Chapter 48 - Shocking Revelations.

On the third of January, Mr. Muller called and informed, "I have received the requisite permission to transmit the details to your team. I am sending the details right away. Anyway, we would require the support of the Chinese police to send the bodies back to China to their families."

"Are they, Chinese citizens?"

"Yes, they are. I have forwarded their details. Kindly check, and inform me if any details are required."

Li Enlai immediately called up his team for a conference to check the details of the persons involved.

As Mr. Chen downloaded the names of the two deceased along with their addresses he said, "Their names are Han Ru who is a resident of Shanghai, and Cao Shan a resident of Zhuhai as per their passports."

Li Enlai bent down, peeked at the mail, and said, "Did you say Han Ru?"

Mr. Chen turned to him and asked, "Sir, do you know him?"

Li Enlai nodded and asked, "Can I see the photos?"

Mr. Chen showed the photos of both the assailants to Li Enlai who immediately replied, "I think there is some sort of history with the Li family. I have dealt with this guy in the past, the face is clearly a known one."

"Mr. Muller had requested for the email of the police department of Shanghai earlier. Has he kept them in the loop in this case?"

"Yes, he has kept them in the loop as well."

"We are running short of time if the enemy is on our homeland, rather than in Australia as we assumed earlier. Let us divide the teams to get information about these guys."

"I will leave for Zhuhai tomorrow morning with a team of four to check on Cao Shan while Mr. Yang will check on Han Ru."

"Take the assistance of the police while you do that. Also, request the police for checking their bank account details to see if there have been any irregular receipts of large amounts."

"We will meet again at eleven in the morning on fifth. By then we should have all the details available. The doctor is planning to discontinue the sedatives from tomorrow onwards. If everything goes as planned, Bao might gain consciousness by fifth or max to max sixth. Then we will have a crystal-clear picture of what transpired on that day."

As the team left, Li Enlai pondered over the name Han Ru and began to think. As he was looking at the photo, he thought of all the past bitter experiences to check his knowledge of the person.

At about two in the afternoon Mr. Yang walked in, and said, "We have gathered all the information we could about Han Ru. His family owns two trailers, and he himself was a driver of the trailer in the past. Apart from that, he also exports Chinese herbs and spices to Australia. He has an aged mother, wife, and daughter. His bank details are still awaited."

Li Enlai turned around and replied, "Did you say the driver of the trailer? Could it be him, then? Was that also a planned sabotage effort?"

Mr. Yang looked up and asked, "Whom?"

Li Enlai pointed a pen toward him and replied, "I will accompany you when you leave for the residence of Han Ru. Can we do that now?"

Mr. Yang nodded and replied, "The police officials will arrive in five minutes, and we are planning to leave together."

Li Enlai dressed in common clothes, to match that of his security officers and along with two police officers left for the residence of Han Ru.

As they entered the residence, the police officials informed his family about his criminal background and his demise in Cervinia.

An elderly woman was looking at Li Enlai all the while. As he looked at her carefully, he realized a bitter past, and said, "You are the mother of the guy who was involved in the trailer accident twenty-nine years ago, when the Li family lost their firstborn. Isn't it?"

She stood up with the assistance of her walking stick and said, "That was an accident, and the Li family had already let go of the case on my plea."

Li Enlai then lost his cool, and asked, "Was Han Ru the one who was involved in the accident?"

The elderly lady nodded in affirmation and said, "Yes."

Li Enlai looked at her, his forehead creased with wrinkles, and asked, "I am sure now, that it was not an accident. Why did your son go all the way to Switzerland and attempt to murder my second born?"

The police officer immediately asked, "Does this family have a past criminal record with you guys?"

