Chapter 256 - Secrets
Chapter 256: Secrets
“Oh, I just had a small quarrel with my wife, it’s nothing serious.” Ol’ Zhao scratched the back of his head and looked at Xiao Rui awkwardly.
“Even so, it’s illegal for couples to use extreme violence against each other.” Even Xiao Rui felt sorry for the man.
“It’s not that serious. This is nothing. I know my wife only wants the best for me.” Ol’ Zhao smiled like he was really unaffected.
“Brother, you’re amazing! Your optimism and devotion to your wife is unrivaled! I mean, look at that black eye!” Kang Zhi praised. Ol’ Zhao’s left eye was bruised.
“Ha ha, kid when you have a family of your own, you’ll understand.”
Mo Li frowned and cut in before they strayed from the topic. “So what is it that you want to tell us?”
“It is bad to speak ill of the dead but I just can’t sleep well if I don’t voice this out. My wife told me that I should be honest or the police might suspect that I’m guilty.”
“So what is it?” Xiao Rui asked.
“Well, there’s 2 things. First, my name is not really Zhao Hongwei but Cai Wei. When I was born, the fortune teller said that I couldn’t take the surname of my family. Instead I have to find a good wife and then take on her maiden name.” The police already knew about this, they just didn’t bring it up because it was not relevant.
“The other thing is that… actually the chairman had an arrangement the night before, he was supposed to go to a hotel to try out a new assistant.”
“A new assistant? The kind like Andy?” Kang Zhi asked.
“Ha ha, yes. Why would you hold the audition at a hotel at night otherwise… Nowadays the young kids are up to so many different things, I’m too old to really understand.”
“Does Andy know about this?”
Ol’ Zhao shook his head. “I knew that the boss has grown tired of him but whether Andy knows it or not, I have no clue.”
“Understood, I have a question for you.” Mo Li asked, “Did you talk to the victim on the phone yesterday night?”
Ol’ Zhao thought about it and admitted, “I did. There’s nothing too special about it. I had something private to talk to the boss about. However, he didn’t have much patience for me. He hung up quickly. Although I can be certain that it was definitely the boss who answered me, it was not a recording.”
Ol’ Zhao originally planned to hide this detail because it would reflect badly on him but since Mo Li had asked him, it meant that the police had already found his phone records. So there was no point in hiding anymore.
“What about background noise? Did you hear anything weird?”
Ol’ Zhao tried to think and then he said, “Now that you mention it, there is something weird. There were a few beeps in the background.”
“Well, that’s interesting.” Mo Li was deep in thought. I’m already close to the truth but I mustn’t let my guard down, after all, Flower Appraisal is involved! Mo Li was certain that Flower Appraisal was involved because of Zhao Jing.
Kang Zhi whispered to Xiao Rui, “Boss, Miss Mo Li appears to have figured out something again. Do you know what she’s thinking?” Xiao Rui shook his head helplessly. He had to admit that Mo Li was truly capable. Even he couldn’t follow her train of thought.
After the video call ended, Kang Zhi hurriedly turned to Mo Li. “I say, Miss Mo Li, what has you figured out, you have to tell us! I’m so curious!”
“Shush and let Mo Li think. She’ll tell us when it’s time.” Xiao Rui sighed and stopped Kang Zhi from disturbing Mo Li, “If you’re hankering for a mystery to solve, why don’t you go through the books you grabbed from Headmaster Shen and see if you can solve the password.”
Kang Zhi immediately fell silent.
Mo Li looked at the whiteboard. “Actually I haven’t figured out everything. For example, why would Ol’ Zhao work this job which offer him such a low pay and barely no breaks?”
“Perhaps he can’t find a better job? We can’t possibly know what the man’s thinking.”
“Have you read through Ol’ Zhao’s file?” Xiao Rui asked.