Quick Transmigration: Kitten's Healing Handbook - Chapter 120
Chapter 120: Infernal Labyrinth 16
The Book of Fate didn’t glow red, meaning An Zhaotang hadn’t been killed, so Liuli didn’t bother to investigate.
Returning home, she inserted the driving recorder’s memory card into a card reader to review the footage of the accident.
Unexpectedly, it contained not only the driving record but also footage from a hidden camera inside the vehicle.
She hadn’t found a hidden camera in the car at the time, indicating that the car had been cleaned before being scrapped. However, the person only removed the hidden camera, possibly thinking the driving record only proved an accident had occurred, so they didn’t bother processing it.
Liuli took out a map and, following the driving recorder footage, traced the route from the An family’s location. The car stopped at a location near the Police Force dormitory before someone appeared to get in. That button wasn’t accidentally dropped there later.
Afterward, the car drove up Tai Ping Mountain and had an accident on the mountain path. The footage shows a rear-end collision, but how could a normally driven vehicle be rear-ended?
After the rear-end collision, the car’s front directly hit the mountain, but the damage wasn’t serious; at least, the accident wasn’t fatal.
Liuli opened the footage from the hidden camera inside the car. It clearly showed the passenger who got in halfway—the then-young Police Commissioner Liang Chen. Their conversation was also very clear: Lu’s was preparing for money laundering, so they had An Zhaotang report some black market evidence in exchange for more convenience and profit in operating white industries.
An Zhaotang couldn’t have made this decision alone; it must have been Lu Yaodong’s instruction. However, this would cause reactions from within Lu’s, competitors, and the Police Force.
Lu’s still has many black market businesses, indicating that Lu’s money laundering plan was abandoned after An Zhaotang’s death.
From this footage, Liuli roughly identified the parties who wanted An Zhaotang dead. At the end of the footage, a familiar voice shouted, “A’an, go! ”
Liuli searched An Jiayi’s memories for a long time before identifying the voice as Lu Yaodong’s.
Was Lu Yaodong at the Tai Ping Mountain car accident scene? How did he get there? Was he in the car that rear-ended them, or was there a third vehicle?
Regardless, Lu Yaodong likely had nothing to do with An Zhaotang’s death.
Liang Chen, who was with An Zhaotang, is now in a high position and doing well. The car accident clearly didn’t kill An Zhaotang, yet he died. Liang Chen is certainly implicated, but he’s unlikely to be the mastermind, as he was just a rookie police officer at the time.
In other words, An Zhaotang became a sacrifice in the power struggle.
Liuli closed the footage, lying in bed with mixed feelings. Was it necessary to investigate An Zhaotang’s case further?
It was simply the people within Lu’s unwilling to give up their black market profits, and those in Yishun unwilling to submit to the authorities or undergo money laundering, and those in the Police Force who opposed Lu’s making money illegally. They cut off some profits without incurring losses, and actually gained benefits. With three parties involved, An Zhaotang clearly had no way out. Does it even matter who the killer is…?
An Zhaotang must have known his predicament. He installed a hidden camera in the car, but he trusted the authorities too much and wasn’t wary of Liang Chen. He had planned to go out with his daughter, but never returned.
“Ding! ” Her mobile phone received a message. Liuli opened it. It was from Lu Junsheng: a vehicle tire wear data analysis, along with a vehicle inspection report.
It proves that a second car deliberately caused the rear-end collision, and its brake lines had been cut. Hard braking would cause brake failure, which is why the car crashed into the mountain after the collision.
Liuli replied with a thank you and turned off her phone.
There’s nothing more to investigate about An Zhaotang. She can’t afford to offend any of the three parties. It’s better to focus on investigating Lu’s money laundering schemes, get Lu Junsheng arrested, complete Zhou Yonghou’s mission, and leave early.
Liuli experienced undercover life firsthand. It’s really difficult. She has to gather evidence while hiding her identity, facing the temptation of darkness and the longing for light. It’s exhausting.
It was exciting and novel at first, but now she’s tired of it.
Lu Junsheng’s relentless pursuit, and her having to be accommodating due to her undercover mission, is too demanding for a lazy kitten.
Zhou Yonghou’s suspicion isn’t a reason for her to stay.
Police officers’ sense of right and wrong might be too black and white. Even undercover agents in the shadows can’t ignore her anomalies.
She understands, but that’s not what she wants. She wants unconditional trust, like Bai Zhiheng had for her.
But she also understands that they were students then, and their pure emotions were possible because they hadn’t experienced the harsh realities of society.
But after eating fine rice, everything else seems like coarse grains; you can always find some flaws.
Liuli had only closed her eyes for a few minutes when her undercover phone rang again. She lay in bed for a long time, unwilling to move, but the ringing continued…
Finally, Liuli compromised, got up, and took her phone from the hidden compartment in her wardrobe. It was Zhou Yonghou calling. What does he want at this hour?!
Liuli went to the corridor to answer, “Hello, what is it? ”
Zhou Yonghou heard the obvious irritation in An Jiayi’s voice. “Sorry, I have an urgent matter to discuss. Could you come to Tsim Sha Tsui East? ”
Liuli’s desire to run away grew more urgent. In the middle of the night! Is labor law a joke?! What about human rights?! Inspector Huang is even withholding her subsidy! Damn it! They only want the horse to run, but not to feed or rest the horse! I’m a total workhorse!
If resentment had substance, Liuli would be black as coal by now: “Okay, I’m coming…”
Liuli grabbed a random outfit from her wardrobe and went out. Zhou Yonghou saw An Jiayi with messy hair, no makeup, and casual clothes—completely different from her impeccably dressed appearance at work or her intellectual casual style in private. She seemed less distant and more approachable.
Zhou Yonghou got straight to the point: “I suspect Lu Junsheng suspects me. Do you have any way to cover for me? ”
“Do you have any upcoming missions? ”
“Lu Junsheng is going to Macao this Friday night, probably to the casino, but the details need verification.
If it’s confirmed that Lu Junsheng is going to the casino, I’ll infiltrate the casino as a dealer. So, officially, I need to ask Lu Junsheng for leave and then go undercover. “