Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 429 - 306: The Top Suspect (2nd Update 1)

The next day, Shi Nian’s first article on the Meng Chuyan murder case was published. The article analyzed the case and the crime scene, finally pointing the finger of suspicion directly at Tang Yanqing.

Tang Yanyi exploded after reading the report, angrily slamming the newspaper on the table: "Is she crazy?!"

Her colleagues at the police station couldn’t help but exchange glances, all recalling how Tang Yanqing had once sneered and broken up with Shi Nian right in the hallway of the precinct.

She was a journalist and a woman scorned by love, naturally finding an opportunity to strike back.

Once Shi Nian’s article was published, "Black Curtain" immediately convened a meeting.

The relationship between "Deep Throat" and "Black Curtain" was like that of McDonald’s and KFC, Coca-Cola and Pepsi; a bitter rivalry that had lasted for years. Once "Deep Throat" published an article, "Black Curtain" naturally had to catch up quickly.

After Xiong Jie’s death, Little Niu seized the opportunity to move up and naturally wanted to climb higher, so he actively volunteered. Ali nodded but asked Little Niu which angle he planned to approach from.

Ali said: "This time ’Deep Throat’ got the jump on us, sending Shi Nian to Singapore first. If we send someone over now, it’s already too late, the first-hand resources are gone. We must carve out a new angle if we hope to capture a slice of the pie."

Little Niu stared at Shi Nian’s article, "Shi Nian is taking the conventional route, case analysis, crime scene reporting, identifying suspects. It’s too flat. I will dig into personal relationships, making people the protagonists of the criminal case."

Ali encouraged, "Let’s hear it."

"It’s naturally a love triangle drama." Little Niu spoke confidently: "1. There were rumors about Meng Chuyan and Luo Xiansheng, shortly after Tang Yanqing got involved. Two men fighting over a woman, both from aristocratic families, who were childhood friends, it’s inevitable they’d be rivals out of love and hate;

2. Luo Xiansheng and Tang Yanqing each had ex-girlfriends: Rumors in the community say Luo Xiansheng had ambiguous relationships with the Tang family’s twin sisters, and both Miss Tangs supposedly loathe Meng Chuyan, which is easy to imagine; and Tang Yanqing, it’s said there’s the unrelated second Miss of the Tang Family who’s quite fond of him. She’s a standout female cop, and if she wanted to take out Meng Chuyan, it wouldn’t be hard."

3. How could we ignore our lovely Miss Shi Nian? She was once so close with Tang Yanqing, and now she’s writing articles directly accusing him. How deep must that hatred run? Not to mention, Miss Shi always has admirers, first Xiang Yuan, then William Ford, which forms another few triangles..."

Ali listened with a slight smile to the first two points, but raised an eyebrow at the last one.

"The media must have its own boundaries when reporting. Unless there’s solid evidence, don’t provoke too many big names based on speculation. You can write about the Tang Family, mention Tang Yanqing and those Miss Tangs, but be careful not to directly mention the elders of the Tang Family, especially Tang Mingyi who is currently in the electoral race; similarly, if you mention Shi Nian, don’t bring up William Ford."

Little Niu nodded, "Understood."

Little Niu acted swiftly. Although missing the early morning news, he managed to release it on online platforms. "Black Curtain" gave Little Niu’s article a major push, placing it prominently on the website’s homepage banner, and it quickly sparked a heated discussion online.

In the span of a day, the Tang grandchildren: Tang Yanqing, Tang Yansheng, Tang Yanjian, Tang Yanyi, suddenly all became protagonists in the news. The already renowned Tang Family was thrust even further into the spotlight.

Tang Mingyi’s campaign office received several dozen media interview requests by afternoon to respond to the matter.

The staff compiled these media invitations and presented them to campaign manager Gu Jun, a lean and meticulous man who couldn’t help but give a cold laugh: "The war has indeed reached the family, the close-quarters battle has begun!"

The staff anxiously asked, "How should we respond now?"

Gu Jun raised his eyebrows, "Release some information. The Tang Family has news, doesn’t Wallace have any? An eye for an eye."

Wallace is the opposing Republican Party’s gubernatorial candidate, a dining industry tycoon now branching into many fields, with significant wealth.

That very evening, a post appeared on social media, posted by an inconspicuous high school student, discussing how his school is once again in "plundering junior girls" season. The post said it was a tradition at the school, where soon-to-graduate senior boys aim to seize as many firsts from younger girls as possible before leaving. Boys who don’t snag any are mocked by peers; meanwhile, "successful" boys compete to see who can get the most firsts.