Li Enlai turned around and replied, "Twenty-nine years ago, their son, Han Ru, crashed his trailer onto our gate, right at the time when Diu went into labor, and we lost our firstborn and nearly lost Diu as well. Though it seemed very weird to me then, I let them off as an accident, as the driver claimed, that he had lost control over the vehicle as he started the stationed vehicle, which had broken down three days ago. There were times when I had my doubts then, about that stationery vehicle, parked for those past three days near my residence and then suddenly driven to crash into my gate that day. This lady here had begged of me, to let her son be set free from the case, as it was an accident, and he was the only breadwinner. I took pity, and let him go as I understood the pain of losing a child well. I wish I had not done so. Kindly re-open, that case as well. It surely has a connection to this one. I am sure now, that, that was also a planned attack."

The elderly lady held the hand of Enlai and asked, "Why would my son try to kill your family?"

Li Enlai let go of her hands and replied, "This is something, that we are here to investigate? With whom do you guys trade in Australia?"

Mrs. Han walked ahead, held her mother-in-law, and replied, "There is a company by the name Chinese Corner. We have been doing business with them for over the last twenty-two years now."

Mr. Chen looked around and asked, "Kindly furnish us with the account books for the last three years for inspection."

Mrs. Han turned around to view where he was gazing and replied, "We will have to visit the office for that."

"Could we go over to the office now, from here?"

She nodded and said, "Yes, we could."

As the police officials checked the house for leads, it shocked them to the core to know, that this assault had been an ongoing process for the last twenty-nine years.

The team then left for the office and picked up all records that they needed. At about four in the evening, they gathered at the police headquarter and began to put their pieces together.

On checking the records, they found, that the rate of the spices to be of more than the market value, and the amount each year equaled to receipts of one lakh, Yuan. Annually there was a payment made to Cao Shan of fifty thousand Yuan for repairs and maintenance of the trailers used in transportation. This year they had received two lakh Yuan, and the payment to Cao Shan was one lakh, Yuan.

Mr. Chen held his forehead and discussed, "Why are they purchasing from these guys at a price higher than the market value?"

A police officer looked up and replied, "It could be a payoff."

"Let us coordinate with the Australian police to get information on them. We need clear information on the owners, and as to why they purchase at a price, higher than normal and a piece of in-depth information on the purchasers of this company. We need to clearly understand the end-user of this purchase."

The police officials coordinated with the embassy, and the mails with the requirements were immediately sent.

Mr. Chen looked in the documents laid before him and added, "Since there is a link connecting a backdated event from twenty-nine years, let's request the bank to furnish us with the details of the accounts of these two people from then."

The police official underlined a transaction with his pen and replied, "That's going to be an uphill task to retrieve, and might take some time."

"You guys place the request with the banks, we will from our end ensure the speedy retrieval."

"We'll do that."

The team worked late into the evening sorting out details and collecting information on Mr. Han Ru.

By eight in the evening, a police officer walked in, and informed, "This guy has a past record of loan defaults and was on the verge of going bankrupt when out of the blue moon he cleared his debts."

Mr. Chen, who was sipping a coffee, kept the cup aside and asked, "When did that happen?"

The police official replied, "The payment was made twenty-nine years ago five months after the gate-crashing incident at the Li mansion."

Mr. Chen picked up the bank statements, looked into them, and replied, "We need to check the source of that repayment with the family. It would be inappropriate to go there now. Let us do that, first thing in the morning."

Mr. Yang nodded and replied, "We'll do that in the morning."

Mr. Chen handed over the statements to him and replied, "I'll be going to Zhuhai with your team tomorrow to have Cao Shan investigated."

Mr. Yang nodded, as he peeked into the statements and replied, "You leave for home and take rest as you might need to wake up early the next morning to catch the flight."

In the evening Li Enlai called up Mr. Chen and informed, that he would be joining them for Zhuhai.

In the evening post-dinner, Li Enlai sat with Liqin in the study and said, "I'll be going to Zhuhai tomorrow. As the hospital is planning to discontinue the sedatives from the day after tomorrow after the final scan report comes out tomorrow, the chances of Bao gaining consciousness is very high. I do not know, by when I will be able to come back. I want you and Diu to stay with Bao for the next two days till we return."

