Rebirth: I Became Mr.President's Beloved-Chapter 1183: You Don’t Believe Me?

I didn’t expect to have signal, but surprisingly, after just two rings, it was answered.

Tang Li heard that familiar voice and couldn’t hold back any longer: "I saw the news in the country saying there was an accident at the Steinway, and Jingtian is gone."

She didn’t use the word "dead" because she still couldn’t accept this cruel fact.

At noon, she was still discussing with Yuan Qin about going out tomorrow, buying some dried durian and mango to send back home, and getting some local Siamese toys for the little guy.

Just a moment ago, Tang Li had sent a message to Li Ruan, asking him to help exchange some Siamese Baht.

Now, he’s just gone...

The little guy was blasted, leaving only one shoe.

On the other end of the line, Song Baiyan must have received the news too, as his soothing, deep voice came through: "The Capital’s bureau has set up a special task force and has dispatched professional forensic experts to the scene. Within forty-eight hours at the latest, the task force will have results."

Tang Li held her cellphone, her entire being still tense.

Not hearing her reply, Song Baiyan spoke again: "You don’t believe me?"

"..." Tang Li wasn’t doubting him; since Song Baiyan gave such an assurance, it naturally wouldn’t be baseless.

He said results would come in two days, and it definitely couldn’t be delayed to the third.

"It’s too early to draw conclusions now."

So, Song Baiyan didn’t believe the little guy just died like that.

Tang Li caught this implication, and her heart settled down.

Indeed.

Alive, we need to see the person; dead, we need to see the body.

To conclude someone died without investigation is too rash.

Although the news reported Song Jingtian was blasted into fireworks, there must be human tissue at the scene, so a forensic expert’s sieve search is necessary.

Besides, a regular sewage truck explosion only splatters filth on people’s faces at most.

No matter how powerful methane is, it wouldn’t collapse half of a public toilet.

Clearly, there are doubts within this.

The issues she considered, how could Song Baiyan and the case handlers not be aware?

Tang Li’s emotions calmed down, and she finally spoke: "Then I’ll wait for further news."

Shangbu, Ruihe Hospital.

VIP ward.

Ji Ming waited until Song Baiyan hung up the phone before daring to speak: "The old lady said your phone was constantly busy, so she had to call me. He Wei has returned to Tan Palace, and upon learning the Second Master hasn’t even been found in the explosion, the old lady is extremely agitated."

"Moreover," Ji Ming handed over a few sheets of paper, "The city’s bureau faxed over information. After technical staff inspected the sewage truck, it was confirmed that the vehicle’s issue caused the accident."

Having read the information, Song Baiyan also asked Ji Ming: "The child sent to the hospital hasn’t woken up yet?"

Ji Ming shook his head.

"He presumably suffered from the shockwave of the explosion and is still in a coma."

Fortunately, the child wasn’t stabbed.

Otherwise, infection from the filth could take half a life.

As for Song Jingtian...

Ji Ming thought of the shoe, not considering that the child might have hidden.

After the incident, He Wei immediately abandoned the car and headed toward the school.

Then discovered a severed hand at the scene.

He Wei took photos. Judging by the severed hand’s size, it indeed belongs to a seven- or eight-year-old child.

Earlier, when the sir was on the phone with the madam, Ji Ming had been by his side. The sir said those words only as temporary consolation to prevent another person from worrying.

The Second Master could be said to have been raised by the sir.

The sir has always treated the Second Master as if he were his own child.

Now that the Second Master encountered an accident, how could the sir not be touched?

Ji Ming said: "The city’s bureau has issued a Class A warrant; those two sanitation workers responsible for the sewage truck won’t be able to escape Yizhou’s boundaries even if they run. The sanitation bureau’s manager is already making a statement at the city bureau."

"Do you think I neglected that child a bit?"

Upon hearing the sir’s question, Ji Ming fell silent.

Song Baiyan knew his own oversight.

After being elected, he should have assigned two special agents to stay by Song Jingtian’s side constantly.

Even when the little guy attended school, the agents should have guarded outside the classroom.

Having He Wei pick up and drop off the little guy for school simply wasn’t enough.

He was adhering to the Song Family’s tradition of not spoiling boys but forgot that the little guy’s growth environment couldn’t be compared to his own past, and also, the little guy wasn’t him.

It was his stubbornness as a big brother.

Jian Liying entered the ward with this evening’s examination schedule. However, she was promptly interrupted before she could speak.

Two minutes later, Song Baiyan canceled the surgery.

Tang Li kept a close eye on online news, even missing dinner that night.

To find out the truth, Yu Sui took Wu Xuehan to the scene and was driven away as soon as they got out of the car.

Receiving an invitation to a video call from Yu Sui, Tang Li accepted without hesitation.

At this moment, the entire Song Family was probably busy. Tang Li dared not cause trouble, yet wanted to know the progress of the situation, so she just acquiesced to Yu Sui and Wu Xuehan’s visit plan.

As soon as the video connected, Tang Li heard retching sounds.

Yu Sui then appeared on camera.

Besides having disheveled hair, she was clutching some tissues, her face extremely pale.

"I suspect... ugh, the explosion... ugh... wasn’t from a sewage truck, but a septic treatment center... ugh... The air within several kilometers is filled with... fragrance."

Tang Li: "...Where’s Wu Xuehan?"

"Here she is."

Yu Sui turned the cellphone.

Seeing Wu Xuehan trying to fit herself into a protective suit, Tang Li: "......"

"They’re saying that inside there’s a major flushing." Yu Sui turned the cellphone back around, starting to put on a protective suit herself: "They’re flushing and simultaneously searching for human tissue. Because it smells so bad, everyone is working in protective suits. Once Wu Xuehan and I are in these suits, we can definitely sneak past."

Tang Li asked: "Where’d you get the protective suits?"

"They took them from the fire truck outside the school gates; there’s plenty of them."

Tang Li: "..."

Watching these two who seemed to have slipped through nine years of education, Tang Li finally couldn’t let them proceed into lawlessness, "Forget it, you guys better come back first."

Wu Xuehan paused her sleeve-fitting action and looked at the cellphone camera: "Ah Li, don’t you want to know about the accident scene?"

Tang Li replied: "In a while, I’ll call Tan Palace."

"Your lordship indeed knows the case’s progress better." Yu Sui interjected, wrestling with the protective suit: "Online reports are too slow and too formal. The worker who drove the sewage truck ran away, yet wasn’t mentioned in the reports."

"Who ran away?"

Tang Li seized on the key point in her words.

"The worker who drove the truck." Yu Sui replied, "I just overheard it under the window. They were talking in the guard room that only by catching those two workers can it be known whether the accident was an accident or deliberate."

Yu Sui added: "Nowadays, there are quite a few real-life examples of social retaliation."

Ending the video call, Tang Li went back to checking the Weibo hot search and found out Song Baiyan had returned to the Capital.

That night, Tan Palace held an impromptu press conference.

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