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Chapter 448 The Arrangements Are Clear

While Jin Ping'an was comforting Cheng Lejia, Tian Hao parked his car and went to the lounge.

He was accompanied by Shi Hongfang and Liu Yuan, who were in charge of questioning Cheng Lejia.

They had just returned from elsewhere.

"Ping An, come out." Tian Hao waved to Jin Ping An.

Generally, the person being investigated is an acquaintance.

Therefore, the relevant police officers should recuse themselves from the case.

Because of emotional factors, they may overlook some issues or show favoritism towards the person being interrogated.

Moreover, those directly involved are often blinded by their own perspectives, while bystanders see things more clearly. The deeper one's involvement with the person on trial, the harder it is to see the situation clearly.

Although Jin Ping'an was very reluctant, he slowly got up from the sofa and walked out of the lounge.

Half an hour passed.

With a creak, the door opened.

The moment he heard the door open, Jin Ping'an stood up from the chair by the door.

Shi Hongfang gripped the doorknob and said to the two, "It's over. Come in and discuss what to do next."

After the two entered, Shi Hongfang glanced around the corridor and slammed the door to the lounge shut.

"The most important thing right now isn't finding out the cause of his death, but your safety, understand?"

As soon as Jin Ping'an entered, he heard Liu Yuan trying to persuade Cheng Lejia.

"Does that mean I should authorize the police to access all the group's internal documents and files?"

"Even if I could authorize it, the Ministry of the Interior wouldn't allow the police to interfere in the market, would it? How long would it take to get the permit?" Cheng Lejia argued.

Based on a vague conjecture and possibility, without concrete evidence, a thorough investigation of a local business group was launched.

This behavior will inevitably be resisted and condemned by all businesses in Chika City.

Some rules cannot be broken.

"What's the situation now?" Jin Ping'an suddenly interrupted.

Shi Hongfang took the initiative to explain: "We want to check the projects that Shengjia Group has had with Song Jie in recent years."

However, due to the rise of Jiuhua Outer City, many fund flows were covered up by this large project, making it very difficult to investigate. Moreover, Cheng Lejia had to retrieve a lot of information in person.

If the murderer killed the old butler who knew the inside story to silence him, then he certainly wouldn't let Cheng Lejia, who had the opportunity to know the inside story, go either.

Tian Hao quietly added, "So the biggest problem now is not how to find the key evidence from the vast amount of documents, but the safety of Cheng Lejia's life."

Shi Hongfang looked at Cheng Lejia, who was arguing with Liu Yuan, and said, "That's right, that's exactly it, but Cheng Lejia doesn't seem very willing to cooperate."

“We can arrange some people to protect you…” Liu Yuan tried to explain.

Cheng Lejia shook his head and rejected Liu Yuan's suggestion: "Protect? How can we protect them? You should have seen the files of those two dead security guards, right?"

Also, if they're finding me a safe house, I don't think any safe house could be safer than my home.

“That’s right, I also disagree with hiding Le Jia.”

Jin Ping'an immediately raised his hand, agreeing with Cheng Lejia's statement.

If the murderer could sneak into the heavily guarded villa area as if it were his own territory, how much better could the team be?

If we set aside criminals' natural fear of the police and look at it objectively, the security here isn't even as tight as in some villa areas.

Moreover, Jin Ping'an was well aware that there were some traitors within their ranks.

The location of the safe house will most likely be leaked.

Can the small number of people sent to protect Cheng Lejia stop the murderer?

Liu Yuan scratched his head in frustration: "But is there anywhere safer than the police station or a safe house? We can't exactly hide you in a military base, can we?"

"Have."

Seizing the opportunity, Shi Hongfang focused everyone's attention on himself: "I can arrange for you to take refuge at my home."

Jin Ping'an was a little confused: "Captain Shi, your home..."

"This is a good idea."

Tian Hao said thoughtfully, "The security at the captain's house is second only to military bases and some special secret agencies. There is a fully armed security force stationed there, and its firepower is not much different from that of a military camp. No matter how bold the murderer is, he will have to think twice about whether he can leave alive..."

Jin Ping'an looked at Shi Hongfang in shock, clearly hearing about this for the first time.

Shi Hongfang continued, "That's right, and I can arrange for several disguised vehicles to enter and leave the manor, thereby diverting the killer's attention. He can't possibly follow every single one of them."

Each day, we only need to put Cheng Lejia in one of the vehicles, go to Shengjia Group to pick up the documents, and then immediately return. This way, we can obtain project information about Jiuhua Outer City while ensuring maximum safety.

Compared to Liu Yuan's clumsy plan, the safety of Shi Hongfang's proposal immediately became apparent.

Compared to the old-fashioned plan of finding a safe house to hide Cheng Lejia, Shi Hongfang's plan was clearly more popular.

No one in the lounge objected to his suggestion.

But as the saying goes, even the wisest person can make a mistake, and even the most foolish person can have a stroke of genius.

Jin Ping'an had a flash of inspiration and discovered a problem that everyone had overlooked.

"If the murderer's goal was to prevent something from being exposed, then he didn't need to keep an eye on Le Jia. What if he went directly to Shengjia Group to wait for him to come to him?"
Or should we just burn down the archives where the paper documents are stored?

Upon hearing this conjecture, everyone fell silent.

It wasn't that Jin Ping'an's idea was too outrageous, but rather that his suggestion was so normal that no one reacted to it for a moment.

In the end, Cheng Lejia stepped in to smooth things over: "We can enter the group building through some special passages. As for the fire in the archives, not only are there complete fire prevention measures there, but ordinary people can't get in either..."

As they were talking, Cheng Lejia seemed to realize something.

What Cheng Lejia could think of, Tian Hao and the others could naturally think of as well.

Tian Hao said with a stern face, "So you mean we have to spare some manpower to guard the archives? The police force has even sent administrative staff to field operations, where are we going to find anyone else?!"

"The most important issue now is to ensure Cheng Lejia's safety."

After going around in circles, Shi Hongfang brought the topic back to itself: "Even if the paper files are gone, there are still electronic backups. Cheng Lejia can stay at my house and search for them at his own pace. It will just take a little longer."

Shi Hongfang's words relieved Tian Hao's psychological pressure considerably: "Hmm, that works too. As long as we're alive, we can always make a comeback."

In the lounge, everyone did a simple summary of the intelligence they had recently gathered.

After exchanging the intelligence they had gathered, they immediately began to secretly transfer Cheng Lejia from the criminal police team to Shi Hongfang's manor.

The murderer had just targeted the old butler; it was impossible for him to immediately turn his attention to assassinating Cheng Lejia.

Therefore, we need to take advantage of this time to safely transfer Cheng Lejia.

Furthermore, Jin Ping'an decided to stay by Cheng Lejia's side until new clues emerged.

Anyway, Tian Hao doesn't need him for the time being, so he might as well stay with his friend.

(End of this chapter)