I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 306 - 284: Twists and Turns

Li He Ping harbors no resentment, but he’s always hated Li Youcai. He’s been keeping an eye on him all these years. Right, Li Youcai’s consistent small wins and big losses were also Li He Ping’s doing. He even meddled in some of Li Youcai’s family matters, but nothing serious enough to harm him. Perhaps that’s why Jiang Mingyue can see into his memory vault.

Three months ago, Li He Ping, who’d been watching Li Youcai, found that Li Youcai often met with Chen Dong, either at a state-run restaurant or by the riverside across the street. This led to three days ago, when he observed Li Youcai heading across the river to find Chen Dong. The two ended up in a scuffle; originally, Chen Dong tried to push Li Youcai into the river out of anger, but unexpectedly, Li Youcai tricked him and pushed him into the river instead. Chen Dong fell into the water and never resurfaced.

"So, it wasn’t Li Lianhua who drew the curtains and saw it, but Li He Ping who was following them?"

"Yes."

An Jian stroked his chin and reasonably speculated, "Li Lianhua’s hatred for Li Youcai couldn’t possibly dissipate. She reported him as a witness to hide her husband. After all, the focus was on her. This means she genuinely cares for Li He Ping."

"Not every woman wants to marry a tall, rich, and handsome guy, you know?"

"Tall, rich, and handsome? Am I one of those?"

Jiang Mingyue: "..." People destined to be alone should just take a detour.

"Very well, we have a witness."

"Actually, there was another reason for pushing Li Lianhua to come out as a witness. Li He Ping wrote a report two days ago and sent it to our Southern Institute, but the Southern Institute didn’t follow up."

"Li Lianhua was afraid her husband would be retaliated against, so she stepped forward herself?"

"Probably. Shall we go bring him in now?"

"Naturally."

An Jian pulled a flashlight from his pocket, and the two knocked on the courtyard gate.

They thought it would take some talking, but surprisingly, after An Jian showed his badge, Li He Ping calmly instructed his wife to lock the door and close the windows, telling her not to worry as he’d be back soon.

He may be ugly, but he gave all his tenderness to someone else.

This someone else did not rely on their good looks to be arrogant like a peacock, but returned true feelings to him. Tears fell, that was worry; if the child didn’t need looking after, the wife might have followed, unwilling to leave his side.

"No need to worry about safety. After the identification, we’ll have someone safely send him back. Just wait at home with peace of mind, sister-in-law."

"Thank you!" She couldn’t hinder official business.

They returned to the office, Helian An and Duke of Thunder hadn’t returned yet.

Little Chao was busy pouring tea for Li He Ping in the reception room.

"Captain, he’s the witness?"

"Yes."

Little Chao rubbed his hands, "Great! This case will break soon, and we’ll definitely get a reward from the top. Captain, I want a feast then."

"Get out! Go guard the reception room properly and don’t make anyone uncomfortable."

"Yes."

"Let’s go check the records room."

"Wen Yuhongfei, did you find anything?"

Wen Yu came over, clutching a roll of files, and pointed to a page, "Captain, there was a case six years ago of a missing girl, reported by someone named Li Lianhua. I checked the domicile, she should be the witness Helian An mentioned. But there’s been no follow-up, should we investigate it?" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Six years ago, they hadn’t been assigned to the station yet; the previous team had members promoted, transferred, or retired, making it hard to trace back. However, they could ask Gan Institute if they knew anything.

"That was Li Lianhua’s daughter, it wasn’t a disappearance, Li Youcai sold her."

"What?"

"Wait till Li Youcai gets here, we’ll interrogate him well."

An Jian thought, once this case was closed, he’d go see Li Lianhua and ask if she still wanted to find her daughter. If she did, he’d continue helping her search.

"By the way, did anyone receive a report letter these past few days? About Chen Dong’s drowning?"

"A report letter? Reporting Li Youcai?" Wen Yuhongfei shook their heads in unison.

"Hongfei, tomorrow wait for everyone to come to work, and check this matter. I need to know who’s bold enough to intercept a witness report letter."

"Yes" Hongfei was also indignant; if true, that person was too wicked, delaying the investigation’s progress!

Li He Ping finished giving his statement, yet Duke of Thunder and Helian An still hadn’t shown up, but a child came to deliver a letter.

"What did you say?"

The child was a bit frightened, this uncle was not likable.

Jiang Mingyue quickly pulled the child aside, "Don’t be afraid, with sister here, this brother wouldn’t dare eat you."

The child moved his mouth: Eat people? Of course not, sister was coaxing him. Oddly enough, the child’s nerves relaxed, as the sister in front of him was so good-looking and gentle!

The gentle sister even gave him candy, and the wrapper had a rabbit on it. He’d never seen such a beautiful candy wrapper.