Jiang Baiyan looked down at Jian Jing's notebook and asked, "What's the use of this order?"
Jian Jing said: "Not yet. The murderer couldn't have chosen this time period to strike."
He propped up his head, and his eyes that spoke on the screen could express his true feelings without him saying a word: So what do you write for
Jane smiled quietly, this is hard to say.
She closed her notebook and said calmly, "It's already half past eleven. I think you must be very tired after going through so much today. Why don't you go back and rest for a while?"
The proposal hit the mark.
From three in the morning till now, everyone has been arguing almost endlessly. If it weren't for the huge inheritance dangling in front of them as a carrot, even the strongest person would not be able to hold on.
Everyone scattered like birds and beasts and went back to their rooms to rest.
Lawyer Li booked a five-star hotel, and Jian Jing got a guest room.
Although no one lives there usually, the villa is fully equipped with everything: a brand new four-piece suit, high-end brand silk pajamas, underwear and eye masks, a La Mer travel set, and brand new slippers and toiletries.
The nanny even brought yogurt, fruit and a small bowl of Tremella and donkey-hide gelatin soup.
Jian Jing took a hot shower, changed into pajamas, and ate the midnight snack that was delivered by her.
Then, I got even hungrier.
A box of yogurt, a small bowl of mango, banana and coconut, and a bowl of white fungus, it would be strange if they could fill you up.
Who eats so little
starving.
She turned on her phone, but there was no store in the surrounding area and the takeaway was ten kilometers away.
"Knock knock knock", someone knocks on the door.
"Come in." She said briefly.
Jiang Baiyan came in with a plate of midnight snack: "Want to eat? Pasta."
The aroma of ketchup and pepper was calling to her taste buds, and Jian Jing straightened up suddenly: "Where did it come from?"
"I made it." He brought it to her, dragged the shoe stool over and sat down, "There's everything in the villa, but the housekeepers are all asleep, so I have to make it myself."
"Then I won't be polite." Jian Jing picked up the fork, rolled up the bright orange noodles, and put it into her mouth.
Once the carbohydrates enter your stomach, all the fruit, yogurt and healthy desserts are just dregs.
She praised: "Not bad."
"You are hungry." Jiang Baiyan lay on the small coffee table, his voice suddenly softened, "Teacher Jingjing, what do you think the chairman..."
Jian Jing glanced at him and said, "Until the investigation is thorough, there is no way to draw a conclusion, but you also realize it. If there is really no problem, the nurses and doctors will not say so."
When a patient is suspected of unnatural death, doctors and nurses are the primary responsible parties. If everything is normal, they should argue with reason.
But no.
What they said was, "It's never surprising when the chairman dies."
Not strange and not a problem are actually two different things.
Jiang Baiyan sighed softly and said self-deprecatingly: "I don't know who did it. It's too ironic."
Jian Jing said as she ate: "I already know some of your brothers and sisters. Tell me about your father. What kind of person is he?"
"The chairman..." He thought for a moment and said pertinently, "He is a very tough man, a dictator, and he doesn't change his mind. Don't look at Jiang Ou as being so arrogant. He once called me a 'bastard' in front of the chairman, and the chairman just slapped me in the face."
"Oh?" She was a little surprised.
Jiang Baiyan said: "The chairman is most concerned about the group. Jiang Ou was able to spend money to get into the circle purely because the chairman did not allow him to join the group and thought he was not capable."
Jane Jing turned her fork, thinking.
"Did you really not speak to the chairman alone?" she asked.
Jiang Baiyan made a big face: "How is it possible?"
As expected, it was not easy for the Jiang brothers and sisters to deal with him.
"What did you say?" she was curious.
"Actually, we just talked about movies for a while. He said he had seen Hide and Seek and Rose Gold, the movies I starred in, and then asked me why I wanted to become an actor." Under the warm yellow wall lamp, Jiang Baiyan's expression became a little unpredictable, as if covered by a layer of illusory filter.
"I said that because my grandfather died that year and I had no money to continue my studies, I dropped out of school and went to work." Jiang Baiyan said, "I was originally planning to apply for a modeling position at a magazine, but then I saw Director Ding casting, so I tried it and unexpectedly got chosen."
"Then what?"
"The pay is 100,000 yuan, so of course I'll go back to school and apply for a drama school." He said as a matter of course, "Although my grades are not very good, if I don't go to college, my grandfather will beat me."
Jian Jingbai asked him: "I'm asking you, what will happen after you finish talking to the chairman?"
"Well..." He looked up and smiled suddenly, "The chairman said, you are also my son, I will not leave you behind."
As expected, he talked about the will.
Jian Jing pondered and said, "Do you think the chairman's will will be carried out?"
Jiang Baiyan's face fell: "How could I know? I haven't seen him for ten years."
"Stop pretending." She slapped him on the shoulder. "I came all the way here to save you. Just be honest."
Jiang Baiyan looked at him and said, "Yeah, how did you know I was here?"
"Didn't you send a photo?"
"I just wanted to report to Sister Chen and Sister Lin that they are safe." Jiang Baiyan said, "Secretary Fan said that Sister Lin called the group. If the news of the chairman's serious illness spreads, the group's stock will fall. That's why I posted a circle of friends."
Jian Jing said: "The picture is enough."
Jiang Baiyan bared his teeth: "This is too amazing."
No. But Jian Jing deliberately didn't clarify and threatened him: "So, if you have done something bad, confess it as soon as possible so that I can find out... Ha," she sneered, "I will go to the prison to see you."
"Family members visiting the prison... it hurts!" Jiang Baiyan held his pinched cheek and surrendered, "Okay, I'll tell you."
