"What? Is this related to you too?" Lin Chan sprang up from his chair, his face shocked.
Lin Chan knew about Zhou Hongjin being targeted, it was a case accepted by Chen Yun’s subordinates in his department. However, because of differing standpoints, Chen Yun wasn’t too invested in the case.
That day, Lin Chan had heard Chen Yun casually mention that the truck driver was under someone’s orders. Yet, after being locked up in the station for a day and a night, he hadn’t said a word, and even the truck driver’s identity had still not been confirmed.
Seeing Lin Chan’s reaction, He Zhilan guessed that Lin Chan knew about Zhou Hongjin’s situation. She added, "If we can gather evidence that proves Gu En is behind this, then, Gu En will still have to stay in prison. Even without my case, she’s still a murderer! It’s her own fault, she is covered in dirt after all."
"Indeed! This is actually a matter worth investigating! It doesn’t matter if Gu En isn’t the culprit, as long as the truck driver accuses Gu En, then this crime is definitely committed by Gu En!" Lin Chan chuckled, "Money can make the mare go. I like these hired killers. I, Lin Chan, may lack many things, but never money. With money, I can squeeze out any information, make him say whatever I want."
"No." He Zhilan shook her head, "My gut tells me, it has to be Gu En. The question is, can we find the evidence?"
At that moment, thinking back, He Zhilan remembered at the Gu Mansion, she overheard Gu En angrily shouting on the phone upstairs, Zhou Hongjin’s and her names came up. Gu En must have been seeing her and Zhou spacious in the mansion, so she raged out and cursed someone.
Logically speaking, after that call, the truck driver should’ve known that the people he hit weren’t Zhou Hongjin and her. There’s only one explanation as to why Zhou Hongjin was still on the scene when the truck driver has yet to realize his mistake,
There was an informant in between! This person played the role of a middleman, conveying Gu En’s words, and then having the truck driver carry out the task.
If this hypothesis stands, then the truck driver may not necessarily know Gu En, the real culprit behind the scenes, so, the identity of this middleman must be learned from the truck driver first!
He Zhilan shared her analysis with Lin Chan. After hearing her out, Lin Chan thought for a while and agreed with her analysis.
"I’ll give Chen Yun a call, to have him withdraw this case for you first, and then thoroughly investigate the truck driver’s identity. Once the identity of the truck driver is established, the identity of the middleman might be found." Lin Chan stood up, "You eat something, I’m going to call Chen Yun."
"Wait." He Zhilan stopped Lin Chan, "The other day at the scene, I noticed the truck had a license plate. If not many people could afford a truck at this time, can’t we just confirm the driver’s identity through the truck license plate?"
"The truck was stolen by the driver. The owner reported a case the day before the incident. Not a word from the driver, so no driver’s identity has been established yet." explained Lin Chan. While urging He Zhilan to eat and rest, he picked up his phone to call Chen Yun.
At the police station, Chen Yun was taking out his anger on the truck driver as a consequence of the Gu En situation. Although he didn’t care about Zhou Family’s issues, he had to keep up the performance as the Zhou Family kept pestering him for updates. Now he wasn’t in a good mood, so the truck driver, who had been bought to attempt a murder, naturally became his punching bag.