MTLNOVEL Chapter 168: Escape!
"What the hell is going on, spill it!" Jiang Feng demanded coldly at Feng Na.
Feng Na shivered all over, completely breaking down!
She burst into tears, quickly confessing the truth to Jiang Feng.
It turned out that two days ago, someone approached her to inquire about the Fengming Group's Guoguo Almond supply channels and personnel, with plans to cause some trouble from within.
Initially, Feng Na didn't intend to say anything, but the other party promised her a reward. Unable to resist the temptation, she gave them Chen Peng's number.
After that, she didn't know what happened. She was entirely unaware of how the other party contacted Chen Peng.
It wasn't until the morning that she accidentally heard about the news from Fengming, learning about the poisoned almond incident at Guoguo, which led to the company's closure and Bai Zhiqing being taken away by law enforcement. Only then did she sharply realize it might be related to Chen Peng, all because she had leaked that phone number.
Panicked and scared, she thought of hiding in her dormitory, but who knew Jiang Feng would find her so quickly!
"Boohoo, Jiang Feng, I was wrong, I was really wrong... I never thought it would be so serious... I really don't know what Chen Peng and the others did. If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have done it..." Feng Na sobbed, almost kneeling before Jiang Feng.
In the bustling campus, many people saw Feng Na sobbing to Jiang Feng and stopped to watch, curious.
Jiang Feng didn't want to waste time with her, coldly asking, "Who approached you two days ago?"
"I don't know... really don't! That person only called me once; their voice was unfamiliar. This morning, after hearing about the Fengming incident, I panicked and wanted to call and ask what was going on, but the line was disconnected, the number was void..." Feng Na confessed tearfully.
It seemed this was indeed premeditated!
Step by step, everything was meticulously planned!
"How could you trust him to give you the promised rewards if you never even met him?" Situ Yan asked coldly.
"Because when he first called, he told me that after the job was done, I could get the reward from Chen Peng! I used to work at Fengming and was once Zhang Danian's girlfriend, so I was quite familiar with Chen Peng. Besides, yesterday afternoon, Chen Peng indeed contacted me, thanked me for introducing him such good business, and invited me out for dinner, also... also..." Feng Na blushed, lowering her head, unable to continue.
"Also what?" Situ Yan frowned and asked.
"He also spent the night with me... and afterwards gave me an extra three thousand yuan..." Feng Na said quietly.
Situ Yan's face immediately showed disgust: "Where is Chen Peng now? Where did you spend the night?"
"Just at a Home Inn, but he's long gone now. I suspect that person gave him a big payout, otherwise, he wouldn't be so generous, even buying two boxes of condoms at once..."
Situ Yan frowned, helplessly put down the phone, realizing that trying to locate Chen Peng through the hotel was not feasible.
"Call him now, don't mention we searched for you, and try to find out where he is," Jiang Feng suddenly said.
"Oh..." Although Feng Na was reluctant, she couldn't afford to offend Jiang Feng, so she pulled out her phone to call Chen Peng, but this time, the call was directly turned off!
"It's off..." Feng Na said bitterly.
Jiang Feng understood that Heizi's earlier call must have made Chen Peng suspicious, so he probably discarded the SIM card. With the phone off, no one could find him.
Now that the suspect had escaped, the crucial link was lost. Without finding Chen Peng, tracing back to the mastermind behind the Fengming attack would be even harder; solving Fengming's crisis would be nearly impossible!
"Jiang Feng, how about this, I'll first take her back to the operations department and pull the surveillance footage from the streets around that hotel, let her identify and try to determine Chen Peng's whereabouts. Otherwise, it's like finding a needle in a haystack," Situ Yan said to Jiang Feng.
"Okay." Jiang Feng replied expressionlessly, "I'll wait for you at the security office."
Only then did Feng Na realize, the stunning beauty who accompanied Jiang Feng was a female action officer.
Terrified, she nearly collapsed on the spot. Situ Yan grabbed her coldly and said, "Come with me!"
Thus, Situ Yan and Jiang Feng split up, first taking Feng Na back to investigate Chen Peng's whereabouts.
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Jiang Feng returned to the security room and immediately found Heizi to ask, "Heizi, how much do you know about this Chen Peng?"
"Why, did that bastard really cause this mess?" Heizi saw Jiang Feng's gloomy face and angrily said, "That guy is from Su City in the south, a temp worker for Guoguo Company, helping deliver goods here. Each time he came, he'd invite me out for drinks, but I knew he was actually quite lecherous, secretly eyeing Feng Na."
"Anything else?" Jiang Feng asked again.
"Also... that guy loves to brag. Though he's from Su City, after two bottles of beer, he claims the whole of Su City is his! But he's just a temp worker. However, I heard he has an older brother doing well in Su City, working security."
"What's his brother's name?" Jiang Feng asked, picking up on the clue.
"When he bragged, he mentioned something like Da Xia, just a code name, no real name. I never asked where exactly his brother works security, and even if I asked him, he wouldn't say," Heizi said gravely. "Brother, can you be certain now that Chen Peng did this?"
"Yes!" Jiang Feng nodded, "Feng Na was involved too, but what she revealed was limited, we need more clues from the operations department investigation."
Just then, Situ Yan called, sounding furious on the phone: "Jiang Feng, that Chen Peng is very cunning. He knows driving back in the Guoguo Company's big truck easily attracts attention, so he dumped the truck at a repair shop and took the high-speed train back to Su City. He boarded at 8 a.m. this morning, so he's probably already in the south by now."
"Got it," Jiang Feng remained expressionless, as expected.
If it's true as Feng Na said, Chen Peng made a big haul, so there's no need for him to return to Guoguo Company, and since he orchestrated the poisoned almonds incident, Guoguo would definitely investigate him, leaving was the cleanest option.
Then, Situ Yan emphasized a key point: "Based on Chen Peng's connections I found, I suspect he's likely gone back to Su City to seek refuge with his brother!"