From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

Chapter 263: Was it Xu Cheng'an who set up the trap?

The only sound in the factory was the notification sound of cell phones.

Wu Jian'an stared at the screen, the color draining from his face.

The message was unsigned, but the number matched the overseas number he had just provided.

"Take care of Wu Jian'an before dawn."

After reading the message, Ye Zhiwei's folding knife froze in mid-air.

Wu Jian'an's Adam's apple bobbed several times, his shoulder pressed against the cement pillar, no longer daring to feign toughness.

Lu Yunzhou took the phone and opened the encrypted folder.

Inside were Zhang Tieniu's fake identity, photos of the tower crane site, transfer records, and a debt collection record from an online lending platform showing a death.

The deceased's real name was Zhang Tieniu.

Two days ago, Zhang Tieniu was found dead in his rented room by debt collectors from an online lending company.

The platform has registered the case, and the debt collector has also left a record of the scene.

Only after receiving this document did Wu Jian'an confirm that the body could be sent to Nanwan Old Port.

This record is sufficient proof that Zhang Tieniu was already dead before he even entered the construction site.

Lu Yunzhou continued scrolling down and finally found Xu Chengan's name under a voice message.

Wu Jian'an's teeth began to chatter as he looked at those three words.

"It's Xu Cheng'an."

He lowered his head, his voice hoarse, "He had someone give me the money, and he also sent me the identification documents."

Ye Zhiwei put away her phone and looked at Wu Jian'an.

Wu Jian'an didn't dare stop and continued to confess: "He holds a grudge against you for making him kneel down and admit defeat at Jubaozhai. After returning that day, he said he would completely ruin Yuanchuan. Someone died on the project, Cheng Ye will be arrested, and your project will be suspended. That's the result he wants."

Lu Yunzhou transferred all the data on his phone and also filmed Wu Jian'an's confession video.

Who else is involved?

he asks.

Wu Jian'an licked his chapped lips: "I've only ever met Xu Cheng'an. Everyone else was arranged by him; I don't even know who's on the other end of the phone."

"Where does the money come from?"

"The money was transferred to the Xu family's account in three separate transactions."

As soon as Wu Jian'an finished speaking, the ropes binding him suddenly came loose.

Ye Zhiwei looked at the knife in her hand, not understanding what Lu Yunzhou meant.

Lu Yunzhou had already turned and walked out.

"Let him go."

Wu Jian'an froze, looking up at his back.

Ye Zhiwei frowned: "If we let him go, the Xu family will silence him."

Lu Yunzhou stopped at the door and turned to look at her: "If he stays here now, the Xu family will still kill him to silence him. Let him go to the police himself, then the Xu family won't dare to act immediately."

Ye Zhiwei stared at him, her hands slowing down.

Lu Yunzhou walked back to Wu Jian'an and bent down to pick up the phone from the ground.

"Take the evidence and turn yourself in. If you dare to run, I'll hand over the videos and documents to the police. If you dare to delete anything, I'll find your family first."

Wu Jian'an nodded repeatedly, his body still trembling.

Ye Zhiwei cut the hemp rope and dragged the person down from the pillar.

Wu Jian'an clutched his ribs and stumbled out, collapsing against the door after only a few steps.

He braced himself against the ground and turned around, his voice trembling: "Boss Lu, will the Xu family really let me go?"

Lu Yunzhou looked at him: "Before you went to the police station, they didn't dare to kill you. After you went to the police station, if they wanted to do anything to you, they would have to ask the police for permission first."

Wu Jian'an gritted his teeth, got up, and dragged his injured leg out of the tin shack.

Ye Zhiwei stared at the doorway, still unable to understand.

"Xu Cheng'an has already shown his face, why not just arrest him?"

Lu Yunzhou put his phone in his pocket and turned to walk towards the parking spot.

"Xu Kui is one of the seven disciples, and Xu Cheng'an also has people from Yundian behind him."

Ye Zhiwei followed.

Lu Yunzhou opened the car door, his tone unchanged: "Yundian is currently undergoing a leadership change. No one dares to bet on who stands on which side and who will fall. If we send Xu Cheng'an to jail, the Xu family will immediately cling to the other members and join forces to counterattack Yuanchuan."

"So, we're just going to leave it at that?"

Ye Zhiwei stopped beside the car, her brows furrowed.

Lu Yunzhou got into the driver's seat and looked up at her: "Who said it's over?"

He started the car, and the lights illuminated the desolate road ahead.

"The most important thing now is to get the old port in South Bay back to operation. Once the police have the evidence, they will investigate fake identities, fake family members, bribery of the security guard, and the source of the body. Every additional clue the Xu family exposes will mean another piece of their flesh being lost."

Ye Zhiwei opened the car door and got in.

Lu Yunzhou gripped the steering wheel tightly, his voice low: "If we just charge at Xu Cheng'an, he'll only get interrogated. If we let the police investigate further based on the evidence, the Xu family will lose money, face, and projects."

The car drove out of the auto repair shop.

As dawn broke, the rolling shutters of the city's criminal investigation team were already up.

Lu Yunzhou handed over his mobile phone, transfer records, voice files, and Zhang Tieniu's debt collection records to Li Zhenhua.

Wu Jian'an's confession video was also copied into the case-handling computer on the spot.

After reading the materials, Li Zhenhua's face darkened.

"Where did you get it?"

He pressed the mouse, his eyes fixed on the Xu family's account in the document.

Lu Yunzhou didn't explain much, only saying that Wu Jian'an had admitted that Xu Cheng'an was the mastermind behind it all.

Li Zhenhua looked up at him and said, "You arrested someone privately and even interrogated them?"

Lu Yunzhou stood in front of the table, his palm pressing down on the printed materials: "The same amount of time Cheng Ye was detained is the same amount of time Yuanchuan was suspended. You need evidence for your investigation, and I've brought it here."

Li Zhenhua turned to the last page and found bank statements and a confession signed by Wu Jian'an.

The room was quiet for a moment.

He picked up the landline, called in technicians to verify the account, and then notified the police to check Zhang Tieniu's original death record.

Half an hour later, the verification results were sent back.

The records from the debt collection platform are genuine.

Zhang Tieniu was already dead before entering the old port of Nanwan. The death from falling at the construction site was a staged accident involving the removal of the body.

Li Zhenhua immediately withdrew the coercive measures against Cheng Ye.

The door to the isolation room opened, and Cheng Ye walked out with a face that looked like he had stayed up all night.

When he saw Lu Yunzhou, he paused for a moment, then quickly walked over.

"Brother Lu, can I go now?"

Cheng Ye gripped the hem of his clothes tightly, his voice still tinged with exhaustion.

Lu Yunzhou patted him on the shoulder: "The materials have cleared your name. Go back and inform the construction site that construction will resume today."

Cheng Ye nodded vigorously, his eyes reddening.

After completing the formalities, the group walked out of the hall.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance, three black sedans pulled up outside.

The car door opened, and Xu Chengan walked in with four lawyers.

He was wearing a well-tailored suit, holding a document in his hand, and followed by two bodyguards.

Xu Chengan looked up and saw Lu Yunzhou, and stopped in his tracks.

His prepared sneer froze on his face, and the documents in his hand crumpled.

Lu Yunzhou is safe and sound.

Cheng Ye was also standing nearby.

Xu Chengan's face was frighteningly dark. His chest heaved a few times as he pointed at Li Zhenhua.

"They are key suspects in the murder case, what right do you have to let them go?"

The police officers in the lobby all turned their heads.