"I'll do that uncle. I was about to inform you, that one of us continuously needs to stay with him hereafter."

"Uncle, you need to be careful wherever you go. This seems to be getting darker and deeper as we dig in for the truth."

"I agree with you. The attacks seem to be targeting me and my family. I need to visit along with the team to check as to whether they involve any history with me."

As the morning dawned, Li Enlai along with the security officers and the police officials left for Zhuhai, while Liqin left for the hospital with Diu.

As Liqin and Diu reached the hospital, Bao was being prepared for the CT scan. An hour down the lane the doctor walked out, and said, "The concussion has been healed as per the reports; however, he needs to refrain from any kind of mental and physical stress. As planned, we can discontinue the sedatives either from today or tomorrow. We will start reducing the dosage from today onwards. Once he regains consciousness, we will then check his physical health and put him on physiotherapy."

Diu touched the face of Bao and asked, "How much time would it take for him to get back to his routine normal life?"

"It would be early to predict that, as there are several factors involved. We can evaluate that post he gains consciousness."

As the doctor walked out, Diu hugged Liqin with tears, and said, "I am so glad, that he is fine."

Liqin held her, and said, "Aunt, he is going to be perfectly fine. We need to be strong enough to help him back on his feet, both emotionally and physically."

In the meanwhile, Mr. Yang, and the police officers reached the residence of Han Ru and enquired about his debt clearance detail to his family.

Mrs. Han pondered for a while and replied, "That was in the year, that I just had been married."

"How did he repay such a large amount?"

The elderly lady who had been silent all the while interrupted and replied, "It was a goodwill gesture from a gentleman, whom he had saved from a deadly accident while on a trip to Zhuhai. I do not recollect his name now. Our trailers had run into a shortage of business; hence, we had not been able to pay the loan installments for a few months. Just as they were about to confiscate our trailers, that gentleman paid it as a token of goodwill as my son had saved his life. He owned a big palatial home, and hotel in Zhuhai. As far as Cao Shan is concerned, he was an employee of the garage where our vehicles went for maintenance in Zhuhai, and he belonged to our hometown. Twenty-four years ago, he set up his own garage, and from then onwards we shifted our maintenance to him as Ru and Shan were close."

Mr. Yang turned around and asked, "Do you recollect the name of the garage where he worked?"

Mrs. Han nodded and replied, "I had been there once on a trip to our home town the name of the garage is Sun mechanicals. It was one of the largest mechanic shops, that catered to the elite clients and their luxurious automobiles as well."

"Did you ever meet this gentleman whom they had saved?"

The elderly lady crouched on to her walking stick and replied, "He was one of those rich guys, who neither want his good deeds to be announced publicly nor wanted his privacy to be made public. My son never discussed the details."

"Where did the accident take place?"

"We are not aware of it. But he had been then, admitted to the Zhuhai Lake hospital. I clearly remember it, as my son had called me from there to inform about him getting delayed due to the same."

Mrs. Han broke her silence and replied, "I am not aware of these details as I had married later on."

"When did the accident take place?"

"It was in the year in which my son had purchased his new trailer. It was his first trip in the new one."

Mrs. Han looked blank for a while and replied, "It must be in the year nineteen hundred, and eighty, as when I had got married into the family, I clearly remember, that the vehicle was two years old. The week after our marriage he had been thinking of which trailer he needed to use the next day for delivery, and he had discussed then, that the new vehicle was only two years old. Luckily, he chose the new one as the old one broke down."

As they left the residence of Han Ru, Mr. Yang called up Li Enlai and passed on the information to him.

"Sun mechanics is the place, where our vehicles go for maintenance in Zhuhai, and Zhuhai Lake hospital was the erstwhile name of Sunshine Medical Centre. We have just reached, and we are on the way to Cao Shan's residence."