He thought for a while before saying, "To be honest, I really don't know what the chairman will do. Although everyone says that he will not mistreat any of us, what does it mean to not mistreat any of us? The chairman is so rich, if he gives each of us 1 billion, we can live comfortably, but is 1 billion really enough?"
"For ordinary people, 100 million is a lot of money, let alone 1 billion. But everyone in the Jiang family knows that the chairman has so much money. No one would be satisfied with just 1 billion."
At this moment, Jiang Baiyan finally revealed his worldly pessimism. He said with certainty: "If you don't make a move, it will be 1 billion. If you make a move, it may be 10 billion, 20 billion, or 50 billion. Everyone has a reason to make a move."
"He's going to die anyway," he speculated darkly, "maybe I'll think it's a good thing to end his suffering."
Jian Jing nodded slightly: "I think your father should have expected this."
Jiang Baiyan: "Is that why you made that weird request?"
"It's obvious that he anticipated that someone might attack him." Jian Jing finished her pasta, unscrewed a bottle of soda water with satisfaction, and drank it slowly. "This is very interesting."
Jiang Baiyan leaned his head and said lazily: "Anyway, I can't guess what the chairman is thinking."
Jian Jing smiled: "The key to this case lies in the 'mind'."
"I thought solving a case depended on evidence." Jiang Baiyan counted on his fingers, "Just like what you wrote, traces of mechanisms, the distribution of bloodstains, traces of poisoning on the bones, or the tricks of time, etc."
"It's usually like this, but the scene has been destroyed. The chairman was injecting morphine, and the loss is far from a lethal dose." Jian Jing pinched the muscles at the back of her neck and stretched her muscles. "Last night, oh, it should be the night before yesterday. No one should have taken action before 11 o'clock. What happened after 11 o'clock is the key."
He said: "No one will admit to having been there after 11 o'clock."
"Yes," she said calmly, "but the problem is, more than one person should have been there."
"This is the key to breaking the deadlock." Jian Jing glanced at him and smiled, "Have you been there after 11 o'clock?"
"No." Jiang Baiyan said slowly, "But I saw someone go in."
The next morning, Jian Jing got up early and asked the nanny about the whereabouts of the others.
The nanny said, "The eldest has gone to pick up the kids. The second and the lawyer left early. The third and youngest haven't gotten up yet. The boss's wife is here too."
She addressed everyone casually, so Jian Jing asked, "You have been working in the Jiang family for many years, right?"
"It's been many years." The nanny is in her early fifties, with half of her hair white, but she is capable and energetic. "I used to work at the old house, but later I couldn't do it anymore, so the boss asked me to come here to take care of it, and also to take care of me."
Jian Jing chatted with her: "Miss Jiang Lian has a child?"
The nanny said, "Yes, Xiaonan is in junior high school. She has good grades and is a good person. The boss used to love her the most."
"Xiao Nan and Jiang Xue are about the same age, right? Can they get along?"
"The eldest doesn't like the youngest, and the youngest rarely meets the younger." The nanny shook her head. "It's a wealthy family, it's hard to tell."
Jian Jing agreed with her expression, and then praised her cooking skills for making the porridge fragrant and glutinous.
The nanny became happier and happier. Like most elderly people, although she had no worries about food and clothing and a leisurely job in the Jiang family, few people were willing to listen to her long speeches.
The boss has passed away, and she is happy to talk more about it: "The boss is very generous. He always gives red envelopes during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. He has never been bad to people like us. But he is too strict with the children. Alas, it is because he has too much money. He is afraid that after he dies, the children will not fight for it and ruin the family business."
"But I heard that Miss Jiang Lian is very capable. Isn't the chairman satisfied with her?"
"The boss doesn't like the man she found." The nanny said mysteriously, "He said he was not a good guy at first glance. All he had his eyes on was money. The boss had been shrewd all his life, but he was completely taken advantage of by that man."
Jian Jing suddenly realized: "Is he afraid that his family property will be swindled away by that man?"
The nanny nodded and whispered, "Originally the boss said that the little girl should have the surname Jiang, but the eldest son got so carried away that he insisted that he was the only son there and that he should have another one named Jiang. As a result, she was so busy that she didn't even have time for the second child. The boss scolded her several times."
"What about the second brother? Is Jiang Qi married?"
The nanny sighed deeply and hesitated to speak.
"He doesn't want to get married?" Jian Jing asked tentatively, "Or..."
The nanny was heartbroken and sad: "The second child is good in everything and has been sensible since childhood. I didn't expect it to be him."
Jian Jing's heart moved: "He doesn't like women?"
The nanny nodded with difficulty. She had traditional ideas, and what was more difficult for her to accept than not getting married was naturally not liking the opposite sex at all: "I remember a few years ago, when I was still working in my hometown, the second child said he wanted to go to the United States to marry a man, and his father was so angry that he threatened that if he dared to go, he would not be considered a member of the Jiang family."
"Then what?"
"The second son was so stubborn that he refused to break up with the man. Who knew that the man was not a good guy and ran off with another woman." The nanny shared a common hatred for the enemy. "The second son never talked about getting married. Now he has no girlfriend and won't look for anyone else. I feel anxious for him when I see this."
"Isn't it?" Jian Jing sighed meaninglessly for a while, then changed the subject, "Where's the third brother?"
The nanny was helpless: "He likes little stars in acting. It would be fine if they got married properly, but he just plays around and has no stability. One moment he buys a plane, the next he wants to invest. He only knows how to ask his dad for money."
She sighed again and shook her head: "It's difficult for the boss too."
Jian Jing took note and asked, "Where is the old one?"
"She's spoiled very much." The nanny said in three words, "She's an old girl, she's different."
Jian Jing asked the last question: "So, what about Mrs. Jiang?"