"To what extent does his wife interfere with his business?" Gu Xiaofan continued to ask.
General Manager Huang smiled and said, "Why bother? The dead can't come back to life, and the living have to continue to live. It's better for us outsiders not to ask so much about the couple's private affairs. Anyway, I only know that Lao Ren has complained to us. I won't ask about the specific things that he doesn't tell me."
"That's right. Many times, friends, especially business partners, know less about private matters. It's safer," Zhong Han's words agreed with General Manager Huang, and also signaled Gu Xiaofan not to continue asking. He turned to General Manager Huang with a curious tone and said, "Then this Ren Xuefeng is actually a very courageous person. Since his wife at home interferes so much in his business affairs, he always takes Dai Mei to attend cocktail parties and social events. Isn't he afraid of a fire in the backyard?"General Manager Huang smiled and nodded , said in a relaxed tone as if it had nothing to do with her: "How should I put it? I am not familiar with Lao Ren's young wife, so I dare not say anything to cause trouble for her. Let me put it this way, it is my own feeling. If it is really made clear, no woman will allow her man to have other opposite sex around her, no matter for the sake of money or face, it will be unacceptable. But if you can turn a blind eye, anyway, you know that your man is just playing around, and it is good for business. Anyway, if I were a woman, I might pretend not to know, so as not to really fall out and it would be too ugly. If it is really a fight to the death, it will not be good for me, right?"Gu Xiaofan lowered her head slightly and curled her lips secretly. It is said that businessmen value profit. She doesn't know many people in the business circle. At least this General Manager Huang is quite in line with this theorem. Everything is about profit first."But," General Manager Huang then changed the subject, "Recently, I mean the period before the accident, the number of times that Lao Ren took Dai Mei out has really decreased compared to before. Whether it was because his wife found out and was unhappy, or Lao Ren himself was tired of it, I haven't asked.""Since when did Dai Mei appear less often?" Zhong Han asked.General Manager Huang thought for a while: "In the past, whenever there was an activity with me, whether it was eating or playing mahjong, Dai Mei would be there nine out of ten times. About half a year before Lao Ren's accident, I only met Dai Mei once or twice in ten times.""Did you meet Ren Xuefeng's wife during this period?" Zhong Han asked again.General Manager Huang shook his head, and put out the cigarette that was about to burn out between his fingers into the ashtray, then stood up and straightened his clothes: "I haven't met Lao Ren's young wife. Let's put it this way. I have said almost everything I should say. I really don't know the rest. Lao Ren and I have a good relationship, but I don't know much about his private life and family affairs. Why don't you ask others? In any case, it's not good to drag me into this, right?""Okay, then we won't bother you. Thank you for your cooperation with our work!" Seeing this, Zhong Han stood up with Gu Xiaofan and prepared to leave.General Manager Huang was very nice this time and sent them all the way to the door of the store, watched them get in the car, and then turned back."We are just doing a routine investigation. Can this be considered dragging him into this?" After getting in the car, Gu Xiaofan pouted and muttered unconvincedly.Zhong Han pointed outside: "Do you want me to call Mr. Huang back so you can ask him in person?""No, no, I think Mr. Huang would be reluctant to see us again, so I'd better not provoke him." Gu Xiaofan rejected Zhong Han's "proposal" without hesitation."You are wise, but if you are so afraid of offending people, how do you deal with the suspect?" Zhong Han asked while driving.Gu Xiaofan chuckled, not feeling embarrassed at all by the teasing in Zhong Han's words: "You have to be gentle when you are strong. Although I won't confront her head-on, I can appeal to her emotions and reason with her! Although we are bound to offend people in this line of work, we must understand the principle of 'forgive others when you can', and don't necessarily rub salt into people's mouths, right?""You are right." Zhong Han didn't know whether he was too lazy to discuss this topic with her or really thought she was right, so he stopped the topic here and didn't continue.The two men successively found two or three people. Their attitudes were similar to General Manager Huang's. They were unwilling to give too much comment on Ren Xuefeng's private affairs, let alone reveal privacy. These people were experienced businessmen. As General Manager Huang said, the dead are dead, and the living have to continue to live. They did not want to risk the news leaking out in order to cooperate with the police investigation, leaving others with the impression that they like to expose other people's secrets, thus triggering a "trust crisis" in some aspects.Under the psychological attack and soft and hard persuasion of Zhong Han and Gu Xiaofan, two of them did say something more or less