As they reached the residence of Cao Shan and passed on the information to them, the mother cried out, "I had always asked him to keep away from Han Ru. But he relied on him more than on my wisdom."

"Why did you feel, that Han Ru was not the right person?"

"He kept dragging my son into his businesses."

Mr. Chen turned to her and asked, "and what were they? Why do you feel he was not right?"

"He had a face of a devil without any emotions or guilt for anything. My son clung to him as he was receiving financial support from him. It all started with the saving of that man, from the accident thirty years ago."

"Who was he?"

"I do not know who it is, but he was the one who helped my son with setting up his garage after he recovered."

Mr. Chen held her hand and inquired, "Why did you not like him then?"

The mother shook of his hand and replied, "Who said that I did not like the gentleman? He was an angel of God sent to save my son, and he did not take any credit for his good deeds. But that accident made him meet Han Ru. I had gone to provide meals to my son in the hospital, that day. The gentleman though got saved, had been hurt very badly hurt, His whole body along with his face was covered in bandages."

As they left the residence of Cao Shan, Li Enlai said, "Let's go to Sun Mechanicals first."

As they drove to Sun Mechanicals, Li Enlai pondered, "What does Sun Mechanicals have to do with a murderer?"

As they reached Sun Mechanicals, the young owner welcomed them and said, "Sir what brings you in person today? I could have sent a mechanic or your driver could have come down with the vehicle."

Li Enlai looked around and asked, "Can I speak to the elder Mr. Pan? I have some personal matters to be discussed."

"Dad is taking rest at home as he was unwell."

Li Enlai turned to him and replied, "Could I meet him at home, as it is an urgent matter that requires his attention?"

The son looked at one of the mechanics, and said, "You take charge in here, while I go home and return."

He then passed on the location on the map to Mr. Chen, and said, "I will drive home, you guys follow. In case you lose track, use the location map to reach."

As they reached the residence of Mr. Pan, he welcomed them with warmth and asked, "What brings you to my residence, Mr. Li?"

Li Enlai looked at him, and said, "I am sorry to have disturbed you at such a time, but it was urgent and involved the lives of people; hence I had to come."

"What do want to ask?"

"I wanted to know some information about Cao Shan."

The name changed the expression of Mr. Pan, and he said, "I have cut off ties with him long ago. He was a good mechanic but poached on to my customers after he left. You must be knowing him very well. He was the one who delivered the car to your hotel, that day."

"What day?"

"The day Mr. Chang and his family died in that accident. The car was personally checked by me before handing it over to him for delivery. We have a policy of the car being thoroughly checked by the superiors before they are delivered, to ensure that there is no service lapse on our part."

"Was the car serviced that day by Cao Shan?"

"No, it was not. Another employee had serviced the car, that day. Cao Shan had some personal work in that area; hence I asked him to drop the car on the way."

"I am not doubting your integrity; however, could the car have been sabotaged, that day?"

Mr. Pan twitched his lips and replied, "We were clear on our part as there were witnesses, that said, that your driver had checked the car thoroughly before receiving the keys, and the same was confirmed to me by your driver who signed on the voucher. In fact, Cao Shan had been retained by you all then, at the hotel, as another vehicle had a technical glitch, and he had to look into it."

Mr. Pan bent forward and asked with prying eyes, "Is something wrong?"

Li Enlai shook his head and replied, "We are not sure of it till now; hence it would be early to jump to conclusions. Can we contact you for any further clarification if required?"

Mr. Pan nodded and replied, "Sure, we would be glad to help you."

As the team left the residence of Mr. Pan, Mr. Chen asked, "Was he discussing the death of Liqin's parents?"

Li Enlai nodded his head in deep thoughts and replied, "Yes. This piece of information means, that it was my family who had been targeted that day, and they died in our place."

"Mr. Chen, send Mr. Yang with some officers to the residence of the old driver of the Chang family to check if we have missed something."

