Chapter 237 - Zhang Dong

Xu Da shook his head. "Things were not that simple. Initially, we had the same thoughts as you. However, when we discovered that when Zhang Dong fell off the cliff, there was no one else around him. His car flew off the cliff and was destroyed. Burned into a charcoal, nothing could be identified. We obtained the case file internally. It states that it was raining then. Logically, the burning shouldn't be too bad..."

Chu Nan continued Xu Da's words, "Yet, the car and the body were burned beyond recognition. We couldn't even confirm the identity of the victim. Only the license plate number of the car was recorded by the surveillance camera, and only then did we confirm that the victim was Zhang Dong."

"What a coincidence," Ning Chen concluded.

"That's right. It doesn't look like a suicide. Instead, it looks like... a fake suicide." Xu Da and Chu Nan nodded.

Ning Chen continued his analysis, "If Zhang Dong killed Ning Cheng, the person behind Zhang Dong and the drug dealer of the Ning family would definitely be afraid of Zhang Dong. Zhang Dong has been working for the Ning family for many years, so it would be easy for him to be found out. Therefore, the best choice would be for the person behind the scenes and the people of the Ning family to silence Zhang Dong. If Zhang Dong faked his own suicide in order to survive and then changed his identity to live a new life, then no one would be able to catch him."

"So, Zhang Dong is not dead," Ning Chen said with a trembling voice. "Then where is he now?"

Xu Da and Chu Nan shook their heads, indicating that they did not know.

The three of them fell into silence again.

Although they knew about Zhang Dong's existence and the fact that someone in the Ning family was selling drugs, it was still a dead end.

Just as they thought there was nothing else they could do, a sentence suddenly flashed through Ning Chen's mind.

Three hours ago, Jason and Ning Chen said, "Oh right, I heard that Ning Jie has been borrowing money from some people recently."

"Ning Jie has been borrowing money from others recently!" Ning Chen suddenly raised his head, his eyes seemed to have a ball of fire burning in them.

"When did Ning Jie become so short of money? The only possibility is that someone asked him for so much money, and he had to give it to them. There is only one situation that can make him lower his dignity and borrow money from others, he was threatened!"

"Zhang Dong appeared? Was it Zhang Dong who blackmailed him?" Xu Da's tone was a little shaky.

"Whoever it is, there must be something wrong with Ning Jie." Ning Chen's tone darkened. "If we keep an eye on him, we should be able to understand what's going on."

***

On a clear day, Ning Jie sat at home, feeling a little uneasy.

He had already sent someone to transfer the money to those accounts. For the sake of those money, he lost his dignity. He had to ask around for money and in turn owe many favors.

He hoped that person would not come looking for him in the future. If he wanted to look for trouble, he had to look for trouble with the organization.

Ning Jie looked at the time.

The money should have already been transferred.

He let out a long sigh of relief. He stood up somewhat tiredly and prepared to go upstairs to his room to have a good rest.

"Bang!" The violent sound almost scared Ning Jie to death.

The door was knocked open. Soon, a team of police officers rushed into Ning Jie's home.

"What... What are you doing?" Ning Jie was so scared that he was incoherent. Before he had time to understand what had happened, he was put in shackles and taken to the police station.

At this moment, there was another person in the police station who was wearing shackles on both his hands and feet.

It was an old man who was over 70 years old. Perhaps he was not that old because the pressure of life had made him age prematurely.

"Zhang Dong!" The interrogating police officer said through gritted teeth, "Are you still not going to admit it?"

The corners of Zhang Dong's mouth twitched mockingly. "What are you talking about? I don't understand. My name isn't Zhang Dong, I'm Liu An."

The police officer knocked on the table. His voice was loud and intimidating. "Then what's the deal with you blackmailing Ning Jie? Do you know how many jailtime you can get for 100 million?"

Zhang Dong raised his head and looked at the police officer gloomily. "Was that bastard the one who called the police?"

The two police officers sitting on the stage looked at each other and knocked on the table. "We're the ones asking you questions!"

Zhang Dong took the police officer's words as a tacit agreement. He pursed his lips indifferently and continued to remain silent.

Ning Chen frowned as he watched the interrogation inside.

"What should we do..." Chief Li was a little anxious at the side.

"Go and find out if this Zhang Dong has any relatives." Ning Chen's eyes moved and his tone was profound.

Judging from Zhang Dong's current look, he must have had a hard time these years. After all, the organization might know that he was not really dead and had been tracking him down. If he was not in a desperate situation.., he would not have extorted money from Ning Jie.

Chief Li Got Ning Chen's hint and immediately went to investigate the current Liu An. Soon, someone came back to report.

"He has a daughter. I heard that she was picked up off the streets and suffers from uremia. He's forced to collect recyclables to treat his daughter. A few days ago, her condition suddenly worsened.. I heard that she needs a major surgery to have a chance of survival."