Chapter 1552 — Worrying for Nothing

"I see -- Young Master An, you think of everything!" Big Mule said admiringly after hearing him out. "That was a given!" An Jianwen nodded in smug satisfaction. Truth be told, he had originally wanted Wei Zhao thrown straight into prison, but after turning it over and over, he reasoned that even though every scrap of evidence had been fabricated, some flaw might still remain in it in the end. Since that was the case, he would simply stop agonizing over it -- his main purpose, after all, was to redirect the police's attention. "Where is Dr. Yin? Fetch him for me. I want to ask how his research is coming along!"

"Dr. Yin is in the lab. But he told me earlier that if Young Master Wen asked, I was to pass on his message: his research has reached a critical stage, and if it succeeds, he will be able to raise a person's strength to the Profound Rank for a short time. That will play a vital role in our raids on the great families!" Big Mule said.

"Not bad -- this Dr. Yin is quite the talent!" An Jianwen nodded, well pleased. "We've basically bled Songshan City of its ready cash. Next, we move on to Donghai City -- there's no shortage of rich folk there! Big Mule, you need to be careful this time. Don't expose yourself. At the crucial moment, get that thing out to take the blame. When the time comes, we'll head to Donghai and keep on working!"

"Don't you worry, Young Master Wen! I'll be careful!" Big Mule nodded hastily.

After returning to the villa, Gu Mengyao was heavy with worry. One look at her face and Tang Yun and Shen Yushu knew at once that things were bad, while Wu Chengtian promptly shut the villa door and took up a solemn post at the side of the living room.

Gu Mengyao took out her phone. Stored in it were the close-up photographs of the car she had just taken in Feng Xiaoxiao's garage, together with the detail shots of the vehicles that the photographer had captured.

Sliding the phone across to Tang Yun and Shen Yushu, Gu Mengyao recounted what had happened in the garage, then said, "That's the situation. What do you all think we should do? Still, I don't believe Wei Zhao is likely to be the one who did it. Someone must be trying to frame him!"

"You're right, Yaoyao. It certainly wasn't Wei Zhao -- someone is definitely trying to frame him!" Tang Yun, too, chose to believe in Wei Zhao without condition.

"Yeah, yeah! Brother Arrow gets to stay home flirting and playing robbery role-plays with Shu, and I can go along with absolutely anything -- why would he go and commit crimes?" Shen Yushu was an even more staunch supporter of Wei Zhao; she had never once wavered.

Shen Yushu's words coaxed a smile onto the tense faces of Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun. Little Shu really was a ray of sunshine -- no matter how anxious the moment, she could always get everyone to relax.

"Yaoyao... you know, I've never run into anything like this before either... I really don't have any ideas..." At this Tang Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly. "I feel so useless -- there's nothing I can do to help Wei Zhao..."

"Don't talk like that, Yunyun. Honestly, I can't do much either." Gu Mengyao sighed. "Putting it all out on the table for everyone to talk over together is, well, the only way when there is no other way..."

"Could I... butt in and say a couple of things?" Wu Chengtian suddenly raised his hand and asked.

"Of course -- go ahead." Gu Mengyao nodded, signaling for Wu Chengtian to speak his mind.

"Ladies, I think you're all worrying for nothing..." Wu Chengtian had listened for a long while before he finally couldn't hold back.

"Worrying for nothing?" Gu Mengyao blinked, momentarily taken aback. As for Wu Chengtian's private habit of addressing them all as his "ladies," she had grown so used to it that she couldn't be bothered to correct him -- Xiao Shu and Tang Yun both seemed rather pleased by it, so she would simply "suffer" the title herself.

"Of course. The moment Boss Wei takes charge, he's a force to be reckoned with -- how could he possibly be framed?" Wu Chengtian spoke with absolute confidence. "Look over everything Boss Wei has done: in the end, did those lowly schemers not always end up laid at his feet? Even a man as proud and formidable as I had to bow my head and submit to Boss Wei in the end. So I'm certain the person framing Boss Wei won't succeed -- not only will they fail, sooner or later they'll get a beating from Boss Wei!"

"Uh..." Gu Mengyao was rendered momentarily speechless by Wu Chengtian's words. Still, what he said was not without reason! Indeed, whatever trouble Wei Zhao had run into, he had sorted it out in the end, and he had never once let Gu Mengyao down. So this time Wei Zhao himself wasn't panicking, while the rest of them were panicking instead -- were they really worrying for nothing?

"I think you ladies had better settle down and get on with your revision. As for these matters, once Boss Wei gets back, just let him settle them -- there's no need for you to fret," Wu Chengtian said with confidence.

"You have a point. We really have thought too much of this -- Wei Zhao should be able to handle it." Gu Mengyao nodded. "Xiao Shu, Yunyun, let's go upstairs and get on with our revision..."

Wu Chengtian's words made the eyes of Tang Yun and Shen Yushu light up. What they had been worrying about was, indeed, a trifle unnecessary.

Qiu Lingshan went straight to Chen Yutian's hospital room. Because he was to make a stunning debut at the great families' assembly, Chen Yutian had spent these past days lying in the hospital on Wei Zhao's instructions, pretending his injuries were grave.

Seeing Qiu Lingshan come to visit, Chen Yutian was a little surprised. "Lingshan, if you're busy with work there's no need to come. I'm perfectly fine here on my own."

"Brother Yutian, I came because some major things have happened in Songshan City lately!" Qiu Lingshan said, and cutting the story short, told Chen Yutian about the string of recent cases -- the suspicion that Wei Zhao was the criminal suspect included.

"Wei Zhao? Impossible!" Chen Yutian shook his head instinctively. "You want to know when we went into the ancient tomb? The equipment I was carrying broke down as well, but at the time, in order to gather evidence, I had a miniature voice recorder on my person, and it has been running ever since we entered the tomb. You can work out how many days we spent inside from the length of the recording -- and from that you can calculate where Wei Zhao was at the time!"

"That's wonderful!" Qiu Lingshan grew excited the moment she heard this. Had Chen Yutian not been a man, she would have been sorely tempted to plant a kiss right on him. This evidence had come just in time!

Chen Yutian handed the voice recorder over to Qiu Lingshan. Knowing she was eager to clear Wei Zhao's name, he did not ask her to stay, only charging her to be sure to let him know the moment there was good news.

By the time Qiu Lingshan returned to the police station, the technical department's analysis report had come out as well. Judging from the photographs so far, the two vehicles appeared to be one and the same -- every single detail matched perfectly! Of course, the possibility that the images had been doctored could not be ruled out either!

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