Mr. Chen immediately called up Mr. Yang and relayed the information.

"Let's go to Sunshine Medical Centre."

As they discussed the details with Sunshine Medical Centre, they found out, that the hospital was not in possession of the old records of Zhuhai Lake hospital. Further inquiries revealed, that a fire destroyed the records in the year nineteen hundred and eighty-two.

Li Enlai and Mr. Chen walked into the police station and asked the officials, "Is there a possibility for us to check into all the accidents, that happened in the year nineteen hundred and eighty, and find out the accident with the witness as Han Ru and Cao Shan."

The police officer replied, "It can be retrieved, but it may take time."

"Kindly start the process today itself. I'll try to get help to expedite the same."

Back in Shanghai, Mr. Yang with some of the officers and police team visited the erstwhile retired driver of the Chang family.

He was quite old, and replied, "Why did you guys think about the accident after so many years?"

Mr. Yang replied, "The case might be re-opened, as sabotage and homicide."

The driver was turned around wide-eyed in shock, and said, "Was it in reality, an attempt to kill the Li family?"

Mr. Yang nodded and replied, "It could be."

"That day, as Mr. Chang was preparing to leave, I checked the vehicle, and there was a problem with the engine. As they had a scheduled train, I thought, that they might miss the train if the vehicle breaks down midway. I called up Mr. Chang and relayed the information. As I disconnected the call, the mechanic handed over the car of Mr. Li, to the driver of the Li household."

"Did the driver check the vehicle.?"

"Yes, he did. I had seen him get into the car to check with the mechanic. After they finished checking, I asked him to check on the vehicle of Mr. Chang. He then informed me, that they will need to take it to the garage, as he was not carrying any tools. The driver of Li then opened the car and handed over some tools. Mr. Li was in the habit of carrying emergency tools, in his vehicle as his driver had some basic mechanical knowledge as well. He then informed me, that they will need some additional tools, and then called the garage to send the same with another mechanic. He informed me, that he had some urgent matters to be dealt with and another mechanic was on the way to help us with the car."

"Was someone there with him throughout the time, that he was with the vehicles?"

"I was there and when I left the driver of Mr. Li was there throughout."

"Was there not an instant when you guys were not there. As far as I know, the only time when we were not there was when Mr. Li called in the driver, to come in to drop Mr. Chang in his vehicle. But that was only for five to ten minutes. I do not know, as to whether the driver of Li in my absence had left the vehicle unattended. When we came back with the luggage of Mr. Chang, there were a lot of journalists who wanted to photograph them, and there was a crowd around them; so, the driver quickly placed the luggage in the car trunk, while I tried to contain them, and they left. As I turned back the mechanic walked out of the car of Mr. Chang, and said, that another mechanic is on the way. But there were other cars parked in the parking area, that day, and some had even drivers."

"Thank you for your time and information."

As they left the residence, Mr. Yang said, "There is no way we can prove this sabotage, as the person who might have left the car unattended with the mechanic died in the accident together with the Chang family."

A police official shook his head and added, "Why does it look like digging up rotten graves?"

Mr. Yang placed the documents aside and replied, "It does look like that. It looks like it is a part of a series of planned attacks, and the victim seems to be the Li household."

As Li Enlai and the team retired to the comfort of their suite, at the resort of the Li Empire, Li Enlai received a call from the patriarch of the Liu household, Liu Ru, who said, "It's nice to talk to you after many years, and we are still indebted to you in many ways for all that you did then, for us and my daughter."

"It was my responsibility as a family friend. In the process of seeking justice for myself, I set you guys free from all the obligations, that Gao Shing had trapped you into. Where is he now?"

"I do not know and do not wish to get ourselves entangled with that fox again. The last, that I knew was when he had met with an accident in the month just after the trial, and the hospital had called me to inform about the same. As a gesture of my final relationship with him, I waved off the hospital fees for him. After that, I have never heard from him. I am so glad, that his son is not like him. I am glad I cut off all ties early on, with his wayward father. I had a request to make of you."