reluctantly. There was nothing special. It was roughly the same as what General Manager Huang said. They all described Dai Mei's graceful and flexible manners, and the unclear relationship between her and Ren Xuefeng in an ambiguous manner. And they also found that about half a year before Ren Xuefeng disappeared, the number of times Dai Mei attended social activities with Ren Xuefeng decreased significantly.After finishing these visits, Zhong Han drove Gu Xiaofan back to the Public Security Bureau, because Tang Li sent a text message during their visit, saying that the identity of the man with Dai Mei had been investigated and the relevant materials were left on the desk.When the two returned to the Criminal Police Team, it was dark outside and there was no one in the office. I don't know if the others had already gone off work, or were busy with their own investigations outside like them. Zhong Han and Gu Xiaofan returned to the office and immediately found the materials collected by Tang Li and read them carefully.The man with Dai Mei was named Wen, and his name was Wenbin. He was only 23 years old this year, three years younger than Dai Mei. Because he had a white and clean baby face, he even looked like a young man in his 20s.Although Wenbin is not very old, he is a real gigolo. Tang Li spent half a day, and although it may not be comprehensive, he has collected evidence that Wenbin has been with two different women in recent years. The two women are both wealthy women in their forties. They are either successful in their careers and prefer young men, or their husbands are only concerned with making money and are distant and cold to them. In short, various reasons gave Wenbin the opportunity to make a lot of money from these two women.Before Dai Mei, Wenbin had no marriage history, and it seemed that the women who were close to him did not show signs of keeping in touch with him for a long time. This time, in addition to the sweet wedding ring shopping with Dai Mei, Tang Li also found that Wenbin had recently bought a lot of things by credit card, and there were also large amounts of cash deposited in his bank card. I don't know if it was from Dai Mei, just like the wedding rings.No one knows whether this pretty boy has finally decided to settle down this time, or has another big plan.Knock knock knock. Someone knocked on the door, and then the office door opened, and a tall and well-proportioned girl walked in from outside."Xiaofan, you have been running around all day, right? I came here several times but couldn't find you." The tall girl said to Gu Xiaofan warmly, and by the way, she looked at Zhong Han beside her and smiled at him, "You are the newly transferred Zhong Han, right?"Gu Xiaofan hurriedly introduced the two people: "Zhong Han, this is the clerk of our criminal police team, Ni Ran.""Hello, I am Zhong Han, a newcomer who has been here for several days." Zhong Han extended his hand to Ni Ran, and Ni Ran also extended his hand and shook hands with him generously.Unlike Han Lele, who has a small nose, small eyes and a skinny body like a bean sprout, and Gu Xiaofan, who has a medium build and fair skin, Ni Ran is a tall and big person, estimated to be over 170 cm tall, with a well-proportioned body and looks very fit. More importantly, her skin color is darker, her lips are thick, and her hair is particularly thick. She exudes a healthy and wild aura. Many people who see her for the first time can't help but wonder if she is a mixed-race."Ni Ran, why are you still here at this time?" Gu Xiaofan looked at the watch. According to convention, Ni Ran should have gone home by now, even had dinner, so it doesn't make sense for her to appear in the Public Security Bureau."It's that little idiot Han Lele," Ni Ran sighed, "I've already prepared the meal, and she called me, saying that she forgot something at work, and she didn't dare to walk alone at night, and she was afraid that you hadn't finished work yet, so she didn't dare to call and disturb her, so she grabbed me, a strong man, and asked me to accompany her back! I just saw that the lights were on here, so I wanted to come and see if I could meet you by chance, and it turned out to be you! I finally didn't make a wasted trip.""Do you have something to talk to me about?" Gu Xiaofan thought about it, and felt that there seemed to be nothing unresolved between him and Ni Ran recently that required her to come to him specially."I'm not here to ask you for anything. I'm just running errands for others. But, I have to do my best to help others. I was thinking that if you weren't here, I would leave it on the table for you," Ni Ran suddenly smiled ambiguously. She fumbled in her coat pocket, took out a handful of things, and stretched out her hands in front of Gu Xiaofan, "Gao Xuan asked me to give it to you."When Gu Xiaofan heard Gao Xuan's name, his heart skipped a beat. He quickly looked at what Ni Ran was holding in his hand. As a result, he found that what Ni Ran took out from his pocket were five small white balls the size of marbles wrapped in transparent cellophane."What is this? Camphor balls?" Gu Xiaofan was a little confused.When Ni Ran heard this, he burst into laughter: "You idiot! Why did Gao Xuan give you camphor balls! This is mint candy!"