Bai Zhi rattled off a lengthy explanation and then paused, while they stood there, stunned.
Every single asset under that person’s name, including those of his relatives, friends, and even a few particularly ardent fans needed to be scrutinized.
Seeing their astonished faces, Bai Zhi felt a bit awkward.
"Is it too much to ask?" But she had heard in TV shows that this was the scope of investigation for later reports.
"No, we are shocked because we never considered it before, instead we just focused on analyzing the motives. We should start by investigating these aspects," they agreed.
Behind them, Director Wang walked over with Bai Dan.
He looked at Bai Zhi with great pleasure.
"Xingxing, would you like to consider a future working with us?"
He truly believed that Xingxing was destined for this line of work.
"I’m going to study medicine," Bai Zhi replied without any hesitation, certain about her future path.
"Actually, I’m not good enough; I want to be better."
Bai Zhi truly felt she wasn’t good enough; everything today had been possible only because she had read so many novels, and because of "Detective Conan," which had inspired her ideas.
Without all the investigative results she wouldn’t have known— it was partly luck, and also because of all the books her grandfather made them memorize.
"Why don’t you consider it? Xingxing, can you tell me how you discovered the billing issue, and the subsequent stories, what else did you notice?"
Just as Bai Dan was about to speak, Old Han arrived. He had been in the research lab for several days and had made some findings.
"I tell you, read more books. You don’t understand because you haven’t read enough. Look at my young apprentice; she started with the medicinal herbs while you all just run around aimlessly."
He was astonished that someone would try to poach his apprentice—that was asking for trouble.
"Old Man Wang, let me tell you, my apprentice is destined to take over my mantle, so stop trying to sweet-talk her here."
Director Wang was taken aback, and then his surprise settled into acceptance—Old Bai’s granddaughter, and also Old Han’s apprentice, it made sense for her to be so talented, right?
"Master..." Bai Zhi said with a touch of helplessness before she turned to face those eager eyes.
"Actually, I agree with my master. I have read all the books in my grandfather’s study.
And I read broadly, including novels. Magazines too... which leads me to indulge in wild thoughts. Sometimes you think you have forgotten, but it surfaces when you least expect.
That X, how would he contact others discretely? That’s when I thought of his fans and those magazines, whether it could be that every single one of his magazines held a secret, or maybe his letters.
If he had money, what would be the first thing he’d do? Save it, or buy property and cars, or have relatives and friends save it to buy property?"
Bai Zhi watched as each of them began to speak animatedly. In truth, she was just a conveyor, relaying to them methods devised by others.
She hoped to have made even a slight contribution.
"Moreover, I suspect that Mu Fang is also connected to another issue. That is the strange dealer..." [Everyone, please understand that sometimes it’s a typo, but sometimes it’s not.]
"How could they be so brazen..."
If this were true, how could they be convinced? Mu Yi and Mu Fang were seen by everyone as honest individuals.
"Mu Yu almost got sold out. If there was no channel, how could this happen? So, there’s still more for you to investigate; tomorrow, I’ll go tell Mu Fang the story."