"What is it, uncle?"

"I wanted to gift our ancestral palatial home as a wedding gift to my grandson. It was a place, that he cherished as a child with his grandmother. I intend to gift it to him as a wedding chamber, on his wedding. I am willing to pay the price you demand."

"That would not be required, you just need to pay the current market value, and I'll transfer the mansion to you. All these years, I had kept it without making any changes, to return it to you on your demand."

"How can I thank you for all that you did?"

"Uncle is there any way I can get the records of the hospital for all the accidents. that occurred in the year nineteen eighty."

"Why do you need them?"

"I would like to share something with you in utter secrecy. There was a planned assault on my son in Cervinia. As we investigated further, we found, that the earlier death of my firstborn and the death of the Chang family are all linked. They were well-planned attacks targeting me and my family."

"You must be very careful and on your guard. How is Bao now?"

"We are just hoping, that he will be fine."

"Nineteen hundred, and eighty was the year in which we lost my daughter to the terrible car accident in January. The records were all transferred to the new hospital when we sold it off. Even, if I helped you with some staff who was working that year, I doubt they will be able to recollect any such information. Anyway, let me talk to one of those staff. I'll then give you the details as to whom to meet."

"When are you guys coming down to Zhuhai?"

"The engagement is slated for the fifteenth of this month. We will be reaching on the early morning of the sixth. We will come down to Shanghai for signing the agreement on the seventh, and we also need to meet Bao."

"That's the day after tomorrow, isn't it? I will get the draft ready for transfer then. When is the wedding planned?"

"It's planned for the tenth of February. We will get enough time to do some changes in the interiors then. I'll meet you on seventh in Shanghai then."

As the evening dawned, the whole team along with Mr. Li Enlai had a good rest after a day of numerous trips to different places.

In the morning Li Enlai returned to Shanghai, while Mr. Chen stayed back to investigate the matter pending with the police station.

Li Enlai directly went to the hospital from the airport in expectation, that Bao would gain consciousness.

As Enlai reached the hospital, Liqin and Diu were already waiting for his return. He rushed to the room of Bao, and asked, "How is he doing?"

Diu walked up to him, hugged him, and replied, "He had been murmuring whole day, and in between woke up, and then fainted again."

As they were discussing the doctor walked in for the checkup. Post his checkup Li Enlai asked, "How is he doing?"

"The recollection of the traumatic experience might be putting stress on his condition. Let us wait till tomorrow when the sedative completely loses its hold over him."

As the doctor walked out Li Enlai in tears said, "Did you pay a price for some incident of the past?"

"What does that mean?"

Liqin interrupted the conversation, and said, "He is just discussing the assault aunt. There's nothing to worry about."

"Liqin, you leave for the office. I have sent a mail to my secretary to prepare a transfer certificate, for the sale of the ancestral property of the Liu household back to Liu Taio. They will be here on the seventh for the dealing. I have already discussed the rates with the secretary. Ensure, that it is prepared by day end. Also ask Mr. Yang to prepare a file, of our investigation till now."

He then looked at Diu, and said, "You wait here, I need to brief Liqin on some matters."

As Liqin walked with Li Enlai, into the adjacent room he pondered, "What is so critical to not be discussed before aunt as well? There must have been a breakthrough in the investigation."

As they sat down Li Enlai said, "I just found out the assailant has a criminal record of over twenty-nine years with us, and he has been harming us since then. He was instrumental in the death of my firstborn as well as the death of your parents."

Shocked at the revelation Liqin asked, "But wasn't that an accident?"

"No, it wasn't. The trailer, that gatecrashed onto our entrance, blocking the path of the vehicles, when Diu went into labor was pre-planned. The car, that your parents had taken that day, had been sabotaged as well to harm my family. But your parents accidentally rode the car and died in our place."

