Chapter 646: Chapter 196: Top-Tier Gossip (Part 2)
Fortunately, the bodyguard and investigator are very capable; with their support, and his low-key (useless) demeanor, he didn’t attract the attention of armed forces and successfully blended into the logistics department, gaining the qualification to enter and exit the park every week.
"Initially, we couldn’t find anything. Earlier, I mentioned checking if the orphanage had any secret laboratories—no laboratories, not even hidden paths. The person in charge often disappeared, sneaking away at irregular hours at night, so I didn’t previously notice where he went or from where he left. After discovering this, we had to change our approach and start investigating the orphans."
Information about the orphanage can be collected by the investigator.
They have access to files on personnel relocation, even cases of disappearance and smuggling.
"Yu Haoming was not supposed to be on the problematic spacecraft. Following the normal procedure, Yu Haoming should have been under the care of his other elders. If nothing else, he could have grown up in an orphanage in a big city. Yet, he ended up at Quanai Orphanage."
"We found out that initially, Yu Haoming was brought by his grandmother, who didn’t want to raise him, so she gave him to a relative. This relative, still living, said he took Yu Haoming to Quanai Orphanage after receiving a sum of money."
Just adopted children, no affection, naturally discarded at will.
Quanai Orphanage didn’t even investigate at the time and simply took him in, which is highly suspicious.
But Quanai Orphanage’s records of acceptance were too crude; the documents weren’t backed up. After a fire, nothing was left.
The investigator is able to query the orphan list thanks to the establishment of an artificial intelligence system; before the massive database starts operating, substantial groundwork needs to be done, including recording each individual’s genetic information.
This way, the orphans received a certain degree of protection.
Shortly after Yu Haoming arrived at Quanai Orphanage, the Xue Family was set to adopt an orphan.
The Xue Family focused on Su Xiaocai.
"How can you be sure the Xue Family’s choice was Caicai?" Ji Li asked.
"I have evidence for this." Previously, I couldn’t be 100% certain; it was all deduction. You could say there’s a high probability since one was adopted by a wealthy family, and the other was discarded to Garbage Star.
With a little speculation, it’s evident someone didn’t want Su Xiaocai to become a member of the Xue Family.
Who benefits? Xue Huiyi.
But Xue Huiyi was a child at the time and incapable of murder, so certainly someone else orchestrated this.
As for who, he’s still investigating.
Getting intelligence is like this; sometimes it takes two or three years, but once luck strikes, it can’t be stopped.
Xiang Qian didn’t present the investigation according to his timeline but organized it by the sequence of events for better understanding.
He’s been back for two days, tracking down the servants who previously left the Xue Family; these servants were found online as part of Xiang Qian’s precisely targeted investigative goals.
The former Xue Family servant was a bit short on cash recently and only agreed to recall the gossip heard from the Xue Family after receiving Xiang Qian’s cash payment.
Regarding adoption, the servant overheard Aunt Li mention that the Xue couple wanted a three- to five-year-old child before adopting.
The age range was suitable, but the child shouldn’t be older than six.
Later, it was replaced by the current Xue Huiyi. Aunt Li had many opinions behind the scenes, but she was just a servant, unqualified to judge the employer’s family.
Aunt Li was the type to keep secrets tight. The reason the servant knew was because she was the daughter of Aunt Li’s good sister. As a daughter, she overheard bits of gossip at the dinner table.
When someone is repressed for a long time, they need an outlet; otherwise, they easily become depressed or perverted.
Aunt Li’s good sister was obviously that outlet.
The servant was introduced to work at the Xue Family by her good sister but, unfortunately, was not very nimble at work and was quickly fired.
The servant could confirm that from her mother’s words, the term "Xiao Yu" was mentioned.
Among the orphans, only the names Yu Li and Yu Haoming have the pronunciation ’yu’.
Xiang Qian next aims to visit the sanatorium to look for Aunt Li’s good sister and seek traces.
As for Aunt Li, she’s dead.
"She died recently, on the land you bought, reportedly dismembered."
"Hmm?" Su Xiaocai was shocked, then remembered that Fei Yi mentioned a woman had died in the villa area, her death terrifying, so it was Aunt Li who died?
Considering the timing, Aunt Li’s death occurred after Xue Huiyi entered prison. Could it be that she knew about some dirty secret of the Xue Family, and thus was conveniently handed to the All-Knowing Sect and killed?
