Chapter 236 - Borrowing Money

"How's the situation recently?" Ning Chen had been away from the company for the past few days and finally made a visit. Jason had plenty of meetings to attend and had to find time to see Ning Chen.

"Well, we won the contract of several major projects. The company will be very busy in the second half of the year. We can't have any problems with our capital, otherwise, we'll be in big trouble if the cash flow has issues," Jason said seriously.

Ning Chen nodded. "The wealth that Tian Kun has accumulated over the years will be transferred to the company's account. You can use the money as you see fit. If it is not enough, I will ask Guan Yue for a loan."

Jason was relieved. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly remembered something. He turned to Ning Chen and said, "By the way, I heard that Ning Jie has been borrowing money from some people recently."

"Borrowing money?" Ning Chen wasn't quite sure how to react to that statement.

"Yes, ever since you tricked him last time, he has been using all the money he has to save his crisis. I don't know why he is short of money now, but he is asking for loans everywhere."

Why would a person like Ning Jie put his dignity aside and ask for help? Ning Chen was also a little confused for a moment.

"I got it. I'll keep an eye out. I'm sorry you have to take care of the company alone for now."

Ning Chen patted Jason's shoulder. There was a tacit understanding between them, they didn't need to speak much.

After leaving the company, Ning Chen was about to investigate if there was any connection between Song Hai and Feng Song when he received a phone call.

"Ning Chen, I have a message for you. It's related to Ning Cheng. We're reaching M City. Don't go anywhere. Wait for us at home!" Xu Da's voice was anxious and nervous. Ning Chen was stunned, he quickly replied, "Okay, I'll wait for you then."

After more than two hours, Xu Da and Chu Nan arrived at Ning Chen's house.

The two of them looked a little disheveled, as if they were on a journey through the night.

"What's going on?" Ning Chen asked. Xu Da and Chu Nan looked at each other, then took out a notebook from the briefcase and handed it to Ning Chen.

"This is Ning Cheng's diary. It contains the accounts he wrote when he was in the Ning family, as well as some excerpts of poems and things like that. Chu Nan and I looked at it for a long time, and suddenly realized that some of the poems in it seemed to correspond to a type of secret code."

Xu Da and Chu Nan were once policemen, and knew that undercover agents would leave clues behind, in case they couldn't make it out of their mission alive.

Chu Nan and Xu Da carefully studied Ning Cheng's diary, and finally cracked the secret code.

Xu Da quickly turned the notebook to a page, pointed at a few words, and said anxiously, "The corresponding information in this article is -- on the night of November 24th, Autumn Wave Pavilion, drug trade."

Hearing the words "drug trade," Ning Chen's face suddenly changed.

"Drug trade? How is that possible? Why were we involved with drugs?" Ning Chen found it hard to believe.

Chu Nan shook his head. "Of course we trust the characters of your parents and you yourself. However, I'm not too sure about the rest."

"Also, your parents' accident happened near the end of the year. It just so happened that after the drug trade, Ning Cheng died at the end of the next spring. You see, he also recorded two key points of time -- January 27th, the death of Ning Kang and his wife, pending investigation. March 18th, second transaction, time and place unknown."

The more Ning Chen listened, the uglier his expression became. Xu Da's voice became lower, and his tone became more serious, "So Ning Cheng's identity must have been discovered when he was investigating the time and place of the second drug trade, and then he was killed!"

Ning Chen suddenly raised his head, and his tone was gloomy. "Who killed Ning Cheng? Who in the family was involved in the drug trade?"

Chu Nan frowned. After a long time, he flipped to the last two pages of Ning Cheng's diary.

"Ning Cheng's diary didn't record too many random people, but this person appeared twice. One time, not long after Ning Cheng returned to the Ning family, he was humiliated by some members of the Ning family. This person helped him, and the other time, after Ning Kang and his wife died, Ning Cheng suspected that their death was not an accident. He wanted to investigate, but there were no clues. At this time, he heard that the second transaction was about to take place. When he was upset, this person drank with him once."

"As for Ning Cheng, he died not long after this drink, which was three days later."

The three of them did not speak for a while. After a long while, Ning Chen's voice trembled as he spoke, "So, this person is the murderer. He and Ning Cheng knew each other. Ning Cheng had no doubts against him, which was why he died at the hands of this person without any knowledge."

The name of that person was clearly noted down in Ning Cheng's diary -- Zhang Dong.

"We've investigated this person. Five years ago, he fell off a cliff and died," Chu Nan continued.

Dead? Ning Chen raised his head in disbelief.

"How did he die? Could it be that the person behind him killed him to silence him?"