"There is a danger lurking the dark waiting to pounce. I have requested the police department to furnish the details of an accident, that happened in the year nineteen hundred and eighty in which Cao Shan and Han Ru had helped the assailant reach the hospital. Ensure, that you use all the resources we have and the connections that we cherish to get the information at the earliest. Till the time the brain behind these attacks is not behind bars, we cannot rest in peace. I am hoping for Bao to gain consciousness so that he can provide us some inputs into our investigation."

"I'll do that. Did you have breakfast?"

"I had a light breakfast on the flight. Could you ask the driver to arrange for some breakfast from home? Did you guys have breakfast?"

"We already had breakfast. Is the life of others also at risk?"

"Prima facie, it looks like the person has some score, that he wants to settle with my family. His target has always been my family and my children."

"Is there any person whom you have wronged in the past?"

"My conscience is clear. I have not ever unethically conducted business. Even the acquisitions that took place were as per the business norms and completely ethical. The only regret that I have is, that I could not save the daughter of the Liu household on that day when her car sunk into the sea. But even in that matter, I was never at fault. This is well-witnessed and acknowledged by her son, 'Taio' as well."

"Let us not waste time. Liqin, there are a lot of things to be completed today. I am counting on you. I will be coordinating from the hospital."

As he had been discussing, Mr. Muller called, and said, "It has been confirmed, that there are traces of skin and blood in the nails of Esther, and the DNA of that neither matches with that of Ann and Bao nor with both deceased, Han Ru and Cao Shan. This means, that there was a struggle, during which she scratched through the skin of the third assailant. I'll share the details with you."

Liqin then took leave of him and informed him that he will arrange for the driver to send breakfast across to him.

As Li Enlai walked back into the room Diu said, "You need to be careful of your health as well."

"I will surely take care."

As the day progressed the Australian police officials emailed, that they had checked on the accounts of Chinese Corner and even clarified with its owners, and they informed, that they purchased it at a higher price due to the quality of the product but it does not seem logical. They are not directly involved, as these products were sold to companies involved in Chinese joints. They sent the scanned copies of their accounts for the last three years, which included their purchase price from different vendors, and their sale price to different vendors.

As the police officials along with Mr. Yang, and his team went through the details of the accounts, Mr. Yang said, "Mandarin delight is one of their customers."

A police official said, "Isn't Mandarin Delight the company, that booked the tickets of those men who trailed Mr. Bao?"

Mr. Yang pointed a finger and said, "Bingo."

As they checked deeply into the sale of the spices, a police official said, "If you compare the sale of the spices, it has been Mandarin delight who has consistently purchased the spice at a higher price, in comparison to other companies, and the amount tallies with the extra amount paid to Han Ru."

Another police official looked up and said, "But this cannot be concrete evidence to convict them of murder."

Mr. Yang fiddled with his chin and replied, "That's true. We need to get a DNA sample to confirm our suspicions by matching it with the DNA found in the nails of Ms. Esther. We can seek help in this matter from the Li Empire."

Mr. Yang then called up Mr. Li Enlai and briefed him about the findings; he, in turn, called up Liqin and explained the details of the next course of action.

Liqin then called up Ms. Brown, and informed, "Ms. Brown our investment team has gone through your profile, and it seems feasible for investment. May I know as to who is the signatory in this company?"

"The authorized signatories are my dad and mom."

"How is he doing now?"

"He's recovered and has returned home."

"Both of them would be required in Zhuhai for signing the documents. Can he come down to Zhuhai?"

"Give me a moment. Let me check."

She put the call on hold and after a few minutes got back and said, "He will be available. I'll arrange the tickets for him as well."

"Fine, then we'll meet you as planned on the fourteenth of January."

Liqin then called up Mr. Yang, and informed him, "Mr. Brown will be joining on the trip to Zhuhai."