang Province! She was only a few years older than him, but her cultivation had already reached the mid-third stage.

He remembered that a few days ago, she was only at the early third stage, but in just a few days, her cultivation had improved... Clearly, she had gained a lot at Nanshan Temple!

Tang Yino, carrying Yang Chen's bag, followed closely behind the two, knowing her place as an assistant.

Qingchen Detective Agency was located on the 16th floor of the luxurious office building. Unlike other companies that shared floors, Qingchen Detective Agency occupied the entire 16th floor, and the elevator required a card to stop at the 16th floor!

The entire detective agency was decorated like an ancient palace, with a truly fragrant atmosphere...

Yang Chen moved his nose and praised, "Incense made from century-old Longtan wood? What a grand gesture!"

Longtan, located in a valley in the middle of Longhu Mountain in Xijiang Province, is shrouded in cold mist and a unique fragrance year-round. It is the exclusive domain of the Celestial Master's Mansion, with no other place in the world having it!

The people of the Celestial Master's Mansion collect a unique vine from Longhu Mountain, process it with secret methods, and then bundle it and sink it into Longtan. Over time, the submerged vines undergo a strange transformation.

After being taken out and dried, the vines are ground into powder and made into incense, which has the effects of calming the mind, extending life, and is one of the three great treasures of Longhu Mountain, along with talismans and Dao pills. Only a small amount is produced each year.

The value of Longtan wood is directly related to the time it has been submerged. Longtan wood submerged for over a century is extremely rare, and a three-inch incense stick can cost over ten thousand yuan, far beyond the means of ordinary people!

Judging from the concentration of the fragrance in the Qingchen Detective Agency... At least four incense sticks were burning simultaneously, and if four incense sticks were burned each day, the annual expenditure on this alone would be over ten million yuan!

Hearing Yang Chen's praise, Zhang Bingyu looked at him with some surprise. Most people's first words upon entering were usually "This smell is so good," even his mother, Jin Meifeng, was no exception!

She nodded slightly and said, "You seem to be an expert... Are you here for your father, Yang Xiuyuan?"

Talking about the matter at hand, Yang Chen's expression became serious, and he asked, "Based on the evidence you currently have, how difficult is the second trial?"

Zhang Bingyu frowned and said calmly, "The success rate is no higher than 50%."

"Still a bit low..." Yang Chen thought for a moment and asked, "What are the specific difficulties?"

"The time has been too long, and most of the clues are hard to investigate further." When talking about business, Zhang Bingyu was exceptionally serious. She said, "Currently, we have found that the 800,000 yuan in cash from that year was used by a vice president surnamed Chen of Hengyang Company to pay for a shipment that, under normal circumstances, did not need to be paid in advance... This action was very unusual."

"Vice President Chen?" Yang Chen was not very familiar with Hengyang Group.

Zhang Bingyu added, "Chen Youming, one of your father's key assistants. He resigned and left Nanhu Province in the second year after Huang Yifeng's murder and is now the CEO of Longhui Pharmaceutical Group in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province..."

"Do you suspect that the real mastermind behind the murder of Huang Yifeng is this Chen Youming?" From Zhang Bingyu's expression, Yang Chen noticed some subtle changes, and his expression became serious, "Is this conclusion reliable?"

Zhang Bingyu, however, was noncommittal, "Based on the current clues, Chen Youming is the most suspicious, but without a complete chain of evidence, what I'm saying is just a hypothesis."

Without needing more answers, Yang Chen nodded, "Don't stop the investigation on your end. I'll go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province..."

"What for?"

"To find this Chen Youming." Yang Chen narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "To verify some things with him."

Without knowing what Zhang Bingyu was thinking, after hearing Yang Chen's response, she pondered for a moment and then said, "I also have some business to attend to in Wenzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province. Why don't we go together?"

"Okay." Yang Chen nodded and agreed immediately.

Zhang Bingyu's beautiful eyes sparkled, but she didn't say anything further. She arranged for Yang Chen and Tang Yino to sit in the reception area and then walked toward the living area.

A few minutes later, Zhang Xiaoman, who had been lying in bed unwilling to get up, suddenly raised her voice...

"What? Go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province with a stinky man?!"

Zhang Xiaoman, who bore a slight resemblance to Zhang Bingyu, exaggeratedly touched Zhang Bingyu's forehead and said dramatically, "Sis, are you running a fever? So many rich kids in the capital are lining up to invite you, but you don't go... Now you're volunteering to go with him? No way... You must be running a fever! Your brain is almost fried!"

Facing her cousin Zhang Xiaoman's outburst, Zhang Bingyu rolled her eyes helplessly and then said thoughtfully, "I met this person at Nanshan Temple a few days ago. He has a very unique aura..."

Zhang Bingyu didn't know how to describe this feeling. After thinking for a moment, she said uncertainly, "It's very similar to the aura of the ancestors... and very strong. I can't see through him."

"Even you can't see through him? How old is he?" Zhang Xiaoman looked at Zhang Bingyu in surprise.

Zhang Bingyu said softly, "Judging by his appearance, he should be three or four years younger than me..."

"Yang Chen?!" Zhang Xiaoman's eyes lit up, and she became more energetic, "Is his name Yang Chen?!"

"Ah..." Zhang Bingyu asked in surprise, "Do you know him?"

"Haha... It's really him! I knew it, who else could it be!" Zhang Xiaoman, barefoot, jumped up and said dramatically, "Sis, you don't know, this guy has been making headlines recently..."

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