This post seemed utterly unrelated to the election campaign or the Tang Family, yet it rapidly fermented online. Some netizens directly named the high school and said that recently, a girl’s parent reported to the police, leading to several boys being taken away.

Incidentally... one of the boys happened to bear the surname Wallace.

At this very moment, both "Deep Throat" and "Black Curtain" were going full throttle on the Meng Chuyan murder case, while other small and medium media outlets were worried about what themes to compete with these giants. The emergence of this news clue thrilled the media. Almost as soon as the post gained traction, many media outlets swarmed to "Paoquan" town high school and the local police station. Soon speculation turned into confirmation: the boy arrested was indeed the son of the Republican gubernatorial candidate Wallace.

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Amid this election backdrop, the Tang Family and Wallace’s two prominent families combined to deliver a media extravaganza, which the general public eagerly consumed, readily buying a copy of every available newspaper, assembling a stack to savor each "course" in the feast.

At Huangfu Huazhang’s breakfast table, a thick stack also piled up this way.

This is the diligence and sensitivity of the servants, but Huangfu Huazhang isn’t that interested; he still only reads Deep Throat every day, only reads Shi Nian’s articles.

Shi Nian is also an incredibly focused journalist. Even with all the excitement happening at the moment, she sticks to her original intention, focusing solely on Tang Yanqing’s suspicions: She wrote that Meng Chuyan had complained to her friends at the nightclub, saying she hated Tang Yanqing’s persistence, saying she despised these aristocratic young men; She also said Meng Chuyan had once encountered Tang Yanqing’s mother, Shen Wan, but Shen Wan gave her a cold shoulder in the hotel lobby, clearly showing disdain.

There were also eyewitnesses who saw Tang Yanqing and Meng Chuyan fighting in an alley, with Meng Chuyan crying and whispering: "You’re forcefully hugging me..."

Huangfu Huazhang watched quietly, his expression still calm and indifferent, without much emotion.

Xia Zuo couldn’t help but step forward and bow, saying: "I didn’t expect Miss to be this sharp this time."

Huangfu Huazhang nodded: "When something touches her limit, she’s always sharp."

Xia Zuo squinted: "So what touched her limit this time?"

"Her view of right and wrong." Huangfu Huazhang put down the newspaper, picked up the coffee cup, and took a light sip without looking up: "She is a police officer’s daughter; she naturally sees police officers as synonymous with justice and light, but this time she discovered the dark side of Tang Yanqing, and her trust in him began to waver, eventually collapsing. No matter how good a person Tang Yanqing is, as long as he wears a police uniform but does dark deeds, she can no longer accept him."

Xia Zuo nodded, recalling the scene when the gentleman’s finger slid over the last name on the list.

There was only Tang Yanqing left on that list.

Xia Zuo couldn’t help but say: "It’s just that Tang Yanqing isn’t easy to deal with."

Huangfu Huazhang pressed his long, pale fingers on the newspaper, slowly raising his eyes to look at Xia Zuo: "Do you think I want to deal with him? Why bother? If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have any intersection with him at all. Whether he’s easy to deal with or not means nothing to me; all I want is for her to see through him."

"As long as she lets go of him, to me, he’s already dead."

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Huatai Law Firm.

It was already after hours, as usual. The employees had already left after work, leaving only three bosses in the large office building: Xiang Yuan, Lu Zhao, and Rosa.

Rosa sat in her office drinking a large glass of wine, then went into the washroom to turn over the makeup mirror, looking at her face forlornly.

So pale.

She then slapped her cheeks hard to bring some redness to them.

Checking the time, she could only tidy up her messy hair and walked out of her office.

The hallway had already been adjusted to nighttime dim light, and she walked towards Lu Zhao’s office. But... she couldn’t help but stop, hesitated for a moment, and then turned to walk in another direction.

She secretly went to see Xiang Yuan.

She shrank in the corner of the wall, looking at him for a long few minutes, but inside the glass door, Xiang Yuan didn’t notice at all, not even lifting his head once.

A sense of melancholy welled up in her heart, and she could only turn back towards Lu Zhao’s direction.

She couldn’t let go, but he had already let go of everything. What else could she do?

Walking into Lu Zhao’s office, Lu Zhao had been waiting, and when she came in, he turned off the light. This time, he pressed her against the window, mercilessly pressing her body against the glass, facing the dazzling streets below.

When he groaned and released, she felt nothing at all.

Lu Zhao whispered in her ear, asking: "Baby, are you okay?"

She closed her eyes and forcefully said: "It’s great."