The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 42 The Same Plan
"Zhu Qi," Qi Fei said, "At the beginning, he also suddenly began to actively admit his guilt. Something must be fishy when things are out of the ordinary."

"Huh? It seems that this case will not be solved in a short time." Wu Shanqiu muttered.

"I still remember Li Jian's expression when he saw the poison test report. You can't lie. He was surprised, but he must have thought of something. Niu Yinzhu is missing, and Pan Ting is dead. The closest people involved in this matter are Feng Yi and Luo Yin. It seems I need to talk to Feng Yi again."

"Oh, come to think of it, Feng Yi was so scared that he went back to work without much rest. He is really dedicated." Wu Shanqiu said.

"Maybe she can only find her sense of self-worth when she is working. Let's go! Nancheng has invested in this place, so we have to go there again." Qi Fei said as he grabbed his coat and walked out.

At the door of Feng Yi's office, the female secretary Zhuang Xueqing was still guarding the door diligently. When she saw Qi Fei and the others appear, she still looked nervous.

Qi Fei pointed to the band-aid under her neck and asked, "How is your injury healing?"

"Yeah, it's okay." Zhuang Xueqing nodded obediently.

"Is Mr. Feng here?"

"She's on a business trip."

"Huh? Another business trip?" Qi Fei frowned. Now, the so-called business trip in Nancheng Investment really made his scalp tingle inexplicably.

"Where did she go? Logically, the case is still under investigation, so it's best for her not to leave Nancheng."

"They left early this morning and said they were going to White City."

After hearing this, Qi Fei took out his cell phone and called Feng Yi, but the phone was turned off.

"Mr. Feng might be on the plane." Zhuang Xueqing rarely took the initiative to speak.

"Do you have a business trip plan? Would you like to show it to me?" Qi Fei asked.

"Yes, okay." Zhuang Xueqing responded habitually and printed it out skillfully.

Qi Fei took the plan and it indeed said that he was on a plane to Baicheng at this morning and would land in an hour.

"Okay, then I'll call her later." Qi Fei said.

"Yeah, okay." Zhuang Xueqing continued to answer in that seemingly polite but actually perfunctory way that a worker would.

For a moment, Qi Fei seemed to understand a little bit why Feng Yi hated Zhuang Xueqing - that kind of vague disdain, deeply hidden behind the seemingly serious attitude, was like an annoying thread that harassed the nerves of the person asking the question.

After leaving Feng Yi's floor, Qi Fei pressed the button for the first floor.

After reaching the first floor with Wu Shanqiu, he did not go out the door, but turned and went into the emergency stairs next door to climb upstairs.

"Hey? Brother Fei, aren't we going back to the police station?" Wu Shanqiu asked as she followed Qi Fei up the stairs.

"Go to the project department!" Qi Fei's tone was completely different from before, as if he had discovered something urgent. He was still holding the business trip plan in his hand.

"Which department does Niu Yinzhu belong to?"

Qi Fei didn't answer. He climbed to the third floor in one breath, pushed open the door, and went straight to Lao Qian's office.

Old Qian was sitting in the utility room smoking a cigarette. He was surprised to see Qi Fei come in. "Huh? Why are you back?"

"Old Qian, open the office next door." Qi Fei said as soon as he came up.

As soon as Old Qian heard it, he knew it was Niu Yinzhu's room. Although he didn't understand why Qi Fei was so anxious, he still took the key and opened the door.

As soon as Qi Fei entered, he went to Niu Yinzhu's desk, picked up a document on it, overlapped it with the business trip plan in his hand, and then picked up another one facing the sunlight from the window... "Exactly the same." Qi Fei murmured.

"Brother Fei, what are you looking for?" Wu Shanqiu looked at Qi Fei in confusion.

"The page margins and line spacing of Feng Yi's business trip plan are exactly the same as all the documents left with Niu Yinzhu." Qi Fei said.

Hearing this, Old Qian burst out laughing: "What's so strange about that? They were all done by the same person."

"What?" Qi Fei immediately turned around and looked at Lao Qian, "Feng Yi's plan was made by Zhuang Xueqing. Was she working for Niu Yinzhu before?"

Old Qian was baffled by his anxious look. "Yes, that girl was here with us when she first came in. She wasn't talkative, but she worked diligently. Later, for some reason, Feng Yi took a liking to her and specifically asked her to be his secretary. We thought she was going to be promoted, but she ended up working there for three years, enduring bullying every day. It wasn't easy."

"Why didn't anyone tell me about this?"

"This little girl isn't important. How can she be related to the recent events of the group?"

"Speaking of which, her relationship with Li Jian seems unusual, doesn't it?"

"Oh, that's right. As they both graduated from university, Li Jian takes good care of her." Lao Qian said.

"Senior brothers and sisters, damn, it's going to be dark soon!" Qi Fei cursed himself and looked at the various furnishings in the office. All the fragments of memory suddenly found their place.

Whether it is the order of the bookshelves or the placement of various office supplies, they are highly similar to Feng Yi's office.

"Old Qian, do you remember when Feng Yi asked this girl to be his secretary?"

"Oh, I went there right after Niu Yinzhu disappeared. However, I remember that there was a period of time before that when Xiaozhuang was suddenly called over by Feng Yi several times. We asked her several times what Feng Yi wanted to see her about, but she just kept her head down and didn't say anything. Later, no one asked anymore. Haha, speaking of that period, Niu Yinzhu treated her really badly. It seemed like she thought she was vying for Feng Yi's favor!"

"Was it about a month before Niu Yinzhu disappeared?"

"Yes, that's the time."

After hearing this, Qi Fei took a breath. This was the time when Pan Ting encountered the "honey trap".

That time in the bar, Feng Yi and Luo Yin said that they helped Pan Ting settle the matter. What they meant by "settled" was that they knew the real victim was Zhuang Xueqing, and put pressure on Zhuang to suppress the matter.

After Niu Yinzhu's death, Feng Yi was afraid of losing control over Zhuang Xueqing, so he transferred her to be his female secretary and continued to bully her in the workplace, making her afraid to speak out.

"Oh no!" Qi Fei thought of this and immediately rushed to the floor where Feng Yi was.

At the door of the office, the desk was empty and Zhuang Xueqing was gone.

"Shanqiu, quickly notify everyone and find out where Feng Yi and Zhuang Xueqing are!" Qi Fei said anxiously, "Feng Yi's 'business trip' is very dangerous!"

At this moment his cell phone suddenly rang.

"Mr. Qi? There's a package for you downstairs."

"I'm not at the police station, just put it on the shelf."

"Police station? Mr. Qi, I'm in the lobby on the first floor of Nancheng Investment."

When Qi Fei heard that something strange was happening again, he went downstairs immediately. When he saw that the sender was anonymous, he guessed most of what was going on.

He violently opened the courier box, and inside was a crystal ball music box. Inside the box, a scarecrow stood in the snow with a smile on his face...

(End of this chapter)